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How do I put a VPN shortcut on my 'home' screen?

Hi,
I am currently using a VPN to get into my network & Then accessing my data that way. However to get to it in Gingerbread, I have to hit menu, then settings, then wireless, then scroll down to VPN, then click on my VPN, then put my password in & hit connect.
It would help a lot to be able to just click on my VPN link on the 'home' screen. I cant figure out how to get the shortcut there.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Rich

I just tried and you add a shortcut to your home screen, just as you add a widget.

I dont see anything related to a VPN within the shortcut menu or widgets. Any ideas on how to do a shortcut for the VPN?

Tried anycut from the market?
Sent from an Epic in the sky.

Thanks, Anycut might do the trick, of course there is no VPN listed. Is there a way to determine what processes are running in Android? If i could find the VPN process, I could probably get it going.

I believe you can achieve this with Tasker. I know its a paid app but its an option.
As a side note, how did you manage to get tour vpn to work? Are you using ddwrt by chance? Since getting this phone I could no longer vpn over sprints network due to firewall issues. From what I found online if you ask sprint for a static IP it fixes the problem but they charge you a monthly fee. It used to work fine on my old HTC hero.
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dbldown768 said:
I believe you can achieve this with Tasker. I know its a paid app but its an option.
As a side note, how did you manage to get tour vpn to work? Are you using ddwrt by chance? Since getting this phone I could no longer vpn over sprints network due to firewall issues. From what I found online if you ask sprint for a static IP it fixes the problem but they charge you a monthly fee. It used to work fine on my old HTC hero.
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We use L2TP/IPSEC PSK at work though Sonicwall, and it works great.
I don't have a static IP on my account. Works fine from 3g or my home WiFi.
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I am using a Zyxel firewall & L2TP also. It works fine but... sprints lousy service seems to stall out, requiring me to re login to the VPN. Yesterday with 1 bar, I was logged into the VPN but there was not enough 3g to actually use any data, but enough to stay logged in for 2 hours & not get any emails.
It works fine & I suspect if i had better 3g (or verizon) it would work OK.
I was using DDWRT & OpenVPN with CM7 on my Evo 4g & it worked but I switched to a new router.

Yeah, missing emails is never good.
We don't have an Exchange server at work (not cost effective enough to make it work properly across 10 locations), so I'm able to access my email with K9 via IMAP or POP3.
It's strange that it worked with one Sprint phone, but not reliably with another. Has data service had a general decline in your area?
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You should try vpn show. You can find it in google play.

Check the "Launch VPN" app on Google Play

Sorry to revive an old thread. I was looking for this as well and found a way. Just adding if anyone searches for this sort of thing.
Add a shortcut to home screen, select settings, then look for VPN.
This works in my HTC ONE on 4.2.2

I use NFC Task Launcher on my Samsung Galaxy S4.
The following could be a little bit different depending on your phone's make and model and rom type. I did the following.
WARNING: I am not responsible for any damage made to your phone or anybody or anything else during the reading or by following the acts of this tutorial in any way possible.
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Open up NFC Task Launcher and go through the tutorial.
- In the end you can create you own task.
- When you create a new task just click for NFC.
If you have NFC Disabled, just leave it like that and when it'll ask you if you want to enable it, press cancel. (TIP; if the top bar overlay is bugging with more information, just tap on one of the buttons after explanation to have it's focus come back to the window.)
- Name the task 'VPN' or something.
- Click on the cross (✚) in the right top corner to add an action
- Search for 'Applications & Shortcuts' and select 'Open Activity', then click next at the bottom.
- The application list will load up. Select 'Settings' as an application and the activities list will be updated.
- Choose; 'com.android.settings.Settings$VpnSettingsActivity' and select 'Add to Task' at the bottom.
- Then press the arrow to the right '→' in the top right corner.
- It will say you need to place a tag underneath it. DON'T DO THAT, AS IT WILL OVERWRITE THE TAG. (I hope you still have NFC OFF!)
- Just press the tick mark (✓)
- Now you have at least 1 task in the 'My Tasks' list.
Now, to add this to you're homescreen, do the following;
- Go to your homescreen.
- Add a widget like you would normally do. The name of the widget is 'Run Task', so look for the 'R'.
- There are 3 options there, background color (I personally like the black BG), select Icon (I've chosen the gear icon since its a setting) and select task. In 'Select Task' choose for the VPN task you've made and press 'Done'.
- Now press the task on the homescreen, and it'll open up the VPN list (at least on SGS4 it does).
- Connect to your VPN as you would normally do.
You can even write this to an NFC, but that doesn't make sense, since all it does is open the VPN settings menu, not connecting to the VPN directly.
Sidenote; This app is also handy for making other tasks, such as tweeting your at work, check in at Foursquare, send your boss an email that you're in the office and turn off the sound of your phone all in one task, just by connecting to your works wifi connection or by taping an NFC task.
Now you can easily connect to your favorite VPN easily.

[BKM]Use VPN without Pattern/Pin lock

Please find the new method to resolve the reboot issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27090201#post27090201
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From ICS, if you want to use VPN, you have to set pattern/pin lock, it's very inconvenience, today, I found a ICS bug which can remove the pattern/pin lock after you setup the VPN.
My device is 4.0.2, I'm not sure if it works on later version.
Steps:
1. Set pattern lock
2. Set your VPN and save
3. lock the screen, and press power button, the screen shows pattern unlock points, try a wrong pattern 5 times, then system will say you may forget the pattern and you will be blocked to try for 30 seconds, and then a new option "forget password" will display in the button.
4. click the "forget password" button, use google account to unlock it. it's done.
Now, check you VPN setting, it's still there and you can use it normally. Again, lock your phone and press power button to open it, the unlock method changes to normal instead of pattern.
Enjoy it!
Found a Known Issue: If you reboot your device, the VPN will be losted again, you have to redo all steps above. It sounds like untethered jailbreak

Works!
Thanks! I've been looking for a work around!

It works for my HTC One X also!

great! i'd like to test on my 4.0.4

momingpa said:
from ics, if you want to use vpn, you have to set pattern/pin lock, it's very inconvenience, today, i found a ics bug which can remove the pattern/pin lock after you setup the vpn.
My device is 4.0.2, i'm not sure if it works on later version.
Steps:
1. Set pattern lock
2. Set your vpn and save
3. Lock the screen, and press power button, the screen shows pattern unlock points, try a wrong pattern 5 times, then system will say you may forget the pattern and you will be blocked to try for 30 seconds, and then a new option "forget password" will display in the button.
4. Click the "forget password" button, use google account to unlock it. It's done.
Now, check you vpn setting, it's still there and you can use it normally. Again, lock your phone and press power button to open it, the unlock method changes to normal instead of pattern.
Enjoy it!
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好吧...怎么不发到国内的论坛呢?

a95788 said:
好吧...怎么不发到国内的论坛呢?
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http://bbs.gfan.com/android-4004323-1-1.html

Worked on my Galaxy Nexus and Transformer. But for me, I had to have my VPN connected otherwise, it wasn't working.
But thanks for trick.

It works for my HTC One X
thanks

MomingPa said:
Found a Known Issue: If you reboot your device, the VPN will be losted again, you have to redo all steps above. It sounds like untethered jailbreak
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So this only works until you reboot? No better way?

Works!
Excellent! This is what I was looking for, thanks. Just tried it on my (not-yet-rooted) One X with 4.0.3 works like a charm.
Have to add: You probably do need a working network connection to check and validate your Google account. I tried it offline and I didn't get in.

worked like a charm, thanks a lot!

Stemvers said:
Excellent! This is what I was looking for, thanks. Just tried it on my (not-yet-rooted) One X with 4.0.3 works like a charm.
Have to add: You probably do need a working network connection to check and validate your Google account. I tried it offline and I didn't get in.
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You are right, it can't work offline

So simple yet so effective. Thanks sooo much for this!

This only worked for a day. It then asked me for credentials password to use the vpn. Since there was no password it ended up deleting the vpn. Sooo annoying, back to square one.
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+ htc sensation
Works on Htc Sensation EU, ICS. Thx

ozaghloul said:
This only worked for a day. It then asked me for credentials password to use the vpn. Since there was no password it ended up deleting the vpn. Sooo annoying, back to square one.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
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Actually, I found that if you use a Password, instead of a Pattern, to lock the screen initially, you can use the same Password to re-access your VPN settings when prompted for your credential password.

SE Xperia Ray
Thanks!
Works on my Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray (ST18i) phone!

Doesn't work with 4.1.1
I just tried this with my Galaxy Nexus running JB 4.1.1 without success. I get the wait and try again in 30 seconds screen but no forgot password option. I can however make an emergency call so there's that.
This is stupid, I can't even think of a reason why you would need to select a PIN just to setup a VPN on your own device. Come on Google your starting to act like big brother [email protected]!

It works! From jb 4.1.1
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I can't get mine to work after a reboot. Asks me for a password for cred storage, and I can't get a password to work.
Tried:
Using password and resetting - can't because it never says forgot password?
Using password, setup vpn, change to pattern, resetting - after reboot it doesn't like my original password, I think it knows it was a pattern
Any suggestions? Is it possible to type in a pattern as a password maybe? Tried using corresponding numbers for nodes on the pattern... no luck
-Edit: On Nexus 7, 4.1.1

[Q] How to bypass the need of having a security when accessing a secured WiFi network

Hey guys,
I have a simple question, which I hope, has a simple, but atleast an positive answer.
When I try to connect my HTC One X with the school Wifi network, it says 'You need to have a pincode, password or path-unlock security, otherwise you cannot access the network' (when you open the phone)
So the question: Anyway of bypassing it? I only want to move the ring to unlock the phone, instead of ALSO having a pincode, password or path-unlock.

Blackvibes said:
Hey guys,
I have a simple question, which I hope, has a simple, but atleast an positive answer.
When I try to connect my HTC One X with the school Wifi network, it says 'You need to have a pincode, password or path-unlock security, otherwise you cannot access the network' (when you open the phone)
So the question: Anyway of bypassing it? I only want to move the ring to unlock the phone, instead of ALSO having a pincode, password or path-unlock.
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Are you sure this isn't something to do with the Wireless encryption rather than security for unlocking your phone?

dr9722 said:
Are you sure this isn't something to do with the Wireless encryption rather than security for unlocking your phone?
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Pretty sure it has something to do with the network itself, but hope someone can tell me how to bypass it
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If I understand you correctly, you are wanting to hack a WEP code? I would respectfully suggest that particular area of the forum is devoted to the HTC One X whereas your query would be better directed to a website that deals with security issues.

I think the OP doesn't want to hack.
@ OP: Ever tried opening up the browser, type in an address and then the security screen of the network appears so you can log in and probably even safe your credentials?
Elsewise I don't know either, sorry.

The problem is that the the OS requires a pin code to be set up in order to store the WifFi credentials.
So if you want to log onto the network you must set up a pin. I have this problem at Uni.
No solution yet.

JamesBarnes said:
The problem is that the the OS requires a pin code to be set up in order to store the WifFi credentials.
So if you want to log onto the network you must set up a pin. I have this problem at Uni.
No solution yet.
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On Android 2.3.x (in CM7 at least) there was the option to turn off this requirement. Annoying that it's been removed in ICS!

Hi,
I also face this issue when connecting to my office WIFI hotspot. But, after you have set the pin and then set the password to connect to your WIFI. You can disable the PIN lock in Security setting right away. It's just one-time setting.

laruku said:
Hi,
I also face this issue when connecting to my office WIFI hotspot. But, after you have set the pin and then set the password to connect to your WIFI. You can disable the PIN lock in Security setting right away. It's just one-time setting.
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Yeah. I removed the pin and stuff and now it still reconnects..
The only problem: I can browse the web, but cannot send mails. It keeps saying 'mail not sent'.
Any ideas?

It's more than likely to do with the exchange setup, I know at our offices we have the option to enforce encryption and various different things from the server before allowing people to connect. As to why it's showing when you try to connect to the wifi network, I've no idea. It must be trying to access the domain.

Dave Trouser said:
On Android 2.3.x (in CM7 at least) there was the option to turn off this requirement. Annoying that it's been removed in ICS!
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It has not been removed in ICS - this appears to be an HTC implementation.
I connect to the company 802.1x EAP network using PEAP and on my Galaxy Nexus there is no requirement to set a password/pattern, etc to store said 'credentials'. Only now that I'm trying this with my One X do I see this pop-up.
Yes, VPN credentials always required a password/pattern in ICS, but this ain't no VPN.

Text input problem when connected to Wifi

Hi,
I'm having a weird issue with my One V. When I'm connected to the WLAN at my workplace (WPA2-Enterprise, TTSL/PAP or PEAP/MSCHAPV2), I can't input any text. The keyboard appears, I get word completion hints (if activated, though the problem occurs regardless) but no text ever makes it to the text input field. The problem occurs regardless of which app and which keyboard I try. It doesn't appear when I connect to "normal" WPA2 secured WLANs.
I've contacted HTC support, they told me to try a soft reset and a hard reset, both of which didn't work. For technical reasons, restarting the WLAN system, as they suggested, is not possible.
I'm running the default software with official upgrades installed (Android 4.0.3).
Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I'd really like to get this to work.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: The workplace WLAN requires a certificate (Deutsche Telekom Root CA 2) that, as per user instructions, I installed manually, but later discovered was already preinstalled. However, the preinstalled certificate cannot be selected in the Wifi config... I don't know if this is relevant.

Update...
Just as a quick update: When adding the WLAN, I got asked to select a locking mechanism for the login credentials store. I tried different ones, the error occurs regardless of which one I select.

Google Verification Bypass

I need help.
I work for a disaster response company.
Here is the dilemma
We have 8 of these devices.
LG G Pad X 10.1 Verizon LG-V930
They are all locked with the google verification and we can not get them to bypass it.
I have not tried to flash a new ROM, but and i dont even know if that will work.
I have seen a few different posts about getting rid of it, but some of the settings are missing and i can not finish that process.
I need help resetting these so that our drivers can use them again

primus123 said:
I need help.
I work for a disaster response company.
Here is the dilemma
We have 8 of these devices.
LG G Pad X 10.1 Verizon LG-V930
They are all locked with the google verification and we can not get them to bypass it.
I have not tried to flash a new ROM, but and i dont even know if that will work.
I have seen a few different posts about getting rid of it, but some of the settings are missing and i can not finish that process.
I need help resetting these so that our drivers can use them again
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Why not login to the original Google account? If there legitimately owned you should have no problem getting into them.
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hyelton said:
Why not login to the original Google account? If there legitimately owned you should have no problem getting into them.
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They are legitimately owned.
However the ones we are having issues with are employees that were terminated, or they were temp employeess, and they used their personal accounts on these devices. The ones that used the company email we can retrieve.
We have reached out to them but some are not willing to give us the information to help.

primus123 said:
They are legitimately owned.
However the ones we are having issues with are employees that were terminated, or they were temp employeess, and they used their personal accounts on these devices. The ones that used the company email we can retrieve.
We have reached out to them but some are not willing to give us the information to help.
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Ouch! Now I understand.
That's gonna be a tough one. Generally your gonna need there login info to get back into them. There are dodgy Ebay sellers that claim they can get passed it for certain models of phones. but honestly that's the only other way around that if it's even possible for those models.
Now if you have receipts for them Google might be able to do something if you get ahold of the right person.
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hyelton said:
Ouch! Now I understand.
That's gonna be a tough one. Generally your gonna need there login info to get back into them. There are dodgy Ebay sellers that claim they can get passed it for certain models of phones. but honestly that's the only other way around that if it's even possible for those models.
Now if you have receipts for them Google might be able to do something if you get ahold of the right person.
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Yeah, so since they are ATT models that seems to be the problem, The locked bootloader, and none of the work arounds i have seen or programs can do this one. Which i why i came here for some extra advice.

primus123 said:
Yeah, so since they are ATT models that seems to be the problem, The locked bootloader, and none of the work arounds i have seen or programs can do this one. Which i why i came here for some extra advice.
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Only solution is to get ahold of the right person at Google. Maybe send a tweet out
Are they over a year old?
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I don't know if you figured this out or if this would help but I think I can get you into the guest account on these devices.
First get a SD card with an apk on it. I downloaded one from apkpure. Then when the device asks you to connect to a wireless network, check the Show advanced options box. Then in the Proxy settings drop down box, select Manual. And click on the Proxy hostname box to bring up the keyboard, and press the settings button on the keyboard that looks like a gear. From the keyboard settings menu you can click the mulit-window button on the bottom taskbar and can open two windows. Open the file manager in one of the windows. In the file manager click on your SD card and try to install the apk you put on it. When it prompts you that you need to allow Unknown sources in the settings, click on the settings button to open the settings window. (Do not check the allow Unknown sources box if it allows it, if you check it, and the device resets or runs out of battery you'll have to go through this again, but when you click on the apk it won't prompt you to go to settings to allow unknown sources because they're already allowed.) Now just click on Users and switch to guest. There are some limitations to this mode, like not being able modify the wifi network (you'll have to switch back to the Owner account to change this).

I found a FRP bypass workaround if you are running 5.1.1 on a LG G Pad X 10.1 V930 AT&T model, not sure if all models are the same. It was FRP locked and all of the other bypass methods must have been patched. I was at the setup screen after a factory reset. I hope this helps.
1. Connect to wifi, then go back to start screen
2. Go to Accessibility > Vision > Enable Talkback
3. Go through the talkback training then draw an L to bring up the quick settings select Text to speech Settings (bottom right corner), afterwards you can disable Talkback by holding the power button and holding 2 fingers on the screen until it disables.
4. You will be in the settings app. Go to Users > Add user > User > Add user > Set up
5. You will be brought to a User setup screen select Next > It will pop up the wifi connection screen select next > You will be asked to sign into a Google account, sign into your Google account and proceed with the Google setup.
6. You will be brought to the homescreen. Go to settings > Users > And sign in as Owner.
7. Go to Settings > Factory data reset > Reset tablet. You can now factory reset and you will not be prompted to sign into a Google account.