Blog & News Updates

DroidVPN for Android TV

Posted on August 11, 2015 @ 8:53 am

DroidVPN will now work for Android TVs starting version 2.7.1. You can download it now from Google Play Store or Directly from our download page We have also fixed the username/password incorrect bug and the incompatibility bug for Intel/x86 android devices on this version. We will soon post a tutorial on how to watch netflix on your android TV using DroidVPN, so stay tuned. Here's a screenshot of DroidVPN running on our android tv [Read more...]

Will I get a faster connection if I upgrade my account?

Posted on July 26, 2015 @ 7:22 am

Not really, We are not throttling the speeds of our free users so you should still get the same speed on our premium server. If your own network connection is already slow upgrading your account will not speed it up. The speed of DroidVPN is always dictated by how fast your main internet connection is. If your data plan is 2Mbps your download speed will be close to 2Mbps when using DroidVPN. But there are instances where our free servers are sometimes overloaded by free users so these servers a [Read more...]

DroidVPN 2.6.2 Released

Posted on July 2, 2015 @ 6:58 pm

This update fixes an annoying bug that prevents the vpn service running on the background to exit when DroidVPN is no longer connected. You will only notice this on rooted device because you will see a toast notification that DroidVPN was granted root access even when you are not using DroidVPN. Why would it ask root access when I am not using it? When you open the DroidVPN app it will start a background service that manages your VPN connection. This background service checks if you have root access s [Read more...]

Australia just passed its own "pirate blocking" law

Posted on June 30, 2015 @ 12:10 am

The government of Australia passed a new legislation to block certain websites, specifically sites that provide access to pirated movies, TV shows and music. The passage of the new laws means that content owners will soon be able to apply to the federal court for orders requiring ISPs to block access to websites in cases where they can prove that their "primary purpose" is to facilitate copyright infringement. The laws target piracy promotion websites including those that provide torrent files used for [Read more...]

How to fix: (GUISocket): Permission denied

Posted on June 17, 2015 @ 4:50 am

Are you seeing this error "(GUISocket): Permission denied" on your device? This error is related to the SELinux permission problem that we've blogged before. Visit this page for the solution to your problem. Do not worry if the page says that it is for android lollipop because the same fix also applies to all devices that has the SELinux permission problem. [Read more...]