[ubuntu-uk] Using HTC phone via Ubuntu Internet connection - Tethering

[Josh Holland]

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 20:40 +0000, alan c wrote:
> This is 'tethering' I believe.
> 
> On my Android Pulse (T Mobile brand) (early Android version too I 
> guess), I found I needed an app.
> 

To drift slightly off the original topic, I also have a T-Mobile Pulse,
which I could tether to my 10.04 (not needed to use it since upgrading
to 10.10) netbook without having to install anything extra on either the
phone or the computer. It was a simple case of plugging the phone in
with the USB cable, then opening a terminal and using the command

$ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1501 product=0x12d1

(I can't remember the exact vendor/product numbers; you can check them
by issuing the "lsusb" command.)

The phone then appeared in the Network Manager applet, and could be
selected and its internet used without any fuss.

Josh