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Does AdFree not work w/ Vibrant? It says host file is up to date?

Just curious. Searching, i find old threads saying it doesn't work, but the newest version says it's working?
How can I get it to work if it doesn't already?
Does anyone have the updated host file?

Works for me
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disturkis4u said:
Works for me
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and you did nothing to change it? just installed and ran? and you get no ads?
edit: wtf, I ran it again, no restarts (i've restarted several times in the past to get it to work and no dice) and now its working. maybe it was just a few rogue, unfiltered ads?

I restored it using titanium after I flashed a new rom. It said it was up to date but I downloaded and installed anyway. then its fine. Might have to reboot
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It works really well for me.

Ha... Didn't even know there was an app like this. About to try it out. Nice. -j

works perfect. been using for a long time now. of course its not able to remove all ads, but it does most.

kolyan said:
works perfect. been using for a long time now. of course its not able to remove all ads, but it does most.
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Also sometimes it's a bit too aggressive. There have been a few times where it blocked a link/site I wanted to get to. It's a PITA. I think you pretty much have to revert to original and then reboot to get to that site.
Still, that's pretty rare and I still find this program very worth using.

Does it block the ads on Angry Birds?

androidmonkey said:
Does it block the ads on Angry Birds?
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What ads on Angry Birds?

lexluthor said:
What ads on Angry Birds?
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I was thinking the same thing. Great answer.

LOL... I never knew there were ads on Angry Birds.

There is ads on angry birds? oh yea I got AdFree installed on my rooted Vibrant! =)

try restarting your devices(turning off and back on) should update then. works and updates for me after restarting my rooted Vibrant. Love having no ads on any of my apps or web sites!

the new version of angry bird has advertisements in a very bad spot. it really interferes with the game in the ads are obnoxious too. actually would have given them a few bucks for this game but there's no way I'm looking at those ads
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grennis said:
the new version of angry bird has advertisements in a very bad spot. it really interferes with the game in the ads are obnoxious too. actually would have given them a few bucks for this game but there's no way I'm looking at those ads
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install the Adfree apk from the market. gotta be rooted through. well worth it!

s15274n said:
LOL... I never knew there were ads on Angry Birds.
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Me too. Until I saw someone mentioning that the new version has ads. LOL.

MilkPudding said:
Me too. Until I saw someone mentioning that the new version has ads. LOL.
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The old version had ads also, just at the bottom. Like the other guy said, the new ad placement is lame. Ill pay for the game, the ads are so irrelevant...

[Q] Anyone get annoyed with apps with adds?

Anyone getting annoyed by the fact that everytime you flash a new rom there is alot of apps that nice that are in it but you have to pay for them so they serve no use along with some using a theme launcher that you also have to pay for cause if you try to uninstall it it's built into the rom and will mess your phone up. Alot of apps are asking for too many permissions that arn't needed and some ads out there snatch up your phone number and spam the crap outta it.

What apps are you talking about? And yeah I agree I hate ads myself but I don't like adfree neitheir cause at the and always end up removing the host file
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On the market anything free demo wise is full of adds and some ask for too much permission to use along with apps that are included in roms. Be nice if some of the folks that designed there roms also made there own themes instead of putting a bunch of stuff on there that you have to buy to use. Just wondering who is annoyed with it thats all ...
I agree with you on the add free app.

reaper24 said:
On the market anything free demo wise is full of adds and some ask for too much permission to use along with apps that are included in roms. Be nice if some of the folks that designed there roms also made there own themes instead of putting a bunch of stuff on there that you have to buy to use. Just wondering who is annoyed with it thats all ...
I agree with you on the add free app.
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Oh yeah I know lol I hate apps man sometimes I preffer to play angry bird in my old iphone because of that and the permissions oh well we got to deal with that
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Thanks for agreeing man sent ya a thanks lol i dont like the fact that be4 long were gonna need to run firewalls and anti virus on our phones lol.

Sure, but they are free. Nothing in this world is free.

lehalter said:
Sure, but they are free. Nothing in this world is free.
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I know what you mean but ads can be very bad....

reaper24 said:
Thanks for agreeing man sent ya a thanks lol i dont like the fact that be4 long were gonna need to run firewalls and anti virus on our phones lol.
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Actually avg antivirus app for android is in the market lmao, my brother told me that he install it and the app was telling him the superuser app was a trojan or something
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I LOVE Words with Friends but hate the damn ads! I don't mind paying for the game, wtf?
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lol ya some of those bog your phone down till the point you cant use it.

gqstatus0685 said:
I LOVE Words with Friends but hate the damn ads! I don't mind paying for the game, wtf?
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Same here man
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Yea I deff agree. They should make 2versions of some apps/games like angry birds paid or free with ads, same with words with friends. I know that words with friends paid is in the works but they should release ad free paid and free at the same time. My opinion anyway.
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paulkenosha said:
Yea I deff agree. They should make 2versions of some apps/games like angry birds paid or free with ads, same with words with friends. I know that words with friends paid is in the works but they should release ad free paid and free at the same time. My opinion anyway.
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Right on man I know what you mean

paulkenosha said:
Yea I deff agree. They should make 2versions of some apps/games like angry birds paid or free with ads, same with words with friends. I know that words with friends paid is in the works but they should release ad free paid and free at the same time. My opinion anyway.
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Yeah that's what google wants they talk about it not too.long ago that you we're going to be able to buy the premium app or add ons with in the app, I just hope developers use it
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jgalan14 said:
Yeah that's what google wants they talk about it not too.long ago that you we're going to be able to buy the premium app or add ons with in the app, I just hope developers use it
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ya i seen something about that be nice if dev made there own verison that wasnt full of adds...

I hate this too
I sent this from my Vibrant!

I can't wait for the amazon market to open, and the sony playstation market to open. I hope those both turn out well and give us the boost to blow iphones apps to hell! Wishful thinkin maybe but hope we atleast get the great app support they get. Even though ours is much improved we still got a ways to go.
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This sucks!
My internet was really really slow when I was on network or wifi. A member suggested me to install Adfree and download the host files. I did that and it solved my internet problems but now I can't play words with friends because it blocks the ads.
I can't take a L in 18 active games I have going on. What should I do?

gqstatus0685 said:
This sucks!
My internet was really really slow when I was on network or wifi. A member suggested me to install Adfree and download the host files. I did that and it solved my internet problems but now I can't play words with friends because it blocks the ads.
I can't take a L in 18 active games I have going on. What should I do?
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You need to erase the host file
Buy root explorer (android market) really good app for root phones to
Open the app, give it super user permissions, and go to system, etc and look for the host file erase it and reboot that should fix it
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Adfree outweighs the hassle of ads IMHO. Everytime I try and use an ad supported app just to get interrupted by bumping an ad and opening up the browser, it just plain sucks. Ill stop using android if I have to look at ads all day.

[Q] .apk

Sup people...I was just wondering if theres any place where I can download a plethera of .apk files, apps, games, etc for the EVO just because in bored . I already rooted my phone btw. Thanks in advanced

The android market would be a great place to start.
swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO

Ummmm come again?

twiz0r said:
The android market would be a great place to start.
swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
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+1. If you are looking for paid apps for free, that is pirating and this community does not support it.

zTHUNDERZKUSHz said:
Ummmm come again?
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The Market, on your phone, click the Market app...

What's the market app? And I wasn't talking about " free"apps....I was talking in general...apps that might not be on the market.

There is a little icon of a shopping bag with the little android Guy on it that says market. That is where u get apps. Also what rom did you go with?
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Appbrain or www.market.android.com

zTHUNDERZKUSHz said:
What's the market app? And I wasn't talking about " free"apps....I was talking in general...apps that might not be on the market.
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The Market app, in your phone under all apps, there is an app called market. Thats where you get your apps from.
If there is an app you are looking for that isnt on the Market, chances are there is a good reason it was taken off. It could have been a malicious app, might have been causing problems on people's phones, or maybe the developer just wanted to take it down to work on it more.

Maybe he didn't install Google apps yet. OH and if you want something different then the market apps, google Mikandi.apk lol
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He's looking for warez which isn't allowed on the site.

YO DAWG!!!!!

cruise350 said:
He's looking for warez which isn't allowed on the site.
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And I thought he was trying to test his virus detector.
Good question though, cause I bet google limits search results.

(game) Free Angry Birds Rio Today Only in Amazon Market

Apparently I posted this in the wrong section and it got deleted, sorry about that, but after playing this on the Epic, I think everyone should see it and especially since it's FREE today only! Get it now!!!
http://dealspl.us/freebies/p_free-angry-birds-rio-app-amazon-app-store-today-only
Crap I put in the wrong section again, Mods can you move to themes and apps?

Got this! =) Thanks!
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Thanks, got it!
What a bloated mess that amazon app store process is though!

Superbovine said:
Thanks, got it!
What a bloated mess that amazon app store process is though!
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How so? It's no different than sideloading anything else.

A mess is right. I still got charged .99 cents too. I can't figure out if I should let it slide or dispute the charge just to be a ****.
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Orbiting234 said:
How so? It's no different than sideloading anything else.
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I had to change a bunch of my current amazon settings for 1 click and it still said download failed.
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Thanks for posting this!
I had to click it again after messing with the one click then it was happy.
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austin420 said:
A mess is right. I still got charged .99 cents too. I can't figure out if I should let it slide or dispute the charge just to be a ****.
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austin420 said:
I had to change a bunch of my current amazon settings for 1 click and it still said download failed.
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QFT.
Keep having to jump back and forth between appstore app and amazon in a browser making single changes one at a time, install fails, change this try again install fails, now change this, try again, etc. Took about 6-7 attempts before it was done telling me all the thing it needed re-configured in order to let me install a 99 cent app that will probably be free next week with a tiny M&Ms advert in it.
Whatever, free game!
Just a pain in the ass, no reason why they couldn't have either informed/required all of the changes on the PC page before sending the link to the phone to ask for the changes one at a time, or just sent a friggin APK download link like they did with the appstore apk.
Bloated, over thought.

Finally got it to work, would it be considered wrz if i posted it for the next 12 hours considering its free...

I know it's basically the same game as AB, but it seems so much more polished and AB was already a polished game. Awesome.

davidrules7778 said:
Finally got it to work, would it be considered wrz if i posted it for the next 12 hours considering its free...
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That would be great. Its askin me for credit card info for a free app and I don't have one. MEH!!!!

BBlunts456 said:
That would be great. Its askin me for credit card info for a free app and I don't have one. MEH!!!!
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Im working on it i think the only way i found currently is restore it using titatanium back up
im looking for the apk in the system files but cant find it...
Found it
Thanks to app monster
Posting in my drop box for the next 10 hours...

davidrules7778 said:
Im working on it i think the only way i found currently is restore it using titatanium back up
im looking for the apk in the system files but cant find it...
Found it
Thanks to app monster
Posting in my drop box for the next 10 hours...
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You posted this right as I got it by doing "find / | grep rovio". /mnt/asec/com.rovio.angrybirdsrio-1/pkg.apk.

Got it!
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davidrules7778 said:
Im working on it i think the only way i found currently is restore it using titatanium back up
im looking for the apk in the system files but cant find it...
Found it
Thanks to app monster
Posting in my drop box for the next 10 hours...
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Is there a link to your drop box?

Link is coming for it in my drop box, like i said get it while you can as it will be deleted in 10hrs...
Will update this post with link...

Awesome. Thanks

k0nane said:
You posted this right as I got it by doing "find / | grep rovio". /mnt/asec/com.rovio.angrybirdsrio-1/pkg.apk.
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Well, i was to lazy to use search as i didnt know exactly to look for, and app monster automatically, backs up and found it simply in appmonsters folder..

Edited: sorry deleted link...

Found out that you need to sign in to your amazon account to use it and have to have the amazon market installed, will post amazon market apk here next..
This is retarded
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Sorry mods, i dont want no trouble..

Amazon free app of the day list

Lets post all the free amazon apps of the day starting with back breaker football. Does anyone have the apk for this
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Amazon requires you have their market downloaded and running in the background for Amazon apps to work. We can't post the APKs, as they wont work.

Today's app is PicSay Pro. I have to say I've been very surprised by the quality apps Amazon has been giving away on app of the day. If the idea is to get users to look at their market every day, it's definitely working on me.

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Today's app is PicSay Pro. I have to say I've been very surprised by the quality apps Amazon has been giving away on app of the day. If the idea is to get users to look at their market every day, it's definitely working on me.
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+1
And then when I forget, i get pissed off...its like a drug! Dam you Amazon...LoL

Overstew said:
Amazon requires you have their market downloaded and running in the background for Amazon apps to work. We can't post the APKs, as they wont work.
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I have amazon app up n running. I just missed the app yesterday
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NEXUS 4G said:
I have amazon app up n running. I just missed the app yesterday
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1. Since it's no longer free, it's now warez, and that's bad in XDA.
2. It's really a crappy game, you just run up the field and dodge increasing amounts of defenders to score touchdowns. While this seems fun, the controls are far from it. You steer your player like a car using the accelerometers, and not with a dpad. You run by rubbing up and down on a line on the side of the screen. Doing both of these at the same time _does not work_.
I grabbed it, tried it, and deleted it. If there was a way to gift games, I would give it to you.

U need a cc to get a FREE APP?
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U need a cc to get a FREE APP?
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yeah, AND you have to enable one click purchasing on Amazon too. it's a way for them to get accidental sales.

Not to bad
The free apps haven't been to bad so far that I've seen.
Starting with Angry Birds Rio.
I've gotten Fruit Ninja, Flight Control and Talking Tom, and as someone mentions today's Picsay Pro which is fun.

Airport mania was free Yesterday also, that was a good pickup. I agree, we can't post them that'd be out of line. But you have to pay attention from now on.

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yeah, AND you have to enable one click purchasing on Amazon too. it's a way for them to get accidental sales.
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I for one like the 1 click purchasing. The last thing i want to do on my phone is go through a whole checkout process for a 99 cent app.
They do the same for Kindle books... this is nothing new.

I like the Amazon app store. I like to take advantage of the free apps that they have each day. anyone know how much longer that will go on?

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anyone know how much longer that will go on?
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I imagine that it will continue until it stops.
Sorry, I'm in a silly mood.

I have them all, including the free paid apps that weren't advertised.

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yeah, AND you have to enable one click purchasing on Amazon too. it's a way for them to get accidental sales.
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I don't think they really care about the occasional accidental $0.99 sale. They're doing it to get you used to and comfortable with the idea of going to Amazon to get apps, and they want to make sure that if/when you do reach that point and start to actually buy apps from them, that it is trivially easy for you. You're more likely to do all the work of entering and setting everything up when you're getting something for free. If you had to set everything up and go through all the checkout nonsense for a single $0.99 app, you'd probably just say screw it and buy through the regular google android market.
I think it's a decent idea. They give away free music using the same theory, but I think the free apps they've been giving away are much, much better than the free songs you can get from them.

jnadke said:
1. Since it's no longer free, it's now warez, and that's bad in XDA.
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o good point. thx for the info
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Amazon has a *really* good calendar app for free today. It's normally around $5. It's called "Business Calendar". Has a great widget as well.
Just thought I'd mention it.

knyque said:
Amazon has a *really* good calendar app for free today. It's normally around $5. It's called "Business Calendar". Has a great widget as well..
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+1. I just got this today and it really handles my calendars better than anything else I've tried.
And I have to admit that the Amazon appstore is really growing on me. If I have multiple devices, will they all have access to the apps I've gotten through the appstore?

edonnelly said:
+1. I just got this today and it really handles my calendars better than anything else I've tried.
And I have to admit that the Amazon appstore is really growing on me. If I have multiple devices, will they all have access to the apps I've gotten through the appstore?
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Amazon wants this appstore to be like the kindle. they want this appstore on as many devices as possible. it would make much sense if your apps were tied to only device.

I think their app store is great. I didn't understand the peple that post in other thread they would not use the amazon app store because they didn't want to fragment the android app market? The way I look at they give me a free app and if I. Buy a paid app I buy it from them as thanks for for the free apps to support them. I just think that's fair.