OpenVpn and iCloud not sync'ing

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OpenVpn and iCloud not sync'ing

Hello, I looked this up in google but did not find an answer.

I am using OpenVpn in iOS and when activated, nothing syncs to iCloud, Siri does not work. When I deactivate OpenVpn, all rush to sync with iCloud, Siri is available, etc.

I am not sure the reasons of this. I think there was a bug back 2014 but I do not know how to solve this now, which settings I should change to make iCloud sync when under VPN.

Any idea, suggestion, etc. are welcome and appreciated.

Using OpenVPN 1.1.1 Build 212 and iPhone / iPad on 10.3.3.

Cheers,

C.

iPhone 5s, iOS 10.3.3

Posted on Aug 8, 2017 1:23 PM

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Answer 1

RetroPTS

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Oct 3, 2017 6:59 AM in response to Cbatx1

I'm having a similar problem on my iMac (MacOS 10.13) running Viscosity to connect to IPVanish VPN via OpenVPN. When I'm connected to OpenVPN no iCloud syncing takes place. Disconnect and it all whizzes into action.

Interestingly, icloud syncing on my iPhone 7 (11.0.1) DOES work when connected to the same VPN, however it uses IKEv2 protocol not OpenVPN.

I have also tried using Tunnelblick instead of Viscosity but have the same problem.

Any suggestions welcome!

Thanks

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Answer 2

Tesserax

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161,542 points

Oct 3, 2017 9:55 AM in response to RetroPTS

Hmm, I use Private Internet Access VPN on my Mac (running macOS 10.13). PIA uses OpenVPN for all of its clients and I don't have any issues syncing to iCloud from either my Mac or iOS devices. Unfortunately, they currently don't support IKEv2.

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Answer 3

Dec 2, 2017 9:29 AM in response to Cbatx1

I am having the same issue. iCloud is having trouble syncing only when I am using my VPN.

MacOS 10.13.1 using Private Internet Access config files with Tunnelblick 3.7.4a (build 4920).

iOS 11.1.2 using Private Internet Access config files with OpenVPN 1.1.1 (build 212).

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Answer 4

Tesserax

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161,542 points

Aug 8, 2017 1:36 PM in response to Cbatx1

Have you tried using another VPN product with your iOS devices to see if that resolves the issue with iCloud syncing OR have you tried using a different VPN endpoint with OpenVPN?

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