yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] sushidog:
You need to reapply Adaway rules and refresh browser. If you're using BBC app, close it and reopen it. If everything fails reboot your device.

Enviado do meu Nexus 7

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This is my new almost perfect white list working nicely with Amazon, Flipboard, News Republic, Drippler and BBC. Other providers have been added, such Engaged images and other tech websites:

# This hosts file contains exported entries from AdAway.

white playlists.bbc.co.uk

white imgcdn2.newsrep.net

white emp.bbci.co.uk

white static-worldphoto-org.s3.amazonaws.com

white plg4.yumenetworks.com

white www.google.com

white hosts-file.net

white m.bbc.co.uk

white fbcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net

white e-ltvp.inmobi.com

white amazon.co.uk

white r.bbci.co.uk

white ecx.images-amazon.com

white ssl.live.bbc.co.uk

white o.aolcdn.com

white bootstrap.livefyre.com

white nr-cloudeu.newsrep.net

white cdn1.static.pornhub.phncdn.com

white winhelp2002.mvps.org

white open.live.bbc.co.uk

white udm.scorecardresearch.com

white www.gstatic.com

white m.bbc.com

white amazon.com

white d.appsdt.com

white cloudeu.newsrep.net

white connect.newsrep.net

white sdkm.inmobi.com

white img.en25.com

white mr.betomorrow.com

white static.worldphoto.org

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Android Apps and Games] swat4samp:
Why doesn't logging dns requests work for me. It automatically turns off as soon as i leave that tcp dump page. It's driving me nuts :mad: Please someone help me with this. Am i the only one facing this :confused: I posted this bug already before but i didn't get any reply (except to not use that feature)
[Android Apps and Games] sushidog:
I assume you are using a Kitkat ROM. If so you'll have to wait for a solution from developer. Even so sometimes work, sometimes won't.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Android Apps and Games] swat4samp:
I use CM7 and also tried on CM9 and other cm9 based roms but same result on every roms.
[Android Apps and Games] sushidog:
Try an older AdAway version then. Are you using Superuser or SuperSU?

Please press "THANKS" if I've helped you out.

Sent from my Ultimate Ham Sandwich.
[Android Apps and Games] swat4samp:
SuperSU. How is it related to the problem :confused: And where can i find the old version?
[Android Apps and Games] XxM4tzexX:
You can find an older version in the repository of f-droid https://f-droid.org
[Android Apps and Games] swat4samp:
Thanks but i dont get it why it doesn't work on my device. Will try old version and report here.
[Android Apps and Games] sushidog:
Developers are trying make their apps KK compatible and sometimes they just break/discard older Android versions. Maybe you can solve your problem with an older version.

╔╝ Press "THANKS" if I helped you.

╚╗ Sent from my Ham Sandwich. ✌
[Android Apps and Games] swat4samp:
Thanks a lot man, i installed ver 2.8 and its working fine :good:
[Android Apps and Games] mykos:
Just wanted to let anyone finding this thread via Google know that I fixed it by enabling root explorer in ES File Explorer and going to device-->etc and deleting the hosts file. Ran Ad Away again, no problem.
[Android Apps and Games] sohebq:
My Adaway gets disabled by itself after short time. Anyone else having this issue? Tried on multiple versions.
[Android Apps and Games] sushidog:
Do you have a task manager installed? Greenify?
[Android Apps and Games] sohebq:
I have greenify.

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Android Apps and Games] sushidog:
This must be the culprit. Don't greenify AdAway.
[Android Apps and Games] an0n981:
What do mean by disabled? Are the entries still in the host file (/system/etc/host)? I greenify AdAway without any problem. AdAway only has to be active while downloading and applying the host file. After that it can be safely greenified since it doesn't actively block ads
[Android Apps and Games] sohebq:
Why would i greenify adaway. I dont.

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Android Apps and Games] an0n981:
That is your own personal preference, however in this case i don't see how it can be the culprit.
[Android Apps and Games] sohebq:
This happens automatically after some time. Its really annoying.

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)

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Sent from Galaxy Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Android Apps and Games] 22sl22:
Just a heads up, everything is working good with 4.4.3 on my Nexus 4 :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
It's working after disabling "Enable web server"...
[Android Apps and Games] Rejerf:
Anybody knows how to uninstall self-signed certificate on MIUI12?
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
I don't know how it might be under MIUI 12 but just a few days ago, I removed it on my LOS 16 device.

I found it under "Trusted Credentials" ==> "User" and could simply delete it.

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[Android Apps and Games] shah22:
Youtube ads still getting through in official youtube app, even using edxposed module too to disable them..
[Android Apps and Games] marciozomb13:
1 - nothing to do with this thread.

2 - better try vanced YouTube.
[Android Apps and Games] shah22:
Well doesn't AdAway is supposed to block Ads inside other apps ? I mean it does say it blocks ads across android..
[Android Apps and Games] marciozomb13:
Please reserve some time to read the OP and specifically the wiki on it to know the way host list based ad blockers work and his limitations. This will clear the things a bit.
[Android Apps and Games] shah22:
Yeah already read all that, but appreciate for the input.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
AdAway blocks ads based on DNS.

YouTube pushes their ads the other way

Google is your friend (YT Vanced)
[Android Apps and Games] shah22:
That was far more informative, appreciate it really. I read everywhere but official youtube wasn't listed anywhere as one of those apps. Thanks for the info though :)

Now I wonder how many more apps would follow this route 🤔
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
YouTube Vanced is a modufied YT app. It skips ads, makes it possible to play in background or with the locked screen, unlocks the highest resolution

You may also have problems with Chromium browsers - e.g. in Chrome you must disable Lite mode
[Android Apps and Games] shah22:
Yep, that I already know of. Was just 'expecting' to make it work with the official app (my bad lol).

I just try to make things work with the least 'installs' possible :D prolly not gonna happen now. Tysm for the input :)
[Android Apps and Games] User_99:
Thx for latest update. Use AdAway on non-rooted device. So far so good and will report later whoe it works in case of battery and ad blocking in VPN mode...
[Android Apps and Games] aveyy:
Hi guys, Youtube music is having battery drains issues with Adaway which usually starts a day after install. Google tag manager errors are constantly bombarded in logcat (as seen in attached ss) & YouTube music keeps running in the background (as seen in attached fkm ss) draining battery until i disable adblocking. This issue has been there for a while & i could not fix it myself by editing host file as there are thousands in it. Any help would be really be appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
I only use the AdAway defaults via root and the webserver enabled and I don't see this on my devices. Perhaps try that?
[Android Apps and Games] dirty fingers:
Version 5 is just perfect
[Android Apps and Games] RMarques:
Any clue about what may be causing whitelist to not work as intended on this site? It's a fileshare like website and the only site on my whitelist so far.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
If you white-listed in root mode, reboot (java caches the hosts file on boot) to let it be properly updated.

If not working, check from DNS log did you white-list the proper site (maybe you need to white-list additional sites to get it working)
[Android Apps and Games] RMarques:
I did whitelist www.dropgalaxy.com in root nice and already rebooted, not working still. Site opens in chrome app though.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
If Chrome has Lite mode enabled (by default), it bypasses the hosts file and therefore the AdAway

Or maybe the particular app bypasses the hosts file...
[Android Apps and Games] FPSUsername:
I found an issue using Adaway in specific scenarios.

One of those scenarios is when you connect to an open wifi hotspot that requires you to agree with their terms and conditions (eg. airport/hospital/train station).

Depending on which hosts you "subscribe" to, one of the domains might be blocked, so you are unable to load the webpage to click on "agree" and start using the internet.

Now comes the issue with the way AdAway works.

When you open the app, the app immediately syncs up with the sources of the hosts to see if they're up to date. Unfortunately, it's not possible to temporarily disable adblocking during this synchronization. The app must synchronize the hosts first and then you get control over enabling/disabling adblocking.

It would be good if this auto-sync could be disabled by default (since there's a refresh button anyway) or that we are allowed to pause/disable adblocking when it is trying to sync.

I also noticed that the DNS logs option in the menu doesn't show any logs of domains your phone tried to connect to. I'm not sure if it should be able to show which domains were blocked, but it's empty for me.

It would be nice if it could be as clear as the logs from NextDNS, where you can see all domains that the device tried to connect to, but also filter on blocked domains.
[Android Apps and Games] aveyy:
I tried, it did not worked out. Even my buddy on a different device has this issue. BTW thanks for your work mate you're really a gem in this community.
[Android Apps and Games] JudgeDread11:
You can simply turn of the auto update in preferences.
[Android Apps and Games] CobalTitan:
Please help me. I am problem VPN reconnection error notification with last version AdAway.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
VPN reconnection error. Adaway latest version. · Issue #2373 · AdAway/AdAway

Yesterday I installed for the first time, and worked fluently, I was so happy to get a relief from Adgaurd which I have still in my system. But today I noticed the vpn icon missing on my status bar...

github.com
[Android Apps and Games] ALcAtRas500:
On latest 5.1 my amazon app not works. Adblock blocks the part to load the side in de app. Always show that can not be loading. I switch back to older version.
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfcity:
Search this thread. It's working when you open XDA in a browser. Use the keyword Amazon. You will get a lot of hits, the question appears almost on every page.
[Android Apps and Games] CobalTitan:
Adaway not work RPV after new security patch December to Samsung Note 9.
[Android Apps and Games] CobalTitan:
Okay to fix problem enable ipv6 support option.

if desactived AdAway 5.1.0 not work.
[Android Apps and Games] Danny1976:
Its very difficult to whitelist when you don't know what to whitelist. I run the DNS log and start using the app to see what is being block. I get so many things in the log that I just select everything and put a check mark and apply. After I do that the app still wont load at all. Mostly news apps and mainly their videos. It would be nice to be able to select and app and tell Adaway not to block a specific app.

How do you know what to Whitelist? I do look for the app name on the DNS log and add the DNS to the whitelist, but it hasn't worked. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. I do agree that the Adaway v5 is more aggressive in blocking than the previous v4.
[Android Apps and Games] Golf c:
Disable web server in preference settings.
[Android Apps and Games] Danny1976:
This may be a question that's already been asked. Each hosted block list has an option to "Apply allowed host" in Adaway. I am assuming that if I dont check that it will be blocking more than if I check the option.
[Android Apps and Games] Golf c:
I'm not seeing that on root based ad blocker. Based on a previous comment, I disabled the web server and Amazon and Yahoo mail our now fully working.
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfcity:
The option to "Apply allowed hosts" is available on root and non root based blocking. Just tap on one of your lists and you'll find it (2nd screenshot).View attachment 5164073View attachment 5164075
[Android Apps and Games] Danny1976:
What does it mean or do "Apply allowed hosts"?
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
It means that your whitelisted hosts will stay whitelisted even when blocked by this blacklist.
[Android Apps and Games] lukjod:
Can somebody help me in whitelist xda forum app as now forum doesn't work on tapatalk and I can't figured right combination of allowed host for this app to make it work and block others. Tried many combinations but unsuccessful so far

Thx in advance
[Android Apps and Games] Lughnasadh:
I think support for Tapatalk ended with the new XDA setup and app.
[Android Apps and Games] lukjod:
Yes, I know that, but can't run native xda forum app with adaway and try to figure out what to whitelist to make it work with adaway on
[Android Apps and Games] Lughnasadh:
Try disabling web server.
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Works without problem for me after deinstalling the old beta-xda-labs (from xda) and installing a current one using aurora.
[Android Apps and Games] lukjod:
All ok after disabling web server
[Android Apps and Games] Lughnasadh:
(y)
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
@PerfectSlayer Any news regarding this? I couldn't find any related commits in the repo.
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
It was an OOM right? Link has expired... Do you still have the original log somewhere?

And merry Christmas all! 🎅🎄
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
Merry Christmas!

https://bin.privacytools.io/?45c151e77135ed52#yBv8AqGi90jk7s9mZhWiwvizeEUCHVrGGvzJkr9CH1w=
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
As always when there problems with Playstore:

- Airplane on

- Settings, Apps, Google Play app and Services, Framework: wipe Cache and Data

- reboot and Airplane off

- syncing can take time

Particular apps maybe are not certified for the phone (Samsung Health, etc)

Also, if SafetyNet is failing / Playstore shows Device not certified, cartain apps may not install / run
[Android Apps and Games] Dilong:
Is this working on Android TV 9 as well?
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Hum, I start another approach, an entirely streamlined parser.

The default implementation reads the hosts file line by line, parses each hostname/ip of the line then creates the host entry (url, type, redirection) and appends it to an in memory list.

Then the list is filtered by removing invalid hostname, invalid ip address and invalid redirection.

Finally, the list is inserted in the database. (once in the database, the final hosts file content can be computed then dump to file system)

The default implementation uses two in memory list: the parsed one and the filtered one.

The 1M+ entry list fallback implementation has only one in memory list: the parsed one then it is filter in place (slower).

The new implementation has no in memory list. The line are parsed, converted to host entry, validate and inserted in database in a flow. No intermediate collection is used so no more OutOfMemory error when parsing huge hosts source.

For now, the streamlined parser works but is slower than the two others.

It only uses 1 thread (ie 1 CPU) where the default implementation can use several threads (when Android VM feels it's worthy).

I am investigating how I can improve this new parser to use multithreading on bottlenecks (ie hostname validation).

Android Studio provides useful tools but it takes some times to get reliable results when dealing with multithreading / performance on constrained hardware... Stay tune! 😉
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
@PerfectSlayer Thanks! Looking forward to it!

@zgfg Replied to the wrong post?
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
@PerfectSlayer Another issue:

Version 4 used to take up a normal amount of space in storage. Just the APK, user preferences and a backup of the hosts file. Version 5's user data, for some reason, takes up 300+ MB as seen in Adaway's app info.

What changed?
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Not here. ~78 MB.

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[Android Apps and Games] hhwong:
So I keep trying to add adaway to this list,but it keeps disappearing from it, resulting a disconnected vpn even if I put it in always on vpn. I also disabled the vpn notification of that matters.

Anyone know how to fix this?

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[Android Apps and Games] molitar:
Help recently Adaway stopped working with Amazon App and Amazon Shopping App. Alexa works fine but not the Amazon app. Is there a fix for this?

BTW why are these instructions outdated and useless? https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/wiki/LogDNS the buttons you mention DO NOT EXIST in the latest version. This new version I can't even figure out how to run a damn TCP dump.. it was so easy before.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Search for Amazon here in the thread, it was asked and answered several times (disable Web server)
[Android Apps and Games] m8980:
Hello,

I'm using AdAway 5.1.0 on a Samsung S20 Ultra with Android 11.

I just wanted to ask if its possible to update old hosts automatically when opening the app?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] marciozomb13:
Yes, it's possible.
[Android Apps and Games] molitar:
Thanks. I did search for amazon but search showed too many posts to find any reference to the answer.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
I gave you the tip in the previous answer, in parethenses - AFAIK, disabling Web server and redericting to 0.0.0.0 (instead of 127.0.0.1) made it for ppl but I'm not using Amazon
[Android Apps and Games] m8980:
could you please explain how?

I've tried a combinations in the app settings but no effect.

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] pdxcire:
You'll find the option you're looking for here: Preferences -> Automatic updates -> tick checkbox to enable "Check for updates at startup"

Edit: clean up text from double post.
[Android Apps and Games] m8980:
Activated this option but has no effect for me.
[Android Apps and Games] rayray07:
Hey guys so installed adway and used it with root but now my amazon doesnt work, any ideas on how to fix it?
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Please read back, every so asked and answered
[Android Apps and Games] pdxcire:
Could this be due to expectations? Source lists aren't updated with any regularity. When I open app, spinning red icon on left side (below "Blocked" count) appears briefly.

Currently, three stock sources are 1, 2 and 16 days 'new?' ;) Once when I looked, they were all 6 days old with no updates available.

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[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Hi all,

Firstly, I wish all of you a happy new year 🎉🎆 Be 2021 better 2020 was.

The past year, I am glad to have released the version 5 of AdAway. It will pave the way to a more accessible ad-blocker to any non-rooted device and it should help to keep its privacy protected when safetynet will harden device certification.

It is also the opportunity to me to thanks all the donators, the five GitHub sponsors and the community for helping each other and providing useful bug reports 😉 AdAway is a small project, made on my free time with the help of @Vankog for translations and @jawz101 for hosts list maintenance.

If you would like to take part of the adventure, I am actively looking for a hosts list maintainer to keep the AdAway host up-to-date. So if you don't want to see the your favorite hosts list rot like before jawz101 give a hand, spread the word!

In the meantime, here is a small update to introduce a channel settings (beta or stable) for the app built-in updater. I also rewrite the web server using the last version of mongoose and updated the build tools, ndk and all the dependencies to keep the project up-to-date. The new source parser will come in the next version, I didn't had the time to test it thoroughly (it may be a good candidate for the beta channel? 🤷‍♀️)

Changelog:

Add beta channel opt-in preferences

Update mongoose to latest stable version and rewrite web server

Update source parser to prevent stack overflow

Update dependencies

Update build tools

Update NDK

Update translations

Download:

AdAway 5.2.0
[Android Apps and Games] HatMan22:
This new version does not update, says install failed, I needed to uninstall previous version. I liked the old UI, new UI is not good looking.
[Android Apps and Games] Wishmasterflo:
Hmm....worked for me without issues to Upgrade.
[Android Apps and Games] User_99:
In app update do not work. Only deinstall old an reinstall new version work.
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
Are you sure you are not tying to update F-Droid release over GitHub release?

Because F-Droid build server has not run yet.
[Android Apps and Games] CobalTitan:
After installing the latest version, I find myself having a big problem with synchronization with the sources. The download of the sources is okay but after restarting AdAway I see several sources.

Problem it is concerning with all raw.githubusercontent.com host filter list.
[Android Apps and Games] dumbl3:
In-app update from 5.1 -> 5.2 failed on my 2 devices. OnePlus 6, Alldocube iPlay 2 tablet. Running respectively LOS17.1 & Android 10 rooted
[Android Apps and Games] HatMan22:
I have downloaded from F-Droid then the app (AdAway it self) shows an update to the latest version. So tried it but failed. This app is the best adblocker for rooted mobile but honestly I am not liking the UI.
[Android Apps and Games] guliver365:
I ran into exactly the same issue even worse my version could not copy the host files so I uninstalled it, and installed the beta, host was working and update to 5.20 also.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
You cannot update by installing a download from XDA, over a previous F-Droid installation (different signatures)

For me, in-app update worked flawlesly, as always (since ever, I'm on the clean XDA installations)
[Android Apps and Games] fubo73:
Same here. Updated from app and no problem so far.
[Android Apps and Games] p0izn:
Would someone please recommend an AdAway-compatible substitute for the russian regional list https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/ruadlist+easylist.txt

Or a converter for that

Please excuse if this is an offtopic
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Just conducted the in-app update to v5.2.0 without any issues. AdAway working as advertised. I really appreciate your excellent job @PerfectSlayer (y)
[Android Apps and Games] PerfectSlayer:
I got a report that the in-app updater will try to install the GitHub release over a F-Droid release which leads to an install error (due to certificate mismatch). I am investigating why the app reports an update for the F-Droid version. It could come from the app itself, the backend or the F-Droid build.

The in app updater will work for GitHub release without issue though.

Stay tune here: https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/issues/2428
[Android Apps and Games] celestialspring:
Won't install on non root redmi note 8 running miui 12.0.1
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
You cannot download and install apk from the post #1, or what?

If you have problem with updating the app, read the post just above yours

On the not-rooted phone you must use non-root/VPN mode, not the root/hosts mode
[Android Apps and Games] celestialspring:
Thank you for the prompt reply.

It won't go past the first screen where you have to choose between root mode and the VPN mode.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Sorry, no idea. It's been long ago when I last time installed (root and not-root, two phones), with no problem.

IMO, there should be no bug like that in 5.2.0, maybe you're missing something😁
[Android Apps and Games] celestialspring:
Thank you again.

May be someone has observed and solved the issue.