Nordvpn iplayer wont download android

Joined Mar 15, Messages Hi, I have a new MiBox. I am using it with a Nordvpn connection. I am finding it impossible to get BBC Iplayer I have tried the Google playstore can't get store to change to UK , I have tried Kodi can download Iplayer but it wont play content , I have tried Plex can't find where to download channels.

Does anyone have any suggestions please? PS - I am not very tech savvy so may not understand very technical terms. Joined Aug 13, Messages 18, Joined Mar 29, Messages Clear your cache and app data for the play store And then try logging in again. EDIT: Can you not side load it? Joined Oct 11, Messages Click to expand Joined Jun 15, Messages 28, Digitaluser Well-Known Member. Joined May 23, Messages Once you have achieved all the above - don't you need a valid UK TV license to access i player.

Little Mac Honorary Master. Joined Jul 18, Messages 53, Digitaluser said:. Joined Oct 6, Messages TedLasso Expert Member. Joined Feb 23, Messages 2, LOM said:. Hi Nic. If so, it may take anywhere from a few days to weeks for it to be fixed depending on how on the ball TorGuard is. If you can wait, I would give it at least a few days. I have cyberghost and cannot access bbc iplayer in spain. Really annoying because i also have a tv licence in uk!!!!!

Hi Les. I tried CyberGhost just the other day good timing : and they do have servers that work. They key is to pick a streaming server or streaming optimized as they call it. When I tried non-streaming servers, only one out of six worked. If I fight it, it will work in the end. Just reload for an hour! Hi Zuno. I see that from time to time as well. The simplest solution is to just try another server.

All lower server numbers I spot checked were fine. Something that I have to remember Chromebook user — and maybe helpful to others — is that there are two ways of using this VPN — one using a Chrome extension and the other as an Android app running on ChromeOS. For use with iPlayer you need to run the VPN app because the Chrome extension only tunnels browser traffic. Hi Bernie. No problem. Thank you. Definitely use the app.

Hi Tim, thanks for your article. Any advice on which servers are currently working? I have tried a lot of them with no joy. Hi Lisa. I just spot tested servers , , and and was able to access the iPlayer with all four.

Give one of those a try. That may fix it. Hi Tim thanks for your reply! It is still not working, no matter which server I try nor how many times I clear the browser history. It must be just on my end if it is working for you.

I am wondering if there is something obvious that I am missing or should I just ask for a refund as I am still within the 30 days. My pleasure. The other obvious thing I can think of is that you have a DNS leak. The homepage should show your current location as being in the UK. The returned IP address es should also be shown as being in the UK. Thank you so much for posting this comment. I was able to use the DNS leak test and find a leak that led me to my Antivirus being the issue.

I had seen a lot about DNS leaks online, but this comment was a pretty straightforward explanation with a good link for help. I have worked my way around several vpn providers over the last few years, switching each time the BBC border-guards close them down. I am currently with unblock-us. Unblock-us say that their servers automatically switch to a new node, but have stopped responding to emails. It would not be within the wit of man to create a password secured system to let me log into the BBC with my license number, and so continue to receive the services I pay for.

But this week I frequently get download failed error. Is this is a location issue or some fault with the iPlayer? I find I can stream though I sometimes have to change servers to do this and sometimes the download works. This occurs only on my Windows 10 machine, my Android phone seems to work OK. The BBC said in July that they had had reports of this problem. Any comments? Hi Graham.

Based on your description, it sounds to me more like an iPlayer fault specifically running on Windows 10 and not a location issue. If it was the latter, I would expect this problem to occur on all your devices. A quick live chat with them and they usually find a solution pretty quickly. If you want to swap countries you simply swap profiles I can save up to 5 This seems to work for everything other than downloads on the Iplayer and Iplayer radio on my phone or tablet for this I use the Nord VPN app on the device — in my case iPhone 5.

This for some unknown reason then works fine do remember to switch off location though, and clear your cache too. Hope this helps. Hi Steve. Thanks for sharing!

And yeah, I completely agree. NordVPN is top notch. High Tim, a very useful article. Any suggestion should before the WC semi finals? Thank sin anticipation. Hi Prit. Unless they since changed their mind, you may want to consider a provider switch. When running a spot check earlier, I found a working server with both providers on the first try.

I have just given up with Strong. I email the help desk and sometimes they get it going;. Not recently. I am also in same boat with strong vpn now. Was working fine then I got it working again now two weeks later tried all the open vpn and nope. But weirdly now tv works when that has not for over a year. But bbc and Itv both stopped working today out of the blue very weird. I was also getting only 4mbit speed with strong vpn too. How is it for you and speed wise? I am going to try express vpn heard they are best I just order a linksys so I can run the software they have for it.

I currently have ddwrt on lots of routers. Have a good night all. I miss him hate living in the states but my son is here but I am alone. I like to watch casualty holby city and lots of other documentaries.

Also I have no dns leaks at all. At least I can watch now tv which not really interested. Another thing if you sign up for free now tv trial and cancel it before 14 days cancel it and select the reason it is too expensive and they give mega cheap deal for 4 months.

Then in 4 months cancel again pick too expensive and keep doing it. Lol cheers. Thanks Tim for taking the time to write this excellent and very helpful article. I use Nord VPN which is great and managed to solve the issue with your help.

Hi Tim, After not being able to watch England v Colombia yesterday I was recommended Expressvpn and installed it easily, and spent 5 minutes on iplayer before a message popped up about network locking…. I then spent an hour troubleshooting before getting help from the customer support. My PC Internet had completely locked, as it had on my iPad. Thankfully my phone still worked as I then spent another 3 hours really!!

Needless to say I felt very unhappy about it and asked for my money back. Have you any idea why Express Vpn would block my internet and can you see any way round it? Hi Jane. Anyone else got around this? Hi Craig. No issues here. Which platform or operating system are you seeing these issues on? Content being locked to regions is ridiculous in the modern world. Totally agree. Rather than locking things down, they should simply charge for it.

Most of us would gladly pay, myself included. A lot of people would, but the BBC has to block access from other countries because of intellectual property rights issues. The shorter duration is so they can add the commercials. I have tried several servers but still nothing.

Is it still working for you. Hi Keith. It does look like certain IPs have been blocked over the last few days, but I managed to find a working one pretty quickly.

Just a quick update. Looks like many maybe all? NordVPN servers are working once again. I tried several of the ones which I found were out of commission a few days ago, and all were fine today.

Hi Tim, great article, it clears matters up for me, thanks. In previous years the same setup worked fine. Any suggestions? Any provider you especially recommend for this? Tim, just wanted to let you know that while waiting for your reply I read around on your website a bit more and decided to go ahead and order NordVPN.

Thanks again for the really helpful website. Hello Tim, To follow up on my previous post s , I just wanted to let you know that something interesting happened when I installed NordVPN and tried to use it. Am I guessing right? Anyway thought I should mention it. Hi Jonathan. Though it sounds like you got everything sorted out.

For most other VPNs this process can take at least a week and often much longer. Tim, thanks for the reply. Just a quick question — NordVPN was working great with iPlayer in the UK up until a couple of days ago, but for the last two days I have not been able to get it to work at all.

No matter which server I choose it says I am outside the UK. The change from working to not working was sudden — and right at the beginning of the Snooker championship semi-finals! This is the biggest weekend, starting now. Tim, the problem I just wrote you about is already resolved, after a chat session with a NordVPN tech guy. Works fine now.

So you can ignore my previous question — anyway thanks! Thanks for the info. The radio is now playing perfectly. I live in India and Tunnel Bear stopped working for me a month or so back, for both download or streaming.

I tried Windscribe which worked for a while but only with streaming but even that has stopped now. Hi John. Thank you for the heads up. Sounds like Nord VPN is a good choice. Anyone else excited about the FIFA world cup? Hi Martin. As far as which games are shown, here is the full BBC world cup schedule.

Come on! Charge us for using the Iplayer and let us do it across the globe — the BBC is a great resource to the world, not just the UK! I so agree with this. Why doesnt the BBC simply offer a world wide licence fee. Easy peasy, then they could be raking in all that money for themselves! Read this somewhere online…. This is a good idea but will not happen.

A worldwide licence fee? I agree wholeheartedly! Tim, thanks for your advice on connecting to the bbc from abroad On my iPhone I followed your suggestion and tried PureVPN, but no luck on any of the four cities in the Uk that they offer — they were all blocked by the BBC.

I tried each several times as you suggested. Overall, all cities still work, but Maidenhead has been the most reliable. I used it as recently as yesterday and got a working IP on the first try. I have had StrongVPN for over 5 years. If you are an ex Pat and over 75 do you get an exemption from the BBC to get their problem? I am laughing while writing this. Hi James.

Yes, sadly it sounds like StrongVPN threw in the towel a few months ago. Do you have any suggestions or information on why this is happening? Hi Alex. NordVPN had a iPlayer outage for a few days. As far as I can tell, everything back up and working again. Does the browser make a difference at all? Thanks in advance, Deb. Hi Deb. There are servers which are currently blocked, but many are just fine. Hope this helps! Hi Marco. You understand correctly.

By reconnecting you will get a different server. You are also correct that TunnelBear does not allow you to choose a server manually, and other VPN providers do. Most do in fact. That all said, it seems like TunnelBear is now blocked. They have fixed similar issues in the past, and hopefully, they will again soon hard to say for sure though when and if at all that will happen this time. Hi Chris. When it comes to value for money, all providers tend to charge similar amounts, plus or minus a few dollars.

Hi Tim, thanks for a great post. Chris, I have also been struggling for weeks, I have MPN the Bulldog, and Express, I have a UK Address with a Paid for Licence, thats the problem, you need to register now with your Postcode if you read the T and Cs it says that you have to be plugged in to that Address, if you use iplayer elsewhere you pay for another Licence at that Address, not sure how they do it, i remember Sky used use something like that whenyou used there box, it seems the end is Nigh……………………Come on BBC let us pay you for the Service.

Hi Chris, Lots of people here either 1. Would be willing to pay for a license even though they are permantly abroad. It would be easy, as some have said here, for the BBC to use your license as a password. I wrote to my MP about this, who passed it on to the culture secretary. I got the brush off,. Even though we pay for it, the BBC claims it is an independent corporation and can do what it likes.

But everyone should write to their MP about this, especially those who have bought licenses! Hi Tim. Thanks for the useful article. Hi Ben. It happens. The question is will CyberGhost do something about it. Try a few servers every once in a while to see if anything changed. Happens often then all of a sudden it will work fine. Any Ideas? Hi Liam. I usually see it happen before the main video starts, right after the 3 second BBC intro clip.

I mostly watch the iPlayer through a browser and simply reloading the page makes the message go away and the video play fine from that point onward. Almost feels like something timing related. Thank you for letting us know. Even in UK I get this problem.