How to filter ads on your G1

CUBENSIS · Nov 17, 2011

delta_foxtrot2 said:
Was there any useful error messages in logcat?

Didn't logcat. Coincidentally, I ended up upgrading the ROM. There are no issues now...so was something about my setup.

Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

delta_foxtrot2 · Nov 18, 2011

Nainconpetant said:
is there a way to add an exception or something like that for this site only?

Sign up on adfree.bigtincan.com once you have created your account click on "My Exception List" on the main menu, then enter the hostname on the website form, make sure "white list" is selected and click add exception.

Then on your device, open adfree, go into the normal bootup, show the menu, select "Authenticate", enter your email address/pass phrase and click sign in.

Then you can click on "Download & Install Hosts" so that your phone will get a new list from the server and it will exclude any hosts you white list.

delta_foxtrot2 · Nov 18, 2011

warrez said:
been trying to block ads on QR Droid

I doubt you can remove the ads from qr droid with adfree or any other app that attempts to block ads with the hosts file since as best I can tell it seems part of the app, rather than something downloaded remotely.

warrez · Nov 18, 2011

ok thanks wont try to remove it anymore lol

delta_foxtrot2 · Nov 18, 2011

warrez said:
ok thanks wont try to remove it anymore lol

I didn't say it couldn't be done, it just can't be done by blocking hostnames.

Alternatively you could just pay the developer the donation to get rid of the ads, or code your own app

bsoplinger · Nov 22, 2011

I went to add an item to my whitelist today and the site didn't seem to work. So I told it to reset my password and it still didn't work. Is it no longer possible to add items to the whitelist?

thedayismine · Nov 23, 2011

is there any way to block ads from chompsms
I don't think adfree does the job

ChrisCowles · Nov 26, 2011

delta_foxtrot2 said:
You could create a symlink, this would only need to be done once.

ln -sf /system/etc/hosts /etc/hosts

OK. Serious noob questions. I have lots of command line and script experience in MS-DOS but not *nix. I assume that command is entered in terminal emulator?

If a host file already exists at /etc/hosts, do I need to delete it first? Or, probably better, rename?

Thanks for your patience.

vienti · Nov 26, 2011

Has updated transfer to the actual version. In archive as the background is changed to more pleasant in my opinion
View attachment AdFree.apk_RUS_Evoll_Full_0.8.41.7z

Cookie Ninja · Nov 27, 2011

Latest update to hosts is a big fail!
Hosts filesize reduced from 1 mb to 600 b, and all kinds of ads appear on apps as well as websites....
Dev is deliberately trying to scuttle this? I say, keep a copy of your last hostfile before updating (like I did) so that you don't get tricked so.... Adfree is a big fail... Switching to ad aware, or manually adding to my hostffiles using a javascript....

Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App

---Edit---
After reverting to the last saved hostfile (2 days old) and rebooting; on starting adfree, it says no new hosts have been added... What has gone wrong the first time around? In both cases, I checked that authentication was successfully done... Anyone else facing similar issues?

bmdixon · Nov 27, 2011

My hosts file is pretty much empty! Been working fine till a day or two ago. Only about 600B now (yes bytes!). Is something wrong with the server?

Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

kevinw915 · Nov 27, 2011

I got the same problem with above,
It works fine for last few weeks
But after i update it today, all ads comes out again

Please fix~~thx so much!!

VK7HSE · Nov 28, 2011

Same for me here. My temporary solution was to disable the auto update of your hosts file and download the hosts file from the url listed in the comments within the hodts file.

A small annoyance, but I'm sure that a fix won't be far away

340DartMan · Nov 28, 2011

AdFree no longer blocks ads after 0.8.41 update

I realize this is for G1 phones, but looking for a solutions from the Dev.

Every since I upgraded to AdFree 0.8.41, it is not working. I tried rebooting my phone (as the app states after upgrade), uninstalled, reinstalled AdFree, and rebooted, no help. Updated again after re installation, then tried rebooting again and no help.

This app worked after I initially installed it.

The host file (\system\etc\host) looked the same throughout the process. I thought about deleting my host file, then uninstalling and reinstalling AdFree, but wasn't sure if that was a good idea.

Is there something I need to do after the update to get it to work?

I have a rooted Bionic with stock ROM.

Thank you,

Tony

ToddeSwe · Nov 30, 2011

not woking since upfate

Hi, kinda glad to see that I'm not alone.
Since I updated to sensation 2.08 stock ROM it has not worked here.
But I had problems before as well.

Hope you solv it soon.
Keep up the good work.

ToddeSwe

GldRush98 · Dec 2, 2011

This app has turned in to a damn train wreck. It used to work great and now it forces landscape mode on my Galaxy Tab for no reason. And worse, now all it does is just wipe out your hosts file.
I'm done with this. Going to manual host file updates from now on.

delta_foxtrot2 · Dec 3, 2011

GldRush98 said:
now it forces landscape mode on my Galaxy Tab for no reason.

Actually it was for a good reason, there is no way to tell if someone is on a device that rotates or a TV that doesn't, except for the screen size.

And worse, now all it does is just wipe out your hosts file.

This seems to be happening only to people that turn on all extra lists as the system runs out of memory processing it all, I'm still trying to work out how to send the host names differently so it's not memory bound. Quick fix is to stop using the extra lists with lots of hostnames.

UPDATE: I ended up hiding 3 lists of hostnames for the time being, even if the server did have enough RAM the deal with requests, the compressed hosts file comes out at 14M, so I'm going to be switching to some kind of diff method, but will take some time to code.

hooozy · Dec 3, 2011

Working great on NDTV app but not working on times of India app. Please make it work
TOI v 1.1.3 ( http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.toi.reader.activities )

brendel · Dec 3, 2011

delta_foxtrot2 said:
Actually it was for a good reason, there is no way to tell if someone is on a device that rotates or a TV that doesn't, except for the screen size.

This seems to be happening only to people that turn on all extra lists as the system runs out of memory processing it all, I'm still trying to work out how to send the host names differently so it's not memory bound. Quick fix is to stop using the extra lists with lots of hostnames.

UPDATE: I ended up hiding 3 lists of hostnames for the time being, even if the server did have enough RAM the deal with requests, the compressed hosts file comes out at 14M, so I'm going to be switching to some kind of diff method, but will take some time to code.

I concur on being forced to landscape mode on the Galaxy Tab. It is very annoying. The program was actually quite easy to use before the mandatory changes were made. The choices should be the users' to choose, instead of forcing it upon them. Afterall, we're using Android, not IOS, right?

delta_foxtrot2 · Dec 3, 2011

brendel said:
I concur on being forced to landscape mode on the Galaxy Tab. It is very annoying. The program was actually quite easy to use before the mandatory changes were made. The choices should be the users' to choose, instead of forcing it upon them. Afterall, we're using Android, not IOS, right?

if you setup auto update you don't even need to use the app 99.999% of the time.

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