Tetrd: USB Universal Tethering

Robin Christianne Juson

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About this app

Tetrd is a simple tool that allows you to share your internet connection from your device to your PC and vice versa through a USB cable.

You can try it free for three days! When your free trial ends, you can purchase Tether Pro for unlimited tethering, Reverse Tether Pro for unlimited reverse tethering, or Universal Tether Pro to get both at a discounted price.

Tethering

Tethering allows you to share your device's wifi or mobile internet connection with your PC. You can use this if your carrier or data plan doesn't allow you to enable the built-in tethering feature of your device. Or if you have an unlimited data plan, but your carrier caps your hotspot/tethering usage to a certain amount, say 7GB.

Reverse Tethering

Reverse tethering allows you to share your computer's internet connection with your device. Use this if you're having issues with your device's wifi connection such as unstable ping or disconnections especially when playing games and your PC is connected to the internet via an ethernet cable. It can also be used in situations where wired internet is the only available option.

Note: Some apps only check for wifi or cellular connectivity and will not have internet access when reverse tethering.

Additional Features

• No root required
• No USB debugging required (except on Windows)
• Fast link speed (200Mbps+ on some devices)
• Multiple devices can be reverse-tethered simultaneously
• Local network (see server app settings)
• Auto-connect (see app settings)
• Supports ICMP echo/ping (requires Android 6+)
• Configurable network settings

VPN Usage

The app creates a local VPN so that your device can send data to your computer via USB. This is required when reverse tethering and optional when tethering. When tethering, a local VPN will only be created if you enable the "Local network" setting in the server application's network settings. This allows you to access servers (e.g. FTP server) in your PC from your device. Note that the app doesn't use, collect, or share any data that goes through the VPN. For more information, please visit the app's privacy policy at https://tetrd.app/privacy.

Server Application

This app requires another application to be installed on your computer. You can download it from the links below.

Windows 10+
https://download.tetrd.app/files/tetrd.windows_amd64.exe

MacOS 10.15+ (Intel)
https://download.tetrd.app/files/tetrd.macos_universal.pkg

Linux
https://download.tetrd.app/files/tetrd.linux_amd64.deb
https://download.tetrd.app/files/tetrd.linux_amd64.rpm
https://download.tetrd.app/files/tetrd.linux_amd64.pkg.tar.xz

Ratings and reviews

Best app out there if you want to game online. Many ISP's 5G towers have some kind of data throttling to prevent pesky customers (You\Me) from using bandwidth for having fun. Not only does this program work amazingly, it's also free without a kaleidoscope of ad's. $10 for premium? Take my money. I use Mints "Unessisary" plan that doesn't limit bandwidth after a certain amount of data. For your PC, DL a free prog called Windows Update Blocker v1.8. Trust me now and you're welcome in advance ❤️

I'm not 100% it's not just a "me" thing but when I upgraded to Android 15/OneUI 7, this app stopped working completely; it acted as if it couldn't find the PC server app when connected. That being said, this app is great enough to warrant me doing a complete factory reset on my phone and reverting to OneUI 6.1 where it instantly worked again with 0 issues. Now it's working just as it always has, which is way faster and more consistent than any other tethering app I've tried.

Seems to work very well! The connection is fast, and setup did not take very long. As of writing, use of the app for normal tethering past the three-day trial period costs $10, which I think is well worth it. Definitely set the user agent under the "advanced" settings so that everything appears to be from your phone to the provider.

What’s new

• Fixed some bugs