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[Android Apps and Games] pvlb:
support lists adblockplus

Need support for adblockplus lock lists (EasyList, RU AdList etc.), only dns bad removes advertising...
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Use Firefox with uBlock Origin. AdAway is a hosts file manager.
[Android Apps and Games] ipdev:
[MENTION=8506921]ginathaifa[/MENTION]
[Android Apps and Games] Bimm3r:
Hello! I can't acces www.cex.io from my phone when adaway is enabled. I whitelisted it "www.cex.io" still does not work. If i try to whitelist https://cec.io it gives me an error. Please help, i use this site constantly and I want to ise adaway to. :)

Btw, I don't understand why cex is not working with adaway, it is a cryptocurency exchange. :|
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
It's working for me. Steven Black mirror (only).

Try whitelisting *.cex.io and cex.io (both entries) and see what happens.
[Android Apps and Games] xmascious:
The correct whitelisting is cex.io and www.cex.io, OR, *cex.io

No need to add http prefix
[Android Apps and Games] Bimm3r:
Thanks allot my friends, it worked ! Cheers :good:
[Android Apps and Games] pupido:
Does this app work with Magisk?
[Android Apps and Games] ★Michaelo★:
Yes it does work fine
[Android Apps and Games] flocke000:
Yes it works fine, if you might have to enable "Systemless hosts" in the settings of Magisk Manager (and reboot) to pass SafetyNet.
[Android Apps and Games] hytman2002:
Can anyone explain me please how to block adverts on facebook?

Everytime when i play a video the adverts comming on top of video.

What hosts i need to block?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] daywalk3r666:
graph.facebook.com but facebook won't work nicely with this entry
[Android Apps and Games] myklbear:
On 6p with stock Oreo and AdAway inop due to "Copying of hosts file failed". Hosts permissions show RW. Any help? AdAway main reason I root.
[Android Apps and Games] rjm831:
Can't seem to keep Webserver on despite enabling On Boot setting. It seems to shut itself off frequently. Is this normal or is it my phone? Would prefer to keep it running constantly. Anyone having similar issue?

Using Logic X1 rooted (kingroot) w/4.2 2 jellybean.
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=73379577&postcount=10868

This assumes you're rooted with supersu-sr2+
[Android Apps and Games] casouzaj:
I think you need a BusyBox installed, in order to have the webserver feature working.
[Android Apps and Games] rjm831:
I do have it installed - sorry, should've mentioned it. The webserver feature does work, but shuts off whenever the phone sleeps. I assumed by enabling At Boot that it would always be active.
[Android Apps and Games] casouzaj:
Which BusyBox? Have you already tried Stephen Erickson's installer, from Play Store?
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Try turning battery optimization off for Adaway. Sounds like doze is clobbering the webserver.
[Android Apps and Games] myklbear:
SU 2.82sr3 enabled with AdAway active. This started about time of Oreo ota via FF. Thanks.

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Uninstalled and Upgraded from AdAway 3.1 (57) to 3.2 (60) and it solved my problem. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] rjm831:
Had 1.24.0 installed. Just upgraded it to 1.27.1 w/Erickson's app. Thanks for pointing this out. I'll see if it helps.

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My only optimization is for wifi battery, but on gp I'll switch it off for a day or two & see. Thanks for the help.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
IIRC it's less about what version is installed and more about where it's installed. A busybox installed to /system/bin or systemless equivalents (/su/bin, /sbin/supersu/bin, /magisk/*/bin) will generally break your ROM/apps.

Use a smart busybox installer like mine and you should be fine.

Check out my Odds and Ends thread.
[Android Apps and Games] rjm831:
Thanks - great thread. Appreciate all your contributions.
[Android Apps and Games] fachadick:
Is anyone running into problems with embedded tweets? When adaway is active, tweets embedded in an article are cut off on the left side, and only the right half of the tweet is visible. When adaway isn't active the tweets display normally. Here's a page with numerous examples.

https://thinkprogress.org/nfl-playe...n-tactics-expand-anthem-protest-962252dcfde8/
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Interesting. Restoring system hosts wasn't enough in Firefox to fix this. I also had to disable ublock origin.
[Android Apps and Games] b4rgh3st:
Hi,

When AdAway is enabled my banking app (de.dkb.portalapp) doesn't work. It says that there is no connection to the internet.

I used Net Monitor to look what addresses the app tries to contact. I then added these to to the whitelist but with no success:

www.dkb.de
185.54.150.17

Does anyone have an idea?
[Android Apps and Games] zabique:
Can someone explain why adaway APK is recognised by virustotal.com as malicious?

Some of the modified APK on xda are clean where some like this one are suspicious.

https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/8...73c25d58195c8d6e6fcb1c730489bc87330/detection
[Android Apps and Games] GuardianUSMC:
Because they have either a stake against it for doing something that they don't want or they are using an overly broad heuristics to try and grab it. But more technically, if you look at the classification name, one is PUP, one is a PUA and one is GRAY which simply means undesired, not malicious.
[Android Apps and Games] rjm831:
Over-sensitive analysis? I've used (& am fan of) VT, but there are a couple of companies in its reporting that are a little heavy handed. This is a legit app - & you'll find with experience that a negative on VT occurs frequently to other legit apps as well.
[Android Apps and Games] zabique:
Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] y2klol:
Doesn't work with textra, even after updating to latest host file.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Why use Textra when you have QK SMS?:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moez.QKSMS
[Android Apps and Games] y2klol:
Never heard of it but available on fdroid! Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] s--c:
Qksms hasn't been updated for a while I use pulse for now.
[Android Apps and Games] apkbolt:
Wow thnx for uploading the new version

Its just amazing i have been using this app from a long time and it really worth the honor. It blocks all types of ad, really cant believe it.
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
It is easy to proof, because ad-blocking through the 'hosts file' keeps working when AdAway is uninstalled.
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
ok, but how are adaway sources backed up?

only using a program like titanium?

shouldn't there exist an option like import and export as is in whitelisting and custom blacklisting?
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
If you go to "your lists" (3-dot menu from main screen), then hit the 3-dot menu, you can export or import your lists.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
I wasn't taking about that,I know about that, but for hosts sources
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
My bad, I misread your post. What you're asking for I personally couldn't care less about ☺. I need only one source. And honestly, I use TiBu anyway.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
If you really need to manually backup just copy /data/data/org.adaway/databases/adaway.db

That contains sources, whitelists, and blacklists (also the redirection list).
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
Titanium Backup is all I've ever needed to keep my sources
[Android Apps and Games] nisx2012:
Blizzard released a new chat app called "Blizzard B.net" but apparently its blocked by AdAway and you cannot log in until you disable the adblock protection.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
The Adaway app isn't really the problem. Some site the blizzard app requires is blocked from your sources.

Use the "log DNS requests" feature in the 3-dot menu to identify what calls are being made by the app. In this case, white list those and reapply Adaway.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Android Apps and Games] t0n4:
Works fine
[Android Apps and Games] ariel5zal:
havent see a updated since long time..are 3.2 the last build?
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Can you provide a log of what needs to be fixed, since you want an update?
[Android Apps and Games] scorthyn:
I did the DNS request and it shows "eu.battle.net" even when i add that to the white list i still cant login

UPDATE: I found a solution. You can disable adaway, restart, login to battle.net, enable adaway, restart. The app will keep working
[Android Apps and Games] kotaxor:
Normally after white listing, you must do a update and restart the phone for it to be effective.

cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] pkelly517:
Well, there's the whole Oreo relocation of su for SuperSU and wherever Magisk is going now.

I know there were ' to be released' updates for SuperSU prior to oreo's sbin even newer changes.
[Android Apps and Games] mikeandjaimie:
Yeah I've been having some issues with adaway on oreo as well.. Seems it only blocks some stuff, others not at all.. And systemless option is greyed out completely even though I have systemless support enabled in magisk 14.0. Also, pretty much every time I open it, it says there is a hosts update to be installed, sometimes multiple times a day.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Well, I understand now that Adaway needs some updates for Oreo as explained above by [MENTION=4406848]pkelly517[/MENTION], and I suspect that [MENTION=3355398]mrRobinson[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION] are working on it. I'm not on Oreo yet, so I am just learning those finer points. :cool:

That said, Adaway will work fine, (at least up to Nougat) even with the option grey. It has been discussed here many times and the complete cosmetic fix is in GitHub but not pushed yet. Still if you set it in Magisk, it will work.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72364090&postcount=9154

Have you double checked data saver in Chrome and your APN for no proxy?
[Android Apps and Games] harkhardia:
need help

my internet connection block apps so i use drony vpn but after installing adaway.it can't be connected so can you give me host(for drony) so i can whitelist it.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Posted just a few messages back:

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Android Apps and Games] godlike1984:
some sources mainly from github appears offline is there a workaround for this?
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Don't use GitHub for host sources?

The StevenBlack sources have a non-GitHub link; I'd use that.
[Android Apps and Games] xuempix:
I had adaway together with supersu on my Pixel Oreo (I think adaway was not in systemless mode because of Oreo). To get the September OTA I deinstalled adaway and fully unrootet per Superuser App. Every try to get the ota it says installation problem/error. I'm actually not able to get the ota. What to do? Manually flash system.img and/or boot.img and try again?
[Android Apps and Games] Ch3vr0n:
Current adaway is not compatible with oreo. I encounted the same "problem" trying to flash october OTA with FlashFire. Flashfire first didn't detect it (android system message said Pixel device lol). Selecting it manually worked but flashfire stated "modified" may fail. And sure enough OTA said 24 remounts lol. In my case (Nexus 6P) i simply reflashed factory image (minus the -w flag). Then took the OTA though to be sure i flashed the FULL ota with flashfire. For the moment i have adaway uninstalled until it's updated with oreo support. I'm not going to tamper with files manually. Now i'm good for at least another month :)
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
It's pretty easy, actually, if you did want to try. You just need to manually make the new su.d script for Oreo AdAway for now.

/sbin/supersu/su.d/0000adaway.script:

mount -o bind /sbin/supersu/etc/hosts /system/etc/hosts;

You'll also need a default /sbin/supersu/etc/hosts copied from /system/etc/hosts before you run it the first time.

I've had no issues with taking OTAs via FlashFire on my N5X with this setup. :good:

Edit:

Run this from Terminal Emulator app, it should do all of it, including run the script:

su -mm -c 'mkdir /sbin/supersu/etc; cp -fp /system/etc/hosts /sbin/supersu/etc/hosts; chmod 644 /sbin/supersu/etc/hosts; echo "mount -o bind /sbin/supersu/etc/hosts /system/etc/hosts;" > /sbin/supersu/su.d/0000adaway.script; chmod 755 /sbin/supersu/su.d/0000adaway.script; /sbin/supersu/su.d/0000adaway.script';
[Android Apps and Games] AP2FTW:
thanks for that...apologies for posting in that other thread. i was reading through here and i was linked to that guys post about this issue...hopefully this gets rid of my ads...will report back :good:

edit well that didnt work i still have ads...i dont even know if it did anything when i ran that script this is all wayyyy over my head. i just got this pixel xl and to be honest, i dont even know if the process i followed to root was systemless...but it must be since i can pass safetynet right? i followed number 8 in this guide https://xdaforums.com/pixel-xl/how-to/guide-android-8-oreo-root-stock-rooted-t3660591
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Systemless is the only way to root a Pixel as far as I know.

You'd run that, then open AdAway. Look in AdAway settings and you'll see that systemless is checked and greyed out. That means it worked. Then you can enable ad blocking with AdAway and all should be well.

Any error message when you ran that?
[Android Apps and Games] xuempix:
Did not work for me. The Script ist there, but i cannot select systemless mode in adaway

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If I use flash all Script without the -w flag is after the flash everything like before or do I have to start after the flash from the scratch with all settings?
[Android Apps and Games] Frost90:
Deleted
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
As I explained, if it runs correctly it'll already be selected, and greyed out.
[Android Apps and Games] xuempix:
It's greyed out, but not checked.:(

Can I start from scratch with adaway?

I mean deinstall the App, and delete the host File in system/etc/ and delete the Files in sbin/ ?

And then do everything again? Will it Work?

I read again, what you said. You said I should do the commands in terminal App before I open adaway. But the hosts File was First time created, when I opened adaway and activated the web blocker. Before that the terminal App always gave an error, because there was no hosts File....

So I activated adaway before I Run the commands.... Was that wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Yeah probably because then it modified system.. you'll have an issue with your next OTA if you're on stock, just like Ch3vr0n was lamenting.

I just tested it out from a clean device and found the issue; the command needs to be run with -mm (mount master) or the executed adaway script won't appear to do anything until a reboot when su.d runs it, so I've updated the command. Definitely working now.

Just go run my updated command again. Then consider flashing the latest system.img for your ROM via fastboot to restore your proper systemless status.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
I use Magisk on a N ROM and systemless is greyed in preferences, but not checked.

Was there an update that I missed that added checking to the setting?

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Android Apps and Games] xuempix:
Run the commands again, doesn't work. I think it's because adaway already runs and changed system.

How can I remove adaway completly?

I don't want to flash factory Image. Ist ist enough to remove the created directories and Files and then flash only system.img?
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Just for SuperSU via the su.d script and the bind mount existing.

No, it'll still work, even if AdAway changed the system file. Are you running Oreo? Are you running SuperSU in BINDSBIN mode? If yes to at least the second one then you somehow ran the commands wrong. Yes of course you can only flash system.img, that's literally what I told you to do. Please read.

Also, the only issue with my commands before was that you wouldn't see the difference without a reboot, so if it's not working at all for you then you missed something fundamental, hence my questions above.
[Android Apps and Games] AP2FTW:
Nope no error messages..didn't really seem to do anything...systemless is greyed out not checked. I did already try to use adaway so do I need to start all over again or just try running your updated script? Is there a terminal emulator you recommend? Perhaps one that will allow me to copy and paste that code? The one I installed didn't let me paste and I had to type it in manually the first time...
[Android Apps and Games] xuempix:
Nope, doesn't work. BUT you helped me either. Now I have the october ota installed and adaway,too (But not systemless). Thank you.

What I did:

Flashed system.img (Fastboot)

Unroot with Superuser App (ota now should Work)

Sideloaded ota Update (and it worked)

Flashed Superuser with twrp (only booted twrp)

Start terminal App with your commands (directories and Files were created)

Installed adaway and opened it

Reoboot

Activated Adblocker in adaway (Works)

But systemless is greyed out but NOT checked

So in November I'll do it again that way. It's not the fastest was, but it works:good:
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
I use Terminal Emulator for Android

(Access Android's built-in Linux command line shell. Unleash your inner geek!) - https://f-droid.org/app/jackpal.androidterm which allows cut /copy and paste in both directions. It is completely FOSS.
[Android Apps and Games] AP2FTW:
Strange that's what I used but it wouldn't let me paste...I found one that did let me paste and I still have ads... Maybe I need to flash back to stock and try rooting with magisk...
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Did you reboot your phone after initializing adaway? You should install it, download and merge host files and reboot before most of advertising is history for you. And you shohuld make sure no proxies are used... But ads addressed by ip are downloaded as long as you don't use a firewall like afwall+ to block some apps.
[Android Apps and Games] AP2FTW:
Yep I sure did...ran the script, ran adaway and rebooted. I am familiar with adaway I used it on my previous phones...in fact my old phone right now using chrome on this page no ads...on my stock rooted Oreo pixel xl...ads :(
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
So take a look onto your /system/etc/hosts . If it is updated (starts with "# This hosts file has been generated by AdAway on:") adaway is working as it should. If it is modified and you see a lot of ads nevertheless AdAware is not the right tool for your phone/setup.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Oh sh*t you're using Superuser? That explains a lot. Use a currently maintained root like SuperSU 2.82-SR5 or Magisk..

There's a trick to it with Chrome I've found, reply to the post you want and copy from the Message editor field and Terminal Editor will let you paste.
[Android Apps and Games] xuempix:
No, sorry for the miss-writing. Of course I am using SuperSu 2.82 sr5. I downloaded it directly from chainfire.

Don't know, what I did wrong. But nonetheless you helped me and my Problem is gone, because now I have the october ota
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
well besides the feature request that I would like to have the option to export my sources,

when I export my lists, the redirect is shown as 127.0.0.1 although I have selected in the setting

that I would prefer to use 0.0.0.0

edit: also, why do I have to download all my sources when I only want to apply an entry in my list?

there should be an option to apply without downloading ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Ryder.:
How can i disable adaway for a website?
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Blocking via modified host files is a global solution (for all protocols, sites and apps). So you cannot disable it for one site.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Add the website to your white list then reapply Adaway. Use dns logging if necessary to get all calls for the website.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Android Apps and Games] vi777x:
How do I convert AdBlock host files to AdAway host files?

I want to add a native host file.
[Android Apps and Games] GuardianUSMC:
Adaway does a great job of conforming most lists already.

But if you want to make it a certain way on your own, then open them, read them, write a script to reformat to the syntax, save it and that's it.
[Android Apps and Games] Avasta:
Adaway new release

Is AdAway still being supported as there has not been a release in the last 11 months?
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Can you tell us what needs to be fixed that you want a new release? Posting logs would really help.
[Android Apps and Games] Ch3vr0n:
Euhm Oreo support. Current systemless integration doesn't work. Remounts system anyway.

Sent from my Nexus 6P with Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
I posted a couple of pages before

edit: here it is:

apart from that, there's always room from improvement (in everything in life),

as somebody was saying some years before:

stagnant stinks ;)
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Changing from 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0 is something that's more of a concern when IMPORTING, not exporting. If you're exporting them for future use in AdAway, you'll still have to select the 0.0.0.0 conversion in AdAway's settings, or AdAway will just convert them back to 127.0.0.1. If you're exporting them for another application, text editors work wonders with "find and replace".

The 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0 conversion on export isn't a "bug"; it's a feature request, and I question the need for it as any decent program that will use that data will allow converting it as well. AdAway isn't a word processor.
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
yes, I found out by testing that it actually imports them as 0.0.0.0 (if you've defined so in settings),

but it's very misleading for somebody to think that it's going to import them as 127.0.0.1,

since that way they are written in the file to be imported,

anyway, I wasn't talking about word processing of course, this is silly,

but the bug is in the exporting process of course and it's crystal clear to me,

entries should be exported "as is", since they are defined in hosts file as 0.0.0.0,

they should be exported that way, I don't understand why it exports them with an irrelevant format!

the other issue is a big/huge wish feature request,

let me suggest another scenario,

I want to add/modify/delete an entry in the hosts file,

but somehow my internet is not working,

you know what? I can't!!!

You always, and I mean always have to download again and again the files from the sources!

This is insane!

I've got 10 sources and ~5mb hosts file and I was debugging an app,

I don't want to wait that many minutes each time in order to apply a simple, minor change

and I don't want to add the entry manually,

because next time I'll update with adaway (or do a manual disable-> enable) it will be erased
[Android Apps and Games] aankkurr:
Ability to import & export hosts list would be nice addition.

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Also would be nice if we can add source from github link

like,

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/*****
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
You can link a hosts file directly from GitHub now, that's how I check for updates ( and download ) Steven Black's hosts file.
[Android Apps and Games] aankkurr:
I can add link but its not updating. I see Local and Online both as "not available" all other non github source I see last updated date.

How exactly you are adding? And what sources are you using?