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I can't install a certificate for "Vpn & App user certificate" on Android 11. I tried setting it up via "Settings" menu > "Install from device storage," > "VPN and app user certificate", but I see an error like: "this file can't be used as a VPN & app user certificate".

But weird, two month ago it worked fine, maybe I'm doing something wrong with it?

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  • Same on android 12. Is it the wrong format? Commented Dec 7, 2021 at 13:46
  • @ReyRey well, I haven't another chance and I bought phone with android 7 - it's enough for me and my experiments. Another case was like to change some rows in source code, but I don't want to spoil my android 11 Commented Mar 4, 2022 at 15:43

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Are you sure you want to install it for "VPN & App User"? In particular, I was trying to install the certificate from Burp proxy and was misled by the instructions that said

In some versions of Android, your device will ask if you want to use the certificate for "VPN and apps" or "WiFi".In the "Credential use:" options, you should select "VPN and apps".

In my case with Android 12, there was a 3rd option, "CA certificate". But I tried a few times with "VPN & app user certificate" and it failed, with the same error message you saw. Then I tried "CA certificate", and it worked.

To be fair, the title of the instructions was "Installing Burp's CA Certificate in an Android Device", which gives a clue that it should be CA Certificate, even though it says to select "VPN and apps".

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Thanks for your response! Yes, I tried others variants: the installing like CA or for WiFi and it completed successfully, but.. the connection for any app don't work on device and I haven't another idea
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to view the app traffic you must install the VPN and app user certificate but their is most common problem in android .crt and .der format is not supported VPN and app user certificate i try .p12 certificate and its work try that

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Lack of interpunction makes this answer incomprehensible. Please make it more clear.

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