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adfree/adaway/ad blockers in general are missing from play store

Where the hell is adaway?
Suddenly Google decided adaway was violating section 4.4 of the developer agreement.. Suuuure. I'm sure there wasn't any pressure from the ads being blocked. I'm sure it was a breech of terms.
You can follow this link to get the blocker. (ironically it's at code. Google.com)
http://code.google.com/p/ad-away/

Lil at the strike
But I just re downloaded a free because of flashing a new ROM. Weird. I really like adfree because it works for apps and browsers. For those who want, guess we could upload the apk
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wdkingery said:
Suddenly Google decided adaway was violating section 4.4 of the developer agreement.. Suuuure. I'm sure there wasn't any pressure from the ads being blocked. I'm sure it was a breech of terms.
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Why can't it be both? Google decided they didn't care about that part of their terms until someone complained. The nice thing about Android is you can install apps from places that AREN'T the Play Store, unlike other platforms, so who cares what they do and don't allow in their store?

The dev has moved AdAway to FDroid:
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.adaway

thebobmannh said:
Why can't it be both? Google decided they didn't care about that part of their terms until someone complained. The nice thing about Android is you can install apps from places that AREN'T the Play Store, unlike other platforms, so who cares what they do and don't allow in their store?
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I love the "other platforms" part. But you are right. I can understand from a dev point of view putting out a free app. But get like SSH droid and revert it. I don't mind reverting it because I can always turn it back on. With great power comes more power.
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now adaway & adblock plus is scam
Hi just try to search in play store for adaway & adblock plus and install it via play store and looks like scam to me as instead of blocking ads its bombarding ads and forcing user to rate it 5 star then only user can use it at first start. I guess all the app by this devloper doing the same thing. I don't know how this end up in play store but I think you should update this forume as I adaway is doing different & suspicious things.

That app is not from the developer of Adaway, it's a fake app.
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still using adaway
agree, adaway and other ad block apps are no longer available on play store, but still you can download them from any sharing site like 4share etc.
i'm using ViperX4.0.2 on my HTC One X and adaway is preinstalled on ROM and doing great job.

Just download from official repository on f-droid, not file sharing sites. AdAway

[Q] Which is the best app to block ads on my android phone ?

i want to know which app i can use to block ads on my android phone my phone is rooted
i want no ads on my browser or on any other app.
please reply with your perfect app for blocking ads.

adblockplus + adaway (both, they use different approaches and are not exclusive)

I use adfree and "the mother of all adblocking" apps which is found here on xda .
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Rom toolbox can block ads in certain apps and you can also try adaway, as somebody already mentioned.

gimpy1 said:
I use adfree and "the mother of all adblocking" apps which is found here on xda .
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+1 good apps

I too am looking for an ad blocking program. I did download AdAway and was about to install it until I noticed it wanted full permissions to all device features and storage, full network access, and prevents the phone from sleeping.
Is there a manual way to prevent ads from showing without giving some annoymous person full control over my entire phone?

Try LuckyPatcher, works fine for me

ghostery is a good addon if you are running firefox, though the interface isn't as clean as a desktop computer.

AdAway
I use adaway, it works really well,

Ad blocker

I've tried several apps to get rid of ads some have worked but they always come back..
I've tried min min module adaway and ad free same results
Anyone have any luck removing ads permanently
I can't stand ads
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Adaway works great for me. Removes ads from all apps I have and they never come back...

I use adfree.
http://adfree.bigtincan.com/index.php

I've tried both.. It's hard for me to get adaway to even work
Ad free works but then ads come back after a while
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Adfree.
I don't seem to notice ads coming back, but I also know to open the app regularly, and have it update the hosts file. Just because the "check server" and "automatically apply updates" boxes are checked, doesn't necessarily mean it's updating the hosts file in the background. It seems that there's always a new hosts file whenever I open the app, that hasn't been downloaded and installed.

XTRoRDiNAiRE said:
I've tried both.. It's hard for me to get adaway to even work
Ad free works but then ads come back after a while
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I use a combination of AD Block plus, and Ad free. I have no ads.
The trick is to keep them updated, and when AD free says to reboot, don't. Actually works better if you don't.
On Ad block plus use the default list, easy list english and keep it refreshed. Uncheck the acceptable ads box too.
I hate ads as much as you, I have tried and tested almost all. This seems to the best combo

Any good adblocker on a rooted phone

Hi, I've been using adFree adblock for the past 3 years and it used to block everything even admob's ads (the ones your getting from apps). Now it's barely do anything.
Any good ones with lists that actually work?
(also I've tried AdAway witch does exactly the same).
Thanks

"Free Adblocker Browser" Not tried it dont know what it does but just happened upon it, good luck.

This is just a browser, I'm looking for something that modify the hosts file

AdAway works great for me, i can't link it right now but you should be able to easily find it with google

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F-Droid
Open source application repository which hosts Ad-Away and Adblock plus app, among a sh1tload of other interesting stuff. Recommended. :fingers-crossed:
Cheers :laugh:

Marrrrtthias said:
AdAway works great for me, i can't link it right now but you should be able to easily find it with google
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Adaway doesnt seem to block admob. Just tried it.

Use MoaAB.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916098
You could also install Xposed and configure UnbelovedHosts (goes better with Donator app).
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Best Ad Blocker for Rooted OP6

Hi all!
Could someone give their opinion on what the best ad blocker is? I've been on the NOT so root friendly AT&T Note & S series for so long I forget how awesome it is to have root again.
Any ideas would be so awesome!!!
Thanks in advance and I will remember to hit your thanks button....wouldn't hurt if you could hit my button too lol.

AdAway works well for me, but I haven't tried anything else. You have to download it from f-droid.

AdAway as mentioned above is the best one for me

Has a download link for fdroid on the page. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.adaway/
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Be sure to enable IPv6 in preferences as well.

I also use adaway from fdroid. Its pretty good.

Adaway or Adaway Reborn

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Adaway or Adaway Reborn
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I found that adaway reborn with default settings causes some of the apps to crash. Anyone know how to fix it.
Also adaway doesn't work well on in app ads.

I use adaway, fyi if u use venmo ull have to turn adaway off before being able to login if i remember right
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AdAway is the best.

did someone mention adaway yet

Blokada is another good one.
DNS666 works but they're more of a battery drain with it.

Definitely AdAway
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I can't believe no one has mentioned it yet, but AdAway.

I use Unified Hosts Manager from the official Magisk Repository and have no problems so far.

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I use Unified Hosts Manager from the official Magisk Repository and have no problems so far.
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Me too, I switched to Unified Hosts from AdAway, because it was more comfortable for me. Both work very well. Unified hosts has nice checkboxes to block Fakenews, Gambling, Porn, Social. And also whitelist and blacklist.

I've never used ad blockers on my phones before, just on my browsers. But thanks for asking about it, as now I am using AdAway as most have suggested!
But now I think I might have to try Unified Hosts. Are there any conflicts if you run 2 ad blockers?

Find unified hosts the best with the whitelist so I can still get Google ads when I search for something in Google!
Used to run adaway but it blocked everything

So everyone mentioned AdAway but no one mentioned how it works or how to use most efficiently.
AdAway is a hosts based ad blocker IE it blocks ads by blocking access to the domains which provide ads, and it does this for the entire system.
So you need to have some lists of domains that provide ads to block them. AdAway has some by default, but they aren't very complete. So you should add http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts
to host sources ( I forget what it is exactly called since I haven't rooted my OP6 yet) and I found it blocks most of the ads, though you still have to deal with some. But I used this for more than a year and my experience was great. If anyone has any other suggestions for hosts sources it would be amazing.
Also to block ads in YouTube, you need to install YouTube Vanced from https://vanced.azurewebsites.net/

adguard works great. If you have root, get systemless xposed & use minminguard.

Is there a way to block YouTube ads on chrome? I don't want to use an app for YouTube