If you disable AdAway and REBOOT, AdAway will not block anything
If still blocking, it's then something else
If still blocking, it's then something else
Rebooting after disabling AdAway does the trick. Is reboot also necessary after adding something to the whitelist? Thanks.
Of course. I'm sure I posted here two times about in the last couple of days
Yes it does work. I have using AdAway for several years but never knew that sometimes a reboot is required for the changes to apply.
not sometimes. it's a MUST to make AdAway working. read that post well; it'd do you good.
I've been using Adaway for many years. Now on my Pixel 7 if I enable Systemless hosts my device will freeze and will be unusable.
Is there anyway to fix this? Adaway is the best adblocker but I can't use it.
Is there anyway to fix this? Adaway is the best adblocker but I can't use it.
Good afternoon:
First of all, thank you very much for all your work and help.
I wanted to pass on some suggestions from people who use Adaway. I apologize if any of them bother you or something. I would like to say that I only agree with one of them. And I am only the one who transmits the information, since those people don't have an account in github or here. To be able to make suggestions.
The first one, and the one I agree with. Would be if they could put a window that pops up after the new hosts have been updated and created. So that it restarts the mobile. Or an option within the Adaway configuration, for those who want to restart only the mobile. Since they settle better in root mode after rebooting.
Then tell me if the fonts, which brings Adaway of origin could come disabled, instead of enabled by default. Since once Adaway creates the first hosts with those fonts. Even if you deactivate them, then you delete them. And restart the mobile. Always when you put new sources pilla that first hosts. And add to the new fonts. Or even if they are active, if you can come disabled in the Adaway settings, do not check for updates only and install them.
And finally, if it can be more stable with large fonts, or if you have many blocked domains.
Thank you very much for your time and help.
And don't get into the transmitter, as I only comment on things that I am told. And they keep telling me to pass them on to you to improve Adaway.
Best regards
First of all, thank you very much for all your work and help.
I wanted to pass on some suggestions from people who use Adaway. I apologize if any of them bother you or something. I would like to say that I only agree with one of them. And I am only the one who transmits the information, since those people don't have an account in github or here. To be able to make suggestions.
The first one, and the one I agree with. Would be if they could put a window that pops up after the new hosts have been updated and created. So that it restarts the mobile. Or an option within the Adaway configuration, for those who want to restart only the mobile. Since they settle better in root mode after rebooting.
Then tell me if the fonts, which brings Adaway of origin could come disabled, instead of enabled by default. Since once Adaway creates the first hosts with those fonts. Even if you deactivate them, then you delete them. And restart the mobile. Always when you put new sources pilla that first hosts. And add to the new fonts. Or even if they are active, if you can come disabled in the Adaway settings, do not check for updates only and install them.
And finally, if it can be more stable with large fonts, or if you have many blocked domains.
Thank you very much for your time and help.
And don't get into the transmitter, as I only comment on things that I am told. And they keep telling me to pass them on to you to improve Adaway.
Best regards
That is an issue with OnePlus (OPPO) and Magisk.
If you are using a custom rom, you might be able to write directly to the hosts file.
I know you are not suppose to be able to but, some will.
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You can switch to AdAway VPN (rootless) mode.
It does not require systemless hosts to be enabled.
Currently you can only run one VPN on Android so, if you are using another VPN.. 
I use VPN mode on a few devices for different reasons even though they are rooted with Magisk.
Cheers.
Thanks for reply!That is an issue with OnePlus (OPPO) and Magisk.
If you are using a custom rom, you might be able to write directly to the hosts file.
I know you are not suppose to be able to but, some will.
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You can switch to AdAway VPN (rootless) mode.
It does not require systemless hosts to be enabled.
Currently you can only run one VPN on Android so, if you are using another VPN..
I use VPN mode on a few devices for different reasons even though they are rooted with Magisk.
Cheers.
I found out that custom kernel could help but there are no good ones yet for P7.
I'm not a big fan of VPN-based adblocks because in my opinion those slows the internet speed pretty much.
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I am rooted with systemless hosts enabled.
After each host source update from adaway, I will need to reboot to make those new hosts file changes have an effect?
Does the web server drain more battery? So far I don't have it enabled but also didn't encounter any problems.
Could it be that adaway block certain google updates? E.g. google assistant voice typing is telling me for weeks it needs to make an update when I am on WiFi but it just doesnt happen.
After each host source update from adaway, I will need to reboot to make those new hosts file changes have an effect?
Does the web server drain more battery? So far I don't have it enabled but also didn't encounter any problems.
Could it be that adaway block certain google updates? E.g. google assistant voice typing is telling me for weeks it needs to make an update when I am on WiFi but it just doesnt happen.
I have had several problems when Webserver was enabled, thus be prepared for issues if you try.
I can not get 6.0.3 to recognize host file from this link
When i add link it ask to apply i press apply. But nothing applies.
When i add link it ask to apply i press apply. But nothing applies.
That link results in a bin file attempting to download, iirc the link needs to go to the text version of the list.
https://block.energized.pro/blu/formats/hosts.txt is the correct link
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24Hi all and happy new year!
It's been few months since the last update. I got a lot on my plate and did not find much time to spend on AdAway. But the good news is I nearly finish the Android 13 migration! The last thing I need is to find a way to ask you (the users) to allow notifications.
For those who does not own an fairly new device , Android 13 introduces a runtime permission developers should ask for to post notifications. AdAway uses notification for multiple purposes like the current VPN status, hosts updates, or app update (you can disable any notification from app settings or its category from system settings).
I am stuck to find the proper way to request the notification permission:
- Where / when should I ask for? Home screen, welcome screen? It must be ask before using it... So before enabling VPN in the welcome screen for example but I dislike adding a fourth step during the setup process. Moreover, I must check it on application launch to if the user disable it later from system settings.
- What tell / explain to the users? Which information will make you allow notifications? It is important for the app to work as VPN requires system notification (I don't really worry about you missing update notifications).
In the meantine, enjoy 2023!4
If using root version, take eg MiXPlorer and you will see that /system/etc/hosts file with your 3M blocked sites should be about 150-200 MB (half of that if IPv6 is disabled)
Android has to read that (at the boot time) and cache. For old devices with small RAM it kills the system.
Android (not AdAway) processes that hosts file and for every URL it has to search through by using (I guess) like binary search algorithm to check if the given URL is in your 3M entries list
Only if using non-root/VPN then AdAway itself (not Android) searches through the list (but in that case the list is not in the /system/etc/hosts file)
That's about the run-time usage. The other part is updating the hosts files and sorting the list before saving - that can really take several minutes (but I would recommend to disable automatic updates and to update only manually every few days when you have time to wait 3-5 minutes until it finishes)
However, I doubt how useful is your 3M blocked sites list. Mine is 10 times smaller and I have no problem with ads.
Probably from your 3M -mine 300K = your 2.7M excess sites, you open some of them only once a month or so. Hence they mostly waste your memory (time and battery for processing)42
Lol just about to post that to you https://www.celsoazevedo.com/hosts/ to get the different types of list -
3343AdAway
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 6.0.3 - 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:
Download:
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:
