Setting up a local proxy on your phone

The software I chose to use is called Squidman Proxy. A more robust and intuitive (albeit costly) option is Charles Proxy.

http://squidman.net/squidman/
http://www.charlesproxy.com/

This tutorial is for setting up Squidman for iOS or Android.

Precursor:
Make sure that the computer is accessible by your device by IP.
It's easiest to set up your environment if both are connected to the same router.

Steps:
On your iOS device, select WIFI and click on the little (i) icon
Select Manual for HTTP PROXY
Set Server IP to the IP of your computer
Set Port to 8112
Leave authentication empty
On your computer, open Squidman
Set your HTTP Port to 8112.
Go to the Template tab, and paste the following
Replace the highlighted IP with your device's IP
Click on Start Squid

cache_peer %PARENTPROXY% parent %PARENTPORT% 7 no-query no-digest no-netdb-exchange default
cache_dir ufs %CACHEDIR% %CACHESIZE% 16 256
maximum_object_size %MAXOBJECTSIZE%
coredump_dir %CACHEDIR%
visible_hostname %VISIBLEHOSTNAME%
cache_access_log stdio:/Users/dyu/Desktop/access.log
cache_store_log stdio:/Users/dyu/Desktop/store.log
cache_log /Users/dyu/Desktop/cache.log
pid_filename %PIDFILE%
http_port %PORT%
acl SSL_ports port 443
acl Safe_ports port 80  # http
acl Safe_ports port 21  # ftp
acl Safe_ports port 443  # https
acl Safe_ports port 70  # gopher
acl Safe_ports port 210  # wais
acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
acl Safe_ports port 280  # http-mgmt
acl Safe_ports port 488  # gss-http
acl Safe_ports port 591  # filemaker
acl Safe_ports port 777  # multiling http
acl CONNECT method CONNECT
%ALLOWEDHOSTS%
%DIRECTHOSTS%
http_access allow localhost manager 
http_access deny manager
acl allcomputers src 192.168.0.0/255.255.252.0
http_access allow allcomputers
http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
http_access deny to_localhost
http_access allow localhost
%HTTPACCESSALLOWED%
http_access deny all
%ALWAYSDIRECT%
always_direct deny all
hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
refresh_pattern ^ftp:  1440 20% 10080
refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
refresh_pattern .  0 20% 4320

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