Friday, May 17, 2013

How to Connect OpenVPN on Android


This tutorial explains how to configure the "OpenVPN Connect" app on Android devices for HMA! Pro VPN:

First you need to do 2 things:

1. Getting the configuration files:

Either get all config files as .zip archive from: http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/vpn-config.zip
Then extract the .zip somewhere, e.g. into /sdcard/Download
Alternatively, get the single config files from the servers you'd like to connect to from:
http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/TCP/
http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/UDP/

2. Install the app "OpenVPN Connect" from Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.openvpn.openvpn&hl=en

Now follow the steps below to configure the app ->

3. Start the OpenVPN Connect app and press the menu button4. Select "Import" to import an OpenVPN config file
5. Select "Import Profile from SD card"6. Browse to the folder where you saved the *.ovpn config files.
Select the config file from the server you'd like to connect to.
Then tap "Select".
7. Enter your login credentials into "Username" and "Password".
If you want to save it, check the "Save" box.
Now tap "Connect".
8. You can see the connection progress -> "Connecting..."
9. Once it looks like in the screenshot below, you're
successfully connected. You can see the connection stats
and the "Disconnect" button now.
To be sure you're properly connected,
verify your IP and location at e.g. http://geoip.hidemyass.com
10. By pressing the menu button again and selecting "Preferences",
you can see all possible settings for the app. You can leave them to
default, but see below for options you might want to activate, e.g.:
Seamless Tunnel, Reconnect on reboot, DNS Fallback, Notifications
- they all increase security in some way.
That's all :)

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