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Some applications see no internet

Open nturns opened this issue 1 year ago • 11 comments

This may be related to #522 . Browser and Aurorastore have internet . Googleplay and VOIP app say there is no internet connection.

nturns avatar Nov 22 '24 23:11 nturns

to be able to think that the device is connected you have to use bluetooth tethering (the remote device doesnt have to provide internet)

searinminecraft avatar Nov 23 '24 11:11 searinminecraft

That doesn't make sense.

nturns avatar Nov 24 '24 02:11 nturns

to be able to think that the device is connected you have to use bluetooth tethering (the remote device doesnt have to provide internet)

Hello @searinminecraft can you please elaborate? Where does it need to be enabled? gnirehtet?

hugo-akaora avatar Dec 17 '24 15:12 hugo-akaora

to be able to think that the device is connected you have to use bluetooth tethering (the remote device doesnt have to provide internet)

Hello @searinminecraft can you please elaborate? Where does it need to be enabled? gnirehtet?

No, you enable Bluetooth tethering on your other Android (typically on network/hotspot settings) or on a Windows device (on the Mobile Hotspot settings, select Bluetooth on the "Share via" dropdown), then the device connected via gnirehtet connects to that Bluetooth device (make sure that you turn on "Internet Access" for that device, but it should automatically detect its providing "internet")

You can also enable data to have the same effect, but theres a possibility that would be prioritized than the VPN connection that gnirehtet uses

The reason why this works is because most if not all Android apps consider a Bluetooth tethering connection as a valid network connection, and some apps do not consider just a VPN connection alone (the connection method gnirehtet use) a valid network connection.

searinminecraft avatar Dec 17 '24 21:12 searinminecraft

Same problem here.

My device is Xiaomi15/Android15

When using gnirehtet, some APPs like Wechat, bilibili and even some bank apps work fine, but APPs like Xiaomi APP store, Tonghuashun (Chinese stock app) and some games can't work complaining no internet

Mo-Dabao avatar Jan 10 '25 07:01 Mo-Dabao

Hello, I can confirm that the solution provided by @searinminecraft works well, I use it everyday. Signal doesn't complain anymore that no Internet connection is available. It's not ideal, as it necessitate another device, but it's the only solution I can see. I can add that the Android device that acts as Bluetooth tethering doesn't seem to need to have data connection nor Wi-Fi enabled.

hugo-akaora avatar Jan 10 '25 09:01 hugo-akaora

To summarize are you saying Bluetooth is just a dummy connection but once Bluetooth is connected the Android apps go ahead and use the gnirehtet VPN for data?

I will admit I previously gave up on gnirehtet and plunked down $10 for Tetrd. It is not perfect on privacy so I'm still following progress on gnirehtet.

nturns avatar Jan 10 '25 10:01 nturns

@nturns yep, otherwise can't know how Signal is getting my messages, as I don't have any data connection on the bluetooth tethering phone ;-)

hugo-akaora avatar Jan 10 '25 11:01 hugo-akaora

相同问题, 只有浏览器和时间等少量app可以正常使用网络; 而且浏览器下载时提示无网络连接, 插眼蹲个解决方法

fisherchase avatar Feb 15 '25 00:02 fisherchase

相同问题, 只有浏览器和时间等少量app可以正常使用网络; 而且浏览器下载时提示无网络连接, 插眼蹲个解决方法

You can try this workaround and see if it works

searinminecraft avatar Feb 15 '25 12:02 searinminecraft

On the Q3, it seems to rely solely on being connected to a WiFi network, so when using Gnirehtet, it receives internet perfectly fine, but programs like the main store feed on boot and web browser sometimes ask you to connect to the internet, but other apps like discord, 3rd party browsers, aurora store and others work fine.

n4htx avatar Sep 23 '25 00:09 n4htx