AOKP Jelly Bean Milestone - 1 [28 Oct 2012]

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Aug 23, 2012 at 12:49 AM
So far so good :thumbup: I know Steve don't want this thread filled up with bug reports, so where do we post them if we find one ?

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Anyone know what happened to APPOLO music app ? :confused:

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Aug 23, 2012 at 1:58 AM
Is there an ad-blocker function built into this rom (l think ICS AOKP had it, right?)?

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Aug 23, 2012 at 3:01 AM
Big ZD said:
Is there an ad-blocker function built into this rom (l think ICS AOKP had it, right?)?
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There is not an auto-updating adblocker built in, no. Ad blocking is done by editing the hosts file in /system/etc and a file full of adblocked links was indeed in the previous ICS builds of AOKP (and lots of other roms) and is NOT present in the current builds of JellyBean (AOKP or CM10).

You can either write your own hosts file (usually from here: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt) and put it in the rom yourself, or get a program like AdFree which can do it for you automatically.
 
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Aug 23, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Big ZD said:
Is there an ad-blocker function built into this rom (l think ICS AOKP had it, right?)?

Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda app-developers app
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nm3210 said:
There is not an auto-updating adblocker built in, no. Ad blocking is done by editing the hosts file in /system/etc and a file full of adblocked links was indeed in the previous ICS builds of AOKP (and lots of other roms) and is NOT present in the current builds of JellyBean (AOKP or CM10).

You can either write your own hosts file (usually from here: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt) and put it in the rom yourself, or get a program like AdFree which can do it for you automatically.
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Ad blocking is near and dear to my heart. Unfortunately, ad free didn't quite listen to me when I reported a nefarious array of ad sites to them, and they blocked it completely wrong, thus allowing all the ads to come through anyway .. including ads for porn sites with NSFW pics in them. (A big **** YOU to the app developer who put that in his app, btw)

Therefore, I present the following zip. Flash it in CWM:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28682151/ad_block.zip

This will:

1. install an ad-blocking /etc/hosts file that is probably outdated, but has entries to block the porn ads I talked about .. entries I added myself.

2. install in init.d script that will, on boot, check the /etc/hosts file to make sure those entries I added myself are there. If not, it will re-add them.

What this means: you can go ahead and install ad free. It will update your /etc/hosts file to the latest version. On reboot, the nefarious porn ads will be blocked also.

I've used this technique on my phone for a long long time, and it blocks probably 99% of the ads that are sourced from the internet. The only ones it won't block are actually embedded in the apps themselves (dirty trick .. jerks).

Enjoy!
 
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Aug 23, 2012 at 4:20 PM
ssewk2x said:
Ad blocking is near and dear to my heart. Unfortunately, ad free didn't quite listen to me when I reported a nefarious array of ad sites to them, and they blocked it completely wrong, thus allowing all the ads to come through anyway .. including ads for porn sites with NSFW pics in them. (A big **** YOU to the app developer who put that in his app, btw)

Therefore, I present the following zip. Flash it in CWM:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28682151/ad_block.zip

This will:

1. install an ad-blocking /etc/hosts file that is probably outdated, but has entries to block the porn ads I talked about .. entries I added myself.

2. install in init.d script that will, on boot, check the /etc/hosts file to make sure those entries I added myself are there. If not, it will re-add them.

What this means: you can go ahead and install ad free. It will update your /etc/hosts file to the latest version. On reboot, the nefarious porn ads will be blocked also.

I've used this technique on my phone for a long long time, and it blocks probably 99% of the ads that are sourced from the internet. The only ones it won't block are actually embedded in the apps themselves (dirty trick .. jerks).

Enjoy!
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now adfree works for me, ive had no ads thus far on my fascinate
 
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Aug 23, 2012 at 4:39 PM
Okay, Blue CWM does not work, red cwm (devil) does a backup and makes the nanroid.md5. Restores as it should.

Boot animation takes forever and occasionally freezes. Latest boot took 4:45 and screen froze 14 times. Reboots when you try to connect USB.
 
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Aug 23, 2012 at 5:26 PM
ssewk2x said:
Ad blocking is near and dear to my heart. Unfortunately, ad free didn't quite listen to me when I reported a nefarious array of ad sites to them, and they blocked it completely wrong, thus allowing all the ads to come through anyway .. including ads for porn sites with NSFW pics in them. (A big **** YOU to the app developer who put that in his app, btw)

Therefore, I present the following zip. Flash it in CWM:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28682151/ad_block.zip

This will:

1. install an ad-blocking /etc/hosts file that is probably outdated, but has entries to block the porn ads I talked about .. entries I added myself.

2. install in init.d script that will, on boot, check the /etc/hosts file to make sure those entries I added myself are there. If not, it will re-add them.

What this means: you can go ahead and install ad free. It will update your /etc/hosts file to the latest version. On reboot, the nefarious porn ads will be blocked also.

I've used this technique on my phone for a long long time, and it blocks probably 99% of the ads that are sourced from the internet. The only ones it won't block are actually embedded in the apps themselves (dirty trick .. jerks).

Enjoy!
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If the entire domain is already blocked (smaato.net), what effect does adding the subdomains have?
 
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Aug 23, 2012 at 5:52 PM
nm3210 said:
If the entire domain is already blocked (smaato.net), what effect does adding the subdomains have?
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Host file blocking blocks hosts and not domains. The original intended usage of a hosts file dates back before we all had DNS and you had to manually associate the host name with the destination IP. Making an adblocking host file just gives an invalid IP to the host so the ad can never be retrieved. A domain itself doesn't have an IP but the hosts within it do.
 
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