DNS Changer

DNS Changer is a tool for Android that allows us to change the default DNS server of our device for others of the likes of Google or OpenDNS, for instance.

Easily change your Android's DNS

DNS Changer or Domain Name System is basically a system that translates everything that we write in text format in our browser's address bar into an IP that grants us access to the machine that hosts the web or service that we are visiting would like.

By default, Android uses the DNS offered by our carrier, but we might want to change them for speed reasons, because they failed at a certain point in time (this has happened in the past), or because we want to access web content blocked by our ISP (this can happen with sites that offer torrent links).

How we change our DNS on an Android phone

In that case, the best we can do is get that DNS changer. Although we can perform the same procedure manually from our smartphone's settings, it can be a bit tricky and tedious. However, once we download and install this APK, we only need two screen taps to change our DNS.

This application, which boasts of being the first mobile DNS modifier that doesn't require root, offers us the possibility to choose between manually entering a new DNS or choosing one of the four already present in its database:

• Google DNS: 8.8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4
• Open DNS: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
• Yandex DNS: 77.88.8.8 and 77.88.8.1
• Level 3 DNS: 209.244.0.3 and 209.244.0.4

Once selected, all we have to do is press the start button. The screen will change from blue to green and the status from Not Connected to Connected so we can start browsing with our new DNS.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 4.0.3.