If you are tired of being visible on the net with your Pocophone M5, of constantly being inundated with targeted or untargeted advertisements, that you want to be sure that no one can have access to your activities on the net, you will be happy to learn that you are not alone. With all the scandals that come out about 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 Pocophone M5?
To do this, we will first see what an IP address is for, then teach you the measures that you can implement to avoid disclose the IP address of your Pocophone M5 , first by camouflaging it, then changing it.
What is the IP address of my Pocophone M5 used for?
To start this guide, we will first quickly teach you what does the IP address of a Pocophone M5 represent and what is its use . As the name suggests it is an address, "Internet Protocol Access" , it will actually give your mobile phone 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 in the event that you are browsing via the mobile network of your telephone provider, 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 you can be sent all the data that you download or that you need throughout your browsing on the net.
How do I change the IP address of my Pocophone M5?
If you want change the IP address of your Pocophone M5 it's probably that yours is blocked on certain sites or forums. Don't worry, it is possible to change it. Whether it is the public or the local, we show you below the two methods that you will be able to use. If you have internet connection problems on your Pocophone M5, you can take a look at our article on this topic to solve them.
Change the public IP address of your Pocophone M5 using a VPN
We therefore begin by presenting the changing the public IP address of your Pocophone M5, 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 of accessing sites which would be blocked by your address. VPNs will allow you to connect to servers that are able to act as an intermediary between you and the internet. In fact, 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 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 allow you to use 500 MB per day
- Open the application
- Choose the country in which you want to connect to a server
- So you can use an IP address of the country and watch sites or content exclusively available in that country.
Change the public IP address of a Pocophone M5
To change the public IP address of your Pocophone M5 the procedure is quite easy, as we explained to you, when 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 airplane mode on your Pocophone M5
- Wait a few minutes
- Turn off airplane mode
- You can control on MyIP what is your address to check the success of this manipulation
Change the local or static IP address of your Pocophone M5
To finish, for change the local IP address of your Pocophone M5 you can only change it if you are connected to a Wi-Fi network. Nothing complicated to do this:
- Unlock your Pocophone M5
- 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 suggest that you only change the last numbers
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