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[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
Go to http://adfree.bigtincan.com and register an account, then go to "My Exception List", then type in the hostname and add it, then in Adfree go to authenticate
[Android Apps and Games] ryanwalexander:
what would be the host name to add for the soundcloud app?
[Android Apps and Games] danytone:
Problems with soundcloud

I noticed some issues on SoundCloud connection. I can't listen any. I had to disinstall it for this problem.
[Android Apps and Games] ryanwalexander:
Yes, I uninstalled because of this too. Then I tried adblock, which worked fine for soundcloud, but completely blocks some websites I frequent.

Now I'm here with lots of ads. Perhaps the lists are just too aggressive.

It would be nice if the feature which listed the things being blocked worked correctly so I could add them to the whitelist... It never says anything is blocked for me.
[Android Apps and Games] BrikHaus:
I agree this list has become too aggressive, I'm having lots of legitimate pages blocked (Ebay, Twitpic etc etc).

There needs to be an option in AdFree to search and whitelist certain sites.

(EDIT: I have signed up and made some exceptions - Would be handy to do this in app.. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] RCT1:
And how do you discover which adds you should permit?

I use the app 500 Firepaper of chainfire and since I've installed adfree can't download the wallpapers, and on my wife phone, can't use Facebook on the game hayday.

If I could know which is the address blocked, I could made the exceptions as I did to Tapatalk...
[Android Apps and Games] alakyr:
only to me?

rom latest PA on Nexus4
[Android Apps and Games] Cookie Ninja:
Used to happen to me on HTC devices after upgrade of hBoot version, has to do with /dev/mmcblock allocation changes / variation.. App can't recognise mount point for /system/etc.

Dead Cookies leave no trails...
[Android Apps and Games] godutch:
Ads or still showing when I use data on my moto x 2nd gen, this didn't happen one my HTC one m7.
[Android Apps and Games] Bautinho88:
I used adfree on my galaxy s3 for two years without any issue. But now on my Xperia Z Ultra C6833 it will not work. I installed adfree and install host file but still ads are there. Adaway doesnt work either. What can I do? Hosts is in system/etc

Symlink option is not working

I use Chrome browser

Android 4.4.4 stock rom rooted

The only way to block ads is using Firefox with adblock plus addon. But I don't like Firefox on android.
[Android Apps and Games] Gitah.:
I have two issues on my Nexus 7 2012, when I start the app it switches automatically to landscape mode and it opens twice as you can see here: http://it.tinypic.com/r/1z30101/8
[Android Apps and Games] Cookie Ninja:
Chrome has an option to use proxy servers to speed up browsing. This negates hostfile ability to block ads. Disable this option and you'll see no ads on chrome. Better still, just dump that POS and use firefox or any better browser. Lightning is a better alternative for most.

Dead Cookies leave no trails...
[Android Apps and Games] Bautinho88:
Wow thank you that helped me a lot. I checked this lightning browser. It seems to be cool, but there is no password saving isn't it?
[Android Apps and Games] godutch:
I don't have any proxies enabled and it happens in all browsers
[Android Apps and Games] Cookie Ninja:
Password saving works on 4.3 builds (webkit engine

for browser) but not on 4.4 ( chromium engine for browser). Password saving on the browser works on jellybean, not on kitkat.

Check if hosts file in /system/etc is big in size with all entries. Also check file permissions rw -r-r. There seems to be a problem with certain roms where symlink to /data/ doesn't work. Check on both.

Dead Cookies leave no trails...
[Android Apps and Games] flawlless:
I just installed the game Godus. It won't start with Adfree running, is there an easy fix other than deactivating every time I want to play?
[Android Apps and Games] gitit20:
So now they block pics in my ebay app on my phone I added the exception on the site but it did not work. How can I ad this?

I think its i.ebayimg.com

I also see these two as well

rover.ebay.com and srx.main.ebayrtm.com
[Android Apps and Games] joanneyang:
finance.yahoo.com/quotes is messed up after adfree update

I have used adfree for a while. Thanks for the great work. However, recently after an adfree update, finance.yahoo.com/quotes is messed up, the neat quotes table disappears and the layout of the web page is scrambled up.

I have white-listed/authenticated finance.yahoo.com but it did not help. I have used hosts editor to delete all yahoo entries but it did not help either, any advices?
[Android Apps and Games] M Diddy:
I'm having the same issue on my Nexus 10 running Lollipop. Rooted, Adfree installed, and my hosts file under /etc and /system/etc are both updated, but i still get ads everywhere.

Not sure what the deal is. It works fine on my Nexus 6 but not on my 10.

---------- Post added at 04:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:51 AM ----------

Odd. Figured out the issue. Looks like there wasn't enough free space under /system for Adfree to be able to fully update the hosts file.

Not sure how this is the case though. I recently flashed the new 5.0.1 factory image and that was it, yet it still had no space. I cleared out some of the foreign keyboards to free some space and now Adfree works fine, but weird I had to do that with a fresh install on the tablet.
[Android Apps and Games] joanneyang:
Fix Yahoo Finance issue

No need for help now. After turning local browser I have found I.yimg.net is the one blocked. By whitelisting this one, everything is fine now.

---------- Post added at 07:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:58 AM ----------

It is l.yimg.com instead.
[Android Apps and Games] :
[MENTION=1561860]delta_foxtrot2[/MENTION],

Have you planned to give the material design to this app? :D
[Android Apps and Games] djlech:
After the last update Chrome, Firefox and build in browser plus Ebay and Gumtree stopped loading images.

127.0.0.1 i.ebayimg.com shoudn't be blocked.
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
I'm planning to opensource as it's costing us more to run than we get in donations.
[Android Apps and Games] Warl0rd:
First of all thanks for this app, I've been using this for the past couple of years and it just works :)

I would like to know if its fully compatible with Lollipop, since its the main reason for me to root it...
[Android Apps and Games] KiethS:
Android eBay app showing no auction photos

Ad-Free does great in blocking many ads.

But more recently is now blocking the auction items' photos on the eBay Android application.

Is it possible to remove the host names associated with eBay photos, without having too much affect on other unwanted apps?

I would think the eBay app photos wouldn't be blocked by default (they didn't used to be, until recently).
[Android Apps and Games] mentalinc:
Youtube app stops working when using this app, i get the message "Connection to server lost Touch to retry"

Also when i try to register on your site i get the following error. The link was sent to me 2 minutes ago..

"There is no user on this system matching that hash, either you've already verified or you took to long to verify and your entry has been removed"
[Android Apps and Games] metalwraith:
Weird, been using Adfree for awhile now. Never had an issue with YouTube stopping with connection issues unless there's an interruption in wifi.
[Android Apps and Games] Ci-Fi:
Could someone explain the authenticate/register/skip choice? I pressed skip, is that OK?
[Android Apps and Games] metalwraith:
If you register... doesn't cost anything to register, free sign up... it'll let you manually adjust your hosts file, and push it to your device, etc. if you feel the need to do so.

http://adfree.bigtincan.com/index.php
[Android Apps and Games] Sancipak:
Can it bypass *******? Coz now they detect ad blocker app and cant continue download
[Android Apps and Games] metalwraith:
Downloading from the play store? Haven't had issues. I think the big G only scans for malicious software.
[Android Apps and Games] Sancipak:
I meant a.d.f.l.y....
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
the tcpdump screen doesn't poll the dump file, what you need to do is enable tcpdump and then run the website/apps that have ads and then go into the tcpdump screen
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
0.8.60+ Fixed IP entry, tweaked the UI to use default device theme

New version is up on the website and slideme.org
[Android Apps and Games] oae08:
Awesome. And the background became black like i wanted..
[Android Apps and Games] metalwraith:
Just updated. Looks good. Always works great for me.
[Android Apps and Games] kotey:
+2 for the dual fix. So happy for your great efforts, thank you very much.
[Android Apps and Games] cspiresucks:
Yeah I agree the new background is better on my eyes lol

Sent from C Spire SCH-R760 Rooted
[Android Apps and Games] dhatch93:
is anyone else having problems authenticating in the app? I added a couple extra lists on the website but when I try to login in the app it immediately says unable to login... I know I'm entering the correct password - I logged out then back in to the website so I know it's the correct password. I did just create my account so do I need to wait a while for my account/credentials to sync/replicate or anything? thanks

edit: able to login via app now.
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
Should be immediate, I'm not sure why it didn't work for you.
[Android Apps and Games] SoCalArm:
Why wont the new adfree app recognize my email and password ? I even tried getting anew password and openie a second account and reinstalling the app.
[Android Apps and Games] tlf55:
same here ! :/

And I have a question , is Adaway better for blocking ads ?
[Android Apps and Games] life:
you should never ask these types of questions in these threads, leave these questions for the Q&A section of the forums.
[Android Apps and Games] SoCalArm:
Sorry bud you gotta ask that in the appropriate section. I found that even if your NOT logged in to the app it still gets the job done.

Sent from my Galaxy note 2 on Verizon 4G LTE.
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
I'm about to publish a new version. it seems something to do with running the check in another thread.
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
I upgraded to Lollipop but haven't figured out how to root it.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Wrong quote :D

Thanks your great work btw!
[Android Apps and Games] Warl0rd:
Either follow some guide for your model or use a toolkit like CF AUTO root.
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
I've followed every guide I could find, it appears that su is installed, but when booted back into the OS everything fails to get root.

I'm trying this on a Nexus 4
[Android Apps and Games] EricCartmanez:
Latest host update no longer shows images on ebay and mobile.de anybody knows which hosts to remove?
[Android Apps and Games] djlech:
Edit hosts names and remove.

127.0.0.1 i.ebayimg.com

There is few hosts editors on Google store that will me help you do the change.
[Android Apps and Games] xlr8me:
Yeah Kudos to djlech I couldn't figure out what was going on with ebay until the thought occurred that it could be the adfree app I had installed.

++++++++1
[Android Apps and Games] N00b-un-2:
Rooting the Nexus 4 on Lollipop was the easiest root I've ever done. download ChainFire Autoroot image from here http://download.chainfire.eu/297/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-mako-occam-nexus4.zip, unzip the file and extract the .img. Then reboot into the boot loader, which can either be accomplished by issuing

adb reboot bootloader

from a connected PC,

(or 'su', followed by 'reboot bootloader' in a terminal emulator)

or the manual way by powering down the phone and then holding "Power" and "Vol Down" until you see the Google logo. Let go of the buttons and it will boot into the bootloader/fastboot mode.

then (with the phone connected to your PC via USB), issue the command

fastboot boot /path/'to/chainfire.img

obviously replacing the path with the ACTUAL path to the chain fire autoroot image file) It will reboot into a black screen with a red Android logo in the background and in a few seconds your phone will be rooted. Reboot, and enjoy having root on Lollipop.
[Android Apps and Games] Galaxy droid fan 7:
Hey let me be the first to say I love your app is the only ad blocker I've tried that works 4. 4.2 Android aka the firmware my Galaxy Tab 3 is running on I am unable to see my blocked hostnames for some reason all it shows is a bar with addfree at the top and a white screen no matter what I try is there another way I can view my blocked hostnames ? Also how do I edit my host names to allow certain ones it won't allow me to access my yahoo email on my huawei ascend H866C from my email app or the Opera browser that I use. when I disable the ad blocker it works just fine
[Android Apps and Games] Galaxy droid fan 7:
Which ones because I have trouble getting on Yahoo mail with my phone. And I know it's the ad blocker cause I can disable it and it goes right on. Edit I got host editors the app but it's all Greek to me if someone could help me figure out which host add or remove I'd be so grateful I love to have the ad blocker where it works but allows me to access my email its on a huawei ascend H866C the way. Running stock 2.2.3 firmware gingerbread
[Android Apps and Games] nixie2121:
How do I add something to a white list?
[Android Apps and Games] t88:
hi guys,

I've been using Adfree for a long time and almost 99% ads free, love it!

I'm starting to get more and more ads for some reason, never happened before.

It's almost default setup in the app, I just keep updating it perdiodically.

Any idea guys?

I'm using Asus Zenfone 5, 4.4.2.
[Android Apps and Games] quarky42:
Is there an easy way to see when an application is blocked what specific server entry needs to be added to the white list?

Adfree blocks Skulls of the Shogun from online access. I'd be glad to add a white list entry if i knew how to find the server that was being blocked.

Showing blocked servers in adfree displays a blank screen.
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
Thanks for that.
[Android Apps and Games] Hampa_D:
I have an ap, microcoil pro that stops working when I have Adfree activated, is there a way to see what address the app contacts so I might be able to white list it?
[Android Apps and Games] stookas:
My ebay images dont show up anymore if i have adfree activated. I have to revert adfree everytime i want to look on ebay. Any one else get this?
[Android Apps and Games] Hampa_D:
Try adding i.ebayimg.com to the white list. Works for me
[Android Apps and Games] _Epic:
Where do i whitelist it?
[Android Apps and Games] spleen1981:
Here:

http://adfree.bigtincan.com

Login and then go to My Exception List
[Android Apps and Games] M|ke:
It works very well on 5.0
[Android Apps and Games] garbage911:
ebay image blocked

Had the same problems as above with the ebay images blocked

registered for adfree account => be careful; had to use original android browser to access the website as it seemed to have problems with the dolphin browser

added the ebay images exception

i.ebayimg.com

went to adfree => authenticate into the account

download and update

whitelist is now active.

I have trouble viewing the log in adfree for some reason; but it's not important for now.

(haven't rebooted after update?)

donated to dev. thx.

many thanks to forum members for posting the fix.
[Android Apps and Games] yanni21:
Works Good!
[Android Apps and Games] Bob Shotta:
Awesome work

Respect for your Awesome post bro, garbage911 :good::good:
[Android Apps and Games] thundercattt:
I had the same issue with eBay and Kijiji. I followed this and worked for eBay. Anyone figure out for Kijiji? What happens (I think) is without adfree you get ads in app (and see pics normally) as soon as you run adfree to block the ads, you no longer get any pics. They put them together in their latest rollouts
[Android Apps and Games] ayoubij:
each time I click a link using the tapatalk app while browsing xda I cant open the link because it turns out before opening the link it redirects to this "redirect.viglink.com"

I whitelisted it and now everything is ok, but any idea why its in the list in the first place?
[Android Apps and Games] Kusie:
OK, I´m having trouble getting the whitelist entries to be uploaded to my phone. Running Nexus 5 with 4.4.4. Recently did a password recovery since I forgot the pw and logged in fine with new credentials on website and phone, edited whitelist, authenticated on phone, manually updated hsot list ... ebay image host still in the list... dammit. What am I doing wrong?

Oh btw, I also cannot see any entries inside the app, only white screen, even after several reboots.

Any help?

K.
[Android Apps and Games] chifan7:
New to Rooting my Device

Hi Folks, I need some Help!!!

Yesterday I rooted my Tab 4 7.0. I installed SuperSU and Adfree...Yes from my android browser. I can Not get any images on my ebay app. YES. I logged in and added the i.ebayimg.com exception to my White list. Still......No images. I have cleared the cache, restarted my Galaxy more times then I can count. What am I missing??? Please, can some help me? Please. H
[Android Apps and Games] DeLorean623:
Galaxy S5, hasn't been working for about a week or so. Tried uninstall & reinstall to no avail. Not sure what else to do.....thoughts?
[Android Apps and Games] manaox2:
I was having trouble seeing some pictures hosted on Facebook. Fixed by adding fbcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net to the whitelist. Probably shouldn't be blocked.
[Android Apps and Games] HitchslapHTC:
Hi,

thanks for this great app! I have a question though. I have an ad on a site I use very often (transfermarkt.de), I extracted following link out of the banner:

http://ff.connextra.com/Interwetten...tten&placement=DE_Transfermarkt_Mobile_320x50

How do I block all ads coming from this banner? Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] WORF84:
Images on eBay items get blocked in the eBay app.

When reverting back it works so.

What host do I need to whitelist?

My settings:
[Android Apps and Games] Slimboball:
ilapi.ebay.com :)
[Android Apps and Games] WORF84:
Thanks!

But now I'm facing another problem.

White/Block/TCP lists are completely white.

Why is this?

LG G2 D802 Android 4.4.4 mahdi ROM
[Android Apps and Games] Slimboball:
Download Hosts Editor, then search for ebay in the hosts list, it brings up quite a few. Then manually delete the one I mentioned previously.
[Android Apps and Games] WORF84:
Thanks!

Even:

i.ebayimg.com
[Android Apps and Games] Slimboball:
Ooops! Yeah, I meant that one. :)
[Android Apps and Games] kestrelv2:
One of the hosts files in adfree is blocking eBay images from loading. These shouldn't be blocked at all. I deleted a few of the eBay names using a hosts file editor and now it works again but every update is going to break it until that's fixed. Please remove which ever hosts block is blocking those images.
[Android Apps and Games] drjat:
Add them to your whitelist rather than using host editor and the updates won't be a problem
[Android Apps and Games] Slimboball:
Erm..... We already know this. Add the host name to the white list.
[Android Apps and Games] madin3:
I got a problem with the app Quiz duell, addfree is blocking the pictures questions.

How to fix this?
[Android Apps and Games] aceman2013:
You can find the answer in post #816.
[Android Apps and Games] madin3:
No i cant, if i search for "quiz duell" i dont find a single entry.
[Android Apps and Games] Slimboball:
The solution is the same. Just look for the relevant host list with Hosts Editor and delete it. Then you'll be good to go.

Possibly the one named 'media.gameduell.de'
[Android Apps and Games] madin3:
This is the problem i dont know the relevant host, your named host is wrong.
[Android Apps and Games] dmihov:
Great. Subscribed......
[Android Apps and Games] Slimboball:
You'll have to do a bit of 'trial & error' then. Just keep deleting a Host until you get the correct one & if it doesn't work, download them all again in AdFree & try again.

I don't have the app, so I can't try.
[Android Apps and Games] ocps69:
thank

Thank's you very much for your post and for the link for Host Editor, before i edit the host file whit an text editor, i hope it's more easy whit an application made fore this.

:good:
[Android Apps and Games] Bab-2:
Hello ! I have a problem using Fling. I tried to whitelist all the files with "fling" in their name found in host editor but I'm still not able to receive the pictures in the Fling app.

Any idea?
[Android Apps and Games] PipoyKalbo:
Anyone uses chomp sms for their messaging app? A few days ago ads are now visible even when using adfree. Anyone knows what to add to blacklist to get rid of this?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] pren0x:
Hello,

some services like the pictures from ebay are blocked. Is it possilbe to make a whitelist for websites that should not be blocked?
[Android Apps and Games] tribemac:
Yes you can do that here http://adfree.bigtincan.com
[Android Apps and Games] pren0x:
Thanks for the quick reply. But this does not work, too:

Invalid hostname: "ebayimg.com" is not a valid hostname that can be included or excluded

don't understand why
[Android Apps and Games] Slimboball:
Just delete the hostname manually using Host Editor.
[Android Apps and Games] drjat:
It's i.ebayimg.com and this has been posted a few times in this thread

There are some tapatalk hosts as well which you can white list if you use this app. There are a other specific examples in this thread which relate to some apps..... Just Search if you find unwanted blocks
[Android Apps and Games] pren0x:
thanks. i.ebayimg.com is working
[Android Apps and Games] dwgalaxys:
Sky News app UK

Anybody familiar with the above in UK? Apparently they have added advert videos before their news clips - I can no longer see video news on the app since this - anyone know of something I could whitelist?? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] ayacs:
Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Polarbert:
Has anyone had any trouble with blocking ads from news republic app? I'm on a rooted Samsung Tab S 10.5
[Android Apps and Games] gorthal:
same trouble with LG g pad 8.3
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
Does this app require root??
[Android Apps and Games] pren0x:
yes
[Android Apps and Games] DroidForLife33:
When Adfree is enable. Ill open the eBay app and I can't see the pictures of the items for sale? Can any one help with this??
[Android Apps and Games] msProduction:
Thanks for this application. I like it
[Android Apps and Games] RyanThaDude:
Check through this thread as it has been mentioned many times. You'll have to add some items to your whitelist.
[Android Apps and Games] DroidForLife33:
Thanks for all the help.
[Android Apps and Games] grabb0r:
Adfree broke my FreedomPop SMS service

I use FreedomPop for my cell service. $20/mo for unlimited everything is great, although EVERYTHING goes through the data connection. I installed AdFree today and my texting no longer works; other data (including torrents) and voice service is unaffected. Can anyone help me figure out what to whitelist to fix my texting?

EDIT: Nevermind, figured out the problem. Issue was with the services I was using to send test messages, not with texting itself.
[Android Apps and Games] bluesman1306:
Having trouble with lollipopp 5.1.

Adfree is not working.

App is installed fine, but don't block anything.

Am I doing something wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] Slimboball:
Are you rooted?
[Android Apps and Games] sifaaaa:
this folder created by adfree?
[Android Apps and Games] bluesman1306:
Yes. Is it save to delete this folder and reinstall adfree?

The last year's I used adfree I never had an issue. I'm sure it

Has something to do with the 12.1 lollipopp.

Root is working fine I guess.