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I recently discovered SimpleRT which works very well with Linux (and apparently OSX as well). Simply enable USB Debugging on your device (no root required), install the APK linked from that page on your device and connect it to your PC via USB, and then run the binary on your PC.
It will set up the connection as a VPN tunnel (tun0 by default) and your device should prompt you to (a) allow SimpleRT to create/oversee the VPN connection as well as (b) whether to run it when the device is configured as a particular USB accessory (which is what the binary does).
First, there's an App named Reverse Tether available for free on the Play Store (it's a limited trial, which restricts the time you can be connected -- but at least you can test this way whether your device is fully supported; the full version is about USD 5). According to an article at AndroidAuthority, setup should be as easy as 1-2-3: Plug in the USB cable, start the app, let it auto-configure (manual configuration is available as well) -- and there you go. You can also let it ask you to connect when it finds an USB-connection.
Several manual methods are available as well (and described e.g. at XDA) -- but they are mostly technically complex, and expecting you to patch system files; not for the every-day-user, but rather for the tech-freak.
I've found a good tool for reverse tethering on xda-developers forum. It's called Android Reverse Tethering. It works with Windows and requires a rooted phone.
It works fine on my HTC Desire HD running MIUI v4.
At host machine, the usb tethering connection may be detected by the network manager.
Its name will be something like "Wired connection 2" (or 3).
You must edit it's "IPV4/Method" to "Shared to other computers".
I know this is a late answer, but as all existing answers suggest that USB reverse tethering is only possible if either your device is rooted or has system support for reverse tethering, I though it'd be worth pointing out there's one more option:
I was looking for a reverse tethering solution that would work on my unrooted devices and with a MacBook, but I just could not find anything. Eventually, I started to develop my own solution. The result is an app that works on devices running Android 4.0 or higher on client side, and all major desktop OSs on the host side.
So I decided on using usb reverse tethering. My host machine is running Ubuntu. I already managed to setup reverse tethering for one device, the connection is working and I can ping google.com from this device's adb shell.
Now we have to enter some commands in the android phone. We can use either adb or directly typing the commands in the android phone through a terminal emulator installed in the phone. I am using the adb way.
People often "tether" their computers to their smartphones, sharing the phone's data connection---which you're more likely to have---with their PC. "Reverse tethering" is the opposite---sharing your Windows 10 or 11 PCs internet connection with your Android phone. Here's how it works.
Why would you want to do this? Maybe your PC has an internet connection over ethernet, and your phone can't pick up a Wi-Fi or data signal. Or maybe the internet connection on your PC is just a lot better than what you can get on your phone. Whatever the case may be, it's possible to do.
To share your internet connection from a Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC over Wi-Fi, go to Settings > Network & internet > Mobile hotspot > Toggle it on. This will turn your PC essentially into a wireless router.
Windows 11 allows you to share an internet connection with other devices over Bluetooth; go to Settings > Network & internet > Mobile hotspot > Choose "Bluetooth" from the "Share Over" menu. This is a good option if Wi-Fi isn't working on your Android device.
Using an app called "Gnirehtet" we can easily share your Windows PCs internet connection to your Android device over USB. Gnirehtet is developed by Genymobile, who also makes "scrcpy," one of our favorite screen mirroring tools.
Sharing an internet connection from your Windows PC to an Android device may not be as practical as sharing your Android phone's connection with your PC, but it's nice to have the option if a situation would ever warrant it.
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Typically, people tether their laptops to their Android phones, using the phone's data connection to get online from anywhere. But you may also want to "reverse tether," sharing your PC's Internet connection with an Android phone or tablet.
There are a variety of ways to do this. You could use a Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth -- or even reverse-tether entirely over a wired USB cable. It's useful when your computer has an Internet connection, but your phone doesn't.
The simplest method here will likely be to create a Wi-Fi hotspot. This is just like creating a Wi-Fi hotspot on your phone to share its mobile data connection with your PC or Mac. But, instead, you'll be creating a Wi-Fi hotspot on your computer and sharing its Internet connection with your Android phone or tablet.
Of course, you'll need Wi-Fi hardware to do this. A typical laptop will work just fine. If you want to reverse-tether an Android phone or tablet to a desktop computer that doesn't have Wi-Fi so you can share its wired Ethernet connection, you can purchase an inexpensive USB-to-Wi-Fi adapter and use it for this purpose.
Android phones and tablets don't support ad-hoc networks, but the Virtual Router software will create a Wi-Fi hotspot that functions as an access point, allowing Android devices to connect. If you're using another solution, be sure it functions as an access point and not an ad-hoc network.
We recommend using Virtual Router for creating a Wi-Fi hotspot on a Windows PC. It's a convenient front-end to the powerful Wi-Fi hotspot and Internet Connection Sharing features built into Windows. You can use it to share a wired Ethernet connection over Wi-Fi, or even share a Wi-Fi connection you're connected to by creating a Wi-Fi hotspot. This makes it convenient in situations where you only have one login for a Wi-Fi network -- like in a hotel.
Typically, you'll want to create a Wi-Fi hotspot if you use Windows and connect to the Internet through that. Wi-Fi is faster and easier to set up. However, a Bluetooth PAN is particularly useful on Macs -- if you want to share a Mac's Wi-Fi connection with an Android smartphone or tablet, you'll need to use a Bluetooth PAN or get a second physical Wi-Fi adapter (like a USB-to-Wi-Fi adapter), as you need two separate network interfaces for this.
Enable Internet Sharing over Bluetooth on your Mac and pair your Android phone with your Mac. Tap the connected device on your Android device's Bluetooth settings screen and enable the "Internet access" checkbox.
It's possible to tether your computer to an Android phone over USB, accessing the Internet via the phone. You might wonder if it's possible to reverse-tether an Android phone or tablet to a computer via USB, accessing the Internet through the computer's network connection.
This is possible, but it requires root access. We've covered a method to reverse-tether an Android phone or tablet to computer via a USB cable using a Windows application, and there are other similar methods that use different tools or commands you can type.
The USB cable method is most useful when you're in a location where you can't use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth reverse-tethering for some reason. It's obnoxious because of the requirement for root access and the additional hacks and tools required to get this working. Worse yet, some Android apps won't actually realize they have an Internet connection if you do this. If possible, you're better off setting up a Wi-Fi access point or using a Bluetooth PAN for reverse-tethering.
Unfortunately, none of these methods will work for a Chromebook. Despite Google's attempts to make Chrome OS and Android work better together, a Chromebook can't yet create a Wi-Fi hotspot or Bluetooth PAN to share its Internet connection with other devices.
That's assuming you're running Chrome OS, anyway -- you could potentially put your Chromebook into developer mode and install a full Linux system to gain access to the Wi-Fi hotspot-creation tools built into typical Linux distributions.
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