PowerTunnel for Android v1.8.2

This is a servicing release to 1.8.x branch

Improvements:

• Now you can switch to PowerTunnel VPN directly from Quick Settings without needing to open the app

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue when PowerTunnel didn't start from Quick Tile if it was in proxy mode

Known issues:

• Users report about an incompatibility with the August 2020 security patch on Samsung devices (#29). This issue should be resolved with an upcoming security patch from Samsung.

PowerTunnel for Android v1.8.1

This is a servicing release to 1.8.x branch

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue when using Quick Tile led to crash
• Fixed some user interface bugs

Known issues:

• PowerTunnel doesn't start from Quick Tile if is in proxy mode

PowerTunnel for Android v1.8

This is a long-term support release

New features:

• You can start PowerTunnel using quick settings tile now. This feature requires Android 7 and higher.

Improvements:

• Added notification that can be used to stop PowerTunnel
• Improved performance and memory usage
• Improved user interface

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue with certificate installer
• Fixed an issue when the PowerTunnel logo was showing in low resolution

PowerTunnel for Android v1.7.1

This is a servicing release to 1.7.x branch

Improvements:

• Better error handling

Bugfixes:

• SNI Spoiler supports Android 9 and higher now

PowerTunnel for Android v1.7

This is a long-term support release
This release introduces new tricks that works there where PowerTunnel did not work before

New features:

• New HTTPS DPI circumvention method: SNI Spoiling

Improvements:

• Mix host header value mixes only the last letter by default now. This behavior can be changed in the options.

Known issues:

• SNI Spoiling doesn't work on Android 9 and higher

PowerTunnel for Android v1.6

This is a long-term support release

New features:

• Ability to disable the standard DPI circumvention methods
• New HTTP DPI circumvention methods

Improvements:

• Improved performance
• Improved battery usage

Internal changes:

• dnsjava updated from 3.1.0 to 3.2.1

PowerTunnel for Android v1.5.2

This is a servicing release to 1.5.x branch

New features:

• Ability to specify DNS server port

PowerTunnel for Android v1.5.1

This is a servicing release to 1.5.x branch

Improvements:

• Optimized memory usage

Bugfixes:

• Fixed connectivity issues (bad gateway), the fix can be disabled in options.
• Fixed some layout issues

Internal changes:

• dnsjava updated from 3.0.2 to 3.1.0

PowerTunnel for Android v1.5

This is a long-term support release

General changes:

• Added support for Android 4.2 and higher
• Proxy mode notification has lower priority now
• VPN settings grays out when proxy mode is enabled

New features:

• Ability to configure local proxy address and port

Improvements:

• PowerTunnel displays proxy startup error now

Bugfixes:

• Fixed memory leak, high CPU utilization and fast battery drain on "payload" DPI circumvention method
• Fixed main activity duplication in proxy mode

PowerTunnel for Android v1.4

This is a long-term support release

New features:

• Proxy mode. You can use PowerTunnel as regular proxy instead of VPN now. It can be useful in cases when you need PowerTunnel and another VPN connection on the same time. (#9)
  Note: you will have to manually configure proxy server in your apps if you enable proxy mode.

Improvements:

• Improved overall stability of the application

Known issues:

• Memory leak in "payload" DPI circumvention method ("Send additional 21KB payload") that leads to high CPU utilization and fast battery drain. Do not use this method until the next version of PowerTunnel for Android is released.