[APP][ROOT/NONROOT][OFFICIAL] AdAway v6.1.0

[m0han]

.... just open them one at a time in Chrome and copy the URL to Kiwi. Then save it as a bookmark in Kiwi....

Yeah, that's what I did.

 

[Nergal di Cuthah]

Not sure if I am beating a dead horse, but is the hostname bug ever going to be resolved? The github issue has been opened for 2 years.

AdAway can't parse anything that doesn't have 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 preceding a hostname. I feel like it's really not necessary for this application, and simply wastes a lot of bandwidth.

That's what hosts are they redirect the domain listed to the ip listed, not sure how adaway would work without them.

 

[m0han]

.... in chrome browser you haven't opened mobile bookmarks. In kiwi that's where import/export menu is.

I know; checked Chrome (again).

 

[ipdev]

Ffs. After a few hours AdAway stopped blocking ads again...

Edit

So... I did change something 2 days ago: provider. Vodafone is using a proxy, so went to APN settings, removed the proxy and saved, it's working again now. Because I haven't been using mobile data till today, I didn't notice it was because of it.

You might be interested in one of my previous comments.
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Cheers.

 

[xdagee]

It is only me, or does it cut across (everyone?). All the ads aren't blocking on webview apps, when link opens in Google webview

 

[qUaK3R]

You might be interested in one of my previous comments.
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Cheers.

Thanks, I'll take a look over the VPN mode

But really, what is that proxy **** for?

 

[YandereSan]

That's what hosts are they redirect the domain listed to the ip listed, not sure how adaway would work without them.

Pi-Hole and pfBlockerNG can both take hostname lists without 0.0.0.0. The main purpose of AdAway is to forward hostnames to a black hole address, so prepending hostnames with 0.0.0.0 is redundant.

The two main benefits of removing the prepend would be to save bandwidth and remove the need for having separate ipv4/ipv6 entries.

I realize that it's the hosts format, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the hosts format is an efficient implementation of an adblocker.

I guess I could potentially write it up and submit a pull request myself.

 

[Nergal di Cuthah]

Pi-Hole and pfBlockerNG can both take hostname lists without 0.0.0.0. The main purpose of AdAway is to forward hostnames to a black hole address, so prepending hostnames with 0.0.0.0 is redundant.

The two main benefits of removing the prepend would be to save bandwidth and remove the need for having separate ipv4/ipv6 entries.

I realize that it's the hosts format, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the hosts format is an efficient implementation of an adblocker.

I guess I could potentially write it up and submit a pull request myself.

Adway doesn't (in root) do any active blocking, all it does is collate sources.

 

[YandereSan]

Adway doesn't (in root) do any active blocking, all it does is collate sources.

If you collate sources, you can append 127.0.0.1 to a hostname.

 

[ipdev]

Thanks, I'll take a look over the VPN mode

But really, what is that proxy **** for?

APN (Access Point Name) is the carrier settings/configuration.
Some are general (generic) others are specific to the carrier.

AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone, ...
Will include settings for their own network(s).
Setting(s) for 5G and VoLTE to work on their network for example.

Not sure what Vodafone's proxy is for.

Normally it is best not to mess with your carrier's APN settings if you do not have to.

Then again, you might be able to enable something you want like VoLTE (or bypass a proxy server) if you know the setting to change. ​

Cheers.

 

[ipdev]

If you collate sources, you can append 127.0.0.1 to a hostname.

127.0.0.1 is the IPv4 loopback address.

You are directed back to the computer/device you are currently using (aka "localhost").

Same as IPv6 ::1 (using short address for reference).

Cheers.

 

[gpvecchi]

I can't open websites links using Line app unless I disable Webserver.
Can you please suggest a fix for this?

 

[zgfg]

I can't open websites links using Line app unless I disable Webserver.
Can you please suggest a fix for this?

Most of us disable Webserver anyway - do you really need it?

 

[voetbalremco]

Is there a place where whitelisting domains are maintained to prevent false positives from being blocked that restrict websites and ads from loading?

 

[zgfg]

Is there a place where whitelisting domains are maintained to prevent false positives from being blocked that restrict websites and ads from loading?

You have Blocked=Blacklist, Allowed=Whitelist, don't you see

 

[voetbalremco]

You have Blocked=Blacklist, Allowed=Whitelist, don't you see

Yeah I mean like a Github page with whitelist domains instead of blocklists

 

[zgfg]

Yeah I mean like a Github page with whitelist domains instead of blocklists

Don't know for the maintained Allow lists

You can put your own Allowed list locally (to the phone) or to GitHub, then add to your Hosts sources lists as Allowed (not Blocked by default)

With a format like:

# MIUI
miuipolska.pl
api.micloud.xiaomi.net
sgpac.account.xiaomi.com
connect.rom.miui.com
update.miui.com

# Magisk
topjohnwu.github.io

# Etc
s.youtube.com
t.co
bit.ly
*.optimizely.com

Instead, search for Blocked lists on the Net and read what they declare that they block, then choose (add/remove) fro the Hosts sources list by your preferences, what do you want to block or not

 

[zgfg]

Just FYI:

Yesterday I wanted to read one Google/Android technical document but found that domain was blocked

First we had a discussion (in the other thread), it looked like the given link to the document was broken since few others were also not able to access

At the end I found that domain was indeed blocked by my AdAway and particularly by the one hosts source (and only that one - not by any other of 11 hosts sources I use):

https://schakal.ru/hosts/hosts.txt

blocks:
developers.google.com

IMO, there is really no point of blocking the Google's domain for developers with technical docs and guides

But this is not the first time that I found the same 4PDA hosts source used to block false positive and otherwise useful domain(s) - coincidence or not, it was also during this last year

Anyway, I had removed now that hosts source from my list. Just another reason to stick with only a few but accountable hosts sources, not to pick whatever else hosts sources could be found on the Net

 

[illetyus]

Does this block ads in applications?

 

[Nergal di Cuthah]

Does this block ads in applications?

Some but many ads come from ip number instead of urls which bypasses hosts (as there's no translation of url to ip)