Is there any good ad blockers for non rooted phone. I have looked at some but they don't look all that great...
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I think you have to root your device if you really want to live Ad-Free
Unfortunately it's true
I've used Adblock, which uses http proxy, it's reasonable...but no in app blocking
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.ub0r.android.adBlock
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AdFree is a good choice for rooted phones, but since. You haven't got root, I don't think you can have really effective ad blocking... At least, as mentioned above, not in-App.
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Sorry forgot to say that it is not for me but for some of my friends personal I use the rom toolbox from jrummy16
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Adfree, i don't know if you have to be rooted to use it.
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Decided to read the permissions my apps grant more closely since I installed some with black?nd trust because I had them on my iPhone.
As you would expect many of these apps such as Pandora had quetionable permissions, ie pandora can send emails anonymously from your device, I'm rooted and all that good stuff so I'm looking for a way to maybe block certain app permissions.
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Here you go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091065
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What is a recommended anti-virus for Android smartphones, specifically for HTC?
Thanks
None, you don't need one. Anti virus apps are superfluous and just unnecessary...
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I like avast mobile not for anti virus but anti theft features.
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I'm a systems admin myself and I've never believed in anti virus apparently on my phone either if you know what's going on in your phone you shouldn't need one I don't even use one on my personal computer
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Don't get one. Just be cautious on what you download and install.
evo4g with strikeICS.
Same here.. I don't believe in anti-viruses on my computer (both windows and ubuntu) and neither for my android phone. Just don't visit certain virus infested websites and you should be ok..
I use eset on my pc so i know how those guys work. I recommend you their mobile av, you can always start your 30 daya free trial and see for yourself.
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you can try avg or kasper
Av are unnecessary. But look out and avast are good antivirus.
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haker307 said:
I like avast mobile not for anti virus but anti theft features.
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If you're rooted it can do a lil more.
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I think the avast anti theft is brilliant, have to install the antivirus first though, which I deleted as don't use them, just be cautious what you install
i'm using kaspersky mobile security.. well, the anti virus might not necessary for some individual, but it has other useful features included such as track devices / block unwanted sms / phone call.. try visit KAV website and read about it
avast is OK if you are rooted you can use the firewall that should be more than you need
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No AV
supercobaltss said:
I'm a systems admin myself and I've never believed in anti virus apparently on my phone either if you know what's going on in your phone you shouldn't need one I don't even use one on my personal computer
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Me too, as a computer tech is has been my experience that antiviruses are overrated and get depended upon too much.
Still, most people are probably better off with some kind of protections.....especially the facebookers.
I have put Avast on a lot of customer's computers and used it at times myself. It seems about as good as any.
Lookout seems to be quite good
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I've been happy with lookout (probably because that's what came on my phone originally). I don't really care about the antivirus, I just like the anti-theft features. You can wipe the phone, make it play a siren noise, or just check it's GPS location on their website.
Hmm.. do using antivirus slows the system down??? And how do we know f something is malicious without installing an antivirus??
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If you're rooted it can do a lil more.
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Yep I'm rooted
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You don't need one
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i use avg antivirus and it works perfect but i found no virus sice one year. work viruses on Android??
I tried ad blocker, which does seem to work, but I'm seeing connect issues with various net aps if its turned on. (Flipboard, and even google play give me network errors if its turned on)
Is there something else most people use?
Give AdFree a look. Been using it for awhile now, works well.
I use the add block feature in ROM toolbox one if the best I've seen.
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I haven't had any issues with "Adaway", Adfree worked great for me as well.
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I'll check out adfree first.. I think thats what I was using on our old droidx phones.
Does anyone know how to make an application that will not allow Facebook to be installed? I might be interested in purchasing an application like this or making 1
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If you don't want a particular app then don't install it. There's probably no way to block installation of a given app.
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gregcapps said:
If you don't want a particular app then don't install it. There's probably no way to block installation of a given app.
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What he said. Is there a particular reason you want to block the installation of Facebook?
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Though if you had a vendetta (and a rooted phone), you could always just put a Facebook catch-all into your hosts file to black-hole attempts to reach them. Wouldn't stop the app, would stop it from ever actually working and any website connecting there.
I think you would need to sign up for a MDM service. There a few of them out there and they should be able to either block apps from being installed or automatically uninstall it if it gets installed.
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Haha sorry I was just kidding but also wondering. Yeah I know how to install apps or not. I was thinking of an app that you can download and then when you did want to download facebook it wouldn't let you. Its really just a joke brotherhood. I don't have a Facebook problem but I see one developing lol.
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why would you need that?
I always turn to Adaway for my adblocking needs, but I know the app hasn't been updated since late February of this year. It still seems to do it's job well, but then again, I am just starting to use it again after six months of NOT using it, so I'm not sure if it really still works well.
I'm curious if you guys have turned to other adblocking apps, since development for Adaway seems to have stalled? What are your thoughts?
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I have the vzw g3 and adaway is the only one I got working. I tried adfree first and that didn't work.
Where do you get this adaway? Looked in the play store and didn't see it.
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The Kid Cassidy said:
Where do you get this adaway? Looked in the play store and didn't see it.
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Adaway...
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.adaway
@viskey - I tried Adfree. Only Adaway works on the G3, so far.
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pandacookie said:
Adaway...
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.adaway
@viskey - I tried Adfree. Only Adaway works on the G3, so far.
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Thanks bro, worked like a charm.
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Thanks bro, worked like a charm.
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Yeah. I'm glad it worked for you.
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Any chance someone with AdBlock anything can throw a tut together for us? I have Adaway but I'm not smart enough to figure out how to make it work without root.
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sinisin said:
Any chance someone with AdBlock anything can throw a tut together for us? I have Adaway but I'm not smart enough to figure out how to make it work without root.
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As far as I know, you absolutely need root or it won't work.
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pandacookie said:
As far as I know, you absolutely need root or it won't work.
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There is but it needs the correct proxy settings and I have no idea what they are.
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sinisin said:
There is but it needs the correct proxy settings and I have no idea what they are.
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??
News to me. I always thought it was root only.
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Minminguard for xposed is fantastic and my personal choice for ad blocking
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Minminguard for xposed is fantastic and my personal choice for ad blocking
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Never knew about that one. Will try that if Adaway fails me.
I swear, adblocking is one of the finer perks of rooting. I know there are non root methods out there. But the root methods are better by far.
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Never knew about that one. Will try that if Adaway fails me.
I swear, adblocking is one of the finer perks of rooting. I know there are non root methods out there. But the root methods are better by far.
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its the only reason i root all the other stuff is a bonus lol
kevina90 said:
Minminguard for xposed is fantastic and my personal choice for ad blocking
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This.
I use it + YouTube adaway. It's helpful to selectively choose which apps to block ads from. I use it mostly because adblockers + Pandora creates skipping in the music.
Isn't devolpment of Minminguard also cancelled? Is there no adblocker that still gets updated?
Mother of All Ad Blocking or MoaAB. It's great and flash and forget.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916098
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I use AdFree, been using it for years on all my phones and tablets, works like a charm, and is still being updated.
I agree, adblocking is probably the main reason for me to root my phone
Same. Works everyy time ?
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I use adaway and YouTube adaway
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sinisin said:
Mother of All Ad Blocking or MoaAB. It's great and flash and forget.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916098
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Exactly! Since i found it i don't see ads, not in apps and not on Internet. I use it on my laptop too, fantastic project.