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[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
WHEN ( not if ) you suffer economic loss, ID theft, medical troubles, or all of the previous, because, not even you, but someone you know doesn't give a crap about how their router is set up, or their smartphone data mined, or the hotel where they're staying secures Wi-Fi, you will change your mind.

Me, and plenty of people I know, been there. If you're in the US, ask Equifax for one.

Edit : Think I've already posted this but can't find it now. A ckufing addicted to tracker and data mining Android games employee in our company ended up with ALL OF US having to cancel the company's credit cards and having a nice chat with the taxes department.

Edit 2 : Honestly, PerfectSlayer should make this a paid application, and fund development that way, I perfectly understand the need for feedback for development ( developer myself ) but the 'free'-in-exchange-for-information software model needs to die. Yesterday. Information is much more valuable and its mismanagement much more harming than dealing with money ever was. Starting from no, I don't want anyone to know when I launch an application, where I launch an application, how long I use an application, what device I am using an application on... And all the way to what my blood type is, who my contacts are, my bank account number or my cancer treatment records.

Edit 3 : Bruce Schneier is on a tour promoting his new book. He's very fond of repeating the anecdote of a casino recently hacked through, wait for it, their internet-connected FISH TANK. How's that for paranoia. Zero tolerance for tracking in smartphones probably seems quite mild compared with worrying about your goldfish squandering your millions.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
Yes, while I try to respect the opinion of others, but I would agree.
[Android Apps and Games] DHS1:
Thank you - I can't wait to use this app!
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
There is an option to buy it, but thats not what is going on here. He is looking for information on how the app is being used, and what issues people are facing. If people would submit logs when reporting issue's, there would probably be no need for this. This should only be information that is of use for developing AdAway, I don't think there will be any use in trying to monetize it. If there is more data than that being accumulated, I will be siding with you. For now, the discussion seems to be heading towards the stable release not having any feedback module, and the beta having it. If you don't want to submit data, don't use the beta, or roll your own host file as you have said you used to do.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I'm aware of everything you say, and I have already expressed my opinion, and will merge hosts myself.

But I don't think dismissing a zero tolerance towards any and all tracking in an already security-wise shaky OS and equating it with 'paranoia' is being aware at all about how the world functions today. And that's what I was properly responding to.
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
this post has some mention regarding 'sentry'. please ignore if this is deemed irrelevant to the discussion here.
[Android Apps and Games] firozpatel:
Hi guys I'm getting a not enough space message and I have no idea how to fix it, any help step by step guide?

Edit: change the magisk.img size now I'm getting this, I have changed the preference to /data/data host but keep getting the error applying message

Any help

Edit: I fixed it, I had to give storage permissions, now seems to work fine
[Android Apps and Games] The Penguin:
Thank you so much for this app!

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[Android Apps and Games] vMAC:
Can anyone help me to explain why the hosts don't automatically update even though I have it checked? Sometimes I come back in the app three or four days later and the app will say the hosts need to be updated. Am I I missing something?
[Android Apps and Games] Bakica:
Yes, I noticed that too, since v4.07 or v4.08
[Android Apps and Games] shaqman89:
Seems that also happens to me. Just checked and the last time it update for me was 3 weeks ago. I have enabled automatic updates but disable check for updates when app is being opened. I am on 4 0.12 using Pie.
[Android Apps and Games] IODroids:
How much percent to trust XDA FREE labs?

Th-hey really help?

Sorry but if XDA is adjourned.

How will we survive
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
I'm missing what this has to do with Adaway. Am I just misunderstanding your question?

To deal with English is not a primary language, you can post in both languages if you want.

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Some updates about telemetry integration:

Dev XDA versions will not ship Sentry library.

Stable F-Droid version will have opt-in option to enable telemetry based on Sentry.

I just added a dialog which will be displayed at first run to ask the user if he/she will want to participate to the telemetry program.

I guess the dialog is clear enough for the user understand what it means (there is also a link to a GitHub wiki page on the subject I need to create).

Once agreed or refused, telemetry could still be enabled / disabled in the preferences. This settings will be present but disabled in XDA version.

A quick note about Sentry library, I create a module "sentrystub" in order to compile the app without Sentry library.

It is a pure stub of 4~5 classes I need. It might trigger analytics package name scanner but it is easy to check only few classes are present and they only have 1 or 2 methods if you have any doubt.

I joined some captures of the work in progress. I hope it will fit to anyone :fingers-crossed:

Daily-update: yes, it is what I supposed. I started using telemetry to check if the update service is run on my device (can't let logcat running 24h long… so it's definitely useful).

I'm still looking to the problem cause: work-manager API wrong usage? migration issue (new service not trigger)? aggressive battery optimization?
[Android Apps and Games] Ketawa:
So, only by reading this thread did I realize there was a new version of AdAway released. The thread title still says v3.3 through 3/7/18. The latest copy in XDA Labs is v3.2. Is there any way to make it more clear when a new version of AdAway is released? When 90% of the thread was someone claiming AdAway doesn't work for YouTube/Facebook/proxies, and the attendant responses saying that AdAway solely manages /etc/hosts, I started relying on the thread title to be accurate.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
It has been stated many times that the thread title _will_ update *after* the beta is complete. Follow [MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION] here on on his GitHub to find the latest. See his post directly above yours for more discussion why this is still beta and not yet ready for full release.
[Android Apps and Games] Ketawa:
Another alternative, it would be helpful if the OP stated that there was ongoing work on a beta version.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
You are one of those extremely rare weirdos who reads the OP? :eek: :D :good:
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
There is that XDA thing about reading the last 10 pages before posting [emoji6]

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Well he did read the thread, that's how he knew there was another version. I personally think that mentioning the (and possibly linking to the latest) beta in the op is a reasonable request. Or just link to the release post, which would also include any release notes.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
Although I follow this thread pretty closely, I agree that the beta should also be mentioned in the op, especially for new users coming to the thread for the first time, as they may more likely be users with newer Android versions which will benefit the most from the beta. My 4 Android 6.0.1 work fine with the 3.3, but on my fifth device I continue to test the latest 4+ beta.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
While I understand where y'all are coming from, if the pre-releases are listed in the OP, then the next request is for it to be linked (why tell us and make us search?!).

This is a development thread. The fact that the thread must be read to be updated about current development rather follows. If you are looking for a pre-release to solve a problem, that should start with reading (the last 10 pages), searching for your problem and reading about the offered solutions. By looking in the OP, it feeds the need for instant solutions, just filling this thread with more stuff making following development even harder.

Maybe it's time for Adaway to have 2 threads. A stable release thread (this one) and a real development thread where off-topic posts are removed.

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] cnjax:
I agree with the majority here that there should be links in the OP for the latest beta. There's to many posts to this thread on a daily basis that if the last release was weeks ago it would get lost in the numerous pages of this thread
[Android Apps and Games] IODroids:
I have in details on this technology = telemetry.
[Android Apps and Games] vMAC:
It seems that AdAway is affecting my ability to get hotspot redirection websites? For instance when using Adaway on my Android phone I can't get to getconnected.southwestwifi.com. I'm using SteveBlacks hosts, so I will have to check if that is something that is being blocked via SteveBlacks, but is there anyway I can whitelist this in the app? I tried *southwestwifi.com, however that is not working.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Use the DNS logging feature to make sure you are allowing all required domains.

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] manpildo:
Lots of talk about difficulties in keeping up with the updates in such a bloated thread. I simply visit PerfectSlayer's AFH from time to time to check his new uploads. If there is a new build, then I come on here to find any possible release notes (normally easily found on the recent most thanked list). Very easy to keep track like this.
[Android Apps and Games] oroboros74:
That's just one more thing to keep track of, but thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I'm a few days your post will get buried in the thread and so that doesn't solve the problem.

I agree with the others : change the OP to include the links or make a separate thread.
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
I have not used wildcards in whitelisting, but I would of thought it would of been (or at least tried) "*.southwestwifi.com". Also, if you know the exact domain, maybe test with that explicit domain instead of a wildcard.

Have you tried pinging the domain?

I checked some old but huge hosts files I have (>3M lines >90MB but are a week old), and they do not contain any references to "southwestwifi", so I would take a first stab there is something other than your host file stopping you. Maybe try disabling it to see if it works, then checking it stops once you re-enable your AdAway host file (from what you have written above, it sounds as of you have already done this). As someone pointed out above, dns logging may show that after connecting to getconnected.southwestwifi.com iot actually then redirects to another domain which is blocked by your hosts file.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
I flew southwest about a month ago, and I believe it is an extra paid service. Did you pay for it? I couldn't connect on my Iphone other than their start page, so I assumed it was paid to access the internet.

The stewardess don't mention anything about it but just tell you to put your phone in airplane mode.
[Android Apps and Games] Frostbiter:
I've been having trouble with the Mint app, it won't load when adaway is enabled. I've tried using the dns logging to find out what to whitelist but it doesn't seem to work properly for me on the pixel 2 with the latest version of Android and Magisk beta.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Log?

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] Frostbiter:
Here is the logcat. I turned the monitoring off then back on. I do appear to be logging some dns requests but mostly from Google.

Edit: figured it out, had private dns setup for cloudflare, disabled it and everything worked for logging dns.
[Android Apps and Games] gaja22:
Hello, I would like another host please. Energized and Steven Black are not enough for me.
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
adaway v4.0.12 -e95d3d20 issue?

hi folks,

facing a new (strange) issue. an fm radio app i use (pcradio) does not play when adaway v4.0.12 -e95d3d20 is active/enabled. i tried to 'log dns requests' but, log file is empty. pcradio works fine when v3.3 is used. how can i check further? thanks for any advice.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Hi, I would like some cheesecake.
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
energized has many packages, you can go for ultimate
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Here you go. Enjoy! ? ?

Edit: looks like XDA is acting up again
[Android Apps and Games] gaja22:
Energized gives me issue with an application.
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
you shoud/could troubleshoot it then,

no matter the app you're using to block ads,

there is a logger tool in every one of them,

maybe it's time to learn how to use it
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
The only way a hosts file can affect an app is if there is an entry "blocking" a domain that the app requires.

[MENTION=4620757]m0han[/MENTION], if following the instructions for whitelisted on the Adaway wiki How to Log DNS Requests page doesn't return any results in your case, double check that TCPDump is being allowed to run. If some domains are showing but whitelisting all of them doesn't help; I have heard of apps seeing Adaway is installed and refusing to open. In that case, after updating the hosts file, uninstall Adaway.

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] BettlePimp:
I have a huge hosts file in windows and I tried to import it to adaway through "your lists" black. However it doesn't include lines that had multiple hosts in them like

0.0.0.0 instagram.com www.instagram.com

so now I have a thousand hosts under "your lists". How do I remove them all?
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
MagiskHide blocks apps from detecting root but not from detecting another app. Adding AdAway to the hidelist does not help: AdAway will not see it could gain root privs, so it will refuse to run...

Adding the app in question to the hide list could help.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
My bad [emoji12] Guess I needed my coffee before posting. I'll fix the post to remove confusion. Thanks!

---------- Post added at 12:06 ---------- Previous post was at 12:03 ----------

Wipe data and cache for Adaway and start over. Clean your windows hosts file before trying again.

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
i followed the instructions on that page and was able to find an entry (stream.pcradio.ru), which i whitelisted. pcradio is playing well now, with adaway enabled and ads on web pages blocked. thanks a ton.

---------- Post added at 11:25 ---------- Previous post was at 11:23 ----------

unfortunately, this didn't help. but, thanks a lot for your tip.
[Android Apps and Games] BossNexusS:
Is there any workaround for proxies? My provider has locked the Sim and I am unable to edit the apn settings so I can't disable the proxy. Works perfectly on WiFi but not on mobile data because of the proxy. Is there any way to have this work without removing the proxy?
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
No, AFAIK. But you should be able to add a new APN without proxy even if you cannot modify the existing one...
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Hi all,

It's time for an update! This one is not that big but could be helpful.

You will now have a snackbar to quickly update hosts file when you edit your sources or black/white/redirect lists.

So there won't be any doubt you have to install hosts file again after any list change.

About telemetry, as previously discussed, the feature is ready but it won't be included in XDA builds (not enabled and not shipped).

I try to give more details on the dedicated wiki page. Feel free to give feedback about it.

You might also notice the app version is now 4.1! Which means this version should be stable enough to finally be published on F-Droid and listed in the OP :highfive:

Changelog:

Add telemetry feature (not included in XDA build)

Add snackbar notification to update host when editing hosts sources or lists

Update translations and fix english locale issues

Download:

AdAway 4.1.0 on AndroidFileHost (md5: e44e01f9c6c9f1ab1e88d955c6c31012)

EDIT: Some of you think this thread is cluttered by help requests (like "hey! it doesn't work on chrome?" or "why did I see ads on YT?").

Do you think I should open a dedicated development thread to discuss the coming beta and keep this thread to help the current stable release users? Or should we just continue with this unique thread?:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Another (fairly common) alternative; If you want to have the development discussion for both stable and beta in one place but increase the ratio of discussion that is directly related to development, you could create a General Discussion Q&A thread.
[Android Apps and Games] agraceful:
Absolutely open a new thread. And thank you for the update and continuing adaway.
[Android Apps and Games] nonoperez:
I promise I have read tons of pages. I'm on miui 10 Android 9 based. When I try to enable adblocking it says there isn't enough space on data partition. How can I solve it?

Systemless option doesn't work either.

I have been using adaway for years without problems until now.

Thanks Dev for your work.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
What root and Adaway are you trying?

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] nonoperez:
Adaway 4.1, magisk v18. I think both are the latest.
[Android Apps and Games] ktmom:
Did you download the systemless module in Magisk 18 then reboot for it to be installed?

"find somebody that you think is undeserving of your compassion and give it to them" - Christian Picciolini
[Android Apps and Games] nonoperez:
Sorry, I don't know what magisk module are you talking about. Your help is really appreciated

Edit. Thank you very much, I found it in magisk settings and now it's working. Solved!
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
Go into Magisk Manager settings, click on the Systemless host option, you will see a toast: added sytemless hosts module, then reboot to enable it. Starting with v18, it is no longer a toggle, like in past versions. It is just like any other module, once added, a reboot is required for it to take effect.

Once this is done, it is enabled unless you go into the modules section of MM and disable it or delete it.
[Android Apps and Games] jorgeepelos:
i cant find adaway module on magisk downloads...
[Android Apps and Games] daywalk3r666:
read the post above yours
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
AdAway is not a Magisk module but an ordinary apk. Have a look at https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=249276&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC for the latest beta or for the stable version at https://f-droid.org/app/org.adaway
[Android Apps and Games] jorgeepelos:
Ah. Ok. Thank you

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[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
There is no Adaway module. With Magisk v18, you need to enable the systemless hosts option in the settings of the Magisk Manager. You will see a toast: adding systemless hosts module. For this to take effect, (just like any other module) you need to reboot the device. And, of course, you must install Adaway from this thread, also. The recommended version for most is v4.1.0.

Edit: I thought v4.10 was added to the OP of the thread as the next stable version, but it has not been added yet. Get it here:

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603873850

For all of you that are too lazy to search the thread.
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
A link to the thread post may of also given a small hint. Just a thought.
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
Why, when I already have the direct link on Android File Host bookmarked?
[Android Apps and Games] Sneeuwtijger:
Please, not this again - we have had this just a few weeks ago, read back and enjoy.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Regarding the announcement of the update to 4.1 stable, let's remember that:

[EDIT] - PerfectSlayer is not the OP of this thread and may have to contact mrRobinson or moderators in order to edit the OP. See next post.

- Now that the XDA version has no telemetry while the F-droid version does, telling people to just go to Fdroid does not suffice.

Also, just to keep PerfectSlayer's announcement about 4.1 visible here it is: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78418590&postcount=12419.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
As a contributor in this XDA DevDB Project, [MENTION=2822685]PerfectSlayer[/MENTION] can edit the OP and thread topic. :)

Note he said "should be stable enough to finally be published", not that he had already declared it the new stable or that he had published it. Presumably when he's certain, he'll flip the switch on F-Droid and update the thread here as well. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] kallekula33:
Hey. Can this block Spotify ads? If not. Can someone guide on how to do it? Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] mroneeyedboh:
Wondering if there is a more common hosts list used under adaway, or do most just stick with that is already pre-entered/installed? I tried to do a search but nothing came back recent.
[Android Apps and Games] drjat:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
I use that one and this, only and uncheck the default Adaway ones:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jawz101/MobileAdTrackers/master/hosts
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Varies by usage case and preference. For modest protection with a very small host file you could try just the adaway source (my preference) and if that does not block as many ads as you'd like (of the type that can be blocked by hosts based blockers) then you can use dns logger to identify and manually blacklist others one (again, my preferences) or enable an additional hosts source. The stephen black hosts seems popular with people who seek more blocking. Side debates might be had about additional processing resources used to read larger hosts files; eg scanning a file of 4,000 lines vs scanning a file of 65,00 lines (or more) at each network request. General advise - aim for a goup of built-in hosts which come just short of blocking everything you need then add the remainder individually.

Also, if you search this thread for "hosts source(s)" you will indeed find may, many, many, seriously - many, references to and discussions about hosts sources. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Because the Spotify ads are hosted by Spotify you cannot block them using a host blacklist. But there are apps like e.g. Ad-Free (AdBlocker for Spotify) - https://f-droid.org/app/ch.abertschi.adfree which make a nice job. AFAIK Spotify Premium is adfree so the best way would be to use that... ;)
[Android Apps and Games] mroneeyedboh:
Thanks guys.
[Android Apps and Games] mitchdickson:
Pay for Spotify premium.
[Android Apps and Games] cujo6801:
Hey bro we don't like that kinda language around here...

So please don't use the P-word anymore...
[Android Apps and Games] gabi11:
Yeah, I saw this mate :good:

Wasn't sure how to do it...

Add the entire URL?

Thanks!!
[Android Apps and Games] an0n981:
Example: google.com