[ Thanks to Dmitri
Popov for this link. ]
“Rooting an Android phone is not for the faint of
heart, though, and there is the ever-present risk of bricking your
device. Meet Proxoid, a proxy server application that lets you use
your phone as a modem without hacking its system. Making Proxoid
work does require a few steps, but the entire process is simple
enough even for uninitiated users. Here is how to make Proxoid work
with an Ubuntu-based system.”