[tor-bugs] #22844 [Applications/Orbot]: IP leak, tor starting and stopping on its own

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#22844: IP leak, tor starting and stopping on its own
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     Reporter:  spacecat            |      Owner:  n8fr8
         Type:  defect              |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium              |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Orbot  |    Version:  Tor: 0.3.0.8
     Severity:  Normal              |   Keywords:  Ip leak
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 Running Orbot on galaxy tab e Android version 6.0.1.


 I was running Orbot through a vpn and using fire.onion and it used to work
 but now usually it will say not connected to tor when I check it at
 check.torproject.org. And sometimes it will be sending and receiving but
 usually everything is at 0. So I downloaded Orfox and tried running Orbot,
 and it says connected to Tor when I check it, although it still isn't
 showing much sending or receiving activity. And in the first few minutes
 that I check if I'm connected at check.torproject.org, it always shows my
 original IP address despite saying I'm connected and despite when I look
 up my ip address elsewhere i see the ip address of my vpn.

 Yesterday when I was looking at the Orbot app, the onion icon was flipping
 on and off on its own and it kept doing this. Also Orbot started up by
 itself this morning. So I unselected allow background starts, although it
 should not be doing this even with it selected bc I dont run other apps
 through it (other than fire.onion and orfox), and I had choose for it to
 run for all apps at start-up. My email address is
 lilypatterson47 at gmail.com if you have any questions or answers. Thanks

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