Hey i use to use this for adblocking on my phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741435
So i gave it a shot on my tf but no joy, so i was wondering if anyone has got a away of blocking ads in the browser not really fussed about ads in the apps
Thanks
Dolphin Browser has an adblock plugin that doesn't work very well. That's about it.
If you're rooted, just use AdFree, its free on the market. Just be sure to leave the symlink box unchecked and you should be good to go.
I use Ad-free from the market from dev big Tin Can or something on both my phone and now my TF it works well. It only works in portrait mode on the TF but it gets the job done the same, and best of all free on the market!
Thanks i've just had a look on the market but couln't find it anywhere :-\
Edit: just found it going to give it a try now thanks
was it just me or does adblock appear to not work anymore after 3.1 update?
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was it just me or does adblock appear to not work anymore after 3.1 update?
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No it still works.
Absolute Systems has this adblock feature too (using hosts). It blocks more sites than adfree, but the program costs some money. You can also manually edit the hosts file to point the site hosting ads to localhost or 127.0.0.1, which is what adfree and Absolute Systems are doing. Google will never add adblock features to the stock browser since they started their business with revenue from ads.
Firefox mobile has adblocker plus and it works amazingly well. Firefox doesn't support flash yet, but if you're doing general web browsing the trade-off with the adblock is well worth it
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Wow i guess i browse way too much xda and install too many custom things. I read the thread title as adb-lock and thought "wtf? Sonething new?"
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Rooted and using adfree, works nicely.
Have encountered a few banner locations displaying the couldn't be loaded bit, so either I need to restart to flush the dns cache or if that still happens, locate/edit the "page not found" default bit.
I'm also using Firefox beta 5.0 with Adblock plus. Works just like on the desktop. There was just an update to FF tonight, and I see that they fixed a couple of the little bugs.
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It seems that ads are now everywhere. Any solutions out there that actually work? I've tried a few apps but with mediocre success
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It seems that ads are now everywhere. Any solutions out there that actually work? I've tried a few apps but with mediocre success
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wait for root process to be released, then get adfree android.
If you want the best (and for sure to work) solution, get root privileges for the phone and add the list from here (pgl.yoyo.org/adservers) to your hosts file located in /etc/hosts.
That also works for your desktop pc as well, though on windows, it's in /windows/system32/drivers/etc.
I recommend changing the 127.0.0.1s in the file to 0.0.0.0 as it kills the ads faster tahn waiting for them to timeout on the loopback address (127.0.0.1)
I've had adblock on my Inc since I got it, and didn't realize just how bad the ads really were... Hopefully they'll have a fairly easy root process soon.
AdFree Android once you root (it modifies the host file)
Always remembers to support your developers (by purchasing ad-free to support their cause) if you like an app!
I downloaded Dolphin HD because people have suggested it for those looking for a browser with an AdBlock function. Unfortunately when I go to install it, it seems to not be found in the market.
Any ideas on where to get it the AdBlock addon?
Thanks!
It's called AdFree Android
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I been wanting to try adfree app but Ive been reading the new versions haven't been working well lately
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I use Absolute System Tools. It seems to work great in everything.
Anyone else have experience w/ absolute system tools adblocking feature?
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If you are rooted just use AdFree, it blocks all ad's in you browser as well as in games, never had any problems with it only in some app's ad's are hardcoded in the app so you can not block them with it.
Dolphin HD had an adblock plugin (called adblocker) - quite usable - but one day they pulled it off the market and said only that "it caused problems with saving images" - they didn't fixed it, just removed it. The problem was that when you long tapped on a picture it showed a dialog allowing you to adblock the image but not save. I don't comprehend why they didn't just fix it (or at least disable the long tap feature of adblock), it shouldn't be hard.
I don't recommend AdFree and similar apps - they make loading pages longer and show 404 bugs in applications.
Ive been using it on my transformer and evo for a few months now, because adfree root adds way too much load time to web pages. Its a really great program it even lets you download and flash boot animations (on the EVO at least)
I'm not rooted, hence why I was looking for an in-browser option.
Since AdBlocker is no longer available for Dolphin, are there any other decent HC browsers that have an ad blocking option/function available?
Only Firefox Mobile from what I gather, but I hate it's interface and the way it renders pages (images especially).
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I use Absolute System Tools. It seems to work great in everything.
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+1 works a treat.
Dolphin Browser Ad-blocking add-on
Lieber Kollegen,
I am new to the Android community. I have been trying to do my utmost to research the Android operating system and my tablet before it arrives. As such I have been looking for ad-blocking solutions and came across this while researching browsers.
freewarelovers (dot) com / android / app / adblock-plus
I hope it helps, I can't test it yet myself as my tablet doesn't arrive for another week and a half, but here's the description:
"General
Developer: Dolphin Browser Add-ons
Category: Communications
Latest version: Beta1 1.2
Total versions: 1
Submitted: 6 Nov 2010
Updated: 8 Jan 2012
Description
This add-on can be used only with the Dolphin Browser HD app, a popular web browser for Android which supports multi-touch pinch zoom and add-ons.
"
mfG,
roeh
I recently got a month free trial to hulu plus, and wanted to try out the market app for android. I was able to download and install, log in, and even select what show to watch, but it never got past the first ad. It just said buffering...and eventually gave me a network error. well, I knew that my connection was fine, so a little research yielded these results.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/team-d1-miui/110780-disable-ad-blocking.html recommends allowing certain advertising through, by navigating to /system/etc/hosts and deleting whatever ads you want to allow though.
http://www.hulu.com/support/article/166627 mentions that by allowing ads.hulu.com and p.hulu.com you may be able to work around certain playback issues. even though this was meant for firefox, i figured they use the same ad base.
so, I deleted those entries in my system/etc/hosts file and voila! hulu now works flawlessly.
fwiw, i am running miui 1.8.12 on my nexus s, with matr1x kernel.
hope this helps out!
What/where to delete to enable hulu?
Hi, i know this thread is a little old but im having the same problem. My rom has add block so i went in /system/etc/hots and opened hots using text viewer. but hosts is a really LONG list and i don't understand anything in it. I dont even know what im looking for. If you could tell me how you deleted the things that allowed hulu to play i would greatly appreciate it
Thanks
Edit: nevermind, i figured it out. I realized in text editor it lists things in alphabetical order. So i found the "culprit" under H (ads.hulu.com)
thanks anyway
Hello!
I have kind of a weird issue that really has me quite confused. Running the latest GPE rom from Digital High on my Verizon HTC One m8. Everything works flawlessly and I am so happy with it... Except for the ESPN Fantasy Hockey app, which complains of not having an internet connection. Tried clearing cache, uninstalled and reinstalled the app. Nothing works. So as a workaround, I try to go to games.espn.go.com in Chrome browser, and the webpage is not available... How weird is that? I even tried factory resetting the rom and it still doesn't work. At first I suspected a DNS issue, so tried using an app to manually set DNS servers to public google servers (8.8.8.8), but that also did nothing.
For the sake of being thorough, this happens whether I am using LTE, Wifi at work and Wifi at home. I know it's kind of a strange isolated issue, but if any of you running a similar setup could try accessing that website, it would be great to know if that is where the issue lies... My wife's Moto X has no issues at all accessing this so I a certain it is specific to my phone (just want to know if it is the rom or my phone, and hoping someone here will have a brilliant idea to fix it).
Thanks!
Are you using an ad blocking app? If so, disable it and then see if you can get there. The hosts file it installs might have an entry in it that's causing problems. I have no idea why espn would be in there (probably not) but it can't hurt to try. If you're not using an ad blocking app I can't think of anything else that would cause this.
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Are you using an ad blocking app? If so, disable it and then see if you can get there. The hosts file it installs might have an entry in it that's causing problems. I have no idea why espn would be in there (probably not) but it can't hurt to try. If you're not using an ad blocking app I can't think of anything else that would cause this.
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Wow, that was it! I didn't have an adblock program installed, but remembered seeing that in the Aroma installer when I installed it. Just reflashed with that option unchecked and all is well. I can once again keep tabs on how badly I am losing in my Fantasy Hockey League: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Glad to hear it. Blocking ads is nice but as you can see, can also cause it's own share of problems at times.
If you still want to block them you can use an app like Adfree. It does pretty much the same thing as what you had but it makes it simple to revert back to your original hosts file when needed. Otherwise you could flash it in aroma again and when needed, just rename your hosts file temporarily. Personally, I prefer the app simply because it saves a bunch of drilling down through folders to get at the hosts file manually.
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Hi,
So I trust the AOSP browser but it's not the greatest security wise, It only updates vulnerabilities with the system update which manufacturers don't always do .
Chrome is updating regularly but I don't like the fact that it's googles, so lets say that I don't trust it.
Firefox sounds great but it crashes on my system (different thread).
there is also some UA browser from china but as far as i understand it has problems both in security and in trustworthiness (it constantly sends your info to some server).
Umm I remember encountering some more but they were all basically forks of those primary three .
anyone knows anything?
thank you.
I would suggest Private Browser by Keepsolid Inc. It may be a branch of one of your aforementioned browsers, but it works. I dunno, it receives constant updates, and it protects everything you do from what I have experienced. Try it out...
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keepsolid.privatebrowser
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thank you!
I may have forgot to add the word "free".
A free browser.
anyway, I checked it out and I'm not sure, it looks like a chrome version. am i wrong?
I'll admit, I'm a bit wary since this looks like a small company/unknown product. not much talk about them.
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thank you!
I may have forgot to add the word "free".
A free browser.
anyway, I checked it out and I'm not sure, it looks like a chrome version. am i wrong?
I'll admit, I'm a bit wary since this looks like a small company/unknown product. not much talk about them.
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Well, I haven't used it. You might try using a low end private browser. Just search "Free Private Browser" in play store... You should get some results
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Puffin Browser or Dolphin Browser. I used to use Dolphin but it got buggy. I don't know how it is now, but I've heard they added Flash support. Puffin browser has Flash support and renders sites well. It also has gaming controls and a touchpad mouse control.
Firefox has the additional benefit that the uBlock Origin extension works. The Chrome version only works with desktop, not mobile
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Puffin Browser or Dolphin Browser. I used to use Dolphin but it got buggy. I don't know how it is now, but I've heard they added Flash support. Puffin browser has Flash support and renders sites well. It also has gaming controls and a touchpad mouse control.
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thx for the response. am i to understand correctly that puffin browser direct all of your traffic through its servers?
also, do you have any particular reason to trust Dolphin or is it just general experience? (I vaguely remember the company was spying after user urls, or something similar, some years back ).
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thx for the response. am i to understand correctly that puffin browser direct all of your traffic through its servers?
also, do you have any particular reason to trust Dolphin or is it just general experience? (I vaguely remember the company was spying after user urls, or something similar, some years back ).
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I don't know if Puffin directs traffic through it servers, but I do know that Opera Mini does.
Opera Mini is also a good browser. I'm on Tracfone (on my main phone) and I get 1200mb per year. Divided up, its 100mb per month. To add data it cost about $33.33 per gig. It's highly overpriced.
As for Dolphin, back a few years ago I was looking for a browser that would render desktop sites like on a desktop. Dolphin did better than Firefox for me at the time so I used it. It also had some add-ons that I used as well and the features were nice.
Chrome was to slow and buggy to use, Firefox was a little slow, and I didn't like Opera (not talking about the mini version which I liked). Opera got rid of bookmarks (which I more frequently used) and just overall kind of sucked.
If you're wanting privacy, you're best to stay away from using Tor ( the government recently developed a new system for tracking Tor users). I wouldn't recommend proxies either (as some are malicious and want to snoop). Use a VPN instead, there's many to choose from and some may be more private than others. Some are free and some don't require an app to use (as they use android's built-in VPN settings). Be sure to do your research first.
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I don't know if Puffin directs traffic through it servers, but I do know that Opera Mini does.
Opera Mini is also a good browser. I'm on Tracfone (on my main phone) and I get 1200mb per year. Divided up, its 100mb per month. To add data it cost about $33.33 per gig. It's highly overpriced.
As for Dolphin, back a few years ago I was looking for a browser that would render desktop sites like on a desktop. Dolphin did better than Firefox for me at the time so I used it. It also had some add-ons that I used as well and the features were nice.
Chrome was to slow and buggy to use, Firefox was a little slow, and I didn't like Opera (not talking about the mini version which I liked). Opera got rid of bookmarks (which I more frequently used) and just overall kind of sucked.
If you're wanting privacy, you're best to stay away from using Tor ( the government recently developed a new system for tracking Tor users). I wouldn't recommend proxies either (as some are malicious and want to snoop). Use a VPN instead, there's many to choose from and some may be more private than others. Some are free and some don't require an app to use (as they use android's built-in VPN settings). Be sure to do your research first.
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Thank you, that is an interesting info.
In terms of privacy, don't you worry about Operas handling of your information?
About TOR I don't know if I wanted to use it but I am a little interested in the subject, what recent government technique are you referring to? I did a google search but I'm not sure what is new...
And you right, I do want privacy, but involving a third party like a VPN... Unless I'm on a public wifi... how smart is that? I thought about the old fashioned device-trusty browser-my router/provider antena -my isp- the requested website model...
Anyway at the moment I need a secure browser.
oh and thx.
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Firefox has the additional benefit that the uBlock Origin extension works. The Chrome version only works with desktop, not mobile
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yeah I wanted them, but unfortunately it always crashes on me.
oy-ster said:
Thank you, that is an interesting info.
In terms of privacy, don't you worry about Operas handling of your information?
About TOR I don't know if I wanted to use it but I am a little interested in the subject, what recent government technique are you referring to? I did a google search but I'm not sure what is new...
And you right, I do want privacy, but involving a third party like a VPN... Unless I'm on a public wifi... how smart is that? I thought about the old fashioned device-trusty browser-my router/provider antena -my isp- the requested website model...
Anyway at the moment I need a secure browser.
oh and thx.
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I don't worry much about Opera Mini. It's really my only option for Tracfone, since the data is so expensive. Basically I can make 100mb last more like 1gb. However some sites break, and any video I watch I watch usually in 144p.
As for Tor, it can be exploited in a number of ways. One being malicious nodes. Another is by your mouse movements. https://www.hackread.com/tracking-tor-users-with-mouse-movements/
If you really want privacy, the best way to get it is to go completely off grid. Otherwise just abandon using sites that require sign in or accounts, cookies, plugins or other scripts, and use a VPN from a public place on a computer with an amnesic operating system like Tails.
Ok, cool, thank you.
At the moment I don't need to worry about data usage (wifi), but if ever the need arises, I'll keep your idea in mind.
As for the privacy issue, well, I think I'll stave off for a while with my disappearance from the world, at least until I'll learn to properly hunt for the most dangerous game...
But yeah, I get your point.
Anyway, thanks man, , and if anyone else has any more suggestions for secure trusted browsers, that would be great.