Hi all, I got an android phone day before yesterday, and I am utterly disappointed to find that there is no WiFi proxy support on unrooted android phones. I was desperately looking for solutions for the last two days. I am thinking of this solution, but since I don't have much knowledge of Networking, I am not sure how to implement it:
1) It is an open issue in android: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1273 . Here, comment by 910 (allanco)- http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1273#c910 says he can access internet by entering proxy in default gateway. 2) Since allanco had the proxy server address and gateway address as the same IP, he was able to enter proxy server information in gateway address. 3) At my university, there is no other way to connect to internet (other than a proxy server), so what I am doing is, I have created a proxy server on my laptop. That proxy server is actually a transparent proxy of the institute proxy server. 4) I am now thinking of entering this proxy server (i.e. my laptop's IP) into Default Gateway in my android phone. I am hoping that this will work, since the default gateway, and proxy address are same. But, while creating the proxy server, I am not sure which port to enter, because in Default Gateway, you don't enter any port number. Please look into this issue, and confirm if this can be a possible solution to WiFi proxy issue on android. Since allanco was able to connect to internet with this kind of configuration, I think there is hope. Any ideas, Networking geniuses? Warm Regards, Ujjwal http://www.ujjwalkumar.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
