What causes Adguard to block my internet connection?
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freshhh
Active Member
good question
same trouble if DNS filtering is off
(just tested again)
and also same thing after a clean install
Then let’s do the following:
- AdGuard > Settings > Advanced > Logging Level > Record All.
- Reproduce your issue.
- Note the time the error occurred and let us know.
- Don’t forget to return to the default logging level.
- Logs can be sent to me at PM or on devteam@adguard.com
- AdGuard > Settings > Advanced > Logging Level > Record All.
- Reproduce your issue.
- Note the time the error occurred and let us know.
- Don’t forget to return to the default logging level.
- Logs can be sent to me at PM or on devteam@adguard.com
freshhh
Active Member
I did that but the weird thing is that there is nothing special to see...
Nothing unusual...
jineshpatel30
Beta Tester
I'm having same issue and I already reported to GitHub 2842 but as I mentioned there, It's not at all related to connectivity change as my phone stays on WiFi for days without changing to mobile data (if fact mobile data is off and I turn it on manually when there's power cut of something)
So, Issue is much bigger than simply related to switching.
But I think I found a work around. before coming to it let's talk about how I found it, so that you can have sense about what probable issue/solution may be
(It's going to be a long story since it took me more than 12 hours and Various iteration of Adguard fresh install and even previous versions till 3.2!)
My Setup
Android 10
3.4 Stable
All Adguard recommended filters on, NO user filter or other weird filters.
NO DNS/Malware Protection/Stealth of anything else just plain Ad blocking through above filters
System Security Certificate for HTTPS (pushed with root)
Yesterday I download Angry Birds 2 (AB2), which obviously has lot of ads so I let Adguard do it's work BUT surprisingly it gave no internet access on first open itself. So i checked Adguard Assistant Logs and indeed there's no requests from AB2 there then I restarted Adguard manually and opened AB2, this time also same No internet Notice in AB2 but Adguard Assistant Logs had entries this time so by trial and error I came to rule
Code:
@@||config.uca.cloud.unity3d.com^$app=com.rovio.babaSo next step obviously is to turn off HTTPS filter for AB2 but still the same issue (Though Adguard didn't suggested me to put it on ignore list with VPN blocking method So I re-enabled HTTPS as it wasn't solving any problem We'l come back to this latter)
Keep in mind that once Adguard start blocking internet it spread to all other apps as well not just limited to AB2 blocking.
So finally out of blue, I thought about trying proxy blocking method first time since I started using Adguard.
Since I have root it wasn't much trouble for me to switch to Proxy blocking.
As soon as I switch to Proxy and opened AB2 Adguard notification came that I need to exclude HTTPS for AB2 as it doesn't trust certificate. Now recall same didn't came with VPN method (I disabled it for checking on my own)
So I excluded HTTPS for AB2 and exception rule was already there from before
Code:
@@||config.uca.cloud.unity3d.com^$app=com.rovio.babaCloud Saving Start connecting in AB2 and since then I also don't have any any network drop in other apps like before when Adguard was randomly blocking Internet access.
So In conclusion, AB2 was just a means for me to get to this workaround as Real Issue is VPN blocking method!
Bonus: One of my iteration was to try logging network request from AB2 without installing Adguard at all. I used httpcanary App and to my surprise even without any Ad-blocking/Adguard Installed, config.uca.cloud.unity3d.com was still failing to connect just because that app also use VPN !
That gives me a theory that there's some issue with VPN in Android 10 (May be 9 as well) which makes few connection fail even without any ad-blocking. Tough unlike Adguard httpcanary wasn't blocking Internet Access to other apps randomly. So, My final thoughts, there may be issue at VPN level as well as Adguard level.
I Hope this was helpful and you guys have better luck tracking down the actual issue.
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So, at first, I thought I would only have to disable "DNS requests blocking" but it didn't solved the issue, so I disabled the entire "DNS Filtering" module and the issue seem to be gone.
However, I absolutely need "DNS filtering" to be enabled, because I need to use uncensored DNS servers.
Thanks
However, I absolutely need "DNS filtering" to be enabled, because I need to use uncensored DNS servers.
Thanks
Just chiming in: I also have a problem with DNS filtering with AdGuard v3.6 (1) on a Nokia 6 TA-1033 (Android 9 patch level okt 2020, build 00WW_6_19B_SP04, kernel 3.18.120-perf@2020-10-01T18:33:44).
Problem: very long waits before connect, connection time-outs, etc.
Work around: disable DNS filtering
Additional info:
DNS Filtering settings:
DNS Server: system default (at the moment my UBNT EdgeRouter via WiFi which forwards to Quad9 and / or my provider DNS servers depending on which (CDN-) domain)
DNS Filters enabled: AdGuard DNS Filter (last updated Jan 26)
Problem: very long waits before connect, connection time-outs, etc.
Work around: disable DNS filtering
Additional info:
DNS Filtering settings:
DNS Server: system default (at the moment my UBNT EdgeRouter via WiFi which forwards to Quad9 and / or my provider DNS servers depending on which (CDN-) domain)
DNS Filters enabled: AdGuard DNS Filter (last updated Jan 26)
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JuanAboveAll
New Member
I'm having the same issue and I've tried the suggestions here but it didnt work