yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xposed General] BParkerson:
How is it that just over the weekend a multitude of ISP have mysteriously blocked the Xposed Repository... Verizon, Cox, and others. What, did they all get together and decide to pick on Xposed??? I'm having no other issues with any other applications. Is there something that can be done on the Xposed side to solve this dilemma. It's becoming much more widespread than first anticipated. Until then, it's Orbot TOR nominated as my hero!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android
[Xposed General] GermainZ:
It's likely a temporary routing issue, but I'd hate to crush down the conspiracy theories, and since (apparently) no one tried contacting them yet…
[Xposed General] BParkerson:
Is this common, a routing issue involving multiple ISPs... and only affecting a single application??? I'm very much a novice so please help me to understand how this can only be affecting Xposed. Again, correct me if I'm wrong but you would think something could be changed within the Xposed Repository the not allow blocking. Other applications seem to be working fine on the same ISPs giving us issues. Or are we just waiting around hoping it fixes itself. Seems everyone is waiting on someone else to fix the problem.
[Xposed General] GermainZ:
It can be due to multiple things but the first thing to do, IMO, is to contact your ISP and let them know of the issue.
[Xposed General] thereal_bigjake:
I just contacted VZW and they will get back to me in 24 hours so I will post what they tell me is going on when I hear back from them.
[Xposed General] BParkerson:
I can safely say many people, including myself, are reluctant to call Verizon Wireless and say, "Hey, my rooted device isn't working with an application that requires root access on your network." Lol. Kinda caught between a rock and a hard place!
[Xposed General] kingvortex:
You don't need to tell them what you're doing with your device. Simply that you cannot access a website and ask if they have it blocked. It's unlikely customer support will even know what Xposed is in any case.

Someone that's having the problem needed to at least try to find out if their ISP is responsible or everyone will keep going in circles. :)
[Xposed General] thereal_bigjake:
I don't use a Verizon phone but a hotspot so I told them exactly what the problem was.
[Xposed General] BParkerson:
Yeah, I get what you're saying but telling them that I can't access the website is false. I can go the website, what I can't do is download from within the website or application. All the modules, settings, framework, and other tabs are accessible, just can't do anything with them except look at them. There has to be other means of troubleshooting on Xposed's end than, "call your ISP." This needs to be addressed on both ends. What's the protocol for troubleshooting issues within Xposed. Do they have a dedicated functional IT that can somehow pinpoint trouble? I apologize if I am speaking out of line, however I feel there are enough of us having problems that warrant a much more aggressive approach.
[Xposed General] kingvortex:
The Xposed framework wasn't created by a company with a support team. It's (mainly) maintained by one person that develops in his spare time. There are other prominent contributors, but everyone involved in the project does so for free.

It seems only fair that if you come here saying something doesn't work that you also try to troubleshoot any problems that may be caused by something at your end. The obvious one being a problem with your ISP, as multiple people on the same ISP are affected.

This place is about learning and sharing knowledge, so while most will try to help whenever they can, there's also an onus on everyone to try and resolve problems themselves if at all possible. :)
[Xposed General] BParkerson:
Ah... I'm with you! I've pretty much gathered that even from my limited experience with XDA. It's a very renowned community that I would

very much like to be better acquainted. I wasn't sure at all the inner workings of Xposed however, so thank you for the insight! I've already learned a great deal from this and I'll continue do everything I can to contribute. Like I and one other mentioned in an earlier post, a mobile work around that I have confirmed works is with using a TOR application called Orbot and can be downloaded free from the Google Play Store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android
[Xposed General] mfinlay04:
(b) Use of devices and applications. Licensees offering service on spectrum subject to this section shall not deny, limit, or restrict the ability of their customers to use the devices and applications of their choice on the licensee's C Block network, except:

(1) Insofar as such use would not be compliant with published technical standards reasonably necessary for the management or protection of the licensee's network, or

(2) As required to comply with statute or applicable government regulation.

If Verizon gives you any crap about being rooted just kindly remind them of the above. They cannot limit the use of applications such as xposed.

A side note I'm wondering if the xposed website was tagged by some security firm as potentially harmful since it host some exploits and such?! If it was just VZW users having an issue i'd blame big red. But since multiple ISP are "blocking" this website I'm wondering if they all get their list of potentially harmful sites from the same company.

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I can confirm Orbot does work on both of my VZW phones. If Android 4.4+ VPN worked properly this would also be a viable solution, but that's a whole different issue.
[Xposed General] SpeKtroNet:
I was able to do it last mont Sept. but not now in October, I have tried 3 VZW phones and same outcome, even non rooted ones, tried on my buddies TMO and ATT, no problem, then tried more of my friend's VZW and this fails, so it seems this is blocked indeed.
[Xposed General] BParkerson:
Make sure you have it configured properly because I assure you, Orbot works... or at least it does with my Verizon Galaxy Note 3. I set mine by going into settings, and under "Select Apps" I enabled Xposed Installer, Downloads, and Download Manager... and that is all. I had to play around

withit a bit but when I did this and disabled "TOR everything" it worked flawlessly. I did reboot my phone... not sure if that's required or helped but I did anyway. Give it another shot.

UPDATE : Sorry, I totally read this as you stating "does not work". Regardless, I'll leave this response hoping it may help someone. It's been a long day!!!!!
[Xposed General] Spookymyo:
You may regret that. If you have insurance on your phone that is. I contacted Verizon a couple years back about a similar issue with my droid incredible and they heavily questioned me about if my phone was rooted and wanted me to take my phone in to the local Verizon store. I told them no and they threatened to cancel my insurance.
[Xposed General] thereal_bigjake:
It's a hotspot not a phone ?
[Xposed General] bweN diorD:
https://www.mediafire.com/?65i3tve65qvd640

btw, p1ss off verizon, i own my phone. ill put what i want on it :p
[Xposed General] InsayneShane:
Works fine now! Use Phone Data connection as well as restart your router, Do a full power cycle.
[Xposed General] ffejy462:
Thanks for the help guys. This has the potential to get out of hand pretty fast.

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[Xposed General] cbhall:
Private Internet Access VPN Success

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to jump on the "I think it's being blocked intentionally" bandwagon. I'm on Verizon and haven't been able to update modules for several days. I tried wifi (Cox), 3G, and LTE with a "waiting to download" status. I used Private Internet Access as my VPN when necessary. As soon I connected through PIA, the downloads/installs went through immediately without a hitch. Part of me hoped it wouldn't work and that it was just something broken on my end or with the Xposed backend. I guess VZW (and maybe others) are colluding for whatever reason. Very disappointing.
[Xposed General] bryantjopplin:
I cant update at all either. Tried from multiple isp's and still nothing. I'm on Verizon as well.
[Xposed General] ffejy462:
I'm on Verizon as well. I used orbot as suggested several times in this thread and it worked fine.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android

lg g2 xdabbeb's vs980 v2.2.0
[Xposed General] bryantjopplin:
I did and it's a no go for me. I use it all the time though so I know tor network is up on my end as it shows me over in Denmark most of the time.
[Xposed General] mesiorni:
Any word from VZW?
[Xposed General] thereal_bigjake:
Nope and they told me 24 hours and it's been about 30 now.
[Xposed General] bweN diorD:
i have had them say that several times before and they never called me.

i just used a vpn to pull the framework i posted yesterday. sux, but it is what it is.
[Xposed General] thereal_bigjake:
I will bug them again tomorrow through the live chat if I don't hear from them.

It usually takes me a couple tries before they do anything also.
[Xposed General] cccthestyle:
Same thing on verizon here. Timing out at 70.34.224.234

root@ghost:/ # traceroute -m 20 dl-xda.xposed.info
traceroute to dl-xda.xposed.info (70.34.227.107), 20 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 193.sub-66-174-20.myvzw.com (66.174.20.193) 45.841 ms 39.341 ms 77.614 ms
2 50.sub-69-83-13.myvzw.com (69.83.13.50) 61.102 ms 46.971 ms 52.587 ms
3 229.sub-69-83-13.myvzw.com (69.83.13.229) 39.341 ms 67.695 ms 52.709 ms
4 129.sub-69-83-13.myvzw.com (69.83.13.129) 58.660 ms 65.039 ms 40.134 ms
5 194.sub-69-83-13.myvzw.com (69.83.13.194) 39.676 ms 50.450 ms 39.952 ms
6 * * *
7 101.sub-66-174-17.myvzw.com (66.174.17.101) 61.376 ms 49.717 ms 39.371 ms
8 * * *
9 0.ae2.BR2.NYC4.ALTER.NET (140.222.229.93) 62.841 ms 66.137 ms 60.217 ms
10 * * *
11 * * *
12 te2-1.ccr01.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.1.42) 201.465 ms te3-2.ccr01.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.31.54) 63.604 ms te7-1.ccr01.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.2.109) 74.164 ms
13 * * *
14 38.122.170.26 (38.122.170.26) 60.461 ms 67.053 ms 60.125 ms
15 70.34.224.234 (70.34.224.234) 65.039 ms 60.430 ms 61.560 ms
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root@ghost:/ #
[Xposed General] SyCoREAPER:
On VZW network nothing is downloading now, was working fine last weekish? Only seems to be working on WiFi
[Xposed General] hickmanje2:
I can confirm this worked for me as well!
[Xposed General] TurK-FX:
70.34.224.234 and the ip address of dl-xda.xposed.info (70.34.227.107) belongs to same company (JB Online Media LLC (C04776617) )

According to whois arin database

As a network engineer, this seems to me as an issue with the remote end.
[Xposed General] thereal_bigjake:
Verizon emailed me back and said the issue has been fixed.

Is it fixed? Not for me ?
[Xposed General] Spookymyo:
I just checked and everything is working again. I can update existing modules and download new modules without out having to use orbot or any other proxy.

Woo hoo!
[Xposed General] BParkerson:
And still no for me. I even cleared Xposed cache, rebooted my device, and still nothing!

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And still no for me. I even cleared Xposed cache, rebooted my device, and still nothing! Did Verizon elaborate on exactly what it was they supposedly fixed???
[Xposed General] Gutsyslap1:
I know its been mentioned but just for the record VPN solved the issue for me. Worked on WiFi no problems at work (I work for a local ISP) and as with everybody else wouldn't work on VZW over 3G/LTE. Kicked in the VPN and worked without hesitation.
[Xposed General] thereal_bigjake:
All they said is "the issue has been resolved"
[Xposed General] ffejy462:
I called as well. Created a ticket for their network engineering department. They wanted to connect to my device and run diagnostics! Lol I told them no, it's on your end, not mine. I still can't download natively (orbot works). I record every call to Verizon, but the tech wasn't very knowledgeable or had any meaningful answers. Hopefully engineering has more and hopefully it's not just "it's fixed".

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[Xposed General] thereal_bigjake:
If enough of us contact them over this they might do something.
[Xposed General] GohanBurner:
Come on repo!!!
[Xposed General] Spookymyo:
It's weird. As I said before I can now download from xposed like normal. I wonder why.
[Xposed General] BParkerson:
I just tried again, which I've done a few times a day since I first noticed this and still nothing here. Consider yourself blessed!
[Xposed General] terrorist96:
Still not working for me.
[Xposed General] Laserman49:
Tried, and have no problem to download. But what does this APP do please ?
[Xposed General] rovo89:
I have moved downloads to a server provided by XDA last week (huge thanks again!) because the traffic was too high. A handful of people had reported download issue via the website contact form, most of them just with "it doesn't work". Someone finally provided enough details (traceroute and his IP), and I noticed that the network interface seems to have the wrong subnet mask (255.0.0.0), so requests from people with a 70.x.x.x IP get lost at the moment. I have provided this hint to the server admin and I guess he will fix it soon (not sure if he works on the weekend though).
[Xposed General] pete355sb:
Thank you, you are the reason I rooted again and I can say thanks enough. Pete.
[Xposed General] ffejy462:
Looks like it's working now. I almost feel bad blaming Verizon. Almost. Thanks!

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[Xposed General] BParkerson:
I can verify it is indeed working now using Verizon Wireless XLTE Band 4. Thank you very much!!!
[Xposed General] rovo89:
Yes, it should work for everyone now. The network config has been corrected.
[Xposed General] o-o:
It works great now! Thank you for everything you do!
[Xposed General] kepler1729:
hmm.... I'm still getting an error that says "unknown format (magic number 683c)". I haven't been able to find anything relating to this yet. Anyone know anything?
[Xposed General] amistral32cy:
was down

yes it was down for some time :/
[Xposed General] MTAsaFAN:
i cant download any module. help pls.
[Xposed General] rovo89:
Please try it with a different device (e.g. your PC) and if possible with a different network (e.g. data instead of WiFi). Check whether you can open http://dl-xda.xposed.info/test.txt and try to execute "ping dl-xda.xposed.info" and "traceroute dl-xda.xposed.info" (or "tracert dl-xda.xposed.info") on the command line.
[Xposed General] ffejy462:
I'm not sure if this helps, but I'm getting timeouts on multiple devices. Unfortunately I only have Verizon for 100% of our household Internet. I could open the test link, but still timing out.

from traceroute:

1. 192.168.43.1; 12.757, 12.728, 13.976

2. 66.174.53.100; 100.sub-66-174-53.myvzw.com; 40.865, 53.190, 53.253; AS6167

3. 69.83.137.82; 82.sub-69-83-137.myvzw.com; 59.078, 59.140, 63.781; AS6167

4. 69.83.136.49; 49.sub-69-83-136.myvzw.com; 63.944, 63.982, 63.692; AS6167

5. 69.83.136.65; 65.sub-69-83-136.myvzw.com; 64.158, 63.872, 63.917; AS6167

6. 69.83.137.194; 194.sub-69-83-137.myvzw.com; 64.058, 55.321, 55.247; AS6167

7. *

8. *

9. 66.174.64.53; 53.sub-66-174-64.myvzw.com; 45.862, 45.475, 45.086; AS6167

10. *

11. 140.222.227.169; 0.ae1.BR1.DFW13.ALTER.NET; 74.684, 74.185, 71.529

12. *

13. *

14. *

15. *

16. *

17. 154.54.42.90; te2-7.ccr01.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com; 220.771; AS174

17. 154.54.42.102; te3-7.ccr01.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com; 223.289, 222.105; AS174

18. *

19. 38.122.170.26; 216.631, 214.980, 110.682; AS174

20. 70.34.224.234; 111.847, 110.413, 110.316; AS29791

21. *

22. *

23. *

24. *

25. *

26. *

27. *

28. *

29. *

30. *

Screen shots:

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[Xposed General] BParkerson:
I can verify it's not allowing me to connect again using my only isp, Verizon Wireless. It won't even connect to the Xposed application this time much less download a module. I can't open the test link either.

---------- Post added at 09:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:37 PM ----------

I just tried again and it seems to be working again. Also, I can now connect to the test link and it says, "Working Fine".
[Xposed General] tsh:
Having trouble from both my PC DSL connection and from T-Mobile 4g in the USA.

traceroute to dl-xda.xposed.info (70.34.227.107), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets

1 .qwest.net 20.999 ms 19.829 ms 19.012 ms

2 qwest.net 19.107 ms 19.507 ms 19.150 ms

3 *inet.qwest.net (67.14.102.30) 53.538 ms 53.620 ms

4 te0-4-0-35.ccr23.lax05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.11.125) 77.806 ms 78.848 ms 78.664 ms

5 be2181.mpd21.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.41.113) 77.795 ms

be2180.ccr21.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.41.57) 78.422 ms

be2181.mpd21.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.41.113) 78.598 ms

6 be2068.ccr22.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.157) 79.324 ms

be2066.ccr22.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.53) 79.028 ms 78.319 ms

7 be2173.ccr42.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.29.117) 85.793 ms

be2172.ccr41.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.29.17) 81.245 ms 80.535 ms

8 be2168.ccr21.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.31.94) 90.577 ms 89.416 ms

be2171.mpd22.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.31.110) 88.831 ms

9 * te3-7.ccr01.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.42.102) 92.116 ms 91.219 ms

10 te0-0-2-3.nr11.b003002-1.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.24.27.50) 91.862 ms

te0-0-2-0.nr11.b003002-1.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.24.27.54) 92.181 ms

te0-0-2-3.nr11.b003002-1.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.24.27.50) 92.135 ms

11 38.122.170.26 (38.122.170.26) 92.517 ms 96.401 ms 90.645 ms

12 70.34.224.234 (70.34.224.234) 92.229 ms 93.012 ms 92.966 ms

13 * * *

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16 * *

The odd thing is that I get a response from Ping and am able to hit the text test link.

PING dl-xda.xposed.info (70.34.227.107): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 70.34.227.107: icmp_seq=0 ttl=54 time=93.369 ms
[Xposed General] pooniaprashant:
When i try to download module the app crashes....wtf dude, m very upset
[Xposed General] rovo89:
I think I need to separate two things - the repository server and the download server.

1) http://repo.xposed.info and http://dl.xposed.info are hosted on a shared webhosting account in Germany. Apart from the website, this also includes the repo.xml.gz and the partial repo files introduced in version 2.7 experimental1 for the repository index, i.e. the list of available modules, their descriptions, versions, download links etc.

2) Two weeks ago, XDA provided a download server http://dl-xda.xposed.info because the other server couldn't handle it anymore (~ 7.7 terabytes in September, that's very much!). This is where you download the APKs from.

That means: If 1) is down, you can't access the website anymore, and the list of modules won't refresh. If you have started Xposed Installer before, it should keep using the old index, but maybe there's a bug. Pretty sure it should be working in version 2.7 experimental1 though.

If 2) is down, you can access the website and the index updates, but it will fail when you start to download any module.

The hoster of 1) indeed had network issues last (European) night between 1:15am GMT and 3:30am GMT.

Server 2) initially had a configuration issue which made connections from any 70.x.x.x IP addresses impossible, which seemed to include Verizon, but they should be fixed now.

The error in the screenshots above were caused by the network issues of hoster 1) and should be gone now.

I can't connect to server 2) either, traceroute is also failing and so is SSH login. I'm pretty sure the monitoring informed the server admin already, I did too, so now we have to wait until they wake up (it's very early morning in the US now).
[Xposed General] rovo89:
Ok, you will get all the money back you paid for Xposed.

On a more serious note: It obviously shouldn't crash in such cases. But without a logcat, I can't solve it.
[Xposed General] peped94:
yeahh. it just happen to me too. when i try to download some modules, the download does not complete. it will loading and after a few minutes, xposed framework fc. i have checked my wifi connection and it is stable because i can browse internet without problem. only problem when downloading module. just happen today
[Xposed General] rovo89:
Yeah, the server issues I described earlier seem to be solved now.

EDIT: Or not, it's hanging again for me. But there is nothing I can do about this, the server admin needs to look at it.
[Xposed General] beanaroo:
Connection times out for me too. In New Zealand on mobile networks 2degrees and Vodafone as well as DSL by Spark/Telecom.

Will do a traceroute when home.
[Xposed General] Wunderlich99:
Cannot connect from Germany either.
[Xposed General] n3xusn0ob:
This is an old topic now but the same thing has happened to me this morning, I don't think its my ISP blocking it or my firewall, nothings ever blocked in the UK, I've cleared data, reinstalled the framework and tried to access the repository and download server and it just says 'connecting' for minutes, I might try and use a vpn tunneling program to see if it is anything firewall based or whatever
[Xposed General] pyler:
Xposed download server from XDA is simply down.
[Xposed General] :
I can confirm, download failed "error 404".

EDIT: seems to be fixed now, tested with several modules.
[Xposed General] terrorist96:
I literally LOLed at this.
[Xposed General] n3xusn0ob:
I hope that doesnt mean im being an idiot;)
[Xposed General] Vagelis1608:
I also had had this issue but its fixed now. Weird...
[Xposed General] Spookymyo:
Interesting. Xsposed and downloading modules still works like a charm for me. I'm on Verizon in Tennessee.
[Xposed General] ffejy462:
It's been up and down a few times this week. Up as of late (U.S.) last night. Apparently repo and/or download was moved to a different server... A few bugs to work out. It happens.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=56263581

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[Xposed General] terrorist96:
Try accessing thepiratebay in the UK :p (without work arounds)
[Xposed General] beanaroo:
Service is back up and running over here (NZ)
[Xposed General] Lemagex:
Down for me atm. Recurring issue maybe?
[Xposed General] d0zer:
Also down for me.
[Xposed General] chrisdlc119:
Also here is down.
[Xposed General] ctoph0:
down for me too
[Xposed General] BH_79:
Down for me as well. I was hoping to install the framework and have a play this evening. I'm on Three mobile in the UK and I wouldn't put it past them to block something like this but in my case I don't think it's being blocked because even if I access it through a VPN service (Goldenfrog) I still get the same issue. It won't be blocked via my VPN, so I don't think the problem is at my end.
[Xposed General] kdude63:
Down for me as well. I've tried wifi/wired and mobile data as well as VPN through a datacenter in San Francisco.

XDA forums are also being incredibly slow... related at all? I'm not having issues with anything else.
[Xposed General] HampTheToker:
Repo down as well as slow XDA for me, too.

I wouldn't expect this to last too much longer. I'm sure the XDA webmasters are mastering the web as we speak.
[Xposed General] Jhon998:
Repo down says 404.
[Xposed General] MikeRL100:
Yes I emailed the XDA webmaster a few days ago. Lollipop and Chainfire rooting it has wrecked havoc as of late via traffic oveflow.. They are aware of this.
[Xposed General] queer~dude:
from hk

em...i believe there's some significant issue happened since yesterday Nov16th, 2014 HK time...
[Xposed General] jawz101:
Happened a couple of weeks ago too. That issue was something to do with rovo's provider or the server configurations that was blocking all access from 70.xxx.xxx.xxx IP addresses which is Cox Communications, Verizon, AT&T... basically a big chunk of 'merica. Just fyi because I'm guessing it's the same thing.
[Xposed General] marbulas:
Me too :(
[Xposed General] dic1911:
Sane here, let's hope they will fix it soon

Sorry for my bad English...
[Xposed General] midtowntr:
I can't connect too...
[Xposed General] bartveld:
Waiting patiently in Holland...