Frequently asked questions
Q: How do I root my phone?
A: It depends on your phone model. Just search the forum for tutorials in rooting your phone. Ive used gingerbreak and z4root on my P500 and it works all the time.
Q: I dont have Android Market installed on my phone, How can I install your app?
A: If you don't have Android Market, or for any other reason can not find DroidVPN there, you can download from our site instead:
http://droidvpn.com/download.php
Note that if you don't have Android Market, you must install the app and download updates manually. Updates are announced via our Forum, Twitter and Facebook pages.
Q: It doesn't work on my phone. What should I do?
A: Post your log file. You can enable debug logging by going to Settings > and enable "Debug logging". A DroidVPN.txt file will be saved on the root folder of your sdcard.
You could also post the output of logcat. Download alogcat here
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.jtb.alogcat Or this direct link:
http://alogcat.googlecode.com/files/alogcat-2.3.apk
Q: How can I choose the location of VPN server?
A: Click the flag icon on the upper right corner of the screen to switch between servers.
Q: Where can I get an account?
A: Signup here: Signup for a free trial account - DroidVPN! and check your email for your password. Your username would be your full email address.
Q: Will it redirect all my internet traffic to your VPN?
A: Yes all your applications network connections will go through our VPN servers.
Q: Does DroidVPN support OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP, IPsec ?
A: DroidVPN uses it's own simple and efficient protocol with UDP, ICMP and TCP. It doesn't support PPTP, L2TP, IPsec.
Q: How secure is DroidVPN?
A: DroidVPN is not designed to be the MOST secure tunneling software in the world, we focused mainly on speed, stability, rich of features, easy to use but making sure it is still secure enough.
Q: Why do I get "Can't allocate tun device"?
A: This error means that the tun module is not loaded. Make sure you have installed a compatible tun.ko for your phone. You can try our
TUN.ko Installer if we already have a tun.ko for your phone. You can view our complete list of tun modules here:
http://droidvpn.com/tun-repository.php
Q: I am getting P R P R P R in my logs. What do they mean?
A: Those will only appear if you enabled Debug logging. It is used to check if you are still connected to the server. P means that it is pinging the server and R means that it successfully received a reply from the server.