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[Android Apps and Games] sliding_billy:
Been using rooted devices (personal ones plus every device anyone in the family has owned) and AdAway for years, so AdGuard is completely new to me. I got my son a new Samsung Galaxy S2 Tab (713 WiFi) to replace his old tablet for his birthday. Admittedly, I have only been messing with it for a few days but was hoping not to need to root his device (I am using primarily Pixel devices and rooting is far less of an issue than Samsung if the memory of my old bootloader unlocked S4s is an indicator) I could at least get ad blocking functional. I am willing to pay the AdGuard lifetime mobile subscription for this one device, but I immediately have one giant issue and of course only have 7 days to try out AdGuard. Whenever an in-app ad launches, instead of it launching an annoying little box or even an add that obscures a good amount of the app, the ad pops up a full screen blank browser that doesn't have an ad but can't be closed or back spaced without the browser popping back up sometimes immediately and other times quickly. I have set the default browser to both Chrome and the Samsung Browser as well as clearing all app data from both, and neither fixes the issue. I am running the version of AdGuard from the website, so I assume the most recent stable version. I do not have the device in from of me but selected pretty much the most aggressive options I could in AdGuard. Hopefully this is something obvious. I have not read all 286 pages of this thread but have not found anything by searching for this issue. Thanks in advance for helping me find the answer before I give him the device on his birthday Saturday.
[Android Apps and Games] hasan4791:
Cool... You've chosen the perfect app for adblocking... You have to enable https filtering and i recommend you to use vpn mode for the best ad cleaning... Play wth settings, you can enable high quality and dns filtering too...
[Android Apps and Games] sliding_billy:
Thanks. I will play around when I get home. I definitely have HTTPS filtering on and use VPN mode. Almost certain that high quality is on and I will look at DNS filtering.
[Android Apps and Games] sliding_billy:
Got it. I had it in high speed although I swear I remember switching it to high speed. Switching to high quality got rid of the issue. I found DNS filtering (not in settings but in the drop down list) and turned that on as well. Now time to beet on it for a few days. Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] pgovotsos:
How is the performance of Adguard DNS compared to the ISP provided DNS? Where are the servers located? If many hops away, wouldn't that make DNS requests take longer to resolve?
[Android Apps and Games] fddm:
The servers look to be in Russia, think I get ~200ms here in Texas. I can see this being useful as a last resort, like for a non-rooted device without other blocking options available to it. I generally stick with ISP servers unless they are mismanaged, as it's always faster to pull from a local net then try to over the internet. Adguard can filter DNS regardless of the server your using.

I'd imagine DNS filtering introduces more false positives along with slightly less battery usage and maybe better blocking depending on your setup, so you might want to see if the tradeoff is worth it to you.
[Android Apps and Games] ianmacd:
The biggest issue with blocking by DNS is that it's a blunt instrument. By necessity, it blocks whole domains and can't distinguish useful content from dross when a domain is capable of sending both.

So, for example, if you like to block ads in games, but have a couple of games in which you like to watch the ads to earn resources for use in the game, DNS blocking isn't going to work for you. It will block the relevant domain for all games.

The big win with DNS-based blocking is that it is fast: content is never pulled, rather than first pulled and then filtered. In the case of web pages, this can also mean that the end result isn't as pretty, since AdGuard doesn't filter cosmetically and therefore also can't tidy up after itself.

The servers themselves are well-connected. From Amsterdam, I get 26ms consistently. I don't use them, however, because I subscribe to a third-party DNS proxy service.
[Android Apps and Games] BabylonDreams:
v2.10.164

Hey guys! The new release build is out!

We usually try to avoid having “inbetween” major updates, but this time is different. There were not as many big changes to justify labeling this version 2.11, but some of them are still very important so we couldn’t just keep shelving them.

A couple of serious bugs have been fixed: misbehaving “Protection” button on Android 7, certificate detection issue and “broken” whitelist. You’ll find a lot of minor fixes too, plus updated translations.

[Fixed] "Protection" button misbehaves #1556

The AOT (ahead-of-time) compilation method on Android 7.x could remove whole chunks of AdGuard code on its optimization step. This led to various problems, including the persistence of VPN connection despite the disabled protection.

[Fixed] Certificate detection issue #1543

We have changed the algorithm of user certificate detection and it now works more correctly.

Ad blocking

[Fixed] Whitelist is not working #1504

Network

[Fixed] Unexpected exception in the onUdpConnectRequest handler #1501

[Fixed] Automatic proxy (with root) is starting very slowly #1516

[Fixed] Disabling net access for Android OS does not work #1498

[Fixed] Moscow subway Wi-Fi cannot work with DNS filtering enabled #1546

[Fixed] Disabling internet access for Android OS does not work #1498

[Fixed] Internet is not working after switching from Local HTTP proxy(root) to VPN #1558

UI

[Fixed] Minor UI issue in traffic stats screen #1500

[Fixed] The application is not fully translated after changing the language #1514

[Fixed] Proxy port more than 32767 is converted to 0 #1489

[Fixed] Incorrect calculation result of "App Details "screen #1509

[Fixed] Protection restarts when exporting settings #1517

[Fixed] Import of previously exported settings is buggy #1571

[Fixed] The visual glitch with 2 active DNS servers is back #1374

Other

[Changed] Japanese translation

[Changed] Traditional Chinese translation

[Changed] Several compatibility fixes

[Fixed] The header is not written after the HAR file rollover #1526

[Fixed] AG should request write_external_storage permission in runtime when it's required #1502

[Fixed] Proxy mode with Magisk 14.2 takes 2+ minutes to enable #1527

[Fixed] bccard.com, local.gosi.go.kr are not accessible with the HTTPS filtering enabled #1567

[Fixed] Alisa is broken in Yandex.Browser alpha #1557

How to get this version

Apk is available here in the Downloads section

Available in XDA Labs app

Github: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/releases/tag/2.10.164
[Android Apps and Games] black_knight_:
I download it and testing. Everything seems to working ok.
[Android Apps and Games] kunal vashisth511:
thx
[Android Apps and Games] FlyingHorseGA:
I'm getting ads on the app "L Speed" and "L Speed Beta". Can someone look into this please?
[Android Apps and Games] milojoseph:
There is a bug.. With espn fantasy where the ads are showing up as white box when you maneuver throuthrough the app
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Please report all the issues here:

https://reports.adguard.com/en/new_issue.html

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There are 6 locations:

US West (San Francisco)

US East (New Jersey)

Europe (Amsterdam)

Russa (Moscow)

Singapore

Australia (Sydney)

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We'd like to keep it "cross-filtering-mode" so that it worked the same way with proxy and with VPN. `iptables` is a way to go of course, but it won't help us with the VPN mode.

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Hm, that's a good question.

As I understand, the app counts bytes on every active network interface. When VPN is enabled, you have one more network interface (VPN) that includes all the outgoing traffic and that's why the stats is messed up.

As I understand, dividing it by 2 should be enough. What's the mismatch?
[Android Apps and Games] dmarden:
No ads in the ESPN Fantasy app here.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
It seems that we have figured the possible cause for the high wakelocks count: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/issues/1547

So, what was going on. In the new network stack version, we've made a strange decision to close connections that are idle for more than 30 seconds. The problem with that decision is GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) service. It keeps an open idle connection (waiting for new messages) and constantly reconnects. This alone won't cause any serious issues, though. But the real issue is that on some devices GCM reconnect may prevent the device from "going to sleep", postpone it for some time, and then due to AG reconnect occurs again and again.

We have fixed this issue, the patch for it will arrive later today (along with a couple more nice improvements).

(!) However, I am not sure if this is the same thing you have reported. Your case looks different to me (maybe it's not and it's just GSam uses different names for wakelocks). Anyway, I've created a separate issue on GH: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/issues/1592

In order to investigate we need to acquire battery stats recorded and dumped via adb. Could you please help us with that?
[Android Apps and Games] FlyingHorseGA:
I've tried, but when I get to step 5 of 8 it will not accept links from my Google Drive account or my One Drive account.

Do you have another way of reporting that I may try?
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Could you please post both links here? I'd like to file a bug to our guys so that it accepted this type of links.
[Android Apps and Games] tlf55:
I'll try to record my battery stats and give it to you here but for now I'm a bit busy in my private life.. I'll also try your new version to see if it solves the wake lock issue I'm report here too :)

Thanks taking care of that
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Thank you! Meanwhile, version 2.10.171 is already available in the beta update channel.
[Android Apps and Games] BabylonDreams:
v2.10.171

Hey everyone!

This build brings a hotfix for the important issue with Wakelock and also a change to App management screen, mobile and Wi-Fi traffic counters are separated now.

[Fixed] Wakelock (caused by GCM_RECONNECT) prevents devices from sleeping #1547

[Added] Separate Wi-Fi/Mobile stats #1542

Other

[Changed] Update Russian translations for 'Advanced settings' screen #1507

[Fixed] Compatibility fixes

How to get this version

Apk is available here in the Downloads section

Available in XDA Labs app

Github: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/releases/tag/v2.10.171-rc
[Android Apps and Games] FlyingHorseGA:
Can I send you the links in a PM? These are my personal accounts.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Sure, np
[Android Apps and Games] FlyingHorseGA:
Info sent :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Mister_Diamond:
open TCP ports?

Using Nmap (a tool to discover open ports on hosts) I found that my device (I have a public IP) has an open port.

I used: nmap -T4 -A -v -Pn MYIPADDRESS

I can say for sure that is opened by AdGuard; I ping my IP on such port and the ping works: if I stop and put AdGuard in Greenify I can no longer ping my IP; I have tried many times and the result is always the same. Why?

For completeness: I use Cryping, which is able, in facts, to specify a port where to send ping.
[Android Apps and Games] milojoseph:
Never said I'm getting ads. Said I was getting ghost box from places where ads are.
[Android Apps and Games] dmarden:
Ok, I am not getting ad-space ghost boxes either.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
change high speed to high quality..in advance setting.

also disable dns filtering if it's on..with dns filtering on you will keep seeing those blank boxes.
[Android Apps and Games] YMatrix:
Hey,

Have been using Adguard on my s8 for almost a year with no problems. Lately when at home the wifi icon appears with an exclamation mark (the device can't identify network availability). When disabling Adguard it works with no problem (2 arrows showing incoming and outgoing traffic).

Any advice to solve this problem?
[Android Apps and Games] stu5797:
Anyway to remove that damn key in the Status Bar on the LG v30 or other LG devices?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] ideepak693:
This will help for youtube
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
No unless your ROM support it.

see status bar editing option.

imo it;s actually nice to have it, it tells me that adguard is actually on. (i completely disable adguard notification)
[Android Apps and Games] fddm:
Try iYTBP, it has a non-root version:

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-iytbp-injected-youtube-background-t3560900
[Android Apps and Games] milojoseph:
Thanks that helped I had dns filtering
[Android Apps and Games] ianmacd:
Root the phone and run AdGuard in HTTP Proxy mode. This will also allow you to run AdGuard in combination with a real VPN, since you can have only one active at any given time on Android.
[Android Apps and Games] kojak1989:
updates only via page not app ?
[Android Apps and Games] dirtyreturn:
Nah, you can update the app through the app. Just tap refresh on the home screen like you would to refresh the filters.

Edit --- and if you have interest, to get the betas go to left swipe menu and click on settings and then advanced and then scroll down to release channel and tap , then select beta.
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
Samsung devices still have the notification in addition to the key simbol?

Sparaflashato da Z3C
[Android Apps and Games] Goku80:
Any ideas on how to disable that guys please.
[Android Apps and Games] 1droidmod:
notify clean if u have xposed
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
It's due to default Oero behaviour :(

There's an app on play store and featured in XDA news which can hide this, i don't remember name but you will able to find if you'll search a bit.
[Android Apps and Games] dirtyreturn:
Give a swipe right to access settings then go to general and scroll down and choose notification type, I believe.
[Android Apps and Games] Goku80:
Thank you it worked
[Android Apps and Games] stu5797:
It worked? What is the name of the app?
[Android Apps and Games] 0.0:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iboalali.sysnotifsnooze
[Android Apps and Games] YMatrix:
Anybody?
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
Reproduce the issue, then upload logs here (if not too large) or somewhere like Dropbox or Drive and [MENTION=6150471]avatar_adg[/MENTION] will take a look. You can dump them by going to AdGuard Settings > Advanced > Export logs and system info. It will save a ZIP file in your internal storage.
[Android Apps and Games] fzs91:
Hi!

I've been having problems with Adguard since yesterday. No Internet connection though WiFi and data are on. I have the exclamation mark as well and Android system tells me my WiFi is unstable. I switched off Adguard and now I have Internet again.

Also I try to update the app here in XDA Labs and each time I'm told to authorise download of external apps though the parameter is on. So the update cannot be done.

Do I uninstall and reinstall Adguard?

Thanks for your help :)

Edit : it finally worked. I'm trying to switch Adguard on.

And now I have Internet again!

I just had to update the App :D
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Btw, on Android 8.1 they introduced special notification channel for this notification so you can now disable it.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
This is standard Google, with all their smartness & elite programmers they always miss minor/basic things and fix it latter after being pointed out.

if it wasn't like this, Apple would have been rotten by now.
[Android Apps and Games] BabylonDreams:
v2.10.175 RC

Sorry for being so late with the update, guys!

Several more semi-urgent fixes have been made in this release candidate, along with a couple of QoL changes.

[Added] Separate Wi-Fi/Mobile stats #1542

A self-explanatory one. There's now a drop-down menu on the statistics screen that allows you to choose between displaying stats for Wi-Fi, Mobile or all traffic.

[Fixed] Wakelock (caused by GCM_RECONNECT) prevents devices from sleeping #1547

Other

[Added] Danish Adblock list filter #1523

[Changed] Translations for 'Advanced settings' screen have been updated #1507

[Fixed] Protection is restarted when you open HTTPS filtering menu #1605

[Fixed] Compatibility issues

This build on Github

Direct download link

How to get this version

Apk is available here in the Downloads section

Available in XDA Labs app

Github: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/releases/tag/v2.10.175-rc
[Android Apps and Games] milojoseph:
Found a bug where http filtering causes the note 8 phone contact to not find location of places anymore. It would say network error can't find current location. After disabling the http and removing the certificate then the location in contacts app works again
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
there is stil no way to hide the notification of vpn running on samsung device?

did you find a way to hide the notification of vpn on s8?
[Android Apps and Games] YMatrix:
Yes, only with root
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Does disabling HTTPS filtering for the contacts app help?
[Android Apps and Games] milojoseph:
Yup it does
[Android Apps and Games] setiawanjimmy:
Hi.

Is it possible to use AdGuard with other VPN while on cellular data? Im having no internet connection here. Works fine with WiFi though.
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Thank you! Could you please tell me what's the exact package name of that app? We'll do it by default.

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It's possible if you have root access -- switch AG to "proxy" filtering mode.
[Android Apps and Games] setiawanjimmy:
Thats what i was using, proxy mode. it works fine with wifi but not on cellular. There's no internet connection while on cellular.

Btw I just cleared data of adGuard and looks like its working now. I'll keep you updated. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] flipmode_11:
Why does latest version say VPN is not supported?

Using it for 6+ months... Ideas? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Logs?

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Please export AG logs (settings -> advanced -> export logs) and PM me that archive. I'll check what's wrong.
[Android Apps and Games] BabylonDreams:
please try rebooting the phone, any change?

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Sup everyone!

Here's another update for the release candidate.

Just one small, but important fix related to settings import.

Other

[Fixed] Crash in Amazon version #1608

How to get this version

Apk is available here in the Downloads section

Available in XDA Labs app

Github: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForAndroid/releases/tag/v2.10.176-rc
[Android Apps and Games] FlyingHorseGA:
Installed and working fine on my Kindle Fire HDX Thor running FireOS 4.5.5.3 :)
[Android Apps and Games] milojoseph:
Ok... Sorry. I dont know for the past few months.. Adgaurd is messing with the internet. Getting a lot of " no internet connection" dialog probably for the past month. I didnt complained... But now its getting really worst. Honestly I cleared the data for adgaurd... And it's still getting problems... I dont know how to record logs for when I get no internet connection.
[Android Apps and Games] flipmode_11:
ERROR / BUG

Error Message:

"VPN is not supported. AdGuard cannot create a VPN connection. It is likely that VPN is not supported by your firmware. [Cancel] [Learn More]"

If you have received this same message before, it

cannot

be resolved via uninstall, reboot, install, reboot, etcetera... :eek:

SOLUTION

The only way I managed to fix it, and successfully reconnect was to launch VyprVPN (an alternative VPN software package - supports nice features like *Kill Switch*, *Malicious Host Blocking*, *Block/Allow App via Interface*, etc.) and click connect, click yes yes... VPN connection will now be initiated!

So just use

any other VPN/firewall

package, have it connect, then disconnect, and re-connect with AdGuard!

Still working perfectly after two reboots. :cowboy:
[Android Apps and Games] flipmode_11:
Hi Milo Joseph, I don't think your problem is AdGuard...

Are you using the DNS service within AdGuard??

I had problems with this and had to disable it some time ago. Try it without DNS enabled in left menu.

Had you previously imported data and upgraded from older version? I found that if I did not import settings I had fewer issues.

Instead I just spent 30 secs reconfiguring settings, as not much needs changing (disable IPV6 traffic). Set-up basic rules for Email and Browser, plus DNS, Play Store and Play Services. Everything else blocked internet access.

Have you ticked the box under Settings - Data Usage to limit background data for AdGuard or other core system apps?

Do you have power-saving enabled? Or limit background data traffic ticked?

Can you force stop all "hungry" apps running in background? Get "BK Disabler", click "Filter" at top-right, then click on the options for background service and processes etc, and force stop what you can.

How does the system perform now?

Good luck!
[Android Apps and Games] avatar_adg:
Logs can be recorded regardless of the internet connection state (and they might be really useful).

Then just export logs via settings -> advanced -> export logs and PM them to me.

I'll also need to know exact time when the issue happened and the log level should be "record everything".

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Thank you for the detailed explanation!

This sounds like a 100% firmware bug as if the firmware has revoked AdGuard's access and couldn't forget about it until you enabled another VPN.

What exact device and firmware do you use?
[Android Apps and Games] milojoseph:
Oh it's adgaurd. I switched to another app for now until it's fixed.. Tired of the no internet connection dialog
[Android Apps and Games] Oblox:
Just started using tunnelbear as an occasional VPN, when i start tunnelbear Adguard doesn't seem to stop properly and although all adguard VPN notifications stop showing the app says its enabled. When i stop tunnelbear VPN adguard notification shows but the VPN key doesn't so not sure if its starting up again properly.

Going into the app then doesn't allow me to disable adguard to restart it and clicking exit from the menu just hangs on preparing to stop. I have to go to settings -> apps and force close adguard then start it again.

Im on Galaxy s8 Oreo beta 3.

Heres my logs i exported these after id got it started again

http://www116.zippyshare.com/v/lA2tLwfk/file.html