Use Your Android as a WiFi Dongle / Wifi Adapter to Access your Home WiFi

So, you have a WiFi internet access at home but you don’t have a WiFi dongle / adapter on your PC (All laptops have those nowadays ) , well then you can still enjoy Internet on your desktop without buying any external or internal WiFi Dongle / Adapter as yourAndroid can  easily turn into a WiFi Dongle / Adapter .

The process in brief for techies is , just connect your phone to desktop via USB and in your WiFi Settings menu start your WiFi and also start USB tethering and you have a ready working connection that does not uses your 3G or GSM to connect , rather it will use your Home/Office WiFi to connect.

 Note – This only works for Froyo Android v 2.2 and above

For, less techie people the process is detailed as under :

1. Connect your Android to your Desktop via USB cable
2. Now, go to your settings and enable WiFi and I assume you have your WiFi setup on phone to automatically connect to your home WiFi access point
3. Now, the important part is , without enabling your 3G/ Mobile data just straight away go to the USB Tethering option in Settings > WiFi Settings > Tethering & portable Hotspot  > USB Tethering
4. Enable USB tethering and you’ll see your Windows automatically installs some drivers and then You have a ready Working Internet Connection
5. Bingo ! Now, enjoy your Internet

The steps above were for any Android froyo but as mobile makers make changes to default android UI , you might some options at some other places but for a stock Android phone the above steps will apply, try to locate these settings in your phone too , if  the menu sequence written above does not matches that on your Android device .