diff --git a/src/android.c b/src/android.c
index 793d6e6c..33a76eea 100644
--- a/src/android.c
+++ b/src/android.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 
 int protect_socket(int fd) {
-    int sock, recvfd;
+    int sock;
     struct sockaddr_un addr;
 
     if ( (sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ int protect_socket(int fd) {
 
     // Set timeout to 100us
     struct timeval tv;
-    tv.tv_sec = 0;  /*  30 Secs Timeout */
-    tv.tv_usec = 1000;  // Not init'ing this can cause strange errors
+    tv.tv_sec = 1;  /*  0 Secs Timeout */
+    tv.tv_usec = 0;  // Not init'ing this can cause strange errors
     setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (char *)&tv, sizeof(struct timeval));
     setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, (char *)&tv, sizeof(struct timeval));
 
diff --git a/src/local.c b/src/local.c
index 8f7c239b..c0388949 100644
--- a/src/local.c
+++ b/src/local.c
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
 #endif
 
 int verbose = 0;
+#ifdef ANDROID
+int vpn = 0;
+#endif
 
 static int acl = 0;
 static int mode = TCP_ONLY;
@@ -255,11 +258,13 @@ static void server_recv_cb(EV_P_ ev_io *w, int revents)
             if (!remote->send_ctx->connected) {
 
 #ifdef ANDROID
-                if (protect_socket(remote->fd) == -1) {
-                    ERROR("protect_socket");
-                    close_and_free_remote(EV_A_ remote);
-                    close_and_free_server(EV_A_ server);
-                    return;
+                if (vpn) {
+                    if (protect_socket(remote->fd) == -1) {
+                        ERROR("protect_socket");
+                        close_and_free_remote(EV_A_ remote);
+                        close_and_free_server(EV_A_ server);
+                        return;
+                    }
                 }
 #endif
 
@@ -915,8 +920,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     USE_TTY();
 
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "f:s:p:l:k:t:m:i:c:b:a:uvV",
+                            long_options, &option_index)) != -1) {
+#else
     while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "f:s:p:l:k:t:m:i:c:b:a:uv",
                             long_options, &option_index)) != -1) {
+#endif
         switch (c) {
         case 0:
             if (option_index == 0) {
@@ -969,6 +979,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         case 'v':
             verbose = 1;
             break;
+#ifdef ANDROID
+        case 'V':
+            vpn = 1;
+            break;
+#endif
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tunnel.c b/src/tunnel.c
index f975339c..1407319f 100644
--- a/src/tunnel.c
+++ b/src/tunnel.c
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ static void close_and_free_remote(EV_P_ struct remote *remote);
 static void free_server(struct server *server);
 static void close_and_free_server(EV_P_ struct server *server);
 
+#ifdef ANDROID
+int vpn = 0;
+#endif
 int verbose = 0;
+
 static int mode = TCP_ONLY;
 
 #ifndef __MINGW32__
@@ -603,10 +607,12 @@ static void accept_cb(EV_P_ ev_io *w, int revents)
     }
 
 #ifdef ANDROID
-    if (protect_socket(remotefd) == -1) {
-        ERROR("protect_socket");
-        close(remotefd);
-        return;
+    if (vpn) {
+        if (protect_socket(remotefd) == -1) {
+            ERROR("protect_socket");
+            close(remotefd);
+            return;
+        }
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -662,7 +668,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     USE_TTY();
 
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "f:s:p:l:k:t:m:i:c:b:L:a:uUvV")) != -1) {
+#else
     while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "f:s:p:l:k:t:m:i:c:b:L:a:uUv")) != -1) {
+#endif
         switch (c) {
         case 's':
             if (remote_num < MAX_REMOTE_NUM) {
@@ -713,6 +723,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         case 'v':
             verbose = 1;
             break;
+#ifdef ANDROID
+        case 'V':
+            vpn = 1;
+            break;
+#endif
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/udprelay.c b/src/udprelay.c
index 6c772b98..a3e7443c 100644
--- a/src/udprelay.c
+++ b/src/udprelay.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static void close_and_free_remote(EV_P_ struct remote_ctx *ctx);
 static struct remote_ctx * new_remote(int fd, struct server_ctx * server_ctx);
 
 extern int verbose;
+extern int vpn;
 
 static int server_num = 0;
 static struct server_ctx *server_ctx_list[MAX_REMOTE_NUM] = { NULL };
@@ -1059,11 +1060,13 @@ static void server_recv_cb(EV_P_ ev_io *w, int revents)
 
     buf = ss_encrypt_all(BUF_SIZE, buf, &buf_len, server_ctx->method);
 
-#if defined(ANDROID)
-    if (protect_socket(remote_ctx->fd) == -1) {
-        ERROR("protect_socket");
-        close_and_free_remote(EV_A_ remote_ctx);
-        goto CLEAN_UP;
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    if (vpn) {
+        if (protect_socket(remote_ctx->fd) == -1) {
+            ERROR("protect_socket");
+            close_and_free_remote(EV_A_ remote_ctx);
+            goto CLEAN_UP;
+        }
     }
 #endif
     int s = sendto(remote_ctx->fd, buf, buf_len, 0, remote_addr, remote_addr_len);