Hi. Does anyone know how to install PIA onto a z7+. I'm having no luck. Cheers.
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Hi. Does anyone know how to install PIA onto a z7+. I'm having no luck. Cheers.
Have you tried going to the Google Play Store and downloading the PIA app ?
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Yeah and downloaded a separate APK, just to try. Pia say my device isn't compatible and formuler say it is. At the moment I have no VPN. Hi which hinders when I would like to watch certain sports.
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Yeah and downloaded a separate APK, just to try. Pia say my device isn't compatible and formuler say it is. At the moment I have no VPN. Hi which hinders when I would like to watch certain sports.
Werid. For what it's worth, NordVPN app works on z7+, I used to use it a bit. Maybe get a cheap NordVPN subscription and cancel your PIA sub when it's done? Lots of good reviews for NordVPN
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Ta. Unfortunately my pia runs out in September. Will use my firestick, when the footie is on.
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Ta. Unfortunately my pia runs out in September. Will use my firestick, when the footie is on.
Maybe there's some help in this thread (it's for another formuler box but pretty sure it's applicable. There's more than one way to install VPN on the box). VPN Setup
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Hi. Already read through it. Nothing that I haven't tried. Wonder if anyone uses pia on z7+?
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Thanks for the suggestion by the way.
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I was using the PIA app a few months ago fine, I think it was from the Play Store, but I had switched over to using the VPN on a router. Long story short, because of network setup changes I had to make for Emby, I have to put PIA back on the Z7+. But only came to find that it is now crashing as soon as I try to open PIA.
I tried updating it, Store said no update. I tried downloading the PIA app from PIAs site, same issue. I tried clearing data and cache for PIA, it opened to the login screen! But then I put my login and it crashes as soon as I hit Login and then goes back to crashing as soon as I try to open it after that. I have my Z7+ updated to the newest version.
Right now I am using OpenVPN, downloaded PIAs OpenVPN profiles located at the bottom of the downloads here: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/download
Now, while this does work there is one step that makes it crash same as PIA unless I skip it, it's selecting a certificate. According to IPLeak I am protected by OpenVPN, so how important this certificate is I have no clue.
Hope this helps you and maybe they can get a fix out because I'm sometimes seeing the main home screen crashing too that others are posting about and as I said I'm on the newest update which was supposed to have fixed that.
Edit: Now that I say that I'm wondering if it's a pop up message PIA has that's causing it to crash, I think it asks for a confirmation that it's making network changes to get on the VPN upon logging in/connecting to the VPN. Might be the cause of the crash in both these apps seeing as I can skip the certificate selection on OpenVPN and it will continue to connecting to the VPN.
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Seems complicated. Imagine I'm a complete dummy. Could you do a step by step guide?
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Sure, it's pretty simple. Install OpenVPN for Android: https://play.google.com/store/…e.blinkt.openvpn&hl=en_US
Download your prefered location's OpenVPN profile from PIA: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/openvpn-ios
Then you just open OpenVPN and select the third option to select the OpenVPN profile you downloaded above, it should then ask you for your PIA login and that's basically it, it will be visible under OpenVPN where you can turn it off an on. But as I said above when turning it off and on in my case I HAVE to skip selecting certificates or else it just crashes on me. Tell me if it's the same for you.
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Thanks. Will do.
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Maybe you already figured it out but the actual app I meant is https://play.google.com/store/…ls?id=net.openvpn.openvpn still does the same thing as the one I gave you above, still takes the OpenVPN profiles PIA provides, just a little bit different.
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Will give it a shot. Haven't had time to do it yet.
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Many thanks!!! I believe I'm connected.
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Hi. Does anyone know how to install PIA onto a z7+. I'm having no luck. Cheers.
i use express vpn works a treat
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BlindF123, You have shared such as excellent information. PIA is good but personally, i am using NordVPN and no doubt it is working awesome. Yes, a speed of NordVPN is pretty slow but in term of servers and features no one can best Nord. I am not claiming this thing, I have read this unbiased review of Nord: https://www.allbestvpn.com/nordvpn-review/
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express vpn has very good speeds i have no buffer on any my streams
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Thanks. Will give it a go.