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app for using vpn on cm9

now you can use vpn on cm 9 by just only download 2 apps from playstore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schaeuffelhut.android.openvpn.installer&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schaeuffelhut.android.openvpn&hl=en
instructions
install both apps
first open the app openvpn installer
then install binaries
then open the openvpn setting
then check first option and now you can easily use vpn
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Adblock plus no root lollipop not work

Is there any alternative to ad block plus for device not rooted ( lollipop)?

Questions belong in Q&A.
Adblockers modify the hosts file or use iptables to redirect ad URLs to localhost, which requires root access. I don't know of any that don't.

Tks
Adblock plus don't modify any host file , but apply a filter in port 2020 with a proxy on localhost.
On kitkat work fine , on lollipop don't work.

Think she is confused with adaway which does create a host file. All you can do uprooted is use the app you are to warn you of ads so you can take apps out. I use adaway but I buy apps when there is a paid version. If I'm not willing to pay I take it out. If they give me no choice but to have ads I block them.

fraussantin said:
Is there any alternative to ad block plus for device not rooted ( lollipop)?
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This: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/adguard-ad-blocker-doesnt-require-root-t2958895

zerosum0 said:
Think she is confused with adaway which does create a host file.
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I meant that I didn't know of any that don't require root access other than the mentioned.

Can I install adaway or the adaway host file without rooting on the P900 ?

Hello everyone, I don't want to root my device just yet due to the fact that it's still under warranty... So since I only want to remove ads, can you tell me if there's a way to block ads on an unroot device, like pushing the file on adb shell or something like that ? I don't want to use adblock plus it simply doesn't work.
Thanks in advance !

leomon32 said:
Hello everyone, I don't want to root my device just yet due to the fact that it's still under warranty... So since I only want to remove ads, can you tell me if there's a way to block ads on an unroot device, like pushing the file on adb shell or something like that ? I don't want to use adblock plus it simply doesn't work.
Thanks in advance !
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There are only so many ways to replace a system (hosts in this case) file within Android and almost all of them require rooting the device or tripping Knox with TWRP. You might be able to do it with adb push/pull commands but that is quite an advanced technique. Even then, I've had it request root access in CM to run the adb commands on the system apps. In reality the easy ways to do it requires root and my advice would be to try using the adblock browser or another custom browser that blocks ads until you are ready to root it.

AlkaliV2 said:
There are only so many ways to replace a system (hosts in this case) file within Android and almost all of them require rooting the device or tripping Knox with TWRP. You might be able to do it with adb push/pull commands but that is quite an advanced technique. Even then, I've had it request root access in CM to run the adb commands on the system apps. In reality the easy ways to do it requires root and my advice would be to try using the adblock browser or another custom browser that blocks ads until you are ready to root it.
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Thanks, that's actually just what I thought. It's weird because you can change the density and the resolution of that tablet with the adb push on the fly without root or knox tripping but I guess the whole file is read only and that's why root is needed (the hosts).

There is a proxy ad blocker on market. Works just fine and does not require root . search market and you find a few.

use hosts without root
I know a simple way to use hosts without root:
enter playstore
search: "virtual hosts"
you will see a green icon of the apk
download it
open it and then you will see a big switch button.
click on it and then choose the host that you want to use
(if you want to make the host to be on startup, just click the plus icon in the corner and then you will see an android icon. just click on it).

[Q] Block ANY APK installation

Hello everyone!
I'd like to block any installation of APK file, no matter, from which source - Play Store or external. It's a general question due to possibility of block on multiple devices.
Is there a possibility to block an installer completely? In this case device has no root access and I don't want to root it.
Cause of question: my younger brother wants to download prohibited by parents apps. AppLock is working, though only on Play Store.
Thanks for (future ) answers!

I don't think you can block the installation of apps especially without root.
If you were rooted, you could try to remove Play Store and Package Installer apps.

Signature Spoofing in Android 10 (Android Q) (Nanodroid not working)

Hi XDA
I'm having an issue deodexing or signature spoofing, all the tutorials seem to be for Android 9, 11 or 12, but not 10. Everyone seems to recommend Nanodroid but that isn't working for me, the MicroG self-check fails on "System spoofs signature" and "Play Services (GmsCore) has correct signature", I hear this happens when spoofing is enabled system-wide, but most Gapps still don't work properly, like the Play Store crashing immediately on startup (I'd prefer to use the Aurora store so I'm just listing it as a symptom), YouTube (stock and revanced root installed) complaining that Play Services isn't enabled, no notifications and location services not working at all so Maps is useless.
I did try Smali Patcher and that didn't work either (though the Screenshot on restricted apps patch did work) and I've heard some call it "shady" though they didn't say why.
I've heard that there is a way of enabling spoofing on a per-app basis (like apps requesting root access) which I would prefer, and I wasn't really a fan of how Nanodroid disabled the app installation dialog box (I prefer to micromanage updates), though as mentioned above I did like that screenshots couldn't be blocked.
Does my ideal setup exist or it is another pipe-dream?
Thank you in advance.

Look inside here:
doc/NanoDroidPerm.md · master · Christopher Roy Bratusek / NanoDroid · GitLab
microG, F-Droid, GNU Bash, FOSS applications and more for Android
gitlab.com

jwoegerbauer said:
Look inside here:
doc/NanoDroidPerm.md · master · Christopher Roy Bratusek / NanoDroid · GitLab
microG, F-Droid, GNU Bash, FOSS applications and more for Android
gitlab.com
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Thank you for the suggestion, I ran the script as root but it didn't change anything.
EDIT: I just read through the documentation on the nanodroid repo and it seems you can't set up MicroG using this method on a Gapps preloaded stock ROM without installing it through recovery, which I can't as there's no port of any custom recoveries like TWRP.