[SWLUG] using android phone with laptop

[Jon Reynolds]

 On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:35:34 +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote:

>
>  Well that's interesting as I tried my HTC Desire with my netbook
>  (Samsung N130 running Ubuntu 11,04) both USB tethered and Wifi 
> Hotspot
>  and could get neither to work...
>
>  Also, I have found Cyanogenmod rather... glitchy. LeeDroid seems 
> VERY
>  good on my Desire, although all the bells and whistles it provides 
> do
>  seem to sap power quicker (!).  Shame Cyanogenmod was not good for 
> me as
>  the battery life was very noticeably improved over others. Have 
> recently
>  (today) installed an Oxygen rom... seems like a very nice and simple
>  android rom, which is what I am after in the quest for better 
> battery
>  life.
>
>  When are phone manufacturers going to realise that feature packed 
> smart
>  phone are no use if the battery doesn't last?? I would happily have 
> a
>  thicker phone if the battery life was to benefit.
>
>  They should offer optional larger battery packs... I bet there would 
> be
>  large sales of them.
>
>  Anyway... sorry, a bit off topic.

-- 
 Well broadband router at home has gone down, thought I would give it a 
 try with my phone again... and this time, it worked.

 I just plugged my phone into the netbook, chose the appropriate USB 
 tethering option and Ubuntu just connected and away I went online.

 HTC Desire, running 2.3.3 (LeeDroid HD V3.3.3) on Ubuntu 11,04 on 
 Samsung N130 netbook.

 Jon Reynolds (j0nr)
 http://www.jcrdevelopments.com