iOS 8 users: Do NOT upgrade to Freedome 2.0.1
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If you're running iOS 8, please do not upgrade to Freedome 2.0.1. If you have already upgraded, please do NOT launch our app and click the "Protection On" button. The old VPN profiles still work if you don't do this. This bug does not concern iOS 7 users.
If you've already started Freedome 2.0.1 on iOS 8 and tried to turn protection on, Freedome VPN will not work. There will be no VPN icon in the top bar of the screen. You'll see a message saying "Error initiating VPN connection" when you try to open the Freedome VPN user interface. The only solution in this case is to wait for the new version of Freedome VPN.
We have a fix. However, as Apple reviews all the apps they publish in their store, there will be some delay before the fixed version is available. We'll keep you posted on the process.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
This bug was not detected until the App Store release, the internal test version did not have the bug and Apple's process doesn’t allow any way to test the actual to-be-released App Store version.
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Hi,
Yes, the new version will handle the profile installation.
And thank you for the kind words. Mistakes do happen to everyone - it is just sad that in this case our users have to suffer because of this mistake. But hopefully the review goes through quickly and you all will receive a fully working version of Freedome soon.
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Good news! Apple has reviewed and approved F-Secure Freedome VPN 2.0.2. It includes fix to this iOS 8 issue. The version is currently being distributed to the App Stores and is already available in many locations.
You can get this version by opening the App Store on your iPhone or iPad and going to the Updates section. If you cannot see Freedome 2.0.2 there yet, just try again a bit later.
Thank you for your patience with this problem. We will try our best to avoid this kind of issues in the future.
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"(...) the internal test version did not have the bug and Apple's process doesn’t allow any way to test the actual to-be-released App Store version"
Why does this happen with Apple store? The developer has to submit the full codebase and apple builds the binary from the codebase, and distributes that binary to in its Store? I'd really like to know some info behind this.
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Great product... except ... In iPhone 6 plus VPN stays on only a while and then shuts down. Are you planning to release a quick update also for this one?
Freedome has been extremely reliable on my previous Android phone and now I'm really disappointed how it works with iOS. Well I suppose I should had stayed with my Sony Z2 . -
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We have F-Secure Freedome VPN version 2.0.4 submitted to the Apple review process. As soon as Apple approves it, we will publish it to our users. It includes changes that should solve these connection dropping issues when used with iOS 8.0.2 (which is the latest iOS 8 release at the time of writing this).
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