Modern browsers Google Chrome, Yandex, Opera, Firefox and many others do their main tasks well, and the developers of this software pay special attention to security. Sometimes this gives users some inconvenience.
Why does the error occur
There are several reasons why such an error may appear in browsers, and among them the following stand out:
- Problem with SSL certificates. Sites must provide them to browsers, and when this does not happen, the browser "does not let" the user to the site and issues the mentioned error.
- The browser checks connections, and when there is a DNS node in the chain and it cannot be checked for some reason, the connection is blocked. A similar situation occurs with VPN connections or with proxy servers.
- Browsers drop connections if the site does not have an https certificate and you need to enter personal data.
How to get around the error "Unable to establish a secure connection"?
If you need to get to a certain site, but this is not possible due to the “Unable to establish a secure connection” error, you can bypass it. Note that by doing so you will endanger your computer, so do this only in extreme cases. Consider the algorithm of actions on the example of Yandex.Browser:
- Open browser settings.
- Click the "Show advanced settings" tab at the bottom.
- Find the https/ssl menu and click the "Advanced" button.
- To bypass protection that causes an error, uncheck the "Server Authentication" and "Trusted DNS Server" checkboxes.
Browser add-ons
In browsers Chrome, Yandex and many others, you can install add-ons, some of which prevent the opening of individual sites. Try disabling all installed add-ons and open the site. If it opens without an error, start enabling add-ons one by one to determine which one is blocking access to the resource you are interested in, and remove it or leave it disabled.
Other ways to fix the error
There can be a number of other reasons for the error "Unable to establish a secure connection" when opening individual sites. If disabling certificate verification did not help, try the following:
- Update or reinstall your browser.
- Set the correct date, time zone and time on the computer.
- Try to go to the site from a search engine, and not through a saved bookmark.
- Sometimes the problem is viruses on the hard drive, which the antivirus program will help get rid of.
It cannot be ruled out that there is a temporary problem with the site you are trying to access. In this case, the error itself will disappear after a certain time.
Problem: Sites with the message display do not open:
or the Google Play app does not work with the message:
Failed to establish a reliable connection to the server
FREEDOM
In most cases, the source of the problem is the Freedom piracy program, which allows you to download free downloads of paid content for applications and games on Google Play. If you previously installed Freedom, but then uninstalled it and after that the error “Failed to establish a reliable connection to the server” appeared, then you can solve the problem like this:
1. Download and install Freedom again.
2. We open the program.
3 . Click "Stop".
4. Next, close Freedom and delete it from the device.
1. Uninstall freedom app
2. You must have root explorer or es explorer installed
3. Go to these programs and enable root explorer in properties and click on that root explorer and change everything to r/w
4. Go to the devices and find the etc folder and how did you find the etc folder find the hosts folder and change the names to hosts_zapp and create the host folder as you created go to the created host folder and write 127.0.0.1localhost (without a space! be careful)
5. Go to the play market and everything will work)))
Another option is to install the AdAway application and delete / restore the hosts file. (In my opinion, root rights are needed there)
TIME
The reason for the error "Failed to establish a reliable connection to the server" may also be incorrectly set date and time in the device. Try setting the date and time manually, or synchronize it with your mobile operator. Often this helps.
Some users have a problem immediately after logging into Google Play, which the Android device indicates as "Unable to establish a reliable connection." We tried to collect all the options to resolve this error and hope that one of them will certainly help you if a similar situation occurs.
Method 1:
The reason for the lack of connection may be an incorrectly set date on the device. In this case, not only Google Play does not work, but also other Google services - the validity period of the certificate has not yet come. The solution is elementary - to set the correct date.
Method 2:
An error can occur through the fault of the provider due to incorrect operation of DNS servers, when the server cannot match the IP address of the device requesting information and the domain name of the resource accessed by the user. In this case, you can solve the problem by installing Set DNS on the device and selecting GoogleDNS in the settings (superuser rights are not needed in the PRO version of the application, you can download it for free). If you access the Internet using Wi-Fi, it is enough to specify 8.8.8.8 as the DNS server in the router settings.
Method 3:
The /etc/hosts file may contain extra addresses. There should be only one line - 127.0.0.1 localhost, and everything else must be deleted, and then save. Superuser rights are required to clean up the /etc/hosts file.
Method 4:
1. Reset your device to factory settings. All data from the smartphone will be lost, but you can connect your Google account.
2. To add an account to the system forcibly, use the AddAccount program:
- download the AddAccount application (Download);
- move the apk file to the root of the memory card;
- open a browser and enter the following line: content://com.android.htmlfileprovider/sdcard/add_account.apk ;
- after clicking on the link, the installation of the AddAccount application will begin.
3. After the installation of the AddAccount application is completed, launch it, enter your Gmail address in the "Account" field.
4. Select AddAccount;
5. If you receive a message about an incorrect password entry, which will come when you try to synchronize with your Google account, click on the notification and enter the password in the proposed field - synchronization with your Google account has been established.
Method 5:
1. Download GApps.
2. After making sure that TWRP is installed on your smartphone, boot into Recovery.
Android is one of the most popular operating systems for mobile devices today. It has a number of huge advantages over its competitors and is practically the undisputed leader. However, relatively recently, there have been reports of problems with one of the main services of "Android" devices, namely Google Play. At the entrance, the application began to give an error: "Unable to establish a reliable connection." The help system provided by the vendors does nothing. Then how to solve the problem?
Quick and easy
To begin with, we will give a method that does not require any complex and dangerous operations with the gadget from you. The simplest troubleshooting for the "Unable to establish a reliable connection" error is based on system settings. You just need to check the system date and time in your android device. They must match the real ones within one minute. This is due to restrictions on the validity of software certificates. If the date is incorrect, the phone will assume that the validity period of the certificate has not yet come or has already passed.
I'll clean up
This method is suitable for those who do not have any important data saved on the device. Although, in fact, photos and videos can always be transferred to a computer, and applications can be downloaded again, especially if you have synchronized your data with a Google account. Then even when reinstalling, all application data should be saved. So, there are two ways to fix the error "Unable to establish a reliable connection to the server."
- Reset phone to factory settings. You can use special programs offered by application developers, or find instructions that are suitable specifically for your Android device model. After all, each manufacturer has its own tricks and protection mechanisms.
- Add a new account. As you understand, old data will not be copied to new versions of applications, but you can avoid problems with transferring other information that needs to be saved when completely cleaning the phone. To add a new account, do the following:
- Download the AddAccount app through your computer or phone browser.
- Write the downloaded apk file to the initial directory on the phone's memory card.
- In a standard browser, enter: content://com.android.htmlfileprovider/sdcard/add_account.apk.
- Follow the link.
- Run the program. Enter your email on Google and click Add Account.
- If you receive a message about an incorrect password, enter it and continue. That's it, you have a new account.
In addition to cardinal methods, there is a less dangerous solution. "A reliable connection to the server could not be established" is an error that is related to the temporary and personal data of the application. Therefore, possible ways out of the problem situation can be looked for in another area.
Freedom
As statistics show, sometimes problems with Google Play can be related to other applications. In particular, the Freedom program. She is responsible for purchases in the application we are considering. The problem of not being able to establish a reliable connection to the server can occur if you downloaded and uninstalled Freedom, having previously forgotten to turn it off. As is clear from what has been said, in order to return everything back, download and install this utility. After that, enter it and stop it by clicking on the Stop button. Then you can safely delete.
Internet
If the previous method did not help you, you should check your Internet connection settings. Problems like "Unable to establish a reliable connection to the server" may occur with some providers, with incorrectly Before trying to solve the problem in this way, try opening Google Play by connecting to a different Internet source. If you still need to return to the initial version - download the Set DNS application. Set DNS address 8.8.8.8. This should help in cases where Wi-Fi is used to connect to the Internet. In any case, first try to test your device on a different connection.
Another option for why a reliable connection to the server cannot be established is that the server may be blocked. In order to test this method, you will need superuser rights on your device. Open explorer and find the file /system/ect/hosts. We need to open it with any text editor. By default, only 127.0.0.1 localhost should be specified in the file. Any other data is deleted.
YouTube
The last method of solving the problem lies in additional programs. It is assumed that the user cannot access Google Play due to broken addressing settings in the Google account.
The utility for viewing YouTube videos pre-installed on many Android devices (any other program that uses a Google account for registration) will help to cope with the problem. The bottom line is that you just need to launch the application and go through it to your GMail account.
other methods
And finally, it is worth mentioning two more extreme measures. The first one is "Hard Reset". Complete reset of device settings. To do this, go to the application menu, select "Settings" - "Backup and reset". After that, in the last window, click "Reset". And delete everything. After that, the device should come to its original state. You will have to re-download all programs and set up an account.
Flashing. Update your operating system or flash your device. The second option is undesirable, because after it you may well be denied warranty service. It's best to just update the OS. Many manufacturers try to fix errors that users experience on their own.
That, perhaps, is all that we could tell you and advise you to do when the error "Cannot establish a reliable connection to the server" occurs. We hope our article helped you.
An error with the system message "could not contact google servers, please try again later" often occurs when you try to either add a new Google account, or simply go to Google Play or Play Market.
The solution to most of these errors (for example, from the same “test”) is approximately the same, while the fact that the error lies in the device itself and is not related to Google servers remains unchanged.
What to do if unable to contact google server?
So, a little later we will look at the main ways that almost always help fix this error.
However, first it is necessary to mention the obvious, but at the same time important things:
- 1. Yes, it’s funny and unlikely, but still there are cases when a user tries to add an account that is not related to Google services: for example, “mail” or “yandex”.
- 2. Check if the Internet is working at all: open a browser and go to any site.
- 3. Check if the date and time are set correctly.
If there are no such obvious problems, but the device persistently writes “could not contact google servers, try again later”, then in most cases an application called “Freedom” becomes the culprit for errors with Google services.
There are two possible options here:
- 1. If the application was installed and subsequently uninstalled, try installing it again and check the functionality of Google Play (if this helped to fix the error, it means that the application was previously removed incorrectly).
- 2. If the application is already installed - remove it. However, a simple uninstallation will not help here: you need to completely clear your device of this “useful” application. For this:
- A. Run the application and click "Stop" in the pop-up menu.
- B. Close it using either "Device Manager" or "Task Manager".
- C. To remove, use one of the "killer utilities" ("Clean Master" or "History Eraser"): run the program and remove everything related to "Freedom";
- D. Reboot the device and check its operation again.
How else can I fix the "could not contact google servers" error?
- 1. Using the same application, clear the cache, but not only of the Google Play service, but in a complex way - of the entire device. Perhaps this will help fix not only this error, but also prevent new ones from appearing.
- 2. As with the “RH-01” error, the reason that a smartphone or tablet with Android OS could not contact Google servers often lies in the absence or incorrect operation of the “Google Services Framework”: either enable this service or install it again.
In addition, check the "GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk" file: try updating it or deleting it and then reinstalling it (but using third-party devices, respectively).
- 3. Your account may have "Two-Step Verification" installed. To check, you need to log in to “gmail.com” on the official website of “google”, go to the “Authorization of applications and sites” section and check what parameters are set.
- 4. Perhaps a lock is set in the “host” file (located in the /system/etc/ directory). Using an application (for example, "Root Explorer") and using "root" rights, check what is indicated in the file after the line "127.0.0.1 localhost": ideally, if you did not install anything yourself, there should be nothing after this line .
- 5. Remove "Permanent active mobile transmission" in the wireless network settings: this is especially true for older versions of the operating system.
- 6. Before entering personal data in the account in the upper right corner, you can call up the context menu: here you will need to select "Login through the browser" or "Login in the browser" - respectively, you will be redirected to the browser to enter data.
- 7. Reset the settings to factory settings and use the "Initial Setup Wizard".
- 8. As a final method, you can use third-party applications to create or add an account manually: for example, "Android /Add Account".
Thus, there are a lot of possible solutions to the error "could not contact google servers". In any case, we strongly recommend that you delete the Freedom application and do not use it in the future: sooner or later this application will “bring” various kinds of errors to your device. In addition, you should at least occasionally, but clear the cache of the device, since cached errors will make themselves felt.
