Ok, is it just me? even with pop ups blocked, in browser, starting tonight I get an annoying best buy ad at the bottom of every screen. Close it out, and it appears every time I go to a new page... who can I pay to get this Crap off.
Tapatalk. Pay them.
sultan.of.swing said:
Tapatalk. Pay them.
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I'm talking about desktop... thought tapatalk was the app for the phone?
it's not just you it's REALLY PISSING ME OFF TOO!
Also really annoying here. I am on a laptop so screen space is precious, I used to click on ads on occasion but with these new annoying ones I will no longer click any ads until they are gone.
Yeah I never block ads but this site made me install adfree for Chrome tonight. So annoying!
I've been avoiding the site all day because of it. I may never go to best buy again.
sph33r said:
Yeah I never block ads but this site made me install adfree for Chrome tonight. So annoying!
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Would you mind sharing a link to the extension? I use chrome also but I cant find the extension in the extension library.
Edit: I managed to find Adblock Plus and it seems to be working.
strange, I stepped out... come back and now there gone... hopefully for good!
They disabled it, see the bottom the page below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963428
Whew glad that's fixed!
Ads don't usually bother me but yes, that stupid best buy ad was driving me nuts. Glad they removed it.
elegantai said:
Ads don't usually bother me but yes, that stupid best buy ad was driving me nuts. Glad they removed it.
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what ads? I see no ads
I thought I was the only one I hate best buy so much I could never get rid of it lol.
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Was AdFree android removed from the market??? I can't seem to find it...
Still there for me.
Try this link. http://www.appbrain.com/app/adfree-android/com.bigtincan.android.adfree
On a side note i tried to update my database today it took long enough that my screen turned off and tried to turn it back on and just got a black screen, had to pull battery :-\
Cy_n_ic said:
Try this link. http://www.appbrain.com/app/adfree-android/com.bigtincan.android.adfree
On a side note i tried to update my database today it took long enough that my screen turned off and tried to turn it back on and just got a black screen, had to pull battery :-\
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thanks! I couldnt find it anywhere
"Failed to replace your hosts file. Error message:" and no error message. Never had this happen with my older phone. Could it be MIUI?
nope runs fine on miui im running it
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nope runs fine on miui im running it
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MIUI is sooooo dope...
im glad i finally flashed it
Why would you run an app like this? All you're doing is taking away money from developers who make apps that you use. They worked hard on the code, why should you get it for free?
Its all about data man, not getting anything for free. Some apps dont have the option to pay for a key to do so. Plus who actually clicks on the adds anyways, thats the only way to benefit from having them there. Im all about supporting the work of great devs, but i dont like my phone to connect to the web when its totaly unnessescary. Plus its not just for apps, works in the web browser too helping pages with garbage load faster
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Why would you run an app like this? All you're doing is taking away money from developers who make apps that you use. They worked hard on the code, why should you get it for free?
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I mostly use it for web browsing so it doesn't load ads. I don't use many ad-supported apps. Angry Birds is one of the only ones, and it doesn't have a paid version. If I like an app I will buy or donate.
Anyway, I'm new to the Evo (not to Android), and read that the Evo can't have files written to /system unless in bootloader. Is this true??
Root explorer can mount system as read/write if thats what your referring to
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I mostly use it for web browsing so it doesn't load ads. I don't use many ad-supported apps. Angry Birds is one of the only ones, and it doesn't have a paid version. If I like an app I will buy or donate.
Anyway, I'm new to the Evo (not to Android), and read that the Evo can't have files written to /system unless in bootloader. Is this true??
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It has NAND protection that must be turned off first, after that the phone is wide open.
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It has NAND protection that must be turned off first, after that the phone is wide open.
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yeah I just realized that, duh. saw s-on. sorry.
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Why would you run an app like this? All you're doing is taking away money from developers who make apps that you use. They worked hard on the code, why should you get it for free?
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Because I don't want ads on my phone. Everywhere I go, everywhere I look there are ads. I pay for cable TV yet I have to watch commercials. There are ads ALL over the internet. My inbox is littered with spam from advertisers selling garbage products that I have no interest in. The last place I want to see ads is on my cell phone. It's not about taking money away from the devs. I have spent over $300 on games and apps from the market, I have no problem at all tossing the devs money for their hard earned work if they give us that option. If they don't, that's not my problem. Besides, it's not like I've ever clicked on a single ad so keeping them on my phone isn't going to give them any more money than if I block them.
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thanks! I couldnt find it anywhere
"Failed to replace your hosts file. Error message:" and no error message. Never had this happen with my older phone. Could it be MIUI?
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Was AdFree android removed from the market??? I can't seem to find it...
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Here is the hosts file AdFree uses. I haven't updated database in a couple months, but it works great for me. I would rather not run an app to block sites therefore I just use the hosts file. Simply extract hosts.zip as it IS NOT FLASHABLE, remove old hosts file in /system/etc and push new hosts file to same place. No app needed!
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Here is the hosts file AdFree uses. I haven't updated database in a couple months, but it works great for me. I would rather not run an app to block sites therefore I just use the hosts file. Simply extract hosts.zip as it IS NOT FLASHABLE, remove old hosts file in /system/etc and push new hosts file to same place. No app needed!
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I had no idea. Thanks! If I wanted to update the db on my own, is their an easy way to do it?
PM me I can send the apk of adfree, I pay for apps too, and pay almost 200/month for service. I also agree I should not have to see ads all over my phone. Id pay for a ad free copy of angry birds, the ads all over the game ruin the game play and get in the way.
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I had no idea. Thanks! If I wanted to update the db on my own, is their an easy way to do it?
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You could open file up in notepad and manually add to it, just need to find a good source for a database.
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Because I don't want ads on my phone. Everywhere I go, everywhere I look there are ads. I pay for cable TV yet I have to watch commercials. There are ads ALL over the internet. My inbox is littered with spam from advertisers selling garbage products that I have no interest in. The last place I want to see ads is on my cell phone. It's not about taking money away from the devs. I have spent over $300 on games and apps from the market, I have no problem at all tossing the devs money for their hard earned work if they give us that option. If they don't, that's not my problem. Besides, it's not like I've ever clicked on a single ad so keeping them on my phone isn't going to give them any more money than if I block them.
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I couldn't have said this better..
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PM me I can send the apk of adfree, I pay for apps too, and pay almost 200/month for service. I also agree I should not have to see ads all over my phone. Id pay for a ad free copy of angry birds, the ads all over the game ruin the game play and get in the way.
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I can't play Angry birds with all those ads, drives me nuts. The hosts file I posted earlier takes care of those annoying ads!
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Besides, it's not like I've ever clicked on a single ad so keeping them on my phone isn't going to give them any more money than if I block them.
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This is wrong. They get paid for views. if your phone never retrieves the ad, they don't get paid for the view.
Not making a statement for or against ads, but at least be accurate.
http://www.samsung.com/us/article/galaxy-tab-10-1-updates
Samsung talks about the upcoming update "coming soon". Includes TouchWiz, quick toggles (like in other TouchWiz UIs), live panels, app trays, Samsung Hubs, Swype, etc.
Awesome, I wish they would give us an actual release date though.
Awesome. I'm actually looking forward to what the new Touch wiz offers.
I looking forward to anything in any shape or form of an update that will make my tab recognise music or have google music not FC. Be nice to have almost any app on this tab-el-pile-o-crap not fc or lag so hard i end up enjoying my evo more. Seriously find my self busting my evo out of my pocket to do something my tab cant. Pictures Fc. Music Fc. Browser Fc. Market Fc. Galary Fc. You know what Fc's on my evo? Not a damn thing. Even whe it first came out it played my mp3s and hardly force closed. My flash experience on my evo is even better. Ok sorry im ranting lol
Or just now when i try to click the link using my tab it wont even bring up the webpage. Says to many redirects and closes out..hahaha what a POS
Thanks for the link. I signed up for an account.
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Or just now when i try to click the link using my tab it wont even bring up the webpage. Says to many redirects and closes out..hahaha what a POS
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Maybe you should return it and wait for something else?
Just sounds like you have a bad unit. Maybe a factory reset will help.
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I looking forward to anything in any shape or form of an update that will make my tab recognise music or have google music not FC. Be nice to have almost any app on this tab-el-pile-o-crap not fc or lag so hard i end up enjoying my evo more. Seriously find my self busting my evo out of my pocket to do something my tab cant. Pictures Fc. Music Fc. Browser Fc. Market Fc. Galary Fc. You know what Fc's on my evo? Not a damn thing. Even whe it first came out it played my mp3s and hardly force closed. My flash experience on my evo is even better. Ok sorry im ranting lol
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i have none of the above problems, everything you just said works without problem on my tab so i would venture that you have a bad unit, return it and get a new one
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Or just now when i try to click the link using my tab it wont even bring up the webpage. Says to many redirects and closes out..hahaha what a POS
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Take it back if you can. I only kept mine for 3-4 days before I decided I wouldnt be able to look past the issues you're having.
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Take it back if you can. I only kept mine for 3-4 days before I decided I wouldnt be able to look past the issues you're having.
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amen brother
I'm still trying to figure out how to get around Fry's restocking fee. They want to charge me $90 to return the tablet. Apparently crashes and reboots not good enough to be defective.
looking forward for that
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Or just now when i try to click the link using my tab it wont even bring up the webpage. Says to many redirects and closes out..hahaha what a POS
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Works on mine (in standard browser).
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I'm still trying to figure out how to get around Fry's restocking fee. They want to charge me $90 to return the tablet. Apparently crashes and reboots not good enough to be defective.
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send to samsung instead
dcc22 said:
send to samsung instead
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Send to Samsung to get a refund?
Ravynmagi said:
I'm still trying to figure out how to get around Fry's restocking fee. They want to charge me $90 to return the tablet. Apparently crashes and reboots not good enough to be defective.
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the only way is to return to a store that has none in stock. ask for an exchange and if they don't have any in stock then you should not be charge a restock fee. I've got lucky before returning a notebook.
Ravynmagi said:
Send to Samsung to get a refund?
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no, for repair. shops do the same but some of them will give you a new one, so you don't need to wait 1-2 weeks.
bluefire808 said:
Or just now when i try to click the link using my tab it wont even bring up the webpage. Says to many redirects and closes out..hahaha what a POS
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Same here!!!
awesome... Im sure... only 3 months to go for the update.
jokin....
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Actually, in Italy the GTab 10.1 will be released on the next week (7th july) with Android 3.1 and Touchwiz included. I suppose the american version will be updated soon.
Get it now before it's too late!
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Get it now before it's too late!
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Yeah I just scooped it up myself. Lets see how this software is.....
Also Mods may want to move this to the App section.
Thanks for the heads up. Looks like a good app. Just skimmed it but notice you can edit any document straight away without having to hit another button to edit -nice. Opened a PDF but was really slow loading each page. loved the animated icons and menu strip looks professional and sleek.
Didnt know about amazon app store before. Stupid thing doesn't work in Canada though? Lame
cant download free apps in Vietnam. Anyone willing to attach a file?
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cant download free apps in Vietnam. Anyone willing to attach a file?
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Unfortunately, even though it was free on Amazon for a day, it's paid software... so you won't be able to get a copy here. I feel bad that people can't use the Amazon market internationally though... the free app is sometimes a good one.
I got my the other day Thanks
It's a great app. One really nice feature is that it recognizes password protected files. The Asus Polaris software doesn't.
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We all hate them, lets face it. We are not even warned of them.
I have a 'free keyboard ', no mention of ads.
It bombards me but I don't want to wipe it.
What I did was use J rummys pro app which has a handy feature called 'auto start manager' . This showed the app had a radio reciever, for no reason. I switched it off and bingo no more banner ads. Ad away won't stop them. This will. Hope it helps.
P.S I don't mind ads IN apps but hidden in the notification bar?? No thx.
PPS.. just checked data for the week that keyboard was putting ads up. It used 700 Kb in 6 days. That's theft in my book, as it never mentioned it. Thank God I don't pay U. S. rates
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P.S I don't mind ads IN apps but hidden in the notification bar?? No thx.
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I hate ads because they suck battery life
burtcom said:
I hate ads because they suck battery life
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Then better start buying the apps avoid your frustration, Save some battery and motivate/support the Devs out there:highfive:
A win win situation for everyone!!
The Rom Toolbox comes with a nice ad blocking feature which works in browsers as well as in apps. I haven't seen ads on my device for a very long time.
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AdAway works perfectly. I had free keyboard, but with lots of ads. This app removed all those crappy ads.
You need to be rooted though.
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AdAway works perfectly. I had free keyboard, but with lots of ads. This app removed all those crappy ads.
You need to be rooted though.
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Apparently OP already tried AdAway.
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Ad away won't stop them. This will. Hope it helps.
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I have adaway . It blocks all ads, except banner ads. I don't mind ads in apps. Devs. need to be paid. What gets me is when you get "a free" app that spies and puts adds on notification, with no warning. this worked where seaway did not. Oh and I am rooted have ben since it wa possible.
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I completely agree with the rejection of ads. Alot of the time we are spied on to produce marketing results and targeted ads. As for developers getting paid and the ads being no harm to the user, I pay for my internet subscription, I do not give the authority to any app or ad or developer to waste my money downloading this ****.
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kyrirhcp said:
I completely agree with the rejection of ads. Alot of the time we are spied on to produce marketing results and targeted ads.
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I read customer review at least 10-15 of them on play store(if it has issues with adds/anything somebody will definitely post it there), before installing an application.
Next I check for the permissions required by the app...If it looks unnecessary then I refrain to install that application (I mean since when a simple live wallpaper required data access??)
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As for developers getting paid and the ads being no harm to the user, I pay for my internet subscription, I do not give the authority to any app or ad or developer to waste my money downloading this ****.
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For most of the Add supported applications you have an add free version available on market, either pay it once and buy the adfree/pro version of the app or keep paying in small installments as ur data charges to fetch that ad and get annoyed as well with those ads(I wonder how much data it takes to fetch one add, not more that 10-15Kb???)
Well which one is a wise choice you do the math!!
Android is a smart OS made for smart people......
My 2 cents...
adaway is awesome app for removing adds
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I need adaway to remove apps & adds
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I just wish all of you a great future!! I want all of you whining here to be great developers in future, then see the picture from the other side!!
You Sir just summed it up very well!!
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Niggadawg, I said don't mind devs using ads which is why I don't like blanket ad ban apps like adaway but banner ads are a differant story. This one had no permission I could see & used @600kb per week with different ads,some I do not want people seeing on the front of my phone. I pay for apps. This did not say it was add supported. Not all devs are upfront. They want this crap in to spy so they can sell lists to others of what they gather. People are right to be posses when they step over the line.
RENT MY SIGNATURE LINE CHEAP!! FROM MY N 700
I have discomnect which i got it when it was free. I got my note 9 yesterday and installed it since it blocks all ads on apps/games and browser. In browser i dont even use adremove extension since DP takes care of it. Is not a vpn solution since it works with knox just like adhell.
Something that i notice. I get no videoads in my youtube app. Even when the video is 1 hour long and u can see the yellow lines when the ads will pop up. It doesnt. I do get advertisement banner in the aps itself but no video ads whatsoever. Anyone can confirm this?
When i turn it off i start getting video ads again.
whats name in google play
I'm using AdHell3 with those extra lists for Youtube ads:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HenningVanRaumle/pihole-ytadblock/master/ytadblock.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/youtubeadsblacklist/master/domainlist.txt
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whats name in google play
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Is not in google play store is only for galaxy app store. Search disconnect pro. Kind of expensive now $15
http://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.disconnectandroidfirewall
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Is not in google play store is only for galaxy app store. Search disconnect pro. Kind of expensive now $15
http://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.disconnectandroidfirewall
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I'm seeing $24,I suppose the price varies depending on market. Also seeing the free version from the same developer.
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reviews are just horrible. its @ 33 bucks me..wow
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I'm seeing $24,I suppose the price varies depending on market. Also seeing the free version from the same developer.
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The free version is only a samsung browser extention ad blocker. The full version is an app itself to block all ads in apps/games.
Not sure about the bad review but i have had just great experience with it. Used it on my 8+, note8, gs9 + and note 9. Block everything, i have tried adhell, blockada, adguard, nds66, block this and a few other this has been the best for me love the UI.
This is just personal opinion and dont reommend anyone to pay more than $5 for it since theres other similiar options for free.
Will it slow down you wifi or lte speed, down and up.
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Will it slow down you wifi or lte speed, down and up.
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No is not using vpn, ur speed will be the same with or without it, unlike other option like blokada, adguard, nds666 etc. Only uses samsung built in knox security to block ads.
I know adhell 3 works great is another option but a little more complicated since u need a key from samsung.
Sounds good , but the price OMG.
Couldn't one just use disconnect browser extension and also YouTube Vanced , problem solved?
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Limeybastard said:
Sounds good , but the price OMG.
Couldn't one just use disconnect browser extension and also YouTube Vanced , problem solved?
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I like to filter out ads in other apps too
Limeybastard said:
Sounds good , but the price OMG.
Couldn't one just use disconnect browser extension and also YouTube Vanced , problem solved?
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Most free apps are full of ads. This solve the issue of not getting ads. Most free apps dont even give u the option to purchase a adfree version so u are stuck with ads forever.
eduardmc said:
Most free apps are full of ads. This solve the issue of not getting ads. Most free apps dont even give u the option to purchase a adfree version so u are stuck with ads forever.
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True. Very true , also some people myself included can't be bothered with the adhell route.
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Mwyann said:
I'm using AdHell3 with those extra lists for Youtube ads:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HenningVanRaumle/pihole-ytadblock/master/ytadblock.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/youtubeadsblacklist/master/domainlist.txt
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Hey mate, can you tell me how you add those to adhell please?
I've tried saving both to a text file and pointing adshell to them in the format it shows, so
file:///mmt/sdcard/Dowmload/Adshell/YouTube Ad Block 1
Yet when I toggle domain rules it just removes them.
beta546 said:
Hey mate, can you tell me how you add those to adhell please?
I've tried saving both to a text file and pointing adshell to them in the format it shows, so
file:///mmt/sdcard/Dowmload/Adshell/YouTube Ad Block 1
Yet when I toggle domain rules it just removes them.
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Just add a provider (see screenshot), put the https URL in, check it, do it for both URLs, and then disable/enable domains rules to add the new hosts.
Mwyann said:
I'm using AdHell3 with those extra lists for Youtube ads:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HenningVanRaumle/pihole-ytadblock/master/ytadblock.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/youtubeadsblacklist/master/domainlist.txt
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Hey, where is good place to start to get this all set up properly? I'm currently using Adguard but want to move to this.
I googled it but it seems alot of the information is dated.
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Just add a provider (see screenshot), put the https URL in, check it, do it for both URLs, and then disable/enable domains rules to add the new hosts.
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So simple haha, I never thought to just use the URL of the files and I tried to add them from local storage instead. Thanks a lot mate, worked perfectly.
PhilPan said:
Hey, where is good place to start to get this all set up properly? I'm currently using Adguard but want to move to this.
I googled it but it seems alot of the information is dated.
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Any tutorial like this one will do: https://www.androidsage.com/2018/07/28/how-to-install-latest-adhell-3-1-1-with-new-standard-knox-license-key-adblock-samsung/
If you don't want to bother with compiling (like me) you can install a prebuilt version here (you'll have to trust the guy who did this though): https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sb37c6gmhqgbn/AdHell_3
And the fix for Chrome: you need to add a firewall rule under Domains/Blacklist/Add firewall rule and put "com.android.chrome|*|53"
then reactivate domain rules and firewall rules on the adhell3 home menu.
Haha I added hosts from AdAway too... I'm at 73050 unique hosts now XD I guess that's enough now I hope it'll not eat too much CPU/battery though, or I'll disable some of them.
Mwyann said:
I'm using AdHell3 with those extra lists for Youtube ads:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HenningVanRaumle/pihole-ytadblock/master/ytadblock.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/youtubeadsblacklist/master/domainlist.txt
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May I know where to add the above?
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May I know where to add the above?
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Oops. I got the answer
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