The MIUI ROM : Proxy Support Included

I rooted my Android phone the very next day after purchasing it. Ok. I'm lying. :D. I rooted it about a week afterwards. Initially, I was kinda hesitant given all the hype that surrounded the rooting process. Now, with the proliferation of unrevoked ( if you don't know what unrevoked is, well, google it ), it's become much more simple. I began flashing roms like it was nobody's business. I was browsing through XDA all the time and I literally needed to get a life.:D. I tried out several roms and out of the lot, OpenDesire and CyanogenMod proved to be my favorites. One of the main reasons being the inbuilt proxy support that they brought along with them.

Now, every ROM has its pros and cons. If you look at OpenDesire, it's battery life is unmatched. If you look at CM, its feature set is awesome. Recently, a group of Chinese programmers released a custom ROM named MIUI ( I think this was back in December 2010 ) and several others have used this ROM as the base and built their modifications on top of it.One such ROM is the MIUI AU ROM. I flashed it on my phone a few days back and I must say, It is unbelievable.

The UI is probably the best part. Though it is very reminiscent of the iPhone UI, it is a good and refreshing change from the usual android UIs that I've been using until now. The developers have given a completely revamped look and it is over-the-top. It has nearly every conceivable feature inbuilt. I usually used to install a whole horde of third party apps on earlier roms to get these functionalities. However, this one has most of the stuff inbuilt so there's not much to worry about.

The only hassle about the MIUI ROM that amateurs might face is the preparation that is required to install it. You have to set up your SD card to support A2SD+ and that requires a little work to be done. Once you've done that, you can just load and flash the zip file from the SD card as you would usually. And before you ask, yes. It does have proxy support.:D

For those of you who are interested, check out the MIUI-AU website. The instructions that they have posted on the website are as detailed as detailed can get. So you should have no problems setting it up. One more thing. Don't get fooled by the screenshots in the MIUI website. The actual ROM looks much better. I don't understand why the developers won't put in better screens on the website. It certainly would attract a much wider audience.

And as always, if you have any questions, feel free to leave comments below!

TransProxy: Android Proxy App

Alright people. There's this app called Transproxy which seems to be a viable solution to the proxy problem. Now, I am not sure if it will work with all your android phones out there. But from what I've tested, it works just fine. I do my testing on an HTC Desire btw. Like always, I tested it in a network where internet access is through a proxy server, but without authentication. So if someone could check this out on an authentication based proxy network, it would be real helpful!

There's not much to making this work. You just install it and when you run the app, you'll see the above screen. Just enter the details and let it run. It's as simple as that. Even n00bs will find this one easy to work with.:D

Please comment and let me know if this app works for you. If not, well I'll give you some other suggestions.

ASProxy: Android Proxy App

Android proxy apps are probably the fastest growing kind in the android app scene. It seems weird that Google has not yet incorporated proxy settings into the official android releases. Nevertheless, given the hacker friendly nature of Android, some developers have come out with solutions for this. I have written earlier about proxy solutions for android. I came across this one quite some time back. However, I've had a terrible amount of work at hand and did not find time to update the blog until today!

This one isn't too hard to configure. To make it easier for you guys, I am attaching snapshots here to give you a brief idea about what ASProxy is capable of.

I've tested this in a proxy network and it works just fine. However, the thing is, the network where I tested it did not have authentication enforcements. So if anyone out there could test ASProxy in a username/password enable proxy network, it would help all of us! Installation is very straight-forward. Just install the apk and run the app. You'll see the screens that are shown below. Alright. No more dilly-dallying. Check out the snapshots below!

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So as you can see, all you have to do it go to options and enter the proxy details. Then hit the big pink button to start up the proxy app and voila! What's great about this app is that it's not just a browser proxy app. You can use other apps such as gtalk, market etc. Such a feature is not available in all android proxy apps out there. So this one is a cut above the rest.

Do comment if you guys face any problems. Let's see how best we can handle it!

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