helpmywife, the most likely reason is that you are not putting "obfs2" or "obfs3" before the IP address. Normally when you add bridges, you enter something like this: 12.34.56.78:433 But for an obfs2 bridge, you enter: obfs2 12.34.56.78:433 Also note when you go to bridges.torproject.org that the obfs2 and obfs3 bridges are listed separately from normal bridges. Not all bridges support the version 2 and 3 protocols.