VPN Issues On And Off

sheesh54

I am not using Google for connectivity checks, also I had my device on LTE, but I changed to 5g as preferred and noticed no difference.
Not too sure, I can understand if it just wasnt working, but I dont see why itd work sometimes then not others

Fhggyy5767

sheesh54 I am using Google for all three of the above services. That may have no bearing on your results though.

Fhggyy5767

sheesh54 The only thing left I can think of is the VPN you're using. I'm using Nord. Sorry the above didn't fix your problem. Hopefully something will come along upstream and it'll be resolved soon

sheesh54

The VPN is simply Wireguard, going to my home firewall. Unless it's an issue with the Wireguard app. But I doubt it seeing i works flawless on WiFi.
Thanks for trying, maybe someone else has an idea.

Curiously, where is this issue being tracked upstream? Just curious about it's progress.

Fhggyy5767

sheesh54 But remember no one has had problems running their VPN over WIFI. This is a carrier issue so it is possible that it could be how the VPN is communicating with the carriers network.

DesktopCloneLanguage

Fhggyy5767 I'm having problems getting the VPN working over WiFi now too.

sheesh54

Yes I am aware of that, maybe someone else can confirm if they are having Wireguard issues

MetropleX

sheesh54 please update to the latest beta release and let me know if this assists at all see announcement thread.

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/1106-grapheneos-version-2022092800-released

OpenSource-Ghost

T-Mobile custom APN settings didn't help me and neither did the latest update. I use NordVPN WireGuard, but switching to OpenVPN doesn't help either.

T-Mobile doesn't work via IPv4 at all in my area. If I use custom APN settings and select IPv4 or IPv4/IPv6, then I don't get any data conneciton regardless of VPN Lockdown usage. Exclusive IPv6 is the only functional APN setting for me that allows for data to work...

I wish I knew more about the issue. There is a commit for it that describes eBPF changes, but that's too advanced for me. It has something to do with how VPN Lockdown setting treats inbound traffic on IPv6 networks.

At least in my case, I get a good stable connection once I enable Airplane mode, disable VPN Lockdown, disable Airplane mode, connect to VPN, and re-enable VPN lockdown.

OpenSource-Ghost

I'm curious to know whether Google is aware of this issue and is actually planning to fix it? Has Google even confirmed awareness of this problem?

I'd like to alert T-Mobile, Google, and VPN providers about this issue, but have no idea how to get to the right level of tech support and what information to provide. It has to be something specific network engineers can work with.

OpenSource-Ghost

Has the latest (October 2022) update fixed this issue for anyone? It didn't do so for me and Google didn't mention anything about it in its release notes. I doubt Google is ever going to fix this problem.

This issue is big enough for almost all my clients to want to either downgrade to Android 12 or move to a different carrier that doesn't use IPv6 or at least doesn't use IPv6 exclusively.

Three1989

OpenSource-Ghost

it has not fixed mine (TMobile).

I'd like to know where to track this upstream issue, if anyone can tell us.

MetropleX

DesktopCloneLanguage Fhggyy5767 OpenSource-Ghost Three1989

Please try the latest build (select Alpha/Beta Channel if required):

backport many upstream fixes for clat including a more complete set of fixes for the compatibility issue impacting all Android 13 operating systems between VPN lockdown and certain IPv6-only mobile data configurations along with fixing other issues with these setups

Test and report any issues to our Alpha/Beta Room on Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#testing:grapheneos.org

Fhggyy5767

DesktopCloneLanguage
I'm sorry to hear that. I have no idea why this fixed my issue. Has anyone else reported it working to fix their issue? People never post about success stories. lol

DesktopCloneLanguage

Fhggyy5767 Yeah, most unfortunate. Makes the device practically unusable for me. Worked for a while after disabling the option "stop running in the background if not active" but broke again after a while.

OpenSource-Ghost

I think it is possible that Google simply isn't going to fix this issue... The positive side is that this problem makes VPN Lockdown more restrictive compared to VPN Lockdown that offers exceptions for affected 464XLAT networks.

Fhggyy5767

DesktopCloneLanguage have you tried using Open VPN for Android and downloading manual configurations from your provider? That's the app I'm using. It gives you lots of control like split tunneling but will shut off all connections when your data usage reaches a minimal level and the screen is off. Your phone and text still work until you turn the screen back on. This is a shot in the dark but it is the app I'm using with manual Nord configurations downloaded

Fhggyy5767

Fhggyy5767 when I say above "until the screen turns back on" I'm trying to say that the data will turn back on not that the phone and messages are affected in any way. Let me know if it helps you. Good luck

DesktopCloneLanguage

Fhggyy5767 Tried the OpenVPN app but same problems persist. Does not work with WiFi. Works with mobile (maybe only for a while)...

OpenSource-Ghost

Fhggyy5767

This issue, supposedly, only affects a small number of people, which is why fixing it is not a priority for Google. Its considered an "Upstream" issue and is to be resolved by Google, not GrapheneOS.

DesktopCloneLanguage

I don't know why nobody is fixing this. Seems like such an integral part of the OS.

Fhggyy5767

OpenSource-Ghost I know that info.

Fhggyy5767

OpenSource-Ghost

Fhggyy5767

I'm surprised that this fix worked for me when I was having the same problem as everyone else. Makes me think the fix "upstream" shouldn't be that tuff for google. Also, why does my brother with the same phone and service but not on GOS not having this problem? Now, I didn't just say it's a problem with GOS. I'm just curious why it's so random that we have the same device, share VPN provider account and he didn't have to do anything to get his VPN up and running setup exactly like mine. Such a random, strange issue for few.

Fhggyy5767

OpenSource-Ghost Well I'm back in the club after the last update. I'm blown away. Back to using the workaround

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