Proxy for Mobile: Android and iPhone Setup

For everyday work on a phone (email, documents, banking, public Wi-Fi), a VPN is the right tool: it encrypts the phone's traffic and covers every app with one switch. A proxy is the right tool when you need the phone to appear somewhere else: to test a site or an app by country or city, check local ads and prices, or keep one IP for an account you manage. A proxy changes the IP and location that sites and apps see; it does not encrypt the connection by itself (proxy vs VPN).

If a proxy is what you need, pick the type by the job:

Setup is the same on both phone types: one gateway (gate.proxyfield.io), port 7000 with one login for residential and mobile (with the IP allowlist, the port you set up in the dashboard), paid from one balance. Our 24/7 live chat helps with setup and integration. Use ProxyField for lawful work within our acceptable use policy.

A phone's built-in proxy setting covers a whole Wi-Fi network, not one app. To proxy a single app, use the app's own proxy field if it has one, or a proxy app that routes by app (Android) or by domain (iPhone).

A phone's proxy setting belongs to one Wi-Fi network. When you switch to mobile data, that setting no longer applies, and the phone connects directly or fails. Check these causes in order:

After the fix, test on both connections: open https://api.ipify.org on Wi-Fi and again on mobile data; both should show the proxy's IP. To test a proxy line before you enter it, use the proxy checker.

1. Open Settings → Network & internet → Internet and tap the gear next to your Wi-Fi network.
2. Tap Edit (the pencil), then Advanced options.
3. Set Proxy to Manual. Enter hostname gate.proxyfield.io and, as the port, the port you set up in the dashboard for your allowlisted IP (step 4), and tap Save.
4. Android's Wi-Fi proxy has no username or password field: add your Wi-Fi network's public IP to the allowlist in your ProxyField account, or use a proxy app that signs in.

Samsung (One UI) keeps the same setting under Settings → Connections → Wi-Fi → gear → View more → Proxy. Huawei and SOCKS5 apps are covered on proxy for Android.

1. Open Settings → Wi-Fi and tap ⓘ next to your network.
2. Scroll down and tap Configure Proxy, then Manual.
3. Enter server gate.proxyfield.io and port 7000.
4. Turn on Authentication and enter your ProxyField username and password.
5. Tap Save.

The same steps work on an iPad. Shadowrocket, SOCKS5 and "Proxy Authentication Required" are covered on proxy for iPhone.

For mobile data, a proxy app with your ProxyField username and password is the dependable choice.

Browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) and most apps that load web pages through the system follow the Wi-Fi proxy. Some apps, many games and anything that sends UDP skip it. To send every app through the proxy, use a proxy app that runs as a VPN-mode connection on the phone; to send only one, see send only one app through the proxy. Incognito and private tabs use the same proxy as normal tabs.

Set the phone's proxy, or a proxy app, to a mobile 5G/4G IP in the country you test, and keep it for the session:

1. Use a ProxyField mobile 5G/4G proxy and set the country in the username, for example Germany: <login>-country-de. Residential is the default; add -mobile after the login for mobile IPs: <login>-mobile-country-us.
2. Add a sticky session of 30 s to 36 h (presets 1, 5, 10, 30 min, 1, 3, 6 h), so the app sees one IP while you test.
3. Open the app and check what it shows: prices, content, ads, sign-up flow.

ProxyField's 10.2M+ mobile IPs run on the carriers' 5G, 4G and LTE networks; in Germany, for example, on Telekom, Vodafone and O2 networks, and in the United States on networks including Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. The carrier is not a targeting option. The proxy changes the IP and network the app sees, not the SIM, the GPS location or the phone's language.

1. Open https://api.ipify.org in the phone's browser: it shows the exit IP, which should not be your own.
2. Open https://ipinfo.io/json to see the IP's city, country and network.
3. Switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data and check again: a Wi-Fi proxy disappears on mobile data.
4. To test a proxy line before you enter it, use the proxy checker: up to 100 proxies per check, and your list and results are not stored.

• Android: the Wi-Fi network → Edit → Advanced options → Proxy: None, and clear the APN's proxy fields if you set them.
• iPhone: Settings → Wi-Fi → ⓘ → Configure Proxy → Off.
• Proxy app: disconnect it, or remove its VPN profile in the phone's VPN settings.

If a proxy keeps coming back, a work profile, a configuration profile or an app is setting it; remove the app or ask the administrator of a managed phone.

Gateway error messages: 407 Proxy Authentication Required for a wrong login or password, an IP not on the allowlist or a malformed location, 402 Payment Required when no traffic is left and 502 Bad Gateway when no exit could be connected; a restricted site gets no separate response, and a 403 comes from the site itself. Status codes are explained in proxy errors. Our 24/7 live chat helps with setup and integration.

A "proxy phone number" is a different service: a forwarding number that hides your real number on calls and texts. ProxyField sells IP proxies, not phone numbers.

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