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Didn't think I had WiFi issues until today.

So myself and the wife are at Applebee's. She gets on WiFi no issues and I can't. See below screen shots. I even rebooted my device to no avail. Mine was always unstable and would drop. Hers was solid see.pics below. Mines the N900T and hers is the N900A. Both using Att sim cards.
I'm thinking Samsung used different chip sets sources for their wifi.
Sent from my SM-N900T

Doubtful that they used different chipsets. So you are both on stock roms, or have you been flashing stuff on yours?

Have you already factory reset your phone? A lot of people have had minor issues and flashing stock firmware or factory reset has helped some issues.
sent from my sm-9005.

Me too I hate it... That and the range my phone has is terrible
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Sitting by pool, about 60ft and 3 walls from the access point. SSID name is "Disconnected" (really messes with the neighbors). Access point is well sitted, up high in my home office fairly new with current firmware..
You can see the 5Ghz version of the AP in the list as well.

You might have to go back to factory rom, or turn your wifi off and disable always scanning. It may be trying to find a better network.
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krelvinaz said:
Doubtful that they used different chipsets. So you are both on stock roms, or have you been flashing stuff on yours?
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Both stock roms.
Sent from my SM-N900T

deeznutz1977 said:
Me too I hate it... That and the range my phone has is terrible
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My range is very respectable. But unfortunately today I discovered this issue. It would very slowly connect then disconnect even quicker. Two stock phones on same WiFi in my neighborhood grill lol.
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colganx said:
You might have to go back to factory rom, or turn your wifi off and disable always scanning. It may be trying to find a better network.
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Always scannig is off but in WiFi it does appear to scanning all the time.
Sent from my SM-N900T

Let me do some reading up on it. Ill get back to you.
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Limeybastard said:
My range is very respectable. But unfortunately today I discovered this issue. It would very slowly connect then disconnect even quicker. Two stock phones on same WiFi in my neighborhood grill lol.
Sent from my SM-N900T
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Unfortunately, i think its just the hardware. Your phone might have two antennas and if you find your correct kernel, you could change it to run off the best antenna possible. might take some testing and such. if all else fails go to your service provider for a evaluation

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Let me do some reading up on it. Ill get back to you.
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Unfortunately, i think its just the hardware. Your phone might have two antennas and if you find your correct kernel, you could change it to run off the best antenna possible. might take some testing and such. if all else fails go to your service provider for a evaluation
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Thanks for taking the time to look into this. I never really had WiFi issues before until today in the restaurant. If it wasn't for my wife having the same phone I would have addsumed it was the stores router.
Sent from my SM-N900T

Your quite welcome, always glad to help. My old Galaxy would malfunction the same way sometimes. Sometimes between my router and the neighbors and Other times on random hotspots. Sometimes you may have to go in the browser and accept a terms of use. If you figure out the problem, send me a pm.
Cheers - Colgan

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Your quite welcome, always glad to help. My old Galaxy would malfunction the same way sometimes. Sometimes between my router and the neighbors and Other times on random hotspots. Sometimes you may have to go in the browser and accept a terms of use. If you figure out the problem, send me a pm.
Cheers - Colgan
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Yes, correct. Once after connecfting to the Wifi Router I need to launch the stock Samsung browser to accept their terms and conditions, this process in itself takes about 5 mins or hangs proir to terms and conditions screen it boots me off the WiFi and says its unstable or too slow per my original post.

Its just that theres too many people on the network, Thats the only issue. It mainly does this on public networks. So it is not a phone problem its a client network problem :thumbup:

I had this briefly on my home WiFi. Wasnt a client network as I allow 10 objects to be on mine. Its water under the bridge but that is a possibility on a public network.
sent from my sm-9005.

I had this problem in spades.
It has nothing to do with a public hotspot or router.
I'm not entirely sure it's not on some type of pattern yet, like 7 or 8 days.
I'll bet you that if you had powered off your phone for a few minutes and turned it back on, the problem would have been gone.
I am pretty sure this is something going on with the Radios in these phones.
Everytime mine gets flaky it usually resolves with a power down for a few minutes.
The other problem I've seen is that if I shut down wifi a number of times in a row because I want to use Mobile data, it will then start not staying connected when I want to use it.
I have to power off and power on and re enter the WPA2 password.
After seeing another thread with some other strange issues, I'm convinced there is a HW or SW issue related to the wifi radio.
I have seen the message exactly like you have here on a AP at my house that only has 2 clients on it and performs flawlessly.
It wouldn't connect to attwifi at Sam's yesterday for some reason.
This is one of the reasons I won't ROM it yet either. I'm still not convinced that it might not go home to the mothership at some point.

WIFI question

Whenever I go to a public place that has free wifi, I can connect but no internet on my Pixel XL. I also had this problem on my Nexus 6P but never looked into it. It works perfectly fine at home or when I visit a relative who has password protected wifi.
Anyone know why?
Im thinking it could have something to do with my add blocking apps... AdAway and Adguard.
Anyone know?
Thanks
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Mine does this too and it sucks. Many times I can select forget network and then re add it and it will work, but some times it wont after multiple tries doing this. Its only on open networks where you use no password as I never have any issues with wifi where I have to enter a password. Mine has done this from day 1 even after all updates it still does this and I have the verizon 32 gig pixel xl. I use to have problems at walmart kroger and meijer now it mainly seems to be kroger but every time my pixel xl wont work on their wifi my unlocked Htc 10 will work perfectly off it so its the phone for sure. Sure would be nice if they would fix this issue. I think the problem is in the wifi assistant.
I do also have adaway though but I highly doubt that is the problem as I have had this issue from day 1 way before I ever added adaway.

WiFi Assistant blocks outgoing email

Has anyone noticed that WiFi assistant blocks outgoing email when using a third party app?

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NWTSCL said:
Has anyone noticed that WiFi assistant blocks outgoing email when using a third party app?
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I have a 3rd party app named.....
When ever i am using Wifi Assistant i cant sent email.
Does anyone else experience the same issue?
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parakleet said:
I have a 3rd party app named.....
When ever i am using Wifi Assistant i cant sent email.
Does anyone else experience the same issue?
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Sounds like you app is having a problem with the securing of teh tunnel.
Could be any number of reasons.
NAT Translation, packet changes.
You might want to check out there support

I do not have that issue but I use to have problems with wifi assistant blocking open wifi networks as the open networks would connect but show no internet connection so I just learned to not use the wifi assistant at all.

I first reported this to Google when the Pixel was released. I spoke with them again today. After a rather lengthy call, the tech finally said that he was aware of my initial call, but that it is difficult for them to fix because it is "very uncommon". Happens to me every time the Assistant is connected.

NWTSCL said:
I first reported this to Google when the Pixel was released. I spoke with them again today. After a rather lengthy call, the tech finally said that he was aware of my initial call, but that it is difficult for them to fix because it is "very uncommon". Happens to me every time the Assistant is connected.
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I had reported my issue also and verizon got google on the phone with us and just discussed what the issue was and said they would get back with me but did they ? Answer is of course not nothing ever back and that was back in early November.
Yeah their cs sucks. I even upgraded to a 128 xl and had same issue on it and back then my open wifi would not work at all would connect but list no internet and the sign in accept screen for all the open networks the phones would not load them fully to hit accept.
Up until about a month ago I could not get any open wifi to work at all and still have issues at times and I have to hit forget network and re add sometimes even multiple times and even turn on or off wifi assistant and turn wifi on and off and even toggle airplane mode numerous times. And all these times my Unlocked Htc 10 would work great on the same open wifi networks.
And the stupid thing was these pixel xls always worked great on wifi networks that require a password, go figure they try to add more protection and just lock us out from using open networks so we have to use our data plans yeah verizon likes that part lol more money for them lol.

NWTSCL said:
I first reported this to Google when the Pixel was released. I spoke with them again today. After a rather lengthy call, the tech finally said that he was aware of my initial call, but that it is difficult for them to fix because it is "very uncommon". Happens to me every time the Assistant is connected.
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Does it happen with any other VPN service?
What is the app?

M9guy said:
I had reported my issue also and verizon got google on the phone with us and just discussed what the issue was and said they would get back with me but did they ? Answer is of course not nothing ever back and that was back in early November.
Yeah their cs sucks. I even upgraded to a 128 xl and had same issue on it and back then my open wifi would not work at all would connect but list no internet and the sign in accept screen for all the open networks the phones would not load them fully to hit accept.
Up until about a month ago I could not get any open wifi to work at all and still have issues at times and I have to hit forget network and re add sometimes even multiple times and even turn on or off wifi assistant and turn wifi on and off and even toggle airplane mode numerous times. And all these times my Unlocked Htc 10 would work great on the same open wifi networks.
And the stupid thing was these pixel xls always worked great on wifi networks that require a password, go figure they try to add more protection and just lock us out from using open networks so we have to use our data plans yeah verizon likes that part lol more money for them lol.
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I did some reading back when I first got a Nexus 6P, and it stated that the secure assistant feature will keep you from using unsecured networks that have low reception or strength. I don't know of the legitimacy of this, and the only reason I researched it was because I had the issue of connected but no internet. I idea I walked away with was that the connection was not good enough for the VPN to actually do it's job? When I don't use the Secure Assistant on the network(I work at a hospital), the connection often drops off or I often get the sit and wait for things to load issue.

parakleet said:
Does it happen with any other VPN service?
What is the app?
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I don't know about any other service. My app is called AquaMail Pro

NWTSCL said:
I don't know about any other service. My app is called AquaMail Pro
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Hey have you ever tried Blue mail or type mail ? I have tried most including Aquamail and Blue mail and Type mail seem to be some of the best, they are some of the very few apps that have a lot of downloads and have a 4.6 and 4.7 rating. I just thought you might have an interest, if not and if you are happy with that app more power to ya

VPN help

Hi all, I need some help with my VPN. I have TMobile and when I connect to VPN I can't load any pages. It works on all of my other devices except my OG pixel, and now my pixel 2 XL. It's only when I'm on my mobile network if I'm connected to WiFi everything works fine. I have searched and can't find anything.
It's kind of weird that this is only happening on my pixel devices?

vwgti18 said:
Hi all, I need some help with my VPN. I have TMobile and when I connect to VPN I can't load any pages. It works on all of my other devices except my OG pixel, and now my pixel 2 XL. It's only when I'm on my mobile network if I'm connected to WiFi everything works fine. I have searched and can't find anything.
It's kind of weird that this is only happening on my pixel devices?
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I use ipvanish never had a problem. Now using adguard and no problems with it either. So maybe it's your VPN provider

mac796 said:
U use ipvanish never had a problem. Now using adguard and no problems with it either. So maybe it's your VPN provider
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But I don't get how it could be if it works on my Galaxy note 8 my Nexus 6p and was working fine on my LG G6.

vwgti18 said:
Hi all, I need some help with my VPN. I have TMobile and when I connect to VPN I can't load any pages. It works on all of my other devices except my OG pixel, and now my pixel 2 XL. It's only when I'm on my mobile network if I'm connected to WiFi everything works fine. I have searched and can't find anything.
It's kind of weird that this is only happening on my pixel devices?
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I have a paid VPN on my Nexus 5X, running Android 8.0. It is set to autoconnect and it disconnects when I go on the cell network. Seems to stay connected on wifi 90%+ of the time without intervening. I've never messed with it when it disconnects when the cell network. But I just tried and the VPN turned on and websites didn't load. So it seems to be acting the same way. I'm on Fi, but connected through the Tmobile network. I also have Fi's Wi-Fi Assistant on, but I've never seen it connect to any wifi hostpot so I don't think it is coming into play. I also tried Opera VPN on the cell network and websites were also blocked using that.
I wonder if it is something to do with stock Google Android. I personally think Google messes around too much with things that are working fine.
So I guess all I've added is I am having the same thing happen on my stock Google Nexus 5X when using cell data.

Voicebox said:
I have a paid VPN on my Nexus 5X, running Android 8.0. It is set to autoconnect and it disconnects when I go on the cell network. Seems to stay connected on wifi 90%+ of the time without intervening. I've never messed with it when it disconnects when the cell network. But I just tried and the VPN turned on and websites didn't load. So it seems to be acting the same way. I'm on Fi, but connected through the Tmobile network. I also have Fi's Wi-Fi Assistant on, but I've never seen it connect to any wifi hostpot so I don't think it is coming into play. I also tried Opera VPN on the cell network and websites were also blocked using that.
I wonder if it is something to do with stock Google Android. I personally think Google messes around too much with things that are working fine.
So I guess all I've added is I am having the same thing happen on my stock Google Nexus 5X when using cell data.
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What paid VPN do you use? After googling for hours I found some info but nothing that fixed my issue.
I host my own VPN on my unifi security gateway and and kept seeing that the default MTU and MMS is set to 1452 on the the unifi security gateway and needs to be set to 1500... Some people had this work for them, others not.
This sucks I was excited about this phone coming from my OG pixel XL mainly for this reason. I thought my old pixel was just messed up.

vwgti18 said:
What paid VPN do you use? After googling for hours I found some info but nothing that fixed my issue.
I host my own VPN on my unifi security gateway and and kept seeing that the default MTU and MMS is set to 1452 on the the unifi security gateway and needs to be set to 1500... Some people had this work for them, others not.
This sucks I was excited about this phone coming from my OG pixel XL mainly for this reason. I thought my old pixel was just messed up.
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I use VPN Unlimited. It is on the cheap end of the scale, so may not be the most reliable or up to date app. Works for wifi connections though. I'm also not trying to access a protected network. Just getting around geographic restrictions when I travel and for when I use public wifi.

vwgti18 said:
What paid VPN do you use? After googling for hours I found some info but nothing that fixed my issue.
I host my own VPN on my unifi security gateway and and kept seeing that the default MTU and MMS is set to 1452 on the the unifi security gateway and needs to be set to 1500... Some people had this work for them, others not.
This sucks I was excited about this phone coming from my OG pixel XL mainly for this reason. I thought my old pixel was just messed up.
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By no means a VPN power user, but I was trying to use the built-in VPN on my asus AC-68U. I have always used the PPTP and it worked flawlessly on my 6P over Sprint. Switched to the Pixel 2 XL and nadda. I tried to research as well to no avail. I simply switched to OpenVPN on the router and downloaded the app (Play Store: OpenVPN for Android). It has been working perfectly ever since. Even has a quick toggle button you can add. Just my $0.02.

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By no means a VPN power user, but I was trying to use the built-in VPN on my asus AC-68U. I have always used the PPTP and it worked flawlessly on my 6P over Sprint. Switched to the Pixel 2 XL and nadda. I tried to research as well to no avail. I simply switched to OpenVPN on the router and downloaded the app (Play Store: OpenVPN for Android). It has been working perfectly ever since. Even has a quick toggle button you can add. Just my $0.02.
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Awesome thank you for the heads up. I was trying not to setup an openvpn server since my security gateway had an L2TP VPN server built in. But it looks like I'll be setting up a VM openVPN server tonight. Thank you wish me luck!
I will report back to let you guys know of that works or not. Still sucks that every device I have connected to my VPN worked except the one I use most! Pixel 2 FtW

OpenVPN server worked perfectly! Kinda sucks cause it's not tied into my Ubiquiti GUI but it works perfectly! So I'm happy thanks all.

I use Private Internet Access. It is a paid sub ($50+ on slickdeals for 2 years) they have an app and quick toggle as well. Works on all my Android devices and PC so far. Pretty happy with them. Claims of no logging either if that is something of importance to you.
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Yeah I have a PIA account also from SD but I dont use it anymore. The main reason for the VPN for me was to access my home network from outside safely. But since I have my own VPN server setup now no need to go bacck and forth to PIA and openVPN.
I am going to be putting my openVPN to the test today and see if I can hold a connection all day long. So far im 3 hours in no drops or disconnects yet... Im loving it.
Sent from my Pixel C using Tapatalk

vwgti18 said:
Yeah I have a PIA account also from SD but I dont use it anymore. The main reason for the VPN for me was to access my home network from outside safely. But since I have my own VPN server setup now no need to go bacck and forth to PIA and openVPN.
I am going to be putting my openVPN to the test today and see if I can hold a connection all day long. So far im 3 hours in no drops or disconnects yet... Im loving it.
Sent from my Pixel C using Tapatalk
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Didn't think about access to home network from remote location. Might do that as well. Update us on how it goes.
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OpenVPN was perfect! I stayed connected a full 8 hours. And had access to all my music and shares at home.

nlua said:
I use Private Internet Access. It is a paid sub ($50+ on slickdeals for 2 years) they have an app and quick toggle as well. Works on all my Android devices and PC so far. Pretty happy with them. Claims of no logging either if that is something of importance to you.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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Right, nlua, I am also using PIA which is very cheap VPN on the list of best VPNs services. My biggest reason to use PIA is that torrent-friendly VPN with no logs and Unlimited bandwidth and VPN speed.

HELP: Adguard app choking my Internet on The P3XL

Hey guys,
Been using the Adguard app for a long long time and have a lifetime license. Used it on all my last devices, including the Pixel 2 XL.
I have never had a single problem. It always worked wonders.
Until now, on my P3XL it totally chokes my internet. Making loading times / refresh times literally minutes.
It makes Chrome (Beta) / Instagram / Twitter / or any other app that needs the net virtually unusable.
I am dumbstruck by this. I cannot figure out why this happens.
With Adguard off or using Blokada (but I really want to use AG) I experience none of these problems.
In the P3XL settings I already tried changing the 'Private VPN' settings to no avail.
My first question is, if anybody else is experiencing this. Or not.
And my second question is naturally, if someone has a solution or an idea of what could be going on.

Who is your provider? AdGuard has problems with T-Mobile and sounds like this is the case. I bet when on wifi you don't see this issue. I have not come across any solutions, probably best to email customer support since you have a lifetime license.

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Who is your provider? AdGuard has problems with T-Mobile and sounds like this is the case. I bet when on wifi you don't see this issue. I have not come across any solutions, probably best to email customer support since you have a lifetime license.
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Thank you for your reply.
Im on Vodafone in the Netherlands.
The issue appears both on WIFI and Mobile Data.
I have posted my issues on the Adguard forums and finally someone is willing to help (if he can).
But I thought I would ask here too.
Maybe there are other users who also Adguard on this device. And may or may not have the same issue.
Just trying to get as much info at this point

I don't have an answer for you, but just chiming in that I use AdGuard also. No issues here. I'm running it pretty much stock (just install it, and go) with maybe the added filters for security, but I haven't changed any settings or change the VPN type. Have you modified settings, or are using it as is?

@Myrrhman Can you please link to your thread?

bobbyphoenix said:
I don't have an answer for you, but just chiming in that I use AdGuard also. No issues here. I'm running it pretty much stock (just install it, and go) with maybe the added filters for security, but I haven't changed any settings or change the VPN type. Have you modified settings, or are using it as is?
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I have enabled some extra filters.
I have also enabled DNS in the settings. Using Adguards DNS and in that setting using DNS over TLS.
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Sure
https://forum.adguard.com/index.php...ing-internet-on-pixel-3-xl.32428/#post-181717

So whats it called ? Jinxed ? Or reversed jinxed ? ...
Ever since I posted here and in the Adguard forums, things are a bit better than a month ago. (But still not the way I was used to on my P2XL)
Also, connection seem a bit faster when on mobile data and not WIFI.
I'll admit, I am a bit confused now as to what is going on.
All I know is my device got one (Android security) update in the past month. But I am not too sue this made changes to my issues.
A little timeline:
1st of April I received my P3XL. One of the first things I always install is Adguard.
Internet got choked horribly (using the settings I always use). After a few days of tweaking and testing, I decided to switch to Blokada. All issues disappeared.
Around the 14th of April, i tried again. Internet got choked horribly again. But .. I disabled a system app named DNS in app settings (Adguard). This seemed to make things a lot better ... for a while
Soon all was back to truly unworkable. Back to Blokada. All issues disappeared.
2 days ago, re-installed Adguard. I want it to work !! I WANT to go back to how it was on P2XL. So also started a thread here (thinking it might be between the P3XL and Adguard) and continued also on the Adguard forums.
And now we are here, today.
With things finally looking up. But i have truly no idea why.
Anyways, I will keep on testing and probably also keep posting here. Because its still not all how it's supposed to be. I am just unsure on how to proceed from here.
And yes, I highly prefer Adguard's interface and features over Blokada. And also because I purchased a lifetime license in February of 2017.
(Phew, I'm usually not good at these write ups, but there you go )

Just a shot in the dark, but do you have data saver turned on?

Hi,
i have Adguard on my Pixel 3xl with Android Q Beta 3, but not problems.
regards
Maik

jdub251 said:
Just a shot in the dark, but do you have data saver turned on?
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I do not
bobbyphoenix said:
.. I use AdGuard also. No issues here. ..
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Hi,
i have Adguard on my Pixel 3xl with Android Q Beta 3, but not problems.
regards
Maik
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Thank you guys !
This is really helpful. It shows its at least not a problem with Adguard in combination with our beautiful P3XL

Okay. Seems the issue is more present when on WIFI.
On mobile data, things are pretty fast.

I wish I had a better solution, but I had the same problems with adguard. I did the back and forth between adguard and blockada, but both had similar issues.
My best solution has been to set up Pi Hole on a Raspberry Pi 3+, but you could probably just use the Pi Zero (super cheap, but still not free).
The advantages are strong. The Pi does the heavy lifting, so there is no extreme strain on the battery. Pi Hole has great support through an amazing community--so you can get pretty surgical in your blocking. You can set up a VPN, so the Pi is handling DNS, even while you are off your home network.
I haven't given up on adguard or blockada, I think they are both decent products, but they aren't as effective as Pi Hole in my experience.

LaserChicken said:
I wish I had a better solution, but I had the same problems with adguard. I did the back and forth between adguard and blockada, but both had similar issues.
My best solution has been to set up Pi Hole on a Raspberry Pi 3+, but you could probably just use the Pi Zero (super cheap, but still not free).
The advantages are strong. The Pi does the heavy lifting, so there is no extreme strain on the battery. Pi Hole has great support through an amazing community--so you can get pretty surgical in your blocking. You can set up a VPN, so the Pi is handling DNS, even while you are off your home network.
I haven't given up on adguard or blockada, I think they are both decent products, but they aren't as effective as Pi Hole in my experience.
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Thank you for your reply. I will keep it in mind.
I just cant let go of Adguard for some reason.
Right now the issues only occur when connected to Wifi. So I'm thinking its a setting in my router. i just have no clue what it could be.
I have changed the DNS several times, but always after a day or two, everything chokes up again. Well, i say everything, but its most notable in Chrome (Dev) and the Google app.
Whenever I use Blokada i have literally zero issues. And also when I'm on Adguard and using mobile data.
I am situated in the Netherlands. And a test someone over at the Adguard forums gave me, shows me when I'm on Wifi Adguard connects to London server. And when I'm on mobile data, Adguard connects to a Amsterdam server. Although that shouldn't matter much, they said.
Sigh. I just wish it would work like it did on my P2XL. Never had issues then. With the same router and settings.

Myrrhman said:
Thank you for your reply. I will keep it in mind.
I just cant let go of Adguard for some reason.
Right now the issues only occur when connected to Wifi. So I'm thinking its a setting in my router. i just have no clue what it could be.
I have changed the DNS several times, but always after a day or two, everything chokes up again. Well, i say everything, but its most notable in Chrome (Dev) and the Google app.
Whenever I use Blokada i have literally zero issues. And also when I'm on Adguard and using mobile data.
I am situated in the Netherlands. And a test someone over at the Adguard forums gave me, shows me when I'm on Wifi Adguard connects to London server. And when I'm on mobile data, Adguard connects to a Amsterdam server. Although that shouldn't matter much, they said.
Sigh. I just wish it would work like it did on my P2XL. Never had issues then. With the same router and settings.
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Make sure your router isn't blocking UDP 443. Google uses that for their QUIC protocol. It will fail back to standard 443 but it will really slow you down waiting for the failover.

TonikJDK said:
Make sure your router isn't blocking UDP 443. Google uses that for their QUIC protocol. It will fail back to standard 443 but it will really slow you down waiting for the failover.
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Oh wow !
Thats sounds interesting.
How do i check this ?
I have a Netgear Nighthawk R7000
(EDIT: Oops. Didn't mean to quote LaserChicken again. Sorry)

Myrrhman said:
Hey guys,
Been using the Adguard app for a long long time and have a lifetime license. Used it on all my last devices, including the Pixel 2 XL.
I have never had a single problem. It always worked wonders.
Until now, on my P3XL it totally chokes my internet. Making loading times / refresh times literally minutes.
It makes Chrome (Beta) / Instagram / Twitter / or any other app that needs the net virtually unusable.
I am dumbstruck by this. I cannot figure out why this happens.
With Adguard off or using Blokada (but I really want to use AG) I experience none of these problems.
In the P3XL settings I already tried changing the 'Private VPN' settings to no avail.
My first question is, if anybody else is experiencing this. Or not.
And my second question is naturally, if someone has a solution or an idea of what could be going on.
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Using adguard forever as well. Lifetime license. Currently using it on my pixel 3xl and I have a bunch of settings and filters applied, not having any issues with speed on data or wifi.
Also on Android Q beta 4.

Mr Patchy Patch said:
Using adguard forever as well. Lifetime license. Currently using it on my pixel 3xl and I have a bunch of settings and filters applied, not having any issues with speed on data or wifi.
Also on Android Q beta 4.
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Thanks for your input !
So its more and more likely its either my router (Nighthawk R7000) or my provider (Ziggo)
Still doesn't explain why my P2XL never had problems.

Myrrhman said:
Thanks for your input !
So its more and more likely its either my router (Nighthawk R7000) or my provider (Ziggo)
Still doesn't explain why my P2XL never had problems.
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You're welcome
I don't know what the cause is for you. I guess I'm just basically trying to let you know it could be something else that's the issue. Just cuz it's fine for me and I have it heavily configured.

I mean, theoretically, using Adguard SHOULD increase load times, however, not to the severity that you're describing - and not in such inconsistent quantities and intervals...
I'm wondering how Adguard distributes their server load as I imagine they have to be relatively spaced apart so that users further away don't experience extra latency routing through a server that's halfway around the planet...
But hey, that could be a potential cause - perhaps they shut down the server hosted in your region and so your load times are horrible now. This could at least explain why you didn't experience as much latency on your P2XL....

I had this issue before.
Turn off DNS filtering. I'm based in the UK and also disabled ipv6 as adguard won't work on 4g only WiFi