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[Android Apps and Games] jj92942000:
Mates I installed Adblock plus, hey works great for Windows so why not here, follow instructions to set it up manually and seems great. Just tested it ..
[Android Apps and Games] body150165:
Since today, I got the same error message and not able to update. I hope the devs will solve it soon. I installed adaway for now, but will get back to adfree as soon as it is working again
[Android Apps and Games] Rim13:
The problem is in new market 4.4 , with old version of market all work fine.
[Android Apps and Games] GrimPivo:
Well, today I have this "too old version" message too :(

delta_foxtrot2, are you here? Please comment this thread full of pain :)
[Android Apps and Games] HetsHumbucker:
Would you please verify that by actually quoting the post with this version?

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[Android Apps and Games] Clark789:
+1 Me too... :(

Regards

Clark
[Android Apps and Games] ecksdeeay:
Where is the new version supposed to be & the link to Play Store is BONKERS?

:screwy:
[Android Apps and Games] jj92942000:
Google kicked all ad block king apps from play store for obvious reasons
[Android Apps and Games] ecksdeeay:
That's why it's BONKERS!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Cookie Ninja:
Just a little heads up....

I believe the Ad-away app thread users are also complaining that their app server website is not updating hostfiles. More info at the Ad-away thread and the mother-of-all-adblock threads....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46909894

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46772458

Is Google responsible?....

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[Android Apps and Games] damagedbits:
That's funny, I just installed AdFree and it seems like just the opposite :sly:
[Android Apps and Games] scottricketts:
In the meantime, does anyone have a hosts file from a previous install I can drop until things are working again?
[Android Apps and Games] ecksdeeay:
Maybe s'one from Google can confirm their now upping the angsts ? :what:
[Android Apps and Games] La_Globule:
Here is mine, recently updated and unmodified.

Hope it helps.
[Android Apps and Games] scottricketts:
I WOULD GO GAY FOR YOU!!!

Not really, but thank you!!
[Android Apps and Games] Cookie Ninja:
Seems quite small. Here's my hostfile, 1.9 mb uncompressed. You may need to edit out some FB, Twitter and Google analytics sites(in the upper personalised list), that I block (don't use them).

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/1/view/dvma3bgnwnmdxry/Hostfiles/hosts.zip

Dead Cookies leave no trails...
[Android Apps and Games] ecksdeeay:
My (AdAway) host file is fine & updates without issues as it just did today!.......
[Android Apps and Games] damagedbits:
Mine too
[Android Apps and Games] Besimbego:
I just updated AdAway and it still doesn't block a majority of ads. What can I do now to block ads? I have heard of Adblocker Plus, AdAway, and AdFree but I have no idea which to use.
[Android Apps and Games] RyomaEchizen:
Same problem.

AdAway don't block all ads :(

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[Android Apps and Games] rootlinux:
Download more lists to your Adaway.

I have 14 lists and I never see ads.
[Android Apps and Games] Besimbego:
where do I find more lists?
[Android Apps and Games] RyomaEchizen:
I have 4. Where i can download more lists?

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[Android Apps and Games] Besimbego:
There is this website but there has to be more out there. I have no idea where there is other lists.
[Android Apps and Games] rootlinux:
That's the one.
[Android Apps and Games] LMR1200:
I switched to Mother of All AD-BLOCKING. Works great and will keep on working! :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.ph...tober 2013) BLOCKS Malware Spyware Bloatware
[Android Apps and Games] yopet:
It seems that the developer have abandoned the maintenance/development (at least temporarily) for some reason.

He have hardcoded the expiration time in the application: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:02:39 GMT

Someone (interested) might patch the application (decompile-patch-recompile-sign) and add more time for expiration:

const-wide/32 v0, 0x526e6e7f

[I]located in FreeMe.smali[/I]

The problem is that even with this patch you do not have guaranty that a server side functionality will be up and running (or for how long more). If the developer does not show up in the next few days, I would say it would be a good thing to search for alternatives.

Just to be very clear, the application is only downloading fresh data from public lists and saving it into the local hosts file. You can refresh this file in many different ways: by using other applications like AdFree or by downloading lists and concatenating them manually.
[Android Apps and Games] yakie996:
I'm running the latest version from the site but it still says '' this copy of adfree is too old, please update to a newer version. ''
[Android Apps and Games] qashqool:
I regret to say that I moved to adaway :crying:

Hope dev returns and continue this app
[Android Apps and Games] Clark789:
+1
[Android Apps and Games] polygon21:
switched to this too.. only troublesome thing would be to periodically reboot to recovery to flash new updates
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Adfree Back working perfectly here for me 4.3.1
[Android Apps and Games] jj92942000:
Minor but works great no hassles past week
[Android Apps and Games] Bill Gamble:
Yep, new version 0.8.66 works.
[Android Apps and Games] sian391:
Link please :)

★★ Nexus 4 ★★
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Adfree......google
[Android Apps and Games] DowntownRDB:
Here. New version is working great.
[Android Apps and Games] drjat:
+1
[Android Apps and Games] Deozaan:
Latest version forces my tablet into landscape mode. Even with auto rotation disabled. Other than that it works fine.
[Android Apps and Games] Terri M:
OTE=delta_foxtrot2;40759351]This is the new AdFree for Android thread, the old thread was getting hidden because it was in a legacy devices threwhrreRL].

Google removed AdFree from thier app market but you can get the latest version from the [URL="http://adfree.bigtincan.com/"]adfree website or via the slideme market[/QUOTE]

Never mind! Thank you to everyone in this forum!! All of you are wonderful!!

Terri
[Android Apps and Games] polygon21:
adfree is back now... so good news for everyone
[Android Apps and Games] the gladiator:
The "old" version (0.8.64) doesn't work (Hit Fatal Error - This copy of AdFree is too old, please update to a newer version), and I'm not able to find the newer version (0.8.66)
[Android Apps and Games] Bogeyof:
Is it really that difficult ro read the first post and use the provided link to Adfree Website??? http://adfree.bigtincan.com/
[Android Apps and Games] jj92942000:
Installed, tested and verified on Omega v50.1. Thx mate back to my fav
[Android Apps and Games] La_Globule:
All this buzz is a bit weird : AdFree is a time-bombed app, a new version is coming from nowhere, no news from the developer in this thread (delta_foxtrot2, are you here with us ?), SlideME.org (http://slideme.org/application/adfree) not updated...

Can we still trust this app which needs root and Internet access (obviously mandatory for its functions) ?
[Android Apps and Games] the gladiator:
Is it really that difficult to use a polite tone? Furthermore considering that 1) I recently (maybe 2 days ago) downloaded from the adfree website the "old" version and 2) the other suggested link still stores the old version ?
[Android Apps and Games] yopet:
Whoever recompiled the app was a really generous. :) The expiration now is hardcoded to Thu, 08 May 2014 11:04:40 GMT.

By the way that is the

only

change between versions.

It seems that I will not be going back to AdFree anytime soon, since AdAway works equally well and efficient.
[Android Apps and Games] La_Globule:
Can you please explain me precisely how and where you can see this expiration date ?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] yopet:
If you decompile the apk (which you shouldn't do as it is illegal), you will get a lot of *.smali files. In the file FreeMe.smali there is a line in which the expiredate variable is defined (in case of current version the line is 65).

For the "newest" version the value is set to 0x536b64c8, which is a hex representation of the date/time since the "Unix Epoch".
[Android Apps and Games] La_Globule:
Got it. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] mouchers:
Music Unlimited interference..

I hope I can ask this here without having to start a new thread.

AdFree Seems to be interfering with my Music Unlimited. If i Download and install Hosts in AdFree I get a message saying Network Unavailable when i try to use Music Unlimited... But if i go back to AdFree and click Revert, Music Unlimited starts to work again... I emailed BigTinCan over the issue and hope to get a response soon. Is anyone having this issue? is there a bigtincan developer who can look into the matter. for now i will have to stay way from AdFree
[Android Apps and Games] ecksdeeay:
I tried TinCan (alley) again on another phone of mine but still didn't get to see the hosts file (just a blank)...so Adaway is my choice blocker.
[Android Apps and Games] Westnile:
Try to find their ip and url that the app connects to then after you apply ad free go into the host file it made and search for the ip and url and remove them save and replace the host file with what ever default permissions are set for.

Edit copy the host file to your ad card and if you have a pc get notepad++ it works great for these things save then put back on ad card and overwrite original one in system with the modified one so your music app works again following my instructions above.

Sent from my immorality
[Android Apps and Games] yopet:
I have looked into the alternatives to AdFree, few weeks ago, when the application wouldn't start anymore. I still keep my eye on this thread out of curiosity.

Please don't take this suggestion as hostile (against this product or developer) but, until AdFree picks up the pace on the development, I would suggest to look into the alternatives yourselves as well, if you would have some needs which the current feature set of AdFree can not cover.

If you do not want to search and edit the hosts file manually every time AdFree updates it, you can take a look at AdAway. It has a feature of white and black lists. You can specify the domains for which you want to disable the blocking by placing them into the white list. These entries are applied every time AdAway updates the hosts file.
[Android Apps and Games] ctgchaos:
I installed it today on my nexus 7, but it won't accept my credentials. I just tried it with angry birds and the ads are still there. Does anybody know how to resolve this?
[Android Apps and Games] Bill Gamble:
If you're talking about AdFree, there's no need to authenticate/register; just skip that dialog.
[Android Apps and Games] ctgchaos:
Thanks for the fast reply! Still I would like to use the extra lists I can configure, because right now it seems not to work correctly (see my remark about the test with Angry Birds).
[Android Apps and Games] yopet:
I'm not sure to whom or about what is your remark related to extra lists.

As a reference I will leave here the hosts sources I use and a reminder that you need to allow the usage of white/black/redirection lists in the configuration.

Please remember that some hosts sources might contain the destinations you would like to access with your device. The more sources you add to the AdAway, the bigger is the chance for that to happen. In that case you will also have to use more extensively the whitelist feature.

One remark for moderators or anybody eligible: It might be appropriate to cut out the parts about AdAway from this thread in place them into separate topic. I wouldn't like to be disrespectful by continuing to comment on other or "competing" products to the one from OP. Thanks. :)
[Android Apps and Games] ctgchaos:
Hi, I think I have the latest version 0.8.66, but it looks no way like the screenshots you're showing. If I push "show TCP host lists it's empty too... I must be doing something wrong...
[Android Apps and Games] yopet:
That's what I thought. We are talking about two different apps...
[Android Apps and Games] ctgchaos:
I'm talking about the one from big tin can. Which one are you referring to, please?
[Android Apps and Games] Bill Gamble:
The screen shots you asked about are from an app called AdAway.
[Android Apps and Games] jb0ne:
After updating my Nexus 7 to 4.4, AdFree stopped working. It would claim to have downloaded the hosts file, but no ads were being blocked. I played with the symlinks option, rebooted multiple times, etc.

I finally got annoyed with it and installed AdAway. After a few false starts where it would hang trying to write the hosts file, it's working great now. Is there something about 4.4 that breaks AdFree? Am I the only one for whom it doesn't work with 4.4?
[Android Apps and Games] Deozaan:
Same here on Nexus 7. Maybe the hosts file goes somewhere else on KitKat? Or maybe it's a difference between ART and Dalvik?
[Android Apps and Games] famewolf:
Thats a blatent mistruth. Adaway (and adblock for that matter) both work just fine and are available on f-droid.org. I'd personally use publically available lists vs private lists.
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
This is done, but I haven't published an update yet

Is there some reason not to use auto-update?
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
adfree doesn't use a private list, the basic 2 lists are reported in the host file, and those using the website can open a link to other lists.
[Android Apps and Games] captain.johnshepard:
I'd rather control when an app updates itself. I'm not a fan of auto-update. It's not a big deal. Just a suggestion. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Ci-Fi:
Can you please put the latest version # in the title and update it when necessary. That way we won't have to check the links in the OP to see if there is a new update. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] gsw5700:
Good idea :)

Sent via TCP/IP
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
This is why I publish to slideme.org, so it can be automatically checked.
[Android Apps and Games] Hayleia:
Ok, sorry, didn't know that, posting in the right place now :)

Ah. Meh. In the meanwhile I found that AdAway does the same with a better UI and doesn't need any registration. And since I am too lazy to register, I'll stick to it :)
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
I made the website so I can be lazy and not need to type things on a small screen
[Android Apps and Games] J0hanz:
Thanks for the app!
[Android Apps and Games] Cookie Ninja:
Tried adaway. Gives a smaller hostfile and no means to subscribe to additional hostfile provider sites, also has no method to add personalized ad sites to block (blacklists). Needless to say, it's unable to block ALL ads like ad free and you can't add new addresses. Ergo, you still see ads....'it's ok if you want it that way, but there is a better alternative, and it doesn't hurt to subscribe......

Dead cookies leave no trails...
[Android Apps and Games] gamepois0n:
Ad away is simpler but this is not bad as it was my first choice : )
[Android Apps and Games] leechseed:
Thanks for the App :thumbup:

Using this fir ages :);):D

Small Request:

Could you implement an update button (in app update) or put it on f-droid?

Greetz

SlimBean-b5|Dorimanx9.20|i9100¬Tapa2
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
I'm still working on in-app upgrade checks, I can't use f-droid, but publish to slideme.org
[Android Apps and Games] cspiresucks:
adfree use to be awesome

Ok I'm not having any luck getting adfree to work.. I have the latest version I think :) anyway I have not had a hostfile update since it was removed from the play store. Could you please let me know if there is a new version that works. Because I prefer adfree over adblock plus. All help with this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] TopDome:
Equally:

1. Change the hosts file

2. Require different system resources

3. May not work on some devices

Difference:

1. Server source code file hosts

AdFree - 2 program is built into the server by default, the rest are added through the Web.

AaAway - 4 server by default. You can replace them, edit them, add your number.

2. The mechanism of interaction with the system

3. The function and operation of the module tcpdump

4. Location of black and white lists:

Adfree - on the Web server

AdAway - built-in interface

5. User Interface.

AdFree - minimalistic

AdAway - more friendly and functional

6. Start the program

AdFree - just at a loss for checking for updates, and may hang (It makes me very, very frustrating)

AdAway - first loads the interface, and then later you can choose what to do

7. In AdAway integrated search engine Adware (code is from AirPush Detector)

We must try and choose what suits you more
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
0.8.58+ Added option to skip boot screen prompt, tweaked UI, in-app update checks
[Android Apps and Games] webbjames:
Icngypmessenger

Thanks, great job. But I have never rooted my android phone. And to some extent, in my eyes, the ads are there to support developer to keep Develop innovation product. If you really want to remove them, the easiest way is to use your phone offline whenever you are using the add supported app.
[Android Apps and Games] scream4cheese:
Most people find the ads intrusive. It eats up data and wastes screen space. Perhaps they accidentally press on the ad while playing and takes them out of the game. It can be frustrating.
[Android Apps and Games] jokergermany:
I am using this app and want to get the daily freebie out of the games from SparKing Society.

Can i temporarly disable Adfree or unblock the needed site?
[Android Apps and Games] Bill Gamble:
AdFree works fine for me, Nexus 4, 4.4, under both ART and Dalvik. Perhaps the problem has something to do with the Nexus 7.
[Android Apps and Games] drjat:
Addfree working perfectly with my nexus 7 running 4.3.1
[Android Apps and Games] brainvision:
Hey guys someone is actually a fun if Asphalt 8? I noticed a strange issue happening to the game when AdFree is enabled and fully working!

First time I found the issue was time ago, still in the 4.3 era! :D Asphalt 8 was launched only by a few days and I decided to try it.. First game just normal, but than if I login with Facebook or Google account the game seemed to freeze.. music still on but it did not respond to my taps.

I read into the PlayStore a lot of comments of people with the same issue, so I thought it was a problem of the game..

But today I installed and setup AdFree again after the 4.4 clean flash and I immediately noticed that from that moment Asphalt starts again the issue! So, finally, disabled AdFree, rebooted and it worked again just fine..!!

Don't know to what it could be related, but so it is..! :(

[ brvsn™ | Nxs7.3G stock rooted | Tapatalk.4]
[Android Apps and Games] SqueakyWizard:
I've been having issues whee the blocked ads just show 404 errors. Its even more annoying than an ad! I've attached a screenshot to show what I get, look at the top of the page.

Rebooting and reinstalling doesn't help. I've also played around with the different settings in AdFree.
[Android Apps and Games] ecksdeeay:
Have you cleaned your cache & history?
[Android Apps and Games] SqueakyWizard:
Yes, and rebooted the phone afterwards. Its happening in Dolphin Browser and also Chrome so I don't think it's a browser issue. Also doing it to sites I haven't visited before.
[Android Apps and Games] ecksdeeay:
I actually moved to AdAway due to recent issues with AdFree....
[Android Apps and Games] cloy:
Yes, I'd been using Adaway after Adfree "too old" idiocy - Adaway is perfect for blocking app ads, but not website ads. ABP has stability issues, so I gave Adfree one more go - it's up and running again, blocks app ads but NOT website ads.... jeez, I've had enough of ****-eyed Adfree.
[Android Apps and Games] avrichter:
AdFree and kitkat 4.4

I was having problems myself. Coming from 4.3, AdFree was working like a charm on my Nexus 4. After updating to 4.4 I got ads all over the place, what a bummer :eek:...

I downloaded the most current version of AdFree, but it did not help, the ads stayed. After reading quite some forum posts, where people said it works for kitkat and some others posted that it does not, I inverstigated the issue myself :cyclops:

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 :D
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
I let my phone upgrade to 4.4 on my nexus 4 and it bricked my phone, I had to install cyanogenmod to make my phone work again.
[Android Apps and Games] DOHCtor:
This works great, thank you!

---------- Post added at 11:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:49 PM ----------

You weren't able to fastboot the factory images?
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
Not so far, I've wiped the phone back to factory settings to no avail, it just sits on the bootup image.

Note: fastbooting the firmware worked.
[Android Apps and Games] cloy:
Ad block? Adfree, ABP and Adaway are basically identical - apart from blocking app ads they all block WEBSITES (and the same websites). Various finance sites, auto-trade sites and sports streams are completely blocked - even a legit bank is blocked!

Whereas ABP has 'acceptable ads' checkbox which effectively unblocks these sites, and Adaway gas a laborious manual whitelisting, Adfree has NO option to unblock websites... this effectively makes Adfree act like a crass Network 'content lock' - censorship by any other name.
[Android Apps and Games] missytoby2000:
Need some help

I have problems getting Ad free updated since I downgraded my S3 from 4.3 back to 4.1.2, it takes for ever downloading hosts to no avail, in the end it gives me this message: "unable to locate a partition to remount to write the hosts file to", can someone help me since I don't understand what this means? Nor I understand much about how this app works, I just follow the on screen instructions to get what I want, to be ad-free all the time, no matter how... Any help would be much appreciated...
[Android Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
That error message usually means it can't get root to remount the partition.
[Android Apps and Games] MSK1:
Do u have to be rooted to use this?
[Android Apps and Games] La_Globule:
Yes, of course, to be able to rewrite the host file.
[Android Apps and Games] siddarthsmallya:
i downloaded from adree site..working superbly
[Android Apps and Games] travisn000:
...as long as you use adfree.bigtincan.com and NOT bigtincan.com/adfree . ...that second page linked to the old , now removed, play store version.
[Android Apps and Games] yhvo2gt9:
AdFree is working fine on my device but I've noticed that the host file is blocking access to a domain that the popular Citymapper app tries to contact.

If my understanding of the logcat is correct, after installing the Citymapper app and selecting the relevant city you want it to work for, it contacts s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com over https to download various assets (metro system maps, etc). It's been causing issues on my phone, so I looked into the hosts file and s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com is indeed listed in there.

Does anybody know how to contact the developers to query why a particular domain has been added? It may be a perfectly valid addition, but if so, I'd like to inform the Citymapper developers so they can consider moving to a different domain.