# What to do if Blokada 'stops' working **URL:** \ **Category:** Android\ **Tags:** android\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/what-to-do-if-blokada-stops-working/169 "2020-06-23T16:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![c\_C](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/c_c/32/60_2.png) [@c\_C](https://community.blokada.org/u/c_C)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/what-to-do-if-blokada-stops-working/169/1 "2020-06-23T16:34:33Z")
These might be reasons Blokada stops unexpectedly: - Did you activate **Google Fi VPN**? If so: For Blokada to work it has to be deactivated. - It is only possible to acivate **one VPN at a time** (due to an Android limitation), so check whether another app tries to use the VPN api. - enableing ‘block all connections without VPN’ in your system settings makes you unable to access the internet. See [this](https://community.blokada.org/t/why-does-blokada-stop-working-if-i-enable-block-connections-without-vpn/171) article, why that is the case. - If Blokada gets killed check [this](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-stops-to-function-work-after-a-while/60) article and the one on [brandspecific information](https://community.blokada.org/t/brand-specific-information/93?). Test solutions for other brands as well. - If Blokada stops working **on mobile** , disable DataSaver. Instructions therefore can be found in [this](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-doesnt-block-ads-on-mobile/65) article. - If you can’t connect to the internet with Blokada enabled try to turn off ‘private DNS’ in your systems settings. Check [this](https://community.blokada.org/t/cant-browse-the-internet-when-blokada-is-enabled/67) article. - Is the setting DNS Fallback enabled in Blokada? This setting can be found at the bottom of the DNS menu. Disable it if the internet stops working with Blokada enabled. - If you enabled Watchdog, please disable it again. ---
**Author:** ![cami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@cami](https://community.blokada.org/u/cami)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/what-to-do-if-blokada-stops-working/169/4 "2020-07-12T04:03:53Z")
I hope this comment fits into this posts topic, otherwise I’m sorry and you’re free to delete this comment. I think it fits the topic as the battery optimization is a huge problem when Blokada stops working. Today I read a German article about the battery optimization feature in several smartphones. You can read the article here: [https://www.golem.de/news/android-google-will-ungewollte-app-zwangsabschaltungen-verringern-2007-149578.html](https://www.golem.de/news/android-google-will-ungewollte-app-zwangsabschaltungen-verringern-2007-149578.html) If you don’t understand German there’s a Reddit-discussion (on which the article is based on). You can find the discussion and especially the comment about background kills here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/hk3hrq/were\_on\_the\_android\_engineering\_team\_ask\_us/fxg9y4f/](https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/hk3hrq/were_on_the_android_engineering_team_ask_us/fxg9y4f/) In my opinion this would be great for Blokada and could make it easier to support others. ---
**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/what-to-do-if-blokada-stops-working/169/5 "2020-07-12T20:17:05Z")
Hey, Thanks for the notification and congratulations on reaching member status 😃 ---
**Author:** ![c\_C](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/c_c/32/60_2.png) [@c\_C](https://community.blokada.org/u/c_C)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/what-to-do-if-blokada-stops-working/169/6 "2020-07-13T06:22:35Z")
Hey cami:)! congratulations from my side as well:) happy to have you here^^ It fits, dw, but it’d fit even better on [this](https://community.blokada.org/t/blokada-stops-to-function-work-after-a-while/60) article, so everyone can see it:) as you might have seen already this section is locked and only visible for members. And the article really sounds promising:) ---
**Author:** ![cami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@cami](https://community.blokada.org/u/cami)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/what-to-do-if-blokada-stops-working/169/7 "2020-07-13T20:19:13Z")
Thank you for the gratulations. I’m going to post the article also in the proposed article so everyone will see it. Thanks for the feedback, C! ---
**Author:** ![Deserteagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@Deserteagle](https://community.blokada.org/u/Deserteagle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/what-to-do-if-blokada-stops-working/169/10 "2021-12-26T00:58:19Z")
I keep using the Samsung Internet-browser. Blokada works fine, but a certain website (www.heute.at) repeatedly manages to deactivate Blokada. Then I’ve got to reactivate it manually, and it will work fine for a while. I always must have an eye on the key-symbol on top of the screen. How can I keep Blokada active or make it reactivate automatically? ---
**Author:** ![Karol](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/karol/32/13_2.png) [@Karol](https://community.blokada.org/u/Karol)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/what-to-do-if-blokada-stops-working/169/11 "2022-02-25T06:28:43Z")
I’m not sure why this is happening. Next time it happens, please share the log privately to me at [hello@blokada.org](mailto:hello@blokada.org)