Capturing HTTP requests on 3G/4G

[Bil]

Hi - I was able to configure Fiddler in such a way that all the http server requests made from my mobile phone are captured as long as both the mobile phone and Fiddler are on the same Wi-Fi. Now, I am wondering if there is a way to see the same http request when the phone is connected to Internet via 3g or 4G. Is it possible? can anyone share the steps to do that?
Thanks.

[Eric Lawrence]

Hello, Bil--

Generally, mobile devices won't use the registered proxy server when on 3G or 4G (if they did, all you'd need to do is run Fiddler on an internet-accessible IP address).

That typically means you can't use Fiddler in the configuration you describe, unless your scenario is narrow enough that you could configure it as a reverse proxy for a specific target: http://docs.telerik.com/fiddler/configure-fiddler/tasks/usefiddlerasreverseproxy

Regards,
Eric Lawrence
Telerik

 

 

[Tom]

Hi guys

Are there no alternative methods available (without root access to phone) ?

[Eric Lawrence]

I'm not aware of any phones that support setting a proxy for the 4G connection without root access.

Regards,
Eric Lawrence
Telerik