Hotspot Shield VPN Configuration

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I am trying to configure PiFi VPN to work with Hotspot Shield. So far, no luck. When I try to “Upload OVPN File” with the file I downloaded from hotspotsheld.com it fails with the following message.
Oops, wrong file!
Please select a valid .ovpn file

I have set VPN to Connect OpenVPN instead of Wireguard. Which went to the setup new option.

I went to hotspotsheild.com with my browser and logged into my hospot shield account. I then went to the Hotspot Shield VPN page and tapped “Router” at the bottom of the page. This took me to a page with a button to “Link a router” which I tapped. This went to a page to “Select a virtual location” (I chose United States) and a button to “Download file”. I now have a file downloaded named “HotspotShield_US_v4.ovpn” which is a text file with what appears to be some settings and a certificate and private key.

Loading that file into OpenVPN results in the wrong file error.

Any ideas of what I am doing wrong?

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It’s odd because I just signed up for a trial so I can test this (I’m on iPhone - are you iOS or Android?)

So it downloaded and uploaded just fine first time - did you open and save the text file again or anything?

Would you be able to email the .ovpn file to support@pifi.org (I do not need any credentials as I can use my own) - but curious if I see same with your file

Also, if you can confirm iOS / Android that would be handy too

P.S it’s also a real pity that Hotspot Shield don’t offer downloadable .conf (WireGuard files) as it’s substantially faster

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I am using IOS 18.11 on an iPhone 13.
It seems that the only files I can attach are image files. I must be missing something.

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Is there a walkthrough for entering the configuration for hotspot shield on WireGuard?

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Oops. Saw the email instructions for sending the file. Will do that.

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Problem solved. Removed the .csv extension on the file name and I was able to load the ovpn file.
I wonder why safari added .csv to the file name.

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Glad to see you got it!

Yeah the extra extension will be why - not sure why it was there but glad to see it working now!