Sunday, January 11, 2009

Use Pandora outside US on computer and iPhone

On your Computer
This kid uses one way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpLwbC2AWZk
I haven't tried it myself but I'm sure it works after reading some of the comments on youtube
Looking for an alternative to ultrasurf (what he uses) for the iPhone, I found hotspotshield... More about that in a bit...

What I use comes from the guys behind globalpandora.com, and has given me good results and has never failed
The guide is a little more complicated but nothing too fancy

I'll copy it here, but you can go to the original... http://globalpandora.com/Vidalia_Bundle
  1. Download and install the Vidalia Bundle. (Installation Bundle for Windows)
  2. Go to Start > Vidalia Bundle > Tor > Torrc.
  3. Paste the following 2 lines at the bottom of the open document and save it:
    • Line 1: StrictExitNodes 1
    • Line 2: exitnodes 0xfreespeech127,703server,AoF,badger,BostonUCompSci,CrypticWoodland, desync,djshikari,Dukeman,ephemera,glittershy,motown,muffinman, MYCROFTsOtherChild,NascentHackTor,phrenograph,Samael,SelfEvident, superbad,Topcat,torctswc1,tordienet,tortastic,torxmission, trithnt,venusandmars,whomthebelltolls,YouDB01,Zanter
  4. Download tor.pac and place it at your C: drive.
  5. Configure your browser:
    • Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings
    • Check "Use automatic configuration script" and fill the text box with: file://C:\tor.pac
    • Firefox: Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Connections > Settings
    • Check "Automatic proxy configuration URL" and fill the text box with: file:///C:/tor.pac
  6. Run Tor (Start > Vidalia Bundle > Vidalia)
  7. Now launch your browser and point it to www.pandora.com and you are able to access Pandora again.
I skipped step 3.2, i.e. I just pasted StrictExitNodes 1... because the second line was giving me issues, but who knows... I hope you don't run into any problems.

On the iPhone
For the iPhone all you'll need is to go here:
http://hotspotshield.com/clientless/iphone/

Create an account, install the Pandora app, and enjoy.

1 comment:

David said...

Just in case, this is the text inside tor.pac

function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
if (shExpMatch(host, "www.pandora.com")) return "SOCKS 127.0.0.1:9050";
// All other requests don't pass proxy
return "DIRECT";
}