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Network Problem

What I am doing:
1. connecting to WiFi AP
2. trying to access any internet site.
What is strange:
1. Internet Explorer, HTC weather and Stock works perfect
2. BUT Opera, Youtube and QuickGPS does not work
3. Intra-network works perfect either from Opera or IE.
Windows config:
1. I set DNS, WINS and proxy with port
2. in connections profiles I have one "My work network" for both Work and Internet.
3. WiFi session connects to Work profile.
4. NO VPN or Modems in profile ...
5. Adapter connects to Work profile.
6. I have certificates installed to access WiFi net.
What I did to resolve the issue:
- I did MTTY and nothing changed;
- I did change of MTU - did not help;
- I've renamed proxy in settings from Symbolic representation to IP - did not help;
- I've tried both 6.1 and 6.5 WM versions and ROMs
- I've tried many combinations of different settings, but nothing helped.
Some times I saw that the issue disappeared on some ROMs after a number of settings changed during tries... but I did not get a logic of how it become working...
I appreciate any help from you and ready to make a testing...

Where are you, masters?

[Q]Adfree questions - BTC IP not working

I installed adfree recently. At first I had it use 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file. That causes ads to perpetually have a spinner because I'm not running a website on my phone, obviously.
Then I read that I should use the "BCT IP" option. That option makes entries in hosts that point all of the domains to 119.161.80.12, which runs a script so that all 404 errors produce either an empty GIF or an empty HTML file for all requests (depending on the file type of the request.) This sounds really handy so that something gets served and the ad banners stop showing a spinner.
However, if I use the BCT IP option, is doesn't work! I get the ads. I even tried opening the browser and entering http://zango.com/foo.png (zango being one of the domains from the hosts file) and I got served a 404 page from zango.com instead of the blank image from the server at the BCT that IP address.
I double checked my hosts file by doing
Code:
adb pull /system/etc/hosts hosts.txt
and I can see that the zango domain is indeed pointing to that IP.
If I enter the BCT IP in the browser and a random PNG file name I get redirected to the pixel.gif as expected. So all the pieces are there, it's just not using the BCT IP for the domains in the hosts file. However, using 127.0.0.1 works great. (Well, except I get a perpetual spinner on ad banners.)
If it matters, I'm on CM 6.1 Stable testing this on an Edge/3G connection. I should also note that I reboot after each time I change the hosts file.
Any idea what's going on?

Belated reply I know, but just to say, that manually setting it to use IP 119.161.80.12 works.

One benefit of leaving it set to 127.0.0.1 though is that apps which require ads to be "shown" (like Angry Birds, for example) will still run when you're in airplane mode.
With it set to the other IP, it will fail in that case, since obviously there wouldn't be any network connection to contact.

Will this work for VPN...?

Install openvpn and then place your edited client vpn config files and certificate files on the storage of FireTV similar to the raspberry pi method in the thread below:
h**p xbmchub.com/forums/threads/24769-How-to-set-up-your-VPN-on-raspberry-pi-using-Brain-Hornsby-Openvpn-for-XBMC
Thanks for anyone that may know more than me that could maybe get this to work...

Hmm would be nice if that worked. Did u get a chance to try it?
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tdfsu said:
h**p xbmchub.com/forums/threads/24769-How-to-set-up-your-VPN-on-raspberry-pi-using-Brain-Hornsby-Openvpn-for-XBMC
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I'm working on something like this just now. Here's the thing: in my logs for the simplest openvpn app to install (not straight openvpn, it turns out, as there's a windowing issue there that makes it difficult / impossible to navigate through setup, even with a keyboard and Droidmote) once I have a config, I get errors in logcat informing me
"Your image does not support the VPNService API, sorry "
There is a manually installable openvpn binary that I've looked at a bit but not yet configured. It is going to require adding a binary to /system/xbin directly, as the installer (at least on my phone) does not understand where /system/xbin really lives and issues a remount command to a nonexistent partition.
If you're running dd-wrt or similar configurable firewall, another option is to get an account with a provider who is set up to let you do a firewall to firewall connection, and then route either all of your traffic or the traffic from your firetv through that firewall-to-firewall connection.

I have a Private Internet Access vpn account.
Installed openvpn on FireTV--
http play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schaeuffelhut.android.openvpn.installer&hl=en
Installed busybox on FireTV--
http play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en
I created a pass.txt file with my PIA username on the first line and password on the second line, nothing else, then saved the file as a text file (pass.txt).
Download the following to PC--
http privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/openvpn.zip
Extracted the zip file.
Edited the location specific .ovpn file (see below), changing the 'remote', 'ca', 'crl' and 'auth' lines to the following--
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote us-florida.privateinternetaccess.com 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca /storage/sdcard0/openvpn/ca.crt
tls-client
remote-cert-tls server
auth-user-pass /storage/sdcard0/openvpn/pass.txt
comp-lzo
verb 1
reneg-sec 0
crl-verify /storage/sdcard0/openvpn/crl.pem
Then, save the USFlorida.ovpn file.
Upload ca.crt, crl.pem, pass.txt, and .ovpn file to FireTV to /storage/sdcard0/openvpn/
Open terminal on FireTV. I use jackpal's terminal app below, but you can also use adb.
http play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm
In terminal, type the following--
su
openvpn cd /storage/sdcard0/openvpn/USFlorida.ovpn
But I get several errors. Anyway, that's where I'm at. Maybe someone else more knowledgeable than me can figure it out. Sorry about the links, my low post-count will not allow me to post url's.
Also, you can sideload the following app to verify your external ip address, and it works great with the FireTV remote--
http play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=igit.WhatIsMyIp

The approach you've taken is where I'd be headed next on the client side.
One thing you might want to try is to do the same setup a less locked-down device and confirm that the config files work as expected there.
There's also a good discussion of the hardware approach (setting up a tunnel from your edge to a VPN provider) in the other VPN thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797005
also, private internet access will sell a preconfigured router for this purpose!

[Q] Any working proxies?

I looked through all 4 pages of posts as well as the working apps list and thus far I have not found anyone who has gotten a proxy to work. Has anyone been able to use a VPN on the firetv? What about with xbmc on the firetv?
Thanks :good:

mcsephoenix said:
I looked through all 4 pages of posts as well as the working apps list and thus far I have not found anyone who has gotten a proxy to work. Has anyone been able to use a VPN on the firetv? What about with xbmc on the firetv?
Thanks :good:
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can you list the VPN apps you have used? so im not repeating any

The only VPN I own is PIA which does not work. The rest I am just reading about. I did see a thread where droidvpn might work with tun.ko but I am trying to find out more about this method.

mcsephoenix said:
The only VPN I own is PIA which does not work. The rest I am just reading about. I did see a thread where droidvpn might work with tun.ko but I am trying to find out more about this method.
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I'm making pretty good progress with PIA - I'm down to an issue with SSL verification. The core problem with newer guides is that the software assumes a device running Android 4.2 has access to the Google VPN API, which the FireTV does not.
I'm using the tools outlined in this guide
https://strongvpn.com/setup_android_open.shtml
which include an openvpn binary installer which I was surpised to see did work on the FTV (it didn't work on a cm11 device.)
I've added the Tun installer to the mix, so the process for me has been:
- have ADB available and working
- have a wifi keyboard available and working
- have Droidmote client able to access the system - there are times when it's super helpful to be able to yank down a menu
Setup and test openVPN - and get a known working config - on another device.
Root the FTV
Install Busybox (actually did that long ago)
Install "OpenVPN Installer" - this will get you the openvpn binary; you can confirm you have it by running openvpn in adb - if the openvpn binary isn't in your path, it'll error out otherwise it'll give you all the openvpn options.
Install the tun.ko installer from droidvpn
Install the "Open VPN Settings" app - this was very important for me, as with more recent openvpn installers, I was not able to import / export config files.
Import a working openvpn config file into openVPN settings (default path is /sdcard/openvpn/
Attempt to connect, fail, long press on the failing connection in order to
- enable logging
- make config changes on the fly
I currently have the PIA cert inline in my openvpn config and am pointing the config to their CRL file.
Most of the config seems to work; the remaining issue is in the TLS handshakes.
There are two rounds of verification, depth 0 and depth 1 - and one is failing. I forget which one just now.
Editing and testing the ovpn config in a gui and then reexporting us super helpful - looking over the guide at
https://www.privateinternetaccess.c...iguration-on-android-instead-of-pptp-ipsec/p1
gives a good walkthrough on the basics.
The openvpn binary installed for use on the ftv does not support all the options that the config generated there supports, though, which is why looking at the logs and editing the configs on the fly is so helpful.

mcsephoenix said:
The only VPN I own is PIA which does not work. The rest I am just reading about. I did see a thread where droidvpn might work with tun.ko but I am trying to find out more about this method.
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Use Hola, it requires a mouse
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/mlb-blackout-restriction-dns-unblock-t2825086
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Spoof Mac Address

Hi, is there anyway to spoof the MAC address on an m8 running 4.4.3 all the apps in the play store seem to end in an authentication error once the mac is changed by an app. This also happens when using a terminal and busybox with ifconfig, iplink etc.
Thanks.

Lothandyr said:
Hi, is there anyway to spoof the MAC address on an m8 running 4.4.3 all the apps in the play store seem to end in an authentication error once the mac is changed by an app. This also happens when using a terminal and busybox with ifconfig, iplink etc.
Thanks.
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Have you tried Pri-Fi?

Pry Fi causes an authentication error once the mac is spoofed, so the phone won't reconnect to the AP.

Does anyone have a solution for this??
This is would be a huge help if someone could find or has found a way to implement this. Ive tried the apps Mac Spoof and Mac Address Ghost with no luck. I went digging around in the system and found some files that I was denied access to (Searching terms like 'wlan' in ES File Explorer) and the ones I did dig through didn't contain any info. The /persist folder also contains nothing, which a few different posts lead me to check. I'm on a Rooted and S-Off Verizon HTC One M8 Stock before the update bringing power saver if its any help.