Can you set up a proxy on iPhone?

Can you set up a proxy on iPhone?

I have a friend who would like to be able to use a proxy on his iPhone to use the internet through an American service. He can't do this on Windows because he's using a Mac and I'm on a Windows machine. Is there a way to set up a proxy on an iPhone, or is it simply too much of a pain that he'd have to jailbreak?

I have an iPhone, but I've never set up a proxy on it. It's annoying half-solution, since if he wants to use the internet, he has to go through a proxy server, but he can't use the proxy server unless he gets it through a university server of some sort. It would better if the connection were at the same time as WiFi, but still 500 Mbit/sec is a lot faster than the 30 Mbits/sec.

ZerkmsApr 5 '11 at 1:36. EDIT: I checked, and the iPhone 5 does have 3G, not 2G. It should be perfectly doable, since there is no actually no 2G network on iPhones.

ZerkmsApr 5 '11 at 1:37. 1

First of all, you need to make sure that the wireless email proxy is enabled. BluemetalApr 5 '11 at 1:41. 2

I can confirm that the ability to use a proxy server with the 3Gs is indeed a choice. It comes as part of the proxy settings, I believe.

LunivoreApr 5 '11 at 1:46. @Greg, as another option not sure about availability in uk but usable handset is d-link dwa 125. Also has own sim in just over 70 and lifetime warranty. The sim may not be full 3g though but has gprs and uses the same network as the 3g.

Simon771Dec 27 '11 at 15:34. 4 Answers.
There is no native proxy functionality on the iPhone as far as I know, but there are third party add-ons that can use the proxy server.