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Unwanted SPAM messages in drop down

I must have installed something that included an 'advertise to you' clause. How do I find out what it is so I can get rid of it. Pisses me OFF!
I get a message every day along with a star in the top bar till I clear it, telling me I have won an iPad. AAARRRGGGGG!
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Wow, that would be annoying, did you try adfree?

You've installed something that's doing that. I had something similar myself but was lucky enough to identify the culprit (it was an MP3 downloader).
You can either post your complete app list here and hope someone recognises the app that's causing it, or you can factory reset and rebuild your phone app-by-app.
Another idea would be to round up any suspect apps (one's not installed from the market or ones that do "naughty things") and freeze them with Titanium Backup. If the problem goes away then you know you've narrowed it down.

Got rid of it.
Read another similar post that suggested it was Air Push. Downloaded Air Push Detector and it identified Mechanical gear live wall paper. Uninstalled it so its gone now. Shame cos I liked the wall paper.
I thought though that it would allow me to keep it but disable the spam.
Speaking of, I'm really concerned about some of the permissions that may invade my privacy. For example, I wonder if an app that requires access to my contact list is just accessing it to provide the service it is designed for or if it is sending that info back to the designer or marketing companies for the purposes of information gathering or further advertising.
Is there any way I can block these permissions on a grand scale without individually setting them with 'Permissions' app, which of course only works on a rooted unit. My TAB is rooted but my SGS2 is not and won't be till its out of warranty.

As an example:
An app called Wi-Fi Finder has a permission to 'directly call phone numbers'. I mean WTF. Firstly why does it need this permission and secondly WTF?
What possible reason could this app have to do this and who would it call and whats the privacy repurcussions for me?

techno-update said:
Wow, that would be annoying, did you try adfree?
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Seems that requies the phone to be rooted

Addons Detector should find the culprit.

You're not going to be able to handle permissions at all if you're not rooted. The only apps I've seen for handling permissions do it on an app-by-app basis. I've not heard of anything that do it at a system-wide level. Obviously doing it at the system level would cause problems for the times when apps do legitimately need permissions you've blocked, but you're the user - that's your choice.
Maybe it's time to learn to dev

There are a few apps in the market that you can get to block these. I've still noticed the odd spam msg will get through though.

I downloaded a zombie game (cant remember which one) and i started getting the same spam messages frequently.. Just look back to any games you previously downloaded right before this started happening and delete it
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Ad detector bu lookout will tell you what app is causing that
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glacierguy said:
Ad detector bu lookout will tell you what app is causing that
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Worked fine on Nexus s 4.0.3!
Ad Detector (TrustGo)
great detection and has direct uninstall from it's UI.
It detected that Phone locator was the cause of those ads + SWTOR Status

Takerz said:
Worked fine on Nexus s 4.0.3!
Ad Detector (TrustGo)
great detection and has direct uninstall from it's UI.
It detected that Phone locator was the cause of those ads + SWTOR Status
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I think I used Air Push detector to detectit was a Gear Live wall paper I had insalled over the weekend. I just didn't put 2 and 2 together. Couldn't just disable the spam. Had to remove the app :/ Pity. I liked it.

Go Keyboard
I found out who is using the Green Smiley Face ad notification on the progress bar. Its from Go Dev Team. They have an app for keyboards. Go Keyboards. If you have it, then that's the ass app.
Sucks cause I like their work but hates ads enough to delete it. I sent them a long message about killing it for me and will warn who is pushing ads.
Blahhh blahhh blahhhh

No-Root Modifications

Those of us who are waiting for root are having to figure out ways to do the things that come easily with root. If you have any cool tips and tricks for accomplishing tasks that are generally reserved for rooted phones I would be SUPER interested in hearing about them. A few that I am using:
Block This - An ad blocker that works for both apps and web browsing..... And it's FREE.
Package Disabler Pro - A great way to disable the bloat and preinstalled apps that are annoying.
FoxFi - Wireless tether that works. The Pro version doesn't have any caps or limits so it's worth it if you use it often.
What say you?
EDIT: Here are some of the apps that have been mentioned in the thread....
Light flow - allows you to take control of the notifications on your device.
Smart Pocket - Skip tracks with double click volume button and more.
Greenify - "Greenify help you identify and put the misbehaving apps into hibernation when you are not using them."
No Root Tethering "No root tethering. (This works on the Sprint version, and should work on the Verizon one. Not sure about others.) You'll need to get your MSL from Sprint."
MacroDroid Set up macros to perform tasks. I personally use this one to start Pandora when my phone connects via Bluetooth to my car stereo. Works well.
Galaxy Button Lights - Disable capacitive button backlights.
NetGuard - Ad blocking from XDA
All in one gestures - Control your device with simple gestures.
Screen Lock Pro - Allows you to screen off and lock the device. Will not trigger the pin input when you have fingerprint lock on.
OGYouTube - Ad Free YouTube!!
EasyDownloader for Instagram - Save pictures and videos directly from Instagram app (photos and videos).
KLWP Live Wallpaper Maker - "You'll be designing your phone exactly how you want in no time.. And it will keep you busy for sure. The possibilities are endless. It does require Nova Launcher or many others.."
Social Contact Photo Sync - Synchronize your phone contacts with high resolution photos from social networks and partly even from social apps.
Be sure to give a thanks to all of those who have contributed this thread. I will add more as they come in.

Light flow has Galaxy S6/S7 no-root support. Light flow allows you to take control of the notifications on your device. Its main features are: Controlling the notification LED for phones that have them (cycling colors through outstanding notifications)...

Pneumatic said:
Block This - An ad blocker that works for both apps and web browsing..... And it's FREE.
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Aww yeah this is awesome!

what does 'package disabler pro' do that we can't do ourselves in the app manager?

zentex said:
what does 'package disabler pro' do that we can't do ourselves in the app manager?
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It is MUCH faster and it shows you a lot more things than the stock app manager. It's very very good.

Plus there's lots of stuff you can't disable in the stock app manager.

DPI changes without root, and with (relatively) problem free scaling on the apps is the highlight for me.

Pneumatic said:
Those of us who are waiting for root are having to figure out ways to do the things that come easily with root. If you have any cool tips and tricks for accomplishing tasks that are generally reserved for rooted phones I would be SUPER interested in hearing about them. A few that I am using:
Block This - An ad blocker that works for both apps and web browsing.
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How does it compare to adguard? Is it faster?

Pneumatic said:
Those of us who are waiting for root are having to figure out ways to do the things that come easily with root. If you have any cool tips and tricks for accomplishing tasks that are generally reserved for rooted phones I would be SUPER interested in hearing about them. A few that I am using:
Block This - An ad blocker that works for both apps and web browsing..... And it's FREE.
Package Disabler Pro - A great way to disable the bloat and preinstalled apps that are annoying.
FoxFi - Wireless tether that works. The Pro version doesn't have any caps or limits so it's worth it if you use it often.
What say you?
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Perfect~ Package Disabler Pro must have

Galaxy Button Lights let's you change the timeout of the capacitive buttons or turn them off.

A_N_D_R_E said:
DPI changes without root, and with (relatively) problem free scaling on the apps is the highlight for me.
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Why would anyone want to change the DPI? Can I see comparison screenshots?

Sharky444 said:
Why would anyone want to change the DPI? Can I see comparison screenshots?
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640 default in comparison to 540. Personally, I have mine set to 560, the ideal DPI for me on this phone.

A_N_D_R_E said:
DPI changes without root, and with (relatively) problem free scaling on the apps is the highlight for me.
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How did you change it without root?

geoff5093 said:
How did you change it without root?
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Old news and easy to toggle.

There is this method too, adb not required.
It's just a single step change though - you can't tweak the DPI to your liking.

A_N_D_R_E said:
There is this method too, adb not required.
It's just a single step change though - you can't tweak the DPI to your liking.
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That's the same link I believe.

nobnut said:
That's the same link I believe.
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Ah, right, sorry. I thought you had linked the manual method.

Pneumatic said:
Those of us who are waiting for root are having to figure out ways to do the things that come easily with root. If you have any cool tips and tricks for accomplishing tasks that are generally reserved for rooted phones I would be SUPER interested in hearing about them. A few that I am using:
Block This - An ad blocker that works for both apps and web browsing..... And it's FREE.
Package Disabler Pro - A great way to disable the bloat and preinstalled apps that are annoying.
FoxFi - Wireless tether that works. The Pro version doesn't have any caps or limits so it's worth it if you use it often.
What say you?
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I wish I had known about Block This. I purchased a lifetime subscription to Adguard, which works well, but was rather expensive.

nobnut said:
Old news and easy to toggle.
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Yeah I used the Nova action widget and changed it, looks so much better now.

zachchen1996 said:
How does it compare to adguard? Is it faster?
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Adguard didn't block ads in apps, unless you paid for it. Not sure how blocking ads can get faster but block this works fast enough.

Samsung Internet for Android browser for Verizon Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge

The wait is finally over!
Verizon users of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge devices can use this link to get the stock Samsung Internet app that Verizon seems to cold heartedly keep out, out-of-the-box.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.sbrowser
Let me know how it works for you and don't forget to like!
Cheers!
[Updated 4/1]
Removed link to backed up application due to it now being available in Play Store.

Playstore says device is not compatible.....

Crsdr37 said:
Playstore says device is not compatible.....
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Same here

Have you downloaded and installed the OTA that was available about a week ago?

Not compatible and I took the update last week.
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Mon205 said:
Have you downloaded and installed the OTA that was available about a week ago?
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I have (I started a thread about the OTA here when I first got the update, in fact), and the Play Store link definitely says incompatible. Believe me, I've tried it multiple times since it was updated to the version 4 browser.
I know the Play Store description says S7 and S7 Edge models are supported, but it is not open for downloading on at least the Verizon branded units (or not for some of us, at least).
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What I did was had someone with a Verizon S6 device, share me the link from their Play Store to the Samsung Internet app via text message. Then I went to the Messages app and opened the link where a unique window popped up and took me to the Play Store where the Install button was enabled for me to get the app.

Same here, took the update, still a no go in the play store. I did install that apk that was posted and it worked just fine...then got eskeered that it had some back door to china and deleted it .
Funny thing is when I installed the apk, then went to the play store it still showed as incompatible but installed.

Worked for me. Been using it for 4 or 5 days now
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I need this apk.

I provided a link to the apk up top in the OP. Maybe it'll work for those that weren't able to install the browser from the link to the Play Store.

Searched in the play store and found and installed the browser without issue. BTW, there is also an ad block plug in for this browser.

I also had no problems finding it on the Play store. Installed with no problems. I wasn't able to install it last week as it gave me an incompatible device error but it works now!
Btw, I'm still on the stock version. Haven't taken any of the updates.

silverflame112 said:
I also had no problems finding it on the Play store. Installed with no problems. I wasn't able to install it last week as it gave me an incompatible device error but it works now!
Btw, I'm still on the stock version. Haven't taken any of the updates.
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Yup working for me now to really really weird

Now that Chrome has been updated with patch notes listing speed improvements, I find Chrome to be as smooth as Samsung's browser, but with a better interface, search, faster scrolling, and the benefits of access to years worth of saved passwords and shared history. As far as I can tell, the only thing Internet has over Chrome is the adblock compatibility.

TheAugust said:
Now that Chrome has been updated with patch notes listing speed improvements, I find Chrome to be as smooth as Samsung's browser, but with a better interface, search, faster scrolling, and the benefits of access to years worth of saved passwords and shared history. As far as I can tell, the only thing Internet has over Chrome is the adblock compatibility.
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I agree you've summarized some significant advantages that Chrome offers.
But in addition to the adblock feature, here are a few things that are better with Samsung's app IMO:
- Secret Mode can persist an entirely separate password/fingerprint gated internet browsing experience, including history, website passwords, bookmarks, and locally saved web content - much more robust functionality than Chrome's completely temporal incognito mode.
- Use of fingerprint input can be optionally required on a site by site basis before the browser retrieves your saved password for a website.
- While Chrome can be configured to offer up a reader mode for article-formatted web pages, it is not on by default, and Google has slowly reduced its availability and functionality over time. Additionally, even when configured, its ability to correctly detect content that could benefit from reader mode is poor, meaning you can't easily use it even when it would be useful.
The Samsung Browser's reader mode is on by default, and while detection is not perfect, I've found the reader icon is made available for significantly more content than Chrome's.
Also, Chrome's reader mode announces its availability by placing an obnoxious pop up banner at the bottom of eligible web pages, whereas the Samsung Browser's reader icon appears as a small non-intrusive reading icon at the left of the URL in the address bar, where God intended it to be.
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I've been using NoChromo as an answer to the Chrome with AdBlock concern. This may work for others as well. I couldn't give up the link sharing of Chrome across my multiple desktops.

TheAugust said:
Now that Chrome has been updated with patch notes listing speed improvements, I find Chrome to be as smooth as Samsung's browser, but with a better interface, search, faster scrolling, and the benefits of access to years worth of saved passwords and shared history. As far as I can tell, the only thing Internet has over Chrome is the adblock compatibility.
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While chrome's overall smoothness has improved in recent versions, it still lags quite a bit when pinching to zoom.

I use Samsung Internet over Chrome mainly because of the Reader functionality it has. It helps with reading articles withing having to deal with unnecessary info on the original web pages. Also, the new functionalities Samsung included are pretty useful, such as the fingerprint log-in and just a better overall UI. Simple and to the point.

Any way to remove some junk bookmarks? I see the ones I removed comes back after a reboot, and then there are some that you can't ever remove.

Huawei's P30 Optimiser/Optimizer App Removal

Hey Guys,
I am finding the Optimiser app to be stopping notifications from coming up on some apps, such as pushbullet, messaging to some extent, and so on until i open the app.
It seems the huawei battery optimisation is pretty aggressive. I went through a discovery process years ago with battery optimiser apps that from what I understood, basically boiled down to them being unnecessary for most devices at that version of android.
My question is, can I remove the huawei optimiser app using ADB, is it safe to do so? I don't want to individually have to tell the optimiser app to not optimise each app as I download them. I just want to remove the optimiser and be done with it, but i also still want to know batterybusage of apps etc if they get out of control and android isnt natively dealing with them properly then id like to remove them.
Thoughts on this, anyone?
Thanks very much,

Good question, it's also seem to be very resources hungry. I had to keep mine because I need to for maintaining my existing call block lists.

tommacpherson87 said:
Hey Guys,
I am finding the Optimiser app to be stopping notifications from coming up on some apps, such as pushbullet, messaging to some extent, and so on until i open the app.
It seems the huawei battery optimisation is pretty aggressive. I went through a discovery process years ago with battery optimiser apps that from what I understood, basically boiled down to them being unnecessary for most devices at that version of android.
My question is, can I remove the huawei optimiser app using ADB, is it safe to do so? I don't want to individually have to tell the optimiser app to not optimise each app as I download them. I just want to remove the optimiser and be done with it, but i also still want to know batterybusage of apps etc if they get out of control and android isnt natively dealing with them properly then id like to remove them.
Thoughts on this, anyone?
Thanks very much,
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You can't have both, you can kill power genie and have all apps run as they were intended, OR you can have per app battery use stats, killing power genie will break that function
https://dontkillmyapp.com/huawei
Personally it's a small price to pay to fix everything else and makes no difference to battery life

*Detection* said:
You can't have both, you can kill power genie and have all apps run as they were intended, OR you can have per app battery use stats, killing power genie will break that function
https://dontkillmyapp.com/huawei
Personally it's a small price to pay to fix everything else and makes no difference to battery life
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You still had issues with notifications not coming through even when battery optimization and adjusting Launch settings manually was configured?
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Limeybastard said:
You still had issues with notifications not coming through even when battery optimization and adjusting Launch settings manually was configured?
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Yea, WhatsApp point blank refused to give me any notifications at all unless I opened the app, tried absolutely everything related to the battery/launch etc settings, nothing worked, it's because power genie has a white list of apps that are allowed to run in the background and you cannot edit that list
Thankfully killing PG was nice and easy and ended my months of annoyance of missing messages

*Detection* said:
Yea, WhatsApp point blank refused to give me any notifications at all unless I opened the app, tried absolutely everything related to the battery/launch etc settings, nothing worked, it's because power genie has a white list of apps that are allowed to run in the background and you cannot edit that list
Thankfully killing PG was nice and easy and ended my months of annoyance of missing messages
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I adb uninstalled Optimiser App, it took a good few things with it also including ability to block black listed numbers that I had have stored and also the battery menu I think in settings also disappeared completely.
You can see what the Optimiser app is running system app wise , under developer option then running services. It's the 2nd Android system with mutiple processes running. I turned off virus checker but it still seems to be running as you can see.
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Limeybastard said:
I adb uninstalled Optimiser App, it took a good few things with it also including ability to block black listed numbers that I had have stored and also the battery menu I think in settings also disappeared completely.
You can see what the Optimiser app is running system app wise , under developer option then running services. It's the 2nd Android system with mutiple processes running. I turned off virus checker but it still seems to be running as you can see.View attachment 4915793
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Was only Power Genie you were supposed to uninstall, I lost per app battery stats but nothing else, but since upgrading to 10 I haven't had to kill it yet, WhatsApp is running as it should this time

*Detection* said:
Was only Power Genie you were supposed to uninstall, I lost per app battery stats but nothing else, but since upgrading to 10 I haven't had to kill it yet, WhatsApp is running as it should this time
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I know , my comment was slightly off topic. As I was curious about Optimiser app.
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Limeybastard said:
I know , my comment was slightly off topic. As I was curious about Optimiser app.
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Ah right with you now, only sounds like blocked numbers might be a pain to lose really, not had any issues with the optimizer app though
Noticed any improvements since killing it ?

*Detection* said:
Ah right with you now, only sounds like blocked numbers might be a pain to lose really, not had any issues with the optimizer app though
Noticed any improvements since killing it ?
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No, I didn't have it uninstalled long enough to verify. I needed my block call list.
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Question adaway alternative

So far I have used Adaway root based. Recently, however, I have encountered problems with this tool. (Blocking google results, etc..)
Do you have a better alternative please?
Thank you

Did you tried blokada 5? You can choose some different list that can be enable/disable if it block too much for your usage. You need to downlad the apk from the websit, the playstore version has less functionality.

I sprung for a years worth of AdGuard. Very happy with the results. (I also have AdGuard Home on the Pi-4. Not sure how much overlaped coverage there is with that kind of setup.)

efkosk said:
So far I have used Adaway root based. Recently, however, I have encountered problems with this tool. (Blocking google results, etc..)
Do you have a better alternative please?
Thank you
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That sounds more like a problem with the lists are you using, and not a problem with AdAway itself.
Lists usually block the domains that Google uses for tracking and ads which coincidentally Google diverts all links to in the shopping tab on Google search.

yes, I used the default list. I preferred the root version without local vpn, but I find that the localvpn version is better, because it does not require a reboot for every manipulation with the list.

efkosk said:
yes, I used the default list. I preferred the root version without local vpn, but I find that the localvpn version is better, because it does not require a reboot for every manipulation with the list.
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I don't think reboot are still required after list manipulations anymore with magisk. I've been able to block/unblock hosts without reboots. when have you noticed a reboot was necessary?

dimm0k said:
I don't think reboot are still required after list manipulations anymore with magisk. I've been able to block/unblock hosts without reboots. when have you noticed a reboot was necessary?
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I read it here on xda. And also unblocked websites work for me after a reboot.

Lifetime member Adguard here, wouldn't want anything else.

dns.adguard.com

I have used Adaway for many years in several devices. With Pixel 7 Pro I ended up with screen freezing and random reboots. I believe Magisk Systemless Hosts caused this. There have been no problems now, when I disabled the Systemless hosts.
So I've been trying different alternatives for Adaway. Adguard is really praised but maybe because lack of experience it didn't block so many ads then Adaway did. Also it slowed my internet speed pretty much.

Adguard DNS works perfectly and does not need root

If you're using AdAway try adding the links below to your Whitelist. Let me know how it goes.
*Ad.doubleclick.net*
*Clickserve.dartsearch.net*
*Googleadservices.com*

State.of.mind said:
If you're using AdAway try adding the links below to your Whitelist. Let me know how it goes.
*Ad.doubleclick.net*
*Clickserve.dartsearch.net*
*Googleadservices.com*
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This here is the solution.
I've taken to just using AdGuard DNS the last year. Just apply the DNS when I want no ads, change it back to automatic when I need ads for some apps to work correctly.

Speaking personally, Adaway does everything I need, and at a level that doesn't require a VPN to continually run in the background. Need to be rooted though.

Beefheart said:
Speaking personally, Adaway does everything I need, and at a level that doesn't require a VPN to continually run in the background. Need to be rooted though.
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VPN thing is something what is bothering me with Adguard and many other adblocks.
I think it's going to slow the internet speed significantly.

The issue you are having is related to blacklisted domains, and will persist across any ad blocker or VPN that blocks the same domains. In other words, the problem isn't AdAway itself.
I am using AdAway 6.0.3 on my Pixel 5 with these lists:
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The only (non) issue I have with Google search results is the sponsored results are blocked, which is fine with me.
Consider using different lists or adding exceptions.

V0latyle said:
The issue you are having is related to blacklisted domains, and will persist across any ad blocker or VPN that blocks the same domains. In other words, the problem isn't AdAway itself.
I am using AdAway 6.0.3 on my Pixel 5 with these lists:
View attachment 5767877
The only (non) issue I have with Google search results is the sponsored results are blocked, which is fine with me.
Consider using different lists or adding exceptions.
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Add *ad.doubleclick.net* and *googleadservices.com* to the whitelist and that will solve the problem.

miimaa said:
My phone freezing problem or what?
Add *ad.doubleclick.net* and *googleadservices.com* to the whitelist and that will solve the problem.
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My response was mainly to the OP, but I doubt the Systemless Hosts module was causing your issue.
What version of Magisk are you using? What lists?

V0latyle said:
My response was mainly to the OP, but I doubt the Systemless Hosts module was causing your issue.
What version of Magisk are you using? What lists?
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I did doubt it also but by disabling it, it solved the freezing. And I found lot of similar conversations that systemless host somehow caused the freezing.
I'm on Magisk 25.2. No Adaway installed at the moment because of fear of the freezing but I had like 5-10 random lists.

miimaa said:
I did doubt it also but by disabling it, it solved the freezing. And I found lot of similar conversations that systemless host somehow caused the freezing.
I'm on Magisk 25.2. No Adaway installed at the moment because of fear of the freezing but I had like 5-10 random lists.
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Odd. Is this freezing issue specific to the Pixel 7? Maybe there's an issue with the size of the hosts file itself; using too many lists could be a problem?