A VPN through your phone: turning it on and sharing it with a laptop or TV
How to connect a VPN on Android and iPhone, and whether you can share it over Wi-Fi with a laptop or TV. Why a normal hotspot bypasses the VPN and what to do.
Quick fix. Get Surok in Telegram: 3 days free; own Android app, and the bot shows how to connect an iPhone.
A phone VPN is an app — the system VPN section is empty until you install one. See how to turn on a VPN.
Sharing: a normal Wi-Fi hotspot sends the laptop's or TV's traffic around the phone's VPN on both Android and iOS. Options: some clients have "Allow connections from LAN", turning the phone into a proxy you set on the laptop; install the VPN on each device instead; or share the other way round — VPN on a Windows PC in TUN mode plus Mobile hotspot (see VPN on your TV). Troubleshooting: Android, iPhone.