Depends on Android version and system. I don't remember myself the last time I had to reboot any of my devices when replacing the hosts file directly in /system/etc; it is picked up instantly.
Yup, very true. I didn't have to reboot the N6, but every device since had required a reboot. I don't think anything I said was contrary to this. If a fast reboot works, great. If no reboot works, even better. If you are walking on the edge of your knowledge, just reboot and be done with it [emoji56].
I do not know if it clears the cache, but the closest I know of is
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am restart;Another possible way, which I would really not advise, is: killall zygote; or something like that.
But before either of those, I would also run:
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am write;
sync;
sleep 0.5;As I said, I do not know if they will achieve what you are hoping for, but they simply look like they may be what you are looking for. They are also not really that fast, as it still runs your boot animation. The question is why a normal shutdown is so slow, unless its doing important shutdown stuff, which wont happen on a fast shutdown.
On a side, I can update my host file and have it working, but I am not using Magisk system-less host. That will require a reboot, or one opf the above, or maybe possibly some kind of restart of Magisk. Maybe even ask the question on the Magisk thread if you are using the system-less host.
Right, same here. ( Point being there's no definitive answer to the question, as ktmom post says, whatever works. )
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I always (hard) reboot; it just takes maximum a minute - so what. And as I only update AdAway once a week, I think that's pretty decent.
Depending on device/ROM, it may work without systemless hosts - but if it works without, still check that such real changes into system/etc/hosts doid not breake Device certification in Google Playstore
If you lost Device is certified (and if it bothers you), you will have to disable AdBlock, activate Systemless hosts, enable AdBlock, and you will also need to Clean Data for Google, Google Playstore, Google Playstore Services, Google Framework Services to 'convince' Playstore again to accept your Device as Certified.
Due to the possible complications with obtaining again Device is Certified, I use Systemless hosts even if it might work without
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Useful consideration for those requiring it.
( I don't use Google services or applications myself, in fact consider them pretty much spyware, data miners and malvertising only. )
@Ultramanoid
I agree totally regarding your statements in the brackets and that are the reasons why i run all my phones (including my current pixel 4 xl) only with Roms which don't include Gapps and Google Play Services.
Good to see that i'm not the only one who thinks about this in that way
I agree totally regarding your statements in the brackets and that are the reasons why i run all my phones (including my current pixel 4 xl) only with Roms which don't include Gapps and Google Play Services.
Good to see that i'm not the only one who thinks about this in that way
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For the matter of fact, I used to set AdAway to update automatically every day, and only over WiFi, but it really properly worked for me like three or more years ago on some Lollipop phone - although I did try various things (keep it working in background, disabling battery optimization) on various newer phones and Android versions
But as you say, updating hosts manually once every or every second weekend (as part of some hygiene, when you get time) is good enough
Effectively, you can turn off auto-starting AdAway, running in background, auto-updating - just start AdAway once a week or so, let it update hosts, reboot the phone and forget till next time
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@Ultramanoid
I agree totally regarding your statements in the brackets and that are the reasons why i run all my phones (including my current pixel 4 xl) only with Roms which don't include Gapps and Google Play Services.
Good to see that i'm not the only one who thinks about this in that way
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Use Logcat, try to login/download in your app/whatever, inspect the log to find where it wants to go but DNS resolving fails
Enter that domain to Whitelist in AdAway, reboot and try again - there might be it that wants to go to several sites that are blocked, and you must whitelist them all
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Thanks
Great work on the app. Thanks a ton.
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Is there any easy way to update the app. I know the definitions do get updated automatically. But since this is not present on the play store, it is very difficult to know when an update is available.
Great work on the app. Thanks a ton.
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Is there any easy way to update the app. I know the definitions do get updated automatically. But since this is not present on the play store, it is very difficult to know when an update is available.
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I use F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.adaway/
Either use F-Droid or follow this thread.
IMHO, this is an app where the user does not suffer if not on the latest and greatest release. It does one thing (very well) and unless an OS update causes problems, you really aren't missing functionality of you are doing to update.
You must make sure that you every week or so force updating of hosts file (AdAway settings).
That has nothing to do with updating of the app itself (don't expect more than few updates of the app during a year)
There is a setting to force auto-pdating of hosts file on every reboot - but you probably don't reboot the phone every day.
There is also a setting to force auro-updating of hosts file every day - but there is a high chance that it won't work as expected
So better, take time like every weekend and force updating of hosts file and then reboot
Question about Regex and IPtables
Hey guys,
I searched the whole thread for "regex" and found only two mentions about it so I decided to put the question on the group.
Question is I tried add an entry on whitelist like *googleadservice.com but the button "apply" grayed out.
So the question is , is Regex is supported ? if yes how is the sintax.
tks
Hey guys,
I searched the whole thread for "regex" and found only two mentions about it so I decided to put the question on the group.
Question is I tried add an entry on whitelist like *googleadservice.com but the button "apply" grayed out.
So the question is , is Regex is supported ? if yes how is the sintax.
tks
Regex would be great, but alas, no. It is an issue with DNS on phone, it does not accept regex expressions in the hosts file. AdAway can put them in, but it would be confusing when they didn't work. Better to not allow them so there's an indication that they won't work right away.
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AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file.
Google Play Store notice
According the Google Play Developer Policy, especially the "Device and Network Abuse" section, ad blocker like AdAway violates the "Apps that block or interfere with another app displaying ads." rule and can't be distributed on distributed on the Play Store.
As Free and Open Source Software, AdAway is available from F-Droid Store or this XDA thread :good:
Requirements
This application requires Android 8 or above and does no more require root.
For older Android versions, a rooted device is required.
Changelog
If you don't want to read each announce post of this thread, you can:
- Get a summary of all changes in the project CHANGELOG.md,
- Check any further details though the source code commits.
Downloads
Stable versions are available on GitHub releases and F-Droid Store:
- AdAway 6.1.1 - Latest stable version - check v6 announcement
- AdAway 4.3.6 - for Android versions older than Android 8
- AdAway 3.3 - for Android versions older than Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
The app provides an in-app updater for both GitHub and F-Droid builds.
Keep in mind beta channel is limited to GitHub builds, and F-Droid releases usually have a several days latency.
Problem? Read this
* If you use Chrome and still see ads on web pages, remember to disable the "data saver" or "reduced data usage" browser option.
* Check your APN settings for any proxy, the proxy itself could be allowing ads. Disable the proxy.
* After you install or make any change to AdAway, you must reboot for those changes to take effect.
* If you are still having issues please read and understand all the info in the wiki before asking for help here.
Otherwise, this is the right thread to discuss about it or file a bug report here.
Contributors
PerfectSlayer, Vankog, jawz101
Source Code: https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway170Hi all,
A new year is coming and I wish you all to have nice holidays :victory:
Just few words about this ending year. There was about 12 releases in 2019 which brings you a new UI, a lot of bug fixes, Android 10 support, Gist and GitLab hosting support and better Magisk support.
All of this is possible thanks to the community to help users to discover the app, learn how to use it and report any new bug and also your moral, nice words and thanks you can send to me, and financial support.
Thanks a lot for all donators, GitHub sponsor and the Pixel 2 you sent me to test Android 10 support.
For the next year, I hope to release the next version (V5), at least in beta to start. It's been 9 months since its first lines of code and things are working quite nicely.
It aims to make the app simpler to use for the main use cases, support rooted and non rooted devices and remove old hacks/workaround which are no more needed on recent setups.
But before this big next update, I still have time to fix current issue with a new release
Changelog:
- Fix GitLab hosting support (commit date parsing failed)
- Translation update
Thanks:
Special thanks to @gallegonovato for its helpful bug report and @Vankog for translation update.
Download:
AdAway 4.3.2 on AndroidFileHost (md5: 78fde09a0e92044c45e901bb1cec8e2e)159Hi all,
Long time no see! It's been more than two months since the last update.
I can't say I was not active on the project as I start working on a new version (5.x.y) as a side project.
I won't share the source code yet as it is not ready at all and I don't want to give an ETA but this new version targets the following goals:
- 1. Revamp the UI
- 2. Clean up old support
- 3. Address one of the main drawback of the app
1. The card based UI does not feel right. Welcome card takes too much space, update button / status has a lot of critic. I guess I can do better.
I started a new simpler and lighter design which provide the most useful information on home screen and all main actions to trigger in one tap (no more burger menu).
It is still under heavy development but I hopefully get a friend onboard, specialized in graphics and design, to help me :highfive:
2. In order to simplify the development, I clean up the app and remove support for old features.
I bump target SDK version so I finally get Java 8 language feature (it was released 5y ago…) and move to topjohnwu root library (instead of home made one). It means systemless support is now handled by Magisk and other root solutions will still work.
3. Think of what prevent most of users to use AdAway? Now it's gone!
It's not gone forever. It's still here but there will be a fallback to workaround it.
I won't tell more until the first public beta but I guess you get the point :fingers-crossed:
In the meanwhile, here is a new version!
Feedback:
GitLab, like GitHub do not set LastModified HTTP header so update status is not supported... yet!
Changelog:
- Add Gist and GitLab hosting support for hosts file
- Add option to set default IPv6 redirection
- Improve reboot command
- Improve UI for overlays
- Update translations
Thanks:
Special thanks to @MSF Jarvis and ralayax for theirs contributions and @andy356 for its helpful bug report.
Download:
AdAway 4.2.5 on AndroidFileHost (md5: ab81225745afaaa7646024109de299c0)148Hi all,
Feedback:
It works well here. I failed to reproduce as I change the HTTP client library and how I use it.
But update date for the source you link definitely works now.
Not really. You could choose a lot of different mode.
For example, F-Droid server watches AdAway GitHub repository to find tags which match a specific versioning pattern.
Thank you so much! :highfive:
Thank you too!
Changelog:
- Add hosts source download cache
- Add snackbar notification to update host from DNS request listing
- Update UI from Material Design to Material Theming
- Update gradle, plugins and dependencies
- Fix crash parsing not defined host source last modified date
- Fix native modules build script (required for F-Droid build server)
- Fix Transifex issues
Thanks:
Special thanks to all recent donators! Your help is really appreciated :good:
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AdAway 4.2.0 on AndroidFileHost (md5: 023169e7c345ef7297095793024f8478)144Hi all,
I talked enough about it the past weeks and here it is: the first beta for the next version of AdAway.
As you know, the main feature is the removal of root requirement but it also comes with a lot of improvements like an easier to use UI, a builtin updater, new cache and databases to improve reliability or even a quick pause/resume adblocking button that 3rd party apps can control.
It took me literally a year and 330+ commits to build it (the first commit of this branch was April the 7th) and I hope it will be worth it.
It should allow the app to be viable in the future with root being more and more difficult to achieve at each new Android release and Google hardening SafetyNet checks.
I will try to answer to the most expected questions here so you still can post a link to this FAQ later to lost users.
FAQ:
Does this version replace the v4.x versions?
No. This is still a preview version and does not replace the stable one.
It is available to test it and report issues and feedback before being promoted to stable.
Can I upgrade and revert safely?
Yes. Both v4 and v5 use the same settings export format.
Why does this version targets Android 8+ Oreo only?
Like the v4, v5 is expected to offer support for latest devices.
Android 8 and above represent more than 60% of device distribution and will grew through time.
If you use an older device, root solutions work very well and v4 is here for you (like v2 and v3 stayed for legacy devices).
How the hell does it work without root?
This version provides two adblocking methods: the usual root one using hosts file and a new one using local VPN.
The VPN solution allows to filter and alter connections of your devices without root access.
Is using a VPN safe?
In the case of AdAway, yes. It uses VPN API but does not connect to a VPN server.
In the case of VPN client app, it depends.
To give you more details, a VPN client app uses the VPN API to create a virtual network interface on your device and redirect all your traffic into it.
If you imaginge the VPN like a pipe (the right word is tunnel), client VPN app outputs all your traffic on a VPN server which is able to check what you are doing on the Internet.
With AdAway, your network is not redirected to a VPN server but your device internet connection (same as no VPN). VPN API is only used to get traffic into it to break the connections to ad servers.
Is VPN use battery?
Yes, like everything you do on device.
Witouth root, a VPN service will be running permanently to filter your traffic.
Good news is it will only filter DNS traffic. Not all traffic is redirected into it so it won't be as expensive as you can fear.
Did you come up with this idea alone?
Absolutely not! I spent a lot of hours trying to find altenatives to hosts based adblocking (like routes or private DNS). But nothing was better than VPN based adblocking.
So we (MrRobinson and I) approched Julian Klode, developer of DNS66 more than three years ago to see if we can merge our apps. It wasn't that easy as we don't develop our apps the same way so I ended up by integrating the DNS66 adblocking method into AdAway. It is fine for Julian, his app is Open Source and he himself built it from the core code of AdBuster app (an VPN based adblocking app).
Should we stop using DNS66 for AdAway?
Not at all. DNS66 is a great app and provides some features that AdAway doesn't have (yet?), like DNS settings.
DNS66 is a great app, keep using it if you like it!
If both apps used the same adblocking method a year ago when I start this version, I keep adding feature to the VPN adblocking method and most of them won't be in DNS66.
If Julian ports them back to DNS66, it's great if it can help his app and users!
Is it me or the app put on weight?
Yes, the app significantly grew due to new libraries like VPN related ones and Android Jetpack.
It also stores more data on device: a http cache, a host database, a hosts copy, etc...
I think 15~20mo of storage is still fine.
Changelog:
Without further ado, check the summarized changelog (it was hard to summarize a one year development)
- Add new home screen
- Provides all main controls from one screen
- Displays currently blocked, allowed and redirected domains
- Displays current hosts sources status and control to force apply
- Add non root ad-blocking feature
- Uses a builtin local VPN to filter DNS request to blocked domains
- Based on the work of dns66 by julian-klode
- Allows to excluded system applications and per user applications
- Add builtin updater with changelog display
- Add feature to quickly pause and resume ad-blocking
- Add wizard screen for first run setup
- Add feature to display and filter all blocked, allowed, redirect domains
- Improve preferences screen
- Add broadcast receiver to control ad-blocking from third party applications
- Update Android target to Android 10
- Improve root and shell support
- Split translation files to easier understand their context
- Add GitHub action test and build tasks
Download:
AdAway 5.0.0 beta (sha2: 200fd7789b174735d3af5925b4e568b09475bb3f39a79d24d6617af4b19cd19d)
If you like my work, feel free to support me. Check my sign for donation links. Thanks all! :highfive:
