Compatibility Issue: Android's Limitation with CDC Ethernet
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Summary
Android's EthernetTracker service on Android devices only acknowledges interfaces named ethX, while Linux's CDC Ethernet drivers create interfaces named usbX, causing compatibility issues. Rooting the phone is the only workaround to change the value of config_ethernet_ifa.
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There is no way to work around this, short of rooting the phone to change the value of config_ethernet_ifa.
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