Is it possible to USB tether an android device using adb through the terminal?

Question

I\'m setting up some tests and it will require a decent number of phones to be usb tethered and configured. I\'ve been successful in configuring them the way I want to once

Answer 1

Commands in accepted answer not work on Oreo because now should be additional parameter callerPkg and if put there some random text it works.

int setUsbTethering(boolean enable, String callerPkg);

So, for 8.0 / 8.1 Oreo:

service call connectivity 34 i32 1 s16 text - turn USB tethering ON

service call connectivity 34 i32 0 s16 text - turn USB tethering OFF

It works for me Android Pie with

service call connectivity 33 i32 1 s16 text - turn USB tethering ON

service call connectivity 33 i32 0 s16 text - turn USB tethering OFF