Tether phone laptop

You do not mention if you have an iphone or android phone (or your provider, or how old the phone is) so it is difficult to tell you exactly how to handle this. First I would talk to your cell phone provider and see if they have a solution - which they very well might. Most of the providers have hotspots built into their phones these days.

If they do not, search in the Play Store for Android or the Apple Store for iPhone and look for tethering. Alternatively, you can check this Google Search out and see if something here will help you: https://www.google.com/#q=tether%20phone%20to%20computer


Keep in mind that tethering your phone to your computer may be against your provider's TOS (Terms of Service) and it may get you in trouble with them.

Hope that helps!

Dave

When you tether with your Android-powered smartphone, you can connect to the Internet on your computer from any location covered by your cellphone service provider's network. Tethering allows your phone to act as a modem for the computer. Tethering applications such as Tether for Android allow you to set up tethering without the need to root your phone. Before tethering, check with your cellphone service provider to determine how much data you are allowed to use without incurring data charges. Excessive use of the Android phone as a modem can cause you to exceed your allotted data.

Search the Android Market on your phone for a tethering application. Applications such as EasyTether and PdaNet are available to download for free. Download the application from the Market. Installation begins immediately after the download. When installation finishes, an icon for the tethering app is placed on the Android's expanded home screen. Open a Web browser on the computer and access the site specified in the tethering application's description in the Market. Download and install the USB drivers needed to tether from the site. When installation is finished, an icon for the tethering application is placed on the computer's desktop. Tap "Settings" on your Android phone, then tap "Applications." Tap "Development" and enable "USB Debugging." When the field turns green, it is enabled. Connect the phone to the computer with its USB cable. Launch the tethering application on the phone. Launch the application on the computer. Click the option to connect to the Internet in the home screen. When the connection is established, confirmation is displayed in the status window.
Android 101: Tethering
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-internet-tether EasyTether shares your Android smartphone connection with your PC. http://www.mobile-stream.com/easytether/android.html

You can tether by installing the following app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mstream.easytether_beta&feature=search_result

You can tether your droid to a computer with a USB cable to share internet connection, but verizon charges you a hefty price.
Fortunately, there are apps on the android market that also do the job.
Method 1: Tether Android with Apps that Need Root (Free, heavy configuration)

The Android Wi-Fi Tether application turns your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot--essentially aMiFi--in one tap. The catch? You have to gain root access to your phone, a multi-step process that uses an unofficial Android add-on which can brick your phone if applied incorrectly. Rooting Android is doable for geeks and hackers with experience soft-modding hardware, but it's not something most users could (or should!) do.
Method 2: Tether Android with Proxoid (Free, no root required, some configuration If you don't want to gain root but know enough to get around the command line and use proxy servers, the Proxoid Android app can tether your phone for free.
Method 3: Tether Android with PdaNet ($30, no root required, minimal configuration Finally, the PdaNet Android application lets you tether Android using an app on the phone plus simple software you install on your computer

I just checked the specs on your phone. It looks like your phone does not have the capability to access the Internet through PAM (Phone As Modem). As such, you cannot connect your computer to the Internet by using your phone - which is also called 'Tethering'. (If this is your question.)

There are many other phones which you can use to tether your phone to your PC to surf the Internet. However, only a few cellular providers allow this. The ones that do severely limit both the bandwidth (speed) and the amount of monthly data usage when tethering.

If you do decide to tether I STRONGLY advise you to use the New Google Chrome Browser on your PC when you surf the Web. It's much faster (which you'll need due to the decreased bandwidth).

When you look for a phone you can use to tether, (like the Samsung Jack SGH-i637 for example) look to make sure it has an Internet sharing option in it's installed programs. (I use my Samsung Jack when I tether my laptop to the Internet when I travel.) And, I use Google Chrome as my browser when I do.

The issue you have is the 64 bit version of the operating system witch can foul things like this up.

What you can do is install the windows 7 32 bit version this will clear things up. So what we are talking here is a compatibility issue with the windows 7 64 bit operating system version.

I have investigated this with many tethered phones and do wish you the best of luck with this solution.

Thanks for giving Fixya.com the opportunity to assist you in your problem.

Rulds2008.

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What you need is USB tethering.

USB tethering
You can set your device as a wireless modem for PCs and share your device's mobile network connection via USB.
1 Using an optional PC data cable, connect the multifunction jack on your device to a PC.
2 In Idle mode, open the application list and select
Settings ? Wireless and network ? Tethering.
3 Select USB tethering to activate the USB tethering feature.
Your device will share the mobile network connection on your PC.
To stop sharing the network connection, clear the check box next to USB tethering.
The sharing method for the network connection.
The manual is here
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201106/20110614142414209/GT-I5801_UM_SEA_Froyo_Eng_Rev.1.1_110601_Screen.pdf

connect your phone to your laptop, if you are running window vista you need to have window mobile device center 6.1 installed( free download from microsoft.com) if you have xp you need microsoft activesync 4.5. once you have that installed on your phone click on start and internet sharing. hit connect on the bottom and your done. * active sync does not have to be on while you are tethering just installed.

You also need to have PAM (phone-as-modem) Data Service through your provider Sprint no longer carries this unless you beg for it also you will need your carriers connection software on your computer.

If you have the VZ icon on the task bar, right click it. then click on show application, let it find the network then click connect. Let me know if this helps and please rate this solution. Lone99star

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