Auto Connect saves you hunting for the button. Choose "When the app opens" and Tunnexa connects as soon as you open it. Choose "When the phone starts" and, after a restart, Tunnexa puts a "Tap to connect" notification in your shade, so you're one tap from protected. Both are off by default, and Auto Connect is free with a Tunnexa account.
Free with a Tunnexa accountOff until you turn it onTwo triggers, your choice
Turn on one, the other, or both. Each works on its own.
It runs once each time the app starts. If you disconnect, Tunnexa stays disconnected and doesn't fight you.
Tunnexa is readyTap to connect to Germany
Why the tap? Android doesn't let apps open themselves at startup, so Tunnexa gets everything ready and leaves the last step to you.
Auto Connect is about convenience. Here is how to match it to your habits.
| Use | |
|---|---|
| You open Tunnexa whenever you go online | When the app opens |
| You restart your phone and forget the VPN | When the phone starts |
| You hop between cafés, trains and hotels | When the app opensWhen the phone starts |
| You never want traffic to leave without the VPN | Kill Switch & Always On → |
Auto Connect doesn't stop apps using the internet before you're connected. If you're often on shared networks, turn on both switches and read our guide to staying safe on public Wi-Fi.
Auto Connect needs a free account. In Settings, tap Sign in or create a free account.
Tap To Connect and allow Android's VPN request. Auto Connect never shows that prompt for you.
It's in the Connection group. Tap it and the row opens to show two switches.
The row now says On. Auto Connect uses the server you picked last, so choose that first.
It's built to never surprise you. These are the times it stays quiet.
Auto Connect is a free-account feature. Guests connect with the button.
Connect once by hand first. Auto Connect never pops up Android's permission request.
At startup it needs a server to offer you. Pick one once and it remembers.
Nothing to do. It won't reconnect or switch servers.
It runs once per launch, so it respects your choice.
After a restart, apps use your normal connection until you tap the notification.
Want Android itself to keep the VPN on from startup? That's Always-on VPN, one of the system tools covered in our guide to using a VPN on Android.
The first time you open Tunnexa, you can tap Skip and connect as a guest, or sign in. Guests get the free servers and DNS leak protection. Auto Connect needs a free account, which takes an email code, or one tap with Google or Apple. No card, no trial.
Sign In to use Auto Connect
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Still unsure? Write to us at support@tunnexa.com.
In Tunnexa, sign in for free, open Settings › Auto Connect and turn on When the app opens, When the phone starts, or both. Android's own Always-on VPN is the other route.
With When the phone starts on, Tunnexa shows a "Tunnexa is ready" notification after a restart. Tap it and you're connected. For a VPN that Android keeps on from startup, use Always-on VPN.
Auto Connect only runs when you're signed in, disconnected, and have allowed the VPN connection once before. It also runs once per launch, so it won't reconnect after you disconnect yourself.
Auto Connect is a Tunnexa convenience: it connects when the app opens, or leaves you one tap away after a restart. Always-on VPN is an Android setting that keeps a VPN running, and with Block connections without VPN it stops traffic while the VPN is down. That pair is our VPN kill switch.
Yes, with a free Tunnexa account. Both switches start off.
