@nowurtalkin, sorry for misspelling your name. by 'many letters' I mean 'letters' as 'symbols' or 'characters' (your second post was quite long, which I appreciate).

UC is good [for browsing], but it sucks [for RSS], that's what I was trying to say. So it's not exactly 180 degrees.

Regarding OM and its RSS reader - I can't use it, that's the problem. I can install it but it has to connect to the Internet on the first run, and that attempt never goes through. Same as @lostinspacepart2 (hope I spelt that correctly) reports. I did describe my problem in detail in my first post, but no techie came around to help.

Years ago I remember having the same problem on Symbian devices. I was working for a mobile operator then, and our Internet connection was over satellite, which was terribly slow. When I asked our IT department for logs from our Internet gateway server, I could see that OM timed out before the IP address of whatever server it was trying to 'phone home' to could be resolved. Changing DNS settings on the phone to one of the root DNS servers saved the day back then. That is why I started messing with DNS settings this time.

P.S.: and @rabindroy is just a spammer (an irrelevant post with an irrelevant link). I was going to say this lousy forum doesn't even have a 'flag' feature, but then I noticed a grey gear icon on grey background. Given Opera team's response speed, I doubt these posts will ever be taken down, though.

Nowurtalking, thanks for the many letters. I do agree UC browser is good, but I am quite happy with android's standard browser for browsing, and for the few things it can't handle, my phone has Chrome preinstalled. And even though Opera Mini is crap, there are still things I like about it, like Opera Link (syncing passwords, bookmarks, etc. with the desktop version and with Opera Mini for BlackBerry, which I had been using for years before plunging into the realm of green robots) and RSS. What really vexes me is not the bug in OM (every piece of software gets bugs from time to time), but the fact that Opera staff are not answering users' voes. I could tolerate that when I was on the BB, which was never mainstream, but for Android, I believe they should be more responsive. Even worse, I sent a copy of my post to support@opera.com, which is listed in Play Store, and that wasn't answered either. Screw that attitude, I'm now officially looking for a decent RSS reader.

Have you tried up browser & next browser?

what's that? if you are talking about Opera Mobile and Opera Next (Beta) - no, I am not going to use them as neither supports RSS (I mentioned this in my comment). UC browser - tried it, think it sucks; Next Browser doesn't support RSS either. I just want Opera Mini to work; it has everything I need.

BTW, I also use Opera 12.17 on my PC and not switching to the new versions - if I need Google Chrome, I will install Google Chrome, not Chromera, not Operome.

Hi,

I am having a weird problem with Opera Mini on an Android phone (the phone is Highscreen Zera S running Android 4.2.2). The problem is OM does not connect to the Internet. When I run it, it shows "Installing" with a progress bar, then a black screen saying "Cannot connect to the Internet. Please check settings". Then when I tap the black screen, it just closes.

I tried the following:

1. Uninstalled and reinstalled (from Play Market, from an APK file downloaded from Opera web site). Many many times. Also tried installing "Opera Mini by Yandex", same problem.

2. Tried connecting via my mobile operator (MTS Russia, both 3G and EDGE connections), via my home Wifi, via other free Wifi networks in various places). Also tried connecting via VPN (I have DrWeb antivirus, which offers VPN connection through its own servers, checking for viruses). I also tried deleting DrWeb altogether.

3. Tried modifying my Wifi connection using different DNS servers (Google DNS, ISP's DNS, Wifi router as the DNS server). Also tried setting to DHCP assigned values.

Nothing of the above helps. My ISP connection is excellent (50 Mbps PPPoE), everything else works perfectly, on both the phone and other devices on the network (my notebook, Smart TV, several tablet PCs).

The funny thing everything worked perfectly on my previous phone, Highscreen Zera F. But Opera is not working since I upgraded to Zera S.

Please don't suggest installing Opera Mobile because it doesn't have Opera Link and RSS reader.

One more thing to consider: Zera S has a software called App Permissions, which pops up a notification every time an app requests access to camera, contacts or location (but not network). Nothing pops up when I run OM, but this app may be related to why OM isn't working. However, I also tried wiping the phone and installing/running Opera Mini with App Permissions disabled. Still no results.

Is there anything else I can do? Like run some logging tool or add some servers (that OM contacts on first lauch) to HOSTS file on the Wifi router, so it doesn't go through DNS resolution but directly addresses these servers by their IPs? Or is there any log on Android devices that I can access to see the cause of the Opera Mini trouble?