If you don't want to leave traces on the web with your OnePlus 6, to be inundated with targeted advertisements or not, and want to make sure that no one can access your web activities, note that you don't. are not the only one. With all the scandals that are emerging on the non-protection of internet user data, more and more people want to be invisible! And it goes through the IP address of your smartphone. To assist you in this process, we will teach you how to change the IP address of your OnePlus 6?

To do this, we will, first, find out what an IP address is, after that, teach you the measures you can take to avoid disclose the IP address of your OnePlus 6 , first by camouflaging it, then by modifying it.

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What is the IP address of my OnePlus 6 used for?

To start this tutorial, we will first briefly teach you What is the IP address of a OnePlus 6 and what is its use . As its name suggests, it is an address, "Internet Protocol Access" , it will actually give your smartphone the possibility of connect to an internet network. It is therefore essential to give you the possibility of browsing the internet.

It is in the majority of cases dynamic , especially in the event that you are browsing using 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.

This is the address that can be sent to you with all the data you download or need throughout your web browsing.

How do I change the IP address of my OnePlus 6?

If you want change the IP address of your OnePlus 6 it's probably yours blocked on certain sites or forums. Do not be afraid, it is possible to modify it. Whether it is public or local, we reveal the two methods available to you below. If you have internet connection problems on your OnePlus 6, we invite you to consult our article on this subject to solve them.

Change the public IP address of your OnePlus 6 using a VPN

We therefore start by presenting the change the public IP address of your OnePlus 6, using a VPN. This procedure is particularly useful if you want to watch content from your home country abroad. It will give you the possibility to access sites which would be prohibited by your address. VPNs will allow you to connect to servers that will play the role of intermediary between you and the web. In 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 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 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 browse sites or content exclusively available in the latter.

Change the public IP address of a OnePlus 6

To change the public IP address of your OnePlus 6, the procedure is easy enough, as we explained to you, when you connect to the Internet you will have a new IP address reassigned to your smartphone. We will therefore use this trick to change it:

  • Activate the airplane mode of your OnePlus 6
  • Wait a few minutes
  • Turn off airplane mode
  • You can control on MyIP what is your address to check the success of this intervention

Change the local or static IP address of your OnePlus 6

To finish, for change the local IP address of your OnePlus 6 you can only modify it in the event that you are connected to a Wi-Fi network. To do this, nothing very complex:

  • Unlock your OnePlus 6
  • Scroll down 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 modify the last numbers

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