Disconnecting From Usb Tethering Problem

[RichardBlythe]

I am using my HTC One X to usb tether my Windows XP system to the internet. Everything works great until I need to disconnect my phone from the PC. The current way I'm disconnecting the usb tethering is through the HTC menu: Settings - More - Portable hotspot & tethering - USB tethering. Once I "uncheck" the USB tethering option, the network icon disappears from my Window's taskbar. And because I see no "Remove Hardware" options in the taskbar, I unplug the usb cable. Introduce the problem!

When I try to connect the usb cable "again" for internet tethering, nothing happens! The HTC indicates that it's receiving charge from the usb connection but I get no internet tethering. Checking and un-checking the "USB tethering" option renders no results.

What can I do remedy this very annoying problem?? My only option at this point is to restart the computer.

 

[icebike]

Why not try doing it the other way around, by telling windows to disconnect the USB device and therefore letting windows shut down the connection and the removable device in a controlled way, rather than yanking the rug out from under it?

 

[RichardBlythe]

How am I to do this when no "Safely Remove Hardware" options exists in my taskbar?

 

[icebike]

My bad. Try under Devices and Printer. Its sort of like a modem as far as windows is concerned.

 

[RichardBlythe]

No, nothing there either. Thanks for trying to help.

Is there anyone out there who tethers their One X to their PC? If so, please tell me your steps to disconnecting from usb tethering.

 

[Pdj79]

When I disconnect my laptop from my One X I click on the USB device icon in the System Tray (next to the clock). This presents me with the "Safely Remove Hardware" option and lists my One X as Android Device J:\ and my SD Card as "K:\". Click on Android Device and after 2 seconds it says it can be safely removed. I THEN go into the settings on the phone and disable USB tethering. Hasn't failed me yet.

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[icebike]

When I disconnect my laptop from my One X I click on the USB device icon in the System Tray (next to the clock). This presents me with the "Safely Remove Hardware" option and lists my One X as Android Device J:\ and my SD Card as "K:\". Click on Android Device and after 2 seconds it says it can be safely removed. I THEN go into the settings on the phone and disable USB tethering. Hasn't failed me yet.

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If you see it as a drive letter that means it was mounted as usb storage rather than as a USB network connection, right?





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[Pdj79]

For some reason it mounted it as a drive as well as USB Networking, but I couldn't access the drive so I chalk that up to Winblows 7 being stupid, but I was still able to disconnect the device using the Safely Remove Hardware option. I have no clue what's happening to yours, but I'm venturing to believe it is a Windows issue, and not your phone.

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[icebike]

You are probably correct about it being a windows issue on my computer, because i can't even get usb tethering to work on windows.

Wifi tethering works fine, and usb tethering works on my Linux laptop.

I have a register setting for high speed sustained usb transfer in windows 7 which interferes with the quick disconnect of large disk drives but gives dramatically faster transfer speeds.

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[RichardBlythe]

Thanks for chiming in guys. I'm still in the dark but I think I've narrowed the problem. When I mount my HTC as a disk drive, I get the option to disconnect in "Safely Remove Hardware". But as soon as I activate usb tethering on the phone, the disk drive option is unavailable from the "Safely Remove Hardware". So I'm still right back where I started. Pure aggravation!!