Allow users to connect to the Internet using USB tethering
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Canonical System Image |
Confirmed
|
Wishlist
|
Bill Filler | ||
Ubuntu UX |
Triaged
|
Undecided
|
Matthew Paul Thomas | ||
ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
After #1421583 was fixed, there is now an option to share data connection using WiFi AP. However, I still rely on USB tethering in many cases instead of WiFi. The latest example was when I was without firmware for WiFi adapter after installing Debian 8.2. Luckily Nexus 5 with Android 6.0 offered an option to use USB tethering and I was able to fetch firmware.
Please add an option to have USB tethering in ubuntu-
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This works today from the command line by running "android-
Not sure where to present enabling and disabling of it, wifi hotspot seems similar but is only shown if there is a modem.need a Tehthering option somewhere.
description: | updated |
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
assignee: | nobody → Bill Filler (bfiller) |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
milestone: | none → backlog |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
status: | New → Triaged |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.