using usb tethering for android on mac os x

my cellular provider is U.S. Cellular. my phone is a samsung mesmerize. this works on mac os x 10.5.8, i can only assume it works on 10.6 as well. only do this if you pay for the dial up service.


step one: enable wifi tethering on your android:
go to settings>wireless & networks and check 'dial up networking'.

your phone should show up as '/dev/cu.usbmodemsomenumber'. i think this number is autogenerated depending on how many times you plug it into your mac whilst in dial up networking mode, because the first time i tried to tether over usb, it assigned it the number 411. its now 621. anyway, that doesn't really matter...what matters is that it has a /dev/ entry and that the user can actually access it.

step two: set the modem up under os x:
the password is your phone number.

step three: configure the modem type:
by default, the modem type will be apple v.32, which is a fail. set it to generic. the rest of the settings just make sense. i didn't play around with them, but it worked for me.


remember to uncheck the dial up networking box when done.