VPN Privacy dot

leachimj · 2025-07-26T11:29:48.002Z

Hello Grace, The Monitor gets downloaded and installed into your device not the TV. Mine has been a stick or ONN devices and works in conjunction with in my case SS. You can get the Dot from the toolbox on this site. (about 2/3 the way down the page).

GraceWilson · 2025-07-26T12:31:39.828Z

Sorry for the confusion. I’m trying to download it onto the ONN 4K Plus box using the browser on Downloader directly from the VPNPRIVACYDOT.COM website.

It downloads, then I click “install” and the error is that it is not compatible with the “TV”. Weird I know because I’m not downloading it to the TV. I’ll take a picture later.

I’m gonna take the ONN Box to my other TV, a Samsung, and try it there later.

Thanks all for chiming in. I’ll keep you posted.

itzme · 2025-07-26T12:40:12.088Z

@GraceWilson …just an FYI…this is from their website…

“In the next version of VPNPrivacyDot there will be a Video Ad. I will get some money every time you watch the video. So I ask you to watch often promotional videos, then I have the motivation to program great new features.”

So i would choose another “Dot” to use, there are other options, I would rather pay a $ or 2 and have no ads…but that’s just me…
Monitor Dot is one and i think it’s in the tool box, And he is a TP member…

Wizzard · 2025-07-26T12:52:11.830Z

The VPNprivacydot sort of stopped working with the Onn Pro. Use the other one or even the paid one in basic mode for the Onn.

leachimj · 2025-07-26T12:57:51.838Z

My knowledge is limited. I do not have a ONN 4K Plus Box, I have an earlier version, but it shouldn’t make a difference. Go into Downloader type in troys toolbox, scroll down a bit until you see Monitor Dot, click the correct device, download and install. Save the toolbox to favorites on Downloader.

Miki · 2025-07-26T13:26:48.492Z

I have used this one since it was brought out. Not once has it failed me. TBH my VPN has only gone down once in the years I’ve had it.

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GraceWilson · 2025-07-26T17:38:57.364Z

Thanks! Well there goes that idea. I really like Monitor Dot that Troy likes and it works GREAT on my Fire TV Cube. It does not work great on the ONN 4K Plus with the pop up and updating error.

You saved me from VPN PRIVACY DOT. Thank you.

PapaS · 2025-07-26T18:13:38.051Z

Had a similar problem with Monitor Dot not being able to communicate to find out if it was up to date or not. I use Express VPN and once I set the Monitor Dot to not use VPN with split tunneling I never had the issue again.

GraceWilson · 2025-07-26T18:29:21.330Z

I have Monitor Dot running (from their website through D/L) and set the BYPASS VPN as instructed on Surf Shark.It works fine NOW but the test will be when I start it up later if I still get the pop up screen & update error. Those are not deal killers, just pesky. They are worth the bother as I LOVE the dot besides that. Thank you.

carlbs · 2025-07-28T19:06:40.600Z

I have an ONN Pro and also got that update pop-up maybe once a day where it takes you to the update page on the app, but otherwise it seemed to work fine. I installed it through TP Toolbox. I just took the advice from PapaS and bypassed the app in SS VPN settings. We’ll see if that stops the pop-up. Good luck, and if it works on the ONN for us, it should work for you.

Wizzard · 2025-07-28T20:29:20.725Z

If you bypass the dot in SS, will it still work properly and recognize if the VPN is off or on? That would be interesting, I would think the bypass makes SS invisible to the app, like Gem here in Canada.

carlbs · 2025-07-28T20:41:26.014Z

I just experimented with SS. Turned SS off and the dot was still green. But then turned off Kill Switch and the Monitor Dot went to flashing red like it was supposed to. Turned SS back on and the dot went to green. This is with Monitor Dot bypassed in SS.

Edit: coincidently the “Update” box on SS home page lit up, so did the update process and while installing it turns off SS momentarily and yes the dot flashed red until the update was complete whence it went to green.

Wizzard · 2025-07-28T21:04:55.397Z

Yes there is a recent update for SS. I’m not sure why the dot was still green when you first turned off SS. Going back quite awhile, it used to be a controversy on the working of the dot. Staying green when SS was VPN was disabled. It was said well since the internet was cut off, the dot could not transition to red.

carlbs · 2025-07-28T21:42:31.216Z

I remember that “controversy”. Wasn’t the consensus that since the kill switch killed the internet that the dot still blinking green simply meant that it was working as advertised? It would be red only if the internet was running with no VPN connected.

JerryJ · 2025-07-28T23:28:37.738Z

When I change servers or perform an update with SS, the dot goes red. And when everything is back up and functioning the dot returns to green. That seems to me that all is working as expected.

I do use the kill switch option, so I’m actually using the dot since I subconsciously enjoy the dot. Nutz, huh?

carlbs · 2025-07-29T00:41:49.220Z

Not nutz at all. It’s like mother’s milk. Soothes the soul.

GraceWilson · 2025-07-29T12:28:24.151Z

I just posted in the other thread my DOT update. Everything works fine on mine (thanks for the VPN bypass idea) except that on my ONN box, the homepage for the DOT opens each time and sits there when I power up the box. I use Projectivy and simply hit home twice to take me to the Projectivy (ONN) start screen. It’s better than the SurfShark update error but I still wonder why the DOT home page opens every time.

carlbs · 2025-07-29T20:19:19.703Z

Mine dot update page has stopped doing that. Not completely sure what fixed that but make sure you have the latest versions of the Monitor Dot and the latest version of your VPN. In order to make sure I was up to date on the Monitor Dot, I erased it and downloaded a fresh install from the TP Toolbox (though I think I said that already).

GraceWilson · 2025-07-30T12:48:17.918Z

What’s the latest version of Monitor Dot? I got my SurfShark updated yesterday. The Dot works perfectly on my Fire TV Cube. It’s only on the ONN 4K Plus that it’s being finicky. It works fine but it just opens its home page when I turn on the ONN so I hit HOME to get to the Projectivy landing page. Not a huge deal. I assume the DOT updates by itself, I don’t know how to manually update if it’s even possible.

Thank you for Monitor Dot!

Wizzard · 2025-07-30T12:56:12.717Z

Privacy dot stopped working on the Onn pro months and months ago. I removed it.

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