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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10271 Posts
June 14 2013 20:51 GMT
#1
Basically what the title says. I'm going to China June 22nd and I really don't want to go there knowing that I'm losing facebook until July 14th. I know a lot of people have already asked this stuff but is there some proxies you guys know about to get around the China Firewall?

Also, anyone know about how to unlock your IPhone while in China too? I know my friend did it but he was already in the ATT plan or something and they did it for free for him.

Thanks so much. Any ideas are much appreciated. :D

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Writer#1 KT and FlaSh Fanboy || Woo Jung Ho Never Forget || Teamliquid Political Decision Desk
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docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
June 14 2013 21:01 GMT
#2
THATS AWESOME DUDE! Where are you going to be in China? I'd say just go to your AT&T store and they should be able to do the unlocking for you? I'm not totally sure though. I'm also not that knowledgeable about proxies either -_-. Have fun though!
User was warned for too many mimes.
Shaoer
Profile Joined July 2012
United States60 Posts
June 14 2013 21:05 GMT
#3
If you are in school, you can load into your school's VPN and make that work.
Otherwise, cry. Just kidding, facebook works sometimes on the iPhone so always try that.

Experience: Chinese Kid growing up
I GG all the time
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
June 14 2013 21:06 GMT
#4
Just carry a little Red Book with you and salute a lot and say "Death to capitalist swine!" as a greeting.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Skilledblob
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany3392 Posts
June 14 2013 21:11 GMT
#5
oh noes you will lose facebook for TWO WEEKS the world is going to implode!!!!1111

instead of sticking your nose on your mobile phone screen to watch unimportant stuff on FB you should enjoy your trip and do stuff, because you might never be able to go there again
lantz
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States762 Posts
June 14 2013 21:12 GMT
#6
once u get into china, u dont come back. I heard it from a friend of a friend who never was heard of again.
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-14 21:23:48
June 14 2013 21:23 GMT
#7
Just use a VPN to get around facebook.

edit: And oddly enough, my birthday is over a week late on TL.
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
June 14 2013 21:30 GMT
#8
use ultrasurf
http://ultrasurf.us/
idk about the phone tho
Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
June 14 2013 21:31 GMT
#9
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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10271 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-14 22:36:02
June 14 2013 22:26 GMT
#10
im there for internship, not an actual vacation. i just want to be able to stay updated during my breaks and stuff. xD

EDIT: this is also like my 6th time over there. if it were my 1st, i probably wouldnt even know about the firewall situation xD
Writer#1 KT and FlaSh Fanboy || Woo Jung Ho Never Forget || Teamliquid Political Decision Desk
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zdfgucker
Profile Joined August 2011
China594 Posts
June 14 2013 22:39 GMT
#11
On June 15 2013 07:26 FlaShFTW wrote:
im there for internship, not an actual vacation. i just want to be able to stay updated during my breaks and stuff. xD

EDIT: this is also like my 6th time over there. if it were my 1st, i probably wouldnt even know about the firewall situation xD


If it's an international company, they should be using a VPN anyway. Pray they didn't internally block Facebook.
Avoid those free proxy sites. It's faster to teach a dog English than to load Facebook on these slow proxies..
fLDm
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10271 Posts
June 14 2013 23:29 GMT
#12
On June 15 2013 07:39 zdfgucker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 15 2013 07:26 FlaShFTW wrote:
im there for internship, not an actual vacation. i just want to be able to stay updated during my breaks and stuff. xD

EDIT: this is also like my 6th time over there. if it were my 1st, i probably wouldnt even know about the firewall situation xD


If it's an international company, they should be using a VPN anyway. Pray they didn't internally block Facebook.
Avoid those free proxy sites. It's faster to teach a dog English than to load Facebook on these slow proxies..

nope, just working at my grandma's hospital.
Writer#1 KT and FlaSh Fanboy || Woo Jung Ho Never Forget || Teamliquid Political Decision Desk
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-15 01:44:53
June 15 2013 01:43 GMT
#13
Why can't you just understand and respect the late Chairman Mao's wishes for a harmonious and revolutionary society? Trying to get around the Great Firewall to bring disharmonious elements into the country and pollute the minds of your comrades? For shame.

Anyways, why are you worried about Facebook being blocked when you should be worrying about Twitch being blocked.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
June 15 2013 01:46 GMT
#14
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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10271 Posts
June 15 2013 03:48 GMT
#15
On June 15 2013 10:46 krndandaman wrote:
I use hotspot shield to get around firewalls. Works well and it's free.

Also for unlocking your phone, talk to your phone company. They should be able to do it for you. For me, I went to Korea and luckily the people over there were able to do it for me (though it took a while cause they had no idea how). But they recommended that I ask my original phone company next time since it's different for each model.

my dad called them or something. said they could allow it to work but it would cost like 2.50 per minute or something.

thanks for the tips guys :D
Writer#1 KT and FlaSh Fanboy || Woo Jung Ho Never Forget || Teamliquid Political Decision Desk
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endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-15 03:59:47
June 15 2013 03:58 GMT
#16
Just buy a VPN for $5.

On June 15 2013 10:43 Bagration wrote:
Anyways, why are you worried about Facebook being blocked when you should be worrying about Twitch being blocked.


Twitch isn't blocked....
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docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
June 15 2013 04:32 GMT
#17
On June 15 2013 08:29 FlaShFTW wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 15 2013 07:39 zdfgucker wrote:
On June 15 2013 07:26 FlaShFTW wrote:
im there for internship, not an actual vacation. i just want to be able to stay updated during my breaks and stuff. xD

EDIT: this is also like my 6th time over there. if it were my 1st, i probably wouldnt even know about the firewall situation xD


If it's an international company, they should be using a VPN anyway. Pray they didn't internally block Facebook.
Avoid those free proxy sites. It's faster to teach a dog English than to load Facebook on these slow proxies..

nope, just working at my grandma's hospital.

You're grandma has a hospital? That's kickass O.o. Is it run by her?
User was warned for too many mimes.
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
June 15 2013 05:05 GMT
#18
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DrakanSilva
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Chile932 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-15 08:55:33
June 15 2013 08:54 GMT
#19
Hey hi there.

I'm living here and if you have the money i'll suggest you to get astrill, it works pretty well, veeeery rare downtime, only few hours in the last 4 months i've been using it and they fixed it during the day. They also have a portable vesion that you can use on internet bars with no restart required.

I use it to play dota on US servers, pings goes down from 600 to 170-230 and it becomes very stable, is also very good if you use gmail, soundcloud, facebook, youtube, and many other stuffs, the internet just gets a lot more stable. And hotspot shields never connects, its extremely random.

Gluck and if you pass by Yiwu let me know .
In the beginning there was nothing... and then exploded
isleyofthenorth
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Austria894 Posts
June 15 2013 09:18 GMT
#20
losing facebook 2 weeks? that is a problem? are you fucking kidding me ....
DrakanSilva
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Chile932 Posts
June 15 2013 09:53 GMT
#21
It can be a problem if you are in china, it shouldn't be a problem if you are in ibiza for 2 weeks.

Or sorry... you are just too cool, grown up and hipster to even consider possible situations where you might need facebook.
In the beginning there was nothing... and then exploded
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10271 Posts
June 15 2013 15:41 GMT
#22
On June 15 2013 13:32 docvoc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 15 2013 08:29 FlaShFTW wrote:
On June 15 2013 07:39 zdfgucker wrote:
On June 15 2013 07:26 FlaShFTW wrote:
im there for internship, not an actual vacation. i just want to be able to stay updated during my breaks and stuff. xD

EDIT: this is also like my 6th time over there. if it were my 1st, i probably wouldnt even know about the firewall situation xD


If it's an international company, they should be using a VPN anyway. Pray they didn't internally block Facebook.
Avoid those free proxy sites. It's faster to teach a dog English than to load Facebook on these slow proxies..

nope, just working at my grandma's hospital.

You're grandma has a hospital? That's kickass O.o. Is it run by her?

nah, shes just a really famous heart surgeon there. still dont know how shes still working at her age lol.

and idk why everyone needs to be rude about this. i want to use facebook for my off-time while im there. is that such a problem to you people? just curious.
Writer#1 KT and FlaSh Fanboy || Woo Jung Ho Never Forget || Teamliquid Political Decision Desk
TL+ Member
SnipedSoul
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2158 Posts
June 15 2013 16:49 GMT
#23
Do enough awesome things where you won't have any off-time.
Taku
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada2036 Posts
June 15 2013 17:56 GMT
#24
If you're feeling a bit techy then you can set up your own VPN for free easily. Just sign up for an account here: http://aws.amazon.com/ Just get the free account its good for a year. Then you download something like this: http://www.putty.org/ There's a few guides on how to set up the VPN server on AWS which you would then connect to through putty, and then make sure you route everything through the VPN. They're a lot more reliable than most proxy services I find.
When SC2 came for BW, I cried. Now LoL/Dota2 comes for SC2, and I laugh. \o/
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
June 16 2013 00:16 GMT
#25
On June 16 2013 02:56 Taku wrote:
If you're feeling a bit techy then you can set up your own VPN for free easily. Just sign up for an account here: http://aws.amazon.com/ Just get the free account its good for a year. Then you download something like this: http://www.putty.org/ There's a few guides on how to set up the VPN server on AWS which you would then connect to through putty, and then make sure you route everything through the VPN. They're a lot more reliable than most proxy services I find.


AWS is too slow in China to watch Youtube videos. Works fine for Facebook.
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