[CLOSED][APP][6.0+] NetGuard - No-root firewall

[AW1]

Netguard & Offline Voice typing.


When using Netguard, google offline voice typing doesn't work.
I will try to explain. Pixel 3, Android 12.
When online, voice typing connects to google to do the voice recognition and the keyboard stays. When you are offline it uses the downloaded voice pack and you get some options where the keyboard was. That works fine without Netguard.
The issue is that when you have no internet connection & Netguard is enabled, for some reason Voice Typing insists on trying to connect to google and the errors with can't connect.
Disable Netguard and the offline Voice Typing works.


When there is no data or wifi connection, Netguard says it is blocking all traffic (even though there can't be any internet traffic). I assume Voice Typing sees the Netguard routing as a internet connection and tries to do online voice typing and fails to connect. I would of expected it to revert to offline mode but doesn't. This seems to be poor design on googles part, I would expect it to revert to offline mode if it can't connect to the server for any reason.


Strangely, if I turn on aeroplane mode, it works fine.


Although this seems to be more of a google issue than Netguard, I thought I would share this in case other were having similar issues. It would be nice if there was a fix, other than disabling Netguard as I sometime forget to re-enable.


Cheers

 

[Fehuvosu]

Has anyone met that when visiting sites through a browser (in my case, Firefox or forks), you get an HTTPS (port 443) request from the root user (UID=0)?
Screenshots - https://disk.yandex.ru/d/gtw02OWiK8br7w
How can the request from root be explained?
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Встречал ли кто, что при посещении сайтов через браузер (в моём случае Firefox или форки) у вас появляется HTTPS (443 порт) запрос от пользователя root (UID=0)?
Скриншоты - https://disk.yandex.ru/d/gtw02OWiK8br7w
Как можно объяснить запрос от root?

 

[lukval]

2 Fehuvosu: Maybe bug in android kernel?

 

[jim_cureton]

Thank all of you for your efforts and any suggestions to my issue. Using Github version, set up only to block ads. Blocking works as expected on WiFi, but not working on cellular with WiFi disabled. Everything is default except necessary configuration changes for ad blocking. All suggestions are welcome. Thank you.

 

[hssuhle]

Dear all,

I'm using netguard with a host file (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts).

Challenge: This host file blocks e.g. https://www.googleadservices.com/, which I would like to use.

How can I whitelist such domains?

Kind regards!

 

[M66B]

Dear all,

I'm using netguard with a host file (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts).

Challenge: This host file blocks e.g. https://www.googleadservices.com/, which I would like to use.

How can I whitelist such domains?

Kind regards!

By editing the hosts file only.

 

[hssuhle]

By editing the hosts file only.

May I kindly open a Feature Request?

 

[M66B]

May I kindly open a Feature Request?

You can, but given the limited support for the project, despite millions of people using the app, there won't be any new features anymore. Bugs will be fixed and the necessary changes for new Android versions will be done though.

 

[hssuhle]

You can, but given the limited support for the project, despite millions of people using the app, there won't be any new features anymore. Bugs will be fixed and the necessary changes for new Android versions will be done though.

I appreciate it. Thank you for your gorgeous work, anyway!

 

[wudangnic]

You can, but given the limited support for the project, despite millions of people using the app, there won't be any new features anymore. Bugs will be fixed and the necessary changes for new Android versions will be done though.

What about a paid subscription for any additional features? I would gladly pay for this as I already paid for the github pro version

 

[M66B]

What about a paid subscription for any additional features? I would gladly pay for this as I already paid for the github pro version

There are already subscriptions available, but there are less than a handful of people having a subscription.

 

[wudangnic]

There are already subscriptions available, but there are less than a handful of people having a subscription.

I didn't know there is a subscription-based solution! I cannot find it even know that I heard of that. Where can I see it? Maybe not enough people know about that. Maybe there is a way to make it more appealing! I'm not an expert but one who knows about marketing can give some good tips.

 

[M66B]

I didn't know there is a subscription-based solution! I cannot find it even know that I heard of that. Where can I see it? Maybe not enough people know about that. Maybe there is a way to make it more appealing! I'm not an expert but one who knows about marketing can give some good tips.

Please look here under PayPal: https://netguard.me/#paypal

Marketing won't help. It was mentioned here a while ago, not that it made much difference.

 

[wudangnic]

Please look here under PayPal: https://netguard.me/#paypal

Marketing won't help. It was mentioned here a while ago, not that it made much difference.

Ok, now I see it. But that is a recurring donation, what I'm talking about is a mandatory subscription for all future development.

 

[M66B]

Ok, now I see it. But that is a recurring donation, what I'm talking about is a mandatory subscription for all future development.

Mandatory? Do you have any idea how many people would complain? My inbox would "explode" !

 

[wudangnic]

Mandatory? Do you have any idea how many people would complain? My inbox would "explode" !

You are probably right, unfortunately. But at some point people would need to understand that they cannot expect that somebody would hard work on long term just for fun. Anyway I saw that is a current trend during last years that most of quality apps shift from one payment to subscription based. You cannot pleased all the people anyway!

 

[M66B]

You are probably right, unfortunately. But at some point people would need to understand that they cannot expect that somebody would hard work on long term just for fun. Anyway I saw that is a current trend during last years that most of quality apps shift from one payment to subscription based. You cannot pleased all the people anyway!

All my public projects are meant to help people protect their privacy, and not to earn money. Therefore, all essential features are free to use, but this also means that I am free whether I want to work on these projects as well. For both of these reasons, I don't want to commercialize things.

Regarding NetGuard, I have received so many unfriendly messages, many very rude, that I am not motivated to work on new features anymore. The app will keep being maintained and supported, which means that major bugs will be fixed and that the app will be adapted for new Android versions, if necessary.

 

[wudangnic]

All my public projects are meant to help people protect their privacy, and not to earn money. Therefore, all essential features are free to use, but this also means that I am free whether I want to work on these projects as well. For both of these reasons, I don't want to commercialize things.

Regarding NetGuard, I have received so many unfriendly messages, many very rude, that I am not motivated to work on new features anymore. The app will keep being maintained and supported, which means that major bugs will be fixed and that the app will be adapted for new Android versions, if necessary.

Stupid or just ignorant people are everywhere, I know is very frustrating but we cannot do anything else but to ignore them!

 

[M66B]

Stupid or just ignorant people are everywhere, I know is very frustrating but we cannot do anything else but to ignore them!

Five years or so ago, this was not a problem, but the world has changed and now there are so many condescending people, that it isn't fun to work on a project like this anymore, also considering the general support for the project, or rather the absence of it. The "mix" just isn't right anymore.

 

[wudangnic]

Five years or so ago, this was not a problem, but the world has changed and now there are so many condescending people, that it isn't fun to work on a project like this anymore, also considering the general support for the project, or rather the absence of it. The "mix" just isn't right anymore.

Maybe you cannot see it here in the thread but I recently tried a few different similar apps and I found out that are many people saying in different forums and social media like reddit that your app is superior to all the rest. I personally consider the same after testing all the other apps.