If you ever do not want to leave traces on the web with your Honor X8, to be constantly overwhelmed with targeted advertisements or not, that you want to make sure that no one can have access to your activities on the web, know that you do not you're not the only one. With all the scandals surfacing about the non-protection of Internet users' data, more and more people want to be invisible! And this goes through the IP address of your smartphone. To support you in this process, we will teach you how to change the IP address of your Honor X8?
In this context, we will, to begin with, learn what an IP address corresponds to, after that, you will learn the measures that you can take to avoid disclose the IP address of your Honor X8 , to start by camouflaging it, then modifying it.
What is the IP address of my Honor X8 used for?
To start this tutorial, we will first briefly teach you what does the IP address of an Honor X8 represent and what is its function . As the name suggests it is an address, "Internet Protocol Access" , it will actually allow your mobile phone to connect to an internet network. It is therefore essential for you to surf the internet.
It is in most cases dynamic , especially if you are ever browsing via your mobile provider's mobile network, each time you disconnect or connect you will be assigned 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 web will be sent to you.
How do I change the IP address of my Honor X8?
If you ever want change the IP address of your Honor X8 it is certainly that yours is blocked on certain sites or forums. Don't worry, you can change it. Whether it is public or local, we explain below the two alternatives that you will be able to use. If you ever have internet connection problems on your Honor X8, we invite you to read our guide on this subject to solve them.
Change the public IP address of your Honor X8 using a VPN
We start by revealing to you the changing the public IP address of your Honor X8, using a VPN. This approach is really useful when you want to watch content from your home country abroad. It will allow you to access sites that 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 net. Therefore, it will not be your IP address, however that of the VPN, which will be detected, so you will have an IP address different from yours. You will also have to deactivate your GPS position to avoid being spotted, for the rest, follow the instructions below:
- 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 browse sites or content exclusively available in the latter.
Change the public IP address of an Honor X8
To change the public IP address of your Honor X8 the process is quite simple, as we told you, each time you connect to the internet you will have a new IP address reallocated to your mobile phone. We will therefore use this trick to change it:
- Activate the airplane mode of your Honor X8
- 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 X8
Finally, for change the local IP address of your Honor X8 you can only change it if you are ever connected to a Wi-Fi network. To do this, nothing very complex:
- Unlock your Honor X8
- 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 recommend that you only change the last numbers
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become an Honor X8 master, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Honor X8.
