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[Android Apps and Games] Kronolynx:
I just installed adaway and have no problems with the Google+ app
[Android Apps and Games] ktax:
Any help for manage ads on tapatalk please?

Στάλθηκε από το Redmi Note 3 μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] mittalanmol22:
Deleted
[Android Apps and Games] Crazy_Oni:
Yes, block graph.facebook.com

Gesendet von meinem ONEPLUS A3003 mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] ktax:
Thanks a lot, it's ok working!!!

KENZO XTR-V 8.2.1 root
[Android Apps and Games] DorianX:
Thanks!

Enviado desde mi Nexus 6P mediante Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] Pedroc1999:
Anyway to block snapchat ads?

Also, how would I add a custom entry? I want to add my home hostname as a more memorable entry like HomeNetwork - how would i do that without it getting overwritten everytime?
[Android Apps and Games] DorianX:
Unfortunately this also blocks Facebook Pages Manager App and some things in Facebook App

Enviado desde mi Nexus 7 mediante Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] githyanki:
Win - win in my book.
[Android Apps and Games] paxtonanthony:
Adaway
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
Well you have the right thread, did you have a question pertaining to Adaway?
[Android Apps and Games] :
You made an XDA account just to comment this? God I wish I had as much free time as you.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
It was a superfluous post but we all had a first post at some point. IMO creating an XDA account is not scorn-worthy. Besides, at a few hundred posts you've spent even more time here than that person;)...and then, goodness gracious what a time wasting loser I am by that math.

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FYI: Don't forget to check the XDA rules and read a bit about what development threads are and remember that off-topic posts may not always be well received even if they mean no harm.
[Android Apps and Games] :
I wasn't trying to scorn him. I love XDA, and my first post was commenting about a firmware which was linked in the OP and I couldn't find it, so my first post was arguably worse. I was just surprised that someone would bother making an account only to comment the app which the thread is about.
[Android Apps and Games] lover:
i just finished translating AdAway for new Language "Persian/Farsi" at https://www.transifex.com/dominikschuermann/adaway/ i am not sure if i have done it in correct place or not cause there are many AdAway versions/builds (official, xda, modded, material design...) i hope new language would be added in future releases.

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] yourmate:
adaway with androidpay

Hi guys, please be easy on me ;)

I've just moved to LOS 14.1 as it finally works with AndroidPay. It certainly does but I really miss AdAway on my phone.

A few weeks ago I've seen a post on how to install AdAway without root and Magisk and all others but I just could not find it again. Am I just imagining this?

Could somebody please point me to the right direction?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
No Android pay here yet (Netherlands) But maybe a point to another direction.

After rooting and running AdAway there is a hosts file on you device. This file is kept when AdAway is uninstalled.

Unroot your phone and reinstall Android Pay.
[Android Apps and Games] RazerSharp:
Wow that is a brilliant idea. :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] chlap:
How to block tumblr ads?
[Android Apps and Games] Bewildered Wolf:
Well usually they are blocked and if they are not.

Disable Adblocker.

3 dots top right corner.

Log DNS requests.

Run TCP.

Open Tumblr and scroll a few pages you won't see any ads.

Go to Log DNS requests again.

Stop TCP.

Open Log file.

There will be a bunch of names that are the reasons of ads in Tumblr.

Blacklist them.

And Run you Adblocker again. :)

//Press thanks if it helped. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Mesmurized:
Did I misunderstand correctly? Thought this had been fixed. I can't find the export list file anywhere on my 5X MM file system. Looked in /sdcard without success, the used find / -name *adaway-export* -print from a remote shell and found zip. :confused:

Update: Fixed it. Forgot I had to manually enable storage permission.
[Android Apps and Games] deksman2:
Hey guys.

I installed Ressurection Remix ROM 7.1.1 on my ZE551ML mobile.

AdAway still blocks ads inside some apps, but google text ads seem to go through along with ads inside CM security and ES File Explorer.

Is there any way to block them, or is this something due to Nougat?

I tried Makahala hosts file... didn't do anything.

I also followed Bewildered Wolf's post on logging DNS requests and adding google ads I could find in the list to my blacklist... but nothing.

Text ads still come through for example.

I would appreciate any help with this if there is any.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
CM Security and ES File Explorer are essentially spyware bordering malware. Calling home, accumulating statistics and data mining from your device. For a start, it'd be safer to get rid of those before even worrying about ads. And not using adware is obviously the best way to prevent unsafe advertising code embedded in native applications, and the consequences it brings.
[Android Apps and Games] deksman2:
While I appreciate you letting me know of that, that still doesn't explain why Adaway is letting through text ads and other ads in those 2 apps whereas it did not before on a MM ROM.

Also, since you say that those are spyware boredring on malware, could you recommend replacement apps for ES and CM security?

The only reason I use ES is because it gives me the ability to retrieve certain files via Wifi from my laptop when I need them (which is rare).

I installed CM security due to it's antivirus capability, it being light and letting me know of unwanted calls being advertisements, harrassments, etc - I guess I could try Avast, or no antivirus at all, but I would need thorough ad blocking ability for that, not a partial one (unless you have another method which doesn't include not using the Internet all-together or disabling features which I occasionally use).

The only antivirus I use on my laptop is Defender and it works great when combined with ublock for my Chrome... however, since Adaway is letting through some ads on the mobile, I'd be wary of using it without another layer of protection.

Though I guess I could replace Chrome in that case with Firefox or Opera and use their ad blockers - but I encountered certain issues while using Opera on data connection which never appeared on Chrome.

As for apps calling home, accumulating statistics and data mining from the device... correct me if I'm wrong, but virtually ANY app will do this, and inherent use of any mobile device will do this as well.

So... short of disabling 90% of things inside Android (without which GPS stops working, Maps also cease to function properly, etc.), it might be a tad unrealistic solution for me - unless you have a better suggestions (in which case, I'm open to suggestions).
[Android Apps and Games] RazerSharp:
Solid explorer is the best though it's a paid app, go for mk Explorer or mixplorer if you don't want to pay.

Antivirus is pointless on Android unless you like battery drain :p

If you want to send files between laptop and phone Xender works better.

I can't see any text ads in chrome, have you turned on data saver on chrome if so turn it off.
[Android Apps and Games] tag68:
Instead of ES file explorer my recommendation would be Total Commander. Free. No ads. Copies timestamps if root is available. Good support. Good customizable (bookmarks, buttons, scripts). Some functions and access methods need (free) plugins.

Further discussion should be continued in this thread (link will follow via edit), please do not reply here on this posting.
[Android Apps and Games] bewoj:


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[Android Apps and Games] deksman2:
Tnx for the suggestions on replacement apps.

Data saver is not switched on in Chrome btw, and I also deleten APN proxy to prevent ads from showing up while on data connection.

Text ads though still come through in Chrome for some reason.

Could it be Nougat related, or just down to my system?
[Android Apps and Games] pkelly517:
Yay! I hadn't read the OP in ages. Thanks for posting the whole damn thing.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Amaze File Manager. Open source, and the developer actually listens and responds to users in the app's XDA thread.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
This is off-topic, and already others have replied, but in short; antivirus applications for Android are basically homeopathy remedies. No use.

There are a number of full-fledged good file managers, such as free, clean, open-source Ghost Commander and Amaze, free and clean MiXplorer, still free and relatively clean ( they include statistics and / or crash loggers ) such as Total Commander and Solid Explorer ( paid ), etc. It pays to check them out and choose which one works best for you.

In my case, only my web browser and EEW quake alarm ( and on a need-only basis, my sftp application ) have internet access, nothing else. No system download manager, no Google spyware, no WebView, no nothing. It's not hard to achieve this, but also, it is not for everybody to work this way. Most people want a dozen social applications and 20 background services checking different things, instead of a single web browser handling everything securely on a single connection.

In combination with AdAway, Firefox with uBlock and HTTPS Everywhere is probably the best option for a clean secure browser in Android as of today. Noticeably slower than Chromium, and worse interface, but it gets the job done, and it is an actual full-blown browser.

Sorry for the off-topic again. AdAway users might find this rambling mildly interesting perhaps, though.
[Android Apps and Games] deksman2:
None of those other file explorer apps offer the direct ability to search through the network for shared folders across the home network though in a simple fashion that ES does it would seem.

I tried all of them, and most of them offer very basic file explorer options that can be done locally on the phone itself, but nothing to allow direct network/lan access to my laptop's shared folder without going through a whole song and dance (at the very least I hadn't found anything similarly simple or obvious within the recommended apps).

Personally, I don't have a lot of apps running in the background. If anything, I don't even use Facebook app (severe battery drain and not really useful when you can access it from the browser anyway via a mobile view).

I guess I will remove CM security then since there's very little use for it.

Btw... I still don't understand what's the problem with Adaway letting through text ads and those ads from ES explorer.

I tried everything I could think of and what was suggested... still nothing.

I even reinstalled the ROM flat out clean like the last time.

The only thing I hadn't tried is installing a MM rom and see how Adaway behaves there, and right now I'd rather try to make it work as it should on RR 7.1.1.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
AdAway doesn't really do anything other than to put a hosts file in place. The hosts file has a list of addresses to block, and that's all there is to it. Applications are supposed to respect that list.

If the applications get around the hosts file as many of them can and do, there's nothing left for AdAway to do about it. At that point, either you find another application that can do the same but it is better behaved, or block its internet access, which may cripple its functionality of course, depending on what it does.

Regarding file managers, I didn't mention FX, because its developer is going to move towards an adware model, but as of today it is still completely clean and freemium ( has most functionality for free, and added features with paid add-on ). It may do what you want.
[Android Apps and Games] deksman2:
I'll give FX a go, but I may have to stick with ES for now.

As for Adaway... I understand its function, I just don't understand the discrepancy in allowing some text ads to go through it when on a MM rom it was able to completely block them - even CM security and ES explorer ads were unseen on MM rom.

It may help to mention that I noticed how Adaway (at least for me) behaved oddly when switching ROM's.

I ALWAYS clean-install a new ROM over the old one (no dirty flashing)... however, whenever I picked the option to simply 'restore' all my apps etc. from my account, Adaway allowed ads to go through.

It wasn't until I (clean) re-installed the ROM and manually added my apps that Adaway suddenly decided to work properly.

I don't understand what prevents Adaway from working properly with backup restoration method (unless it needs to be uninstalled first along with F-droid and then re-installed - which btw I tried about 30 mins ago wiht no difference).

So I thought this happened again with RR Rom - because I restored the apps from online backup.

When I re-installed RR 7.1.1 ROM (clean of course) and this time manually added the apps (not restored them from online backup), the text ads were still coming through along with CM security ads and ones found in ES explorer - however, my other apps seem to be void of the ads as usual.

This is why I don't get what could be the problem.

I noticed the text ad showing up in Chrome and now in Opera if I type in 'Toms' in the search.

I wanted to go to tomshardware website, but instead, accidentally ended up with Toms phrase (shoe selling search results it would seem).

Both Chrome and Opera (with its Adblock enabled) with Adaway show that text ad in the search results on the top of the page - on my laptop though with uBlock, no text ads are shown of course.

It might also be helpful to know that if I put in search phrase 'AMD' into Chrome (on Android), a text ad for AMD (macular degeneration) first pops up, followed up by regular results for the semiconductor company with Ryzen, and if I switch to the desktop site within Android Chrome, that text ad for AMD disappears (but the text ad still shows for Toms phrase on the desktop site).

So, I don't understand why this partial block is seemingly in effect.

No data savers are on (within Chrome or Android itself).

All APN proxy's have been deleted just after I clean-installed the ROM, and I can't think of what else could be causing this annoyance on Nougat.

I might go back to MM rom and see if it does the same there - and if it does... I might just have to throw in the towel and deal with it.
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
You can also try X-plore. Dual-pane, ad free, been around forever and full of functionality.

As far as AdAway goes if it really works on MM but not on Nougat that would be very strange. Apps that hard code IP addresses for their ad servers will bypass the hosts file and AdAway can't do anything about them. You could install a front end for iptables such as AFWall+ (good firewall in any case) and then write some custom rules to block those IPs, but you'd have to figure out the IP addresses and then learn how to write iptable rules (there is a bit of a learning curve with that aspect).
[Android Apps and Games] THEHARI:
#request

please add quick tile toggle option for Nougat so can easily be enabled / disabled via quick tile menu
[Android Apps and Games] NLBeev:
We can ban those apps.
[Android Apps and Games] AndrOmega:
adaway not blocking ads anymore

even on zedge or subay surfers

reinstalled, updated, in vain.

problem issued 2 days ago.
[Android Apps and Games] Dan_GM:
Did you try using a previous version of those apps?
[Android Apps and Games] GrandAdmiral:
As a new stockholder in Snap, I'd like to ask that you not block ads on Snapchat. We need more revenue so my stock value will go up some more thanx lol. j/k
[Android Apps and Games] AndrOmega:
I don't want to downgrade those apps.

I think Google patched adblocks so AdAway is useless for now.
[Android Apps and Games] luigidk:
Agree, gave up es for total commander when es became so bloated, never looked back.
[Android Apps and Games] fmc000:
Wrong, adaway continues to work just fine here.
[Android Apps and Games] PRL77:
White list?

App working great. However, I whitelisted the googleadservices.com domain but it's still blocked until I disable all blocking, then it works. Should this work? Is there maybe a trick to it?
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
The whitelist entry should look like this:

*googleadservices.com
[Android Apps and Games] PRL77:
I put it in three different ways, just to make sure:

GoogleAdServices.com

*.GoogleAdServices.com

*GoogleAdServices.com

I get:

This site can’t be reached

www.googleadservices.com refused to connect.

Try:

Checking the connection

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
Did you reapply AdAway after making the entries? If you edit the hosts file does it contain any entries for googleadservices?

Capitalization shouldn't matter, but the entries in hosts are all lower case.

The third form (which matches the format I gave) should cover the first 2 as well, but putting in all 3 shouldn't hurt anything.
[Android Apps and Games] flocke000:
This should be the only entry you need:

*googleadservices.com

Be careful not to capitalize it! I assume AdAway uses regex to match the entries, which makes it case sensitive.

I tested it with the entry above and it works for me.
[Android Apps and Games] Durruti77:
Hello!

If I remove the proxy in my APN configuration, will I lose 4G or bandwith?

Thank you very much!
[Android Apps and Games] PRL77:
This was certainly the problem. I just did the caps for easier spelling because I've never seen URLs be case sensitive. It is in this case as you guys both stated. So I am now resolved.
[Android Apps and Games] guhvanoh:
The domain name part of a url is not case sensitive, the rest of the url is.
[Android Apps and Games] flocke000:
Yes, that's usually true, but apparently not for AdAways whitelist. If the entry in the online resources is googleadservices.com and you add GoogleAdServices.com to the whitelist it won't work.

Maybe this should be changed to ignore the case to be more intuitive. If AdAway really uses regular expressions to match the whitelist this should be fairly easy (but I don't know Java that well, so I could be wrong).
[Android Apps and Games] tag68:
It is not AdAway which does the comparison case sensitive, it is the OS. But afaik it never makes sense to enter an upper case letter, so AdAway could refuse these or convert all entries to lower case automatically. At least give a warning/hint.
[Android Apps and Games] flocke000:
I'm not talking about the OS checking the hosts file when resolving the IP from the domain name.

I'm talking about AdAway comparing the hosts entries from the online resources to the whitelist while building the hosts file during update.

That check is currently case sensitive and could probably be made case insensitive to make it a bit more intuitive.
[Android Apps and Games] deksman2:
This is very strange.

Adding *googleadservices.com seemed to have stopped google text ads from showing up in Chrome for me.

Of course, I also disabled adaway before applying it and then re-applied and voila... no more text ads.

Why did this work?

I thought 'whitelists' served a function to ALLOW ads.... not block them.
[Android Apps and Games] luigidk:
Actually, i have the same questions
[Android Apps and Games] deksman2:
Don't get me wrong... I'm not complaining as its producing the effect I wanted...
[Android Apps and Games] dieccast39:
Hey guys how to block Tapatalk ads?? what should I do?
[Android Apps and Games] Portgas D. Ace:
1. Search this thread for "Tapatalk"

2. Read

3. Profit
[Android Apps and Games] Bewildered Wolf:
https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2190753&p=71179861

Here you go bruh :)

//Press thanks if it helped :)
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
# 1 : Search the thread. It's actually a rule of the forum.

# 2 : Don't use or support adware.
[Android Apps and Games] dieccast39:
Yeah sorry my bad
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
Completely stopped working for me on 7.1.1 nexus 5x after March security update. Had to re-flash magisk which went fine, root ok, but ads everywhere. Systemless box is ticked but greyed out in v 3.2, using beta sustemless box untixked but also greyed out. Systemless adblock turned on in magisk. Anyone know what's happened/a way round this?
[Android Apps and Games] sirucato:
Hi, first of all, thanks por the thread.

I was reading but I'd like to be sure before install nothing. I am using Nougat in my Galaxy S7 Edge (G935F) and I'm not sure if I only need to install the AdAway v3.2 which is in the first page or whether I need AdAway_systemless_hosts_v2.zip file which I saw in another threads.

Thanks a lot in advanced.
[Android Apps and Games] Ja_som:
The app is enough, latest version has systemless support w/o that zip file
[Android Apps and Games] dreccon:
Latest DevBuild Feb0817 works fine for me on Nougat without Magisk (With stable 3.2 I had ads in several places).

GT-I9505 Opti-Lineage 14.1
[Android Apps and Games] ChazzMatt:
Interesting, and yet no one has an answer?
[Android Apps and Games] sirucato:
Thanks, it works well :D
[Android Apps and Games] deksman2:
Hm... seems I might have jumped the gun a bit.

It would appear that the google text ads started showing up again... however, for some reason, in the evening, they don't show up in google search.

Its definitely better than before, but I don't understand why is this happening.
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
The text ads may appear but if you click them they shouldn't link correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] deksman2:
They don't link correctly at all.

But I'd just prefer not seeing them at all.
[Android Apps and Games] Dixon Butz:
I don't think you really need AdAway if using AdGuard Prem. But I use both just in case. I have 6-lifetime licenses for AG. It's the best.

I also use AdFreeTime. $1.99/mo. It is a DNS server you put on your router. It blocks most ads on all devices connected to your network. It won't block Roku ads.
[Android Apps and Games] sirucato:
What happens with the websites which detects you are using one of them and it doesn't show you the website if you don't deactivate?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] RazerSharp:
You can disable ad away but i would rather not visit the website again :p
[Android Apps and Games] Primokorn:
Actually it doesn't seem to work well for everyone. I still have Google ads with my CAF browser.
[Android Apps and Games] underskyzx:
Wow you REALLY hate ads
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Don't Chrome / Chromium / Android WebView bypass the hosts file in many instances ( with or without data saver proxy ) ?

Some have compiled Chrome builds with ad blocking embedded ( Lineage's Gello, NoChromo, etc ), is that the case with your browser, and despite that Google gets through ?
[Android Apps and Games] Dixon Butz:
Yes, I do! I have several Tivo's that have skip mode to instantly skip through the ads on TV.
[Android Apps and Games] Primokorn:
Google ads are the only ones I see in my browser (search results with Startpage), an untouched CAF browser. Even if I disable Web Refiner, I see those ads.

Not related to the host file you're right since I don't have them with Firefox.
[Android Apps and Games] CAL7:
Can someone help me identify an intrusive ad (that evidently bypasses AdAway)? Device is a Nexus 5, 6.0.1 MM, rooted. I've uninstalled any app that seemed like an ad-promulgater, but still they appear.

There is no pattern as to what will prompt it - e.g. not from web-browsing. They pop up and take over the whole screen and show as the currently active app in the "recent apps" list, but disappear as soon as I touch anything. Any hints on how to identify this? Thanks.