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5[Strogino]

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When AdFree got error "java.io.EOFException"

use terminal and run following:
$cat /data/data/com.bigtincan.android.adfree/shared_prefs/AdFreePrefs.xml > /data/data/com.bigtincan.android.adfree/shared_prefs/AdFreePrefs.xml.bak

Or use small script (attached), that doing same:
- unpack and sopy to sd-card (if you copying to other folder, please specify folder in command below
- run via terminal
$sh /sdcard/adfree_backup_fix.sh
 

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ID#

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java.io.EOFExeption

Hey guys
I don`t know why you are all using so elaborated solutions. For me the easy way works best:
I just hit "back"-button once and then the "download"-button.
This worked for me many times!

But I have an other problem:
The ads are replaced by the android browser error message. This magnificates the site ernormously :eek:
How can I set e.g. a picture which is located on my phone instead this error message for replacing the ads?
 
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traspler

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When I select "Use BTC IP", the ads will just stay blank (sometimes even a collapsed white square) but when I select the localhost option, the ads get replaced with a white on blue question mark. So just select a different option.

Woah... the back button actually worked... Thank you :)
 
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el_smurfo

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Clear browser cache and reboot got rid of the errors for me.

ID# said:
Hey guys
I don`t know why you are all using so elaborated solutions. For me the easy way works best:
I just hit "back"-button once and then the "download"-button.
This worked for me many times!

But I have an other problem:
The ads are replaced by the android browser error message. This magnificates the site ernormously :eek:
How can I set e.g. a picture which is located on my phone instead this error message for replacing the ads?
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hybridb

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myronic said:
I have not been able to even open the app. Title bar comes up fine, it asks for su permission, I allow it. But then it just hangs at a black screen, and force closes every time. There is a wait option which only cycles back to black screen and f/cs again, indefinitely. No ads are being blocked.
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I had the same problem running CM. Uninstalled, rebooted and installed again. and now it works fine!
 
Proxin

Proxin

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hybridb said:
I had the same problem running CM. Uninstalled, rebooted and installed again. and now it works fine!
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For me, recently with anything that requires new SU access.
I run the app, it's just a black screen while it requests my action on the SU access (Allow, Always Allow, Deny).
I select Always Allow, but if I wait for it to load, it doesn't. Instead, after I select Always Allow, I simply press Back or Home and restart the app. It works fine with SU access after that.

Less trouble than having to reinstall the app. :)
 
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thunderstruck!

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I was going to update my hosts as I had to nandroid back to an earlier version, and now it says it's out of date, even though I reinstalled from the Market.
 
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delta_foxtrot2

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0.3.2 still doesn't work, I had a HTC magic break just before cyanogen updated his rom to include the newer JVM

the problem is the 0.3.2 works in the emulator BUT there seems to be a gzip java error in the JVM still, which seems to be the cause of the original problem, this JVM bug doesn't exist in android 2.0.1 SDK... The bug in the JVM seems to be some kind of memory leak making the app run out of memory so it can't decompress, I'm working on a work around to use the gzip binary on the system instead, but this won't be fixed in the next 10 minutes, I only just got my hands on a HTC dream and I'm trying to get it setup for testing etc.
 
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delta_foxtrot2

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After upgrading the Dream to cyanogen 2.4.12.2 is seems the JVM bug has been fixed... That saves me from making a work around I suppose :)

In short if you are getting java.io.EOFExeption errors, upgrade your firmware as the firmware you are running has bugs in the JVM.
 
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delta_foxtrot2

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Karolis said:
I've just read the whole thread from the beginning to the end and still can't figure out two things:

1. What is the latest list that is used? I want to use the same on my computer.
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All you had to was read the hosts file on your phone :)

# entries: 2010-01-02 05:20:16
# last updated 0.r.msn.com
# sources: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
# http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?showintro=0;hostformat=hosts

Although there is a few hostnames added/removed to/from the system specific to android.

2. Can you share the link to the redirecting file on BigTinCan server, so that I can also use it on my machine?
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It is likely to be shifted from it's current IP for internal company reasons, but the current URL is:

https://119.161.80.9/misc/adfree.php
 
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bkmo

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delta_foxtrot2 said:
After upgrading the Dream to cyanogen 2.4.12.2 is seems the JVM bug has been fixed... That saves me from making a work around I suppose :)

In short if you are getting java.io.EOFExeption errors, upgrade your firmware as the firmware you are running has bugs in the JVM.
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I still get the error on 4.2.12.2. Hitting back then download again works though.
 
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Edgar_Wibeau

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Error: java.io.EOFException on Milestone

Hello all,

I have (successfully and confirmed) rooted my Milestone yesterday and when trying to run AdFree I get the above error message when I press "Download & Install Hosts". /etc/hosts doesn't get updated. Any suggestions?
 
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    delta_foxtrot2
    You can find the latest version of this app on the slideme app store.

    http://slideme.org/application/adfree

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