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[Android Apps and Games] nyomidev:
I'm sorry, but this is not a good analogy. You are still coming to the soup kitchen, and still eating the soup, so the soup must not be so bad. AdAway users just refuse to be "annoyed" (your word) to look at an image for literally 1 second or to pay a dollar. If you look up the word parasite, it pretty much defines this behavior.

This post was sponsored by Nike. <-- so sorry you had to read that
[Android Apps and Games] Skripka:
So it is parasitic to not want our monthly data allowance from our carrier eaten by ads we never asked for and don't want in the first place . Got it.
[Android Apps and Games] nyomidev:
Yes, because then not only are you being a parasite service providers as well. I hate Verizon etc as much as the next person, but the world won't work when everyone is a parasite. How do you not not be a parasite? Well, you pay a dollar, or don't feel sorry for the literal pennies you lose by looking at ads on your data plan (looking at 100 ads results in ~4 MB of data being used).
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Give it a break. This is totally off topic. Your browser had a back button, you can leave at any time.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
This discussion is getting pretty pointless since AdAway is clearly welcome on this site which is mostly by, for, and about developers.

Trying to understand why you seem to have such a problem with AdAway, I suspect that you may have tried to make money writing apps that rely exclusively on those external ad services. Keeping in mind that not every Android developer creates and releases apps for the sole purpose of creating a significant income stream, I will still give you a simple pointer: use a numeric IP and no traditional "adblocker" based on the hosts file (including AdAway) will prevent your ads from getting to the user.

Note that many users often donate to developers who come up with good, useful, and well crafted apps, whether there's a "PRO" reward or not. In the Android jungle, good developers deserve support and usually get it, especially here on XDA. Greedy developers seldom do. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] nyomidev:
Cool, I'll give it a break, it is off topic I'm sorry. I was only conversing out of* true surprise and interest in people's mentalities. People are certainly free to use whatever app they like and I commend the dev on making a useful and effective tool.

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I feel you. I have gotten great support from XDA members in the past (other account). I have put out apps for a while and made enough to support myself from it, believe it or not mostly off ads alone. Yes, over the years I have lost my share of revenue to pirating and adblocker. I appreciate you providing the workaround; I have changed up my apps to give pro features to users and with local ads on the app if there is no network connection. I've also gone the donation route, but sadly it makes 1/100th (if even) of what having a pro feature makes.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
Careful there! We DO have

rules

here on XDA:
[Android Apps and Games] nyomidev:
Ooh :o thats awkward. The other account is managed by a company (not just me) so hopefully that makes this all kosher.
[Android Apps and Games] BACARDILIMON:
That's right or you will end up with infractions like me lol

BAD ASS NOTE 4
[Android Apps and Games] fmc000:
Back on topic, AdAway 3 works fine with the first CM12.1 nightly with SuperSU 2.46 (as expected, of course).
[Android Apps and Games] Nikki1993:
Hello,

Can someone enlighten me how to completely remove AdAway modifications? I used AdAway on my Nexus 9 tablet but it has been acting up recently and I factory flashed stock Android, following this procedure

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot –w

fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img

I figured that removes any modifications done to the system, and pretty much sets the tablet as if it were pure stock right the moment when I bought it. Later I discovered that the host file is, probably, still modified as I get no adds in apps/games (like Daddy Long Legs) and tapatalk reports Error connecting to servers even though it works, which led me thinking that host file is still modded. Am I right in the assumption about AdAway? If so, is it enough if I root my device, install AdAway, remove AdAway mods, uninstall Adaway and remove SuperSU, to return my device back to 100% stock?

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
That isn't normally what I'd run. i'm not sure what just fastboot -w will wipe. Probably just userdata. In your case you want to ensure system is wiped an reloaded. if you download the nexus 9 google factory image you are left with a zip you can flash with fastboot -w update image-blah.zip

that will erase everything and flash it stock. if you have that system.img though from above you can just fastboot format system

then fastboot flash system system.img to ensure its gone.

of course all that said you really just need to remove the hosts file from the system if still there in /system/etc/hosts
[Android Apps and Games] Nikki1993:
Cheers on quick reply.

fastboot -w indeed just erases userdata (much faster than going through recovery -> factory reset as that can take 30 min to complete)

Since I was unable to use flash all script in the zip (typical system.img not found stuff), I had to extract all the img files and flash them manually. When I flashed

fastboot flash system system.img

first line stated "erasing system". Thought that was enough.

So question then, just to be on safe side, if I now run fastboot format system and then flash only system, I take it all my apps and settings will remain in the tablet and nothing will be changed, and that will most certainly get rid of all the stuff on my tablet? (in terms of internal mods)
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
yes that will ensure system is wiped. I'm not sure it isn't already but that will ensure it. And yes userdata will stay preserved.

you could just adb shell and see if you see the hosts file. that is all adaway would put on the system to block ads.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
Please keep in mind that rebuilding the system partition has very little to do with AdAway. If you uninstall AdAway as you would for any other app and forget to first select "disable ad blocking", the only "modification" remaining would be the /system/etc/hosts file, as [MENTION=3355398]mrRobinson[/MENTION] pointed out. You could easily restore the original hosts file. Flashing the entire system partition is a rather drastic measure that will get rid of any change any app may have made to the original system. I hope you made a good nandroid backup first, just in case.

Out of curiosity, what makes you think that AdAway is somehow connected to whatever issues your tablet has?
[Android Apps and Games] Nikki1993:
Thanks for the warning.

It's not the AdAway that causes the issue that's for sure :) I was just in general playing with my tablet, flashing mods and stuff. At some point I noticed major battery drain, I am talking, going from 100% to 93% in 5 min idle use right after charge. At this point I did a factory image flash, don't care about the files as everything is on my 100GB gdrive :) then I realized that adaway hosts still in place and aside from wanting to have back pure 100% stock android, I realized that my factory flashing may have left some system modified files, like adaway. Hence the drastic decision of fastboot format system.

And I just learned something new, that next time I will remove hosts file before reflashing the image :)

Hopefully, I answered your question :)
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
That you did! ;)

In a pinch you could have simply deleted the hosts file without any ill effects.
[Android Apps and Games] MatVekk:
New 3.0 work perfectly in my Nexus 5 with Android 5.1

And now it is in material design!!! Thanks!

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 Cataclysm 5.1
[Android Apps and Games] Dimasche:
it, thank you, this app will be useful
[Android Apps and Games] Criton30:
which is the latest version for 05Q?
[Android Apps and Games] juju2011:
Still a no go
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
I'm guessing you are referring to a CM11 release. The current AdAway is version 3.0, available from the OP, and as long as your device is rooted correctly there should be no problems. Try it and report your findings here if you have issues.
[Android Apps and Games] IMMORTALKING69:
I have this on my gs4 and absolutely love and need this on my phone. I have currently upgraded to the s6. So no root, so no adaway lol. Is there a method of using this w/o that I haven't heard of yet? If not, any suggestion to blocking these foolish ads?
[Android Apps and Games] Skripka:
This is just about your only hope:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2726443

You already committed the worst mistake...being tempted by new shiney into buying a non-rootable non-moddable handset.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
Some people suggest going through an external proxy that blocks ads, but it opens up way too many security issues (what does the proxy block, add, capture, etc.?). Until you find a way to edit your /system/etc/hosts, there's little you can do. If you have a custom recovery (TWRP?) or write access to /system from ADB, you

might

be able to do it without root, but it'll be tricky at best. I hear that there are already ways to root an S6 but I have no first hand experience with that device. Having to cope with ads for a while will be your punishment for running unrooted.... ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Skripka:
Verizon and ATT Note 4 were never rooted, their bounties have totalled at around $16,000USD each for months now.

Odds are ATT and VZW S6 and S6 Edge devices will never get root.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
That's why some of us never get ATT/VZW devices. ;) For example I use T-Mobile Note 3s to access my AT&T MVNOs. CDMA is a bit too restrictive (I want to be able to use my number/SIM on any device I choose without the carrier's blessings), and AT&T is famous for locked bootloaders and other nonsense. That said, those devices usually end up rootable by somebody somewhere somehow eventually, but it might take a while. If/when TWRP is available for the S6 and that should make it possible to insert a /system/etc/host similar to what AdAway would create on a rooted device, minus the convenience of the webserver and automatic updates.
[Android Apps and Games] Skripka:
Preaching to the choir, amigo :cool:

<------My Devices
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
Yea I did it too :(

But it's not that its shiny, its got a curved screen on both sides! That gimmick just roped me in. unfort i need att so i have no unlocked bootloader.

Here's hoping the next nexus phone isn't a 6" monster. Until then I still have the nexus 9, 10, and 7 2013 to support adaway on. At least for my own test devices.
[Android Apps and Games] Waiting4MyAndroid:
Root found for the Sprint S6. There is hope

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=60045194

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A
[Android Apps and Games] kingvortex:
That's for bootloader unlocked devices. It's easy to root any device with an unlockable bootloader.

I'm not from the US, but I believe AT&T and Verizon devices all have permanently locked bootloaders, hence they are always difficult to root as they require an exploit be found to do so.

Sent from my C6603
[Android Apps and Games] olivercervera:
I love this app, I've been using it for ages.

The new Material Design touch is really nice. Thanks!

As usual, works great.
[Android Apps and Games] jbrantley130:
Nice way to get yourself flamed! And I thought I'd seen it all lol!
[Android Apps and Games] Waiting4MyAndroid:
I am aware that the Sprint variant has unlocked BL. The same attitude was prevalent when the ATT and Verizon S5 came out with locked BLs. Eventually both were rooted. I am on rooted L GS5 ATT. So it will happen for the S6. Like you said just a matter of time before an exploit is found.
[Android Apps and Games] Salim.Keady:
anyone managed to make it work on bluestacks ?
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
Doesn't Bluestacks rely on the host OS for DNS resolution? Assuming you have a properly (SuperSU?) rooted Bluestacks installation, can you effective block specific hosts by editing the emulator's /system/etc/hosts manually?
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
FYI there is apparently a "AdAway v3.0 Build-Apr.20.2015 (Build 52)" floating around. I'm not sure whose signature it contains but it is

NOT

a [MENTION=3355398]mrRobinson[/MENTION] build and therefore cannot be installed over the versions in the OP without first uninstalling. I'm not aware of any recent significant commits and even if this "build 52" is compiled from 20-Apr sources, there is no obvious need to update at this time, especially if you're running a pre-Lollipop Android. If it ain't broke don't fix it... ;)

EDIT:

From a cursory look, it seems signed with an F-droid key but doesn't appear to contain anything newer than 10-April. Recommendation: in dubiis abstine (look it up!) ;)
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
If compiled from Apr 20 sources it is the same as Apr 9 as there have been no further commits. Unless whoever compiled it added their own.
[Android Apps and Games] Salim.Keady:
my friend am not that advanced

all i know is that system partition is now writable and i dont have super su gonna download it and see
[Android Apps and Games] BlackMamba08:
How do I get adaway working on LTE? It works fine on my home Wifi but everytime I leave the house ads are all coming through.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
Please re-read the OP carefully. You probably have a proxy in your APN. Delete that proxy (under networks settings) and AdAway will be able to do its job.
[Android Apps and Games] r-jansen:
Don't use a proxy server, or disable Chrome bandwith saving feature.
[Android Apps and Games] c.pizarro:
Sport1 stopped working

Does anyone know the hostname to be added to the Whitelist?

Or is there a possibility to figure out the hosts used by the Sport1 app?
[Android Apps and Games] smartymcfly:
You should check out the help section within the app.

Disable ad blocking, then enable select log DNS requests from the menu, close all other apps start said app then check the log for the hostnames.
[Android Apps and Games] MikeRL100:
Anyone notice some issues reaching two of the default ad servers recently? Both the hosts-file.net and pgl.yoyo.org site don't seem to resolve to anything.

I'm going to use my head on my end, and if they changed the URLs, contact the developer.

Edit: Network problem on my end.
[Android Apps and Games] mentat:
Greetings Ad Blockers,

I just stumbled upon this wonderful program and immediately installed it on my tablet (replacing Adblock Plus) and I've just got to say WOW!

AdAway 3.0 is incredibly fast (web pages are loading in Chrome almost twice as fast) with more accurate element handling and no web site login issues.

I would like to thank [MENTION=3355398]mrRobinson[/MENTION] for posting here on the XDA Forums (and the sufficientlysecure development team for postng the code on GitHub).

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] ggkameleon:
list black/white

Hi I'm french and use adaway :)

I create white list whith App don't work whith adaway

I create black list for 1 App but I want to remove black list ?

And whith the last download list i can use youtube android tv say not connect ? i can't download the last host but i don't want to make white list for youtube android tv thank's
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
Merci pour essayer de poster en anglais, mais c'est un peu difficile de te comprendre.

To remove a line in your black list, uncheck it. If there is no line left, there is no list. I'm not sure what your issue with "youtube android tv" is. Could you please explain, maybe with help from an online translator such as Google Translate. The XDA rules allow you to post the original French message along with the English translation and that might work best.
[Android Apps and Games] frydroid:
Deactivated

I find adaway 3.0 deactivating itself frequently on Lollipop 5.1.1.

Any cure?
[Android Apps and Games] BriVG:
Have been running 5.1.1 for a couple of days now, and have had no such behavior from Adaway. Using BlissPop 3.2 for vs985
[Android Apps and Games] iamnotkurtcobain:
Check your superuser.
[Android Apps and Games] frydroid:
I did, it is all permitted...what else is to check?
[Android Apps and Games] iamnotkurtcobain:
Supersu 2.48 is the best atm.

Which rom?

Fresh install is recommended.
[Android Apps and Games] mralam92:
Is adaway support 64bit snapdragon 615, lollipop cynogen cm12?
[Android Apps and Games] mrRobinson:
Yes
[Android Apps and Games] mralam92:
thanks you
[Android Apps and Games] gacalderon:
Hey guys, I have 2 OPOs running the exact same rom and setup (CM12 and adaway) and only one works properly. The one I am having issues has adaway enabled and hasnt given any errors however, the adds are not blocked. I've tried different adblockers as well including flashing the mother of all adblockers but nothing. I don't have any apps that are interfering and have done tried a clean install on the device (wiped system partition) still nothing... any suggestions?

I have checked the host file and it is updated. I dont understand why it is not blocking.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
As stated numerous times in response to similar situations: remove any proxy that might be in your APN.
[Android Apps and Games] gacalderon:
That's the weird part. I don't, my APN is fine. As mentioned 2 phones with the exact same setup. One works, one doesn't.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
Clearly, they don't have the exact same setup else it would work or fail on both. Do you see a difference between the two regardless of which browser you use? Have you verified that the /system/etc/hosts files are identical (or at least similar, i.e. containing much more than a few lines)? Are both phones using the same carrier and do you still have unwanted ads when going through WIFI instead of through your carrier?
[Android Apps and Games] gacalderon:
Both phones are on the same carrier, WIFI and have the same similar host files. Whats bother me though, if I do a factory wipe, wipe systems partition, reflash rom+ gapps, is the host file reset? and if i install Adaway afterward and run it, it should work. right? because I have tried several times.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
If you wipe the /system partition, then your hosts file will be wiped too and revert to whatever your ROM default is. After you make any change to your hosts file (with AdAway or otherwise), you MUST reboot before those changes take effect. Could it be that you forgot to reboot?
[Android Apps and Games] gacalderon:
Yeah. I have tried everything, that's why its driving me crazy.
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
Most likely, you forgot SOMETHING. If you're using identical phones with the same ROM, the same hosts file, the same browser, the same settings and the same APN, then the same ads should be blocked on both. I suggest you compare the two very carefully (no need to reflash or reload anything) until you spot the difference. Note that AdAway only helps edit the hosts file; it has no control over how DNS queries are resolved. If the hosts files are identical on both phones after a reboot, you apparently have a DNS issue, not an AdAway issue.
[Android Apps and Games] gacalderon:
I will look into it.

Thanks for taking the time to help me out, much appreciated!
[Android Apps and Games] ggkameleon:
yes sorry for my language

thank you I uncheck the line google.net and youtube for android tv work fine.

my box tv android run in kitkat 4.4.2 but if I go in aptoid I can install youtube for android tv ! Is more design for tv than youtube because is not a smartphone or tablet but a tvcommande for use youtube is more good.

yes thank you because I have remove the line but don't work ! I do remove the app and install again. :laugh:
[Android Apps and Games] ImAlbyy:
thanks a lot. I need this
[Android Apps and Games] Hebihime:
So I haven't really found a solution to this. AdAway is deactivated on my phone, so I download the newest host file and naturally restart my phone, so the usual process.

But when my phone has rebooted and I open AdAway it is still deactivated and I don't know how to activate it.

I'm using Liquidsmooth Rom and it did work at the start, but it also didn't really work properly before on Stock Android with Xposed Framework. Only for a short while.

Btw I have a Nexus 5 if that helps. :)
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Working great on my Nexus 5 on stock, so it must be something peculiar in the way you've set up your device. SuperSU is pretty much the only root method worth using at this point, so start there.
[Android Apps and Games] anikilor:
Hi, I'm using adaway for long time and I have a issue that isn't a issue from adaway but from another app called wareztuga live stream, this app don't work with adaway, when I open it don't work they give a message saying that I'm using a app for blocking ads and the app refuses to work, I want to know if there is any way to solve this.
[Android Apps and Games] AzharYusri:
Do not use adaway ???
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
The proper answer should come from whoever supports that app. Apparently it objects to most any kind of "ad blocker". I downloaded a copy and tried a few options without any luck. Even with AdAway completely uninstalled, the app refuses to work when it finds a non-standard hosts file.

From a practical standpoint, you might be able to find friendlier apps to stream videos to your Chromecast or similar device but that's unrelated to AdAway.
[Android Apps and Games] anikilor:
Yes I know that the problem isn't the adaway, I only want to know if there is any solution, I'm usually use kodi to see stream content but this app use less battery, but thanks anyway [emoji3]
[Android Apps and Games] -m3tac0rt3x-:
You can go to the WarezTuga LiveStream G+ account and request the Paypal e-mail to donate 1 Eur (or more ;) ) to get the "premium" version and to be able to use the App with AdAway installed ;)

The Dev is Ricardo Pontes :good:
[Android Apps and Games] ariefcfa:
adaway pinterest whitelist

What works for me is to add three whitelists bellow:

api.pinterest.com

assets.pinterest.com

log.pinterest.com
[Android Apps and Games] :
update hosts always pop up

Hi. I'm on kk4.4.4 and the latest adaway. I don't know why every times open adaway, apps will auto check new host and strength it will show new hosts need to download. I never encounter this with last version of adaway. Sometimes it took almost a week to show the new hosts. But with this latest version showed new host to updated every single times I open apps even though I already download new hosts completed with rebooted my phone.

Or do I missed something here, there new hosts was builds or created outside, so I need to updated hosts everydays. Everyday I open apps, every this app will found new hosts for me. Kinda sick kinda boring to do the same thing everyday. Help me guy from this firing my finger :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] BACARDILIMON:
Would *pinterest.com work just the same.

I don't use it but was able to get to it with no issues

BAD ASS NOTE 4
[Android Apps and Games] Mike B.:
It depends on which hosts sources you are using. The default list are not updated very often but if you added your own, those might need more frequent updates. Remember that daily updates are entirely optional. You could simply update "manually' every month or so without noticing any obvious difference.

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Whitelisting "*.pinterest.com" would allow anything coming from pinterest.com, as opposed to whitelisting specific subdomains such as "api.pinterest.com" which would still block the other subdomains. I don't use that site so I can't tell, but it's easy enough to experiment and see which works best.