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Help Everything loads but Reddit on Android 8.1.0 Oreo

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HelloArlyle

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I can load any webpage in Chrome, Firefox, Opera etc. except Reddit. The Reddit apps (official Reddit app, joey, Reddit is fun) don't load as well. Chrome reports 'DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN' and opera also reports DNS problems (Firefox simply says it can't load the webpage).

I downloaded the 'dns changer app' and changed my DNS to Google dns, but Reddit only worked for a minute (only in browsers, not in the Reddit apps). Now it's not working (in anything) again. I have also cleared chrome's history and reinstalled Chrome. Reddit still doesn't work.

P.S. I am using a 3g network, not a broadband connection.
 
HelloArlyle said:
I can load any webpage in Chrome, Firefox, Opera etc. except Reddit. The Reddit apps (official Reddit app, joey, Reddit is fun) don't load as well. Chrome reports 'DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN' and opera also reports DNS problems (Firefox simply says it can't load the webpage).

I downloaded the 'dns changer app' and changed my DNS to Google dns, but Reddit only worked for a minute (only in browsers, not in the Reddit apps). Now it's not working (in anything) again. I have also cleared chrome's history and reinstalled Chrome. Reddit still doesn't work.

P.S. I am using a 3g network, not a broadband connection.
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I have the same questions as @mikedt. I use Chrome all the time for Reddit, without issue. No tinkering required. And although I don't like and don't use the Reddit app, I just fired it up and it's fine as well.
 
mikedt said:
Could be Reddit is been censored and blocked by your carrier/ISP? What country are you in and who's your carrier. Have you tried using a VPN?
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I live in Bangladesh and my Carrier is Grameenphone. I don't think they'd block Reddit, I asked a friend to check on his broadband connection and on his mobile data (different carrier though) and he said that it worked.

As for the VPN, I already said I downloaded the 'dns changer ' app and my phone's os identifies that as a VPN. Anyway, can you recommend any good free VPN's (if there are any)?
 
mikedt said:
Yes I can recommend a good free VPN.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Psiphon+Inc.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/psiphon/web/mjr4-p23r-puwl/en/download.html
Works in China as well.

Don't know anything about Bangladesh, but is it subject to govt censoring of the Internet, like China is?
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Hey, thanks for the VPN, Reddit is working now! However, I still can't use Reddit on another phone that is connected to this phone's hotspot. Oh well.

By the way, I don't think the government here censors anything. Once they turned off all networks (excluding broadband) during the elections, but that was it.
 
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