Flud proxy settings on Android: what is confirmed, and what you can test

Flud's proxy settings are the app's own, inside Flud, not Android's Wi-Fi proxy. The only official statement about them is one line in Flud's Google Play listing: "Proxy Support for trackers and peers." Which proxy types it offers, whether it takes a login, and what happens to DHT are not documented anywhere we could find, so the honest way to use it with a proxy is to set it up and then check the meter.

If you are fetching a Linux image to your tablet over home Wi-Fi, you very likely do not need a proxy at all.

What we could confirm about Flud

From Flud's Play listing, on 8 October 2026:

• It is an Android app by Delphi Softwares, with more than 10 million downloads.
• It "Contains ads" and has in-app purchases; a paid Flud+ exists.
• It was last updated on 27 September 2026. The version number we could not confirm.
• It offers "Proxy Support for trackers and peers", and has an option to download on Wi-Fi only.

That is all. Flud is closed source and its developer publishes no documentation of its settings. The only how-to pages about Flud and proxies we found were proxy sellers' marketing, which is not a source we would ask you to trust, including when the seller is us.

Do you need a proxy on your phone for this?

For lawful downloads, usually not. A distribution image, an Internet Archive item or a Creative Commons film downloads perfectly well over your own connection, and a project's HTTP mirror, where there is one, is often simpler still. On a metered proxy, every gigabyte also costs money, and phones are good at moving gigabytes quietly.

A proxy makes sense if you want Flud alone to leave from a separate address while the rest of the device does not. Keep to content you are allowed to share. Unauthorised sharing is not allowed on ProxyPanda, and our acceptable use policy makes staying within the law your responsibility. Lawful peer-to-peer traffic is fine with us on residential proxies and on dedicated ISP or datacenter IPs with no traffic cap.

Why Android's Wi-Fi proxy will not do it

Android has a proxy setting per Wi-Fi network, covered in our iPhone and Android guide. It is an HTTP proxy, it has no login fields, and Android itself warns that other apps may not use it. Even if Flud did honour it, an HTTP proxy does not carry peer connections in torrent clients that document this. So use Flud's own setting, and leave the Wi-Fi proxy off.

What the proxy cannot do, whatever Flud supports

• No UDP through us. We have not verified a UDP relay on our gateways, so treat our SOCKS5 as TCP only. DHT, UDP trackers and uTP will not work through the proxy. Whether Flud then drops that traffic or sends it from your own address, we could not find out. HTTP vs SOCKS5 explains the difference between the two protocols.
• No incoming connections. Peers usually cannot connect in to a client behind a proxy.
• No encryption. A proxy relays connections and hides nothing from the network in between.
• Traffic both ways. Downloads and uploads both cross the proxy. How each direction counts on your plan is under metering.

Setting it up, as far as we can describe it

1. Find the proxy option in Flud's settings. We cannot give you its exact location or labels.
2. If it offers SOCKS5, choose it. Enter the host and port from your service page in our dashboard.
3. If it asks for a username and password, enter yours. If it has no login fields, add your current public address to our IP allowlist instead. On a phone that address changes when you switch networks, so do this on the Wi-Fi network you will use.
4. If Flud lets you choose trackers, peers or both, choose both. Proxying only trackers leaves your own address visible to every peer.
5. Turn on Wi-Fi-only downloading while you test, so a mistake does not run up cellular data as well.

Test it with the meter

This is where you find out what Flud's proxy really does.

1. Open our what is my IP tool on the phone's browser and note your own address, so you know what a direct connection looks like.
2. Note the traffic figure for your service in the dashboard. How to see how much traffic is left shows where.
3. Download one small, lawful torrent in Flud and note how much it says it transferred.
4. Wait a few minutes, since dashboard figures update regularly rather than live, and compare.

If the dashboard moved by about Flud's figure, peer traffic went through the proxy. If it barely moved, peers went direct, and only the trackers, if anything, used the proxy. Either result is worth knowing before you rely on it.

What we could not confirm

• The proxy types Flud supports, and whether SOCKS5 is one of them.
• Whether it accepts a username and password.
• Where the setting is and what it is called.
• How Flud handles DHT and UDP behind a proxy, and which torrent engine it uses.

Quick answers

Does Flud support proxies? Its Play listing says "Proxy Support for trackers and peers." Nothing more detailed is published.

Does Flud use Android's Wi-Fi proxy? We could not confirm it, and that proxy cannot carry peer traffic anyway. Use Flud's own setting.

Does Flud support SOCKS5? We could not confirm it.

How do I stop Flud using cellular data? It has an option to download on Wi-Fi only.

Next step

If you have Flud's proxy screen in front of you, send us a screenshot in Discord with your details blurred, and we will add what it shows to this page. For clients whose proxy handling is documented in full, see which torrent clients work with SOCKS5.