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[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
If you log into AdFree.bigtincan.com you can create a whitelist and add that URL. That should solve your problem once you update the host file on your device via AdFree.
[Android Apps and Games] ducasan:
After downloading latest version from website, and installing, app starts and then says that it's not the latest version, then exits.

I'm using CM11 (KitKat 4.4.2) on a SGS2.

Anyone having the same issue?

Thanks.

EDIT: Unistall APP, clear data, force stop, and install new app from adfree.bigtincan.com... now works!
[Android Apps and Games] jb0ne:
Just go to AdAway. more powerful anyway, and no hassles with proxies like other apps
[Android Apps and Games] 0ptimus82:
It seems like Addfree is blocking TouchPal X voice input, each time I try to use it I get a network connection error message
[Android Apps and Games] simpledesign:
Awesome app. Use it on everything. Gets rid of everything it needs to get rid of.
[Android Apps and Games] MSK1:
Do u need to root?

I use adblock which didn't need root.
[Android Apps and Games] La_Globule:
Yes, you need root in order to rewrite the hosts file.
[Android Apps and Games] kobibn:
its blocking some video apps

Hi

The app is blocking video stream of the apps mako, Channel2, Channel10 in IL. Can we do something about it?
[Android Apps and Games] jb0ne:
Just switch to adaway and easily create your own whitelist to exclude it. Drop adfree, its time under the sun has passed.
[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
You can create a free account (or donate if you wish) at adfree.bigtincan.com and then create your own blacklists and white lists. Works great for me.
[Android Apps and Games] FuMMoD:
Wow I never knew you could do that! Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
You are welcome. Glad I could help you out.
[Android Apps and Games] crubioma:
This works better than Ad away. Thanks a lot

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[Android Apps and Games] jb0ne:
Just curious, how does having to go to the website and make an account in order to make your white/blacklist, as compared to just making it on your own device, make it better than AdAway?

Seems much more convenient to be able to do it all in-app like with AdAaway.
[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
Not sure about the OPs experience, but my experience with AdFree is that it seems to generally work better at blocking ads (I.e. blocks the ads I want blocked and does not block the ads and links that I want to see). I had trouble with ad away breaking too many links in my browser.

I agree that it is less convenient going to a web site to create white and black lists than doing this inside the app. With AdFree I rarely need to do this so it is no big deal for me.
[Android Apps and Games] jb0ne:
Fair enough! Was just curious. Glad you got it sorted out.
[Android Apps and Games] amandes:
adFree for Android

Adfree is the best: ik heb er al wat geprobeerd maar deze is de beste
[Android Apps and Games] gcappa:
an you use both apps at the same time?
[Android Apps and Games] Daniel_hoy:
Hi

I'm a newbie and don't understand how to do this. I really want to get Adfree again.

Do you have a more newbie friendly explanation?
[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
Go to settings, security, scroll down and check unknown sources (this is required so you can install apps from sources other than the Google play store). Now go to AdFree.bigtincan.com and click on the download button. You will get a warning that these kinds of files can harm your device. Adfree is safe so click OK.

Once AdFree.apk has finished downloading go to your notifications and select AdFree.apk this should start the installation. Once finished AdFree should start (if not start it from your apps menu). Follow the prompts to download new hosts file. You normally won't need to do anything else.
[Android Apps and Games] Daniel_hoy:
Thanks, but that's not my problem. I have Adfeee working on all of my other devices. But I can't get it working on my Nexus 7 with android 4.4.2. Works absolutely fantastic on my 4.2.2 devices.
[Android Apps and Games] RyanThaDude:
This app doesn't seem to work with 4.4 KK and hasn't been updated in quite some time.
[Android Apps and Games] Bill Gamble:
It works fine for me on my Nexus 4, running 4.4.2.

Edit: ROM = Cataclysm
[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
Works fine for me on Droid RAZR Maxx running CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4.2, KitKat).
[Android Apps and Games] channeledbymodem:
Uncheck the symlink option and re-download the database.
[Android Apps and Games] RyanThaDude:
Thanks. I'll try that when I return to 4.4. I went back to 4.3 since it's more stable for me.
[Android Apps and Games] BJHiltbrand:
Newegg.com ad problems

Hello, first of all, I would like to say great work on this app. I have noticed a problem that I recently realized was a result of this app. My new egg email advertisements don't show pictures in the ad. When I click on text links, no browsers are able to display the page. I reverted the host names, and all of a sudden it started working perfectly. Is there a way I can exempt an advertiser to receive their ads? Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
Log into AdFree.bigtincan.com and create a whitelist. You also need to connect to your AdFree account in the AdFree app (start AdFree from app menu, once adfree has completely started click on 3 vertical dots in upper right corner, click authenticate, then follow the prompts).
[Android Apps and Games] BJHiltbrand:
Awesome! Thank you so much.
[Android Apps and Games] rpodgorny:
wrong listing

hi! i believe the host i.iinfo.cz is wrongfully listed in the default hosts file. it's used to serve images for this quite popular site: root.cz. please remove it.

...or is this even the right place to report this?
[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
Add the site to your whitelist. See post 432 for instructions.
[Android Apps and Games] rpodgorny:
i already did but that is not what i mean. i believe the entry shouldn't be there in the first place...
[Android Apps and Games] Daniel_hoy:
That is not working for me.

I want to try this, but i dont know how to remove the symlink.
[Android Apps and Games] channeledbymodem:
I would try uninstalling and then reinstalling, this time leaving the symlink option unchecked before you download the host files. I think that's how I got it working on both an LG G Pad and a Motorola Atrix HD.
[Android Apps and Games] kotey:
Oh that's probably will not work, since after uninstall, the erroneous symlink is still there.

You don't have to uninstall but have to delete the symlink.

To do that:

A) install android terminal emulator from market. run app. type in:

su
mount -o rw,remount /system
rm -f /system/etc/hosts
exit

OR

B) Use any (free) root file manager. My choices are ES File Explorer or Total Commander. Both are free and ad-free

- install app from market. run app. go to its settings and enable root.

- now navigate to /system/etc and delete hosts file

(if your /system partition is read-only, it will prompt to remount as read-write, allow it)

Now fire up Adfree and uncheck 'create symlink', then click update.

If you want peace of mind you can also delete /data/data/hosts and after reinstall or updating Adfree, you should check that /data/data/hosts is not being re-created. If you do it right, everything will be fine.

ps: of course you have to allow root permission when prompted for terminal emulator or the file managers, don't forget that.
[Android Apps and Games] fAZernERo:
thank you very much!!

It seems to work perfectly
[Android Apps and Games] Pure Drive GT:
App Icon

Hey there, I really like your app and it works just fine! One minor thing maybe would be to update the resolution of the app icon, it's kind of pixelated on my N4 and N7 with Google Now Launcher :) (I hope you actually are the Dev of this app xD )
[Android Apps and Games] FadeFx:
Hi, i just found out that adfree eliminates the commenting system on my favorite austrian news portal www.futurezone.at

Any idea why, and what to do against that?

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[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
Log into AdFree.bigtincan.com, create an account, add the site to your whitelist, connect your account to AdFree on your phone (see settings), resync AdFree, reboot.
[Android Apps and Games] FadeFx:
the thing is that the rest of the site works fine, only commenting system doesnt work anymore.

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tapatalked from GalaxyS3
[Android Apps and Games] ayoubij:
is this working with android 4.4.2 ??
[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
Does the commenting system work OK if you have AdFree revert back to your original host file? If so, then you may need to whitelist whichever site handles the commenting. I suspect that site may be different from the main site.

Try doing a long press on the link that takes you to the commenting site and examine the URL in the popup that appears.
[Android Apps and Games] FadeFx:
Ok, i got it, strangely i had to whitelist community.futurezone.at to get it work which i didnt expect that a subdomain like that could be blacklisted...

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tapatalked from GalaxyS3
[Android Apps and Games] SovPanda:
Anyway to block the ads on the side and bottom of video? http://www.watchcartoononline.com/archer-season-5-episode-5-archer-vice-southbound-and-down
[Android Apps and Games] FadeFx:
Have to take it back, after reloading the browser the comments do not work again. Yes, if i disable adblocking the commenting system works as intended. Seems i have to take a look at the page source code on my laptop later on.

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tapatalked from GalaxyS3
[Android Apps and Games] Adelsc0tt:
Hi,

Did you find a solution ?
[Android Apps and Games] wyvernwaddell:
Used this-worked like a charm! THANK YOU avrichter!

It seems that kikat somehow stumbles about the symlink that AdFree creates from /system/etc/hosts to /data/data/hosts. If the symlink exists and points to a valid hosts file, I get adverts. If I remove the symlink and copy exactly the same file to /system/etc/hosts, the ads go away. Coincidence?!?!

Unfortunately, AdFree seems to have a problem with removing the symlink since I was not able to remove the symlink via AdFree (uncheck "Use /data/data/hosts symlink" and reinstall hosts file), but had to remove it myself using "ES Datei Explorer". Any other root file explorer with mount rw capability should do the job as well. Reinstall the hosts file via Adfree and make sure that "Use /data/data/hosts symlink" in unchecked. If you still get ads, reboot and everything should be fine

To do that:

A) install android terminal emulator from market. run app. type in:

Code:

su

mount -o rw,remount /system

rm -f /system/etc/hosts

exit

OR

B) Use any (free) root file manager. My choices are ES File Explorer or Total Commander. Both are free and ad-free

- install app from market. run app. go to its settings and enable root.

- now navigate to /system/etc and delete hosts file

(if your /system partition is read-only, it will prompt to remount as read-write, allow it)

Now fire up Adfree and uncheck 'create symlink', then click update.

If you want peace of mind you can also delete /data/data/hosts and after reinstall or updating Adfree, you should check that /data/data/hosts is not being re-created. If you do it right, everything will be fine.

ps: of course you have to allow root permission when prompted for terminal emulator or the file managers, don't forget that.
[Android Apps and Games] ICavalera:
I found this app and is great. Thanks for your work.

But today a made an update. And now tapatalk is giving an some kind of error. The images of the forums don't appear. Even the feeds don't appear anymore. And it's saying to me that my apn may been changed or I'm using some kind of ad block.

Can you help me?

Sent from my NeatROM 7.4
[Android Apps and Games] pabjimlop:
Me too

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[Android Apps and Games] cm2003:
The host http://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.asp for some reason has added Tapatalk to its list.

You could use an editor to modify the hostfile manually or just uncheck that host.

I've been using the following tool, as it's working very well and you can search for the Tapatalk entries.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nilhcem.hostseditor

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[Android Apps and Games] ICavalera:
Can't understand how to remove tapatalk from local host.

Already downloaded the editor.

Sent from my NeatROM 7.4
[Android Apps and Games] garywojdan81:
Open the editor and do a search for tapatalk. It brought up like 16 entries for me which I checked off and deleted.
[Android Apps and Games] ICavalera:
Thanks for everything.

It's was my mistake. Because of that problem I reverted for the original hosts file. That's why didn't found the tapatalk.

:D

But then I made the everything has it should, has you explain and went OK. ;)

Thanks once again.

Sent from my NeatROM 7.4
[Android Apps and Games] Ja_som:
I added img.tapatalk.com to whitelist, and it's OK
[Android Apps and Games] el_bazzo:
Didn't work for me. Added this and the popup in tapatalk still appears. Anything other to do than just adding it to white list?

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[Android Apps and Games] Ja_som:
popup? Hm, maybe you have other issue than me, try add only tapatalk.com to whitelist
[Android Apps and Games] Aliante:
Had the same problem, did the following:

- clear cache and data for tapatalk

- restored "original" (empty) hosts file in adfree

- login in tapatalk and restore forums and settings

- installed "adblock" hosts in adfree

The popup message is gone!

Do not know if it is really necessary to clear data and settings, maybe a "lighter solution" is enough.

You can try: logout tt, disable ad blocking, login tt and finally re-enable ad blocking.

If that does not work, try the full steps above.
[Android Apps and Games] el_bazzo:
The "lighter solution" did the trick... Thx

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[Android Apps and Games] stuart0001:
The lighter option got rid of the error message but its stopping external links working from the app. Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] el_bazzo:
Adding link.tapatalk.com to the white list too fixed this for me. (In conjunction with "lighter solution")

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[Android Apps and Games] alakyr:
just added to the whitelist only tapatalk.com hoping that automaticaly don't block even the sub domain (img.tapalk.com - link.tapatalk.com - etc) and looks like working...
[Android Apps and Games] Ja_som:
Hi,

I have another big problem.

My Play Store web in Chrome and Dolphin browser look weird, see pictures.

When in revert host file, then it looks normal...

Adding play.google.com to whitelist does nothing...

Can someone help me?

Sent from my tablet. Odoslané z môjho tabletu.
[Android Apps and Games] alakyr:
insert only the site in the whitelist is useless...you have to found every play store address related on the host file generated from adfree then you can find which block make the site look weird ...for example following you can see every tapatalk address that I had to whitelist

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[Android Apps and Games] Ja_som:
It can be a looooong list
[Android Apps and Games] alakyr:
yeah i know...but it's the only way...

I took 10 minutes with notepadd++ on the pc to search and insert every url related to tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] zippy01:
It took me less than 30 seconds with host editor app from the play store mentioned previously and everything is working fine now

Here..
[Android Apps and Games] alakyr:
as I mentioned before I added every tapatalk entry into the white list on the adfree website...you just changed your host and next time you update it, it could revert you actions...my will stay ok 4ever across multi devices ;)
[Android Apps and Games] zippy01:
Ah I get you, how do I do that on the adfree website or am I missing the point.
[Android Apps and Games] alakyr:
first register and login on the website then you can create a white list

then when you open the first time (you if have already it just recover original host file and clear data) adfree on your phone/tablet log in with your account and ta-da you have unlocked the links that you have white listed on the website
[Android Apps and Games] zippy01:
Ah that must have been the part I was missing I never registered lol on another note can anyone access that link as I get a blank page.

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] Albertum:
Same for me: adfree.bigtincan.com gives a blank page.
[Android Apps and Games] zippy01:
It's not just me then lol I tried on a proxy aswell with no luck

But I can go to their main page
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
WHen I updated for heartbleed it upgraded php and session_register feature which was depreciated broke things.
[Android Apps and Games] zippy01:
Thank you for explaining :)

All done now that's great. Just one note for people checking with hosts editor..

Make sure you reload the hosts file otherwise the Tapatalk links will still display :)
[Android Apps and Games] tarkil:
Thanks for this, it was driving me crazy for these past few days !!!!!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] :
I install the adfree app but now when i come to use sponsorpay offer board it doesn't work because adfree has blocked it how can i resolve this?
[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
Setup an account on AdFree.bigtincan.com, link your account to AdFree on your phone, setup a whitelist at the AdFree.bigtincan.com web site.

I'm not sure but you may need to reboot or resync AdFree on your phone with the AdFree site.

Sent from my Droid RAZR Maxx (XT912) running CyanogenMod 11.

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[Android Apps and Games] DKM119:
Are those all the links need it for Tapatalk or there are more?
[Android Apps and Games] alakyr:
when I wrote the post was only those...dunno now but anyway tapatalk is working freat since them

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[Android Apps and Games] Dwillian:
I just installed AdFree. Updated the hosts file and it seems to be working great (including TapaTalk) without using whitelists. Maybe bigtincan has updated the hosts file.

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[Android Apps and Games] bintangjatuh:
Great info.. Thx
[Android Apps and Games] purple lady:
I just updated the hosts file and Tapatalk is still there. I used the hosts editor above to remove them.
[Android Apps and Games] epivitor:
Tried to update the hosts and got a message that the version I use is too old.

Does anybody know a link with the new version? I have 0.8.66 now.
[Android Apps and Games] jacndabx:
I'm getting the same thing
[Android Apps and Games] burtallicus:
Me too.....is this app still beeing supported or is just a temporary error on the server?
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
http://adfree.bigtincan.com/index.php
[Android Apps and Games] epivitor:
This is still the 0.8.66 version
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Wait for update
[Android Apps and Games] alakyr:
still old version on the website...i hope that it will not take weeks like the last time it happened...

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[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Takes as long as it takes......
[Android Apps and Games] :
adfree.bigtincan.com or just use google to find adfree
[Android Apps and Games] IvIush:
Temporary fix...

For those of you getting the "Your version is too old" error, you can kinda fix it by going into Date and Time on your device and setting the time a year backward. The problem with this is that it makes certain https websites refuse to load because of lack of certificates.
[Android Apps and Games] jacndabx:
New update working now, thanks
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
I've taken the too old code out and I'm trying to build a new version now but my eclipse was out of date and I'm trying to get the SDK up to date now.

UPDATE: new version is on the website, will be on slideme and yandex soon
[Android Apps and Games] Chad The Pathfinder:
Awesome, thank you very much!
[Android Apps and Games] lanc3lot:
I assume not, but i will ask to see if there is a workaround!

I have a Xperia Z2, unrooted.

Can i use Adfree somehow and hide the ads? Ty in advance ;) Is my main reason to be rooted, but at the moment rooting Z2 looses the DRM keys and present some problems.
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
You could run a vpn+proxy and filter your traffic that way.
[Android Apps and Games] SonyFan23:
I have one of the latest updates blocked TubeMate and viewing online video in the browser. Interestingly this will be corrected?
[Android Apps and Games] moguaii:
Could it be that the current update blocks/banns Amazon server? Since some days in the Amazon app store, Amazon app and if I browse to Amazon I have no more pictures

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[Android Apps and Games] moguaii:
Ok, I can locate the issue... It's really Adfree.

After restore the old hosts in Adfree all pictures in the Amazon App and Amazon App Store are displayed right. After patching the host files new pictures are gone again. :(

I have installed the newest version from this thread.

Could someone help me? Editing the blacklist/whitelist in Adfree.

Thanks

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[Android Apps and Games] Ja_som:
I can confirm this ^^ too...

AdFree blocks recently too much. As I wrote, it blocks the Google sites in the browser.

:(

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[Android Apps and Games] Albertum:
Yes. That's I think.

Someone can upload the previous hosts file?

I have done a grep amazon on the host file and there are 70 lines !

A grep with amazon.com gives:

127.0.0.1 assoc-amazon.com

127.0.0.1 ecx.images-amazon.com

127.0.0.1 rcm-images.amazon.com

127.0.0.1 rcm.amazon.com

127.0.0.1 www.assoc-amazon.com

But I'm not sure if the amazon app store uses amazon.com or amazonaws.com or amazon.de or amazon-[something].com

What hosts are added in recent updates?

Edit:

So I added:

ecx.images-amazon.com

rcm-images.amazon.com

rcm.amazon.com

www.assoc-amazon.com

to my exception list and now amazon appstore is working fine.
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
www.assoc-amazon.com has been in the host list since 2009

cls.assoc-amazon.de, ecx.images-amazon.com, rcm-de.amazon.de, spyhunter-download.s3.amazonaws.com and www.assoc-amazon.de were added on the 15th of this month.

At a guess ecx.images-amazon.com is what caused the problem and I've removed it from the database, manually updating adfree from the server should fix the problem.
[Android Apps and Games] doinkydoink:
Works for me. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] _lastx:
How can I edit the hosts file on my phone? Most Amazon images don't show on my phone and updating adfree doesn't really help.

I wish it had a whitelist option
[Android Apps and Games] doinkydoink:
U can create an account on the website to create on your own whitelist. Inside adfree you then authenticate your account to download your personal host file
[Android Apps and Games] _lastx:
Thanks, great tip!
[Android Apps and Games] palluk33:
I can't get the tapatalk app works on my phone with AdFree, I created whitelist and add tapatalk.com but still nothing change. Please help thx
[Android Apps and Games] adl:
Try *tapatalk.com (with the little "star" before the "t")

Works for me.
[Android Apps and Games] pickarooney:
Has anyone an easy fix to make embedded YouTube videos work again?
[Android Apps and Games] SonyFan23:
In the latest update host, the client no longer open xda
[Android Apps and Games] lineobird:
I installed Hosts Editor https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nilhcem.hostseditor and searched for the entry s.ytimg.com and deleted it. That fixed YouTube in the browser and also in TubeMate for me. Discovered it was that entry by chance through process of elimination. This will only correct it until you update the host file in AdFree again, at which point you have to do it again. I haven't tried whitelisting it through the AdFree website.