How to set up a proxy in Shadowrocket

Which proxy to use

Residential proxies with a sticky session are the usual choice for browsing, because the IP address looks like a home connection and stays the same while you work. For heavy use such as video, a time-based Unlimited Datacenter plan avoids paying by the gigabyte.

• Residentialfrom $2.64 per GB
• Mobilefrom $2.64 per GB

What to enter

A PiratProxies plan gives you four things: a host, a port, a username and a password. These are the values for Residential; the username and password are on your plan page.

The country and the session are chosen in the username, not in a separate setting. The generator on your plan page writes the username for you, and Targeting and sessions explains each part.

Steps

1. Tap the plus sign to add a server.
2. Set the type to SOCKS5 or HTTP.
3. Enter the address resi.piratproxies.com, the port (1080 for SOCKS5, 8080 for HTTP), your username and your password.
4. Save, select the server and switch the connection on. iOS asks once for permission to add a VPN configuration.
5. Open an IP-check page in Safari.

Menu names can differ a little between versions of Shadowrocket. The four values to enter are always the same.

Rotating or sticky

A device or browser that sends everything through the proxy is acting as one visitor, so a sticky session is usually what you want: the IP address stays the same while you work. Remember that gigabyte plans count all traffic, so video and large downloads use a plan up quickly.

A sticky username looks like this:

USERNAME-country-us-time-600-session-a1b2c3d4

If it does not work

• The "VPN" that iOS shows is how the app catches traffic. Your traffic still goes to the proxy you entered and nowhere else.
• Everything on the phone goes through the proxy while it is on, including background app refresh.
• A 407 error means the username or password was not accepted. Copy both again from your plan page, and check that nothing added a space or cut the username short.
• If the IP address is in the wrong country, look at the username: the country code is part of it. More fixes.

Questions

Shadowrocket is a product of its own makers. PiratProxies is not affiliated with it; the name is used here only to say what this guide is about. Use it within the rules of the sites you work with and our acceptable use policy.