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[Android Apps and Games] jawz101:
I was just saying Adaway's implementation is kinda mediocre if there are other utilities that can catch much more. I was just thinking remove the feature and maybe just recommend something like Exodus. To me, the Adaway feature doesn't offer much.
[Android Apps and Games] MnMchill:
Do I really have to restart my phone every time hosts file is updated? I'm on Lineage 15.1 and Adaway 3.3 with Adzhosts added which updates almost every day so there will be a lot of restarts if it's "must do". :)
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Does the new hosts file function without a reboot? If so, then you don't need to reboot.

There are devices which need a reboot to clear the DNS cache before updates to the hosts file will work.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Android Apps and Games] MnMchill:
Thank you. How can I check if the new hosts file function? BTW my device is Le Pro3.
[Android Apps and Games] TotallyAnxious:
Steven Black's host list blocks the text verification for tinder, simple fix to disable and renable to log into tinder. Just sharing.
[Android Apps and Games] flex1911:
Thread cleaned. There is no need to start flaming wars from nothing.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Go to a site that is currently blocked, typically like one of the ads at the top of the Google search results. Verify that the page doesn't load.

Now disable adaway so the hosts file is reverted. Revisit the page that was blocked and if it displays without having to reboot, then you should be fine.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Do you have a theme installed? If so, try disabling it.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Android Apps and Games] koolhoffi:
Hi, I'm running treskmod with a OP5T and since two updates ago I get a "copying of host files failed".

How can I provide a file with the log? I would very much appreciate the help.
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
it seems that there's a problem with github links in both adaway and hostsman, which was reported 2 years ago, so, [MENTION=1813256]jawz101[/MENTION] maybe you should add a hosts zip link, which could be the solution as seen after a google search?
[Android Apps and Games] Treatcon:
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=249276
[Android Apps and Games] Henki98:
In the next build, would it be possible to add the percentage of update progress of the hosts files? Because it has always been a function that I wanted to be integrated, at least to know how much I have to wait before it ends :laugh:

Someone who thinks like me?
[Android Apps and Games] Ch3vr0n:
Imo that's just unneeded and bloatware. It takes mear seconds to download and update. Can't wait that long?

Sent from my Nexus 7 with Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
And maybe an indication of an excessive number of hosts sources.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Android Apps and Games] Henki98:
Yes, it takes a few seconds to around 40 but I simply like to know where progress is

I just wanted to make a proposal

I know it's completely useless

They are just small details that I like to see in the app. :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] jawz101:
It's always been an issue that the Adaway UI doesn't show GitHub lists local and online statuses but when I only have a GitHub list selected and open the hosts file it still shows that they are downloaded and applied to the hosts file.

Uncheck all lists except for mine or any GitHub list, download and apply it, then click the 3 dot menu and open hosts file. If it shows stuff it means it's working and the status info is simply a cosmetic quirk in the UI. If that's not the case I'll upoad it some other place or way to work but, from what I've noticed, this is just a quirk and I've seen it reported on the github issue fix and b) [MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION]'s newer work has resolved the issue... it's just not in any of the released versions of Adaway on F-Droid nor in the version in the OP.
[Android Apps and Games] Đấng Vô đối:
Hi, after apply your list, the icon of channel dose'nt show, I had adding whitelist "*youtube.com*" but the icon still not show.
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
which version? I installed 4.0.4 yesterday, is this the one?

also, what about hostsman, I've read that some sort of handshaking needs to take place,

which can't be done with github links?

any workarounds for hostsman?

in that one it says "This source is not compatible. Server does not return all the necessary information."
[Android Apps and Games] jawz101:
Here is the dialog on the GitHub thingy

https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/issues/700

And I have no idea what hostsman is
[Android Apps and Games] MnMchill:
Is there any hosts file that completely disables ads on youtube? I tried all hosts files I could find and none of them removes ads on youtube completely.
[Android Apps and Games] MnMchill:
I already have Newpipe but there is no possibility to log to my account ant follow subscriptions so I need youtube.
[Android Apps and Games] BombeerHC:
Hi all, what do you think about adzfile hosts?

https://adzhosts.eu/hosts/adzhosts-android.txt

I use only sbc.io/hosts/hosts and hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt becouse I know the last one is not implemented in StevenBlack list

I want to have the smallest size for my hosts file without lose any type of privacy and ads protection
[Android Apps and Games] Lownita:
Any must have hosts to add besides the three standard ones?
[Android Apps and Games] Abusayeed91:
Dude, haven't you heard of youtube vanced and microg?
[Android Apps and Games] MnMchill:
Not until now. :) Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] arh2o:
I've added 1 more host to the default 3 hosts for AdAway:

StevenBlack Unified hosts = (adware + malware): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts

I'm hoping that a combination of these hosts will give a well-rounded blocking of not only ads, but spyware and adware too. If anyone else has any recommendations for other hosts, would love to hear them! :highfive:
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
the first one won't work with adaway
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
As far as I read, this file does nothing in adaway. It targets html, not hosts. A compatible list will look like

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

Edit: ninja'd while typing
[Android Apps and Games] arh2o:
Ahhh good to know, thanks guys. I'll remove it from my post.
[Android Apps and Games] jawz101:
host files can't block all of YouTube's junk. Personally, I use an app called NewPipe which is an open source YouTube player.

Host files are like a shotgun and blocking YouTube video ads requries a scalpel. To block YouTube ads you need a blocker that intercepts and strips out code. A host files could only block the whole YouTube or googlevideo.com domain which wouldn't be too helpful.

For browsers you can use something like uBlock Origin but for something like the YouTube mobile app you could try NewPipe or AdGuard (AdGuard is a blocker that can do SSL interception to strip out the code that slips the ads into the video stream.) That's a personal choice, though.

---------- Post added at 10:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 PM ----------

It might be ads.youtube.com that I'm blocking. I also block fonts.googleapis.com. Google gives away fonts for developers to use to "Beautify the Web." Personally that just sounds like a tracker wrapped in a polished turd.
[Android Apps and Games] Đấng Vô đối:
I add "*ads.youtube.com*" and "*fonts.googleapis.com*" but the icon still missing.
[Android Apps and Games] Lownita:
Adding this stops my YouTube history from working though.
[Android Apps and Games] MnMchill:
I noticed the same thing when I was using Steven Black's hosts.
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
hostsman is a great tool for windows:

http://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/

I use it to built my hosts file which is used both on my windows laptop and

my not-rooted android phone (using dns66 there)

anyway, about the problem with github links

(which is long persistent - more than two years - and still without a solution,

adaway latest dev version could serve as a workaround and not a solution... obviously,

I cannot confirm that it is working in any case, because as I said I installed 4.0.4 and

in the hosts source adaway says "unknown update status" in both my github links) :

https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues/188

all in all, I've got around 12-13 hosts sources and I've noticed almost all of them avoid using github as

the source for the hosts file, I suggest you do the same,

it doesn't seem so difficult to upload your host file anywhere else
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
another idea (ie I don't use it myself) would be to use a free proxy site, which may actually be more reliable at accessing github data than directly :confused: . I just tried one (found in web search of "free proxy") in my desktop web browser, and it worked; NB: sometimes even my desktop web browser would fail. just a thought:cyclops:
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
For what it's worth, I have never been unable to use Black's raw hosts from GitHub with the direct link, with any version of AdAway, any version of Android, with different LTE connections of different operators and in different countries, and with the different devices I've had in recent years. Always worked.

While this is anecdotal evidence on my part, I think most people just encounter the all too frequent GitHub server issues, and that's the whole problem. In that case I could not get the hosts file either, or anything else from GitHub; nothing to do with Black, or AdAway, or Android, or Zeus, or the weather in Cambodia.

Other software available on GitHub ( usually distributed from Amazon servers ) faces the same issue, again and again. Cue the endless complaints of Open GApps not downloading, just to mention one, all too common instance, here in the corresponding forum.

( There was the well-known and very real cosmetic issue of AdAway not displaying properly the availability or online status, which does not interfere at all with the functionality. )
[Android Apps and Games] MnMchill:
There is another link beside Github for Steven Black hosts file that works:

http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts
[Android Apps and Games] androidfive:
Last Beta Release?
[Android Apps and Games] Atomregen:
Search for YouTube Vanced.
[Android Apps and Games] Đấng Vô đối:
You guys should add "s.youtube.com" in whitelist, it will continue your YT history.
[Android Apps and Games] jawz101:
Have you tried disabling my list and seeing if it's causing the issue? There really aren't any other domains that would affect YouTube on my list so it's probably another list causing it.

Also, you probably don't want to put asterisks on those entries. I don't know if Adaway uses them exactly like that but it may mess up the whitelist to use wildcards on the right side of an entry. Top level domains (.com, .org, etc) are just that- they don't get any longer than that
[Android Apps and Games] :
Can anyone confirm (or deny) a fluent funktionality between AdAway and XDA?

I can barely load this site with AdAway enabled. So I reverted back to an empty host file.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
XDA is driven by ads. Turn on the webserver so your not waiting for the ads to time out.

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
And make sure all your redirects are to 127.0.0.1

Which also makes me wonder if a redirect to 0.0.0.0 is faster? ie does it time-out faster as compared to 127.0.0.1 with no web server?
[Android Apps and Games] Đấng Vô đối:
Yes, I had disabled your list and the icon show, but when adding your list and two entries, the icon still missing.
[Android Apps and Games] jawz101:
Try whitelisting redirector.googlevideo.com.

My only other guesses are either

securepubads.g.doubleclick.net or www.googleadservices.com

But try just the redirector one first
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Theoretically yes since 0.0.0.0 should be recognized, in this context, as meaning target unavailable so should return immediately rather than waiting for a timeout.
[Android Apps and Games] jawz101:
I'm not going to host it elsewhere. As I and others have mentioned, Adaway still downloads and uses GitHub lists even if that timestamp doesn't show it. If you want to buy a domain name, copy and host it elsewhere, I'm fine with it.

Personally, I'd rather have the hosts merge into Adaway's list and not have to have a separate list but that's not up to me. I would think everyone would want one good list versus 2 to manage.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Hey! Congrats on the RC! I was thinking that was overdue. :)
[Android Apps and Games] ole12:
Thanks, how did you know?
[Android Apps and Games] claytonjn:
Disable ad blocking, then go to Menu>Log DNS Requests>Tcpdump is not running!

Then open the app (MoviePop in this case) and do whatever doesn't work with ad blocking enabled (play a game)

Go back to AdAway, then go to Menu>Log DNS Requests>Tcpdump is running!>Open log file

Long press on each address in the list and select Add to your Whitelist, then press the back button. Go to Menu>Your lists>WHITE

Then just test each of the new addresses one at a time by deselecting all of the new ones but one, go back, Download files and apply ad blocking, reboot, see if app works. Repeat until you find the one (or more) addresses that need to be whitelisted.
[Android Apps and Games] SweetPant:
Does this slow down your android? How is this better than directly adding pairs to the hosts file. Just wondering. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] goldflame09:
It doesn't.

This is better because you can have it set to autoupdate therefore making sure that you are blocking the new domains ads come from
[Android Apps and Games] SweetPant:
I found 2.8 from OP's first post and one listed here (https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.adaway) are different. Is OP's link newer version?

I installed 2.8 from OP's first post. Granted root permission and selected download hosts file. It stucked at Applying hosts file for awhile and Error was shown. I had a look at hosts file and it was unable to read.

PS. I have never edited the hosts file prior to AdAway and I don't have any other adblocking apps.
[Android Apps and Games] Pons:
A logcat would probably help.
[Android Apps and Games] SweetPant:
I redo it again and this time it was successful. Don't know why. Thank you anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] ralphel:
hi guys,

I'm on 4.2.2 f/w with root and adaway modified host file

if I am to update to 4.3 f/w, I will lose root but will the host file be re-build during the update?

then will ads start appearing on those free apps?
[Android Apps and Games] ruicc:
I have the same issue
[Android Apps and Games] SweetPant:
I also have other weird issues.

- sometimes when I opened the app, it said that I don't have root permission.

- sometimes the app will freeze when I choose menu > open hosts file
[Android Apps and Games] mike86325:
Is there any way to revert back to older host files? The newest ones are messing up an app I use.

In detail, I run the swagbucks tv app and it used to just block the video ads, but now it blocks all the videos, which makes it impossible to get any points.

Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] Iceberger:
Yes, press disable ad blocking. It will revert the host file
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Whitelist it, as explained just above a few posts.
[Android Apps and Games] muzhik:
Same here, anyone able to get it working? Running cm11
[Android Apps and Games] jr67:
Yes working perfectly fine for me as it always has. I've been on CM 11 since before the first official release and have never had a problem.

For those having problems: are you using dalvik or art? The built-in superuser or SuperSU? There's got to be some common thread to those of you who are having problems.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Adaway is working for my Nexus devices - 4, 7, 10 and Gnex - "for ever" (since the Gnex was released) without any problems!

All my devices running the latest cm11 nightlies, ART, SuperSu 1.86 and Adaway 2.8. Nothing special, Adaway at its best.

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 4 mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] muzhik:
i'm running [ROM] [4.4.2] [V500] Mahdi-Rom 2.4 [01/02] with SuperSU installed, Dalvik RT, not sure why it wouldnt be working, i'll keep hunting down the problem... but if anyone finds a fix, please post as i will do the same.
[Android Apps and Games] alforome:
Hi, on my S3 with cyanogenmod 10.1.3 I've tried AdFree, Adaway, even AdBlock Plus. this last one worked for a few minutes, having set the APN . I've only tried on mobile network, i dont have wifi here.

I've follow all steps, and still nothing, is there a problem with the ROM? or what else could be?
[Android Apps and Games] XCrazedxPyroX:
Anyone having issues with Spotify lately? I'm not premium and ads aren't showing up anymore in between so many songs. It plays a song, goes offline, reconnects. Real pain when you're driving 45 minutes to work lol
[Android Apps and Games] mbze430:
Anyone else having issues that Adaway causes hulu not to play the videos? I have added *.hulu.com, p.hulu.com, and ads.hulu.com and it was working for a while, but recently it stopped working. Now I have to manually go to Adaway and disable it then hulu will play

Anyone know if hulu made changes how their ads is being fed?
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Hi all,

I made a lot of change under the hood during the last month: there is a new database backed and some UI received a refresh like the DNS logging feature.

So I guess it is time for a new dev version! Let me know if you have issue with data migration but we are getting close to a stable release :highfive:

Changelog:

Change database to room:

Add migration from previous database,

Update hosts source UI:

New animations,

Dialogs validate user data so you do no more loose your input if format is wrong,

New DNS logging UI:

Add new sort feature:

by name (old behavior) ,

by top level domain name (group entries by DNS so google.com, ads.google.com and www.google.com appears next to each other)

New controls and animations:

Block, allow or redirect from the directly from DNS logs,

Currently set up domains (in your lists UI) will be displayed accordingly,

Swipe to refresh!

Update build tools, target SDK (28) and dependencies.

Download:

AdAway 4.0.5 on AndroidFileHost (md5: cdbf0da6f5aac748dd9a3e8a6e244bed)

Screenshots:

See below screenshots of the new DNS logging feature.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Hey, I just jumped on the Beta train on my OP6, and had a couple thoughts.

a) can we have a way to dismiss the welcome card?

b) does checking for update also check that the on-device hosts file still matches? I'm thinking about how it could get modified/deleted by another root app and so we would want it force-updated by AdAway.

c) can we have another green check mark in the web server card to denote that it's active? I find it hard to tell at a glance in 4.x vs 3.x.

Things are looking pretty great! Thanks for all your hard work [MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION]! :)
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Ugh, double post again. Come on, xda. Delete please.
[Android Apps and Games] GuardianUSMC:
This may come as a really dumb question and I am sorry if that's the case, but I wanted to be sure so be kind. I currently have the 3.3 (61) posted by mrRobinson installed, so installing this version will upgrade that package or do I need to remove that and install this one? I just want to make sure there won't be package conflict or worst yet install side by side before I go ahead and try to install it and screw the pooch somewhere. Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
I'd remove the existing before installing the new.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
I'm pretty certain [MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION] has the keys to sign that Mr.Robinson used, so a straight upgrade of 4.x over 3.x should work. Note the questions about data migration he mentions a few posts above.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
FWIW, In Android N 7.1.2 (LOS 14.1) with LOS SU, I've updated Adaway in-place from 3.3 to 4.0.4-180603 to 4.0.5-180702 with no issues regarding the installed version, and with my preferences and relatively short blacklist intact.

[EDIT] Aforementioned testing was all done with XDA versions of Adaway. Thanks to [MENTION=5447130]Nergal di Cuthah[/MENTION] for flagging some differences with f-droid versions in next post.
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
In place works unless, like me, you have the f-droid version and it won't install. Fixed by unistalling f-droid adaway > install from thread> restore adaway data from titanium backup>-Fixed. all my preferences are there.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
What's f-droid? :silly:

But seriously, it's good to know data-only restore via TiBU works.
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

It connects to any F-Droid compatible repositories. The default repo is hosted at f-droid.org, which contains only bona fide Free and Open Source Software.

Android itself is open in the sense that you are free to install apks from anywhere you wish, but there are many good reasons for using

F-Droid as your free software app manager:

* Be notified when updates are available

* optionally download and install updates automatically

* Keep track of older and beta versions

* Filter apps that aren't compatible with the device

* Find apps via categories and searchable descriptions

* Access associated urls for donations, source code etc.

* Stay safe by checking repo index signatures and apk hashes

All apks are compiled from source codes and signed by f-droid.org.

F-Droid (The app store that respects freedom and privacy) - https://f-droid.org/app/org.fdroid.fdroid
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
I know what f-droid is and was just joking. Nice explanation though.
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
I get stuck in "applying blacklist and whitelist" with 4.0.5
[Android Apps and Games] greyhd:
Updated to 4.0.5 and no problems encountered, I did delete the previous version.
[Android Apps and Games] xsever:
Same here. Installed over 3.3 and all settings and hosts sources were retained. Thank you for the update.

Samsung Galaxy S7 running DevBase v5.8 (8.0)
[Android Apps and Games] Taomyn:
Hi, thanks for the latest update, I installed it over the previous v4 release last night and didn't notice any problems. I did the next morning find that for some reason my phone was displaying the small "x" by the WiFi and 4G signals denoting that there was no Internet - which there was. I was then needing to add a whitelist for Google's connectivity checker and all was well. Proves that the updated DNS logger was working.

However, perhaps it's me but if it was not for the fact that the FQDN I needed to add had the word "connectivity" it was not easy to see what entry is being "blocked" by AdAway. Is there some way for the DNS logger to also flag when a DNS request was blocked as a result of the lookup being in the hosts file?
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
I've got 708 entries in my blacklist and 19 in whitelist,

after waiting for many minutes it didn't complete,

I restored to 3.3 and host file was created successfully

(I had tried 4.0.4 too before and for some days and it was working there too)

edit: I've just seen it was posted in github too:

https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/issues/1044

please fix
[Android Apps and Games] TheNec:
Even if the original developer didn't approve to release his work on f-droid, the app is fake using the name of a well known app or the source code is manipulated with malware code...