[APP][ROOT/NONROOT][OFFICIAL] AdAway v6.1.1

jcmm11 · Nov 14, 2017

masterepiece321 said:
The former. Block all the websites except abc.com.

So I could only access to abc.com on the phone but all other websites will return with localhost.

You'll want a firewall app. AFWall+ https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957231
Then you'll have to use the custom rule feature and study up a bit on iptables rules. The FAQ/wiki on his GitHub may be enough (see help in the app for links). If you get stuck post on that thread for help, with specific questions and showing what you already tried.

sirscrubsalot · Nov 14, 2017

Clean AdAway uninstallation before switching to Magisk from systemless SuperSU?

Been using AdAway (system and SuperSU systemless) since its inception and thanks to @mrRobinson for the continued support to this vital app! AdAway is literally the next thing after root that gets installed

I'm planning to switch from SuperSU 2.85SR5 Beta on Stock Nougat with twrp to Magisk 14.X - currently on the latest Dev Build: AdAway-release_Build-Feb.08.2017.apk with systemless preferences enabled (it's been working great!)

Before I switch to Magisk for the 1st time (will run the UnSu script, flashing stock boot.img > reboot > flash magisk 14.x that comes bundled with Magisk Manager > install AdAway again + grant Magisk permission), I wanted to do a clean uninstall of AdAway - will the uninstalling AdAway directly through the main android OS once booted (i.e. just click uninstall), remove all the related systemless paths such as in "/su/su.d" and elsewhere?

Basically wanted to make sure of any other paths or files leftover after uninstalling that I would need to manually delete and/or cause conflict when removing SuperSU to Magisk and then re-installing the same Adaway apk build as above.

heynando · Nov 14, 2017

guest4711 said:
I'd look at same "tools for optimizing your system". AdAway needs the permission to run in background. Otherwise it cannot update automatically. And some tools disable the background activity... If there is no good interface for inspecting these settings you can use BackgroundRestrictor (set android's hidden RUN_IN_BACKGROUND permission) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.pavelsikun.runinbackgroundpermissionsetter
And I'd have a look at settings. If you use mobile data always, updating should not be restricted to wifi...

That's a very good idea. I've added Adaway to the unmonitored apps. Let's see how it will resolve.:good::good:

ChazzMatt · Nov 14, 2017

xcaninox said:
That's a very good idea. I've added Adaway to the unmonitored apps. Let's see how it will resolve.:good::good:

I've removed several apps from "battery optimization" in my Nougat ROM, due to them acting wonky.

osm0sis · Nov 15, 2017

sirscrubsalot said:
Been using AdAway (system and SuperSU systemless) since its inception and thanks to @mrRobinson for the continued support to this vital app! AdAway is literally the next thing after root that gets installed

I'm planning to switch from SuperSU 2.85SR5 Beta on Stock Nougat with twrp to Magisk 14.X - currently on the latest Dev Build: AdAway-release_Build-Feb.08.2017.apk with systemless preferences enabled (it's been working great!)

Before I switch to Magisk for the 1st time (will run the UnSu script, flashing stock boot.img > reboot > flash magisk 14.x that comes bundled with Magisk Manager > install AdAway again + grant Magisk permission), I wanted to do a clean uninstall of AdAway - will the uninstalling AdAway directly through the main android OS once booted (i.e. just click uninstall), remove all the related systemless paths such as in "/su/su.d" and elsewhere?

Basically wanted to make sure of any other paths or files leftover after uninstalling that I would need to manually delete and/or cause conflict when removing SuperSU to Magisk and then re-installing the same Adaway apk build as above.

No, but unSU will remove those paths, so you're fine.

Jayesh Nirve · Nov 18, 2017

This threads development dead? Last stable was in 2016

ChazzMatt · Nov 18, 2017

Jayesh Nirve said:
This threads development dead? Last stable was in 2016

Funny you are asking about "development" and totally ignoring the February 2017 dev build clearly listed in the op. That's what you want. It's the current development version.

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634744719

tinko975 · Nov 18, 2017

No need to improve..

Ch3vr0n · Nov 18, 2017

tinko975 said:
No need to improve..

Yes there is, official Android Oreo support without having to manually tinker with files or having to make symlinks etc...

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tinko975 · Nov 18, 2017

Then dev will make update. If not, app is deat.. to bad.. using it for years..

osm0sis · Nov 18, 2017

Perhaps @PerfectSlayer might be convinced to make an unofficial test build with his fixes until @mrRobinson has more time again to review the Pull Requests and make more official builds.

realista87 · Nov 21, 2017

i have a blackview BV6000 (stock rom) rooted with latest superSU and i get:
"Copy failed"
Copying of hosts file failed.

i tried every target host fine within adaway but nothing changed.
i checked personally with a file manager where is situated the hosts file... and it is in system/etc/hosts ....so the DEFAULT adaway should work!!!

there is no reason it does not work.... i modded other phones before this but adaway always worked 100%. my root is 100% working on other apps and adaway is grandet persiossion on supersu app.

PS. usingsolid explored i tried to go to host file, DELETE it, but it can not be done!!....i don't know why, seems like the original host file CANNOT be replaced with another host file , neither cancelled.

githyanki · Nov 21, 2017

realista87 said:
i have a blackview BV6000 (stock rom) rooted with latest superSU and i get:
"Copy failed"
Copying of hosts file failed.

i tried every target host fine within adaway but nothing changed.
i checked personally with a file manager where is situated the hosts file... and it is in system/etc/hosts ....so the DEFAULT adaway should work!!!

there is no reason it does not work.... i modded other phones before this but adaway always worked 100%. my root is 100% working on other apps and adaway is grandet persiossion on supersu app.

Please provide a log so someone can help you.

realista87 · Nov 22, 2017

githyanki said:
Please provide a log so someone can help you.

can you teach me how to log properly? i neved did this. i go to preferences, i flag debug logging, i forceclose the app, i reopen it..........but now? what to do?
i continue to have the same error i go to "log dns requests" i active the tcpdump.... i see "tcpdump is running", i test another time the apply of host, same error, i enter to log dns..... i clock on OPEN LOG FILE but LOG FILE IS EMPTY.

androcraze · Nov 22, 2017

realista87 said:
can you teach me how to log properly? i neved did this. i go to preferences, i flag debug logging, i forceclose the app, i reopen it..........but now? what to do?
i continue to have the same error i go to "log dns requests" i active the tcpdump.... i see "tcpdump is running", i test another time the apply of host, same error, i enter to log dns..... i clock on OPEN LOG FILE but LOG FILE IS EMPTY.

The tcpdump is useful for determining what ad servers are in use.

AdAway isn't working on your device. Look at CatLog or MatLog; both provide Android information logs, not ad server logs.

jcmm11 · Nov 22, 2017

realista87 said:
i have a blackview BV6000 (stock rom) rooted with latest superSU and i get:
"Copy failed"
Copying of hosts file failed.

i tried every target host fine within adaway but nothing changed.
i checked personally with a file manager where is situated the hosts file... and it is in system/etc/hosts ....so the DEFAULT adaway should work!!!

there is no reason it does not work.... i modded other phones before this but adaway always worked 100%. my root is 100% working on other apps and adaway is grandet persiossion on supersu app.

PS. usingsolid explored i tried to go to host file, DELETE it, but it can not be done!!....i don't know why, seems like the original host file CANNOT be replaced with another host file , neither cancelled.

What version of Android is the stock ROM?
Is SuperSU-SR5 (latest SuperSU) installed in sbin mode? (Default for Oreo, manual configuration for Marshmallow (I think it's available) and Nougat (for sure it's available).
If not in sbin mode did you enable systemless mode in Adaway's preferences? If no try that and reboot. If yes provide log.

realista87 · Nov 22, 2017

jcmm11 said:
What version of Android is the stock ROM?
Is SuperSU-SR5 (latest SuperSU) installed in sbin mode? (Default for Oreo, manual configuration for Marshmallow (I think it's available) and Nougat (for sure it's available).
If not in sbin mode did you enable systemless mode in Adaway's preferences? If no try that and reboot. If yes provide log.

1)i SOLVED the problem activating systemless mode and rebooting, BUT..... i never acvitated systemless mode because i've always thought that supersu operates at SYSTEM LEVEL root...... and instead magisk systemless!! am i stupid or what? now supersu works systemlessy?.....

2) my android is 6.0 and i used latest STABLE supersu ( not R5......that is beta) , and sorry but IDK what is sbin mode ( is it maybe not available on stable 2.82 but ONLY availabe in beta releases ending in "SRx" ???) but i googled and found this https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/YCoHDpNaY38 and sorry i still continue to not undestrand because it is a very technical question..... and i am not too much into programming or linux.

3) in every phone rooted with supersu i NEVER activated systemless mode into adaway...... because i was sure it was a SYSTEM ROOT ....but hey at the end seems that i am wrong

and i always known the bad info ... but please tell me that there is something true in what i say

jcmm11 · Nov 22, 2017

realista87 said:
1)i SOLVED the problem activating systemless mode and rebooting, BUT..... i never acvitated systemless mode because i've always thought that supersu operates at SYSTEM LEVEL root...... and instead magisk systemless!! am i stupid or what? now supersu works systemlessy?.....

2) my android is 6.0 and i used latest STABLE supersu ( not R5......that is beta) , and sorry but IDK what is sbin mode ( is it maybe not available on stable 2.82 but ONLY availabe in beta releases ending in "SRx" ???) but i googled and found this https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/YCoHDpNaY38 and sorry i still continue to not undestrand because it is a very technical question..... and i am not too much into programming or linux.

3) in every phone rooted with supersu i NEVER activated systemless mode into adaway...... because i was sure it was a SYSTEM ROOT ....but hey at the end seems that i am wrong and i always known the bad info ... but please tell me that there is something true in what i say

It was a system root until Android 6.0. It then became systemless due to changes that Google made to Android.
Yes, sbin mode is only available in the latest SR releases. If you're running 6.0 you don't need to worry about it at all. (Just a note that SR5 is very stable. If you ever upgrade to Oreo you'll need it. I suspect that if Chainfire hasn't retired from SuperSU it would have been released as a stable version by now. But I'm guessing).

realista87 · Nov 22, 2017

jcmm11 said:
It was a system root until Android 6.0.

so... my root should be at system level...... but adaway only works if i flag systemless, and also if i MANUALLY find the host file and try to delete or replace with another patched one..... I CAN NOT DO THIS...... like if the host file is unmodifiable, even if in the attributes i read that the owner is R and W permission

ktmom · Nov 22, 2017

realista87 said:
so... my root should be at system level...... but adaway only works if i flag systemless, and also if i MANUALLY find the host file and try to delete or replace with another patched one..... I CAN NOT DO THIS...... like if the host file is unmodifiable, even if in the attributes i read that the owner is R and W permission

To understand what's happening with Adaway, it will help to understand what's happening with root. It kinda sounds like you've missed the last two years of progress because you have been on an older OS release.

First, determine whether you're rooted system, or systemless (plus if you are sbin).

Using a terminal app, enter "which su" (without the quotes). If the result returns:

"/system/xbin/" that would be a system install. Which means the root binary is on the system partition.

-or-

"/su/bin/su" or something similar, that is a systemless install. Which means the boot image (kernel) had been modified, and a symbolic link is mounted during the boot process for the host file pointing to a non-system partition location. This is done to maintain the integrity of the system partition on "modern" android releases.

-or-

"/sbin/su", you guessed it! That would be sbin mode.

Another way to determine system/systemless if you are using SuperSu - in the app settings, look for an option to install SuperSU as system app. If it's greyed out and the text reads that this option is not available, you are using systemless root.

When installed in systemless, the only way to completely remove root includes a proper uninstall based on the app's instructions AND reflashing the original unmodified boot.img (kernel). Most installs of root back-up the original, untouched boot.img before modifying it and a proper un-root will restore that back-up.

If you don't care about systemless root, you're fine with the system partition being modified, then look for the thread for supersu system version. It will always install the latest release in system mode.

Adaway must be told if you are using systemless install of SuperSu. Thus the checkbox for systemless. You should be using the developer release (Feb 2017?) of Adaway. If you have been making multiple attempts to get Adaway to work, for example, with out systemless checked, setting different paths for the host file, ect. Then it would be simpler to start over.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers

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