How to Bypass School WiFi on Android

In this article, we will show you how to use blocked apps or websites on school Wi-Fi or bypass school Wi-Fi restrictions using your Android devices without paying VPN subscriptions.

Schools have many reasons why they block certain apps and sites, especially those that are subject to abuse. These apps and sites are potentially distracting, and students may end up losing their focus in the areas that matter, especially inside school premises.

But there are cases where students find themselves in a situation where it is somewhat necessary to access inaccessible applications and URLs. Open YouTube for a video that can be critical for a school project, connect to Facebook for a crucial question, access a foreign website for group research, to name a few.

VPNs

VPNs are great to use and have always been the solution of choice for people to access blocked content. They are easy to use, fast and reliable. A VPN or virtual private network routes your device’s connection to the secure, private VPN server instead of using the connection information from your default ISP.

It hides your IP address and offers you private and encrypted access, thereby protecting your data and your identity. If you are still connected to a network with administrator-only applications and sites and still need access to this content, we recommend that you get a good VPN provider.

If that sounds like your way, here are the top 3 best VPNs for Android.

1.) ExpressVPN

2.) NordVPN

3.) CyberGhost

But if you just need temporary access, don’t want to pay for a VPN subscription, or for any other reason that you may have, here are some handy and easy to work around workarounds:

1.) Use of the Orbot: Tor app for Android.

Orbot is not a VPN application. Rather, it is a proxy application that allows other applications to use the Internet privately. It uses TOR to encrypt all internet traffic on a device, then masks this traffic by sending it back from a collection of computers around the world, this process is called onion routing and TOR means the onion router .

If you cut an onion, you will see that it has several layers of skin. This is what TOR does; it sends your traffic to multiple layers of servers, making it secure, encrypted and private. Orbot: Tor for Android is free on Google Play, and it’s also very light, with a size of less than 10 MB.

Using the app for the first time is pretty self explanatory. There is a drop-down menu on the left, where you can select a country of origin. The country of origin determines the IP address assigned to your device. Orbot is very useful if you plan to download prohibited content because it hides your location based on your IP address.

However, to try to get around the school’s Wi-Fi restrictions, it doesn’t matter which country of origin you choose. You can even leave it and it will be selected by default. The next step is to click on the onion logo to start your encrypted and secure private connection. Wait for the configuration period, probably about 30 seconds to a minute; after that, you can continue and access blocked content over Wi-Fi with restrictions.

If there is a downside to using Orbot, it is that it is quite slow at times. Due to the redirection of your traffic, even if your device is connected to a broadband Internet, you will notice a noticeable decrease in speed. But since this application certainly serves its purpose, I guess you could say that the result far outweighs the con.