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Hosts file

I am looking for a way to block porn on my son's evo. It is rooted and I just wanted to put a hosts file in place so he won't know until he tries.
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Install Ad Away, have it apply the hosts file, and then simply uninstall the app
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Will it block porn websites
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Kenpoman said:
Will it block porn websites
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Maybe probably. Try it out, or look up a hosts file for android that does.

Adfree does block porn if you select that option. It is available from playstore.
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jlmancuso said:
Adfree does block porn if you select that option. It is available from playstore.
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Not anymore, Google pulled all ad blocking apps a while ago.
App can be found online though.

Well that just goes to show how much I use the play store. I keep most of my apps locally since I change roms more often than a child being potty trained changes underwear.
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jlmancuso said:
Well that just goes to show how much I use the play store. I keep most of my apps locally since I change roms more often than a child being potty trained changes underwear.
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Yeah, I know what you mean, all apps that I use are on my sdcard basically

CNexus said:
Not anymore, Google pulled all ad blocking apps a while ago.
App can be found online though.
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AdAway can be safely installed from the F-droid.org repository. AdFree can be downloaded from the developers website with a quick Google search.
If you can't find either, PM me and I'll give you a link to the AdFree APK in my Box account.
Once you have the hosts file in place, you should be able to manually add porn sites that you want to block, if there isn't already an option to block them from the app.
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[Q] How do you uninstall a side-loaded app?

Seems like I should be able to figure it out just by pressing buttons. But I couldn't figure out how to uninstall my side-loaded apps. Any hints?

ahandlen003 said:
Go under system to the advanced settings. Go to apps, find it and uninstall.
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Thanks.

I hate sounding ruse, but is this your first Android related device?
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Driving me crazy

These dang apps with the advertising in them are pissing me off. Everytime I turn on my tablet there is one in my notification bar. Anyone know of an app to block them? I just usually delete the app out of frustration but there are some I'd like to keep.
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Then why don't you pay for them to get rid of the ads?
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sprintuser1977 said:
These dang apps with the advertising in them are pissing me off. Everytime I turn on my tablet there is one in my notification bar. Anyone know of an app to block them? I just usually delete the app out of frustration but there are some I'd like to keep.
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Try using something like adblock, it helped for me
GGWC808 said:
Then why don't you pay for them to get rid of the ads?
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Not all people can afford to pay for all pro versions of apps when the free one are just fine
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xT4Z1N4TRx said:
Try using something like adblock, it helped for me
Not all people can afford to pay for all pro versions of apps when the free one are just fine
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Correct. And some you need more than 15min to check em out.
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I find i best to be more particular of what I install and do not support any app that uses notifications to advertise.
An ad blocker will not help with these either. I simply read comments on any free app and Always look at permissions before installing.
If one still slips by, I uninstall intermediately.

All I'm saying is, if it's a good app, why not support the developer? It's not like they charge you an arm and a leg for their app and you can install it on any device that is registered to you afterwards. Most apps only cost a few bucks anyways.
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sprintuser1977 said:
These dang apps with the advertising in them are pissing me off. Everytime I turn on my tablet there is one in my notification bar. Anyone know of an app to block them? I just usually delete the app out of frustration but there are some I'd like to keep.
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It sounds like what you are describing is a VERY annoying ad service called Air Push (puts ads in your notification bar). You can use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector to figure out which app it is and uninstall it.
If you are talking about in-app ads, then you need something like adblock, but keep in mind, ads are how devs get paid for their "free" apps...so unless you want to help support them all going pay, you might want to reconsider.

ExploreMN said:
It sounds like what you are describing is a VERY annoying ad service called Air Push (puts ads in your notification bar). You can use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector to figure out which app it is and uninstall it.
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All you need to do is "long press" the notification and select "app info" and it will take you right to the app to uninstall it.

Get Add on detector from the play store and run it
It will tell which app/apps is the culprit so you can delete it
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Yep or airpush detector.
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Just long press the notification. .. then you go into app info. . Untick notification
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Thanks guys for the help. Thanks given as well!
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Add blocking app?

I've been looking all over the market and have not found one. I use to use adaway but now I can't find it.
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metalsnakebite said:
I've been looking all over the market and have not found one. I use to use adaway but now I can't find it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190753
Some Adaway action for you. Still works great, just not on the Play Store anymore.

Google "Adfree BigTinCan"
I can't post links yet but that's the app I use. I've had better success with that than Adaway.
Or go to adfree dot bigtincan dot com

metalsnakebite said:
I've been looking all over the market and have not found one. I use to use adaway but now I can't find it.
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Yeah Google removed all ad blockers from the play store. Even Rom Toolbox pro changed its app and removed ad blocker from their program. But I also like the bigtincan ad blocker. It's free, but you must be rooted.
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+1 for bigtincan. I use it and love it and they update it very frequently.

adaway google it

Best Autostart App?

Haven't had the need for this until now, what's a good autostart app everyone likes? Or is there a way to add an app to autostart on boot up like in windows?

If your rooted, I find ES task manager is the best for startup . If you have no root then startup management doesn't actually really work so good.
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the best app for real autostart-management is still:
"autostarts"
There isn't anything better on the market yet.

I use ROM toolbox as it has an awesome auto start manager. Also system tuner is a good one
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