If one day you can't access Facebook or foreign sites, choose to set up a VPN for your Android device. Using a VPN also helps you ensure your personal information is not stolen by hackers, especially when accessing Wifi in public places.
Installing VPN for Android is not as difficult as you think, the few steps below will help your Android phone successfully set up a VPN server and use it easily.
Instructions for setting up VPN on Android
Step 1: Create a new VPN connection.
From the main screen, you access Setting > Go to management Other wireless connections > Go to section VPN.
Next, Select Add VPN configuration to add parameters of a connection (some Android devices will have a ” symbol”+” is on the screen).
Step 2: Enter the server name you want to connect to.
At this step, you fill in the following information:
- Name: VPN network name, set arbitrarily.
- Sever address: this is the address of the VPN server, you can search on the internet.
After setup, click Save To save, the screen will return to the original VPN list.
Step 3: Fill in the information to connect to the server.
Select the VPN you just set up.
Now, the phone will ask for connection information, below is the demo information provided for free by the website pptpvpn.org:
- Username: pptpvpn.org
- Password: 1647
Press Connect to make the connection.
After the connection process is successful, the phone screen will display a key icon and the status line of the VPN profile will display the word Connect as shown below.
Step 4: How to disconnect from an established VPN server.
In case you want to disconnect from the previously established VPN server, just do the following:
Click profile PPTP VPN is connecting, immediately a connection status notice board will appear, now you just need to click the button Disconnect was successful.
So we have just completed the steps to set up VPN on Android, this setup will also make your device's access ability dependent on the VPN server. This means that you will be able to access sites that the VPN server does not block, and you will not be able to access sites that the VPN server blocks. As mentioned above, for example, you cannot access Facebook, but when you connect to the VPN server, you can access it.
Wishing you success.
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