usb tether force closes

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menu - system settings - more (under wireless & networks) - tethering & 
portable hotspot - check USB tethering, force close

logcat follows
W/dalvikvm(10108): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception 
(group=0x409c71f8)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime(10108): java.lang.NullPointerException
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1333)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1281)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.net.IConnectivityManager$Stub$Proxy.setUsbTethering(IConnectivityManager
.java:1142)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.net.ConnectivityManager.setUsbTethering(ConnectivityManager.java:703)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
com.android.settings.TetherSettings.setUsbTethering(TetherSettings.java:544)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
com.android.settings.TetherSettings.startTethering(TetherSettings.java:533)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
com.android.settings.TetherSettings.startProvisioningIfNecessary(TetherSettings.
java:489)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
com.android.settings.TetherSettings.onPreferenceTreeClick(TetherSettings.java:56
1)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.preference.Preference.performClick(Preference.java:949)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.preference.PreferenceScreen.onItemClick(PreferenceScreen.java:202)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:292)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.widget.AbsListView.performItemClick(AbsListView.java:1058)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:2514)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.widget.AbsListView$1.run(AbsListView.java:3168)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:605)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native 
Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:787)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at 
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:554)
E/AndroidRuntime(10108):        at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
W/ActivityManager( 1346):   Force finishing activity 
com.android.settings/.SubSettings
D/memalloc( 1207): /dev/pmem: Allocated buffer base:0x4157b000 size:307200 
offset:3072000 fd:31
D/memalloc( 1346): /dev/pmem: Mapped buffer base:0x514f2000 size:3379200 
offset:3072000 fd:284
D/dalvikvm(10108): GC_CONCURRENT freed 620K, 10% free 10197K/11299K, paused 
2ms+19ms
W/ActivityManager( 1346): Activity pause timeout for ActivityRecord{415b1fb0 
com.android.settings/.SubSettings}
D/memalloc( 1207): /dev/pmem: Allocated buffer base:0x4157b000 size:307200 
offset:3379200 fd:34
D/memalloc( 1346): /dev/pmem: Mapped buffer base:0x5182b000 size:3686400 
offset:3379200 fd:289

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rbigg...@gmail.com on 7 Feb 2012 at 4:54

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Well, the FCing part is fixed after legacy usb update, but im still getting 
this..

D/Tethering( 1346): Tethering usb0
E/Tethering( 1346): Tried to Tether an unknown iface :usb0, ignoring
E/Tethering( 1346): unable start or stop USB tethering

I will look into it some more though

Original comment by robbe...@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2012 at 7:50

• Changed state: Started
• Added labels: AssignedTo-robbeane

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Original comment by robbe...@gmail.com on 13 Mar 2012 at 11:10

• Changed state: Verified

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Original comment by robbe...@gmail.com on 10 Aug 2012 at 1:56

• Changed state: Done