Overview

New Users Should Understand These 4 Things First

PhoneGrid is a cloud phone environment tool. You can create, start, and manage cloud phones in PhoneGrid.

Before using PhoneGrid for the first time, please understand:

1. Cloud phones need a proxy to access the network
   PhoneGrid provides the cloud phone environment, but does not provide proxy services. A cloud phone needs a user-configured proxy before it can access the internet.
2. A proxy can be configured in two places
   You can configure a proxy while creating a cloud phone, or add a proxy first in Proxy Management, then associate it with a cloud phone.
3. Apps can be installed inside a cloud phone or added through Application Center
   For a single cloud phone, you can install apps the same way you would on a regular Android phone. For multiple cloud phones, you can use Application Center to prepare apps in bulk, or upload your own APK.
4. Billing depends on both plan benefits and add-on packages
   Cloud phone runtime first consumes free minutes included in the plan, then consumes duration packs. After that, usage is charged from the account balance at $0.006/minute, capped at $1.5 per cloud phone per day. Parallel packs and monthly devices cover specific usage scenarios.

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