Kitkat 4.4.4 known disconnect Issue

[dappas 0]

For anyone who has random disconnects there is a know issue with Kitkat up to 4.4.4 . You can read more about it here.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62714

The symptons are disconnects are after a couple of minutes upto around 30 minutes.
 

[Zaroad 26]

Seems to be solved in Lollipop

[dappas 0]

It appears so but so far there is only a very limited rollout of Lollipop and the reports are that Lollipop is causing it's own problems and a lot of factory resets have need to be done.

 

The issue with with Kitkat 4.4.4 and below have been known for over nine months and Google didn't fix them. Really makes you wonder why they resfused to issue any updates even though in their own forums users were bringing their attention to it.

 

No doubt they were too busy finding new ways to shift money around oddshore and looking fow new ways to avoid paying their fair share of Tax.

[OpenSourcerer 1359]

Wow, I can confirm the problem with CM11 on m0 (Galaxy S3, I9300). Even the CyanogenMod community didn't fix it.

 

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[hangpang 1]

Yes it's a real problem isn't there something that Airvpn can do to fix it to work ?

[Staff 9751]

Yes it's a real problem isn't there something that Airvpn can do to fix it to work ?

 

Hello!

We're sorry, it's not our duty to fix OS bugs, not to mention the huge work it would require. And then it would be useless unless you have a rooted device and know how to patch Android. However, we can't see the problem, since the bug has been resolved in Android 5.0.1 and later versions, which are available since a long ago, isn't it right?

 

Kind regards

[karn 2]

While we are on Android, I have 4.1 on my Asus tablet which I love, a fine piece of hardware that will not update the Android OS.

 

I use Open VPN and connect through Air's servers, either US or Canada. the last 2 weeks the speed on either have been so slow, I cannot use the VPN for anything other than basic email.

 

The IP reading is either Southern California or India or Malyasia with plus 500ms pings. This has been happening in the last 2 weeks, before that speeds could stream HD video with no problem, now there is more buffering than streaming of anything.  Without the VPN, speeds are normal for the device.

 

Is there a way to control which servers I can connect to? A VPN is crucial when connected to wireless which many people can sniff.

[Staff 9751]

@karn

 

Of course, you can pick a specific server, or a country, or a specific set of servers... please read the instructions for Android:

https://airvpn.org/android

 

Kind regards

AirVPN Support Team