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[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
That error clearly indicates that you do NOT have a current valid key (whether "non-expiring" or not). At this time, it is not possible to reactivate old keys or secure a new key. Please visit our support areas if you need assistance.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] waylo:
There are several issues here:

1. There are several keys that can be generated by Samsung SEAP. The non-expiring legacy keys have not worked for these applications for some time (if ever).

2. What used to work was a specific EDU key.

3. A month or so ago, Samsung removed the ability for non-partners to generate working keys of any type. There is no workaround right now.

So if you have the specific key you used previously, that would work until it expires/expired. But no one will have any new working keys until/if a workaround has been implemented. The last several pages on this thread describe this problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tuntu:
Perhaps a temporary solution is to set up a DNS server with pihole in AWS or Google Cloud; then we connect to it with splitted VPN (only DNS requests, the rest of the browsing through the normal way). It would hardly consume data and should not increase the use of battery of the phone much.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
Or perhaps one of the simple solutions suggested HERE that doesn't require anything but your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pdagenius:
Please can someone tell me if this will work on Pie both over cellular and WiFi? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
Yes, that's why I suggested it. Private DNS is a documented builtin feature of Android 9. As for everything else, you can always try it for yourself... ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] racnigel:
Is using The private DNS way better than using the adguard app?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
IMHO, yes, that's why I suggested it. It's free, simple, effective, and uses no additional resources. It's merely ONE possibility. Use whatever fits your needs.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dancrow:
Tried on my note 9 with pie, but I get wifi connection error, no internet access. Should I change something on the router settings?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] profi_fahrer:
I have the same Problem. In my Home-WIFI it's working, but it the WIFI at work i also have an connection error.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Fukel:
It dun work i generated a key at samsung and adhell3 said it activated successfully then the app closes at and when i restart it wants key again is this same problem as everyone else? I thought u couldnt generate a key at all my new key is klm06 key
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
You cannot generate a

correct

key (EDU ELM, for recent AdHell3 builds). Unless you already have an active valid key, you wlll not be able to use AdHell3. Uninstall Adhell and consider one of the alternatives. If you need more information, feel free to visit our support areas.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Fukel:
Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] kptsalami:
Will a Private DNS also block ads from apps? Or will it only block ads in a browser? (Like Samsung internet). Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pgrilo:
System wide, apps too..
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] kptsalami:
Thanks for the response! Will give it a go once AdHell starts acting up
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] jackherer72:
You can better use Disconnect pro and private dns (adguard) together, for perfect adblocking. It is the easiest way without problems.:)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] IamJAX:
How do I disable app without adhell? Any alternative for that?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
If you must disable apps (VERY seldom actually needed), use ADB, Package Disabler Pro, etc. If you're not sure what/where those are, let Google show you.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] LiquidT:
My adhell3 was working great, but my license key expired. My phone updated to U1 pie. I downloaded the latest adhell3.1.1.290 got a new ELM "backwards compatible " key. The app shows to activate, but it will ask for the key everytime I try and open the app then it will force close everytime. How do I fix this. This is the s9 plus with One UI?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
Huh? There is no official "adhell3.1.1.290" apk. In any case, a backwards compatible key would be the wrong key. Unless you already have a current active EDU ELM key, you're stuck. Time to uninstall your Adhell and look at alternatives. Check our support areas (repos/Discord) for details
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] LiquidT:
What is the EDU ELM? My old adhell3 worked on the KPE key. It would tell me activate was successful but kept asking for the key. So I tried the other key which is the ELM key, now it just keeps crashing. So is adhell3 dead?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
The keys you have are obsolete. If you don't have a recent AdHell3 apk and an active EDU ELM key, then AdHell is dead for you, and even if you had those components, it would die shortly. Please review the many posts dealing with the impending demise of AdHell. At the very least, glance at the #faq and #announcement channels of our Official Support Discord Channel. We cannot provide support in every XDA thread, sorry.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] LiquidT:
Your good. Thank you. I went with blokada and the adguard DNS. Thanks for the feedback.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] milojoseph:
I have a question, maybe you can help. I sense my school WiFi has blocked vpn and every time I have WiFi on nothing loads. Previously with adhell it bypassed any VPN block my school had. Can you tell me how to fix it on Oreo so I can bypass any blocks my school may have.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dest_pl:
can anyone PM me a working ELM key ? :)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] rahulkheria:
No one will do..
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Nexon91:
and me too pls??
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tacoo:
Anyone with a working ELM key is likely on the verge of expiration. And if they're not, having their key be used on multiple devices will likely increase the chances of said key being disabled.

Switch to one of the many other ad blocking apps until this hurdle can be crossed. And if it can't, use other ad blocking apps anyway or deal with ads.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jebus007:
So what exactly happens when the key expires? All existing settings remain in effect, but I can't change them anymore after the expiry date?

I guess in that case I better turn off all features before that happens, because if in the future I'd need any of the disabled apps / blocked addresses, there's no way to bring them back.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
When your key expires, simply uninstall AdHell and everything will return to defaults. No need to panic.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] omoomi:
Same boat

I'm having the same exact problem. I am able to generate a new key and when I put it in, the app just keeps reopening and asking for another key. I don't understand the difference between this new key and the old key I had. Both start with KLM!
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
You can no longer generate a proper key for Adhell unless you're an official Samsung partner. Please review recent discussions in this thread and many other venues. Adhell is no longer under active development. I suggest that you simply uninstall Adhell and review the various available alternatives.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Gmobilize:
Hey, I am getting and error 203 when trying to activate the license, any ideas about this?

EDIT: Just found out this apk, and also just found that it is not being developed anymore, my bad lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] wuub:
It Would be worth renaming the thread with "Discontinued" or "EOL", no?!
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Gilg@mesh:
and there my key expired... back to Disconnect Pro, this was great. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] mistermidas:
My key expired on 5/30, but my app is still working perfectly fine. It hasn't even told me the key is expired though the app, I just know it has from checking the ELM key generation site.

What does your app tell you? Because you should still be able to use it as long as you don't make any changes to the setup. Which for me isn't a problem since i haven't changed anything since the first couple weeks I installed the app.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZionMainframe:
By reading the past few pages, it seems that Adhell is dead.

But I'll ask anyway, any ray of hope available to get it working again. Some work around perhaps.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
AdHell can only be used if you have a working suitable license key. Unfortunatley, the free 90-day licenses it was using are no longer available and unless you are a legitimate Samsung B2B Partner with your own legitimate license, AdHell is no longer an option for you.

No, you can't realistically pretend to be a partner, use someone else's license, find a workaround, or try to "patch" anything. There is no obvious reason to obsess about this, just move on.

What you can do is simply switch to other simple and free ways to block ads/trackers and disable apps. I'll once again point to common alternatives which I encourage everyone to try before losing sleep over such a trivial matter. Relax! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Lord Spectre:
Thank you Mike B. to recap the situation in the last post. I'm coming from expired key, so I'll uninstall Adhell.

I'm curently using ADGuard as AD blocker, it works perfect (it uses private vpn), but still searching a way to disable apps.... Maybe it's time to root my S10+ :)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Gilg@mesh:
I use this to disable apps and Adguard DNS and it feels almost like Adhell TBH.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elmklmsamsung.batteryaddon&hl=en
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Lord Spectre:
We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server.

Could you please share the app name?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
First, make sure that you really need to disable an app. Under recent Android versions, while "bloatware" may look annoying, unused apps have almost no bearing over performance if you don't use them.

No need to root your device if you use ADB (Adobe Debug Bridge). Because this is an AdHell thread, I won't go into the details, but if you ask Google, I'm sure you'll find all the information you need.

There is/was also a convenient Samsung-specific "Package Disabler Pro" application but it's no longer in the Play Store even though you might still be able to find it online.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Gilg@mesh:
strange I can use that url, Package Disabler Pro+

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elmklmsamsung.batteryaddon
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] waylo:
It's probably region specific.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] JoeFCaputo113:
Must have gotten removed from Play Store... Doesn't work here either (North Carolina, USA).
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Lord Spectre:
Unfortunately I can confirm Package Disabler pro is not working anymore probably for Play Store removal (at least in some countries). I hope they're releasing a new version, sometime apps are removed from Play Store for new incoming version... fingers crossed!
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] anonimowywybryk:
Hello does adhell ​​3 have no virus? has anyone scanned the files of this application and is sure that there is no virus? any reports about scans someone can provide?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
Huh?? "Scan" anything with any tool that makes you happy, but... :

AdHell3 is effectively dead for non-Partners as discussed many times (forget about Adhell3!).

AdHell3 was open-source and anybody could check the source (no secrets, no mystery).

Do you understand what a "virus" is and have you seen one under Android (no such animal) ?

May I suggest you do a bit of basic research before posting? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Hansoliv:
Good day.

About 3 month ago i have discovered ADhell3 and after my first EDU licence expired, i noticed that i could no longer generate another licence, as Samung terminated that type of licence.

My main use of adhell was mostly the firewall, and second disabling packages.

I searched for an alternative an found 'Package Disabler pro', but it does not have firewall.

My question here is, if 'Package Disabler pro' has some kind of licence to work with Samsung, is it possible to use an similar licence for adhell?

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
Those issues have already been discussed ad nauseum in a variety of XDA threads as well as in official AdHell3 support areas. The Package Disabler Pro app (no longer available in the Play Store) dev has/had a valid suitable license from Samsung, as do many other Knox-related apps. It's unlikely that any legitimate developer would allow you to use their license for AdHell3 or any other product, and any other use of someone else's license would surely be blocked by Samsung (and banned on XDA). Once again: AdHell3 is no longer under development. Uninstall it when it quits working for you.

As mentioned before, Adhell was merely configuring the Knox layer, it didn't perform any magical feats. There are many simple alternative ways to block domains, and disabling packages only requires use of the existing Adobe Debug Bridge (ADB) functionality included in all Android devices. Search Google for details if you need to.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] lickwid:
I uninstalled Adhell 3 after my license expired. However, ads are still blocked. Is that normal? Or how would I clear it completely and use one of the alternatives? Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
You might still be using cached copies of those pages (reboot or clear browser cache?) or you didn't completely uninstall Adhell (you need to remove its device admin privilege).

EDIT: Adhell3 has a convenient uninstall feature: Other -> Settings -> Disable and Delete Adhell
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] lickwid:
Thanks, I uninstalled from app drawer, but that didn't do it. Did as you suggested and I am sorted now.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] lukas77:
Do you know any alternative for package disabler Pro? The app doesn't work for 2 weeks and most likely will not be updated.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
You don't need a dedicated app to disable apps/packages. If you're positive that you must disable something (very seldom required!), the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) functionality built into our devices can do that for you. Search XDA or Google for details.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] lukas77:
Thanks, I'm aware of this method, however I was using Disabler app mostly to disable user applications that I'm using occasionally. To prevent running them in background. Instead of install apps and go through login process I was simply unfreezing it.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] jackherer72:
Disconnect pro

just use disconnect pro!!, much easier .apk can be found on the internet. install and ready. blokada is also a good alternative
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Nastrahl:
... or you can use a non illegal option already known as Private DNS in settings.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
Even simpler, there is no obvious need to disable an app just to prevent it from running in the background; Settings -> Sleeping Apps ;)

(probably best discusssed in a thread dealing with those issues instead of AdHell/Knox)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] shaggyskunk:
Yeah not sure if you're suggesting using a "cracked" app?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] marcusmt:
I'm use this dns server.

Rapid and responsive adblock

https://www.derekgordon.com/dns

SERVERS

The DNS pool is accessible via DNS.DEREKGORDON.COM. Use this pool for Private DNS options on mobile devices. It has the necessary SSL certificate assigned. All sub-addresses do not have paid-for, signed SSL certificates.

Independent Location-Based Servers:

US.EAST.DNS.DEREKGORDON.COM 35.243.170.151

US.CENTRAL.DNS.DEREKGORDON.COM 35.202.194.115

US.WEST.DNS.DEREKGORDON.COM 35.236.71.92

DE.FRANKFURT.DNS.DEREKGORDON.COM 35.246.230.224

BR.SAO.DNS.DEREKGORDON.COM 35.198.54.120

All servers utilize Google Cloud CDN and can be extremely fast no matter which you use.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Marucins:
Is it still possible to create an ELM license, or Samsung hinders the process by authenticating that we are developers.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
No need to ask the same question in several threads, especially when the answer has already been given many times. Please read the reply to your duplicate post THERE.

AdHell3 is not (and never was) supported on XDA, nor it is any longer under active development. It is currently only usable by legitimate SEAP Partners with a current license. See the AdHell3 repo on Gitlab for details.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Marucins:
OK. I have already read the topic carefully.

Everything is clear AdHell - at the moment is finished - thanks to the change in the ELM license.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Hansoliv:
Good day.

Good news everyone!

It seems that Adhell 3 is (kind of) working again!

Yesterday evening i found an compiled APK of an adhell Version 3.2.300 beta, and it now accepts KPE keys.

I generated and used an KPE key (KLM06) and the program started, and then crashed after 2 seconds :(
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Hansoliv:
Adhell is back?

Good day.

Good news everyone!

It seems that Adhell 3 is (kind of) working again!

Yesterday evening i found an compiled APK of an adhell Version 3.2.300 beta, and it now accepts KPE keys.

I generated and used an KPE key (KLM06) and the program started, and then crashed after 2 seconds :(
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Nastrahl:
Hi,

No it doesn't work. It require a key that permit to get access to permissions that generated ones don't provide.

If you are not a certified partner you can't get it to work.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Hansoliv:
:eek::eek::eek::eek:

I was hoping that it was finally going to work again so i clinged to the hope that this version would work :crying::crying::crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
Please avoid spreading misinformation!

If you check the Adhell3 repo, you will see that the current source version is indeed 3.2 (build 303, not "beta"), Since there is no longer a concern about dealing with "free" licenses, the code now accepts any VALID key (KPE or ELM) for the convenience of legitimate Partner key holders who may want to use it.

Distributing a compiled Adhell3 is both illegal and pointless, even if each user patches its package name, as you have found out since you clearly do not have a proper valid key.

Let it go, forget about adhell, try to enjoy life... ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Hansoliv:
Good day.

It was not my intention to spread misinformation.

I compiled myself an apk and the key still does not work, so it must be the limitations of the KPE limited key that i generated, as you said.

I "unsay" what i said in my previous post, guess it was to good to be true.

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] anonimowywybryk:
I have a problem. The elm key has expired. I could not enter the applications to uninstall it correctly. I cleaned up the data and uninstalled it but I think something went wrong. the application's permissions have not been returned. how to fix it?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
My guess is that you forgot to remove Adhell's device administrator privileges before attemting to uninstall it.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] anonimowywybryk:
How fix it? Becouse the key is not available
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
You can't fully uninstall an app while it still has admin privileges. Look for "Device admin apps" in your device's settings. It's probably under "Settings -> Biometrics and Security -> Other security settings" or "Settings -> Special access". Uninstall AdHell as you would for any other app.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] anonimowywybryk:
yes, I understand. that's what I did. uncheck administrator and then uninstalled. but when I enter the app permissions, I still have excluded those that were exclusive in adhell.

Look at screenshot, thats example, in adhell, I turned off this permission. now the program is uninstalled and I have a message with the non-native permission imposed by the policy
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] koko115:
New version is out. Any one know how make this ?

"The package ID should match what is associated with the key."
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mike B.:
I have no way of knowing what you did, but if you successfully uninstall Adhell, then Knox reverts to its defaults. Your screenshot shows some limitations for a "SnapChat" (user?) app but it's unclear how that relates to Adhell. Once again, Adhell is merely a tool to configure the Knox firewall, nothing more.

How to make what? Please check the Adhell repo. The latest source code is for version 3.2 build 307, and it works just fine with any legitimate KPE or ELM Partner license. If you are a Partner, simply compile that source according to instructions and use your own package ID and key. If you're not a Partner, forget about Adhell and don't ask for illegal precompiled apks, stolen keys, or other forbidden topics.

I will no longer comment here on Adhell topics. Check THERE for more details.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Hansoliv:
Good day.

I thought of something very farfeched today.

Because of the the recent license changes in Adhell , i have been searching for an alternative app to freeze the bloatware.

I have found a nice package disabler and about two weeks ago the app stopped to work too. As it seems, the developer of the app changed the activation system to work with a key, that is sent by email when the app is bought.

My question here is, if i buy and use that key from the other app in adhell3, will it work? (I thought of that because KPE limited key has no permission to interact with firewall rules, and that package disabler can somehow work with it, i think)

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Commies:
Believe he is talking about the gitlab. It seems to have updated with a new version that apparently works now.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] gerardo87:
I confirm that is a legitimate new version that works with kpe key and not only for partners. Anyway I would represent the question as quoted because I have the same issue. Is there any way to make it working?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] koko115:
I know to. But how make this to work ?