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First phone ever that I don't have root right off the bat. Biggest thing for me is all the ads. It's driving me crazy! Anyone have a non root block ads method? I've tried adblock plus and adguard. Neither does the job.
Adguard does if your premium otherwise I believe it's only browser ad blocking
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MrWicked1 said:
Adguard does if your premium otherwise I believe it's only browser ad blocking
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Ah. Didn't know that. Looks like I'm going to have to breakdown and buy the premium
Good recommendation I had never heard of this app. Works great from what I have seen so far. Thanks again!
Yeah I use it on all my devices personally, works well
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Root is the reason I haven't bought the S7 yet. Waiting a few to see if it becomes available. If not, I'll stay with my S4. Pathetic I know lol. But I FINALLY was able to root the S4 on OF1 a couple months ago and there's no way I'm going to go back to a crippled phone.
What kind of ads are you talking about? Ads outside of a standard pop-up in the web browser?
Ads period in browser, free apps that have their ad banners etc
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Like MrWicked says. For example, if you play words with friends, yeah, I know, I'm lame, it has and ad banner as well as an ad after every move. Sometimes it's a video ad and there is no way to just exit or skip it.
There is a link from their site back to the dev link that opens an xda discussion on it's release back in 2014. It's 51 pages long, whew! I'm going to check it out as it sounds very good if it works with my antivirus and firewall, Bitdefender. They may bump heads.
Thanks for the info!
Is this possible in the future? I know AdAway needs root, and Samsung Pay won't work with root. This would be a great phone if I could have both!
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Unlikely, there is an alternative though https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html but you'll still see ads in apps, just not in the browser.
peachpuff said:
Unlikely, there is an alternative though https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html but you'll still see ads in apps, just not in the browser.
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For the Samsung browser you can simply use adblock fast. Works great and is available in the playstore.
The browser doesn't really bug me. It's in app ads that irritate me.
Anyone concerned that personal traffic gets routed through Adguard servers?
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Is there an app for adblocking in the galaxy store? I thought I read about one a while back. I searched in the store but nothing came up.
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There are a couple options, like Block This!
Adblock plus for Samsung it's in the play store
BWolf56 said:
There are a couple options, like Block This!
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Tried this one it kind of locked my phone up. Couldn't swipe to other screens.
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spankmatic22 said:
Tried this one it kind of locked my phone up. Couldn't swipe to other screens.
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Well that's odd. I used it for a while and it ran just fine.
I've been using Adgaurd for the past week and it works just fine for me. Haven't noticed a hit on the battery either.
hauntyu said:
I've been using Adgaurd for the past week and it works just fine for me. Haven't noticed a hit on the battery either.
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This. Adguard is so awesome I purchased the Lifetime licence. (40% off until the 5th). It blocks browser ads as well as app ads. And while it can (and will certainly) show up in the stats with a pretty high usage, that's not the truth, as it used a local VPN to remove the ads, so when Adguard shows up in the stats with X mb consumed and Y time on, those are just really other apps that went through the VPN.
Here's a really detailed report about Adguard and battery usage.
AdAway is my favorite, but I don't think it's in the play store anymore.
Edit: oops, forgot that AdAway requires root.
imcass said:
This. Adguard is so awesome I purchased the Lifetime licence. (40% off until the 5th).
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Block This would kill my internet, and NetGuard would kill itself off constantly. AdGuard works well, and yeah, I snagged the lifetime license with the sale going on.
So far adblock plus seems to be working well for me. Thanks guys. What is that vpn stuff some of them have going?
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For those of you using a vpn based ad blocker like adguard, do you leave it on 24/7 or only turn it on whenever you need it?
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guaneet said:
For those of you using a vpn based ad blocker like adguard, do you leave it on 24/7 or only turn it on whenever you need it?
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I leave it on 24/7. very satisfied so far. ?
Using crystal for samsung browser, works great very battery friendly, browser takes a bit of getting used 2 after chrome but it's optimised for the S7e.
I know they've been mentioned in other threads, but can't remember which ones. They're probably also super buried in those threads. So, yeah, what do you use?
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Adguard works great!
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Adguard works great!
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I dont feel comfortable channeling all my traffic through there vpn servers. Basically what they do
vipercoyote said:
I dont feel comfortable channeling all my traffic through there vpn servers. Basically what they do
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The vpn is local, not going to a remote server - you aren't passing any data to their servers (outside of the licence check).
I've been using Adguard for the past few months, works great.
AdGuard nuff said.
Block This works great and is completely free.
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How do you get rid of the annoying notification, that never goes away, with adguard?
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You can't, it's part of how Android does VPN.
Adguard is very good.
Adguard will destroy your battery
sonkameja said:
Adguard will destroy your battery
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Do you use something different?
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sonkameja said:
Adguard will destroy your battery
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nah.. I get about 6 hours sot and 22hrs with it enabled all day. Also use it while streaming music with screen off on YouTube. My battery doesn't last much longer without it enabled. I think you think it uses a lot of battery because all traffic goes through it so it looks like its power hungry in battery stats.
Adgaurd browsers for android ?
Started using Block This. It's great. Creates a local VPN on your device and filters out all ads. https://block-this.com/how-to-install-blockthis.php
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I ended up removing Block This cause it was causing problems with some Tmobile services like Wifi calling and I think it was the reason why some apps were unable to launch.
Netguard. Works well with wifi calling and open source
Regarding Adguard, is there anyway to remove the "VPN is activated by Adguard" in the notification list?
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Regarding Adguard, is there anyway to remove the "VPN is activated by Adguard" in the notification list?
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No
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Is this a unicorn? Can I block ads while on mobile data and/or WiFi?
Adaway?
Adblock plus?
Something else?
Rick
Ignore question. I'm all set
blackice000 said:
Ignore question. I'm all set
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What did you find?
Adaway.org DOES work on mobile and in chrome.
DNS66
VPN... No root solution
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rignfool said:
DNS66
VPN... No root solution
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Blokada is the app I use. Both are open source and no root solutions.
If you have root, try this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.mx17.overridedns
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AdGuard is what I've been using for years now. Paid for lifetime licenses for 2 devices. No root needed.
blackice000 said:
Adaway.org DOES work on mobile and in chrome.
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I get ads in free apps, while on cellular but I don't on wifi with adaway.
AdClear does, but you have to install the package from their website. It also blocks in App ads.
i killed tupac said:
AdClear does, but you have to install the package from their website. It also blocks in App ads.
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It works great and no root.
I use this to block adds
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.blokada.alarm/
Does a good job blocking adds for me.
I use moaab (mother of all ad blockers). I'm not sure about over Wi-Fi since I don't use Wi-Fi often, but I think it might work on it.
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I use moaab (mother of all ad blockers). I'm not sure about over Wi-Fi since I don't use Wi-Fi often, but I think it might work on it.
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MoaaB works on both... It uses the hosts file which is system wide and even in apps that call home...
If you want white space removed... Blokada does this... But... AdGuard does it better...
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It depends on what you want. If you want to block ads on websites, install Firefox Mobile, and then install the uBlock Origin extension. It will block most ads on web pages, no matter if you are on wifi or cellular.