Shadowsocks – Apps on Google Play
Shadowsocks is a high-performance cross-platform secured socks5 proxy. It will help you surf the internet privately and securely. *NOTE: You may need to unisntall and reinstall the app, after upgrading to 3. x or above. *FEATURES1. Bleeding edge techniques with Asynchronous I/O and Event-driven programming. 2. Low resource comsumption, suitable for low end boxes and embedded devices. 3. Avaliable on multiple platforms, including PC, MAC, Mobile (Android and iOS) and Routers (OpenWRT). 4. Open source implementions in python,, golang, C#, and pure our project site for more details:. To setup your own server, please refer to:. To view the source codes or build your own apk, please refer to: (C) 2016 by Max LvCopyright (C) 2016 by Mygod StudioThis program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see open source licenses can be found here:
How to configure socks5 proxy on Android / iOS devices ?
There are a lot of questions about
configuring socks5 proxy on Android and iOS devices because these operational
can�t be configured for global traffic forwarding through proxy servers. The only
exception is Wi-Fi connection in iOS, which can be configured for using proxy
(read the article �How to configure proxy on iPhone/iPad (iOS)�).
However, you can configure web browsers in
Android to use socks proxy or you can use additional remote server with RDP
access, configured for traffic forwarding through socks proxy (this can be used
both on Android and iOS devices). � The process of configuring of the remote server
with RDP connection is described in the article �How to
use RDP for anonymous web access on iOS and Android devices�) should be noted that using RDP is the only way to use socks5
proxy for 3G connection on iOS mobile devices.
Let�s describe how to configure Android
browsers for using socks5 proxy without root rights. First of all, you need to
install web browser with socks proxy configuration option, for example,
Firefox. You can find it in Google Play.
1.
Open Firefox on your mobile device.
2.
Type �about:config� in the address bar and
search for the following parameters:
–
Enter IP-address of your socks5
proxy server
�Enter port of your socks5
Enter value �1� for this
parameter.
3. Close settings tab or open new tab. Check your IP using
Your IP-address must match the IP-address of socks proxy server.
Your browser is configured and all traffic
will be forwarded through configured socks proxy server. However, you must
understand, that this configuration is active only for browser, so other
applications, in this case, connects to web directly, disclosing your real IP address.
You can forward traffic from all applications
on Android device using ProxyDroid, but this software requires root rights. Installation
and configuration of ProxyDroid, as well as configuration using Firefox plugins,
is described in the article “How
to work with proxy on Android | Android proxy tutorial”.
How to configure socks5 proxy on Android / iOS devices ?
There are a lot of questions about
configuring socks5 proxy on Android and iOS devices because these operational
can�t be configured for global traffic forwarding through proxy servers. The only
exception is Wi-Fi connection in iOS, which can be configured for using proxy
(read the article �How to configure proxy on iPhone/iPad (iOS)�).
However, you can configure web browsers in
Android to use socks proxy or you can use additional remote server with RDP
access, configured for traffic forwarding through socks proxy (this can be used
both on Android and iOS devices). � The process of configuring of the remote server
with RDP connection is described in the article �How to
use RDP for anonymous web access on iOS and Android devices�) should be noted that using RDP is the only way to use socks5
proxy for 3G connection on iOS mobile devices.
Let�s describe how to configure Android
browsers for using socks5 proxy without root rights. First of all, you need to
install web browser with socks proxy configuration option, for example,
Firefox. You can find it in Google Play.
1.
Open Firefox on your mobile device.
2.
Type �about:config� in the address bar and
search for the following parameters:
–
Enter IP-address of your socks5
proxy server
�Enter port of your socks5
Enter value �1� for this
parameter.
3. Close settings tab or open new tab. Check your IP using
Your IP-address must match the IP-address of socks proxy server.
Your browser is configured and all traffic
will be forwarded through configured socks proxy server. However, you must
understand, that this configuration is active only for browser, so other
applications, in this case, connects to web directly, disclosing your real IP address.
You can forward traffic from all applications
on Android device using ProxyDroid, but this software requires root rights. Installation
and configuration of ProxyDroid, as well as configuration using Firefox plugins,
is described in the article “How
to work with proxy on Android | Android proxy tutorial”.
Frequently Asked Questions about socks5 android app
Can I use SOCKS5 on Android phone?
However, you can configure web browsers in Android to use socks proxy or you can use additional remote server with RDP access, configured for traffic forwarding through socks proxy (this can be used both on Android and iOS devices). … proxy. type. Enter value “1” for this parameter.
How do I root my droid Proxy?
Proxy setting for Android using ProxyDroid (root is required)Download ProxyDroid from Google Play app.Activate Host tab in the app and enter the data obtained from the site.Then activate the tab Port and enter the port number obtained from the site:Tick off the tab Auto Connect.More items…
How do I use SOCKS5?
Using SOCKS5 Proxy for US Netflix Go to Advanced and click the Network tab. Under Connection > Configure how Firefox connects to the Internet, click Settings… First, change Configure Proxies to Access the Internet to Manual proxy configuration. Under SOCKS Host enter the URL or IP address of your proxy server.