In the event that you are tired of leaving traces on the internet with your Honor 8X, of constantly being inundated with targeted or untargeted advertisements, that you want to be sure that no one can have access to your internet activities, note that You are not the only one. With all the scandals surfacing about the non-protection of internet user data, more and more people want to be invisible! And it goes through the IP address of your device. To assist you in this process, we will teach you how to modify the IP address of your Honor 8X?

To do this, we will, first of all, learn what an IP address is used for, then we will teach you the measures that you can take so as not to disclose the IP address of your Honor 8X , first by camouflaging it, then changing it.

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What is the IP address of my Honor 8X for?

To start this article, we will first quickly teach you what is the IP address of an Honor 8X and what is its function . As the name suggests it is an address, "Internet Protocol Access" , it will actually allow your phone to connect to an internet network. It is therefore necessary to allow you to browse the net.

She is very often dynamic , especially in the event that you are browsing via the mobile network of your mobile provider, each time you disconnect or connect we will assign you a new address. She may be static in the case of a local connection via Wi-Fi.

It is to this address that all the data that you download or that you need while browsing the internet will be sent to you.

How to change the IP address of my Honor 8X?

In the event that you wish change the IP address of your Honor 8X it is surely that yours is blocked on certain sites or forums. Don't worry, it is possible to change it. Whether public or local, we explain the two solutions available to you below. If you have internet connection problems on your Honor 8X, you can browse our article on this topic to solve them.

Change the public IP address of your Honor 8X using a VPN

We therefore start by showing you the change the public IP address of your Honor 8X, using a VPN. This procedure is really useful in case you want to view content from your home country abroad. It will allow you to access sites that would be blocked by your address. VPNs give you the ability to connect to servers who will play the role of intermediary between you and the net. This way, it will not be your IP address but that of the VPN that will be taken into account, so you will have an IP address different from yours. You will also need to deactivate your GPS position to avoid being spotted, for the rest, apply the following indications:

  • Download and install a VPN, we advise you to use Hotspot Shield which will give you the possibility for free to use 500 MB per day
  • Open the application
  • Select the country in which you want to connect to a server
  • So you can use an IP address of the country and consult sites or content exclusively available in the latter.

Change the public IP address of an Honor 8X

To change the public IP address of your Honor 8X, the procedure is quite simple, as we told you, when you connect to the Internet you will have a new IP address reassigned to your phone. We will therefore use this trick to change it:

  • Activate the airplane mode of your Honor 8X
  • Wait a few minutes
  • Turn off airplane mode
  • You can check on MyIP what is your address to verify the success of this operation

Change the local or static IP address of your Honor 8X

To finish, for change the local IP address of your Honor 8X you can only change it if you are connected to a Wi-Fi network. Nothing complicated to do this:

  • Unlock your Honor 8X
  • Drag the top notification bar
  • Go to the Wi-Fi settings
  • Press and hold on the network you are connected to
  • Click on " Modify the network  »
  • Then in " Advanced options  »Select» Static IP  »And enter the IP you want
  • We advise you to only change the last numbers

If you want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Honor 8X, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Honor 8X.