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Share PC internet with Your Android Phone

In most cases we are usually familiar with the concept of sharing internet from mobile device to a computer, thus via WIFI Hotspot, or USB tethering. And this is what we know as the all time normal! But did you know your computer can also share its internet into your android device? Today is your lucky day! I am going to share with you what I'd like to call, reverse USB tethering. This is going to be a very simple and short article. ITEMS required include the following: 1. A desktop or Laptop computer that has working/active internet (preferably Ethernet connection) 2. Android device 3. USB cable Here we go; 1. On your android device, go to settings and enable developer mode 2. In the developer mode option, Enable USB debug mode 3. On your computer, download two specific files GNIREHTET (gnirehtet.apk, gnirehtet.exe, gnirehtet-run.cmd) & PLATFORM TOOLS (AdbWinApi.dll, adb.exe, AdbWinUsbApi.dll) 4. Create a new folder on your desktop, and extract the contents of the two files we...

USB Debug Mode on Android

Android is easy to use, but it has alot of hidden features. Many of these are hidden in the Developer Options menu. These features are important and they come in handy at some point when your device is down, but ofcoarse these features don’t have many uses for the average user. A well-known Android developer feature is "USB Debugging". You may have seen this name floating around and wondered whether you should enable it. Let’s take a look at what this mode is for and whether you need it. USB debug mode, is used when your android device wants to connect and communicate with the PC. It is very important to leave the USB debug mode ON, as an average user this might seem of no use to you,  but when your phone is down who ever is fixing your phone might appreciate that you activated this option.  To turn on USB debug mode on your device,  go to settings. Find " About or About Phone". Under About, look for "Build Number", tap on Build number more than five ti...