Connecting to Internet via USB / USB conenction tethering

[Guest FlorianO]

Hello all,

First, a disclaimer: While I've been using WM for > 10 yrs, I'm new (3-4 days) to Android and the Galaxy, so please bear with me.

I have problems in connecting the Galaxy S to the Internet via the USB cable through the host internet connection and, reversely, "USB conenction tethering" i.e. using it as the 3G modem.

I'm using Win7 64bit and factory supplied ROM

#1) Connecting to Internet via the laptop net connection (phone in airplane mode)

How is that done ? I've tried changing btw the different "USB mode" setttings in the phone but to no avail -- the NDIS network adapter created on the host is enabled (and the connection initiated) only when using "PC Internet" mode, but that seems to be for smth else (see 2nd problem/question below). I've asked this in another forum and the only (a bit opaque to me....) hint I was given was there's an issue with routing on my phone and (apparently -- if I interpret that correctly...) I need to "root the phone" and perform some commands (See here: details in this post

Still, I'm not sure how to do that and/or how to check that the above is the issue. Any help ?

#2) USB connection tethering

Apparently there are several "USB modes" that can be set in the phone. Is the "PC Internet" mode for this purpose ?

It does seems so -- the network connection btw. the phone and the laptop does not come up if I'm in airplane mode (the notification bar says that I need to enable the phone / disable the airplane mode before connecting to the laptop in the "PC Internet" mode)

Do I need anything else to enable connection tethering i.e. connect the laptop via the Galaxy as a 3G modem ?

Thanks in advance,

Florian