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First of all: Yes i searched for similar topics but did not found one discussing the same problem :/
If updated my Galaxy S (rooted) 3 or 4 days ago.
Since this update AdFree is not blocking ads anylonger (e.g. Angry Birds and so on). AdFree has su-rights and tells me that the Hosts file is up to date (and i can see it in the "system/etc/" folder).
I don't know if this can help:
Buildnumber: FROYO.XXJQ3
Thanks in advance (and sorry for any gramatical errors - im not a native speaker )
i would try uninstalling adfree and reinstalling it. after reinstalling, open adfree, wait for it to tell you that it's up-to-date, then press menu and select download and install hosts, should be good to go.
I actually already tried it but i did it -> reinstalltion and updating the hosts file once again (even reverted it before uninstall). also rebootet the phone but I still see all ads :/
There's always the obvious alternative. Airplane mode. Toggle it on when you want a game of A.B and there won't be any ads.
Is there a way to recover the blank screen piece that was occupied by ads?
DirkGently1 said:
There's always the obvious alternative. Airplane mode. Toggle it on when you want a game of A.B and there won't be any ads.
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Yeah sure this would work. But AdFree would be an "easier" solution due to the fact that i don't have to turn on/off the Internet a hundred times every day
So please refer to the original question: what have i to do to make adfree work again? I even don't not why it stopped working :S Is it caused by the new update?!
did you happen to do a backup before you did the update? if so, just restore. other than doing a factory reset, i don't know how to uninstall an update or if it's even possible.
No unfortunately not. Well I made a backup but this did not include apps or even the Firmware so: no this would not be a possibility to solve the problem =/
I think its ways important to find out what causes the problem.
Use droidwall from the market. You can deny internet access to Angry Birds and still stay connected.
plainjane said:
Use droidwall from the market. You can deny internet access to Angry Birds and still stay connected.
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Thank you this has to work for the next few days i think - in hope of an update or a solution
But it works ! thank You
Livingsilver94 said:
Is there a way to recover the blank screen piece that was occupied by ads?
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No, the developer has to have implemented that.
Hi, I'm using an SGS+ (i9001) and either Ad-Free nor the manual pushing of the hosts file is giving success in blocking adds. Host file is in /etc folder and >800kb.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Give adaway a try.
same problem... host file is added correct, but adds are not blocked.
any further ideas?
If you can determine the addresses that the ads are coming from you could try blacklisting them in adaway.
I know there's an adfree thread somewhere here, did you try looking there?
u juz have to update it frequently..
it seems it's not working on my GNex as well...
It runs and it updates host files, but i still see ads in apps like diceplayer and astro file manager...
I have 4.0.2 with cwm and am rooted
Adfree barely works for me so i deleted it
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remove proxy and port setting in APN , maybe it works
sooo i installed an ad blocker so i could get rid of the ads but it turns out it jus makes it look ugly and even when i click on certain links, it wont allow me to see them so uninstalled it and even tho i dont have the app anymore, its like its still installed because all adds on internet are blocked. not sure bout my other apps tho. anyways, i was wondering if there is anyway to fix that problem?
i was thinking bout doing a wipe cache from boot recovery (i have a rooted phone) but i wasnt sure if that would delete other things such as my bookmarks, saved history chats on AIM/messaging etc. so i just left it be. any help would be great. thank you.
phone: 2.2 motorola backflip rooted with the cyagon or watever.
baySF said:
sooo i installed an ad blocker so i could get rid of the ads but it turns out it jus makes it look ugly and even when i click on certain links, it wont allow me to see them so uninstalled it and even tho i dont have the app anymore, its like its still installed because all adds on internet are blocked. not sure bout my other apps tho. anyways, i was wondering if there is anyway to fix that problem?
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Which ad blocker? AdFree? Go reinstall it, run it, tap on Revert, only then uninstall it again.
Anyone know any possible fixes?
Check your apns?
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This happened to me when I rooted. I restored the phone and it started working again. I'm waiting to see an ATT specific root thread and then I'll try again. BTW I used towelroot. If you are rooted, did you use the same? Maybe the two aren't connected, but they coincided for me.
Dark , I had this issue after installing adblock. Did you do the same?
Well I went back and rooted again with towelroot, mms worked - so it's looking like adblock - I had that installed previously and I could not install mms. Did this work for you?
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Well I went back and rooted again with towelroot, mms worked - so it's looking like adblock - I had that installed previously and I could not install mms. Did this work for you?
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The issue with adblock has existed awhile based on a topic in their bug forums . The problem is adblock blocks port 80 for mms . There isn't a way to set a white list for adblock .Most users try to get around it by changing their apn settings with mms as port 8080. This "fix" hasn't work for me , but if anyone is interested in a similar app to adblock ...check out adaway on Fdroid. It has the same function and more extensive options for a whitelist . You can even log an app's ads to decide to black/whitelist.
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I use adaway without issue
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jnoob said:
The issue with adblock has existed awhile based on a topic in their bug forums . The problem is adblock blocks port 80 for mms . There isn't a way to set a white list for adblock .Most users try to get around it by changing their apn settings with mms as port 8080. This "fix" hasn't work for me , but if anyone is interested in a similar app to adblock ...check out adaway on Fdroid. It has the same function and more extensive options for a whitelist . You can even log an app's ads to decide to black/whitelist.
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Changing APN setting MMS port to 8080 worked for me! Thanks!
Omg. Thank you OP. I came to deliver this same message. I just got off the phone with att because changing apns wouldn't work at all so 4 days I'll hear from another att tech that'll ask me to reboot. So it looks like I need to stop using adblock! Thanks dudes!!
The next method allows us to block ads in Android without to installing any additional software. It's working on any android device working with Android 9 Pie and above.
How to do it:
Go to Settings => Connections => More connection settings => Private DNS.
Check Private DNS provider hostname
Then you can use some of the rest. The first one is recommended.
dns.adguard.com
dns-family.adguard.com
dot-de.blahdns.com
Another DNS that you can check is NextDNS. It's free to use and provide some nice features on their website.
How to block ads in Google Chrome
The DNS method works also for Google Chrome, but you need to change something to make it work.
Open Chrome, type in chrome://flags
Then search for async DNS resolver (#enable-async-dns) and choose disabled in the drop-down menu. Otherwise, chrome could use a built-in DNS resolver which does not block ads.
Source: Reddit
Appreciate it works wells
I don't have private DNS settings.
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Never mind. I'm not on Pie.
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any way to set this on oreo?
emprize said:
any way to set this on oreo?
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Get the ip address of dns.adguard.com and add it as a dns entry on your advanced setting for wifi connection.
Your better off with a vpn with blocking capabilities then running adguard as a dns.
Works like a charm. Thanks a bunch ??
This is like inventing sliced bread, thank you!
Thanks a lot!!!
Easy peasy and works great. Thanks!
Oh shoot, the only problem is that it breaks MMS/picture messaging. I reverted the mod and picture messaging works again. Any workaround or does that just go with the territory?
It seems using "dns-family.adguard.com (To block adult sites)" will also block some regular YouTube vids. Changed to "dns.adguard.com", fixed it.
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Oh shoot, the only problem is that it breaks MMS/picture messaging. I reverted the mod and picture messaging works again. Any workaround or does that just go with the territory?
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Not having any mms issues on mine.
MicroMod777 said:
It seems using "dns-family.adguard.com (To block adult sites)" will also block some regular YouTube vids. Changed to "dns.adguard.com", fixed it.
Not having any mms issues on mine.
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Did you say you're still on Oreo? I'm on Pie on the U1 firmware, I used dns.adguard.com and can't send or download any picture messages with it enabled.
YrrchSebor said:
Did you say you're still on Oreo? I'm on Pie on the U1 firmware, I used dns.adguard.com and can't send or download any picture messages with it enabled.
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Odd. I'm on Pie now on the Note 9. I'm with Total Wireless that uses Verizon towers. Mms works normal.
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MicroMod777 said:
Odd. I'm on Pie now on the Note 9. I'm with Total Wireless that uses Verizon towers. Mms works normal.
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Ah ok, I'm using T-Mobile. I wish it would work but it just doesn't, if I re-enable the DNS the problem comes back.
Edit: same result with blahdns
Wow!!! Works perfectly... Thank you!!
Works perfectly, without root!
Thank you very much!
Your welcome guys I also prefer that way because on AdGuard app there was some notification that can't be removed and I like my statusbar to be clean from unnecessary stuff.
Thank you for sharing with us! I humbly applied you, ??
My question is... is there a way to make use of that private DNS only on mobile data? Because when on WiFi in some work areas I need to make use of their DNS's.
Thanks
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This is perfect. No notifications, no battery drain. Thanks a lot!
I'm currently trying adguard but it seems to be using lots of battery even though it says its not. I want something that will block ads from everywhere (if possible) I dont really want to root but if i have to i will. I also tried Blockada but it seemed flaky and it kept restarting over and over. If any of you are having success with adguard, let me know what your settings are Thx
equlizer said:
I'm currently trying adguard but it seems to be using lots of battery even though it says its not. I want something that will block ads from everywhere (if possible) I dont really want to root but if i have to i will. I also tried Blockada but it seemed flaky and it kept restarting over and over. If any of you are having success with adguard, let me know what your settings are Thx
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I use Blokada and it works great. Been using it for a couple of years now with no issues.
https://blokada.org/index.html
I use StevenBlack Unified and Goodbye Ads in it and it blocks well. I don't get any ads.
I tried Adguard but it slowed my connection way down and I could bare get stuff to load.
Try private dns under settings with adguard dns.
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Netguard but the GitHub version that also sports .hosts
It's also a firewall.
https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard
omrij said:
Try private dns under settings with adguard dns.
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You've became my personal Jesus.
No more VPN apps.
omrij said:
Try private dns under settings with adguard dns.
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Tried the settings they outline on their Android guide but couldn't save the result.
slonn said:
Tried the settings they outline on their Android guide but couldn't save the result.
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dns.adguard.com
daleski75 said:
dns.adguard.com
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Yeah, get to point 5 in the guide but no option to save on the phone. Save button is blanked out.
Maybe extra space if you copy&paste?
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There's another thread somewhere about dns66 I think it's the name somewhere on xda.
omrij said:
Maybe extra space if you copy&paste?
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Sadly not. This is the setup.
That's not private dns
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slonn said:
Sadly not. This is the setup.
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Your messing with the DNS of your connection. Private DNS is all the way at the bottom like the poster above me mentioned.
omrij said:
That's not private dns
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To me it says connection not possible.
Edit: I had to remove vpn. Now it works.
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omrij said:
That's not private dnsView attachment 4772692
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wow thats so easy, why don't everyone just do this? any drawbacks? why even use apps or root when this is built in and you just need to enter a few words?
I don't really like dns app.
But for your games and app I use adguard. (I activate it manualy)
And for browser: samsung internet.
Really good browser, I tried all of them, this one is smart and good ideas.
But mostly, customs adblocks modules. (For me adblock plus is the best)
trotirider said:
I don't really like dns app.
But for your games and app I use adguard. (I activate it manualy)
And for browser: samsung internet.
Really good browser, I tried all of them, this one is smart and good ideas.
But mostly, customs adblocks modules. (For me adblock plus is the best)
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Firefox is better. You can install add-on like ublock, dark reader
deborok said:
Firefox is better. You can install add-on like ublock, dark reader
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Yes I would like (I use firefox on pc) but firefox mobile is not really good on my opinion. At least for now.
And I tried some sites, and samsung blocked more ads than firefox.
Anyway, you should try firefox, samsung, opera.
I don't think it's a good idea to use a vpn app all day, and it don't really work on the browser too.
The best I had on my previous phone (LG G5) was adaway, but root is needed.. and I don't want to root this time.
I've been using adguard for a few weeks (in auto proxy mode since I need to connect to a VPN for work. Root required) and I love it. I haven't noticed any slow downs for loading web pages or battery drain. I used to use blokada which was ok but adguard, for me, is working much better.