yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
From a quick Google/XDA search I see references to "AdBlock" in connection with that ROM family, but nothing that seems connected to AdAway. If the people who support your ROM don't have an answer it's unlikely those of us who know nothing about it could help! ;)

Most ad blocking mechanisms work by editing/replacing the

/etc/hosts

file. Before you spend to much time chasing the mysterious "integrated blocker", verify that your hosts file only includes the default entries and no long list of domain names. For testing, you can even temporarily rename that file then reboot to see if your ads are now displayed.

I'm afraid this is about as far as we can go in an AdAway thread. Good luck on your quest... ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
I edited my previous post : have a look inside your hosts file (system/etc) and see if it is correctly "populated".
[Android Apps and Games] ibshar:
AWESOME APP!!!! Thanks man this is just too good!! FINALLY my phone is free of all the ADS! This is indeed the true power of gaining ROOT!
[Android Apps and Games] jawz101:
Same with mine. No apn proxy, spdy protocol disabled in chrome, data compression disabled in chrome. With this setup I can block ads on Wi-Fi in the browser but in-app ads get through. On data both browser and in-app ads get through.

I'm wondering why the developer is not experiencing this. Maybe they don't have jellybean
[Android Apps and Games] Krowbarr:
I'm running Jellybean 4.2.2 and have no ads with this on 3G,4G, or Wi-Fi.

Owner/Operator Samsung E4GT running

PAC-In-Black/All In One 4.2.2 w/Lightening Zap 1.1 phase 2 kernel

We were born in a time where if something was broken we would fix it and not just throw it away
[Android Apps and Games] jawz101:
It may just be the blacklists then because drag racing, words with friends and a few other apps let ads through
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
A hundred people already downloaded but for those who don't check the OP, I threw up a new build yesterday with all his changes up to that point.

Again, nothing you'd really notice but if you want latest translations, latest root commands, hardware acceleration, etc its in that build. If you had the previous from me you can just install over top no problem.
[Android Apps and Games] rj2k:
Thanks for keeping this project alive.

I haven't looked into the code but is there a way to improve hosts parsing and optimize final hosts file from different sources?

An optimised hosts file (ordered and with up to 9 entries per line) improves DNS performance.

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Do we have to uninstall Adaway 1st? Mine complained about signature conflitct... :silly:

And it would be a bummer to reconfigure source lists and symlink again...:(
[Android Apps and Games] 0kti:
Yes, uninstall previous version and install v2.3 from here

Wysłane z mojego GOCLEVER TAB R106 za pomocą Tapatalk HD
[Android Apps and Games] BLADESMAN1889:
Thanks for the update, I had been using the F Droid version but over the last week or so ads have been sneaking through along with some pop-up toast message advertising candy something or other :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] Skeese:
How is this compared to Ad Blocker by JRummy?
[Android Apps and Games] drjat:
And how is it compared to AdFree by big tin can
[Android Apps and Games] Krowbarr:
All I know is that this completely, and I mean completely wipes out all ads on my device. Even wipes out ads in Words with Friends app. YMMV of course. Highly recommended:D

Owner/Operator Samsung E4GT running

PAC-In-Black/All In One 4.2.2 w/Lightening Zap 1.1 phase 2 kernel

We were born in a time where if something was broken we would fix it and not just throw it away
[Android Apps and Games] pauley:
AdAway has always worked better for me no matter what phone I use. It actually automatically updates the hosts file, something AdFree *never* did for me, and blocks all ads. I'd say definitely try it out.

Sent from my HTC One
[Android Apps and Games] Ci-Fi:
The latest Adfree version automatically updates the host files now.
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfkmann:
I originally used adfree by big tin can, until it stopped blocking. I switched to adaway and have never looked back.
[Android Apps and Games] BLADESMAN1889:
Are you guys still getting those ads on the download pages of goo (I think they're built in but not sure ?)

Sent from NEXUS⁴ via XDA app [AOKP\/\/hitehawkx]​
[Android Apps and Games] jlg19753:
No.

AOKP N4 powered by franco.
[Android Apps and Games] BLADESMAN1889:
Right so I have the latest version of AdAway (via OP) but I'm getting ads in chrome [beta] for some reason - I've never had this b4 in 3 years + of using this app / others.

What do I do to fix ? I'm guessing that I have to set up some host file but having never had to do this I'm not sure ?

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[Android Apps and Games] cina11:
Thank you soo much mrRobinson for this new version of this amazing app romoved from play store! :good:

Work without any problem on my Sony Arc S
[Android Apps and Games] Thanofski:
Hey there,

Thanks for supporting this great app....I'm having an issue although...I'm still getting some pop up ads through some free games from the play store...anything I can do for that?
[Android Apps and Games] @d@ms1lv3r:
I delete hosts file and reboot phone and now I dont have still ads but neither hosts file. Ok, you are right, this is not about adaway but i ask here because I think here are members who know a lot about ads and maybe could help me.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Never been necessary.
[Android Apps and Games] Skripka:
For Tapatalk just use Short URL Resolver. The adblocker is blocking spy ware redirect links that Tapatalk uses to data mine you and make money off of your chat history.
[Android Apps and Games] fabiorimini:
thank you ! great app
[Android Apps and Games] Horst the Animal:
Resurrection remix has no adblock inside the ROM. So you have maybe some other problem.
[Android Apps and Games] akismal:
In the latest File Manager HD each folder includes an icon of advertisement, adaway for first time cannot clean that.
[Android Apps and Games] palooh81:
works for me with the latest release ( LP 5.0)
[Android Apps and Games] @d@ms1lv3r:
Yes, my mistake. I have a really big conversation with developer tapatalk and we found problem. My network cant acces to log.tapatalk.com because hosts file has problem.
[Android Apps and Games] alvareo:
Personal opinion, I liked the old icon and though I like the materialisation of it I think it'd be nice if it went back to being a stop sign instead of rounded.
[Android Apps and Games] junepyo:
Hi guys,

Im a newbie, i want to know the difference between white list and black list? IS there a proper format if you will add a website that you want to block the adds? Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] de.er:
What version of File Manager HD are you running? Ad blocking doesn't work for me on the 3.2 version.
[Android Apps and Games] palooh81:
Ok, i had a look and im actually using NOT the HD version. So it works fine on the regular one. I installed the HD version and yes there's is an ad on top of each page. :(

Whats the point using HD ? I have LG G3 with QHD display and i don't see any difference between them. Unless its visible on a tablet.
[Android Apps and Games] de.er:
Hm, I didn't even know there was a 'not HD' version... but I noticed it has not been updated for a few weeks, wait till the next update, you might find the dev has included the ads in your version as well...
[Android Apps and Games] palooh81:
Other thing is that regular version asks you for root permisions on first startup, HD doesn't do that. Has to be why the ads go through.
[Android Apps and Games] rpr69:
A white list is a list of sites you *want* to see ads from, and a black list is sites you *don't* want to see ads from. In the case of AdAway, putting a host on the white list will mean you will see ads from that site, regardless of whether is it is in one of the host sources lists, and black list is basically a private host list that you want to block. You can search this thread for format examples.
[Android Apps and Games] junepyo:
Thanks man.
[Android Apps and Games] Zorachus:
I am running a CM12 ROM, which version should I be running ?

2.9.2 from Oct. 13.2014

Or Developer build from Mar.21.2015 ?

Sent from my A0001
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
They are the same except dev build is material design that you will only see in android 5.0+
[Android Apps and Games] Totolouis:
I took the dev version for my HTC one, and it's work fine, thank you :good:
[Android Apps and Games] kojak1989:
why its dont block ads ? im using chrome and this and i have still ads.
[Android Apps and Games] Skripka:
Because you're using a data-saver in Chrome that entirely bypasses the hosts file that AdAway builds
[Android Apps and Games] Siddarth Malik:
so how to block those ads in chrome? opt out of data saver?
[Android Apps and Games] 2WhiteWolves:
Yes
[Android Apps and Games] kojak1989:
heh its true, when i disabled data saver in google chrome ads seems to be gone :)
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
[MENTION=3355398]mrRobinson[/MENTION]: Since the same question pops up constantly on here and members seems to have a difficult time reading the countless posts addressing the issue (135 references to Chrome in this thread so far!), it might be useful to add a simple reminder to the OP, such as:

if you use Chrome and still see ads on web pages, remember to disable the "data saver" browser option

after you install or make any change to AdAway, you must reboot for those changes to take effect

The assumption is that at least some users might glance at the OP first before posting. It's worth a try.. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Chris.cj72:
Playstore

Just thought i would share this, if your using the built in adaway or installed the adaway app and have recently been having issues with connecting to google playstore services have a look in your hosts file ( system/etc ) and look for an entry named

* 127.?.?.? android.clients.google.com *

This will be blocking your phone from connecting to google, delete the entry or put a # at the start of the line..

I dont know why this entry keeps appearing, but i keep finding it as the last entry on the host file..

This will let your phone reconnect to the google servers
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
That entry is not included in any of the default AdAway host sources. If somehow your ROM includes a version of AdAway (older?) with different defaults or if you have added source files of your own that attempt to blacklist that host, you can probably simply whitelist "android.clients.google.com" and prevent it from being banned again each time you update your sources.
[Android Apps and Games] Polarbert:
For some reason adaway isn't able to handle the news republic app. After opening and going onto an article a banner ad loads on the bottom of the screen. http://edukacyjne.5v.pl/dyskurs.html Any ideas how I can fix it?
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
I have no idea what "the news republic app" is but if it shows ads, either it fetches those ads directly by numeric IP (AdAway has no control over that), or it uses URLs not included in your hosts file. Temporarily enable tcpdump (check "Log DNS Requests" in AdAway's menu) and see what URLs used by your app, if any, need to be blacklisted. Review this thread for numerous references to similar issues, keeping in mind that AdAway can't hide all ads from all apps and only deals with the standard DNS resolution mechanism.
[Android Apps and Games] xda163fm:
Any chance of fdroids version of this be upgraded? It is currently only v2.9.2 (14102014). Android 4.1.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
AdAway is open source and anybody can grab the source and compile it. This thread is about the versions compiled by [MENTION=3355398]mrRobinson[/MENTION] who has an excellent record of providing new releases after most any significant source commit. Anything you find on F-Droid is compiled by someone else, based on older sources, and typically signed by F-Droid (therefore incompatible with the dependable releases shown in the OP). To know what their plans are you'd have to ask whoever does that on/for F-Droid, but I suggest you simply grab the latest version from here (Mar-21-2015).
[Android Apps and Games] shindiggity:
Anyone get it to work on 5.1, I can't get it to stick. Running AICP vs985.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Running great at cm12.1 (unofficial) on OnePlus One
[Android Apps and Games] ebrahem khedr:
Working with Resurrection remix v5.4.0

Android 5.1 on s3 :D
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
Actually I can provide slightly more detail. The maintainer of AdAway, dschuermann, has it setup where if he labels a new version, scripts in fdroid will take the commits from that label and do a build. dschuermann has not cut a new version label since 2.9.2 which is why f-droid never updated. I can't speak to when or if he ever will but as [MENTION=4343728]Mike B.[/MENTION] said I keep up to date on compiling. I submit pull requests when I have my own stuff to add to the source (on github that is as 0-kaladin) and compile those as needed for testing here.

So bottom line f-droid will only compile it after the maintainer has labeled the source as a new version, which in AdAway's case was 2.9.2.
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
Couldn't agree more.
[Android Apps and Games] flipmode_11:
You could make life easier for yourself and others, by updating the build date and version in the repository.

Makes no sense to just upload another version and not increment the date or version. The whole point of using GIT etc is to be more organised and transparent...

I've no idea which version to download.... I guess I could just stick with version 1.33 :D

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As usual the OP failed to specify the download only supports OS 4.x+, and not OS 3.x or 2.3.x compatible.

Could we please get the latest version made available for ALL ROM VERSIONS?

Thank you dev and keep up the hard work.

- v1.6+: http://....

- v2.3+: http://....

- v3.x+: http://....

- v4.x+: http://....
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
You missed the poll at the top of the page and the discussion around this topic.
[Android Apps and Games] Chris.cj72:
The rom does have adaway that was prebuilt into the rom, but i dont use the built in one and it is disabled..

I use the latest version which i downloaded and installed as a normal app.. The sources it uses are the default settings in the app and i havent changed the sources so where it seems to keep coming from i don't know but it was driving me mad till i found it..

But i will go in and add it to the white list to stop it from blocking the service again. Other than setting it to update automatically i really hadnt played with the settings to see if i could do this so Thanks for the reply on that..
[Android Apps and Games] shiruuu.samad:
Great app!Been using this for as long as a remember using a adblocker.I have seen a lollipop version on OP with material design.Is it nessary to install?I have 2.9.2 without any issue.Any way this can block youtube ads? Thanks

From s4 running PBB v15 +Lightweightkernel
[Android Apps and Games] D4rK.F0rcE:
I have the same problem, since 2-3 days, my phone does not connect to the google play services (icons stay grey instead of becoming white). This is clearly related to adaway. However, neither disabling the adblocking nor deinstalling adaway solves the problem. Only when I install the latest version again (while adaway is still installed), in other words overwriting the app, without enabling the adblocking solves the problem. Whenever I enable the adblocking, google play services won't connect anymore. Then I have to do the whole procedure again (over-installing adblock). I checked the host file for any google client blocking, but could not find any entry. Also whitelisting the google client won't help. Any suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
I'm not sure I understand what leads you to believe that your trouble is connected to AdAway if uninstalling AdAway and "disabling the adblocking" (whatever that means) doesn't help.

I suspect that your ROM is somehow forcing some unwanted entries in your hosts file or using another hosts file besides the default /etc/hosts. If you revert to the default hosts file, does you trouble go away? Try using a one-line hosts file containing solely "127.0.0.1	localhost", reboot and see what happens. After the reboot, verify that your one-line file is still in place, in case you have a ROM (S-ON?) that overwrites the /system partition on boot.

This is really not something we can help you with much in this AdAway thread and I suggest you ask wherever your ROM is supported.

EDIT:

Out of curiosity I did some sleuthing and based on what I could guess it seems you are using some version of LiquidRom. I just now downloaded a recent build and I see that it includes THREE hosts files, two ("hosts.og" and "hosts") with only the default entry and one ("hosts.alt') that adds

31843

entries of unclear origin. I don't have the patience to sift through that monster, but apparently, enabling adblocking copies hosts.alt to hosts and disabling it copies hosts.og to hosts. I can't justify digging much deeper into that thing, but since something seems to be going wrong, maybe simply copying hoists.og to hosts.alt would prevent that constant overwriting. The LiquidRom devs would have to figure out why this might be needed, but it's clearly unrelated to the current AdAway discussed in this thread. Note that this would still allow you to use the "real" AdAway normally if you choose to do so.
[Android Apps and Games] CNLiberal:
Short URLs

I've got AdAway 2.9.2 installed (latest) on my phone and my wife's phone. She wants to view short URLs that George Takei posts on Facebook. The URL in question is the po.st short URL. When clicked, Chrome displays "This webpage is not available". I have tried installing Short URL Resolver, but that also doesn't solve the issue. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here. I have all defaults set in AdAway. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

EDIT: I've also tried Crappalink with defaults on her phone, and that doesn't work either
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
Most "po.st" URLs redirect to something else and it's very possible that the something else is what's unavailable but there's no way to tell unless we know what specific URL you have in mind. AdAway neither cares nor knows about short URLs. A URL is a URL, whether it displays a page or merely redirects to another URL Check if you can access "http;//www.po.st". If you can, the problem is not with po.st but with the destination URL. Make sure that destination is not somehow blacklisted by AdAway since such redirections are often sneaky ways to force display of ads.
[Android Apps and Games] Kockowan:
Hello,

i want to add an additional source for ad hosts:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/j9vfm2x6o9qj7ox/hosts

Collected at http://www.android-hilfe.de/allgeme...zum-flashen-staendig-aktuell.html#post5699493

URL / file can be opened in FF browser on Windows 7,

but Android Dolphin and AdAway 2.9.2 give a Dropbox error 401 "It seem's you don't belong here!", list isn' t used by AdAway.

How to add this additional source to AdAway?

Thx + regards
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
I have no trouble accessing that long (38k!) list from either Firefox or Chrome on my phone, but it seems that the Dropbox site triggers the 401 Authorization error when AdAway tries to download it. It's unclear what Dropbox objects to but according to the website you mention, it's a known issue with that file ("AdAway zeigt zwar an "nicht verfügbar", aber es funktioniert trotzdem !!!"). My guess is that Dropbox expects to find its usual token available from most browsers but not when a file is directly addressed. Unless you find a more download-friendly link, I suppose you could add the file's contents as your blacklist manually but I suggest you look carefully at it contents first. It seems to have a lot of redundant entries and many that are already present in the default AdAway source files. My advice would be to stick to the default lists and only add a few additional URLs if you're sure you need more. In summary: don't use it! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Kockowan:
Thanks for reply, I did play around a little bit:

If provided list is uploaded to an alternative (private) server, it can be downloaded and processed by AdAway. So far so good.

But:

Some server names not included in the 4 AdAway standard lists are NOT processed by AdAway for the new host file, I don't see the reason for that behaviour except maybe German Umlaute (Ü) or extensive long server names like

"e-ny.a-1shz2prbmdj6wvny-1sez2pra2dj6wjny-1jcpgbowsdj6x9ny-1seq-2-2.stats.esomniture.com"

Txt file with not processed server names is attached. Just for interest: Is there a size limit for hosts file, processed from AdAway or any other hint about this behaviour?

Thx + regards.
[Android Apps and Games] @d@ms1lv3r:
One question

Adaway blocking ads on my phone from every aps or browser except from puffin browser.

I searched on net and there is info that puffin browser using yourself servers.

Is there any posibility to make adaway block ads from puffin browser?

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
No I couldn't. I'm not the maintainer. I'm a contributor. The maintainer, after taking contributions will then bump the version and edit the changelog when he wants to do that. If you comprehended the OP at all you'd see that I add a compiled on date for any build I do. You can consider that your minor version number, major being 2.9.2 at this point. I don't understand why you can't figure out what version to download. If you have ICS or less stay with the original 2.9.2. If you have JB or greater you can stay there OR install the dev builds I provide.

Wrong again. It's been in the OP forever. There is also that poll and searching the thread will reveal the history behind the reason the newer builds aren't avail for ICS or older. Any changes since then also really serve to fix things that broke on lollipop. So if you are on ICS or lower you can stay on the 2.9.2 forever. That seems to be about 4% of the users here.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
'The hosts file format has remained largely unchanged since the early Unix days but I'm not sure how Android implements it. Most Unix standards (the basis for LInux and Android, among others) were established at a time when alphanumeric characters were only from the basic ASCII set and I don't know if an umlaut is accepted. In a conventional URL, the umlaut would be replaced by "%d6". I'm not aware of any stated size limits for the file but you might hit some buffer size limitations on very long entries.

To check if you're bumping into AdAway limitations or Android limitations, enter some of the rejected URLs manually into your hosts file, reboot, and see if they are recognized.

As mentioned earlier, most of the contents of that file can probably be skipped, especially when it seems to blocks very specific URLs instead of more generic sites or directories. A bigger hosts file is not necessarily better! ;)

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From what I recall, Puffin uses a "remote browsing" scheme that's basically a proxy redirecting all DNS queries to a central location where presumably much of the data has already be accessed by someone else, resulting in a potentially faster experience in exchange for a loss of privacy and control. That process completely bypasses local DNS resolution and therefore no change to AdAway, other local adblockers, or the hosts file itself, will be effective. If there is an option to switch to traditional browsing, then AdAway will be able to help you block ads in Puffin.