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Using AirVPN with "Eddie Android edition"

  1. Install
  2. Quick connect
  3. AirVPN Server
  4. Main menu
  5. OpenVPN profile
  6. Always on VPN
  7. Connect during device boot

1. Install

Install Eddie - OpenVPN GUI for Android
from Google Play Store or directly download the APK from our Eddie web site.
Source code available on Gitlab (view source)
It's also available for Amazon Devices on Amazon Appstore
When installed Tap on Eddie application to open it
If you download the APK you can check its integrity: 
$ sha256 EddieAndroid-3.2.1-VC35.apk  
SHA256 (EddieAndroid-3.2.1-VC35.sha256) = 4f65baa671129990aec835885c675ace90e314531aa137378441c5ebb2b46fff

Installation requirements

Main features

With AirVPN you can keep your Internet traffic hidden from the eyes of your ISP and from any malicious entity wiretapping your line, connect safely even via a public Internet hotspot, unblock geo-restricted websites, bypass web sites blocks and protect the integrity of your communications.

Thanks to AirVPN, Eddie protects your Android device traffic. Eddie can be used even with any other VPN service based on OpenVPN.
  • Free and open source OpenVPN and WireGuard GUI
  • Complete WireGuard and OpenVPN support with full integration with AirVPN infrastructure
  • WireGuard networking management to allow quick re-connections even when WireGuard would remain stuck after a failure. No more "forever stuck wg client" haunting users running the Android WireGuard client.
  • Linked against the new OpenVPN-AirVPN 3.8.2 library
  • Dark theme support and option to switch to dark, light or system default theme
  • Improved VPN profile management
  • Full compatibility with Android 5.1 up to 13 and Android TV 5.1 and higher versions.
  • VPN profile export both to internal database and external file or app
  • ChaCha20-Poly1305, AES-CBC and AES-GCM support on both OpenVPN Control and Data channel
  • Battery-conscious application
  • Low RAM footprint
  • Ergonomic and friendly interface
  • Ability to start and connect during device startup according to a priority list which includes automatic choice, your defined country and your defined AirVPN server
  • Option to define which apps must have traffic inside or outside the VPN tunnel through white and black list
  • Localization in simplified and traditional Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
  • Enhanced security thanks to locally stored encrypted data through optional master password
  • Quick one-tap connection and smart, fully automated server selection
  • Smart server selection with custom settings.
  • Manual server selection
  • Smart attempts to bypass OpenVPN blocks featuring protocol and server fail-over
  • Full Android TV compatibility including D-Pad support. Mouse emulation is not required.
  • Enhancements aimed at increasing accessibility and comfort to visually impaired persons
  • AirVPN servers sorting options
  • Customizable "Default", "Favorite" and "Forbidden" servers and countries
  • OpenVPN mimetype support to import profiles from external applications
  • Support for custom bootstrap servers
  • AirVPN broadcast messages support
  • The app is aware of concurrent VPN use. In case another app is granted VPN access, Eddie acts accordingly and releases VPN resources
  • Optional local networks access. In such case, local network devices are exempted from the VPN and can be accessed within the local devices
  • Localization override. User can choose the default language and localization from one of the available ones
  • Favorite and forbidden lists can be emptied with a single tap
  • Ability to directly select an AirVPN area (country, continent, planet) to connect to
  • VPN re-connection in case of unexpected OpenVPN disconnection. (It requires VPN Lock to be disabled)

2. Quick connect

1
From the "Quick Connect" menu, tap large button to log in to AirVPN with your account. If you don't' have an account you can create one Create an account
2
Enter your AirVPN credentials. If you check "Remember me" the credentials are saved for next time. Credentials are stored encrypted by master password.
3
Now you are logged in to AirVPN with your account and you can "Quick Connect" to a server by tapping on large button
4
Default Android warning messages for "VPN connections", click OK to accept connection request
5
Now you are connected to AirVPN server. The application determines the best servers for your device through various parameters. If you wish to select the servers order (favorites, forbidden) or connect to a specific server see "AirVPN Server" tab (Chapter 3)
6
In "connection" tab you see details and statistic for connections, you can also Disconnect / Pause / Log

3. AirVPN Server

1
In "AirVPN Server" tab you have an overview of all servers grouped by Region, Favorites, Forbidden, with detailed statistics. To connect to a particular server simply Tap on server or Long Tap to display a contextual menu with various entries (Start connection, Add to favorites, Add to forbidden, Add to your OpenVPN profiles (see Chapter 5) to Main menu to change settings and options of the application
2
Search functions: to filter the servers list. When the search filter is active the icon remains red.
3
Server Settings: to change default parameters and sort servers

4. Main menu

1
Go to Main menu to change settings and options of the application
2
Settings
3
Reset to Default options: tap on button to reset all the settings to default values
4
AirVPN section specific parameters
5
VPN section
6
DNS section
7
Authentication section: if you import an OpenVPN profile (see Chapter 5) that requires Credentials
8
System section
9
Proxy section
10
Advanced section
11
Log for access to application log click on Log on main menu or Log button on "connection info" tab
12
You have access to activity log for info and  troubleshooting. You can also share the log via share icon

5. OpenVPN profile

Generate a profile from inside the app from "AirVPN server" tab, but you also have the ability to import *.ovpn profile to connect to other VPN services
Generate profile with web Config Generator:
  • Launch your Internet browser.
  • NOTE: don't use the default Android browser because it has an unresolved bug.
  • Chrome and Opera have been tested by us and work.
  • Connect to AirVPN website, login and create the configuration files from our Config Generator.
  • Choose Android as platform (only direct TCP and UDP connections are supported) and finally click the "Generate" button to download it.
  • Downloaded .ovpn files may be imported directly into the application but the behavior depends on many factors (employed browser, files manager, Android version, etc). For simplicity's sake, we assume in this guide that you saved .ovpn generated files under the internal storage directory in the Android file system
Import profile:
1
Tap the "Import profile" button:
2
Browse *.ovpn files:
3
Tap the "Connect" button or long tap to profile entry to "Start connection, Rename or Delete profile"
4
Eddie is now connected and the VPN tunnel is now established, When you need to disconnect from the VPN click on the "Disconnect" button

6. Always on VPN

How to enable "Always on VPN" on you device to enforce leaks prevention and allow automatic connection during the boostrap on Android 8 and higher versions:
1
Make sure you have run and connected Eddie at least once
2
Open device settings on your Android device.
3
Select Connections.
4
Select More Connection Settings. (If you can't find these settings, type VPN in the settings search bar.)
5
Select VPN.
6
Select the gear icon next to Eddie.
7
Enable "Always on VPN"
Enable "Block connections without VPN" to have stronger leaks protection

7. Connect during device boot

How to enable Eddie to start and connect during device bootstrap or restart  ("Always on VPN" required on Android 8 and higher versions)
1
Go to Settings - System
2
Enable "Start VPN connection at device boot"
3
Select "VPN Boot Priority Order"
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