yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] smeejaytee:
I imported it in your lists didn't use Any url how did you do it if you don't mind me asking I'm getting a bit confused lol I'm using crossbreader it says to update host file using adaway and I wanted to add the hosts from the mother of all adblockers I must say this is quite a complicated procedure lol any advise would be much appreciated thanks

Sent from my HTC One X
[Android Apps and Games] Veronezzi:
After 2.2 version, none is reliable...

Lol... 2.8 version still having the same issues as 2.7 ... Can't apply modifications to host files or the app just crash while trying it ...

Worst : the last free error version, the 2.2 had the link to download removed from F-Droid ...

To all folks: look for the 2.2 version apk at web ... After this version none is 100% reliable... After 2.2 all versions have bugs ...

Phone : Nexus 4 Stock with last version of SuperSu

To developers : Why are you trying to push those new versions that obviously have problem? Go back to version 2.2 and work it instead of releasing new versions that do not fix the erros from previous versions... 2.7 version has the same problems ... Them you released the 2.8 version that keep those erros? What's the point releasing a new version if it keeps the same bugs ??????
[Android Apps and Games] jackdubl:
Add this to your lists:

http://adblock.mahakala.is/
[Android Apps and Games] vauge:
+1
[Android Apps and Games] nappent:
Try http://d-h.st/cD6
[Android Apps and Games] smeejaytee:
I have tried this but it says this is not a valid host name

Sent from my HTC One X
[Android Apps and Games] broomer68:
And it - sort of- makes sense that Google has forced proxy and data reduction in their own network. And they are making a living on advertising, so blocking is unwanted.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn ASUS_Z00A met Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
The setting I'm talking about would be for GSM (ATT, TMobile, etc.). You may not see anything under CDMA (Verizon, Sprint, etc.). My guess is that you have a CDMA phone.

Project Fi is a wireless service. I'm not aware that a wireless service has the ability to remove features from a phone, unless they installed a ROM directly on your device.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Project Fi is Google MVNO service on T-Mobile (GSM), Sprint (CDMA) and now US Cellular (GSM). Fi can only be used on Nexus phones that will work on both types of network encoding. It is entirely logical that Fi hides the APN settings and in effect does the "data saver" thing. They offer No Roaming cost coverage Internationally. https://fi.google.com/about/faq/
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
If that's the issue, AdAway probably can't work, and Project Fi users are out of luck.
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Adaway works fine on Fi. I'm using it here with no problems
[Android Apps and Games] Mesmurized:
Same here. No problems with Fi+AdAway for over 1 year
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
What device? Are you using a custom ROM, or factory?
[Android Apps and Games] Mesmurized:
Nexus 5X, Pure Nexus 6.0.1, ElementalX
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Your original post in http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70124540&postcount=7794 stated you run a Nexus 6. Is that with a factory ROM?
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidBob:
Yup. That's right. Nexus 6 with factory 7.0.0 ROM with the December update. It's when I applied the December update (and updated Project Fi app, SuperSU, and a few other things) that my problems started. AdAway was working fine up to this point. My guess is that the latest Fi update installed a proxy -maybe it's only with the December 7.0.0 update, too. I don't know. I can't find any information verifying this, though. If they installed a proxy, though, they also use it when I'm connected to Wi-FI, which I'm sure, being Google, they can also do. Any way to test this theory if I can no longer see the APN settings?

Is anyone successfully getting ads blocked with a December updated Android 7.* and the November 30 Project Fi update?

scot
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Nexus 5x 7.1.1 (December) (before that 7.0, November) Franco kernel

Edit: latest Fi update as well

Edit2: Forgot to mention - Pure Nexus ROM
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidBob:
Well- there goes my theory, unless there's something different about my Nexus 6 and the latest 7..0.0 stock release.

scot
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Pull the SIM, boot the device, and see if the APN settings reappear.

You could try a custom ROM; I doubt there's a shortage of custom 7.1.1 ROMs for the N6. One of the responses stated that the 5X worked with the Pure Nexus 6.0.1 ROM on the N5X. The N6 looks to be stuck at 7.0.0, and custom might be your only real option for significant upgrades at this point.

Did you have to install a special app to run Google Fi, or is it solely on the SIM?

Google may have put something "special" in the factory version of the ROM to check the SIM for specific data, and hide things accordingly.

I find it strange that APN settings would disappear. I'd expect the settings to be empty, or perhaps even ghosted, but having entire menu screens disappear seems odd. It has to be a feature that Google cooked into the ROM, or at least 7.0.0. If the N6 is both a CDMA and a GSM device, it could be defaulting to CDMA, which doesn't have APNs.

There is a factory 6.0.1 ROM that was released in November, MOB31K. You could revert to that too.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Hmm. To add to this point, perhaps [MENTION=3355398]mrRobinson[/MENTION] should finally take down the UN from the UNOFFICIAL in the thread title, since this is really the preferred source and it's direct from the dev? :)
[Android Apps and Games] Phrodini:
Been thinking of that for awhile.
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
1 There is a special app. You need the Project Fi app to run it.

2 Now this is strange. I was only showing the "Data Roaming". Then I lost root, for some unknown reason. Dirty flashed the ROM. Now I have the following.

I suspect that no APN settings makes sense since it's dynamically changing between 3 different networks. If you get a data only SIM from them then it only uses T-Mobile, and you do have to set an APN per the instructions from Fi.

For the record

Preferred Network Type: LTE, 3G, 1x, Global

System select: automatic, home only

Carrier Settings: update PRL, update config

A little googling confirms that Fi does hide APN settings. See https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/F9TYPTE11to
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Forgot the image :(
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
That's actually a very thorough link.

---------- Post added at 21:50 ---------- Previous post was at 21:47 ----------

"Change the CDMA roaming mode."

I don't see that on GSM;)
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
I'm wondering if those options change based on the current network connection. At the moment I'm connected via Sprint. Wonder if it looks the same with a T-Mobile connection. Will let you know
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
Good point. Completely forgot about that. This has been official for quite a while. I'll edit it soon.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidBob:
The strange thing is, this was all working with 7.0.0 pre-December update and pre ProjectFi app update. I don't know if these updates are the cause of the problem or not. I have the adjusted hosts file, but nothing but nslookup seems to use it.

Tried the sim pull and yes, the APN settings come back (but are ghosted since I have no cellular network), and I still have ads, despite the hosts file still being there.

How can the /etc/hosts file be there, nslookup uses it, but nothing else does?

scot
[Android Apps and Games] exodius48:
Does apk from f-droid also official?

Edit:

Tested with phh superuser + magisk, systemless host grayed out, i can't activate it. :(

Would you add support to magisk + phh superuser??
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Support for PHH's root is being worked-on.
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
I don't have an answer. In your original post you mentioned that you also changed 'a few other things'. It's possible that one of those did something. Maybe even in the background installing something you're not aware of? All guesswork at this point.

I'd probably reinstall the system, with patches, su, Fi, and AdAway without ANY of the other things. See if it works. If it does start applying the other changes one by one and testing as I go until either it all works or you find what caused the issue.

Ping works fine here.
[Android Apps and Games] tag68:
New experience: After updating the OS of Moto X Play to patchlevel Oct 2016 (still 6.0.1) and rooting with SuperSU 2.79 instead of 2.62-3, the systemless mode is enabled and working fine! Although I don't know which update removed the malfunction, my guess would be that SuperSU 2.62-3 is too old to behave fine with mount bind. As many people are using it I wonder why this problem wasn't mentioned in the past.
[Android Apps and Games] rosekiller:
it seems adaway don't work anymore. Has anyone got this problem?
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
It's working fine. A little more information would be helpful. Symptoms, which su, which ROM would help for starters.

Posting "it doesn't work" and nothing is is completely worthless to both you and anyone willing to try and help. You're lucky to get any response to a garbage post like this
[Android Apps and Games] ChazzMatt:
This is a very active thread. Look at all the recent posts. Do any say it's just not working out of the blue? (Where they haven't changed something.)

A better question would be "Somehow I screwed up Adaway. Please help me." ;)

And add the information asked in the above post.
[Android Apps and Games] rosekiller:
I'm sorry about my pre-post. this is my rom http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/development/rom-android-nougat-7-0-beta-3-zpkk-odex-t3507499. After download hostfiles, apply and restart, it doesn't work.

This rom using systemless, i don't use it before.

Should i set something in preferences? in my preferences only check on "enable systemless mode".

what should i do now?
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
Which version of SU are you using?
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
From the description of the ROM at the link he provided:

"supersu v2.79 (system-less modded by me)"

Some more questions. How big is /etc/hosts after you've applied AdAway?

I'm also curious about that modded by me comment, but I don't expect an answer. Obviously not the ROM developer.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidBob:
Thanks. The other changes were just normal software updates, plus I de-installed Magisk. You're right that I might have to start over. Was hoping to be more clever than that, but this one has me stumped!

Thanks for the help.

scot
[Android Apps and Games] rosekiller:
thanks for the answer,

my hosts about 2 Mb after applied by Adaway.

I was installed magisk manager and check on "enable systemlesshost", copy hosts file from su/etc to system/ect, but can not solve problem.
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
Not sure but since Marshmallow SuperSU version 2.65 or newer is needed.

You all should read the following:

https://www.google.nl/amp/www.howto...hy-is-it-better/amp/?client=ms-android-google
[Android Apps and Games] tag68:
I am sure. SuperSU 2.62-3 works fine on nearly all Motorola devices. Using Marshmallow. Of course a current version has less security leaks and many improvements and should be preferred.

My post wasn't a question, I posted an answer. I know what systemless root is, answered PerfectSlayers question since when it is supported by SuperSU and don't get what you want to tell me. Did read that article. Where is the relation to that mount bind which didn't work because it was denied?
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
If it is about 2mb, then adaway did its job. You may have data saver on in chrome, or a proxy enabled in your APN, or seeing ads in other apps that bypass the hosts file.
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
P1

It's about what I remember and the version of SuperSU that used systemless root for the first time

Not the device but the Android version is the main thing.

P2

It's not for your eyes. But the article is probably useful for other users.

Sorry for using your post for quoting.
[Android Apps and Games] tag68:
Seems you just scrambled the number. The first version of supersu with support for systemless root was 2.56, not 2.65. so 2.62-3 is fine, but seems to make mistakes when mount bind is involved.

On nearly all Moto devices SuperSU defaults to normal root instead of systemless. That's why it usually fails on Marshmallow on Moto devices. That's the reason for 2.62-3 to be so widespread: it defaults to systemless in any case and does not need the line "echo SYSTEMLESS=true>/data/.supersu" to be typed in terminal in twrp before flashing SuperSU via twrp on Moto devices running Marshmallow.

You see, it is not the SuperSU version. It is not the OS. It is not the device. It is the combination of all three and additional parameters which determines if SYSTEMLESS gets active. There is no main thing.

My suggestion is that you stop writing posts about what you remember and instead search what is right before posting your wisdom. Thank you for trying to be helpful.
[Android Apps and Games] UncleByte2010:
Hi,

is there any way to get AdAway worked with symlinked /data/data/hosts-File on a Device without root?

I can edit the hosts-File manually. Now I want to Hosts-Update-Mechanism from AdAway. But, if I run AdAway it abort because there are no root-Rights.

Can you help me?

Thx!

mk
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
Change the target host file to a custom target. Put the file somewhere you can write to.

Please let us know if that works for you. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] teostar:
I recently updated my op3 to the nougat beta. Now it seems adaway won't successfully apply all the files. Each time I get the following (see pic). Or 1/3, I reboot then it says update available.
[Android Apps and Games] DietDoubleDew:
Yes mine is doing that same thing as well. I came here to ask about this but now I'll just read and hope someone has a fix :/

Edit: I have a MXPE running the latest Tesla 7.1.1 ROM and I installed SU 2.46 with it

Edit 2: I updated my SU to 2.79 and it broke my AdAway app. When it opens its just blank and it stays that way.
[Android Apps and Games] teostar:
I'm on SU 2.78 s5 u can try that. I read quit a few pages back no mention of anything similar. Maybe someone with. Lil more experience can help us out.
[Android Apps and Games] DietDoubleDew:
Flashing the SU 2.79 update really messed up my ROM. So I clean flashed everything in order and installed SU 2.79 from the get go. AdAway is still only apply 2/3 hosts. So totally not sure what's going on. But at least I have all the latest versions installed and my phone is working again.
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
I think one host is messed up, my adaway has 4 lists and I just got a applied 3/4

---------- Post added at 02:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:19 AM ----------

Hosts-file.net is down
[Android Apps and Games] pbsec:
Yap,one host is not working.
[Android Apps and Games] skulldreamz:
Same here with 2.79 on my pixel xl (2/3)...
[Android Apps and Games] fards:
The https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt isn't applying but the file is online.
[Android Apps and Games] ipdev:
Confused.

I ran into this before, on an older version, when I added a host to the host list. Thought it was the same problem on my n7 (Since I modified it with a blacklist file.)

I just installed this on two different devices with no modifications and have the same problem.

Reachable by web site, but AdAway errors out ?

https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt

- Edit : I see I was a little late in my post fards just posted this.

- Edit : https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt is working again.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
This below site shows ads,. plz anyone add the ad host to adaway . I'm a dns66 user ,dsn66 uses adaway host files that's why I'm requesting. Early i tried to block this site ads using dsn66 options but it didn't got success.

http://www.rajnikantvscidjokes.in/7-ways-banks-converting-black-money-white-smart-strategies/
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
uBlock Origin shows these:

http://edge.quantserve.com

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com

http://stats.wp.com

https://www.facebook.com/impression.php

https://www.googletagservices.com

http://www.google-analytics.com
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Well if you were using this version of AdAway you could run the DNS logging feature to find out what domain is getting through;). Otherwise this Sounds like a question for a dsn66 thread somewhere.

Also, AFAIK the hosts sources are not sponsored in direct connection with this Adaway app (not even the one bearing the name AdAway) so if you want to one of the lists modified it might be best to contact the provider of the list directly.
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
I just went to look at that site and it looked to me as though all the ads were blocked.
[Android Apps and Games] ChazzMatt:
I just went there also, and no ads.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Are you guys using any other host files other than adaway ?
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
No. But make sure all 3 files got applied. Sometimes only 2 of the 3 might get applied, for whatever reason, in which case you might be missing the relevant listings
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
I'm using dsn66 adblocker and it uses Adaway,Dan pollack, Malware domain list, MVPS Host,Peter Lowe's Ad server list.

Can you name the 3 list you are using .
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Without root you'd need to create the symlink while booted to recovery, but you could just link to /sdcard/hosts or to within AdAway's /data/data/org.adaway directory (with the correct app_* ownership) and AdAway could likely write to it without root.
[Android Apps and Games] ipdev:
[MENTION=4546389]jerryn70[/MENTION]

https://adaway.org/hosts.txt

https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt

https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=0&mimetype=plaintext

These are the current default host servers.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
I pulled this list for your website from uBlock Origin, on my desktop:

http://edge.quantserve.com

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com

http://stats.wp.com

https://www.googletagservices.com

http://www.google-analytics.com

All of the above ad servers are in https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt

If you look at the 3 server lists:

https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt

http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?showintro=0;hostformat=hosts

https://adaway.org/hosts.txt

hosts-file.net -> 47959 ad servers listed, [B]94.512%[/B] of total combined listings
pgl.yoyo.org -> 2376 ad servers listed, [B]4.682%[/B] of total combined listings
adaway.org - > 409 ad servers listed, [B]0.806%[/B] of total combined listings

50744 -> all three lists combined
[B]50739 unique listings[/B] -> all three lists combined, duplicates removed

pgl.yoyo.org and adaway.org (2785 combined) add 2780 unique ad server listings.

EDIT: I always thought that there was overlap in the lists; pgl.yoyo.org and adaway.org together only have about 5 overlapping listings with hostfile.net. Not the case in any way.

I don't get why you're seeing ads. Perhaps there's an issue with multiple lists.

Try just running https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt, and see if that catches the servers by itself.
[Android Apps and Games] UncleByte2010:
Symlink is ok, I can edit hosts-File without root, Android is using it.

But AdAway doesn't start, it gives me the Message "Rooted Android required, Either the su binary could not be found or you did not allow root permission for AdAway. This can happen when your device is not rooted. You can find information about how to root your device on www.cyanogenmod.org or other Android websites.".
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
I don't know what the issue is, now that page is not showing ads. But now another site is showing ads

waptricks.sextgem.com

Previous week when I visited this site the ads where blocked now it's not blocking
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
I'm not disabling AdAway on my phone to check these sites; you'll get uBlock Origin results from my desktop.

uBlock Origin is showing these ad servers:

http://p.admob.com

http://edge.quantserve.com

http://syndication.traffichaus.com

All three are found in "hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt", the largest of the three lists used by AdAway.

All of the ad servers you've "brought to the table" in this thread are effectively blocked by AdAway; the server lists "work". If you only used the one list (the largest), the ads on the websites you've posted should be blocked.

If you're referencing the above list, your ad-blocking solution doesn't appear to be working or you're not setting it up correctly. Perhaps the DNS66 chokes on lists that are too large. Dunno.

If you're unable to install AdAway and DNS66 doesn't work, I'd consider a browser that has ad-blocking built into it.

Firefox for Android supports both AdBlock and uBlock Origin (an entirely free solution).

Lightning Browser (the paid version) supports ad blocking, although I'm not sure the extent to which it goes to.
[Android Apps and Games] Riski3Run:
Hello!!!

I have ROOT,HTC One E8,working Xposed and Android 6.0

Tell me which version I have to download coz I tried already many versions and each time when i start it doesn't contain host files after system reboot.

Before it was working somehow coz if I good remember I've install some zip file via TWRP. Now I change ROM and i don't remember how i did it on other ROM before :) System: ViperOneM8 5.0.2
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Indeed, or some other problem related to the fact the issue report did not come from an Adaway installation but rather some combination of Adaway and something else.

---------- Post added at 06:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:50 PM ----------

AFAIK, removing the additional and potentially conflicting ad blocking utilities would be one of the first steps in troubleshooting a thing like this. No criticism of that other utility but there could be some conflict in the system. This is just standard operating procedure. Also, the # of lists and subsequent entries in hosts file may be more than you need. If you really need all those lists then you are under an advertising assault, the likes of which I've rarely seen and have my sympathies.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
I'm thinking there's only one utility, "DNS66", and it's using lists from multiple sources.

DNS66 is notable in that it doesn't require root and attempts to be system-wide. It's using the VPN system to make this happen. It's a neat concept, and hopefully it'll be a great future option for Android users.

Unfortunately, the issues [MENTION=4546389]jerryn70[/MENTION] is running into have nothing to do with the server lists, or AdAway. I think he'll have to deal with the developer of DNS66.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Just tried to install adaway on my galaxy s4 rooted with king root and I got this msg
[Android Apps and Games] mousiope666:
open the superuser apk and make sure the su binary is updated and download the adaway apk from this link on the first post ::: AdAway on XDA Labs :::
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
My phone is rooted with kingroot so don't have superuser
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
Please follow these directions to assist the developer in helping you.

Oops, looks like the code blocks did not get copied.... Go to that post to see the full text.
[Android Apps and Games] pqx:
to sort or not

Is there any functional advantage in alphabetically sorting the hosts list?
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
That's a good question! I don't know, but I don't think it should make a difference.

I was always under the impression that AdAway sorted as part of its merging process, but actually looking at the hosts file, that doesn't appear to be the case. Odd indeed.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
What device?
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Galaxy s4