Re: Wireguard on android w/o kernel module

2018-06-02 Thread Jose Marinez
Hi Jason, I'm looking into that specific aspect as we speak. Google at times has "peculiar ways" to conceive of how users would interact with Android, maybe this is one of them. However, I've seen developers abuse APIs in self interest for a number of reasons. On iOS, once a VPN app is disconnec

Re: Wireguard on android w/o kernel module

2018-06-02 Thread Jason A. Donenfeld
On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 11:47 PM Jose Marinez wrote: > Pardon me, as I just sent a related message without reading this one first. > The fact remains, there should be a better way to handle and prevent this. Care to poke around in the APIs and see if you can come up with something automatic and u

Re: Wireguard on android w/o kernel module

2018-06-02 Thread Jose Marinez
Pardon me, as I just sent a related message without reading this one first. The fact remains, there should be a better way to handle and prevent this. Perhaps, at a minimum and in the interim, to suggest investigating the installation of another VPN client settings right in the error message.

Re: Wireguard on android w/o kernel module

2018-06-01 Thread Maximilian Eschenbacher
Hey Jason, thanks for the quick response. On 01/06/2018 18:42:41, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: You can investigate (b) by fishing around in the system VPN settings and seeing what's there, possibly removing authorization for those. Afterwards, close the application, reopen it, and it should prompt

Re: Wireguard on android w/o kernel module

2018-06-01 Thread Jason A. Donenfeld
Hello Maximilian, This happens when either: a) You reject the permissions prompt shown when the app opens. b) Another VPN application is set to "always on" mode. You can investigate (b) by fishing around in the system VPN settings and seeing what's there, possibly removing authorization for thos

Wireguard on android w/o kernel module

2018-06-01 Thread Maximilian Eschenbacher
Good day to all of you, I'm using wireguard version 0.0.20180601 from google play store on a stock BQ Aquaris X with android version 8.1 without the wireguard kernel module. I am unable to start any tunnels. Every time I am trying to do so there is a window which tells me: "Error brining up tunn