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Proxies for mobile gaming?

Nasmerk — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:13:53 GMT

Is it possible to use proxies in mobile games? I want to boost game characters and change geolocation.
Will there be friezes? Or what connection speed should proxies provide?

Re: Proxies for mobile gaming?

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:01:52 GMT

Use a VPN to "look" like you're connecting to the internet from a different location. There will be a speed hit due to the extra distance and through extra routers that the data has to go.

Friezes will not impact your internet performance either way. 🙂

Re: Proxies for mobile gaming?

softech — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:43:50 GMT

You have to use VPN.

VPN can be homemade. If you have a friend, family member in another country , like USA, they can easily setup the VPN for you with the proper tool, as easy a a decent router.

or you can pay some money for a proper VPN connection. It's hard to say how fast. Depends on which country you are trying to connect to. As usual, connecting to US or UK are usually have better speed. There are all kind of VPN trials you can test it out. Or many of those are charged monthly, there is not really much committment.

You can also share VPN connection via GroupBuy. I know a person who is arranging all kind of groupbuy, you can message me if you are into one.

Re: Proxies for mobile gaming?

TheGx — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 21:59:57 GMT

@Nasmerk :Try free VPN such as ProtonVPN or OpenVPN, not sure what their speeds are though...

Re: Proxies for mobile gaming?

Darleon — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 23:21:47 GMT

By the way, I tried using VPN for the same tasks, but it doesn't work as it should.
Better to actually use a proxy. Just look for proxies that do not restrict traffic, I think https://fineproxy.de/en/package-finder/ tool will help you. You can also find mobile proxies there.

Re: Proxies for mobile gaming?

Korth — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 20:14:55 GMT

Most mobile games are designed to accommodate variable pings and sporadic latencies; the added lag from a VPN won't make these games unplayable unless they're already at the point (without VPN) where lag is a constant frustration.

Foreign-region stuff can be bad, though, if the network (infrastructure) routing gives it low priority. This isn't something you can control (aside from subscribing to a different network/provider) - it might even be deliberate (so foreign-region games/videos/content is effectively inaccessible - and there's really no way to know until you try. Sometimes the only workaround is to pre-download the content for later enjoyment, but of course this isn't an option for near-realtime games.

The free VPNs are utterly garbage for desktop/laptop computing, so I wouldn't expect them to be any better for smartphone computing.

Re: Proxies for mobile gaming?

Darleon — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 06:15:06 GMT

Probably because I was using free VPN, there was a lot of delay. But when I started using proxy packages everything works fine.

Re: Proxies for mobile gaming?

Nasmerk — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:53:06 GMT

Okay! It is interesting. I will also try this tool for finding good private proxies.

Re: Proxies for mobile gaming?

RaleighFeil — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:22:20 GMT

Using proxies with mobile games is possible, but the experience really depends on the proxy quality. Most games don’t like sudden latency spikes, so cheap or overloaded proxies can cause freezes or failed logins. If you’re trying to change geolocation, choose something with stable ping rather than just high speed. A low-latency connection usually matters more than raw bandwidth.