How to make a mobile proxy from your phone

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Not so long ago, we told you how to set up a mobile proxy in our browser. Now let's talk more about what mobile proxies are, why they are so popular, compare them with other types of proxies, and see if it's possible to make them yourself using a mobile phone.

Why are mobile proxies so popular?​

Mobile proxies are the most popular proxies among arbitrageurs, webmasters, scrapers, and other professionals. Their popularity is due to the fact that there are few mobile IP addresses, and there are a lot of mobile Internet users, as a result of which many users are sitting from one IP address at the same time.

When, for example, an arbitrageur starts working from a mobile IP address, it merges with a large number of ordinary users, so sites cannot block it by mobile IP, otherwise ordinary users would suffer.

Comparison of mobile with other types of proxies​

To begin with, let's look at the existing types of proxies, so that the comparative characteristics of proxies have a correct understanding of why certain proxies are better than others.

Resident proxies — what are they?​

Resident proxies are proxies that work through a home Wi-Fi provider. That is, when you buy a resident proxy, you get the external IP address of a real home Internet provider in your chosen country.

How does changing the IP address work for resident proxies?​

Changing the IP address of resident proxies is performed by disconnecting from one Internet source (computer), and connecting to another Internet source — another computer. Different computers have different IP addresses, so you will have different IP addresses for resident proxies

Price​

Resident proxies are usually sold with a fee for traffic. For each 1 Gb of traffic, you need to pay from 10-15 dollars. In other words, for example, when you upload a Facebook home page that contains text, videos, and images, you will pay for each uploaded image or video file.

Speed of resident proxies​

The speed of resident proxies depends on the Internet speed of the computer from which you connected via the proxy. The speed also depends on the resident proxy provider. Each seller of resident proxies has its own infrastructure and technical solutions, which may result in different speed losses along the path of traffic from the Internet source computer to your computer from which you connect to the proxy.

In different countries, different providers will have completely different speed values. In practice, you can often meet too slow or average speed. Contact your service provider if you are not too satisfied with the speed, and also try changing the IP address, as there is a chance that when connecting to another Internet source, the speed will be better.

Quality of resident proxies​

Since resident proxies have an external IP address of the home Internet provider, working through it for websites, your visits will look as if a normal user opened this site from home or office. This is the best possible solution for your work.

Mobile proxies — what is it?​

Mobile proxies are working through a proxy over the mobile Internet. There are 2 types of how mobile proxies are made: using USB modems and using Android smartphones. Mobile proxy providers make entire farms out of USB modems or Android smartphones and administer them: pay for SIM cards, monitor uptime, and provide technical support.

In simple words, when working through a mobile proxy, you visit websites via the mobile Internet of an Android smartphone or USB modem.

Later in this article, we will look at how to make mobile proxies from an Android phone, as this is the easiest method that anyone can handle.

How does changing the IP address work for mobile proxies?​

Changing the IP address of mobile proxies is performed by rebooting the USB modem (turn it off/on) or switching the airplane mode on the Android phone. You can experiment with your own phone, even if it's an iPhone. Check your IP address, switch to airplane mode, and check your IP address again. You will see that your mobile IP address has changed. Changing the IP address of mobile proxy providers also works on this principle.

Price​

The cost of mobile proxies depends on the cost of mobile Internet in a particular country. Mobile carrier rates vary from country to country. You can often find unlimited tariffs, as a result of which suppliers offer unlimited mobile proxies for traffic. Compared to resident proxies, this is much more profitable.

Mobile Proxy Speed​

The speed depends on the Internet speed on USB modems or Android smartphones. As a rule, the speed is excellent and exceeds 10-15 mbps.

Mobile Proxy Quality​

As mentioned above, when working through a mobile IP address, the webmaster merges with ordinary people. Thanks to this, mobile proxies for websites are just like resident ones, a high-quality solution for your work.

Data Center (Server) proxies — what is it?​

Server proxies are working through proxies through data center servers. The ISP (Internet provider) will be a Data center, which will easily determine the websites visited.

How does changing the IP address of server proxies work?​

You can't change the IP address of server proxies.

Price​

The price for 1 server proxy in almost any country costs only from 5 to 10 USD per month. At the same time, there is no traffic restriction, which is an absolute advantage of this type of proxy.

Speed of server proxies​

The speed of server proxies is stable and the best among all types of proxies, since the proxy speed depends on the speed of the Data Center server, which is usually very fast.

Quality of server proxies​

Since websites will identify the Data Center's Internet provider rather than the mobile operator or home Internet provider, they will easily understand that the user is using a proxy.
Despite this, practice shows that you can also use server proxies to work with the same Facebook.

Summary comparison of all three proxy types​

Let's evaluate it on a 5-point scale.
Proxy TypePrice for 1 proxyPrice for 1 IP addressQualityProxy Speed
Mobile proxies4 (An affordable solution for most webmasters)5 (in terms of 1 IP address, taking into account the possibility of changing IP addresses, mobile proxies outperform other proxy types by a large margin)5 (Maximum anonymity and similarity with the average Internet user)4 (The speed is worse than that of the server, but usually better than that of the resident ones)
Resident proxies2 (Paying for Gb-it bites too much)2 (The price for 1 Gb from$ 10 is not cheap and not very accessible to most webmasters)5 (Maximum anonymity and similarity with the average Internet user)3 (You can often run into a slow speed)
Server proxies5 (Cheaper than all others in terms of 1 proxy)2 (Despite the fact that 1 server proxy with unlimited traffic costs only up to $ 10 per month, the lack of changing the IP strongly affects this rating parameter)3 (Sites can easily detect that proxies are being used)5 (Best speed, among all types of proxies)

Work with any number of accounts from just the 1st mobile proxy​

Mobile proxies have the advantage of allowing you to change your IP address. For example, you can buy just one mobile proxy and connect it to any number of Dolphin{anty} accounts.

The job looks like this:
  1. Launch an account, work in it, and close it.
  2. Change the IP address
  3. Launch the following account
  4. And so on
At the same time, you can specify the same proxy (ip/port/login/password/URL for changing IP) in different accounts.

If you work in parallel, for example, in three accounts, then you only need 3 mobile proxies. This way, at one point in time, the IP addresses of the accounts will not overlap.

What does the price of mobile proxies depend on?​

First of all, the price of mobile proxies depends on the cost of the SIM card. Prices for mobile operators ' tariffs vary from country to country. It is cheaper in the CIS countries, and more expensive in Europe and the USA, so mobile proxies of these countries are also more expensive.

Also included in the price are: seller's earnings, depreciation of equipment, salaries, administrative expenses, and others.

As a result, mobile proxies may cost 2-3 times more than the SIM card tariff. But there is a way to make mobile proxies almost at the price of a SIM card.

How can I save money on mobile proxies?​

You can create mobile proxies yourself, using your phone. To do this, take the example of our official partner, the iProxy.online service.

You will need to install the iProxy app. Configure changing the IP address. To do this, you need to grant Voice Assistant permissions for the iProxy app. This will allow the app to switch the airplane mode, as mentioned in the article above. This will change the IP address of your mobile proxies. Video Instruction:

GEO and Proxy privacy​

Please note that the geo proxy will be the same as the phone's geo. For example, if you are located in Ukraine — you will create a mobile proxy for Ukraine from your phone. If you are located in Poland, you will get Polish mobile proxies. If you are located in Brazil — then you will make a Brazilian mobile proxy.

Thus, working through Android and your SIM card under your full control will be able to diversify the pool of IP addresses. To do this, simply use the SIM cards of different mobile operators.

By making a proxy yourself, you guarantee the privacy of the proxies you create.

Price​

iProxy. online provides 2 days free of charge automatically. Further, the service costs from $ 6 to $ 10 per month, depending on the tariff. This will be more profitable than buying ready-made mobile proxies.

With the DOLPHIN promo code, you will receive a 15% discount on BigDaddy or BigDaddy Pro rates for your next purchase.

Mobile Proxy Site: https://iproxy.online
 
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