A highly experimental proxy application has just been released which will allow you to browse the web via a USB cable connected to your shiny new T-mobile G1.  If you were curious, this so-called Android Proxy App was developed by Graham Steward, a 28 year old Software Consultant from Boulder, Colorado.  A word of caution before proceeding, be prepared for some trial and error before getting your G1 tethered to your PC and as always backup before proceeding.  

• Install the app on your android phone, by clicking here (from your phone browser of course)
  You might have to change your settings to permit apps that don’t come from the Google Market by going to your home screen and choosing MENU > Settings > Applications > Unknown Sources.
• Turn USB debugging on on your phone
  On your G1 go to the home screen, press MENU > Settings > Applications > Development, then enable USB debugging.
• Follow the instructions here to install the Android driver – you’ll need to do this on Windows & Linux but apparently not on the Mac.
• Download and install the Android SDK for your computer platform. Alternatively if you are on Windows and don’t want a 100 meg download, just get the ADB utility from here
• Plug your phone into your computer
• Choose Proxy App from your phone’s menu
• Press the “Start Proxy” button on your phone
• Move to the directory that has the adb utility, using inside the Sdk Tools folder and run

  Windows: adb forward tcp:8080 localabstract:Proxy
  Linux/Mac: ./adb forward tcp:8080 localabstract:Proxy

• Now you should have a proxy server running on port 8080 of your own computer that will relay the information over the Android Debug Bridge to the Proxy App which will relay it on to the internet.
• Set your firefox proxy : Options > Advanced > Network > Manual Proxy Configuration

  HTTP Proxy: localhost
  Port: 8080

  Leave the others blank

• Enjoy the slow slow EDGE network, or let me know if you have glorious fast 3g coverage!
• Remember to disable your proxy settings in firefox if you want to stop using your phone.  

Via Graha.ms