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[Android Apps and Games] lepicane1:
Could be, but no matter how many times I update and reboot after 15:30, it still shows update available. If yoyo has been doing this last couple of days, then I should have had the same problem every day, but it only happened two times since upgrade to 4.2.4.

Could be something completely unrelated, but the method I used helped me.
[Android Apps and Games] tinko975:
I added many hosts and now works

https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/wiki/HostsSources
[Android Apps and Games] BCrossan:
Hate to be the dummy of the group, but first time user of AdAway (using with Nvidia Shield) and not sure what to do with these so called Hosts? Do I download and add each txt file somehow or is there a link that needs to be added somewhere? :D
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
Nothing needs to be done. If you are using magisk, get the systemless host module installed (enable it in settings) reboot, then apply blocking in adaway.

Adding host lists is unnecessarily, the defaults are usually good enough for most people.
[Android Apps and Games] BCrossan:
What is the purpose of the systemless host with magisk, because I didn't know anything about that when I installed AwAway and it seems to be working fine? And I'm not "most people" LoL... so could you maybe explain how to add host lists? That is, if you so desire and have the time to spare. Tried Googling it with no luck. I'm usually pretty good at winging it, but not this time around.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
The advantage is that it is systemless, meaning it does not modify the system. In order to receive OTA updates, etc. If you have a device, such as my 5 devices that don't receive OTA updates, it may not matter that the system is modified. with Magisk Hide, my device passes SafetyNet, even though I have an unlocked bootloader. There is probably more to this than I have posted, but enabling the systemless hosts option certainly will not hurt, in most cases and can help in some cases.

If you applied hosts in Adaway before you enabled the systemless host module and rebooted, your system was most certainly modifed when it wrote the new hosts file to the default location on most systems: /system/etc/hosts.
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
If your not using the systemless module, updates may remove the adaway host file. Will probably need to re-enable after updates. If your on stock, your updates may not work.
[Android Apps and Games] BCrossan:
Apparently I did install the systemless module. Didn't remember because I was having issues with the non XDA AdAway version. So I don't need to set AdAway to systemless do I?

And still looking for assistance with adding more hosts. I'm still seeing ads on Youtube (not the app, but through Chrome because I hate the app) and most other sites I'm going too.
[Android Apps and Games] casouzaj:
You have to click on the Systemless Hosts field under Magisk settings for its corresponding module to get installed. Reboot your phone, launch AdAway, go to its Preferences and tick the Systemless Hosts checkbox. Only then, activate AdAway. Regarding seeing ads in Chrome, go to its settings and make sure there is no data saver active.
[Android Apps and Games] BCrossan:
Systemless is greyed out, so I can't enable it. :( (And I'm using this on Nvidia Shield) Not sure what you mean by a data saver in Chrome but I looked all over and not seeing anything.
[Android Apps and Games] joluke:
Chrome has a data saving option inside its options . Turn it off
[Android Apps and Games] BCrossan:
Data was off and still ads everywhere... I see them all over this site right now. Grrrrr. Would love to know why AdAway won't let me enable systemless. Not that it matters since the program doesn't seem to be working for me.
[Android Apps and Games] Sneeuwtijger:
[APP][Root][OFFICIAL] AdAway v4.2.4 :: [2019-03-23]

If you turned systemless option on in Magisk, AdAway recognizes this and thus the option is greyed out ;) it's there for backwards compatibility (as far as I know) in the new versions it's not necessary anymore to set it
[Android Apps and Games] Tommytommy1234:
Did you tried to uninstall adaway, try to disable and then enable systemless host in magisk, reboot and reinstall adaway?
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
1st question - what size is /system/etc/hosts?
[Android Apps and Games] BCrossan:
1.7 Mb

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I just removed AdAway, removed Magisk systemless, rebooted and then installed Magisk systemless, reinstalled AdAway and though a couple sites showed greyed out boxes where ads use to be, I still get the beginning ad on Youtube through Chrome where you have to wait 4 seconds to hit skip and then if I switch Chrome to Desktop site I get the ads that popup through-out the video. Strange that it treats Desktop differently.
[Android Apps and Games] Tommytommy1234:
I'm not sure if has an effect but did you tried to enable systemless in adaway after you installed systemless in magisk?
[Android Apps and Games] BCrossan:
Well it does have some kind of effect, because in non Desktop mode it Youtube shows the single Ad at the beginning of the video that you can skip after 4 seconds and that's it... but in Desktop mode you have the little 3 - 4 banner Ads that are at the bottom portion of the video and the video line shows where those banners will show with little yellow marks. :eek:

As for systemless in Magisk... it was already enabled when I installed it and went to enable it.

This whole thing has my brain spinning. It's like I'm installing 2 different apps. The first time I installed it from the AdAway site (I think) looked like the below image...

But then I ran across someone mentioning there was an XDA version and I came here, downloaded and installed but it looked different because the menu access was on the upper right and not the upper left like in the image. When I downloaded again from here and installed... its back to like the image with menu on the left. Maybe I'm losing my mind? LoL
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
If hosts is 1.7 MB then Magisk did its job and any problems you're having lie elsewhere. If you look at the contents of hosts you should see that it starts:

#This hosts file has been generated by AdAway on:

AdAway does not block YouTube ads because of how they're generated.
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
You can try the magisk module Vanced. It is a YouTube front end that will skip ads. Download it from within magisk.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
It sounds like you originally had the old, v3.3 installed, previously. That would explain why the systemless hosts option was greyed out in Adaway. It is a bug but despite being greyed out it still works. I keep that older version on 3 out of 5 devices as I prefer it. I am testing v4.24 on my other 2 devices, though.

As far as I know, Adaway will not remove ads in youtube. I tested in Chrome and I don't see the ads like I do in the app. However, if I choose desktop site in Chrome, I do see the ads.

I use Steven Black's github hosts and Jawz101's github hosts only. This was on one of my tablets with v4.24. I get the same result on one of my tablets with v3.3.
[Android Apps and Games] BCrossan:
Are there links you just add for these 2 hosts? If so, would you mind sharing them?

And is it normal to see greyed out boxes where ads would typically be? I'm use to using Adguard on my computer and rarely see an ad at all... not even grey boxes and never a single ad on Youtube.
[Android Apps and Games] PieceKeepr:
Here's a link for Steven Black's list.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts

I tried the Jawz list but it gave me problems with a weather app that would no longer update so I deleted it and no longer have the link.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
All you have to do to find them is to do an internet search for: Steven Black github and jawz101 github.

And no, I don't see grey boxes where ads would be, but maybe sometimes white ones. Also, I rarely ever use Chrome, I use Firefox because, at least for xda the text is too small to read even on my 8" tablets, in landscape mode. On Firefox enlarging the text in settings works, for Chrome it does not, only some of the text on xda and other sites is enlarged in Chrome. With Chrome I have to zoom in alot, which ruins the experience for me.

I use Firefox with Ublock Origin, also, for added protection from ads. This may not be for everyone though. This option can be slower than Chrome.

I do see ads in Chrome on xda, but not in Firefox with Ublock origin.

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I use it with Yahoo Weather with no problems. What weather app do you use?

Attached is a screenshot of the Ublock Origin filter list.
[Android Apps and Games] PieceKeepr:
1Weather. I like the widget and ability to set multiple cities.
[Android Apps and Games] madbat99:
Adaway is never going to block ads in YouTube. Especially the ones at the beginning of videos.

Yes there will be blank boxes on other sites where ads used to be. Everything is working properly. You have to find another solution for YouTube. Advanced is a great solution and a magisk module. But it does look exactly like the YouTube app so if you don't like the app you're not going to like vanced. It has ads blocked background play enabled and picture and picture
[Android Apps and Games] TheTAMAS:
how to WhiteList an app?
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
You can't white- or black-list applications. You need to log DNS requested and afterwards add them to your white or black list. Unless already known instruction on how to do so are already available in the thread.
[Android Apps and Games] kryzeK:
Please help, some AdAway list is blocking the news of the site I use as NTP/home page (https://d3ward.github.io/ntp/local_ntp.html) on Kiwi Browser.

How do I whitelist this site only?
[Android Apps and Games] Ch3vr0n:
U don't. Adaway blocks advertising hosts not websites.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Did you already try to simply add d3ward.github.io to your whitelist?

Just as a trial I just did and believe I achieved the desired result (refer to attached screenshots).
[Android Apps and Games] tqwzUX6fn39GZMEzSnDF:
Sorry for (partly) offtopic, but: why did you whitelist mtalk.google.com? I've always believed this is for google talk, which was - I believed - abandoned? Is it useful for anything else?
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Our devices are GApps-free and using µG. Allow me to partially quote the OP of "[APP] microG GmsCore - lightweight free software clone of Google Play Services":

I know GCM has been already deprecated this month or will be in due course but anyway I still receive all the GCM/FCM pushes of the four applications I granted so.
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Yes, very easy! It's the kind of contribution which could be done by anyone of the community =)

Repository is here: https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway, related issue here https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/issues/1057 and F-Droid documentation here: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/FAQ_-_A...ion-and-add-meta-information-like-screenshots

Feel free to contribute so I can spend more time fixing bugs and adding new features.

By the way, I just email the F-Droid team in order to find why the 4.2.4 version is not listed on F-Droid where the APK is build and their app store apply the update.

I hope they could fix it soon.
[Android Apps and Games] tqwzUX6fn39GZMEzSnDF:
I have updated to 4.2.4 via F-Droid some days ago.
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
The website hasn't been updated since March 17. They're working on it.

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroid-website/issues/353
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
Strange, when I go to fdroid on my linux desktop, firefox browser, it only shows v4.2.3. I use the xda version on my Android tablets, so I have not downloaded the fdroid app. I that where v4.2.4 shows up, in that app?

I just installed the app on one of my tablets and v4.2.4 does show up in the fdroid app.

It gives me the option to uninstall my xda version to install this version.

I just did and added my hosts and agreed to the telemetry. I did it for the hell of it. I constantly test, basically alpha versions of Magisk and others.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Installed v4.2.4 from F-droid more than a week ago, and no Tracker as far as I briefly See.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
It asked to allow telemetry, which I agreed to. I believe it was on first launch, but it could have been when installing, I don't recall.

It was posted previously that this was the difference between the fdroid version and the xda version.

I am hoping the telemetry will give info as to why the v4+ takes so much longer to apply the hosts, vs. the v3.3 of Adaway.

One difference is that I use the http Steven Black mirror version in v 3.3: sbc.io/hosts/hosts. It doesn't work in v4+, as far as I can tell.
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
i don't have v3.3 atm, but, v4.2.4 is not doing too bad applying the hosts, i should think. or, do folks get better timings?
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfcity:
4 host sources (the 3 default plus https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts ), about 20 sec to update and build host file. Ok by me.
[Android Apps and Games] hyborian:
Thanks ! Latest is 4.2.3 on my F-Droid app, but on my computer, with that link, it's 4.2.4. I can now download it and install.

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AdAway, on my rooted devices, blocks ads well, but the spaces where these ads were are still shown. Blokada, on my unrooted device, is seamless, like there were no ads at all.
[Android Apps and Games] djdelarosa25:
Is it still necessary to reboot the phone whenever the hosts file gets updated?
[Android Apps and Games] madbat99:
Yes. Probably always will be
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
I think it is device, rom and Android version dependent. On my Android 6.0.1 tablets it take effect immediately after apply.
[Android Apps and Games] dusman13:
No.
[Android Apps and Games] madbat99:
Huh? You dont reboot after applying hosts? Systemless?
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
I also do not need to reboot after changing the hosts file. I have Magisk Installed, but am not running Systemless hosts. This is one of the reasons I do not run systemless. I have had this same behavior on a few phones prior to the current one.
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
I don't either. Never have, or at least not for a very long time
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Did never need to reboot after applying new host sources. But it depends on the systems u mm you use - some keep the host file open for performance. These need to be rebooted to apply changes.

As long as you don't see any ads you should not need to reboot (to activate blacklisting)...
[Android Apps and Games] belloni:
Hoping someone can help, I'm still getting ads within the Daily Mail app. I've even got energized hosts also but there still getting through, can anyone help?

Attached screenshot, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Aitso67:
I tried to install adway on my xiaomi redmi 3 with lineage 14.1 but it gives me the error you see in the picture. I had my miui before and it worked great, someone can help me. thank you in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] djdelarosa25:
I'm on 4.2.4 and systemless mode doesn't stick on me. It reverts back whenever I reboot, and the hosts file gets replaced by the default one as well.
[Android Apps and Games] Tommytommy1234:
Did you enabled systemless in magisk too?

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Go in magisk, then tap 3 lines on left and select superuser and allow adaway. Hope this can help.
[Android Apps and Games] djdelarosa25:
How incredibly dumb of me. That fixed it, thank you! :)
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
You'll need to log DNS requests and see if you can block that server.

Not all ads can be blocked within apps, so you may not be able to block that one.
[Android Apps and Games] sieghartRM:
Does anybody know how to block Facebook and Twitter integration in apps with Adaway?
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfcity:
Read the post above yours. No other way than DNS logging to find out the related ads.
[Android Apps and Games] Aitso67:
I managed to install adaway. the problem was that I could not install magisk. solved the problem with magisk I solved also for adaway. thank you
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
Did anyone try it on S10 plus Exynos with Magisk in the recovery partition?
[Android Apps and Games] LimitsX:
Is there a way to block videos from autoplaying from Anyclip on websites?

I'm on pixel 3 xl stock android pie (9) ROM
[Android Apps and Games] mkdante381:
Why AdAway v4 accept only hosts list from https? How force download list from http?
[Android Apps and Games] Ch3vr0n:
Afaik it's not directly the apps fault, but restrictions placed on it by Android itself.
[Android Apps and Games] JGradyO:
Search the thread before asking...

This MAY work for you - it has apparently worked for others.
[Android Apps and Games] Lukinho017:
Hello, when I want to activate adaway, it says I have little space. I have enough places on my mobile. Other methods don't go.
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
If you are using Magisk, activate "systemless hosts" (module) in MagiskManager, reboot and try again.
[Android Apps and Games] LAwLB15:
still seeeing ads in the latest showbox

can anyone help fix this
[Android Apps and Games] FPSUsername:
Just like we can import and export white/blacklists, can we import host links?

I use pihole and have roughly 60 host files blocking over a million domains. To get them manually in adaway as well would take me a while.
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
You can either manually update the hosts from within AdAway or use SQL to update the hosts_sources table in /data/data/org.adaway/databases/adaway.db (I'd copy the db and work on the copy first)
[Android Apps and Games] oroboros74:
A terribly basic question, but could someone give me an answer for dummies: what are and how/why to use redirect lists?
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Redirections allow you to send requests for one host to another one. You'll propably never need them.

Here's an usage example: Assume you have setup a server logging all requests. It's ip address is 10.0.0.1

To log all requests going to Google.com you would insert a redirection into AdAway:

10.0.0.1 google.com

10.0.0.1 google.cz

It's basicly the same syntax as in your host file (used for blocking) but you redirect the request to an external device/host instead of 0.0.0.0 or localhost (127.0.0.1)

tl;dr: You'll never need it.
[Android Apps and Games] jova33:
I've been racking my brain for 3 days on this.

Device: Tinker Board S

OS: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

Root: latest version of Magisk

I installed Adaway from F-Droid, and it doesn't ask for root, just says couldn't apply hosts try changing it to /data/data/hosts.

Other apps request root and work with magisk, just can't get this to work.
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfcity:
Have you activated the "systemless hosts module" in Magisk Manager and rebooted your device?
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
Why are you changing to /data/data that won't do anything unless your ROM knows to look there for hosts. Try this:

Clear data and cache for AdAway.

Open magisk and go to it's options

Place a check mark it systemless hosts

Reboot

Open adaway and try an update (make sure it's pointing to the default /system location
[Android Apps and Games] vatsal_chandan:
I found solution, magisk is culprit, downgraded to magisk 17.3 stable and it is working fine again
[Android Apps and Games] antonioxerez:
Hello there, could you please let me know where to find that Youtube Advanced? I tried to install one few months ago, I do not remember if it was through Magisk or through Xposed, but never "achieved" to have Youtube without AD.

On the other hand, do d you have some example website to check if my adAway is working properly? Some website you know with adaway it does not show XXXXX but without it, it does.

Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] vatsal_chandan:
For me adaway is not asking for root permission and it is showing insufficient space with magisk 19 but with 17.3 working fine

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Uninstall current magisk and install 17.3
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Start the internal webserver of AdAway (which will listen to 127.0.0.1). I run it since years and never had such annoying failures/error messages.
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
That would go against one of the preferences I listed,

There must be a server out there on the www that already does this. I have seached the web, but all my results are how to "correct the error" of receiving a blank page:mad:
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfcity:
After updating to the latest version and having the same no-space-issue cleaning cache and data worked flawlessly for me.
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
I had the same problem on a clean installation. I just ignored the message and tried again to apply the host sources - e voila, everything is fine.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
You will get that insufficient space message if you have not enabled the systemless hosts module in Magisk Manager settings and rebooted. However, you also need root. Have you went into the superuser section of MM and checked to see if Adaway shows up there? If it does, toggle it to on. If it does not show up there then obviously you have other problems.

When I had problems in the past getting a root prompt in Magisk for Adaway, if I clicked on disable ad blocking then re-enable was enough to get a root prompt.

Older versions of Magisk did not have the separate, systemless hosts module, but a toggle switch.
[Android Apps and Games] yogibogi:
how to remove the blank white space in apps

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] pkgnex:
Any progress on this? I've been looking forward to my hosts not repeatedly saying they need updating and that they're up to date for -53 minutes, or whatever.

I saw some activity that includes the gist updates in GitHub. Can we get a build to try out?
[Android Apps and Games] vatsal_chandan:
You can't do cosmetic filtering with host based blocking
[Android Apps and Games] PoochyX:
Your right it does however when you get on Google Chrome and them ads attack you ferociously and adway doesn't protect you from that while adguard does... And them ad spots that are removed get cleaned up but yeah the background activity is a deal breaker for most people however the battery deficit on that is very low

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[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Don't use Chrome. Use Firefox + uBlock Origin.

Also AdAway blocks ads on Chrome just fine for me (for some sites/purposes Chrome is a better fit - mainly because the way I have Firefox configured it blocks more stuff)
[Android Apps and Games] marciozomb13:
Comparing two kinds of applications is pointless and off topic, better keep focus on AdAway.
[Android Apps and Games] Doomkopf:
Lmao... You can change the hosts of adaway, so yourself, solely you, are responsible for how good adaways blocking is. I removed the standard hosts, and added GoodByeAds' hosts file and a port of adguard's mobile ads filter (hosted on GitHub) and with this, I see literally 0 ads, never seen one. And additionally, I use Firefox and Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin with optimized hosts choices. So the white space only remains in some apps that advertised, not even all (in my case, it's 1, my weather app). I don't know man, again you disrespected the dev by saying this app wouldn't be able to protect you from ads...
[Android Apps and Games] PoochyX:
Firefox is nasty when it comes to covering up ads

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