Android

Android takes an HTTP proxy for each Wi-Fi network, but the setting has no fields for a username and password. Android itself warns that the proxy is used by the browser but may not be used by other apps. Chrome can sign in to the proxy, many other apps cannot.

The examples use the Residential gateway, geo.gw.nyxon.sh with port 8080. Other products have their own host and port, listed in Endpoints and ports.

Set the proxy#

On Pixel phones and others that follow stock Android:

1. Open Settings, go to Network & internet, then Internet.
2. Tap the gear next to your Wi-Fi network.
3. Tap the edit button at the top.
4. Open Advanced options.
5. Set Proxy to Manual.
6. Enter geo.gw.nyxon.sh in Proxy hostname and 8080 in Proxy port.
7. Tap Save.

Other makers, such as Samsung, keep the same Proxy setting in the Wi-Fi network's details, sometimes behind a link to more options.

Sign in#

Open a website in Chrome. Chrome asks for the proxy's username and password. Enter them, with any targeting in the username, such as USERNAME-country-us. Apps that cannot ask for a login fail to connect while the proxy is on.

Keep one IP#

On a rotating username, every new connection can get another IP, so sites may sign you out. Sign in with a session instead:

USERNAME-country-us-session-a1b2c3d4-time-60

See Rotating and sticky sessions.

Every app, or SOCKS5#

The Wi-Fi setting cannot route every app or use SOCKS5. A proxy app from Google Play that supports HTTP or SOCKS5 with a username and password can. Enter the same host, port and credentials there, with port 1080 for SOCKS5.

Turn it off#

Set Proxy back to None.

Check the IP#

Open https://ipinfo.io/json in Chrome. It should show a NyxonProxies IP, not your own.