[tor-bugs] #10647 [Orbot]: Orbot completely broken Android 4.1.2

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#10647: Orbot  completely broken Android 4.1.2
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 Reporter:  margolia             |          Owner:  n8fr8
     Type:  defect               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:
Component:  Orbot                |        Version:
 Keywords:  Orbot, Tor, Android  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                       |         Points:
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 I’ve used Orbot in the past on Android with success with different
 browsers, but the latest version seems to be completely broken as far as I
 could tell.

 1. No matter what you do no application can see Tor running, so checking
 the Tor status page shows that Tor is inactive even when it’s running.

 The phone is rooted and I set “Transparent proxying to ON”

 But not “Tor everything”

 I then manually added different browsers in the add app section.

 I tried in several different browsers including Orweb (marked as
 ‘latest’).

 One browser seemed to realize it was connected to something but returned
 the message “There is a problem with the proxy server” and could not
 connect to anything.

 All other browsers I tried simply ignore that Tor is running and connect
 directly (as seen on inspection of an IP checking site (or in Orweb that
 Check Tor page))

 Currently this implementation of Tor on Android is completely unusable,
 which is a shame as it used to work great.

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