HTC Hero ( Android ) Thetering

This blog is about how to setup your PC and HTC Hero android phone, so you can use your phone as a proxy server. This is called Thetering.

First we need to download the latest HTC Sync Software. Use this url.
Now we can open the HTC Sync on your PC. You will see that the buttons are not enabled even when you connect your phone with an USB cable.

Connect your the USB cable so the HTC Hero and your PC are connected.

Open the status bar of your phone and press HTC Sync and watch how the buttons are accessible in your HTC Sync PC application.

When you take a look at your hardware then you will see an Android USB Device.

Download Proxoid for free from the Market ( on your HTC Hero ) and install this app on your phone.

Download the android utilities for your PC :
for 32 bits : http://www.baroukh.com/proxoid/proxoid-adb.zip
for 64 bits : http://www.baroukh.com/proxoid/proxoid-adb64.zip
and save it on your disk and unpack this in a folder.

Go to this folder

open check.bat or adb.exe devices to see the connected devices

open start-tunnel.bat or adb.exe forward tcp:8080 tcp:8080
open Proxoid on your phone and start Proxoid.

and set the proxy server in your favorite browser
that's all, happy browsing