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[Android Apps and Games] marciozomb13:
This question must be asked on Magisk thread. Let's stay on topic please.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Magisk will be imageless very very soon anyway. It already is in Canary.
[Android Apps and Games] babywin:
Auto update is one of the most important features for me.
[Android Apps and Games] madbat99:
Seriously? More important than blocking ads? It's that hard to open it and update hosts? Priorities bro. You should really check the impact of host file updates on daily usage. Maybe adjust accordingly.

I don't even let apps update automatically, let alone my host file. Check it once a week and see if there are updates.

With great root comes great responsibilities.

I know, bat vs Spidey motives. Bat is my name, Spidey has my spirit.

Keep the gun oiled and the temple clean

$h!t snort and blaspheme

Let the heads cool and engine run

'cuz in the end..

Everything we do, is just everything we've done
[Android Apps and Games] babywin:
Of course blocking adds is the most important feature. I never said the opposite.

There is no need to be ironic.
[Android Apps and Games] madbat99:
Sorry bro. Had a few beverages last night. No hard feelings I hope. None intended.
[Android Apps and Games] babywin:
Don't worry. I've been there too ;)
[Android Apps and Games] xabiersanchez:
Hello, i try to install adaway on my phone (pocophone f1) but a message appears saying that there is no enough space in the partition. I change the route to /data/data/hosts as the message says but then a message appears saying that symlink doesn't exist. I press the create it option but it fails... What can i do?

Thanks.

Enviado desde mi POCOPHONE F1 mediante Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Are you using Magisk? If affirmative:

or just flip a few pages back (commence around 2019-03-21).
[Android Apps and Games] androidfive:
Can you remove that "https or file://" is required for host sources? I cant use Host source like sysctl cameleon hosts.
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
I did not get what you are talking about (perhaps I should have learned English at shool instead of Latin). But if you want to block single hosts you may add them to your blacklist...
[Android Apps and Games] Szabi01:
Hey, can anyone help me? I'm trying to use Adaway on Xiaomi.eu dev rom (9.3.21). Adaway gave me error, ans I've tried doing as the app asked. It doesn't work, I can still see ads. I'm using Magisk 18. What can I do to make it work?
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
You need to install systemless hosts module from magisk settings,

then reboot your phone

then try adaway
[Android Apps and Games] Zgadnijcie:
Guys, I have problem with game Empires & Puzzles: RPG Quest. Due to AdAway, mystic vision is not available. I tried to add some hosts to white list from TCPDUMP but it didn't help. Is there anybody, who plays this game and know how to solute it? Now only way is turning off AdAway.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
He is talking about the requirement to use https hosts sources that started with v4+

On version 3.3 you can still use http hosts sources.

[MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION]

I have 3 devices still on v3.3 and on it I still use the Steven Black mirror:

http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts

But on 2 of my devices I have been testing v4+ and have to use:

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

On v3.3, when applying a new update it only take a few seconds.

On v4+ it takes 70-80 seconds to apply settings on those 2 devices.

I'm not sure what causes this.

I and another user posted about this a few months ago, but I don't recall what the answer was.

That is one of the reasons why I keep most of my 5 devices on v3.3.

I can enable verbose logging, if that would help and provide a log, if I can determine where that log is saved, or do I need to do a logcat with Adaway filtered?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] madbat99:
Https is more secure. Read up on it.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
I am aware of that, I am only talking about the long apply time in v4+ though and it is probably not related to https. I just happened to add that when it should have been in a separate post.
[Android Apps and Games] androidfive:
This.

In host sourcws there are only https or file urls allowed
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfcity:
If the host files you want to use are http:

http isn't supported anymore because of security reasons. This is not only the case in AdAway, most websites are https these days:
[Android Apps and Games] madbat99:
I apologise. Didn't notice who I responded to. Lol
[Android Apps and Games] Tommytommy1234:
Anyone here can tell me his opinion about Adaway and Energized magisk module? Which one should i use, some (dis)advantages? Sorry if it's not the right place for this but i was wondering. Can delete if it bothers.
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Adaway may use the energized host sources, too. And it is able to merge host sources while deleting redundant entries. Not to forget the included dns logger, the adware scanner, the integrated webserver, the GUI and the autoupdater (was eorking in the past, will be working hopefully again).
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
For "converting" a http site to https you could try a proxy. see https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77950742&postcount=12138
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Hi all,

I spent few days to test the auto-update fix and it seems to work. So it's time to share this update :D

You will have to disable and enable auto-update again from the settings in order to reschedule it.

Feedback:

I will have a look to it. I understand you only have 1 source (http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts for V3 or https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts for V4) for all of your devices and I guess they have similar performance (more a question about RAM). Could you confirm to be sure I investigate the right thing? Thanks!

Changelog:

Add dedicated no root error message

Fix connection requirement for automatic update

Fix crash on TCP dump views when root access is denied

Fix icon resources and colors

Improve exception reporting

Update translations

Update Android X dependencies

Update Android Gradle plugin and NDK versions

Thanks:

Special thanks to [MENTION=6552280]MSF Jarvis[/MENTION] for its contributions: dedicated root message error and icons update.

Download:

AdAway 4.2.4 on AndroidFileHost (md5: 4f5453c65105914fbb3db3a82fc5f148)
[Android Apps and Games] -TheKoolAnie-:
Why i am not able to Enable Systemless HOST mode?

Using Havoc-OS Pie.
[Android Apps and Games] chooks06:
In Magisk Manager? Go to settings in the manager and tap on the "enable systemless host".

It should appear in "modules". Restart phone for it to take effect.
[Android Apps and Games] smartymcfly:
The opposite is true for me and I have 3 or 4 host sources. It would take minutes to apply updates before V4 and now on V4 the updates are applied in like 10 seconds.
[Android Apps and Games] Tommytommy1234:
So, if i want to use Adaway i should only enable systemless host and then install the apk?
[Android Apps and Games] chooks06:
Hmm..

If you want to use Adaway systemless, and have Magisk installed, need to "activate" in Magisk and "enable" in Adaway settings.

Sequence not that important, in my opinion. But need to reboot after activating in Magisk.

I'm just sharing from user experience..

Edited - typo error..
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
I also use a second source on all 5 devices, 2 on v4.2.3 and 3 on v3.3:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jawz101/MobileAdTrackers/master/hosts

I should have put that in my above post, also. I just updated both devices to v4.2.4 and the apply took only about 24 seconds on one device and 20 sec. on the other, so it is improved.
[Android Apps and Games] Doomkopf:
This is not true for me also. I can't comment on 3.3 since I only used it with other hosts, but I can say that 4.2.3 with nothing but 2 github sources just takes seconds for me ^^ I don't use it systemless tho
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfcity:
[MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION]: First of all thanks for the latest update, will test it. I don't have big problems with auto update, I look for updates every 3 or 4 days and don't have the feeling that there's really a difference when one or two hostfiles aren't actual, I don't see any more ads if I don't update the hosts.

I've got another wish, I really like the UI of 4.1.0-2ba 17108 build, I prefer it over the newer versions.

The big red button is not the way I like it.;)

I understand that if the majority prefers it that way it has to be like that.

Anyway, keep your great work up, good to know that such an important app is actively developed again.:good:
[Android Apps and Games] sirxdroid:
Play Protect blocks 4.2.4 from installing. False positive or something going on?
[Android Apps and Games] GuardianUSMC:
Thank you for the update, I am going to install it and check for the issues I had observed and was coming to report to you to see if they already got resolved.

If not then I will be in touch with more specific steps and stuff, thanks again for your continued work.
[Android Apps and Games] patrikos23:
version 4.2.4 you can not install xiaomi mi6 with the latest xiaomi.eu - message that the application has not been installed.
[Android Apps and Games] OronDF343:
I'm still getting the "Not enough spage" message. HTC 10 S-OFF, Android 8.0.0 (stock), Magisk 18.1, Systemless hosts enabled.

I have tried the following:

* Resize magisk.img with mm - same result

* Change location to /data/hosts or /data/data/hosts - AdAway prompts to create the symlink, but no feedback is given as to whether it has succeeded in doing so. Next time I click update it still shows the same prompt, so it probably failed

* Create the symlink manually - AdAway still thinks it doesn't exist...

Attached logcat is for the following sequence of actions:

* Set location to /system/etc/hosts

* Update hosts

* Set location to /data/data/hosts

* Update hosts

* Click yes to create symlink

* Update hosts
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
Did you try this:

Newer versions of Magisk use a systemless hosts module, not a toggle switch.

Go into Magisk Manager settings and click on systemless hosts. You should see a toast that the systemless hosts module was installed. Just like any Magisk module, you must reboot for the changes to take effect. Also, the systemless hosts setting must be enabled in Adaway, also. That should be enabled by default in Adaway.

With the above, there should be no need to change the default location of the hosts file, unless you have a rom that does not use the normal location.

Others, please post if I have that last statement wrong in some way.

With the above instructions, there should be no need to create symlinks, etc.

My wish would be for [MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION] to add messages concerning the systemless host module for Magisk in Adaway, instead of the cryptic messages etc that steers users to these useless solutions.

Maybe there are senarios where that is useful. One case where that may be useful is when one is altering the actual hosts in the system? Please clarify if I have some of this wrong.

Your device must have enough free space. A reasonable hosts file should not take much space.

Hosts files that are seriously overkill may though and ad much overhead, like MOAB.

My memory may be short, though, because users with newer system as root devices may have problem doing the above. I am not certain in that case if anyone has found a solution yet.

If anyone has more info about this, please clarify? Maybe [MENTION=5119654]IronTechmonkey[/MENTION] ?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
In my case this seems to been a limitation of LOS and native LOS SUfor that particular device . The same thing occurred on same device with LOS 15 and native LOS SU but did not occur on different device with same ROM/SU combination. Enter Magisk on the problematic device, after which /system/etc is writeable and Adaway updates OK even without adding the systemless hosts module to Magisk.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
For me (and my system/configuration/setup) just perfectly explained and well working.
[Android Apps and Games] OronDF343:
As stated, I have the systemless hosts module enabled. I have rebooted several time since enabling it
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Try Magisk 19 (current beta)
[Android Apps and Games] OronDF343:
Just tried it, no dice
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Tried Magisk v19.0-beta yesterday. It was a nightmare. Can't recommend it currently.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Brief OT:

Really? I've been using the canaries the whole way down the line. Personally I think Magisk v19 is an amazing advance and strongly recommend it. Any issues in particular they/I could help you with over in the Magisk Discussion threads?
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
I know it is OT here, and I apologise.

Thanks very much for the offer that I really appreciate. I know you certainly provide the right advices. Although I'm also convinced that the "New" Magisk and its concept will be a great step forward, to which I'm eventually migrating, currently I'd rather stay with stable. I'm sorry that my brief statement above wasn't precise enough; the upgrade to v19beta did not run as initially expected but worked. My actual problem rested with one of my modules, on which my device depends for daily use.

Again, apologising for the long off-topic, written from XDA Labs as XDA currently doesn't seem to really run in any of my browsers.
[Android Apps and Games] ctwftp:
For some reason when I install AdAway I no longer have a cell signal and am unable to receive calls or use data. Uninstall AdAway and everything works again. I am using a Moto G5 plus on Oreo 8.1.0
[Android Apps and Games] MSF Jarvis:
False positive, it's being throwing blocks around for basically anything I'm installing through Package Installer.
[Android Apps and Games] vurtomatic:
Hi everyone, I'm confused by the version numbers. The one on F-Droid is 4.2.3?
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Latest there is 4.2.3

4.2.4 was just released and will make it there if no problems crop up here
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
[MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION] It's a very trivial thing, but the F-Droid description has screenshots from KitKat. :p
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
4.2.4 available on f-droid too now, see https://f-droid.org/app/org.adaway
[Android Apps and Games] vurtomatic:
Yes thank you. F-Droid notified me of the update.
[Android Apps and Games] curiousrom:
Those six Galaxy S5 users would disagree with you @ the present ;) S5 LineageOS 16.0 - Magisk V19.0 Beta - Reboots in Download Mode

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[Android Apps and Games] g3m1n1:
Do you know of a workaround for this?
[Android Apps and Games] MSF Jarvis:
You'll have to disable Play Protect but I don't recommend it.
[Android Apps and Games] paaaulo:
You just need to flash stock boot.img before flashing Magisk 19.
[Android Apps and Games] m477k:
Works like charm, thanks
[Android Apps and Games] babywin:
The auto-update fix seems not work for me.

I have unsuccessfully disable and enable auto-update again from the settings in order to reschedule it.

Maybe is only me.
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Seems to be working for me. Just checked and I'm "up to date for one day" and I know I didn't manually update it yesterday
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
after i installed v4.2.4, i enabled auto-update (for the first time), exited the app, relaunched it, disabled auto-update and re-enabled it. i haven't manually updated hosts since then. auto-update seems to be working fine. but, certain hosts still show 'unknown update status'. any thoughts, anyone?
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Adguard and easylist use different file formats and aren't compatible with AdAway so those entries aren't doing anything for you.
[Android Apps and Games] TotallyAnxious:
These are well maintained "ports" of adguard and easylist (not easylist ad ones though)

https://github.com/r-a-y/mobile-hosts

I've only personally used the adguard one.
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
feedback: i've used the adguard 'ports'. they still show 'unknown update status'.
[Android Apps and Games] s--c:
Install f droid version, that worked for me but for different host lists. Don't think 4.2.4 is up on f-droid yet though, if you wanted the latest.
[Android Apps and Games] MaXAiRO:
The latest on f-droid is still 4.2.3 for me too.
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
how come this: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79244404&postcount=13017?

i'm already running the latest adaway (v4.2.4) as stated here. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] daywalk3r666:
activate export mode and unstable updates.

update your repos
[Android Apps and Games] s--c:
I don't have the f droid app. Just get latest stable from website. The f droid version has a different signature. Everything shows up correctly when I update now :).

Just try it to see ;)
[Android Apps and Games] nixie2121:
hi, on 4.2.4 I open and it says update available, I update, exit, reopen and it says update available again after it checks. it looks like it updates correctly but keeps saying there is an update?
[Android Apps and Games] Darione90:
i have a similar issue on 4.2.4 even if i update correctly after reboot when i reopen adaway, it say i need to update, any solution? thanks
[Android Apps and Games] teamevil:
Do Adaway work with GSI's? I can't get it to install.
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Hi all,

Feedback:

Hum, it seems to work. According the telemetry, the number of issues is decreasing really fast. (see captures)

May be try to reinstall (export your settings first)

The project metadata is updated on F-Droid: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/blob/master/metadata/org.adaway.txt and apk is available: https://f-droid.org/repo/org.adaway_40204.apk

I don't know why the app is not available yet on the store front page.

Could you provide:

- app version,

- hosts source used,

- the step to reproduce?

It should work as soon as you could edit your /system/etc/hosts using root.

Update:

The next build is coming with the Gist last modification date support ;)
[Android Apps and Games] teamevil:
How to edit and what should it be called?
[Android Apps and Games] JGradyO:
It is called exactly what he told you it is called - "/system/etc/hosts". It is a file on your phone.

He means that as soon as that named file is writeable or editable on a rooted phone, Adaway should work properly.
[Android Apps and Games] Darione90:
-4.2.4

-Only hosts that adaway install

-enable host systmelss in magisk 18.1, install adaway, enable ad blocking after install apk, reboot, update hosts, reboot, after rebbot adaway say i need update hosts all times
[Android Apps and Games] nixie2121:
same issue here, same magisk, using oneplus 5t
[Android Apps and Games] TotallyAnxious:
Issue on your end.
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
it beats me how a simple 'copy+paste and apply' works on one device and not on another. can anyone help to resolve this minor 'annoyance'?
[Android Apps and Games] chooks06:
Maybe scroll right to the beginning of the URL and see if there's a double "https".. It could just be the context.

If I remember correctly, it automatically inserts "https://"..
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
i'd overwritten that. there was a typo elsewhere, which has been corrected. all is well now. thanks, everybody.

edit: screenshot added. :good: :highfive:
[Android Apps and Games] andies:
Can install with no access root on my phone ?
[Android Apps and Games] leninke:
No, you can't.You need to have root access.
[Android Apps and Games] scoobmd:
I'll chime in that the mod'd apk works great.:good:

I was going nuts trying to figure out why my MMS stopped working until I figured out it was Adblocker Plus blocking everything going through port 80 on Sprint...
[Android Apps and Games] c00ller:
Automatic update in background is great, but could we also have the option to not show any notifications? I prefer not to wake up to one additional notification in the morning :)

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Android Apps and Games] infectedorganism:
For me, the notification disappears after the update is completed. *shrugs*
[Android Apps and Games] Hirishiolo:
thanks a lot. I add the 2° hosts source (it has to be added to AdAway like this "http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts" otherwise it will not load)... do you know if adding too much lines in the hosts file (from many sources, the first you linked is over 15MB) can slow my device a little more or have other negative effects? thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] mbze430:
Can someone give me an idea why on my Samsung Note 8.0 (running cm11 4.4.2) adaway completely don't work. While on my Samsung S3 (running cm11 4.4.2) works perfectly?

Both has root and both are constantly updating but all ads are coming through on my Note 8.0
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Probably this posted above.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50849604&postcount=1279
[Android Apps and Games] mbze430:
Actually my host file IS intact every reboot. And I checked the host file and it has all the redirected urls in there , 813KB file
[Android Apps and Games] Ciccio0184:
Thanks for the reply, I will use the second host that you suggested because the first is too big. I hope that this app is still supported because it is very useful.
[Android Apps and Games] sanju.cvrce:
That's nice one

But I am not exactly getting how it is working?

Every time one service is running or any thing else?
[Android Apps and Games] c00ller:
Mine updates every morning at 9am. Did you check the appsettings for the option?
[Android Apps and Games] :
+1

update daily 9am for me too
[Android Apps and Games] nitroevo:
Can't login to my games with Facebook

I noticed since I had installed adaway while it does work great..whenever I try to log myself into games with my Facebook it doesn't pop up like before or just says I can't login while before I didn't have that problem. Anyone else having this issue?
[Android Apps and Games] Wh1t3Rose:
Yes I think you can lose a bit of performance. But NOT from a 15MB hosts file. I think it would have to be much larger. Also what hurts performance more then anything is either duplicated entries or entries that lead to sites that no longer exist. The reason for this is because when using a hosts file your system basically pings every IP in the list. It has to wait for it to time out before it will move on to the next IP. Using hosts files are really outdated at this point in time. There are much cleaner, faster, and more efficient methods like using an adblocking proxy. There are also browser plugins that work much better as well that are highly configurable (I'm not taking about Adblock Plus browser plugins)
[Android Apps and Games] sanju.cvrce:
no

I am little bit busy with my development, When ever I would be free, I would try.....
[Android Apps and Games] kelvinvalencio:
Is this thing can destroy ads on youtube? I really hate youtube ads,i dont have time to watch that
[Android Apps and Games] 0kti:
If you wanna kill ads on YouTube you must install xposed and there is module for this

Send from my Galaxy S4 powered by KitKat
[Android Apps and Games] hinuk:
That's weird because I only have adaway but I don't see any ads on my YouTube app.

I live in finland so mayby that's why, but on pc we have ads on YouTube like the rest.
[Android Apps and Games] 0kti:
On PC There is a plugin for chrome and It's also working.

Send from my Galaxy S4 powered by KitKat
[Android Apps and Games] chooks06:
Great.
[Android Apps and Games] lepicane1:
I had this happen twice in the last week and it was always the yoyo source that had the update.

My solution was to disable yoyo, rebuild hosts, reboot, clear adaway cache, reboot, enable yoyo, rebuild and reboot.

No idea why this is happening on 4.2.4. I'm on Syberia custom ROM with Magisk 19.
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
It could also mean yoyo is publishing twice a day the last few days, adaway updates at 15:00, but at 15:30 yoyo updates. This can be seen in the host sources page where it says needs updating 36 minutes.