The setup, in order
- 1Create the profile and open its proxy configuration before launching it for the first time.
- 2Select a custom or manual proxy rather than any bundled option.
- 3Choose SOCKS5 or HTTP, then enter host, port, username and password from your provider.
- 4Run the connection test and read the country it reports back, not just whether it says success.
- 5Launch the profile and load an IP-reporting site as its first page, checking that the address reports as mobile rather than hosting.
Menu names in these tools change between releases, so the steps above name the field rather than the button. If a label has moved, the values it wants haven't.
Which protocol to pick
iXBrowser accepts HTTP and SOCKS5. Use SOCKS5 so DNS resolves through the carrier connection rather than yours. Both protocols are available simultaneously on a PocketProxy device, so switching later costs one field and no new purchase.
One protocol trap worth knowing across all of these: Chromium doesn't support SOCKS5 with a username and password. Anything Chromium-based that talks to the proxy outside the browser's own profile handling, including most scripted setups, wants the HTTP endpoint instead. More in SOCKS5 vs HTTP.
A free tier changes what you should test
The reason to care: free profiles are where people try a proxy for the first time, and a first impression formed on a misconfigured profile usually gets blamed on the proxy.
Before deciding a mobile proxy 'doesn't work' in iXBrowser, load an IP-reporting site in the profile and confirm the address shown is the one you configured. If it shows your own address, the proxy was never applied and nothing else you observed means anything.
Three things that decide whether it holds
These apply whichever browser you run, and they matter more than any setting inside it.
One profile, one proxy, permanently
The pairing is the point. A profile that logs in from one carrier IP for a month and then appears on a different one has told the platform more than any fingerprint setting can hide. Assign the proxy when you create the profile and leave it alone.
Match the timezone and locale to the exit IP
Every one of these browsers lets you set timezone, locale and WebRTC handling per profile, and most will offer to derive them from the proxy's IP. Take that offer. A US carrier IP reporting a European timezone is a mismatch that costs nothing to avoid.
Verify the exit IP before you log in, not after
Open the profile and load any IP-reporting site first. You're checking two things: that the address is the one you expect, and that it reports as mobile rather than hosting. Doing this after a login attempt means the first thing the platform saw was whatever was leaking instead.
Frequently asked questions
Does iXBrowser work with 4G mobile proxies?
Yes. iXBrowser configures proxies per profile and takes the standard five values, so a carrier IP works exactly like any other proxy from the browser's point of view. Nothing mobile-specific has to be enabled.
Why does iXBrowser show my real IP with a proxy set?
Almost always that the proxy was saved to a different profile than the one you launched, or saved after launch so the running profile never picked it up. Close the profile, confirm the credentials are on that specific profile, and relaunch. Check before assuming the proxy is at fault.
Is the free version of iXBrowser enough to test a mobile proxy?
For checking that the IP applies and reports correctly, yes. What a free tier won't tell you is how the setup behaves across many profiles over weeks, which is the question that decides whether a stack works.
Setting up a different browser? The antidetect browser proxy hub covers the rest, and running multiple accounts without bans covers the parts no browser setting can fix.
A carrier IP to point iXBrowser at
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