Like ClockworkMod’s option, you need to install an accompanying desktop app for this to work. FoxFi isn’t quite as popular as some of the others I mentioned in this article, but you know what? It works, and that counts for a lot in a category of app where few things seem to function quite as they should. FoxFiīut if the above doesn’t work for you, then it’s only responsible that I proffer a second option.
It works very well indeed and is my pick for the best USB tethering app on Android. This runs in the background on your phone and detects when you run the desktop app on your PC, immediately establishing an Internet connection.
This could be a problem if you don’t have an Internet connection on your PC, but conveniently the Android app offers to download the installer to your Android device, at which point you just need to connect it to your PC, copy the installer over to Windows, then use it to install the app. You’ll need to download the accompanying computer app for this to work. Next, go back to “Settings,” and you’ll see a new option called “Developer options.” Tap it, then tick the box next to “USB debugging.” To do this, go to “Settings -> About -> Software information -> More,” then tap the “Build number” seven times to become a developer. With that said, both of those apps have had some good reviews, too, so if my personal picks below don’t work for you, then there’s no harm in trying the above out.įinally, you’ll need to enable USB debugging on your device for these apps to work. I’ve also tried out some of the other most popular tethering apps on the Play Store – including USB Tethering and Easy Tether Lite – but neither worked for me, despite my computer seemingly connecting to my phones and treating them as tethering points. I tried out several of the tethering apps, but quite a few of them (USB Tether and Tethering Toggler, to name a couple) only provide shortcuts to the built-in Android tethering options which doesn’t resolve anything if that’s not working. I had this problem, but then I discovered several third-party USB tethering apps that saved me (without the need for rooting!) A Few Things to Know But as of the Android Lollipop update, a lot of smartphone owners (particularly from the HTC and Samsung camps) have been complaining that USB tethering stopped working, depriving them of one of their device’s fanciest functions.
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