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[Android Apps and Games] P-King:
Checked this as well. Also reinstalling Chrome, trying stealth mode etc. This forum is actually last resort. I also blocked one common public domain to check in all browsers: success for FF, Opera and Brave. But Chrome still lets me access it.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
As said, no own experiences with Chrome. Did you observe this note from the OP?

And if any IP's are hardcoded in Chrome, as far as I know no chance for AdAway to have success.
[Android Apps and Games] CrusardGameamos:
Hello!

I am having problems with adaway and magisk in chrome.

I've installed the lastest version of magisk with Zygist (24.3), and then adaway stop working on Chrome.

I've tried to reinstall systemless hosts and install older version of adaway with the same result.

It's work fine on Firefox.

Edit: i have a Oneplus 7T Pro with Android 11 Oxygen OS 11.0.6.1.HD01BA Chrome 99.0.4844.73
[Android Apps and Games] P-King:
Which notice exactly?

Re hardcoded: but how come with VPN setup of Adaway its working fine in Chrome?
[Android Apps and Games] mrjuniork:
For anyone interested (I sure was), in reference of @P-King Screenshots, here is the link for that page to check AdBlock status.

Test Ad Block - Toolz

Looking for an easy way to check the efficiency of your ad blocker?Toolz offers a simple and beautiful design test that allows you to quickly and easily test the performance of current ad/content blocker solution. Intuitive interface makes it easy to navigate and use, and the beautiful design...

d3ward.github.io

Thx for the pictures 🤠
[Android Apps and Games] Heat84:
AdAway blocks the article comments on Fox News.com. The comments section uses the Openweb engine or whatever its called. How can I find the URL I need to find so I can add it to AdAway's white list? After pausing Adaway and reloading the page so the comments load, I tried looking for the url I need in the page's source code, but the comments section isn't included in the source code. Is there Javascript going on? Is that why I can't find what I'm looking for? The URL is only in a Javascript script in Firefox's temporary internet files? So where are the comments themselves?
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
Regarding a host file not blocking adds / being ignored in a browser. On a previous phone, I found that over WiFi my host blocking was working as expected. However, as soon as I went out of WiFi range, all my blocking failed! In my case it waas regardless of browser, and also in apps.

I found that when switching data over to mobile, the carrier set my DNS to their own. To correct it, I had to run a boot script which explicitly set my DNS to 1.1.1.1 & 1.0.0.1, for multiple data connections.

Attached is the script I used. Its really old now, and it modifies your build prop (ie before RO system partitions became a thing). I give no assurances about the script and its just for info ;)
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
I'm not 100% sure if its the same one, but a few months ago I came across this or a similar test. I though it was so handy, however, I then realised that the same source published their own host file / blocklist. This made it obvious that the test would of been generated based on their own blocklist.

PS: Am I the only one who sees the irony of the spam (ie ads) in an adblock thread? I reported it, so it should be gone soon.

PPS: "Physician, Heal thyself"!

...and the posts were deleted.
[Android Apps and Games] P-King:
Et All,

so i went down a bit deeper the rabbit hole and uninstalled Chrome to replace with Canary version just to see what happens.

Et voila:

View attachment 5571355

The above screener is without being logged into Google account. Below is showing with logged in Google.

View attachment 5571303

So it really depends also if you are logged in to your Google account within Chrome. At least for canary.
[Android Apps and Games] CrusardGameamos:
In my case.

I've tried:

Chrome with google account - 13%

Chrome without google acount (wipe data and cache) - 13%

Chrome canary with google account -73%

Chrome canary without google account -73%

Firefox - 91%
[Android Apps and Games] P-King:
Well, at least it is working. The remaining percentage can be adjusted with additional lists in Adaway I guess.
[Android Apps and Games] mad4some:
I've always had great success blocking ads with adaway but autoplay videos that float around the screen even after you stop them is crazy o_O........is there a method or hostfile that can stop them? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
Have you checked the host source of the video? OIf they are simply normal youtube clicps or some other generally allowed host source, then blocking them may block your other standard phone features.

If you check the page source, you may be lucky and find that the scripting used to create / instance the floating window, may be sourced/included from a different host/server than the page itself.
[Android Apps and Games] mad4some:
Thanks for the ideas, I need to do some learning about this stuff anyway. One of the reasons I asked is because xda news articles have just recently started this irritating behavior :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] 3mel:
just started having promotions and ads coming thru on reddit with opera for android.

just wanna check with others if it's everyone or somehow down to the new rom I've flashed. pretty sure it started yesterday and it was working on this rom before then.

looking for confirmation and than solution at the moment. reddit could've re-tooled their ads system.
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
It's going to depend on your setup so down the line:

Are you using root (hosts) or non-root (vpn)?

What sources do you have enabled?

What version of android do you use?

Does opera have a "lite" or "speedy" mode? and is it enabled?

Is it only redit that you see the change?
[Android Apps and Games] 3mel:
using root based hosts,

I have 3 sources enabled that say they're up-to date,

A12, OneUI 4.1 base with an A12L GSI (LOS 19.1) over it.

I don't use data saving ever, it's not set.

so far it's only reddit with ads breaking thru.

I'm more looking to know if it's a new reddit thing or specific to me.

apparently A12L has broken a few things in the GSI world, maybe it's down to that ?

just looking to narrow down on the causes, other reddit and Adaway users can help there.
[Android Apps and Games] zputnyq:
Sometimes it's not always about up to date or not, it could also about the domain whether it's in your preferred host source or not. It's better to start clean & do the dns logging for the web then check on your preferred host source, if the domain/s is/are not included it usually can be reported to the host source or it can be put manually.

Moreover there's sometimes other cause like script used on the web & something else.
[Android Apps and Games] 3mel:
reddit has been blocked up until the day before yesterday.
[Android Apps and Games] ykjae:
How did you run this bootscript? Flash with magisk?
[Android Apps and Games] ykjae:
I realize this is an old post but this problem seems to be still ongoing for everybody. It seems the Ads that I see are directed related to the actual website.

An example being is I'm constantly getting an ad for doordash and the dns log is actually showing doordash.com

Since I actually use doordash I cannot block that correct?
[Android Apps and Games] XtraWater:
Switched to android 12. Now adaway is way to restricted. Can't open most shared links in whatsapp or line app. Normal links like Reuters. What can I do?
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
Rooted method (hosts) or no root (vpn). What sources are you using? Works fine for me on android 12 (host method) but i don't use WhatsApp or Line so i don't know which source might be blocking the shorturls
[Android Apps and Games] XtraWater:
Rooted methode. No VPN. Using the three standard sources. Disabled them one by one. Only when all are disabled I'm able to open the links.
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
Is webserver turned on in adaway, if you turn it off does that fix things (your problem sounds like the troubles others have had with amazon and i had with my banking app)

Speaking of banking apps do you have safetynet-fix have you tried hiding root for whatsapp and line. But i think maybe it's the first thing i said.
[Android Apps and Games] XtraWater:
No safety-fix. I looked for webserver setting in adaway, but can't find it. It should be under preferences, right?
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
Prefernces > tap root based
[Android Apps and Games] XtraWater:
Yes, there is it. Disabled webserver and now the links are working. Have to read into it for better understanding.

Thanks for your help. Much appreciate it.
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
First, Its a boot-script, NOT a magisk module. i.e. its not flashed from Magisk.

Secondly, I have a VERY comprehensive boot-script running system I have built and have used since Gingerbread days. i.e, the way I run it is not the way anyone else should (or even could) run it.

Thirdly, as I said in my post, its not a simple drop in and use, as it is not made for newer devices with RO system partitions.

i.e. your going to need to do some work on the script, and as such, you will need to understand scripting and Magisk modules etc etc etc As it is, it shows what did work for me in the past, and If I needed to I would update it, but I personally dont need it now.
[Android Apps and Games] MobAndro:
Hello,

With AdAway 4.3.6 for my rooted tablet under Lollipop, the AliExpress application don't load the pictures of products... But when I disable AdAway there is no problem.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to add it to the Whitelist ?

Thank you for any help :)

Edit : Solved the problem by disabling this HostsSource https://adaway.org/hosts.txt.
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
i notice your issue is resolved. this is just an fyi: adaway works fine for me in 'root-mode' on android 12.1 with webserver turned on.
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
For whatsapp and line links?
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
i don't use line. links received in whatsapp opens fine. adaway is v5.12.0.
[Android Apps and Games] gallegonovato:
Good afternoon:

A question, if I may. Although I was lenyando the Adaway wiki. And I think I am not fooled.

For example these hosts:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ookangzheng/blahdns/master/hosts/whitelist.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ookangzheng/blahdns/master/hosts/whitelist2.txt

Even if the developer has the name whitelist.txt and did not add 0.0.0.0.0 or 127.0.01

Adaway would already add them, and block what is inside. Adaway in root mode

I do not know if I am right or I am fooling myself?

Thank you very much for your time and help.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Your format will work for whitelist - but not for blacklist

WHITE = ALLOW list MUST NOT have the address 0.0.0.0 (or 127.0.0.1) in front of each site

BLACK = BLOCK list MUST have 0.0.0.0 (or 127.0.0.1) - AdAway will not add by itself and all sites from that 'blacklist' will be ignored (not added to the block list)

But you should understand the difference in concept between the white and black list

If the hosts file was named WHITE list, than it was not meant to block anything but to the contrary, to prevent those sites to be blocked by any other hosts sources - and in that case the given sources will work

And you will see it's sites in the Allow list, not in the Block list
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Continuing to my previous post/answer

If you add your WHITE list file as a default 'block' list to AdAway, it will be useless

Since there are no 0.0.0.0 addresses in front of the sites, no site will be recognized for blocking (ie, AdAway does not prepend the missing addresses 0.0.0.0 as you stated), and not a single site would be added to the block list - see the screenshot

And advice - please test things yourself, you will better understand and learn how AdAway works
[Android Apps and Games] xbiggyl:
Hey guys,

I'm on Android 11(rooted* with Magisk + Systemless host installed)

AdAway was working perfectly.

I paused it to do something for a couple minutes, then started it back, now all apps show in-app adds (which they didn't before I toggled it).

I didn't change any setting nor hosts.

I tried to update the hosts and reboot but didn't work.

Any thoughts?
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
maybe uninstall , reinstall?
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
{Mod edit: Quoted post has been deleted}

If he actually meant 'tired' in his post, maybe he is not rooted anymore. But, if he meant 'tried', I think he is rooted with magisk and systemless hosts module running. In any case, he'd better restart on pause and resume.

Edit: Oh
[Android Apps and Games] xbiggyl:
I edited it. I meant to write "rooted* with..."

You got it right.

Rebooting on pause, then starting it after boot did the job. Cheers mate.
[Android Apps and Games] arik100:
just installed MIUI 13

and im rooted, after install i get this error - root based:

failed to sync : failed to load new hosts file.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
You enabled Systemless hosts in Magisk (and rebooted) prior to starting with AdAway?

Your System is read-only and AdAway can only apply systemless changes to the hosts file, by the help of Systemless hosts mechanism provided by Magisk
[Android Apps and Games] revized:
hi every one ,ad away is the world best app ever! would just use phone for basics like alarm camera time etc and just calls/text and email if it were not for this application , been working for years on end . yet now I am finally having trouble with getting it work properly ,my guess is because now on different firmware.

so had n20 worked flawless for a year with older adaway version I installed from the original apk that I have had for years, then cracked screen then found out how hard it is to find a root able phone now a ways (guess going back to my note 3 soon 😃)

so got a new n20 on n986u1ueu1ath3, then got adaway from online or upgraded my apk (forgot) all I know is keeps having some issues with(weightloss) yet I am skin and bones lol ads slipping in, strange not all. on the same web page I need to go to, only these ones in the same specific area get though. yet one different i do notice is in my old n20 the areas that say advertisement ,now I see a big empty square when always before it was tiny strip that said advertisement. I tried with a old ad away apk version I had on thumb drive because I could not upgrade the new version of adaway that had the pause button because always said failed.

heres the weird thing, while using old adaway same problem then , I installed old duck duck go version and absolutely no ads got though. that was yesterday, then today even a full page super annoying ad got through an app I have always previously used and I check the web page and sure enough that one annoying ad was back . tried to update host and reboot now ceazy full page app ad is gone yet the same original issue is back, some ads getting through the web page.

please help if you have any possible solution, donation will be sent ! no one soul should have to live with ads (except xda's of course😎 all others are mental torture 😔

so I tried blocking dns request by tcp dump then refreshing the page, got 8 results ,blocked one by one then apply for 7 of the results ,so all except for the main page were blocked , refresh page and ad still .

update: just updated host and now working back to normal, must have been just some corporate badness trying to out smart the fellow adaway goodness. going to send some donations in appreciation for all this excellent work, thanks ad away team.
[Android Apps and Games] Heat84:
I found the URL myself. If anyone else is having an Openweb comments section blocked on FoxNews.com or any website by Adaway, add api-2-0.spot.im to Adaway's white list.

Here's the process I used to find it:

1. With AdAway's ad blocking off, go to the DNS Request Log page and clear it by pressing on the trash can icon (or just press the record button if the logger wasn't already running).

2. Go back to your browser and refresh the page.

3. Go back to the DNS Request Log page and add all URL's(unless you're SURE a URL isn't the one you're looking for)to Adaway's whitelist by pressing all of the check boxes until they're red.

4. Turn on Adaway's ad blocking.

5. Go back to your browser and refresh the page. You will notice the comments section now loads WITH ad blocking enabled.

6. Go back to the whitelist page.

7. Uncheck one or more of the URL's you just added and apply the changes by pressing Apply, then go back to your browser and refresh the page.

8. Keep doing this until the comments section DOESN'T load.

9. Delete all recently added URL's to the white list except for the offending one.

Note: Adaway's DNS Request Logger detected 77 URL's from The website I used.
[Android Apps and Games] revized:
so if you blocked them all 77 (except for the main page ) unblocked one at a time until comments were shown that would not have work the same?
[Android Apps and Games] Ebaofficial:
Adaway did not request for root permision. What should ı do?

I have mi8 miui 12.5 and magisk 24.3 checked with root checker. I have tried uninstalling and reflashing magisk and reinstalling adaway. I also enabled systemless root. Root option in settings are passive and cant be selected. Help pls.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Maybe you have originally configured AdAway in the non-root/VPN mode.

In that case you need to uninstall AdAway or Wipe Data from Settings, Apps, Manage apps, for AdAway - and install/configure it once again, choosing the root/hosts mode

When configured in root/hosts mode, it should look like on the screenshot
[Android Apps and Games] Ebaofficial:
Thank you, that solved my problem. I somehow missed that option when first time starting the app.
[Android Apps and Games] Heat84:
It should work the same. Do you think that would've the better way to do it? Why? It looks like 6 of 1 dozen vs a half dozen of the other to me.
[Android Apps and Games] revized:
yes in your case that would be much faster option ,I was just wondering in my case if your way would make any difference. because I blocked all ,was only 7 anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] gallegonovato:
Good afternoon @PerfectSlayer

Sorry to bother you here, but I'm trying to get into the github. In the translation part and I don't know what's going on that doesn't allow me to enter.

I wanted to make a suggestion in the Spanish language. If you allow me.

It turns out that in the main page of Adaway. When there is an update button, it says in English 1 source outdated. And in Spanish it would be:

1 actualización disponible . O 1 fuente para actualizar.

Then on the page where you put the url of the host list. Put block and allow. And it would be in Spanish:

Bloquear

Permitir

Permitir redirecionamiento

And then if I may, I wanted to ask if you would be so kind as to check if https://git.nixnet.services/Narsil/hosts/raw/branch/master/Router/12345 works well for you. Since it is a strange thing with this source. On my wife's terminal it works perfectly. Even these https://codeberg.org/Narsil/hosts . But on my phone with Adaway (root mode), lienageos, magisk in its latest version. There is no way, it always comes out installed a few minutes ago. And first it adds it to the total of lists that I have, but then it always removes it. And in my wife's terminal she uses the same: Adaway latest version (root mode), Magisk in its latest version. And the truth is that I don't know where is the failure.

Because I even just tried it on a friend's phone. And it also works fine.

I already tried loading it as a backup, adding it as a new source. And there is no way.

Best regards and sorry for the inconvenience.

I EDIT MY MESSAGE

Looks like I got them. Because now next to installed a few minutes ago, the number it contains is displayed.

But on the other hand on the Adaway home page it doesn't add those two fonts. But it seems that I still have to do more tests. I upload a screenshot:

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The sources would be:

https://codeberg.org/Narsil/hosts/raw/branch/master/Router/Other

https://git.nixnet.services/Narsil/hosts/raw/branch/master/Router/12345
[Android Apps and Games] LordZiru:
Hey!

What is A.gray.andrsca.f??
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
Honestly I'd call that a false positive as only one source flagged it. As for the name scan engines use different names for the same thing so a. Gray. Andrsca. F is particular to that engine, but if i were to guess "gray" as in it could be malware it could be not and andr short for android.
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfcity:
That's the point.
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
My guess as to why it's gray is it can gain root access and change your hosts file which is something malware could do to, say, change google.com into an ip address that's malware.
[Android Apps and Games] gallegonovato:
Good afternoon

I got the sources right Adaway. And they go perfectly.

But @PerfectSlayer if you could make the change in those Adaway language things.

Best regards
[Android Apps and Games] kojak1989:
So far I use Blokada app and i dont have root now im using AdAway so i must reboot my device or not ?
[Android Apps and Games] zputnyq:
If what you were talking about is adaway with root method (systemless hosts), It depends. you better do a test by putting only one entry (one domain) to the host & check, then you will know. On my device it doesn't need a reboot.
[Android Apps and Games] amine4ever:
Last months chrome and google products were managing to bypass Adaway (root).

My results using this test: https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock.html

Chrome: 40%

Duckduckgo browder: 52%

Brave: 91%
[Android Apps and Games] prplx:
why do adaway and all similar apps not block all ads? like it's better than nothing obviously but I have tried adaway, block this and blokada and all of them suck at blocking ads... plus I use vivaldi browser which has its own adblocker inside the browser and it's no better 🤬

the only decent ad blocker is Adguard, I use it on the computer and my tablet and it's amazing but on my phone I can't because I have oneplus and it keeps turning off due to "battery optimization" 🤬

the question is why is there such a difference between adguard and the other ad blockers? 😕 (and I'm not even talking about cookie messages and other annoyances which are blocked in adguard but not in the other ones obviously)