After installing for testing (and now removed) Orbot advanced privacy not support the “always VPN on” option. Not supported by this app.
I was on build 3.0.4 on android 13 now I upgrade to 3.6 android 15 thinking that will resolve my problem but not.
How can I troubleshoot that ? What can I do ?
Thanks
Here is the documentation page for Advanced Privacy. You will notice Orbot specifically mentioned. For instance
Advanced Privacy is using an implementation of the Tor project. We extracted the core functionality from the Orbot application, and added a user interface on the top of it.
Yes thank you
I’ve already notice that, is why I mentioned I’ve installed Orbot. The links you provide did not mentions that you should not install it.
Now it look’s like it break AP and I don’t know what to do to revert it
Have you tried deleting user data of AP and deleting its vpn and then reboot your device?
Yes I already did that and it’s not working
I did it again in case but nothing change
I just checked in my system, APs vpn options are greyed out by default as it seems.
Are you 100% definitely sure they weren’t greyed out before you tinkered with orbot?
AP is integrated as a system app, therefore I presume these settings are set as needed and not to be changed by the user… It’s always on anyways as long as it is activated.
Under Settings > Network and internet the default settings would be
VPN none
Private DNS automatic
in case perhaps these changed ??
Maybe but I sur to remember I could use the options “block connection without VPN”
Know if I stop “Hide my IP address” all my app go by the clear net they are not block which is not suppose to be.
If this is normal I guess is a regression.
Maybe you have the same problems as me you never notice ?
Because I only rarely use “hide my IP” since I prefer to use the vpn-interface of my device with other apps anyways.
Maybe others will check their system and confirm either or…
I’m not sure to understand why VPN should be None since I want to use it.
Advanced Privacy appears as a VPN.
Edit for clarity. When AP was introduced we found the phone had to be restated to force changes.
My proposal would be to toggle off all AP, Clear AP Storage (that is all storage, not just cache) and restart phone.
Now check VPN none, dns auto.
Check the phone has no defects.
Add another restart.
You could even reintroduce AP progressively, one toggle at a time, with restarts, just to check for certain where the error reoccurs.
As you first surmised AP should have repaired with upgrade unless some user installed app or Settings were preserved.
One more thing to consider is the method used to Upgrade a13 to a15. While dirty upgrade is often successful the official advice is to Format data. Also worth observing that early version 3.0.x did contain some bugs, maybe another reason to Format data at upgrade.
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