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[Android Apps and Games] Portgas D. Ace:
Seems that your DPI setting has an influence on the appearance. Could you check what DPI you have set? You can check it via Settings -> Display.
[Android Apps and Games] djdelarosa25:
Thanks for replying. I haven't touched it, just the default setting.

I opened up DevCheck to check what dpi value it's on and it's 480.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
I've been preparing to report the same thing on 2 Moto Zs.

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I do use large font size and although I understand that may not always look the nicest, at least the app components should not obscure interactive buttons and important notices. For a variety of reasons most apps do code to allow full functionality if not the best looks at any of the the basic Android font size settings and I hope the same can be done for Adaway. It does look like there is room on the pages to work with.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
FWIW Moto Z has a much higher default resolution (feh- bettery waste) than similar physically sized Moto G4 and newer but slightly smaller Moto X4, but these screen shots were captured with no changes to DPI and only the change of the Font size to large or largest.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
It reminds me of Magisk Manager Canary, new metal design, half a year ago (it had far worse issues when you enlarged fonts, downsized DPI or so).

But over time things settled down and now it became, if not nicer (de gustibus non est disputandum) than more informative and better functional than the still old school design Magisk Manager Stable

You already reported to Github ?

https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/issues/2078
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
[EDIT Actually reported by [MENTION=5879714]djdelarosa25[/MENTION]]

Ha! Likewise for 20 years since Windows 95 and probably still now Windows looks horrible at anything but default font size and no combination of other native settings could compensate of it.

Anyhow, thanks for logging the display issue, and as I'm still getting up to speed on the new version I have a question. Has the adware scanner been removed? I cannot find in the beta nor can I find reference to its removal in this thread or in the change-logs at git.
[Android Apps and Games] Portgas D. Ace:
I think both of you might be correct, the DPI doesn't seem to be influencing the UI display, but the font size does.
[Android Apps and Games] djdelarosa25:
Well I'm on the Z Play and it "only" has a 1080p screen. It's the Z with the 2K panel.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Thanks for that added confirmation.

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Okay so this almost certainly is an issue just the font which may actually be easier to deal with than DPI related issues. In any event if I have some time later today I'll test on an ogre device with a smaller screen at normal and large font size.
[Android Apps and Games] sunmybun:
i searched this thread and saw one user ask about the vpn based adaway settings.

When i exclude a few user applications, the settings dont stick and it randomizes the exclusions.

Does anyone else have this problem? Ive tried it on non-rooted samsungs s9, note 9, and s20 ultra.
[Android Apps and Games] sunmybun:
screenshots
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Yes, AdAway 5.0.4, VPN mode (not root):

- exclude one User app

- close and reopen AdAway

- in addition to the app you have excluded, there will be one more apps excluded (selected by AdAway at random)

- deselect some of those selected apps

- close and reopen AdAway

- deselected apps will be selected/excluded again

To get rid of the mess, you must take Deselect all option
[Android Apps and Games] sunmybun:
yea, i noticed that and i did many different tests.

it is still beta anyway. just giving some feedback.

in my rooted devices, adaway works well except for the issues already mentioned

thanks for the hard work. ive been using adaway for the longest with my rooted devices
[Android Apps and Games] djdelarosa25:
Also, fwiw, I didn't change any font settings as well. Default font size :)
[Android Apps and Games] firozpatel:
I'm getting ads in apps, like Mx player or flud torrent, I have updated the host, but still getting ads in some apps
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Some apps use methods which cannot be blocked by hosts based ad blocking MX is one of those apps.

At one time Adaway had a built-in scanner which would tell you some of the apps that circumvent host based blocking, and this brings up another question,

Has the adware scanner been removed? I cannot find it in the app and I've not been able to find any reference to it's removal in the thread.
[Android Apps and Games] firozpatel:
I've added this host file and the ads are gone from the aps

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Interesting. I'm surprised that MX Player ads could be blocked by hosts based adblocker, but a good result is a good result. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] firozpatel:
Give it a go too, and see if it works for you to, then report it back for others in the same boat ?
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Good idea but the way I deal with MX Player precludes that test as I banished it behind a firewall for use with on-device media only and use other apps for network media. Also, since MX Player was one of the apps detected by the Adaway adware scanner the fate of the scanner may relate to this.
[Android Apps and Games] firozpatel:
I use mx player to watch videos on my phone, and that's all I do on it, but give that host a try, I'm sure it will work for you too
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
As I said, I don't allow MX through the network - which means I cannot test this. As to hosts, the bare minimum Adaway list with 20 or so manually add items suffices for me but each ofyour usages cases are different so I'm not selling that. I'm more interested in the knowing the fate of the scanner.

[EDIT] Finally found what may have become of the scanner and why: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77185211&postcount=11375
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
Even better solution is to try an app that doesn't try and serve ads. VLC player is what I use. You can download from fdriod. I'm sure it's on the app store also.
[Android Apps and Games] BonnyBedlamBoy:
i remember that adaway always successfully blocked ads with enabled standard host lists in mx free version. dunno if it is still working today...
[Android Apps and Games] pycxe-01:
I use AdGuard in addition to AdAway v4.3.4 - those two work exceptionally well together... Though, I should mention that one should use Host Sources in AdAway mindfully! I used to have 11 host sources & boy it did slow down my smartphone quite a bit! ?
[Android Apps and Games] FcukBloat:
Excuse me guys, has anyone tried adaway 4.3.4 with recent Android 11 beta? does it work? tia!

Edit: tried myself, it works just fine :o
[Android Apps and Games] eg789123:
Anybody able to help?

Get a error saying can't copy host file on Android 10.

Is the app not optimised for it?
[Android Apps and Games] daywalk3r666:
enable systemless hosts in the magisk settings
[Android Apps and Games] mrsubway:
Adaway is stopping the Citizen app from sharing links. Does anyone know what I have to Whitelist?
[Android Apps and Games] eg789123:
Tried, but still didn't work.

Should I try super su instead?
[Android Apps and Games] FcukBloat:
did you reboot after enabling that option? is the module enabled in magisk settings?
[Android Apps and Games] eg789123:
Yes, done both, but forgot to reboot after enabling it in magisk.

Checked again, and saw I had to reboot again,

Then tried it again, worked this time.

Wasn't sure if due to encryption or selinux being broken that's why it failed initially.
[Android Apps and Games] DirtyAngelicaSecured:
Indeed App has a major issue with AdAway localhost, even with the certificate installed. BTW, is AdAway compatible with Magisk Energized Protection module?
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
What does AdAway have with SELinux and encryption

You only need to have Magisk properly installed (only that is related with SELinux) and Systemless hosts enabled in Magisk. Like after installing any Magisk module (Systemless hosts acts as a module), you must reboot.

Also, AdAway must be granted root permission

Reboot after changing the configuration in AdAway to make sure that DNS resolver does not use the old values from cache

Systemless hosts dynamically symlinks the hosts file, and therefore you don't worry about read-only or encryption on the file system on the System partition

They cannot be 'compatible' one since they both tend to do the same thing: they write their corresponding blocked lists to the same hosts file (synlinked by Magisk if Systemless hosts option is enabled in Magisk)

E.g.: one of them opens the hosts file and writes its blocked list. Then the other opens the same file, deletes what it finds there and writes its blocked list instead. You have race condition and you never know whose blocked list is active in the hosts file.

Edit: One maybe doesn't delete what it finds in hosts file but merges its stuff over. Nevertheless, you would have conflict in whitellisted domain(s) if they are defined only for one of them - the other will block those domains if it finds them in its hosts source(s)

But what for do you think you need both?! Open the Hosts Sources menu in AdAway and you can put there the URL(s) for Energized Hosts source(s) - then AdAway will filter domains following the rules from the particular Energized hosts file.

Eg, I use Energized Blue hosts source in AdAway:

https://block.energized.pro/blu/formats/hosts.txt

Or uninstall AdAway and use only the Energized module. I don't use their module so I don't know if Energized Magisk module can merge hosts file from several hosts sources like AdAway can do). Everything else is basically the same: utilizing (Systemless) hosts to symlink the hosts file, filtering based on particular hosts source(s) file(s), with additional user-defined black and white listing
[Android Apps and Games] JudgeDread11:
Edit: I mistake hosts file and ip tables for the same thing. This, what I said before is not true

(I don't think AdAway actually deleted what's in the hosts list. (Don't know about energized).

I have been using AFWall+ and AdAway together for many years. Both use the hosts list to do their thing and both work.

I think AdAway merges with the existing list.)

That said, there is no point in using both AdAway and energized together. Better as the sources to AdAway as suggested.

Also keep in mind too many sources can show down your device.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
:confused:

Afwall+ uses iptables and AFAIK does not touch the hosts file (which is why it plays nice with Adaway). I've been using Adaway and Afwall+ on the many devices for years as well (over 20 device-years) and have also done comparisons of the various hosts lists at various points in time, never finding anything there other that what Adaway put there. If you've got a conflict with access to the hosts file I would say that Afwall+ is not the problem...unless I'm unaware of some obscure hosts based function in Afwall+.
[Android Apps and Games] darkstar73:
I'm on 5.0.4 and can't access the Amazon app unless I turn off webserver. The certificate is installed. Is there a way to fix the issue? I have whitelisted the domains that have been suggested, but that doesn't work.
[Android Apps and Games] sunmybun:
thanks for 5.0.5 unreleased recognition. i didnt know my bug would help

seriously, this gave a big smile on my face ☺
[Android Apps and Games] TotallyAnxious:
You realize I already posted about this. It's because of the certificate. Does anybody search anymore? Lol kind of why this issue started with the certificate getting updated to it's current iteration. (Not criticizing dev. **** Amazon.)
[Android Apps and Games] darkstar73:
I did search, but did not see your post in the search. The only thing that came up was about whitelisting certain amazon domains
[Android Apps and Games] TotallyAnxious:
looks like I meant it being about the first webserver version that had the certificate is when webserver started breaking Amazon. Lol kinda stoned.
[Android Apps and Games] darkstar73:
Deleted the certificate. Amazon app working again even with webserver on
[Android Apps and Games] TotallyAnxious:
Even when I'm wrong I'm right. Lol
[Android Apps and Games] wodgey:
I feel your pain.

I've only ever been wrong once. It was a time where I thought I was wrong but I wasn't
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken
[Android Apps and Games] wodgey:
I feel your pain.

I've only ever been wrong once. It was a time where I thought I was wrong but I wasn't

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Double post. Can't see how to delete within app
[Android Apps and Games] Lughnasadh:
Damn, you guys are good. I'm wrong more often than not. I need to start paying better attention :)

P.S. Sorry for the offtopic...
[Android Apps and Games] H4X0R46:
Hey guys, what do I have to whitelist so adaway doesn't block all my Amazon apps? I have Amazon shopping, Audible, and Amazon Alexa, I keep having to pause my adaway just to use those apps ?
[Android Apps and Games] TotallyAnxious:
Scroll up...
[Android Apps and Games] H4X0R46:
Yeah something about certificates, but gotta be honest, I'm kinda clueless about what to do there [emoji848]
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
How about using "Log DNS Feature" of AdAway (to get the desired whitelist entries)? See AdAway wiki for details.

I'm not using any amazon app so I cannot tell you what to whitelist. But it is always better to teach one how to find the solution than to teach the solution ;)
[Android Apps and Games] H4X0R46:
I never even noticed that before! Thank you! I did try it and whitelisted everything that the Amazon app connected to, still didn't seem to work for some reason [emoji848]View attachment 5042069
[Android Apps and Games] dingsaller:
Disabling adaways webserver will fix it!
[Android Apps and Games] H4X0R46:
Excuse me being a noob here, where's that setting? I'm digging through adaway's settings and I don't see it. Again sorry, I'm new to adaway.

EDIT: I found it! Nevermind! [emoji16]
[Android Apps and Games] DirtyAngelicaSecured:
What is the main causes of the freezes that are supposed to be fixed by running Web Server? Can having as many as 50K+ entries in hosts file result in system slow down? I use AdAway in Root Mode + AdGuard in VPN Mode (all filters enabled). It has been a while since I've an advertisement... AdAway gets the ones AdGuard whitelists.
[Android Apps and Games] H4X0R46:
All fixed! Thank you! [emoji16]
[Android Apps and Games] dingsaller:
:) Fine!
[Android Apps and Games] sherindroid:
webserver get killed if app removed from recents any workaround for that ?

on A10. Using 4.3.4 also tried 5.0.4 doesn't help either
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Try to disable Battery optimization for AdAway
[Android Apps and Games] sherindroid:
Tried and failed ?
[Android Apps and Games] cd993:
Same for me.

I've rooted the new Sony Xperia 1 ii and the latest adaway gave me symlink errors. Installed the v3 and that works fine....

Any reason/workaround for this?
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
You need to enable systemless host module I magisk

Also what do you mean "latest" adaway 4 (stable) or 5 (alpha)
[Android Apps and Games] cd993:
Thanks - managed to solve the issue by installing busybox
[Android Apps and Games] joeo10:
Any of you use Flipboard? It doesn't work after installing AdAway. Let me know if you can find some hosts that caused it so I can whitelist.
[Android Apps and Games] JudgeDread11:
Use the DNS log function and find out yourself.

You could have found it in the time it took your to write this post.
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
I have no issue with flipboard, what non default lists are you using?

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I have no issue with flipboard, what non default lists are you using?
[Android Apps and Games] Sakchhyat:
Youtube Vanced doesn't record history when adaway is enabled.

So I created a account for my new phone and downloaded adaway and vanced at a heartbeat. Then I watched a couple videos and realized that no history was being recorded. Then I opened the same account on my desktop and the history was being recorded. I tried disabling adaway and watching a video and it worked but when I enabled adaway it didn't.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] EMJI79:
Whitelist s.youtube.com in AdAway.
[Android Apps and Games] marciozomb13:
Please start by reading the first post and later of this thread.
[Android Apps and Games] PoochyX:
Does private dns have to be shutoff for adaway to function on android 10?

([emoji88]Havoc GSI[emoji88])
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
If using AdAway in root (hosts) mode, hosts file will block everything that was blacklisted by AdAway. Domains that are not blacklisted by AdAway will be resolved through your (private) DNS that may additionally block or redirect some of them
[Android Apps and Games] sherindroid:
It was due to my own mistake that I used a boot script to disable ipv6 protocol to fix connection drops. Now I execute the script after Adawy Initialisation Now webserver works fine.

Hope this info helps someone...
[Android Apps and Games] AlDollaz:
4.3.5 is out: https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/releases/tag/v4.3.5
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Before being asked, I plan to make the announcement post and update the OP with the next coming beta.

Didn't had time to make it yet.
[Android Apps and Games] Josh McGrath:
Kind of a sill question here but if I'm already rooted and have installed adaway and has been working fine, do I really need to restart after applying newer host files through the app itself?
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
If you have system-less host file then you will need to reboot to see the effects of the newest host file. If you are happy to wait till the next time you reboot normally ie your current filtering is adequate from the previous update, then there is no other reason.

If you are not systemless, then it will depend on your ROM. Others have had it not take effect, but I personally do not have to reboot to have a new host file take effect.
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Hi all,

It took me some weeks to get a new working development rig and I'm finally happy with it!

So I could build and deliver not one but two new releases: a stable one and a new beta.

First, the stable release does not contains any improvement other than improving the F-Droid store page but the beta is here to brings a bunch of bug fixes! ^^'

Some really annoying (disabling a source, excluding app from VPN), some to fasten the app (skip up-to-date source) and one about negative source update time...

Otherwise, I'm still struggling about the host sources update.

When it was slower, the UI was working and responsible but users kept complaining it was slow (don't see the problem with a such background task to take its time?).

So I fasten it up and now the UI is not as smooth as the device to do work as fast as possible and can't keep up with the user interaction (so new UI bugs appear).

The beta will never be as fast as the v4 because it does not do the same thing. It takes more precautions when checking host source content and cache it for later purpose.

I will leave it aside until I found what to do with it and focus on the yearly tool and SDK migration...

Changelog 4.3.5:

Update F-Droid store page

Changelog 5.0.5:

Improve hosts source server handling with future time

Improve hosts update by skipping already up-to-date sources

Fix hosts source disable action

Fix hosts list apply notification from non-user changes

Fix user excluded application settings

Remove navigation bar color customization

Update AndroidX dependencies and NDK version

Thanks:

Special thanks to CobalTitan, ipdev, zgfg and sunmybun their bug reports.

Download:

AdAway 4.3.5

AdAway 5.0.5
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Thanks a lot

- Trying v5.0.5 VPN version and I see that it doesn't anymore parse the up-to-date hosts sources, hence updating takes substantially faster for me when using many hosts sources.

- Also, activating/deactivating some hosts source(s) is now correctly remembered.

- Similarly, it correctly remembers which apps are excluded from VPN

If it proves stable in general,, could it become a legit release candidate?
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
It should go without saying, but correctness is more important than convenience. If you've made the process as fast as possible without compromising on correctness, then you've done your job, man. Any user complaints beyond that are unreasonable. If someone wishes to improve it further, they can always open a PR.
[Android Apps and Games] AlDollaz:
5.0.5 didn't work for me. I still had ads. 4.3.5 works perfectly.
[Android Apps and Games] DirtyAngelicaSecured:
Which port does the Web Server use?
[Android Apps and Games] Wishmasterflo:
I have no issues with 5.0.5 so far.
[Android Apps and Games] AlDollaz:
Got it working. I disabled blocking, rebooted, then uninstalled 4.3.5 and installed 5.0.5. Works fine now. ?️
[Android Apps and Games] harsh.:
5.0.5 works like charm :o :p
[Android Apps and Games] VincentJoshuaET:
This is still an issue:
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
v5.0.5 Root version working fine as of now.

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[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
I have Automatic update/Check for updates at start enabled, hence when I open AdAway v5.0.5 it correctly checks if there is any hosts source to be updated from

- if so, it downloads and parses only those out-of-date

- if all are updated, it shows exactly that screen as yours

So what is the issue here?

Maybe you have three hosts sources that are updated rarily - open your Hosts sources list and check for how long are they up-to-date
[Android Apps and Games] djdelarosa25:
Maybe the UI? It looks... broken.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Are you using v5.0.5 - can you make your sceenshot and mark on the screenshot what exactly is broken

My screenshots (Dark and Light) attached, I don't see that something is missing or not functional at that screen

This is v5, whole UI was rewritten, hence if looking different than v4.3 it doesn't mean it is broken

Anyway, report the issues on GitHub, OP has mentioned that bugs should be reported there (for tracking purposes, etc)
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
delete
[Android Apps and Games] s--c:
Does adaway support cosmetic filters & a firewall? Or am I mistaken?
[Android Apps and Games] marciozomb13:
You are mistaken.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Even though function is not impaired the overlap of the top three buttons across the black and red areas does not look good. Although that is just my opinion, it is a fact that those three buttons lack continuity with all other buttons which are on the dark background, and there seems to be no apparent reason for the difference, and there is free space to work with in the UI. Additionally the icons being half in and half out of the buttons similarly does not look great. Yes, that is also just my opinion but there is a functional aspect here because in some display settings and lighting conditions it is hard to discern the icon especially the ones that span of black and red.

To get graphic designer-y about it: There are some seemingly needless element and color transitions across boundaries of high contrast differential.

That all being said, 5.05 did improve the overall look on these pages as well as the functional issues with elements overlapping in other areas which are now fixed.:good:
[Android Apps and Games] knpk13:
Problem solved? :cyclops:
[Android Apps and Games] Tidewater:
Thank you for giving me the best reason to root.

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