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[Android Apps and Games] gobblegobbler:
7.1.1 -nexus 6p-supersu with twrp-no kernel or custom rom

Adaway is blocking almost all ads, the only one i saw was on youtube,and even there none played before a video,so my questions

is it too good or just normal after updating the host files?,didnt alter any files either,just installed the apk with solid explorer and package installer

also how does it work,is it processing extra,and is this processing more battery intensive than instead just showing ads?

also if someone can just clear this ,can i install kernels over it,and as long as my bootloader is locked and i dont love my data ,i can go back to stock without bricking my phone : | right?:cyclops:
[Android Apps and Games] mobileman88:
yes, just be careful to follow all the steps to return to stock before relocking your bootloader or you will brick your phone.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
While surfing phone will start to vibrate and a pop-up message will appear showing , you phone xxxxxx is affected by xxxxxx virus install xxxxxx to scan your device .
[Android Apps and Games] Matt07211:
These web page redirects are annoying as help, and by far the worst of the lot.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
I've never encountered that. Crazy. And annoying. I'm reading that vibrate is an html5 spec, and Chrome supports the feature. Safari, OperaMini, and IE don't:

https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/3cce4y/android_under_no_imaginable_circumstance_should_a/

If you can regularly repeat the vibrating ads, use this procedure to determine the server used:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69905444&postcount=7652

If you're seeing it on a browser, then it's served from somewhere.

You could try another browser. I like Lightning Web Browser.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Did you blacklist the ad servers listed here in AdAway?

https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues/3320

Someone there has an avatar that looks just like yours;)
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Oh yes that's me. I have reported that ad servers to our XDA ad blocking app teams (adguard,adclear,blokada and dns66). Adguard added filters for that, while Adclear is still working on that . Blokada replied that they can't block that kind of ads now. Dns66 say they are not going to do anything for this, they are not interested in updating filters
[Android Apps and Games] Matt07211:
Thanks for that added to my block list :)
[Android Apps and Games] nick1467:
Can someone tell me how to blacklist a site please? when i try to add a URL to blacklist ..its showing that 'this is not a valid hostname' . i don't know much about adaway
[Android Apps and Games] leijonasisu:
I have stock Android 7 Nougat for my Android G5. I tried the terminal mount commands. They allow adaway to update but everything still shows ads.

I can't find a systemless method to root my G5 so I can't do that either...

Other services like 'block-this' don't work.

I don't have a raspberry pi either to make a 'pi-hole'.

Is there ANYTHING left I can do to get adblocking on my G5 running Android 7? I'm desperate.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
How can we submit ad servers to adaway host list ?
[Android Apps and Games] Matt07211:
I merely took the symbols like " ^ " out and just entered them in. I then reapplied adblock, have yet to verify though. Refer to my screenshot.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Thanks.

Just one another doubt. If I add example.com to the list , we are adding that to our black list or we are adding that with the host files of adaway ?
[Android Apps and Games] Matt07211:
If you look at the bottom of the page while adding to the blacklist it says to reapply adblock when done. The reason why is becuse it gets added to the host file. When whitelisting a link (and then reapply adblock) then the link is removed from host file (and is not permitted to be added while whitelisted).

An example. Let's say we add "example.com" to the blacklist, then go out and reapply adblock. You then can go and look at the host file yourself and see that's it has been added when you reapply adblock.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
If you add one site to the list , will that site apply to my host ?
[Android Apps and Games] Matt07211:
Yes
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Oh now I know how they are getting tons of ad site list.

Well I'm using dsn66 but I don't think so they are having this kind of feature
[Android Apps and Games] Matt07211:
Adblock uses 3 update lists found on the web, downloads, merged and then adds to the host file.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
What is the different between adaway in XDA and adaway in fdroid ?
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
XDA version might be newer until fdroid is updated, other than that they're the same.
[Android Apps and Games] pkelly517:
You also do not have the option to easily update in the future if you install fdroid
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
I'm pretty sure that's not true. Fdroid will indicate when an update is available. I also think the signatures are the same, but not sure about that. In any case even if they're different it's just as easy to use one source as the other. The problem, if any, occurs when you use multiple sources. Pick either source and stick with it and updates will be fine
[Android Apps and Games] REPAIRMANAGER22:
Thanks for this!

Because of your post i now have a basic undertanding of this particular app and its specs. Thanks so much for the info!
[Android Apps and Games] pkelly517:
True.

But if you are following this thread, then it's likely that you'll try to update when MrRobinson updates the OP.

Installing the fdroid version has often led to questions on why the update can't be installed.
[Android Apps and Games] REPAIRMANAGER22:
Thanks for the info. This thread has been a great resource for me.
[Android Apps and Games] ΦDroid:
For anyone who is annoyed by the new forced Tapatalk ads, 6.2.5 is the last version before the change. It's on APK Mirror.

Edit: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/tapat...-release/tapatalk-6-2-5-android-apk-download/
[Android Apps and Games] Hitti2:
No problem here.
[Android Apps and Games] Ja_som:
You can buy PRO app, is not so expensive

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quoord.tapatalkHD
[Android Apps and Games] XxM4tzexX:
You can also use XDA-labs to stay updated
[Android Apps and Games] IAmLucky:
Hello,

So i am using AdAway on my OP3 but i have some problems that ads still goes through it. In example, I am using google chrome, and i really notice that a lot of ads are blocked. But I have registered in a torrents site and it shows all the ads. One of example is adbox.lt ads (http://i.imgur.com/cDH3RGm.png) And so i added adbox.lt link to blacklist in adaway (http://i.imgur.com/w1YwBfQ.png) So when i go back to torrent site, i still see these ads, and when i long press on ads, link says still adbox.lt, but when i visit adbox.lt it says that page cannot be reached (blocked) (http://i.imgur.com/TeSulOn.png). So I downloaded firefox browser, and noticed same result. But then I installed adblock plus addon for firefox, and it actually blocked these ads. I would install adblock plus on chrome aswell, but looks like chrome does not support addons on android version. Anyone could help me out? thanks!

P.S. Anyone can confirm, if thats normal that ny hosts file in android/etc/hosts takes just 2 mb space? I thought, it should take more mb.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
"if you use Chrome and still see ads on web pages, remember to disable the "data saver" or "reduced data usage" browser option"

You're not using the right approach to identify ad servers. Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69905444&postcount=7652
[Android Apps and Games] IAmLucky:
Yes, i read about this before, and data saver is disabled. I will try to use your suggested method.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
By putting "adbox.lt" in the blacklist, you're blocking the whole site, not just the ads.
[Android Apps and Games] IAmLucky:
thanks, i did your suggested steps. I see a lot of sites in the list, i found this adbox.lt so now i just long press it, add to blacklist, and then i can enable adblocking, reboot, and im good?

Haha, blocked ads, only 1 ad is still popping up, though i have blocked their website. Even entered that ad, and blocked all ads in that website, still this ad pops up in a torrent website. But noe when i click on it, it says page cannot be reached haha. Well, still better than having whole website filled up with ads.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
That should do it.

BTW, a file full of website listing is not "just" 2mb.... 2mb for plain text is a fairly large file! For example:

As a reference, from Project Gutenburg:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/164

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

Entire book text, translated to English, is "only" 621,602bytes, or 0.621mb (it's actually 601,664 if I strip the project's text from the file).

2mb is a whole lotta servers!
[Android Apps and Games] tinko975:
Hmm wont block tapatalk advertisements..
[Android Apps and Games] IAmLucky:
thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] ΦDroid:
From what I can tell, pro doesn't remove ads. You still have to pay for a subscription under their new advertisement scheme.
[Android Apps and Games] Ja_som:
Yes, can be, but I heard that Pro removes ads, so, it's a mess. I don´t know which information is correct...
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
Here Tapatalk version 6.3.3 no ads yet.

(AdAway 3.2 only)
[Android Apps and Games] ΦDroid:
Im thinking that Pro will eventually have ads too, the play store listing indicates that it has ads and seems to indicate to me that Pro is now basically a donation. We will see in coming weeks.

A lifetime subscription is now $15.

Those of you who paid for pro before this new scheme started are eligible for a free lifetime subscription, you just need to claim it.
[Android Apps and Games] tinko975:
Tryed 6.3.3 but full of ads. Now return to 6.2.5..

How about 6.3.2?
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
No ads with AdAway3.2 installed in TT 6.3.3.

I will check this by disabling AdAway.
[Android Apps and Games] ΦDroid:
Tried them all, 6.2.5 is the newest without hard coded ads.
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
AdAway disabled and reboot.

TT 6.3.3. immediately showing ads. [emoji37]
[Android Apps and Games] ΦDroid:
Terrible ads too, aren't they?
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
Yes about 20% of the screen. At the bottom.

Without AdAway I wouldn't use this app.
[Android Apps and Games] tinko975:
Tapatalk is now problematic app.. Have it alternative? Only 6.2.5 works good for me. Miui 8
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
For XDA I am using XDA legacy
[Android Apps and Games] mw1man:
Cant install it. I have rr 7.1.1.
[Android Apps and Games] Dexter_prog:
I'm having problems with this app. It stops blocking ads after a while. I'm on an s6 on stock rooted rom on marshmallow
[Android Apps and Games] justmix4:
Latest AdAway 3.2 don't block ads from Power Saver app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lionmobi.battery&hl=pl
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
Fyu

AdAway writes many textlines with URLs to be blocked to system/etc/hosts.

When AdAway is uninstalled and the hosts file is kept ad blocking stays active.

When still ads appear the hosts file is bypassed or you can make a black list.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
AdAway cannot block ads in some Android applications (like YouTube) that internally bypass the hosts file, and there is no way of adding a feature to AdAway to do so.

---------- Post added at 18:34 ---------- Previous post was at 17:39 ----------

Where does it stop blocking ads? In Chrome? Applications?

Is there a particular website?
[Android Apps and Games] Dexter_prog:
In ShutApp, then in stock samsung browser. It's weird.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
From the previous post a couple-back:

"AdAway cannot block ads in some Android applications (like YouTube) that internally bypass the hosts file, and there is no way of adding a feature to AdAway to do so."

ShutApp may have changed servers, or it may be bypassing the hosts file. The former means you need to run the DNS Logger, the latter means you're out of luck.

The browser issue is an odd one. Again, DNS Logger.

If you're seeing ALL ads, then something else is amiss. Check you APN settings for a proxy. Try "DOWNLOAD FILES AND APPLY AD BLOCKING", and reboot the phone.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
FYI In Adaway you can run the "scan for adware" function to see what apps you have installed that are known to bypass hosts based blocking. Mx Player is one popular app that is detected.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Genie app is not connecting I'm getting this error.

Note: I'm not connected to guest network.
[Android Apps and Games] leijonasisu:
So what. On Android 7 it's broken?
[Android Apps and Games] Portgas D. Ace:
Might seem like a stupid question, but did you reboot your device after applying the modified hosts file with AdAway? AdAway works flawlessly for me on my Nexus 7 with Android 7.1.1 (AOSP) installed.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
How is the Genie app connected to AdAway? Do you think AdAway is blocking connection?
[Android Apps and Games] CrazyCypher:
I have the same issue as you and it is AdAway's fault.. :o

Here is the video of what I mean: https://streamable.com/e/sz98

As soon as I open AdAway and click on "Disable Ad Blocking" this does not happen anymore. If I press "Download files and apply ad blocking", the problem starts again...

Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this issue?
[Android Apps and Games] uberbdon:
Yeah, I made that streamable video :)

Alright, so try this: with Adaway DISABLED, hold the home button to open now on tap, try and tap on the search bar BEFORE the buttons come up for reminder, timer,alarm,home etc... . It should reproduce the issue even with Adaway disabled. Something I HAVE noticed though, is those options load much faster with Adaway disabled.
[Android Apps and Games] CrazyCypher:
I found a fix...This version of Google App does not close but working normally on my HTC 10: version 6.0.23.21 .arm64

I have no closing, I had to disable auto updates in play store so it doesn't update itself :) If you know about newer version that works without problems, please notify me :)
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
The newer versions of Google app have more internet stuff because of the new voice related gadgets.

AdAway is a hosts file manager when there are issues the first thing to do is making a backup of the hosts file (system.etc), uninstall AdAway and restore the system/etc/hosts.

When the issues continues it's probably the hosts file with thousands of blacklisted URLs to be filtered before an internet connection is established.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
So sorry it's something related to internet protocol.

Not adaway
[Android Apps and Games] Windforce0511:
Hi guys,

is there any need to add some other host sources or existing three host sources are more than enough? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
This is why I think the integration with dns66 could be a good thing.

It should bring the capability to block the remaining ads in addition to allowing to use AdAway without root. :good:

But there is no news about it for now :(
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Three lists with custom blacklists is plenty.

Some folks think three lists is too many. If your hosts file gets too big, it could affect performance on slower devices.
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
In a text editor it's possible to see the number of lines. That's above 58.000.

That is necessary because wildcards cannot be used. Every URL must be complete listed and redirected to the device ip 127.0.0.0.

Maybe sorting the url's alphabetically will make it faster. Many url's start with the characters 'ad.'

Another possibility is to list only the popular URLs and accept several ads.

The recent devices like my Nexus 6 are fast enough.
[Android Apps and Games] Windforce0511:
It could affect overall device performance or browsing internet performance? I have Galaxy S6 by the way.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
You're fine. I use the three default lists, and everything is good on my N5 with Lightning Web Browser.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
A longer list of sources to block would require more CPU cycles to check each time the system needs to look through it to see if a domain should be blocked. At one time when one of the lists available from within Adaway contained >300,000 entries this did have a slightly noticeable impact on battery life if not visible system performance. Since then the source files have been cleaned up and pared down considerably. Also, keeping in mind that the goal is to use the smallest possible list that is effective, in most cases the list from Adaway.org (which is the smallest) along with a handful of blacklisted items should be effective. Of course that depends a good deal on usage scenario. If anyone is interested in the size (# of entries) in the hosts files here is how to take a look: Install list from one of the sources then open list from within Adaway in a text file viewer that shows # of lines, then scroll to bottom of file to see total # of lines. Lather rinse repeat for each list.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Can anyone tell me which ad host is in this site waptricks.sextgem.com .

I
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
From uBlock Origin:

syndication.traffichaus.com

edge.quantserve.com

p.admob.com
[Android Apps and Games] nixie2121:
Sorry if this has been answered as I could not find it...

Is there a way to block Pandora ads? I know Spotify ads get blocked with adaway (although I have not used Spotify in some time). I just started using Pandora and was curious if adaway can stop the ads or not.,

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Did you go to that "Netgear... not supported" link to see what it says? What did it say?

BTW That Netgear Genie app can be problematic (and introduces potential privacy issues). I found it so frustrating that I flashed DD-WRT custom firmware (http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index) to the router and can now configure it like a real router by going to it's IP address.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Currently, AdAway cannot block ads in Android applications (like YouTube) that internally bypass the hosts file.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Buy a subscription. :good:

Number 6
[Android Apps and Games] usafle:
I just nuked my Nexus 6 and rebuilt it because it's been forever since I've done a complete wipe.

Anyway, I decided to install PHH su since a lot of people have been raving about it.

Well I can no longer install BusyBox (ANY version of it) or AdAway refuses to install (ANY version of it)

Is it because of PHH Su?

It says it has acquired root but I get a "Copy of hosts files failed" when trying to install. I just rebuilt the phone I really don't want to nuke it again to go back to Chainfires SU...
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
PHH Superuser is not fully supported by AdAway yet. PerfectSlayer is working to get support, but needs a reply from PHH. There is a workaround for now. NOTE - you need to run the bind mount command from an adb shell, and do NOT run it as roo.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69886613&postcount=7628
[Android Apps and Games] usafle:
Just. Great. That's what I get for trying out something new.... More problems for myself :(

I'll take a look at your linked post. Thanks for the info though. I'm losing my mind with all the ads on the web
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Stay off XDA and stay stock if you want easy. I think Staples even has a button you can get. :eek:

It is really easy to do, takes 2 minutes. Hook up your phone to a USB cable, open adb command window, type "adb shell" (no quotes) and copy / past that command into the window and press enter. Done. I do it every clean flash, which is often.
[Android Apps and Games] usafle:
I've got to figure out how to nuke this PHH SU garbage. Solid explorer won't let me do anything in my system/app folder. Titanium backup won't work either and any install of BusyBox fails miserably.

ChainFire might be accused of "selling out" but at least his stuff works!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
unSU zip by osm0sis flash in TWRP

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2239421

PHH superuser works fine, this is an AdAway issue that needs to be solved and it being worked to fix it.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
If developers only target one variant of superuser, users suffer for it. Everyone blames PHH and DIR for lack of attention that app developers give to their work(s).

I run PHH's version and have had ***NO*** issues on my N5 with the root-based apps that I run. Everything works as I need it to.

I'll take an open source implementation over closed source any day; I'll even struggle a bit if I must.
[Android Apps and Games] usafle:
Well ever since I've installed PHH Su over Chainfire's, Titanium Backup is saying that "this version of SU barely works" (I'm paraphrasing of course). It will not remove pre-installed Apps any longer (Keep, Drive still retain even though I've tried to remove them multiple times) - BusyBox fails to install (BB on Rails or any version).

Could just be me? Dunno.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
All those things you mention work as expected, no problems at all. I'm on the N6 with PN 7.0 (7.1.1 dropping tonight so I will be clean flashing and doing all these steps again). TiBu will complain about SuperSU name space separation as well. Just try to get a bug fixed from them, impossible. :mad:

edit - try the busybox installer from osm0sis on the page I linked above. He fixes many things.
[Android Apps and Games] adrman:
You need to read the phh OP. phh by default is systemless. If you want to have access to system to remove system apps like you mentioned, you need to edit the config.txt in the superuser.zip before flashing. You can find further information in the aforementioned OP.

Apologies for the OT.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
No. Not just you. Others have issues; it's just not because the su implementation is "crap".

You just happened to pick three that I don't use, at least directly (busybox comes in many forms and locations):

- Do a search in DIR's thread on TB.... He has some interesting comments about the app's quality of coding. The two most asked about apps in PHH's thread are AdAway (unable to do systemless) and TB (works for some and not others).

- BusyBox had significant issues with certain Android versions.... osm0sis has a version that seems stable, or he puts some work into making things better.

- Don't know about Solid Explorer. ES Explorer, Brown Root, and Amaze have all worked well and let me attack /system with vigor. I use Amaze exclusively, as it's open source.
[Android Apps and Games] mobileman88:
Never had this message with PHH and the latest Titanium backup
[Android Apps and Games] pure.by:
What's TB?

Can you elaborate on that please? Are there some recent events I've missed?
[Android Apps and Games] Portgas D. Ace:
TB = Titanium Backup

Chainfire handed over SuperSU to CCMT, see here.
[Android Apps and Games] pure.by:
HOLY SH*T!!! I have totally missed that. WOW. This is Pegasus flying over Android now.

Definitely uninstalling SuperSU ASAP. If there is no workibg open-source alternative, goodbye root! It was a nice ride! First I lost what.cd, now SuperSU... Damn...

Sorry for OT. I'm very happy I've stumbled upon this thread and these messages.
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
I am using AdAway on my SU- rooted Nexus 6 without issues. A repeating posted issue is the "Copy hosts failed" message.

What do you think about an option to save the hosts file to another location on the data partition?

This gives the users the possibility:

- easy export hosts to a PC;

- sorting hosts alphabetically etc;

- manually copying hosts to system/etc after deleting unused system files;

- or use terminal command to bind hosts to an other location.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Quit the dramatics. Ain't nothing changed but the name of the owner. Chainfire still runs the show.