# Blokada lost connection with VPN

**URL:** <https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-lost-connection-with-vpn/22964>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [April 15, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-lost-connection-with-vpn/22964 "2022-04-15T21:02:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bas\_van\_Aken](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/bas_van_aken/32/14468_2.png) [@Bas\_van\_Aken](https://community.blokada.org/u/Bas_van_Aken)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-lost-connection-with-vpn/22964/1 "2022-04-15T21:02:20Z")

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Hi there, I’m using blokada version 5.20.5 installed from Google play store on a Nokia g21 with stock Android 11. I’ve set the VPN setting to always on. But when my screen is off and I put it back on it doesn’t reconnect to VPN. It gives the error connection lost and I have to manually switch blokada on with the button in the main program. Is it an Android 11 thing? Because I used to have a Motorola one with stock Android 10 and I never had this issue.

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**Author:** ![Reda\_Labdaoui](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/reda_labdaoui/32/14065_2.png) [@Reda\_Labdaoui](https://community.blokada.org/u/Reda_Labdaoui)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-lost-connection-with-vpn/22964/2 "2022-04-16T10:16:35Z")

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I understand that you installed Blokada from Google Play. Because of google policy, the full version of Blokada cannot be published there, so you are just using a cut-down version. However, there is a trick to escape it and gain all the features.

To do so, please install this apk on top of your version of Blokada.

[https://go.blokada.org/apk5\_escaped](https://go.blokada.org/apk5_escaped)

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**Author:** ![Bas\_van\_Aken](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/bas_van_aken/32/14468_2.png) [@Bas\_van\_Aken](https://community.blokada.org/u/Bas_van_Aken)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-lost-connection-with-vpn/22964/4 "2022-04-17T05:06:30Z")

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Hi Reda, thank you very much. Your solution worked out well.

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**Author:** ![Reda\_Labdaoui](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/reda_labdaoui/32/14065_2.png) [@Reda\_Labdaoui](https://community.blokada.org/u/Reda_Labdaoui)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-lost-connection-with-vpn/22964/7 "2022-04-18T08:00:48Z")

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Closed on April 18, 2022, 8:00am UTC

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