If you ever do not want to leave traces on the internet with your Honor X7, to be constantly inundated with targeted advertisements or not, that you want to ensure that no one can have access to your activities on the internet, know that you are not not the only one. With all the scandals that surface on the non-protection of Internet users' data, more and more people want to be invisible! And that goes through your device's IP address. To assist you in this process, we will teach you how to change the IP address of your Honor X7?
To do this, we will first see what an IP address corresponds to, after that, teach you the measures you can take to avoid disclose the IP address of your Honor X7 , first by camouflaging it, then by modifying it.
What is the IP address of my Honor X7 used for?
To start this tutorial, we will first quickly teach you what is the IP address of an Honor X7 and what is its function . As its name suggests, it is an address, "Internet Protocol Access" , it will in fact give your smartphone the possibility of connect to an internet network. It is therefore essential to give you the possibility of surfing the net.
It is in the majority of cases dynamic , especially if you are browsing through the mobile network of your telephone 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 at this address that you will be sent all the data that you download or that you need throughout your internet browsing.
How do I change the IP address of my Honor X7?
If you ever want change the IP address of your Honor X7 it is surely that yours is blocked on certain sites or forums. Don't worry, you can change it. Whether it is the public or the local, we explain below the two methods that you will be able to use. If you ever have internet connection problems on your Honor X7, we invite you to take a look at our article on this topic to solve them.
Change the public IP address of your Honor X7 using a VPN
We therefore start by showing you the changing the public IP address of your Honor X7, using a VPN. This procedure is really useful if you want to watch content from your home country abroad. It will give you the possibility of accessing sites which would be prohibited by your address. VPNs give you the ability to connect to servers that are able to act as an intermediary between you and the web. Therefore, it will not be your IP address, however that of the VPN, which will be taken into account, so you will have an IP address different from yours. You will also need deactivate your GPS position to avoid being spotted, for the rest, apply the following instructions:
- Download and install a VPN, we recommend that you use Hotspot Shield which will allow you 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 read sites or content exclusively available in the latter.
Change the public IP address of an Honor X7
To change the public IP address of your Honor X7 the procedure is quite easy, as we told you, when you connect to the internet you will have a new IP address reallocated to your smartphone. So we'll use this trick to change it:
- Activate the airplane mode of your Honor X7
- Wait a few minutes
- Turn off airplane mode
- You can check on MyIP what is your address to verify the success of this manipulation
Change the local or static IP address of your Honor X7
To finish, for change the local IP address of your Honor X7 you can only modify it if you are connected to a Wi-Fi network. To do this, nothing complicated:
- Unlock your Honor X7
- 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 suggest that you only modify the last numbers
If you are ever looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Honor X7, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Honor X7.
