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How to use I2P on Android

Masayuki Hatta
4 min readFeb 3, 2019

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Enjoy I2P on the go. Also, please read the last section.

Photo by Jef Pawlikowski on Unsplash

You can use I2P on your Android devices. It surprisingly runs well. The RAM requirement is 512MB minimum, 1GB recommended. Even the cheapest smartphone can satisfy this nowadays.

I2P is available from Google Play Store, F-Droid, and even as .apk from the official site. Download, install and run it. Something like below greets you.

Running I2P on Android

I2P on Android, the first screen

Before “long press” that button, it would be nice to check your bandwidth settings. Touch the 3-dots menu button in the upper right corner, choose “Settings”, then “Bandwidth and network”. In most cases, you have to increase the maximum inbound/outbound speed. Unfortunately, I2P on Android does not have New Install Wizard with the Bandwidth Test yet, but you can test your network by yourself with several Android speedtest apps or websites. Roughly 1000KB/s means 1MB/s.

Bandwidth Settings

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Masayuki Hatta
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