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[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
We just can't do it when https filtering is in use. To understand what is the actual remote resource address, Adguard first establishes an encrypted connection with the app, gets request properties and then decides what to do.

When https filtering is turned off, AG makes a decision based on the remote host domain name which comes to us in the very first data packet. But this way sometimes leads to an incorrect blocking.

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Huh, never saw anything like that despite being a gmail user for years..

How often do you see such ads?

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You mean this app, right?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lenovo.anyshare.gps
[Android Apps and Games] rajib4:
Got it, thanks :good:

By the way, have you people done anything on the empty ad placeholder issue yet? May be on the filter side?

Asking as I am not facing the issue now with those 2 apps which I mentioned earlier in my post.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
S that one
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Hm, no, nothing yet.

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Filed a bug, thank you!

https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/issues/512

One more question: do you have https filtering enabled or not?
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
No. Https filter is not enabled
[Android Apps and Games] huismeester:
Wat is the best version ?
[Android Apps and Games] rbird2:
My opinion:

The latest Stable version 2.5.196, 28 April 2016
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Thank you! I've updated the github issue with this info.
[Android Apps and Games] californicated:
Ads appear most of the time I go to that tab. Unfortunately some important mails go there, so I can't get around.

Great app, great support. Got a licence for the whole family :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] Sim-X:
I have a Sprint variant GS7 edge SM-G935P and when using Ad Guard I get random reboots where the phone will lock up and just restart itself. I originally thought maybe it was a hardware problem but after a number of hard resets and testing without Ad Guard installed it works perfect. I have had it lock up several times while playing a game, as well as incoming phone call. I ran it maybe 2 weeks without Ad Guard issue goes away. If I install it, I can usually get it to lock up within a few hours just be using the phone. My testing was done on build G935PVPU2APC5 & original build G935PVPU1APB5. I have not tested it on the latest build of G935PVPU2APD3 which I am currently running. The last time I got it to lock up was on build PC5 using 2.5.196 stable. Before that I have tried beta builds and HTTPS filtering on or off (doesn't matter) I still get lock ups. I have always used AdAway on my HTC devices but I use Ad Guardon my Win 10 PC without issues. The PC version use to sometimes lock up and blue screen the computer while using a VPN but I haven't had any issues since the 6.0 release. I have a premium license for both mobile and desktop. I love ad guard but having the phone randomly lock up to an unresponsive state, then reboot itself I can't keep using it. It has been uninstalled for now but not sure what is causing the issue. When I first got the phone I did use package disabler which I thought could have been messing it up but have since stopped using it. I have force stopped some bloatware apps but other than that everything else is stock. Anyone else having this issue on the phone or similar phone?
[Android Apps and Games] huismeester:
I have the same problem with SM -G935F unlock version
[Android Apps and Games] Goku80:
No issues here
[Android Apps and Games] rajib4:
[MENTION=6150471]avatar_adg[/MENTION]

Update on the empty ad placeholder issue: The issue is back again after few days, kinda playing hide and seek [emoji15]
[Android Apps and Games] rajib4:
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[Android Apps and Games] No1VIPER:
Is anyone else having issues with the Top Eleven app constantly restarting when adguard is enabled? I've tried disabling the ad filter, but that doesn't make any difference.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
One more very important note on this: I don't have a promotions tab in my gmail app :confused:

I wonder could it be because of my gmail settings? I'll check it with a new account.

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Questions:

1. Do you have "filter dns requests" enabled or not?

2. How exactly have you tried turning ad filtering off? Through firewall apps settings?
[Android Apps and Games] No1VIPER:
I've not got filter dns requests on. I've tried turning off ad filtering by using going through firewall apps settings, but I've also tried to add 'eu.nordeus.topeleven.android' as an app exception. But the problem still seems to occur.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Last resort: add it to "pref.net.exclusions" in AG low level settings. This will fully exclude this app from VPN. Please let me know if it helps.
[Android Apps and Games] No1VIPER:
That worked :svetius: Thanks for your help, and quick reply.
[Android Apps and Games] FloGatt:
Hi,

I have a problem with the latest version of AdGuard. Since the update, the in-app ads in this app are not filtered anymore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timetable_plus_plus

I can provide you a full log of the related traffic.

EDIT: VPN-mode works, only proxy-mode does not filter ads.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Do you use "manual" or "automatic" proxy setup? It's just some apps ignore wi-fi proxy settings.
[Android Apps and Games] FloGatt:
Manual mode because my phone is not rooted. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Sim-X:
Yea it took me a while to test and make sure it was AdGaurd causing the issue. I keep it uninstalled for now, I'm just not going to put up with my phone freezing I hate that more than ads. AdGaurd, are you aware of issues regarding the Galaxy S7 Edge which seems to affect multiple variants? I would love to keep it installed. Could affect the S7 as well? Anyone with Galaxy S7/S7 Edge having this problem could you confirm you model number? I would be more than happy to send in logs if that is helpful.
[Android Apps and Games] Goku80:
I am using s7 edge and running adguard and not facing no issues at all. Maybe am just lucky.
[Android Apps and Games] californicated:
Strange. You might need to go to settings and enable sync for the promotion label. Usually it's enabled by default.

Gmail/ Settings/ [yourgmailaccount]/ Manage labels
[Android Apps and Games] MasterUK:
very slow browsing :(
[Android Apps and Games] whiskey_jd:
Did you guys noticed any privacy issues? As I know http traffic may be watched via vpn connection. That's whay I'm little bit worried about it. Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] rajib4:
AFAIK, Adguard makes a local VPN connection not an outside one. The only thing what it fetches from cloud is filter updates. So there is no need to worry.

Cheers :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] s-f-r-j:
Just purchased this software for my LG G4 (Canadian Version) stock 6.0 Android ROM (NO ROOT).

Is there a way to remove "VPN key icon" from status bar?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
not without rooting.

that key is a warning from android to inform you you're connected to a vpn, adguard has no control over it.
[Android Apps and Games] penfold:
I'm seeing occasional full page popups on this app ...the ads are blocked but a full screen black box fills the screen and blocks everything till you close the box from the small x button in the corner. It pops up mostly after sending a message.

vpn mode

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.okcupid.okcupid
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Sorry, missed your first comment.

That's a weird issue, I can't yet understand what's going on.

Could you please try using AG with "Filter apps traffic" turned off? Maybe this issue is somehow caused by ad blocking in some system app, this way we can check it.

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It seems I just don't have such label:)

I've filed a bug report on this, we'll see what can be done about it:

https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/issues/541

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There's not much we can do about it (besides blocking ad content), popup seems to be hardcoded.
[Android Apps and Games] s-f-r-j:
ah, okay, thanks!

need to see if this phone can be rooted at all.

thanks again
[Android Apps and Games] Sim-X:
huismeester what settings have you tried? Anything other info you could help provide? I'll post some details that I already know below.

huismeester has the Exynos variant and I'm on a Snapdragon so must be something with the phones software and not carrier specific issue. It is very odd. I shut off filtering of all system apps and then only turned it on for chrome and just some games with ads to try and minimize the problem. Doesn't seem to help. Phone will randomly stop responding (usually within a few hours) and just reboot itself. I have tried multiple hard resets and software builds along with testing without AdGaurd and the issue goes away. I would be happy to provide logs if that is helpful, I would like to use it but can't put up with it freezing. Beta builds, Stable builds HTTPS on/off same issue.
[Android Apps and Games] szymko1995:
I'm having some major problems with latest stable and Nexus 5X. I was having sth like 1,5 days battery life and 3,5-4h sot without ag and with it it's like half of battery life. After 12h after unplugging from charger I have to charge again. Also sometimes I have '!' sign next to WiFi/LTE icon and internet connection doesn't work. When I disable ag everything goes normal.

I'm rooted, so I used proxy instead of VPN.

Something is wrong here...

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 5X przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Android Apps and Games] Audioboxer:
Any chance this will ever block Twitter app "promoted tweets"?

They are getting excessive on my phone. Didn't mind one or two through scrolling, but now it seems every 5 tweets I need to see mariah carey game of war...

Found my answer, please consider doing this...
[Android Apps and Games] FloGatt:
Hi,

I, have a feature request: Is it possible to implement a feature to set a custom DNS server in VPN mode? That would be a great feature.
[Android Apps and Games] MrX9553:
Any way to make it work while using vpn to change country?
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
What will happen if i disable wifi And mobile data of any app in firewall ?
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Thank you very much for the tip!:)
[Android Apps and Games] Dr. Hurt:
Adguard keeps crashing my Nexus 9 on 5.1.1.. The whole tablet freezes and restarts.

I've done some testing, and narrowed it down to adguard particularly when streaming videos (be it in chrome or MX Player). It seems to happen more when I seek thru a video (skipping a few minutes).

Uninstalled adguard, no more crash. Reinstalled, again crashes.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Wow, that is weird, thank you for reporting it!

Have you used stable version of Adguard or beta version?

Could you please try latest beta version?

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And if you've used beta version - could you please try disabling ad filtering for MX Player?

You can do it in AG Firewall settings.
[Android Apps and Games] Dr. Hurt:
I tried both the stable and beta. Same problem.

Watching YouTube html5 videos in chrome, if I seek forward a few times in the video, the tablet freezes and restarts.

Streaming videos from other sites using MX player, seeking in the video also crashes the tablet.

YouTube app doesn't seem to have this problem. It works perfectly.

I'm not using the premium version so no firewall.

I thought it was a 5.1.1 issue but then I noticed that sometimes the adguard notification disappears so I suspected it might be behind this.

So I uninstalled adguard and it fixed the issue. Reinstalled, got the issue back.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Got it, thank you! We'll try to fix it asap.
[Android Apps and Games] Mariner_1712:
*previous issue solved up updating to current beta*
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
[MENTION=5736283]Mariner_1712[/MENTION]

I see you've edited your post but anyway I will post some useful info here.

There was a bug in that old beta version (1.2.927). It was blocking access for newly installed or updated browser. Fixed now.

[MENTION=4469618]Dr. Hurt[/MENTION]

We've tried to reproduce the issue, but no luck, MX Player works good.

Could it be that this bug depends on the website you stream video from in the MX Player? Which websites we should check?
[Android Apps and Games] pato2015:
127.0.0.1 is the only way to use for blocking wifi? Is there other way? Because I notice it does block adds..but not all...should i turn on the opt out google setting?...ty
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Sorry, I don't understand what is the question. What do you mean by "blocking wifi"?
[Android Apps and Games] ImploreSum:
Nice Job

Keep it up!
[Android Apps and Games] pato2015:
2 ways to block internet traffic...tru vpn or http(wifi block)...im using the http method..in settings...127.0.0.1...tru port 8080....now my question is ...is the 127...should be aways the settings or is there any otherway....2nd question whats the fast port to use..proxy in your experience or it really doesnt matter what port number? Im noob ty
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
using something other than 127.0.0.1 would be pointless, that IP says "the proxy server is on this device"

changing it would mean your phone would start looking for adguard or a proxy server running on a different device.

changing the port also shouldn't influence speed/efficiency, the only reason to change it is if you have a different app that relies on this port.

if you really want better performance, all I can recommend is using VPN mode.

you're stuck with a permanent notification, but it is way more reliable than proxy mode.
[Android Apps and Games] Racinghart91:
Thanks! This works just as good as adfree (I'm not rooted on note 4 running 5.0.1)
[Android Apps and Games] Racinghart91:
I do have the feeling that it's eating my data, or is it just me
[Android Apps and Games] JannockYT:
Looks great, hope it works
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
In fact it hides your apps traffic usage:

https://kb.adguard.com/index.php?/K...ndroid-battery-and-traffic-consumption-issues

With Firewall module in the beta version you can now see the real situation.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Beta version 1.2.1040

New beta version is out! We are more and more closer to release, bugs are getting fixed, firewall is working better and better.

Changelog for 1.2.1040:

Download link as always:

https://adguard.com/apkb

Few more words about some of the changes.

Simplified filtering mode

As you may know, upon installing Adguard we were automatically choosing between 'Speed' or 'Quality' filtering mode before, depending on the device's performance. Now there is one more mode (even faster, less resource consuming, but, sadly, not too qualitative).

In that mode Adguard works using algorithm similar to the one of Adblock Plus (except for we use much less memory). That means we are confining ourselves to blocking requests, with no 'cosmetic' web pages processing.

No more colored icon option in Lollipop

It didn't work there anyway . The problem is, Google pretty harsh in imposing its guidelines. If the developer desires to use new Lollipop functions, colored icons have to be removed.

That's it, leave your comments below!
[Android Apps and Games] eltigre4jc:
Hi... Is it possible to use this with Tasker or with Automate?

I want to disable filtering when the mobile data is switching on, and to reenable it after it is switched off again...

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] fandroid222:
how is a size of this?
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
As far as I know Tasker can send custom intents so it should be possible.

I've asked our tester to check it, will return with the result soon.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Turning "filter apps traffic" off would be a better test, you could have missed something while doing it manually.

At least I can take a look at Adguard's log, look for some pattern there.

Adguard log files possible locations:

/storage/emulated/Android/data/com.adguard.android/cache/log

/sdcard/Android/com.adguard.android/cache/log

/sdcard/data/Android/com.adguard.android/cache/log

/sdcard/Android/data/com.adguard.android/

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Do you see anything suspicious in Adguard firewall stats? Maybe some app with enormous number of blocked ads or bandwidth saved?

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The problem with Twitter app is that they forbid HTTPS filtering for their app. It can be solved if you have root access though.

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Yep, planned for v2.6:

https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/issues/139

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Adguard will drop every connection from that app.
[Android Apps and Games] Audioboxer:
Cheers. I do have root access. Even if I swap from VPN to proxy the promoted ads still show in the Twitter app. Is there something else I need to do?
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
It's not easy to say. We don't want to become a VPN provider by ourselves, it's just too expensive to do.

However, we want to add an upstream proxy settings to Adguard, so you'll be able to use any proxy for both Mobile and Wi-Fi data. Some popular VPN services (like PIA for instance) allow you to use proxy instead of a VPN.

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Right now you can turn ssl pinning off using SSL Unpinning xposed module. But I am not sure if AG has rules for removing sponsored posts from twitter app.

I am sure this is possible, we just didn't block it, waiting for v3.0 and our own "unpinning" module first.

More information about it is here:

https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/issues/472
[Android Apps and Games] penfold:
still regularly see adds on this app until I disable and re-enable adguard and then the ads dissapear:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gbis.gbandroid
[Android Apps and Games] girouf:
Hi, before my question i'd like to mention once again, I have been using AG pro for a while now and it's great. Koodos on the high quality support you guys bring to it, that's the difference right there !

The only place I get ads and the main reason why I use AG is in Chrome and YouTube whenever I use it. So what I did is added all of my apps to the list of app exclusions so they bypass VPN, I have my desired filters enabled along with filter DNS requests, HTTPS filtering option is on for all domains but whitelist and I switched to high quality filtering. Then I only turn on the firewall and apps filtering when I use YouTube extensively otherwise that part just remain off as well.

My question am I missing something having my setup this way and also if you can just confirm with me that the DNS filtering options does work alongside the other filters in the high quality filtering mode so I get all benefits of faster more efficient filtering with DNS along with better quality through filters and the reduced data.

lol Hope that came through clearly.. English is not my first language

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Hi! That's my bad, we forgot to remove Gas Buddy from exclusions list after placing it to "https exceptions".

So you can do it manually:

1. Go to settings - advanced - low level settings

2. Open "pref.net.exclusions"

3. Find a line gbis.gbandroid and delete it.

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All is good, I just want to add some notes on DNS filtering.

The thing is that DNS filtering will work for all apps even for those bypassing VPN. DNS requests are made from the "system" app and blocking any domain is system-wide.
[Android Apps and Games] girouf:
Ah I see... thanks for the info.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] ianmacd:
The popular quiz game QuizUp suffers a network error the first time I start it every day with HTTPS filtering. If I immediately restart the app after the error, it works perfectly.

If I add com.quizup.core to the apps exception list, the app starts correctly the first time.

I'm curious why the app needs that first connection attempt to prime it for proper functioning when HTTPS filtering is used.
[Android Apps and Games] ScOULaris:
These ads recently started sneaking in. Anybody have any clue how to add them to the blocklist? I can't easily tell where they're coming from, domain-wise.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Looks like google display ads so it's weird that AG failed to block it.

Let's wait a couple of days until the alpha version is out. I fear that it may be caused by this issue: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/issues/562
[Android Apps and Games] ScOULaris:
Hm. The domain on which I'm encountering these ads does not use HTTPS, and I'm just using the whitelisted domains that come with the app by default for HTTPS Filtering as well. But we'll see if the next alpha fixes it.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
I suppose that this app just does not allow HTTPS filtering.

So, what happens in this case:

1. AG tries to filter HTTPS.

2. App forbids it and drops a connection by sending a special "unknown_ca" notification.

3. AG reacts on this and adds domain to a "temporary exceptions" list. Next time it won't make a try to filter https for this app+domain.

We'll add this app to default https exceptions list:

https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/issues/565

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Google ads are loaded from a HTTPS url, it does not matter which protocol is used by the website.
[Android Apps and Games] ianmacd:
I don't think that's what is happening here, because if I wait a few hours, it happens again: I start QuizUp, get a network error and it exits. Then I immediately start it again and there's no problem.

This is repeatable every day. If I turn off HTTPS filtering, the app starts successfully the first time every day. With HTTPS filtering on, the first start always results in a network error.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
That's why I said "temporary" exceptions. This list is cleared on every AG protection restart.
[Android Apps and Games] ianmacd:
Ah, OK. I thought that temporary meant that apps were added to it until they could be manually included in the permanent exception list of a future release.

See this old posting from the recent beta phase where I reported that Facebook Lite wasn't working with HTTPS filtering:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66379100&postcount=1035

Behaviour there was different. In that case, the app failed only the very first time it was launched after installation on a device with Adguard, but then worked correctly every other time it was started. This led me to believe that apps were being added to a list and then not removed from it again.

In the case of QuizUp, the failures are repetitive, so that didn't make sense if the app had been added to a semi-permanent exception list.

I hope you understand what I mean. It's a bit hard to explain.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
We were releasing new builds often back then, so it's possible that FB apps got to https exclusions soon after you reported it.

One more possibility: i remember that FB app had issues with sign in process only. For all other requests they made a second try automatically.