Samsung's Galaxy phones and tablets run Android under Samsung's own One UI, which renames and moves the menus, so the steps in a stock Android guide do not match what you see. The proxy is still a property of each Wi-Fi network, and on mobile data it lives in the APN. This page follows Samsung's own documents for the menu names and Android's source for what the setting really does.
We did not use a Galaxy for this page. On 4 October 2026 we read Samsung's US support page on connection options, the Galaxy S25 series user guide (the Android 15 edition), Samsung Singapore's support page on the APN, and the Samsung Knox SDK reference. What the proxy setting does underneath comes from Android's own source, read the day before for our Android guide.
| Where | What it covers | Samsung's path |
|---|---|---|
| Wi-Fi proxy | One Wi-Fi network | Settings, Connections, Wi-Fi, the network, View more |
| APN proxy | Mobile data | Settings, Connections, Mobile networks, Access Point Names |
| Knox profile | A company-managed phone | Set by the company, can include a login |
What you need before you start
One proxy line, four parts
198.51.100.7Host:8080Port:hp_ir4k2Username:9fa2c1Password198.51.100.7:8080:hp_ir4k2:9fa2c1hp_ir4k2:9fa2c1@198.51.100.7:8080http://hp_ir4k2:9fa2c1@198.51.100.7:8080
The phone takes the host and the port in two boxes; the user name and password are typed when the browser asks. Values shown are examples.
- An HTTP proxy's host and port, plus the user name and password if it needs a login. If your provider sent the parts in another order, the proxy format guide sorts them out.
- For a first test, any HTTP entry from our free proxy list will do. Free entries come and go, so test one first; the check further down shows how.
- Our free proxy setup generator writes the host and port for Android and says when a proxy line will not fit a phone at all.
Step 1: open the network's View more
Samsung's support page puts the proxy among a Wi-Fi network's advanced options, "such as IP and Proxy settings or certificates" (1). The user guide for Android 15 Galaxy phones names that section View more (2); older Samsung pages and phones call it Advanced.
For the network you are connected to:
- Open Settings, then Connections, then Wi-Fi.
- Tap the gear next to the network you are on. Its settings open.
- Tap View more (or Advanced on older One UI).
For a new network, or if you find no gear: this is the path Samsung's guide documents step by step.
- Settings, Connections, Wi-Fi, then Add network at the bottom of the list.
- Type the network name, choose its security and enter its password.
- Tap View more.
If the network is already saved but shows no way to edit it, forget it and add it again this way. Samsung also notes that certain options may vary by carrier, so a carrier's Galaxy can show fewer choices.
Step 2: fill in the proxy
Under View more, change Proxy from None to Manual, then fill in the host name and the port in their two boxes, and save.
ConnectionsWi-FiYour networkView more
Proxy
- ProxyManualNone, Manual or Proxy Auto-Config (a PAC address).
- Proxy hostname198.51.100.7
- Proxy port8080
- Bypass proxy forexample.com,mail.example.com
- The host goes in on its own, with no
http://in front, and the port in its own box. - The bypass list takes domains separated by commas.
- The third choice, auto-config, takes the address of a PAC file instead of a host and port.
Step 3: the user name and password
The proxy screen has no boxes for a login. Android's source defines a host, a port and a bypass list, nothing more, and One UI runs that Android underneath. So the login depends on the app:
- Chrome asks in a window the first time the proxy wants a login. Type the proxy's user name and password there, not your Samsung account's.
- An app that cannot ask fails instead. The clean way out is an address allowlist at your provider, so the proxy accepts your phone without a login. When your proxy needs a password and your software cannot send one covers the options, including a relay app that holds the login for you.
Company phones with Knox. On a Galaxy managed by an employer through Samsung Knox, the company's device management can push a Wi-Fi profile with a manual proxy and its login (4). Knox's reference lists Basic and NTLM logins for it. You will not see those fields yourself; ask your IT team if a work proxy keeps asking for a password.
Which apps follow it
Android's own proxy screen carries the honest warning: "The HTTP proxy is used by the browser but may not be used by the other apps." Chrome follows the setting, as do apps built on Android's standard network code. An app with network code of its own follows it only if its makers built it to. The Android guide explains where that line runs.
A SOCKS5 proxy cannot go into this screen. Android passes the setting to apps as an HTTP proxy, and its proxy code never mentions SOCKS; a SOCKS5 server typed in there receives HTTP requests and fails. Use an app with its own SOCKS5 setting, or one that routes the phone's traffic through it.
On mobile data
The Wi-Fi proxy ends when you leave that Wi-Fi network. Mobile data has its own Proxy and Port fields in the APN, the carrier's connection profile. Samsung's path (3):
- Settings, then Connections (older models skip this step).
- Mobile networks, then Access Point Names.
- Tap the active APN and fill in Proxy and Port, then save.
Carriers can lock APN fields, so on some Galaxy phones the screen will not let you change them. The same screen has Username and Password, but they belong to its Authentication type (PAP or CHAP), the carrier's own login, not a proxy's. To undo everything, Samsung's page ends with Reset in that screen's menu (More on older models), which puts the carrier's settings back.
Check that it worked
Open this address in Chrome while on the Wi-Fi network:
https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace
The line starting with ip= is the address sites see. If it is the proxy's, Chrome goes through the proxy. Our IP lookup tells you who owns that address. Before you put a proxy into the phone at all, paste it into our free proxy checker: it separates "this proxy is dead" from "I typed it wrong", which look the same on a phone that loads nothing.
Mistakes other guides make
These come up in the pages and answers that rank for Samsung proxy searches:
- "Manual asks for a username and password." The proxy screen has no login fields; the browser asks.
- "Tap Advanced." Current One UI calls it View more.
- Nothing on mobile data. The Wi-Fi proxy does not cover it; the APN does.
- A SOCKS5 proxy in the Wi-Fi settings. It only takes an HTTP proxy.
- Menus from a Galaxy S4. Pages written for Android 4 still rank; One UI's menus are different.
Turning it off again
- Open the same network's settings, View more, set Proxy to None and save.
- For mobile data, open Access Point Names, and either clear Proxy and Port or use Reset to go back to the carrier's settings.
- If one Wi-Fi network suddenly loads nothing while others work, a forgotten proxy on that network is the first place to look.
How we wrote this
We did not use a Galaxy phone for this page. On 4 October 2026 we read Samsung's own documents: the US support page "Connection options for your Galaxy phone or tablet", the Galaxy S25 series user guide for Android 15, Samsung Singapore's page on setting up the APN, and the Samsung Knox SDK reference for Wi-Fi profiles and proxy logins. What the setting does underneath comes from Android's own source, read on 3 October 2026 for our Android guide. The picture above is our own terminal reading of Samsung's documents.
Real problems come from Android Stack Exchange (Galaxy questions with 30,917, 20,996 and 10,188 views, and one about a Knox-managed company phone) and Samsung's own community forum.
Limits: Samsung's documents describe the proxy for adding a network; the gear for a saved network is how One UI usually opens its settings, but we did not see it on a phone. The labels of the proxy fields come from Android's source and One UI may word them differently. Samsung Internet's handling of proxy logins was not checked. Samsung moves menus between One UI versions; we will check the next user guide by April 2027.
Sources
All read on 4 October 2026, Android's source on 3 October 2026.
- Samsung Electronics America: "Connection options for your Galaxy phone or tablet" (samsung.com/us/support, ANS10002546).
- Samsung: Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Edge, S25 Ultra User Guide, Android 15 edition, Wi-Fi section.
- Samsung Singapore: "How to set up Access Point Name (APN) on Samsung Mobile?" (last updated 28 July 2022).
- Samsung Knox SDK reference:
WifiAdminProfileandAuthConfig(docs.samsungknox.com). - Android Open Source Project: the Settings app's strings and
Proxy.java(android.googlesource.com). - Android Stack Exchange questions 33039, 23648, 40907 and 257833; a Samsung Community thread on the Galaxy A10.
- Our terminal reading of Samsung's documents, 4 October 2026.
