hello everyone and welcome back this is paul from tech link and in this video i want to
show you how to use a vpn or a virtual private network on your android phone
now a lot of people nowadays use vpns especially when they connect to a public wi-fi as measured to
secure the data that is being exchanged with the network this should protect the user from a third
party accessing the data transferred over that network i'm saying should as it's not always true
however this is a topic for another video and i don't want to go any further into this
also other people use vpns to avoid restrictions on certain websites or apps anyway i just want to
show you how to set up a vpn on your android phone so there's actually two ways to do this the first
would be to do it manually through the settings of your android device i don't personally use this
method but i'm going to show you how to do it for the purpose of this video you are going to need
the server specific information like the address or ip and then username and password i'm going to
use this website right here vpnboob.com but you can use your own or if you google free vpn server
list you will find other similar websites you then need to go into your android device settings
and find the vpn option now i'm using miui which is a customized version of android running on all
xiaomi devices so for me it's easily located within the main page of the settings but if
you're running on stock android you can find it by searching for vpn on the search bar at the top
in there you should have the option to add a vpn like this button right here you then need to name
your vpn connection and after that we're gonna go and enter all our server specific information
so i'm gonna go back to vpnbook.com and copy all that info let's assume you want to connect
to a canada vpn you need to copy the server address and paste it into the connection settings
you also need to select the encryption type which in this case is a pptp and inside the username and
password press okay and now you should be able to toggle this switch on which will allow you to
connect to your new vpn connection it says now connected and as you can see there's a small
vpn icon at the top of the screen in order to disconnect it you have to go back to the settings
and find the vpn option and toggle the switch off the second way would be to download a vpn app on
your android device so if you go to play store and search for vpn you will see a whole list of
apps that serve for a virtual private network so you can pick whichever you like i personally use
tunnelbear but it's just my preference i'm not saying it's good or bad once you download your
app you will be required to create a new account and from within the app after you are logged in
you should have an option that allows you to connect on several servers across the globe so
select whichever you want and within seconds you will be connected to that specific server
and that's pretty much the process on how to do it this is obviously an easier way to connect to a
vpn but you can choose from whichever method works best for you or the one you trust more with this
being said this time to end this video if you have any questions let me know in the comment section
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