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[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
In magik check off the option for systemless hosts and the adaway will work
[Android Apps and Games] MrStark007:
I am using OctOS Android 7.1.2 Till this time I haven't been using Adaway and I didn't know which all ads it will block me from. From the new build of OctOS i enable it and updated host files and rebooted and am using Adaway. But this time whenever I am using the phone ( even without using facebook or whatsapp ) automatically a playstore app page pops up or some other ad page is frequently shown while using the phone. It is more irritating than ever. I wish I had never installed Adaway. Please give me some solutions Dev..
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Some host that not in the adaway (block ads in ADM app)

images.startappservice.com

req.startappservice.com

imp.startappservice.com

info.static.startappservice.com

init.startappservice.com

www.startappexchange.com
[Android Apps and Games] corkiejp:
First off where did you get the Adaway version your using from? If not from the first post, then you could have got a modified version with adware included!

If you got it from here, then you must have installed some adware app, because the ads showing or unrelated to Adaway!.

Not familiar with your rom, what device are you using it on.
[Android Apps and Games] MrStark007:
It was built in and was there when I flashed the ROM. I just updated the host files online. Is there any way to remove any adware which might have creeped in other than by wiping data ?
[Android Apps and Games] corkiejp:
If it is the same adaway app as provided here, then you can use it to detect adware apps.

Open the app, click on settings (3 dots) and click scan for adware.

It might list a few apps that maybe okay and don't have background adware. But might bring your attention to a suspicious app!

I looked up, your rom (custom based Lineage OS), hopefully you got it from a reputable source.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Do you have settings -> google -> instant app? Is it turned on? If yes, try turning off and see if it fixes this.
[Android Apps and Games] MrStark007:
Actually I cannot find that option inside Google. Well if the ROM is not affected by adware , will reflashing it after removing all the partitions save my phone ? Because I had read a post saying that a new type of adware was out which accesses root and stays as a system app and the only solution for users was to purchase a new phone
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
OT Thanks, I've been trying to figure out what/where instant apps install I saw the other day.
[Android Apps and Games] IonutGherman:
For those with MagiskSU. Go to Preferences -> Target hosts files -> change to /data/hosts and re-apply ad locking and restart the device. At me works brilliant ?

DarkROM based on LineageOS with Magisk v12.0

Edit: works only when connected to wifi. What actually the f**k?
[Android Apps and Games] ASHLEY117:
Add these to adaway blacklist for terrarium ads

View attachment 4167327
[Android Apps and Games] hauckk@sfreserves.org:
Use YouTube adaway requires xposed and a mm or earlier ROM
[Android Apps and Games] man1acc:
Hey guys,

Sorry if my question has asked before, but over 900 pages is lots to read :)

Ich have a Nexus 5x and decided that all this ads, even on Apps I paid for need to go.

Is ad away the right choice here? If it isn't, can you push me in the right direction?

Thanks

Bastian

Gesendet von meinem SM-T580 mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
Start reading the thread....[emoji1]
[Android Apps and Games] nirogu325:
5X user here. It does cover most ads. Keep in mind there are some apps with hardcoded ads...like YouTube. You won't find a perfect adblock app, that's why there are hosts lists updates, but do give this one a shot. Been using it for years and it rocks.
[Android Apps and Games] man1acc:
Thanks, so it's a good start. I just need root ans thats it, correct?
[Android Apps and Games] Akhilesh S V:
Yup
[Android Apps and Games] fndpena:
This broken my safetynet :(

Even disabling adaway and uninstalling de app, I can't no longer pass the safety check from magisk... Why???
[Android Apps and Games] corkiejp:
You probably installed it in system mode, not systemless resulting in modify system partition.

Flash your system image again!
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Modified hosts in and of itself doesn't trip SafetyNet, so that's nonsense.

Bind mounts to /su on the other hand.. ;)

If you're one of the several who are using Root Switch with systemless SuperSU then you'll actually need to set AdAway to system mode so that Root Switch can properly unmount /su to disable root correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] corkiejp:
[MENTION=4544860]osm0sis[/MENTION] I thought any modification of the system would trip it?
[Android Apps and Games] fndpena:
Here's my situation:

I'm running Android O with magisk v13 snapshot. Everything was fine with safetynet until I installed adaway and applied the modified host.

Then I reverted the hosts using adaway, uninstalled and still safetynet is not passing. I wish there was a solution not involving flashing system because I'm pretty sure that's gonna mess everything... :(

What should I do?
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
We're both right. It definitely depends on the device. Older devices will still pass with system modifications unless root is detected, and newer devices will only pass if system is completely unmodified (write count 0 on the partition).

In this user's case on angler, sounds like you're right and Magisk didn't have systemless hosts enabled so he wrote to system in error via AdAway thus breaking SafetyNet.
[Android Apps and Games] corkiejp:
[MENTION=4946779]fndpena[/MENTION] I don't use Magisk myself, but I believe it has a switch to enable systemless hosts. You also may have to choose that option in Adaway!

Edit: - Reverting the changes done with adaway, still leave's the system image modified.

Flashing just the system.img, should not have any adverse effects unless you also modified system for something else.
[Android Apps and Games] fndpena:
Yeah, I guess you're right.

I'm gonna try.

As soon as I get this fixed, how is the proper way to do that? I have to enable the systemless host in magisk settings before applying adaway?
[Android Apps and Games] shoey63:
Correct. And don't touch Enable Systemless Mode in Adaway settings.
[Android Apps and Games] casouzaj:
I think he wouldn't even be able to. I guess that in AdAway settings that option would show greyed out, after it is enabled in Magisk.
[Android Apps and Games] shoey63:
You are right. I forgot, it's only available to be selected if you are rooted with SuperSU.
[Android Apps and Games] fndpena:
Thank you all. Flashing the system image did the trick :)

Safetynet passed. But I didn't tried to re-install adaway again, let's see how it goes...
[Android Apps and Games] drguildo85:
I need assistance

I got a 6p running latest pure nexus, i was using adaway without any problem until SuperSU update to 2.82, then the ads started to show up

So far ive tried as much as i understood in this thread, downgrade SuperSU, reflash boot.img, tried to unroot and flash SuperSU and adaway clean, tried to use the systemless option, etc...

So far nothing fixed the issue, if anyone had a simple walkthrough that would be great
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Did you uncheck "mount namespace separation" in the SuperSu app as explained by Chainfire? It was a glitch.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Fixed in the v2.82 stable, newest is on Chainfire's site.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Yes, I agree. But everyone refers to all of the different 2.82 releases as just 2.82. I figured if that solution helped, it gave insight into which version was used. [emoji4]
[Android Apps and Games] drguildo85:
Gave it a try, no fix

Im using supersu-v2.82-201705271822.zip
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Did you reboot? The current version of superSu from Chainfire is UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.82-20170528234214.zip

You can get the zip file directly from his site @ https://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
[Android Apps and Games] drguildo85:
Still no fix, i have a backup, should i wipe and clean install everything?

Any particular setting in supersu and adaway i should set?
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
If you're just flashing one thing on top of the next there's really no way to know what state you're in. I'd start by flashing osm0sis's unsu.zip. Scroll down through the first post until you find it.

All of this issue with the 2.8x was discussed in the supersu beta thread as it was ongoing. Search for adaway.
[Android Apps and Games] drguildo85:
Thanks a lot, i'll post if i get a fix
[Android Apps and Games] fndpena:
Guys, I noticed something...

The hosts file that adaway restores when you disable ad blocking is slightly different than the stock one from system image, at least for Nexus 6P. I think that's the reason why safetynet check wasn't successful even disabling adaway.

Here's the stock one:

The one restored:
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
That would only be true if you install in system mode. In a systemless install it should just revert the bind (that being said I don't know if that's the way it does it. It may just bind a new file. If I was coding it I'd just unbind it, but it's probably simpler to just bind a new file. Same logic for system or systemless).

In any case, from what I know, safety net will trip even if you replace a file with the original. Any writes, no matter the content, to /system will trigger it

I've heard that just mounting /system rw can trigger it, even if nothing is actually written.
[Android Apps and Games] mobileman88:
That's what I read too. If you mount as rw, the write count gets increased by 1 each time.
[Android Apps and Games] Reconfigured:
Can anyone link me latest systemless zip?

PS. I don't use magisk.

Also the latest version of adaway is 3.2? Right!
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
The OP has the install apk, there is no zip. You can enable systemless in options. Do that before applying.
[Android Apps and Games] Reconfigured:
Ok so no need to flash separate systemless.
[Android Apps and Games] Skulltec:
adaway not working together with magisk? I see ads coming through and never had this with chainfire SuperSU
[Android Apps and Games] IonutGherman:
I will build a version of Adaway with MagiskSU support when I will go home. In aprox. next 2 days it will be up.
[Android Apps and Games] ForgottenDude:
I'm having this issue too from today. AdAway worked perfectly with Magisk until yesterday.
[Android Apps and Games] cultofluna:
For me doesn't work to... since yesterday..

Oneplus 3t

OOS beta 8

SuperSU 2.82
[Android Apps and Games] ChazzMatt:
Mine works just fine.

Moto XT1225

RR Marshmallow 6.x

SuperSu 2.82 (SuperSU-v2.82-20170528234214.zip)

Which VERSION of 2.82 are you using? Need to know the string of numbers after the 2.82 part.
[Android Apps and Games] mondohow:
Working fine here on 6P with Magisk v12 | Pure Nexus | Franco Kernel. Are you talking about ads while browsing or ads within apps?
[Android Apps and Games] ForgottenDude:
All of the ads. In browser as well as in apps. It's like AdAway is not enabled at all. But it is enabled, even the hosts file shows the entries.
[Android Apps and Games] mondohow:
Weird. Do you have the Systemless Hosts option enabled in Magisk? Make sure Data Saver or a Proxy isn't enabled in Chrome or your default browser.

I'm only using the 3 default Adaway host sources as well and I've not gotten any ads. I might drag out my old RN2 to test.
[Android Apps and Games] ForgottenDude:
Nope, I haven't enabled systemless hosts option in Magisk. Haven't turned on data saver either. :)
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
That explains your problem :) earlier post
[Android Apps and Games] Skulltec:
with or without systemless host option in magisk does not make a difference. Turned off chrome data saver and I'm not using a proxy. it's weird this is happening because I never had the problem before and I tried a few trouble shooters to make it work, unlucky
[Android Apps and Games] ForgottenDude:
But it used to work without enabling "systemless hosts" in magisk till yesterday. Suddenly it stopped working today.
[Android Apps and Games] Sheetzie03:
Having same issues as others, and its all of a sudden. Was working fine just yesterday and for months on 6p no problem. currently on 7.1.2, since this happened, I been trying magisk, SuperSU, systemless, no systemless, nothing is working. Still trying. Going crazy
[Android Apps and Games] mondohow:
Which ROM are you running?

Are you using Magisk with MagiskSU or Magisk with SuperSU?
[Android Apps and Games] ForgottenDude:
Magisk with MagiskSU.

RR. Funny thing is, it worked on the SAME build.

RR build. Working

Clean flash AICP.

Clean flash same RR build. Not working.
[Android Apps and Games] tomtom_38:
Hello I have a shield K1 and with the latest official update, adaway and adfree does not work in Browser like chrome Firefox opera.

In app it works fine. the device has root access, no error message apears.
[Android Apps and Games] ProfEngr:
Just updated through XDA Labs and for some reason Weather Underground ads are getting through. I've rebooted, cleared cache, even wiped the app's data. No luck.

Edit: all apps' ads are getting through. hosts file is under 200kb. Guess that's the problem.

LG V20, rooted, otherwise stock.
[Android Apps and Games] Skulltec:
I am using magisk with magiskSU running on pure Nexus, Nexus 5X.
[Android Apps and Games] Sheetzie03:
To those that have found adaway all of sudden letting ads thru just recently, like I said, IV tried 3 versions of SuperSU as well as magisk 12 and 13 , every which way I can, can't get it to work.

So I had a few backups on my 6p, restored one running 7.1.2, with magisk 12 just for the heck of it, and adaway IS working even after updating host file.

What's funny is a clean install of the identical set up and adaway is NOT working

I'm so confused
[Android Apps and Games] ForgottenDude:
Okay, I think I figured out why it isn't working.

The latest hosts file is only 72 or so kb. Whereas I remember having well over 1mb hosts file previously. So for those who AdAway is still working, can you check your hosts file size?
[Android Apps and Games] Sheetzie03:
Yo this is what I did. I restored a backup where its working, the host file is 1.73mb, so I saved that to my internal storage. Now, can we use this file to get it to work? If so how? Just replace the host file that isnt working with this one thats 1.73 MB? Is that right? If that's all I have to do, tell me and I'll quickly try to make sure
[Android Apps and Games] ForgottenDude:
Yup. Copy the 1.73mb hosts file to system/etc thus overwriting the previous one. Reboot if necessary.
[Android Apps and Games] Sheetzie03:
Gonna try, be back after, if so will post it

---------- Post added at 02:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:44 PM ----------

Alright man

its working.

before no matter what I did(other than restore a back up I had, which is where I got the good host file) it wouldn't work. Now I quickly tried with on a fresh install and its def working.

Good luck https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1MRyT9mFBa1T3J1eDFHRkFuRzA/view?usp=drivesdk
[Android Apps and Games] ForgottenDude:
Yup. Working for me too. I didn't even have to re-install. Remember, you have to make sure AdAway doesn't automatically update and overwrite this until it's fixed. Happened to me once today.
[Android Apps and Games] Sheetzie03:
Exactly, first time I tried it didn't work, thats because I replaced the file , then updated lol but after first updating, then replacing, the host file stays that same 1.73 file and it worked. Just trying to understand why all of a sudden this happened. For months didn't have a problem, then all of sudden, the last day it started.
[Android Apps and Games] mondohow:
The host file on my 6P is 1.73MB but that's got a green check showing me no update necessary.

Just tried on my RN2 and the host file is only 72kb. Seems like host-file.net is down which is why the host file is so small.

I should have thought to check the host sources earlier. So more of a source issue and not an Adaway/Magisk problem.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
The three default AdAway hosts are:

https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=0&mimetype=plaintext

https://adaway.org/hosts.txt

https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt

In terms of file size:

yoyo = 62kb

AdAway = 13.7kb

hosts-file = 1,830kb

I'm suspecting that you're getting the "yoyo" & "AdAway", and not the "hosts-file". I've tried hosts-file.net via PC, and the site appears to be down.

As an emergency measure, you could try the Steven Black list:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stevenblack/hosts/master/hosts
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I can confirm that it's been down for quite some time, maybe since yesterday.

I always make a backup of the hosts file AdAway generates as soon as it does it, this is one instance in which this comes in handy.
[Android Apps and Games] DjDiabolik:
All 3 default mirrors it's no more upgraded from about two months... This is a dead project?
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Is something broken that needs fixing?
[Android Apps and Games] ChazzMatt:
Yes. Go back a couple of pages and read forward.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
The post being responded to asked if the project was dead because there are not recent updates to the hosts files, possibly implying a misunderstanding about how frequently they are updated and how important it is to update the whole file frequently (especially when leaner hosts files are better and we have the ability to add individual blacklisted items within the Adaway UI). As I saw it the reply effectively said "that is not a problem" and "what is not working for you?" This is different from the recently reported problems accessing one particular hosts file source and different from the recently reported systemless/magisk issues. If I'm mistaken I'm listening for correction.
[Android Apps and Games] ChazzMatt:
Yes you're mistaken.

Give me a minute to get to a real keyboard.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
How so?

LOL, No rush, and apologies if I'm being a bit dense. :)
[Android Apps and Games] ChazzMatt:
The post being responded to asked if the project was dead because there are not recent updates to the hosts files, possibly implying a misunderstanding about how frequently they are updated and how important it is to update the whole file frequently (especially when leaner hosts files are better and we have the ability to add individual blacklisted items within the Adaway UI). As I saw it the reply effectively said "that is not a problem" and "what is not working for you?" This is different from the recently reported problems accessing one particular hosts file source and different from the recently reported systemless/magisk issues. If I'm mistaken I'm listening for correction.[/QUOTE]

First, did you go back a couple of pages and read? Do that and I'll wait for you. Because that was my first answer to the smart aleck is something broken. YES, it's broken.

An over 1MB host file with ad blocks is now offline and only 72k. It's overwriting the previously good host file, and allowing ads. Go back a couple of pages and read. From the size, it seemed to be the MAJOR host file of the three default files.

So, that one host file is the "dead project" that people are referring to. Mirrors of that host file are also dead, is the implication.

Here you go.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Well, you can pocket the attitude. It's clear that I was in no rush and in good humor and just trying to bridge a possible communications gap (although perhaps we cross posted and you had not seen that before replying). I read every note on the past 6 pages but I'm done with this so dont bother replying. If I've misinterpreted what either [MENTION=5919577]DjDiabolik[/MENTION] or [MENTION=5061138]androcraze[/MENTION] said, they can speak to it.

[EDIT] [MENTION=5919577]DjDiabolik[/MENTION], could you please clarify: Are you referring to the fact that the hosts files are just not updated by the source in many months even while they can be successfully applied in Adaway, or are you referring to the fact that there have been recent problems applying them? Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] ChazzMatt:
No attitude. I said yes, and go back and read the last couple of pages. You don't want to do that, I'll post them for you. That's not attitude, that's service. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Since I'm being quoted... My post referred only to a particular hosts file being down, not to anything related to AdAway or how it works / doesn't work / root issues.

( In fact I found out it's down not on Android but because I was updating uBlock's sources for Firefox and Chromium on several computers and it was one of the sources, that also AdAway uses as default. )
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
I wasn't being a "smart aleck".

My original reading was that the user was referring to AdAway; he could have been referring to hosts-file.net. Same answer: nothing is "broken" or "dead".

I see it time and time again.... The lone, out-of-the-blue post in an XDA thread: "this project hasn't been updated for 2 months. Is this project dead?"

Hosts files are only suggested; three defaults are supplied. If a host file source is down over the weekend, how is that AdAway's issue?

Hosts-file.net could be undergoing maintenance or an upgrade. A quick web search reveals no current news. We'll have to wait and see. Websites have occasional outages. I'm not going to run in circles claiming that the sky is falling because a website is down for a couple of days. Users have at least one other option for now.

In the event that hosts-file.net is down for good, it can be addressed when the news appears.
[Android Apps and Games] ChazzMatt:
And that is all anyone was referring to, as far as I know. THAT is what is broken.

The bad host file is overwriting the previously good host file. Again, broken, according to the people reporting this.

It's not about the app itself.

They are having to restore hosts files from backups.

And all this could be learned by going back two pages and reading, as I've said several times.

---------- Post added at 06:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:58 PM ----------

Apparently there is a dead host file (one of the three defaults) that is overwriting the previously good host file and now allowing ads.

People are having to restore their backup hosts file.

At least that's what they are saying. The also said mirrors of that default host file are useless, to my understanding.

That is what is broken.

No one is criticizing Adaway app itself, to my knowledge. Unless it's implied criticism that a default host file should be reliable? But I'm not saying that. My post on the matter is everything is still working for me. But others have posted their results, so there is a problem.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Apologies for lending to any impression that you might have been. That was not my intention. To your points, sooooo few issues are actually Adaway issues. Also, I follow the thread closely and am aware of the recently discussed not-Adaway-issues. :).

I interpreted (or misinterpreted) it differently; That DjDiabolik was merely wondering why newer hosts files are not made available more frequently (apart from any not-Adaway problems downloading or applying them). The answers to these 2 different readings of the query are different, but we can leave it up to [MENTION=5919577]DjDiabolik[/MENTION] to clarify.
[Android Apps and Games] Heathered:
Just downloaded that text file, put with Root Explorer (deleted .txt extension) in etc folder, change permission and working great... :)
[Android Apps and Games] snovvman:
Credit to [MENTION=6617276]ktmom[/MENTION].

I have switched away from using the "as-shipped" 3 host file sources to the one linked above. Therefore, I was unaffected by the issues with the default sources. The 3-source was around 1.7 MBs if I correctly recall. The one above is 1 MB, which should help lookup speeds. Clearly, there are fewer entries, but with the apps I use, I have not seen any ads.