Is it possible to use adaway without root?
I wish there was but as of right now no it does bit
I use Adguard. No root required.
VinceOB said:
I use Adguard. No root required.
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I can't find adguard in the app store.
oconnell84 said:
I can't find adguard in the app store.
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You wont find it in the store. Google Adguard. You have to download from their site.
only thing on the S6 that suffers from ads is the chrome browser.
i miss my adaway, but an easy workaround is to go to chrome settings and turn off JAVA.
This will kill 90 percent of the ads if not all, only draw back is some websites wont work properly.
VinceOB said:
I use Adguard. No root required.
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Does adguard work as well as adaway? Does it block the annoying popup and banner ads inside of apps? I was using adblock plus with and without root on my previous phone(one m7) and it was just terrible.
VinceOB said:
You wont find it in the store. Google Adguard. You have to download from their site.
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Thank you for this!
Made a huge difference!
Rafael4096 said:
Thank you for this!
Made a huge difference!
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It works, but not as good as the root ones.
oh god, I cannot live without adaway, it's just impossible. We badly need root.
I purchased the full version of AdGuard and lately though I have been getting disconnected when making calls. I disabled AdGuard and this problem went away.
steelersmb said:
I purchased the full version of AdGuard and lately though I have been getting disconnected when making calls. I disabled AdGuard and this problem went away.
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Just tried adgurd and it's crap.
Yeah I'm not feeling adguard. Geuss I'm just spoiled from having root for so long.
mpetruzz said:
Yeah I'm not feeling adguard. Geuss I'm just spoiled from having root for so long.
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100% agree. I only had it installed on my phone for about 9 minutes! ha ha
stanfna said:
100% agree. I only had it installed on my phone for about 9 minutes! ha ha
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LMAO, just installed it and uninstalled it within a minute. Pure crap.
Just installed it. So far so good. Idk what the negative remarks are about yet.
What sites are you still getting ads on? They're gone here and Android authority.
natypes said:
Just installed it. So far so good. Idk what the negative remarks are about yet.
What sites are you still getting ads on? They're gone here and Android authority.
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i never even opened up the browser. i just didn't like all the stuff that seemed like it needed to run on my phone .
stanfna said:
i never even opened up the browser. i just didn't like all the stuff that seemed like it needed to run on my phone .
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I saw that too, but I read many good reviews to worry about that.
natypes said:
Just installed it. So far so good. Idk what the negative remarks are about yet.
What sites are you still getting ads on? They're gone here and Android authority.
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Try sending a text message. Mine will not send with Adguard installed. I'm talking about the full version though, to block ads within apps as well as the browser. It doesn't work. They are trying to figure out why but no luck so far.
steelersmb said:
Try sending a text message. Mine will not send with Adguard installed. I'm talking about the full version though, to block ads within apps as well as the browser. It doesn't work. They are trying to figure out why but no luck so far.
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I noticed yesterday. I guess it works if you want to just browse, but it's limited to that.
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Hey peeps, thought I'd drop off a thread and see whatchayall think. It's a startup cleaner program. Seems pretty decent and could be a good app for people like me who hate crap like fring running on autostart, etc. =P
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.bright.startup2
Tried it, nice find.
Uninstalling market updates first is getting to be a pain!
This app works great! Stopped all sorts of apps from starting up! Good stuff, thanks!
**EDIT**
Only killed them once the phone was booted completely. Didn't do a logcat to verify this at first.
Haha, actually I noticed what it does is just kill the task that starts up. It doesn't PREVENT the task from starting though.
chowlala said:
Haha, actually I noticed what it does is just kill the task that starts up. It doesn't PREVENT the task from starting though.
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Should be something like startup auditor then. Actually preventing apps from starting up would require a rooted phone with the autostarts app.
paulk_ said:
Should be something like startup auditor then. Actually preventing apps from starting up would require a rooted phone with the autostarts app.
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Yeah, could there be a chance someone in the community would be able to mod the app to do so? Not sure if the dev is reading this here. Lol.
chowlala said:
Yeah, could there be a chance someone in the community would be able to mod the app to do so? Not sure if the dev is reading this here. Lol.
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I think the dev is probably trying to cater to non rooted users as well lol. Not 100% sure of this, but stopping apps from starting up at all should require a rooted phone.
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Yeah, could there be a chance someone in the community would be able to mod the app to do so? Not sure if the dev is reading this here. Lol.
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Somebody has. It's called Autostarts as stated. Find it on the market.
djmcnz said:
Somebody has. It's called Autostarts as stated. Find it on the market.
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We want an app that PREVENTS apps from starting up from boot, not something that starts more... haha.
chowlala said:
We want an app that PREVENTS apps from starting up from boot, not something that starts more... haha.
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As was stated twice, that's what autostarts does?
paulk_ said:
As was stated twice, that's what autostarts does?
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Hmm, my bad, sorta misunderstood both the msg here, and the app description.
chowlala said:
Hey peeps, thought I'd drop off a thread and see whatchayall think. It's a startup cleaner program. Seems pretty decent and could be a good app for people like me who hate crap like fring running on autostart, etc. =P
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.bright.startup2
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nice it's like Msconfig for your phone LOL
Does anyone else get ads after every call?
No... What 3rd party apps did you install?
Found it, it was Outlook.
quiet_kisho said:
Found it, it was Outlook.
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As if we needed any more reason not to install Outlook...
JAYNO20 said:
As if we needed any more reason not to install Outlook...
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lol I actually just made another call just now. The ads are back again.
quiet_kisho said:
lol I actually just made another call just now. The ads are back again.
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Sounds like you have a really bad app on your phone.
JAYNO20 said:
Sounds like you have a really bad app on your phone.
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I can't for the life of me find it though. I haven't installed any new apps recently that I didn't already have on my previous phone.
So I recently upgraded my Android device and unfortunately it's not currently rootable like my old one was and I got used to a certain ad free lifestyle and now I have ads in every single app all over the place popping up left, right and center and its annoying the heck out of me, I can't live this way!
Does anyone have any methods or ideas for getting rid of these in-app ads without being rooted? My device is the ZTE Grand X4 (Z957). Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
TaZeR369 said:
So I recently upgraded my Android device and unfortunately it's not currently rootable like my old one was and I got used to a certain ad free lifestyle and now I have ads in every single app all over the place popping up left, right and center and its annoying the heck out of me, I can't live this way!
Does anyone have any methods or ideas for getting rid of these in-app ads without being rooted? My device is the ZTE Grand X4 (Z957). Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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Try Adguard. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/adguard-ad-blocker-doesnt-require-root-t2958895
install an adsblocker app
Adblock or Adguard
I learned to live with them but I tried Adblock. Arguard works well too.
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Try Adguard. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/adguard-ad-blocker-doesnt-require-root-t2958895
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Thanks this is the kind of thing I was searching for, it doesn't block everything like some of the root based tools on my old phone but it will have to do. The premium licence is kind of expensive though coming in at $25 CAD for 1 device.
TaZeR369 said:
Thanks this is the kind of thing I was searching for, it doesn't block everything like some of the root based tools on my old phone but it will have to do. The premium licence is kind of expensive though coming in at $25 CAD for 1 device.
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Literally found this like 10 or so threads down from yours, maybe you wanna look into it?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/zte-grand-x-4-rooting-progress-t3546373
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Literally found this like 10 or so threads down from yours, maybe you wanna look into it?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/zte-grand-x-4-rooting-progress-t3546373
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Yep I've posted there seems nobody has been able to come up with a working root method as of yet, but I remain hopeful some android gurus will find a way someday.
Hello, use malwarebytes and a antispyware from google play and let them scan your phone for any malware or any antispyware using blockers won't help because the ad domain must be blacklisted to work
TaZeR369 said:
Yep I've posted there seems nobody has been able to come up with a working root method as of yet, but I remain hopeful some android gurus will find a way someday.
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ZTE devices are incredibly hard to root unfortunately :/. I'm currently on a ZTE Majesty Pro running MarshMallow & it's pretty much fool proof....
LilAnt530 said:
ZTE devices are incredibly hard to root unfortunately :/. I'm currently on a ZTE Majesty Pro running MarshMallow & it's pretty much fool proof....
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That's what I was afraid of. Good thing I got this phone as a free carrier upgrade and can change to something better later.
TaZeR369 said:
That's what I was afraid of. Good thing I got this phone as a free carrier upgrade and can change to something better later.
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Please install malwarebytes and an antispyware app to scan the device, it more like a virus. please check this method it worked with many devices
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Please install malwarebytes and an antispyware app to scan the device, it more like a virus. please check this method it worked with many devices
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I'm not sure what you mean by that or what anti virus protection has to do with what I said. I just mean I got the phone at no cost to me from my wireless provider.
TaZeR369 said:
I'm not sure what you mean by that or what anti virus protection has to do with what I said. I just mean I got the phone at no cost to me from my wireless provider.
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here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.malwarebytes.antimalware
download this to your phone and perform a scan
your phone is infected with an adware do a scan and delete if found
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here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.malwarebytes.antimalware
download this to your phone and perform a scan
your phone is infected with an adware do a scan and delete if found
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What is the reason you believe I have this adware?
TaZeR369 said:
What is the reason you believe I have this adware?
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Installing non trusted apps
Allowing unknown sources
When phone starts to pop up ads everywhere its more like a adware
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Installing non trusted apps
Allowing unknown sources
When phone starts to pop up ads everywhere its more like a adware
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Well I Havnt really installed anything unsafe, what I'm talking about is regular behaviour of apps in android displaying banner and pop up ads.
TaZeR369 said:
Well I Havnt really installed anything unsafe, what I'm talking about is regular behaviour of apps in android displaying banner and pop up ads.
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Ohhh what you said is that ads pop up everywhere in every app indicating an adware behaviour
Just disconnect wifi and it will disappear
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Ohhh what you said is that ads pop up everywhere in every app indicating an adware behaviour
Just disconnect wifi and it will disappear
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That's what it feels like since most apps I use are very ad heavy. I will always need either wifi or lte on so that's not really a solution.
TaZeR369 said:
That's what it feels like since most apps I use are very ad heavy. I will always need either wifi or lte on so that's not really a solution.
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List of useful rooted and non rooted apps here
Don't forget to give Ace a thanks
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-ad-blocking-t3218167/post63142440
TaZeR369 said:
That's what I was afraid of. Good thing I got this phone as a free carrier upgrade and can change to something better later.
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That's a great model for a free placeholder device! Lol, are you on Verizon or any US carrier?
Hi just got this phone after a year of the Moto z force. There are several apps built in which don't allow to be disabled or uninstalled such as the Samsung calender. I was hoping there is a way to get rid of this using something called adb however I've never used this before. Would really appreciate if someone can post a link and point me in the right direction to rid these apps from my phone including a list on what is safe to remove.
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Hi just got this phone after a year of the Moto z force. There are several apps built in which don't allow to be disabled or uninstalled such as the Samsung calender. I was hoping there is a way to get rid of this using something called adb however I've never used this before. Would really appreciate if someone can post a link and point me in the right direction to rid these apps from my phone including a list on what is safe to remove.
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Just use BK disabler from the app store. Block anything you want.
Own31 said:
Just use BK disabler from the app store. Block anything you want.
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Is there a way to do it without downloading a app to the phone
Shah1989 said:
Is there a way to do it without downloading a app to the phone
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No, not unless you root. I use Package Disabler Pro with no issues at all.
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No, not unless you root. I use Package Disabler Pro with no issues at all.
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I thought it may be possible a via ADB, the app you mention doesn't seem to be that highly rated on the play store. I'm gonna give the BK app a go
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I thought it may be possible a via ADB, the app you mention doesn't seem to be that highly rated on the play store. I'm gonna give the BK app a go
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I didn't mention adb as most people can't or won't use it anymore. I believe this will do what you want.
adb shell
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rm nameofapp.apk
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And make sure and reboot.
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Is there a way to do it without downloading a app to the phone
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I have tried ADB + Debloater app. I didn't work... only showed me 2 packages. Unlike Note 7 that still works with Debloater. Did not try anything else.
PD did not work with my firmware so i had to get BK. I bought both of them and I like PD more but again, it wont work on my phone so Im using BK. Almost just as good.
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I have tried ADB + Debloater app. I didn't work... only showed me 2 packages. Unlike Note 7 that still works with Debloater. Did not try anything else.
PD did not work with my firmware so i had to get BK. I bought both of them and I like PD more but again, it wont work on my phone so Im using BK. Almost just as good.
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Haven't tried adb to remove apps on the S8+ but have used it to remove battery charging icon on status bar. Package Disabler Pro works great on my T-Mobile variant, just using it because I had it on the Note 7.
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I thought it may be possible a via ADB, the app you mention doesn't seem to be that highly rated on the play store. I'm gonna give the BK app a go
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BK looks interesting: can ou let us know hat do you think of this app? I'll follow your advice for our (mine and wife) S8+
ceccadroid said:
BK looks interesting: can ou let us know hat do you think of this app? I'll follow your advice for our (mine and wife) S8+
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It actually works! Seems to be a fantastic app so far, bixby has been completely shut down so the button does nothing when accidently pressed :good:
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It actually works! Seems to be a fantastic app so far, bixby has been completely shut down so the button does nothing when accidently pressed :good:
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Thanks a lot: I'll try this app (but I don't want to remove Bixby: it looks interesting for me)
Do you guys sleep apps in the device optimizer? I just found it the other day, seems like a good thing, probably the best we can get till we can get root
I have all of my apps that I don't need notifications from set to Always Sleep. Seems to help the battery some.
If you are looking to disable apps or block them I recommend BK Disabler. No root needed.
Also root is available, just be careful because it has ALOT of set backs. In my opinion not worth it right now.
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I have all of my apps that I don't need notifications from set to Always Sleep. Seems to help the battery some.
If you are looking to disable apps or block them I recommend BK Disabler. No root needed.
Also root is available, just be careful because it has ALOT of set backs. In my opinion not worth it right now.
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That app is awesome! Pretty much the only thing I wanted root for! Or at least the main thing! Thanks! I froze/disabled a few main ones that keep waking up in the background....
808phoneaddict said:
That app is awesome! Pretty much the only thing I wanted root for! Or at least the main thing! Thanks! I froze/disabled a few main ones that keep waking up in the background....
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Also just as an FYI AT&T hid the carrier IQ software in a new shady spot. Screen shots below to show where to turn it off.
ShrekOpher said:
Also just as an FYI AT&T hid the carrier IQ software in a new shady spot. Screen shots below to show where to turn it off.
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Mine doesn't have that...
808phoneaddict said:
Mine doesn't have that...
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You're looking at the wrong application. Use the search to find "Carrier IQ" and you'll find the right application and then the right service to turn off.
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Mine doesn't have that...
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It's inside device HEALTH not device HELP?
Take another look is there.
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It's inside device HEALTH not device HELP?
Take another look is there.
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Hahaha I was wondering why mine was so different! I have it too... Did you disable it?
808phoneaddict said:
Hahaha I was wondering why mine was so different! I have it too... Did you disable it?
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Yep been disabled since day 1.
With all the aggregated data collected from pretty much every app within android and google really, what does disabling Carrier IQ do?
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With all the aggregated data collected from pretty much every app within android and google really, what does disabling Carrier IQ do?
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It aggregates all of you data, ties it to you phone number and your AT&T account. It's quite a bit more invasive than Google's anonymously collected data.
Also it crush battery and uses about 20 - 200 MB of data a month.
Super shady.
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Also just as an FYI AT&T hid the carrier IQ software in a new shady spot. Screen shots below to show where to turn it off.
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Holy Crap! So glad you pointed this out. Thanks!!!
Composed on Galaxy Note8
Doesn't disabling the package disable the service...? Package disabler pro doesn't have the option to disable the service.
Bk disabler seems pretty awesome... Not sure how good package disabler is...?
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Doesn't disabling the package disable the service...? Package disabler pro doesn't have the option to disable the service.
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Yeah I switch to BK because sometimes u you only want to disable specific services not the entire package.
On the S8 the Carrier IQ was hidden in the system package.
I dont appear to have "Device Health" anywhere.