# Blokada 5 - No Always-On-VPN AndroidTV?

**URL:** <https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-5-no-always-on-vpn-androidtv/3903>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** help-needed, android\
**Created:** [September 13, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-5-no-always-on-vpn-androidtv/3903 "2020-09-13T04:36:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Andy112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@Andy112](https://community.blokada.org/u/Andy112)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-5-no-always-on-vpn-androidtv/3903/1 "2020-09-13T04:36:32Z")

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Hi there I seem to be having some difficulty getting Blokada 5 to automatically start on boot with my Nvidia Shield (AndroidTV). Blokada 4 worked fine, however not v5.

Within the app settings, if I select ‘Start on Boot’ it just closes the app and doesn’t actually do anything, where as on my Android Phone it takes me to the Always-On-VPN setting within Android.

Is Blokada 5 fully compatible with AndroidTV 9? I did not have any trouble with v4.8.3.

1. Downloaded from [Blokada.org](http://Blokada.org)
2. Nvidia Shield TV running latest Nvidia Firmware (Android 9).

Thanks very much for you time! 🙂

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**Author:** ![murdock86](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/murdock86/32/147_2.png) [@murdock86](https://community.blokada.org/u/murdock86)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-5-no-always-on-vpn-androidtv/3903/2 "2020-09-13T10:31:56Z")

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In Blokada 5 Start on Boot takes you to the VPN settings to enable always on vpn. We have had a few reports that this option is missing on smart tv’s so i’m afraid you’ll have to use Blokada 4.x for now.

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**Author:** ![Andy112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@Andy112](https://community.blokada.org/u/Andy112)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-5-no-always-on-vpn-androidtv/3903/3 "2020-09-13T12:15:18Z")

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Thanks for your reply. Yes different experience on AndroidTV compared with mobile Android. Will use v4 until this is resolved.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/system/32/7003_2.png) [@system](https://community.blokada.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-5-no-always-on-vpn-androidtv/3903/4 "2020-09-16T12:15:23Z")

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