hello everyone
I'm an expat in China and as many of you know google is blocked in China, for email and search using VPN works perfectly but google feeds (google now cards) just shows error message whenever i try to use it.
I thought to myself maybe because I'm using VPN the device knows I'm using it and it knows my actual location and tells google, but using a VPN installed on my router to access the internet there is no way the device could know that.
And i know its not settings error because the moment i connect to airport WiFi in my original country google now starts working again.
I tried disabling location services in every google app in permissions but yet it doesn't want to work.
so my question is how does google do that (knows that I'm leaving in China) and is there a way to disable it
Thanks
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Hi guys. I am having this headache type issue for many days. Any help would be appreciated.
I live in Pakistan and here Youtube access is blocked but from the last few days play store never connects. I also made a complain to my ISP but they said it is not their fault. The problem according to them is "Play store sending/receiving data from Youtube tunnel." They said me to complain Google dieectly. Many of my friends are facing this issue so this is not my Android problem. I also changed the time zone of my smartphone as read by me in one article but still same issue persists. But, i found something which really worked for some days and now it doesn't. I was reading about it then i found something in which a person described to change my DNS 1 /DNS 2 Address from Wifi - Advanced settings. So i changed DNS 1 to 8.8.8.8 and DNS 2 to 8.8.4.4. I turned off wifi after saving it and then blaah! My google play store worked for some days but from yesterday i am constantly facing this No Connection error. I also remived and added my account. Gmail is also not Syncing. But my play store still works on a VPN. Please help. Here are the screenshots for better guidance
Hi, Are you Rooted?
No. But my friend edited hosts file but still same error on his htc explorer. Many peoples are not having an access to play store here. What to do, don't know
freedom!!
Did u use "freedom" app ??
It sometimes cause this problem
No i dont use it bro
Try to clear cache and data of playstore,playservice.
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I tried it. Still same. !
Haven't update your google play?
Old Android
Updated to latest version. See the screenshots. Using Samsung S2
Its look like you using vpn..
Maybe you was disable it to network work online..
Old Android
No i wasnt disabled. I am not using vpn. Without vpn it wont work buddy.
But using vpn can make not work too..
Doesn't have data plan?
Wifi?
Old Android
I am on wifi. My play store wont work without a vpn. Maybe some firewall blocking access to it. While i use vpn, i can connect. How can i debug the culprit?
Reformat/reset factory.. maybe.. or you vpn settings causing this..
Using The Old Android
I tried it but still same.
Your vpn settings?
Using The Old Android
I am not using any P2P VPN. Whenever i use HSS and SpeedVPN, play store starts to work.!
Your friends phone has a same problem?
Using The Old Android
Yes because play store routing its data from youtube and youtube is blocked here. Sometimes it access packets directly and it works ...but sometimes. Any solution?
AArga said:
Try to clear cache and data of playstore,playservice.
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thankz
Hello Everyone,
I recently upgraded to CM 12.1 and discovered that my WiFi won't automatically connect to my router anymore if it doesn't detect access to the internet (I'm in China and Google is Blocked). I believe this explains why this is happening as there is internet and having to manually connect each time is annoying at least Is there a way to disable this "new feature" ?
Regards,
Bob
In Settings, got to WiFi, press the menu button in the top right and there should be an Advanced settings section or something similar (sometimes varies based on ROM/Language). Then untick the Avoid poor connection option. This should resolve your problem. If not, you may not have the correct firmware for 5.1.1
I already have Avoid poor connections unchecked. Any other way to fix this?
Does anyone have any ideas? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Try disable mobile data before connect to wifi, maybe this way should help
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viper134 said:
Hello Everyone,
I recently upgraded to CM 12.1 and discovered that my WiFi won't automatically connect to my router anymore if it doesn't detect access to the internet (I'm in China and Google is Blocked). I believe this explains why this is happening as there is internet and having to manually connect each time is annoying at least Is there a way to disable this "new feature" ?
Regards,
Bob
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I have the EXACT same problem - it really does happen because you're in China and the method of internet access testing is through Google servers blocked in here.
I'm still trying to figure out how to disable the test or maybe reroute the destination.
It would definitely be a temporary solution to make the VPN active 24/7 if you put it on the router instead of on the phone / computer etc.
Let us know if you find a solution!
Itai
this was a very popular and general problem for every Chinese user with google service device.
you have to root your phone and manually change the google server address to a local substitute site, or just turn off the google server detect.
the easiest way is to use an APK developed by Chinese to have all these things done in a click.
search NoExclamation Portal Server 1.5
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syzkk said:
this was a very popular and general problem for every Chinese user with google service device. you have to root your phone and manually change the google server address to a local substitute site, or just turn off the google server detect. the easiest way is to use an APK developed by Chinese to have all these things done in a click. search NoExclamation Portal Server 1.5
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came here with a google search. this problem is generic to later android versions. i'm on cyanogenmod 12.1 which is i gather is android 5.1.
looking at DNS logs, it tries to access: http://connectivitycheck.android.com - which redirects to google and fails as it's blocked by the GFW.
just downloading the chinese apk to fix it... the link to it i found is: http://m.hiapphere.com/apk-org.foxteam.noisyfox.noexclamation
EDIT: so now got noexclamation the app running, but not sure it's doing anything. UI is in chinese, not sure what options to deal with and how. anyone have success with it?
EDIT2: it's like this: install the app. leave it at defaults where it's using the developers website for connectivity check. toggle it ON if it's not already (i believe needs root). reset network settings by toggling airline mode ON/OFFl. you're good.
however - conceptually better fix would is to take the "feature" OUT, not alter the server that it's checking the accessibility of. from the chinese thread, i gather this will get done by:
su
settings put global captive_portal_detection_enabled 0
this seems to survive reboot as well. problem solved, end of monologue!
Alright so i am currently having a few problems with my Nexus 5 and to be frank, they are quite odd. First off, I can no longer get any wifi from my school, i cant connect but everyone else can. I have no idea why. Then, when i try to login into my google accounts in my phone, i get an error, wether if its youtube, google play, or any app that lets me log in using my google account i get a message saying "no wifi or cellular network connection" now, the worst part is, all of these services work fine when im on lte, so whenever i want to download an app or watch youtube videos, i have to be using lte which is not the best thing to do. Any suggestions? ive tried clearing the cache of my google play services and stuff but nothing seems to work. Ive also tried to flash new gapps but that still didnt cut it.
Thanks to anyone responding to me in advance.
Wondering if anyone has tried this or not. Haven't really used a VPN myself before and before I go digging to find a decent one I'm curious if anyone has tried to use a VPN to enable RCS in the Google Messages app yet and found success. Thanks.
Just tested this. I'm from the Netherlands and couldn't activate the "chat" function. It just says my provider dienst support it. When I VPN with the UK I can activate it and set it up. After turning off VPN I'm back where I started , not working anymore.
So I guess yes, it works with VPN, just couldn't test it with someone because no one can use it in the Netherlands.
Edit:
Tried the same thing a second time but with no luck. Simple keeps saying that my provider doesn't support it. Of course I tried force stopping the app but didn't help.
Hey guise, I've set up my daughter with a Google account and her phone has the Family Link app. Now she wants to use GPS on the phone, but Family Link denies every attempt to enable location on the device.
The phone runs Android 9 and I've updated the parental control app to the latest version. I've tried enabling location sharing but that didn't work either.
Any idea?
Turned out to be an antenna problem. There's too little signal for the device to get a fix on its position.