DNS66: New adblocker for those unrooted

Skripka · Oct 29, 2016

I just heard about this app elsewhere...and found the dev's thread on XDA:

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-dns66-source-host-ad-blocker-root-t3487497
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.jak_linux.dns66

Running it now. Quite fast and elegant. Runs fine so far on v20. Adguard for example seems to interfere with LG's firmware updater, whereas this app does not.

Beandip-Javier · Oct 29, 2016

I just uninstalled adguard to give this a try, my bigger concern is battery drain. I'll run it over the weekend and see how it does. Thanks for this

Cleanser2012 · Oct 30, 2016

Used this all day today. Does a pretty good job at blocking most ads, I still see some here and there. Biggest disadvantage to this is the battery drain. It seems my phone is being prevented from going into deep sleep.

Skripka · Oct 30, 2016

Cleanser2012 said:
Used this all day today. Does a pretty good job at blocking most ads, I still see some here and there. Biggest disadvantage to this is the battery drain. It seems my phone is being prevented from going into deep sleep.

Hmm dozing here fine it looks like, I'll leave unplugged overnight. Doesn't even show up as a battery drained in GSAM monitor

Skripka · Oct 30, 2016

Cleanser2012 said:
Used this all day today. Does a pretty good job at blocking most ads, I still see some here and there. Biggest disadvantage to this is the battery drain. It seems my phone is being prevented from going into deep sleep.

A little over 1% battery drain over 7 hours unplugged overnight.

Kansatsusha · Oct 30, 2016

Tried to install in Leaproid to test it... there no install =( lol. My siii is rooted already so I dont need it on that... oh well I test it on a new android w/e I get one

Koont · Oct 30, 2016

For some reason I couldn't download apps from xda or apks while it's active.

Skripka · Oct 30, 2016

Koont said:
For some reason I couldn't download apps from xda or apks while it's active.

Confirmed....bug reported.

dcmtnbkr · Oct 31, 2016

Skripka said:
A little over 1% battery drain over 7 hours unplugged overnight.

OT

What app are you using to detect the wake lock? Something is killing my battery.

Skripka · Oct 31, 2016

dcmtnbkr said:
OT

What app are you using to detect the wake lock? Something is killing my battery.

I just did basic homework with the built in battery stats monitor and GSAM. I haven't even looked at wake lock readouts.

spexwood · Nov 1, 2016

I'm just chiming in to say that I used this adblocker for the past few days and my battery has been rather unimpressive. I'm going to try tomorrow without the ad block turned on to see if there's any noticeable difference compared to today at least.

Sent from my LG-H910 using Tapatalk

smaw51 · Nov 2, 2016

spexwood said:
I'm just chiming in to say that I used this adblocker for the past few days and my battery has been rather unimpressive. I'm going to try tomorrow without the ad block turned on to see if there's any noticeable difference compared to today at least.

Sent from my LG-H910 using Tapatalk

Notice anything?

ohblindone · Nov 2, 2016

Thanks for the suggestion.
I'll use it and post if I have any particular issues (battery drain, etc.)

slipmagt · Nov 4, 2016

I used this on my G3 for like 2 weeks and it worked pretty great. Going to put on it my v20.

exist2resist · Nov 5, 2016

Thanks for posting this, going to try it out.

repsol_23 · Nov 28, 2016

Just installed this. Works great on my Verizon v20. So far has blocked all the ads in apps that were driving me nuts!!

jellybear456 · Nov 28, 2016

Those who try it, please update with any battery drain info! I would love to use it if it didn't decrease battery life and/or keep my phone awake. This also seems like a common concern among many.

sguerra923 · Nov 28, 2016

I'm been running it for a day.. So testing the battery life but for people already using it.. Does it stop YouTube ads?

sguerra923 · Nov 28, 2016

Doesn't work on ads with YouTube, battery seems good and normal from before installing DNS66.

Issues I'm running into is with ChompSMS, it has issues receiving MMS. I tired changing the settings from Legacy to System but still won't work.

androiddiego · Nov 28, 2016

I've been using it for one day now. I am running a completely stock unrooted V20. I'm not a power user, so I'm not running a lot of apps that have ads. I did test it on all of the apps I have that run ads and it seems to be about 95% effective. This is great for unrooted users!
As far as battery life goes, I let it sit for about 5 hours with all apps closed and greenified. It was still at 100% 5 hours later. The day went on and I mostly just took some pictures and did minor amount of web browsing. It's now been about 10 hours since charged and I'm at 93%. App info in settings says this app has 0% battery usage since last charge. It looks to me that if you aren't using any apps that have ads it won't drain the battery. That's good news if you are worried about battery drain in standby or while not using apps with ads battery life seems normal. If you are worried about battery drain while using apps that have ads, then you have a choice, see the ads and preserve battery, or don't see the ads and charge more often. I can't confirm at this point if drain is higher with it activated and actually blocking ads versus not blocking real time ads. I'll try using some apps that have ads with it activated and with it off and see if there is a difference and report back.
Thanks @Skripka Nice work!

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