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[Android Apps and Games] Wakamatsu:
Use adaway.org/hosts.txt
[Android Apps and Games] Thomas_BA:
Great app. I still use MiniMini Guard XPosed module, but the development has been stopped.

Would it be possible to integrate the feature that the empty add space in the apps gets eliminated as the xposed module does. That would make it perfect.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] zeppelinman_2000:
Thanks for the info, works great again!

From the Ether of Time
[Android Apps and Games] jr67:
It looks like version 2.8.1 is coming. Looks like the dev has built it but it hasn't been posted on f-droid yet.
[Android Apps and Games] Mahennemaha:
Check Commit https://github.com/dschuermann/ad-away/commit/5f7c3e26ceaad68096de39c519fdbdc95f70f565, got a new Url:

Old "http://adaway.sufficientlysecure.org/hosts.txt"

New "http://adaway.org/hosts.txt"

Gesendet von meinem Flo mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] Cyclu:
It's impossible because Adaway use a hosts file which is simply a text file with listed/blocked domain.
[Android Apps and Games] melvinaury:
I just read and not found how to enable the pictures in cnet app. What setting or address do I need to enter in exeptions.
[Android Apps and Games] david72262:
Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] bberryhill0:
Go into Settings, choose Log DNS Requests.

Swyped from my Verizon LG G2 using Tapatalk 4.4.5
[Android Apps and Games] Smultie:
2.8.1 is available on the F-Droid repo!
[Android Apps and Games] 2uk3y:
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.adaway
[Android Apps and Games] mauam:
Using it right now, perfect. Thanks bud:)
[Android Apps and Games] melvinaury:
I just uninstall version 4.2 and now I install version 4.8 and also try 2.8.1 the installation goes ok. But when I enable, it stay in applying host file forever.
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
OP Updated.

Sync'd from source as of today, re-compiled, signed, zipaligned.

If you are using any prior version from me then this will install right on top.
[Android Apps and Games] drive2droad:
thanks a ton for the update !!
[Android Apps and Games] MaxNXS:
I started seeing ads in the latest versions of Chrome even with the updated adaway. Anybody else?
[Android Apps and Games] Pons:
Make sure you have reduce data usage under bandwidth management turned off.
[Android Apps and Games] Cyclu:
I had the same behavior reinstall Adaway has fixed the problem for me, maybe try again you never know;).
[Android Apps and Games] kallekula33:
AFAIK Spotify Premium.? Apologies for being a total noob but what is this? Googling this didn't make any sense to me.
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Spotify Premium is the paid service of Spotify.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
"As Far As I Know"

( For some reason "United Staters" tend to use a lot of these, which for many people are absolutely baffling, "tl;dr", etc. People from India use a lot of "u r" ( for "you are" ) and such, and don't get me started on Japanese Engrish... A reminder that not everyone is aware of all these manners of expression, please use as neutral an English phrase as possible. )
[Android Apps and Games] shaqman89:
What do you mean by neutral, though?

Related to the topic above, "AFAIK" is included in Oxford English Dictionary but not in Merriam Webster, while "TLDR" is included in Merriam Webster but not Oxford's, so defining whether those are neutral could be a hassle in itself. For me personally, if it's in one of those dictionaries, I'm okay calling them neutral. And then assume that it's a chance to enrich their vocabularies.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I know AFAIK might seem obvious to many, that's precisely the problem, it actually isn't for a lot of people. With the forum full of things like "TWRP for LOS" it's easy to see how someone could think "AFAIK Spotify" is a thing to look for. Not everyone speaks English as a first language, or is constantly online to understand acronyms and memes. XDA also recommends writing well and properly for everyone's sake. Simply that.
[Android Apps and Games] parisien99:
How to whitelist this site please?

Hello

When i go to this site with android chrome

https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/quand...jaunes-3821798

It ask me to deactive my ad blocker to see this page.

I have tried much whitelist for this page but it is not working

I tried :

*.lejdd.fr

*.smartwall.ai

*.swisspay.ch

*.wibbitz.com

And other domains that i find on the source code of the page (see the screenshoot all whitelist item are for this site)

But it is still not working.

Nobody knows what to whitelist to access to this page?

Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
That's not the proper way to whitelist. Start by following the instructions for whitelisting on the Adaway wiki How to Log DNS Requests page

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] parisien99:
I also tried that

I but i didn't find more domains to whitelist for this site in the dns logging
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Have you cleared cache for the browser app?

To double check, you did disable Adaway before DNS logging, right? And rebooted after reapplying?

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] parisien99:
Yes exactly

I have to reboot every time as i don't know how to flush dns cache.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
But did you clear cache for the browser app?

If you disable Adaway (but leave Adaway installed), does the page display properly?

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] parisien99:
Yes if i reboot my phone.

Can you test this page please and see what happen on your phone?
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
That page works fine for me, which I checked at the outset. Of course I doubt we have the same hosts sources.

If you carefully followed the instructions on the wiki page I linked earlier, whitelisted everything that shows up in DNS logging, rebooted after reapplying Adaway, and cleared the cache for the browser app, I have nothing left for you.

Those steps will fix the problem. But since I asked several times if you cleared the browser cache and that has not be responded to, I wonder if you are actually hitting all of the steps involved.

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] parisien99:
How can i clear the browser cache? Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] Ch3vr0n:
Go into your browser settings, click 'clear cache', done

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 6P met Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
For chrome; settings->privacy->clear browsing data

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] parisien99:
Hello

I just done that.

I have also reapply on adaware.

I still have this screenshot on the page https://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Series...es-que-la-tele-diffuse-en-pleine-nuit-3822557
[Android Apps and Games] yiannis1621991:
I have latest Adaway and latest Magisk. Can somebody tell me the procedure? Whatever I do I still have ads everywhere. Systemless hosts option in Adaway is greyed out but in Magisk it's enabled. Maybe it's the ROM I am using? Bootleggers for mido.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Add the following to your whitelist;

beacons.gcp.gvt2.com

ads.stickyadstv.com

ad.turn.com

You may need only one of those.

Your original complaint was the page is not loading due to ad blocking. The actual problem is the paywall advertisement doesn't load. To find the DNS call required loading the ad - hit the reload after fixing button - while DNS logging.

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You need to be more specific. What does "ads everywhere" mean?

Using a browser, can you get to "https://www.googleadservices.com"?

If you check /system/etc/hosts in a file manager, what is the file size? Is that location where you ROM places the hosts file?

Have you read the wiki?

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
It looks like the OP received some love ;)

And I might open a thread dedicated to development of beta as soon as I find more free time!
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Congrats! And thank you for all of your hard work! :D

You or [MENTION=3355398]mrRobinson[/MENTION] could use your DevDB powers to attach a Q&A thread to this one and you could keep this one for development (which would be my preference :)).
[Android Apps and Games] Mazoor:
Why file:// option doesnt work? I try add for every possible location txt file.
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Try file:////
[Android Apps and Games] Mazoor:
Works, thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
I'm a little confused, I have always downloaded from here or Android File Host.

On the fdroid store I only see versions older than 4. I thought I read that is where the telemetry builds would be, or is the AFH also a telemetry build? If not, why is it not on AFH also?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] craigevil:
Uninstalled 3.3 then installed 4.1. Running older tablet with Android 5.0. Using StevenBlack and Goodbyeads on 3.3 with no problem. Tried using the same lists on 4.1 and I get an Out of space error. With Su not systemless and no magisk. Tried using the default lists and had the same error. Reinstalled 3.3 used the same lists with no issues. Looking at etc/hosts the hosts file is there using the correct lists.
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
You're welcome!

I think the main issue is users already have their habits to get the latest stable versions and ask for help here.

I won't fell right to tell user "wrong thread" or "please stick to dev questions" after 1200+ thread pages ^^'

Here = Android File Host (AFH). The APK listed in the OP are stored on AFH.

I build them for XDA and post a link here. All builds I made do not contain telemetry.

Only custom builds, like F-Droid store does, will provide telemetry opt-in feature.

By the way, I pushed the 4.1.0 tag on GitHub but the F-Droid store was not updated. I should investigate why.

It is in my todolist to validate file path.

As I already validate https:// path, it will be useful to help the user find the right path and ensure the app already has the storage read permission.
[Android Apps and Games] knpk13:
Do you not upload builds to XDA labs anymore? I hadn't gotten an update in a long time there so I started using the builds from AFH I found in this thread. I understand only stable builds are uploaded to F-Droid, so that explains the delay, but not sure about Labs.
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
I never update the app on XDA labs.

As far as I know, mrRobinson is the only one who could manage this.

So only the 3.2 version, the last version he did, is available on XDA labs.
[Android Apps and Games] knpk13:
Ah I see. Thanks for the information.

I don't mean to make this question sound inappropriate, but who exactly are you? I thought mrRobinson was the dev of AdAway and also the OP of the thread. But you're the one that seems to be doing the actual development on GitHub and posting builds on AFH. From what I've read in this thread, I couldn't really figure it out. I'm assuming mrRobinson stopped working on AdAway and you have taken over the project?
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
It is not inappropriate. mrRobinson was the developer of AdAway up to the version 3.2.

I start working on what become the 4.0 version two years ago. I released the 3.3 version in the same time for systemless root support.

I think I am the main developer now and [MENTION=2148774]Vankog[/MENTION] helps me with the translations (thanks!!).

mrRobinson gives me its keys to sign the application and Dominik Schürmann (the original author) let me manage the GitHub organization.

The OP is still under the mrRobinson name and it looks confusing to you. Is it an issue?

(except the new thanks goes to him and I can never ask the Recognized Developer title if I never run a thread by my own :()
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
[MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION] so I asked in the Labs thread. Here's the response.
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
If you not being the OP is an issue or is confusing, you can request a thread ownership change to the moderation team. But [MENTION=3355398]mrRobinson[/MENTION] would have to agree with this change of course. Please let us know if needed :)

Wood Man

Senior Moderator
[Android Apps and Games] andrepgaspar:
This change would be better I think, but most important than that, XDA Labs should have the latest build or none at all.
[Android Apps and Games] DevALT:
This ad blocker is the very first Adblock I used on Android back in 2014, but I swapped to alternative like xposed mod and more recently unified host manager, since it got deprecated, I returned to my root (or first time I rooted my Android ?) and came back to Adaway, it's even better than the first time I tried it, it's so clean and easy to understand (in my opinion!) Well cheers to the dev !

Since I'm here sharing my experience with Adaway, someone know if there is a way to add an anti-adblocker killer (I'm using reek anti-adblocker killer on PC, and wondering if there is already a anti-adblocker for Android or only a good weekend project!)

?
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Firefox + uBlock / uMatrix.
[Android Apps and Games] ariel5zal:
thanks dev for the update and hardwork..best adblock for Android
[Android Apps and Games] dhirajahuja432:
How to whitelist app like thop TV it's not working saying whitelist the app
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
or Adguard
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
I'm not convinced if I correctly understood your desire. If I don't provide you the answer you're looking for, I apologise. I assume you're interested in the procedure how to add a domain to the whitelist.

Open Adaway and tap on the menu-"burger" at the top left corner.

Select "your lists".

In the bottom row select "Whitelist".

Tap the button with the "+" at the lower right corner.

Insert the hostname you want to be whitelisted and tap "add".

Remark: You can't whitelist an application in Adaway i.e. you need to know to which host the respective application must connect to for functioning.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
To add to what [MENTION=7408621]Oswald Boelcke[/MENTION] posted, use the Adaway wiki page for instructions on DNS Logging. That page includes the steps to identify what domains to whitelist.

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
Has anyone here used this:

goodbye-ads

https://xdaforums.com/android/software-hacking/goodbye-ads-advanced-protection-ads-ad-t3827269

I currently use Steven Blacks hosts and jawz101 mobileadtracker and was wondering if it has anything over what I currently use?

It is my understanding that any duplicate entries will be removed?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
yes, duplicates are removed, you can use whatever you want, but the more you use, the bigger the danger of coming again here and posting please help Facebook doesn't work, etc..
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
Yes, that page posts urls to whitelist for that, but I have never used Facebook.

I just tried it, in addition to the hosts sources I already have, and it take a long time in applying and as expected, increases the hosts file size to 2.9M, which was previously 1.8M. I used it's mirror url posted on its page for adaway. I use Adaway 4.1.0 on one of my 5 devices, as I keep 3.3 on my other devices.
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
5 devices? :eek: amazing
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
Yes they are all $69 8" Nextbook Ares 8A's, x86 with Android 6.0.1 with a custom built TWRP by vampirefo.

I test Canary and various unofficial Magisk builds on them with the latest commits.

On one I test Adaway 4+. On the other devices I keep v3.3 because I still prefer it for various reasons. I will probably remove the one hosts source just discussed, because it it slows the apply considerably, and I don't see any benefit with it for the pages I usually visit. I almost always browse with Firefox with the latest, beta Ublock Origin, also. So that exta hosts file is overkill.
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
would you please help with links? i've read about firefox lite. would 'the latest beta Ublock Origin' work with it?

i prefer small/'lite' apps. i use habit browser (outdated, i suppose), which i found highly customisable.

thank you for any help. merry x'mas to everyone in this thread and on xda and all over the world wide web.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
( We're definitely veering off-topic here. Sorry. )

The cleanest Firefox build by far these days is the one on F-droid, called Fennec to differentiate it from the official Mozilla build ( which includes massive telemetry, Adjust, AdMob libraries, Firebase... ); they have been in contact with Mozilla developers to make the build reliably reproducible, it is safe, secure, and can be used with uBlock or any other add-on.

Edit : As already said above, using only Firefox / Fennec to browse, you're already protected using uBlock. AdAway would not add much to that, but it would cover any other application that might be accessing the web if you allow any to do so besides the web browser. Provided they respect the hosts file, if they have hard-coded direct IP addresses bypassing the hosts file, then the application itself would have to be blocked.
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/org.adaway/lastbuild

Seems to be missing a build subdirectory?
[Android Apps and Games] AnimePrincessLuna:
Please help

I'm not sure if it's only me or not but I'm using Lineage OS 15.1 and am rooted with magisk. I have version 4.1 of adaway installed but it's not working for me at all. Please help. It used to work perfectly on my old stock romand now it seems now matter what I try all attempts are futile
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Without proper logs and a proper problem description it's near impossible to help.

What does not work? Fetching host filed? Ad Blocking? White Listing?
[Android Apps and Games] AnimePrincessLuna:
Sorry. Ad blocking is not working. Ads are still visible on web pages and apps on every browser and game I use. I'd heard some other people were also having trouble with adaway and magisk so I wasn't sure if perhaps I hadn't set it up correctly. I do have systemless hosts enabled both on adaway and magisk
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
What size is your /system/etc/hosts file?
[Android Apps and Games] AnimePrincessLuna:
3.7 MB
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Then AdAway did its job and something else is going on. Is Data saver on? Possible that APN has a proxy?
[Android Apps and Games] Mirket:
why latest version is not shown in f-droid?
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
See https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2190753&p=78520918 - error while building...

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Have a look onto the famous wiki pages: https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/wiki/Solutions
[Android Apps and Games] AnimePrincessLuna:
No data saver or proxy on but after looking at the solutions page I'm assuming Lineage's Privacy Guard must be preventing it from working however in not sure how to completely disable it from the system.
[Android Apps and Games] AnimePrincessLuna:
[IMG="Browser ads"]http://i65.tinypic.com/9a0goh.png[/IMG]

I don't know why but I constantly get these redirects often when trying to access a page even on xda and ads are still visible as well in some of my apps. I will try using an older version of adaway and see if that works
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
As [MENTION=4487388]jcmm11[/MENTION] told you AdAway did its job and something else is going on. So downgrading AdAway will not help.

According to your screenshot you are using Opera? As far as I Know Opera has an integrated data compression feature which will redirekt all requests to the opera servers. To get AdAware working this feature has to be disabled...
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Thanks for the ping. I am working on it ;)

Because we are spending hours during own holidays trying to fix it and it is not working yet :rolleyes:

There is already a GitHub issue about it and you can follow the related GitLab merge request.

About XDA labs release and thread ownership, I sent a message to [MENTION=3355398]mrRobinson[/MENTION] a week ago and I am still waiting its answer.

Wait and see and have a nice holidays all!
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
Oops, my bad. When I was searching for the issue on GitHub, I didn't think to check the closed ones. This was opened and closed on the same day. :p
[Android Apps and Games] kerpert:
I was using adaway from f-droid but my youtube showed black videos with only audio, after uninstalled adaway it returns to work.

Am I doing something wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Have you tried the latest release in the OP of this thread? Did disabling Adaway (resets hosts file) resolve the issue or only removing Adaway entirely?

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] kerpert:
Newer version in the first post works, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] jed84:
I just installled the latest version and hoped it would be possible to whitelist specific apps.

Will it ever be an option? Or is there a hidden way to do it?
[Android Apps and Games] cujo6801:
Deleted...
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
That's not what Adaway does. Adaway is "just" a hosts file manager. It will never be able to whitelist by app.

However, you can identify what domains need to be whitelisted. See the how to log DNS wiki page.

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] The Analog Kid:
Yes, you're not using YT Vanced!
[Android Apps and Games] The Analog Kid:
V4.1 from Android file host in OP does not install on my device. Anyone else has experienced this?
[Android Apps and Games] knpk13:
Nope, works for me. Try providing an install log?
[Android Apps and Games] Portgas D. Ace:
Do you have another AdAway version installed? Maybe one from a different source (F-Droid for example)?
[Android Apps and Games] kerpert:
I'm not but now it works with adaway 4.1.0 and easylist besides the default host sources.

Anyway thanks for inform I'll give it a try.
[Android Apps and Games] The Analog Kid:
Ha! I was trying exactly that right before both your suggestions have arrived. Yes, logs told me different signature versions, so I've uninstalled F-droid version and that's it. Properly thanked you both... ?

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Ok. Now, despite being rooted I suggest tryin' the non root version...
[Android Apps and Games] god_md5:
I have add abc.hkepc.com to blacklist,why w*ww.hkepc.com have ad
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Likely ads are not being served from that domain. The only way to block ads through the hosts file, is if they are called by domain name. If the ip address is hard coded, the hosts file can not help.

You should identify what domains need to be whitelisted. See the how to log DNS wiki page.

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] eggiesukma:
Is this work on pie ? I tried 4.10 but failed, also i tried to change the directory data/data/host still fail
[Android Apps and Games] Portgas D. Ace:
Yes, AdAway 4.1.0 does work on Android Pie, using it myself on my rooted Pixel 3 with Magisk 18.0 and systemless host module enabled.