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Not working on Lineage OS 15.1 / 16 #23
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This issue has been solved with beta 12 and now returned with beta 13
Sorry to hear that--will check!
Could you check for me that the tracker category “Others” is disabled for this app?
Gmx domains will fall into this domain and the app will not work otherwise.
Do you mean category "Uncategorised"? That is the category the only entry (United Internet Media) is in.
If I unblock this GMX works. The other e-mail providers also work in this version.
I have mentioned BusinessCalendar2 in my first post. That works correct in beta 13, but another app has that problem: QuickDic (de.reimardoeffinger.quickdic at F-Droid) has not tracker listed but does not download dictionaries unless I deactivate blocking for that app.Thanks for confirming this.
Do you use the optional Adblocking feature?
If in doubt, you probably always disable blocking for an app entirely. The app should then circumvent the VPN tunnel and communicate directly with the Internet.
Do you use the optional Adblocking feature?
Is that "Block domain names" in advanced settings? No, I don't use that. I use AdAway for Adblocking.
If in doubt, you probably always disable blocking for an app entirely. The app should then circumvent the VPN tunnel and communicate directly with the Internet.
Why does TrackerControl block app connections if there is no tracker listed for that app?
Why does TrackerControl block app connections if there is no tracker listed for that app?
Good question.. It shouldn't! I'll investigate!
The browsers Firefox klar and Cliqz now also have entries in the "Uncategorized" category:
- Amazon (Unblocked)
- Cloudflare
- jQuery Foundation
Firefox has - Cloudflare
- Mozilla
They all don't display downloads.lineageos.org if this category is active.
I guess this is due to the way TrackerControl is programmed. It doesn’t really offer the level of granularity to help with tracking in web browsers.
I’m sorry!
It is okay if TrackerControl is meant for apps only. So blocking should be disabled for browsers? Can TrackerControl recognize browsers and disable blocking for those by default?
Reacted by Konrad KollnigThat’s a good point, and I really don’t know! Whilst users should be able to make their own choices—also regarding browsers, the problems with blocking certain apps are not clear from TrackerControl.
But then, where to draw the line, of what apps should be disabled by default, even beyond browsers? Ideas?
I just thought it would be good if TC could recognize browsers if it cannot handle browsers correctly anyway. I don't know if that is possible. If not, show a notification about that issue when installing TC.
That other apps are blocked without any listed trackers must be fixed IMO.Yeah, I absolutely agree! I’ll do my best!
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I tried to address the problems discussed in this thread, with the last couple of releases.
https://github.com/OxfordHCC/tracker-control-android/releases/tag/2020052102
Could you check if the situation has improved for you?
TC 2020.05.21-fdroid:
Dictionary downloads from within QuickDic are still blocked. No trackers listed.
https://github.com/OxfordHCC/tracker-control-android/issues/23#issuecomment-615343270The app Wetter.com (com.wetter.androidclient) does not work at all as long as TC is active. No trackers listed. To unblock only the app does not help, only deactivating TC completely.
Thanks for flagging this. This should be nicely reproducible. I’ll work on this intensely next week!
@bege10, I checked this and I still can't reproduce the error. I'm very sorry.
It might be because of your Lineage 16 build. There are known issues with this.
In my test device with Android 9, the weather app is working fine. It's a shame that so many users are affected by this Lineage issue.
VPN seems to be a general problem with Lineage 15.1 and 16:
guardianproject/orbot-android#151
I don't think there's much I can do about this unfortunately.
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[-]Problems with blocking[/-][+]Not working on Lineage OS 15.1 / 16[/+]on Jul 6, 2020 VPN seems to be a general problem with Lineage 15.1 and 16:
I don't think there's much I can do about this unfortunately.
My phone Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus (SM-G901F), LineageOS for microG 16 (Android 9) is the one that works in this post
guardianproject/orbot-android#151 (comment) (second one at end of the post). The only difference is that I have LineageOS for microG.Some amazing news!! One user reported success in fixing TC, after using this tool:
https://github.com/bluetrees2/novpn/releases/download/v1.0/NoVPN-v1.0.apk
This is mentioned in the above Orbot discussion. It needs root, then select TrackerControl from the NoVPN app.
Haven't tested this myself. Use at your own risk.
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on Apr 7, 2021
@bege10: BusinessCalendar2 allows to download school holiday calendars. This only works if I deactivate blocking for that app in TC. There are no trackers listed for that app in TC.
Additionally ProfiMail Go (mail client) does not connect correctly to t-online.de (IMAP, starts with a few folders and then hangs) and not at all to gmx.de (POP3, but there is a tracker listed for United Internet Media which hosts GMX). After deactivating blocking in TC all accounts work correct.