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

[DiamondJohn]

About not being blocked on mobile data ?
Check your APN for a proxy setting. Of enabled will bypass local DNS.

I have not explicitly applied proxy settings. I *think* what is happening, is the mobile provider (vodafone AUS) is reconfiguring the data connection, to use its proxy setting, which also skips the host file. But its a guess. I also tried using a Private DNS setting to an advertising blocking DNS, and that appears to also be ignored on Mobile data.

 

[hteles]

I have not explicitly applied proxy settings. I *think* what is happening, is the mobile provider (vodafone AUS) is reconfiguring the data connection, to use its proxy setting, which also skips the host file. But its a guess. I also tried using a Private DNS setting to an advertising blocking DNS, and that appears to also be ignored on Mobile data.

Try to edit the APN and remove the proxy entry. Save and retest.

 

[zgfg]

Wait a sec, am I understanding you correctly in that by switching the IP of DNS to the ones above, you now get blocking of ads (that didnt work before)? although for me its not a chrome specific issue, its in apps (and browser) that ads stop being blocked when on mobile data, and 100% block on WiFi.

Yes, I can fix it (force Chrome to use hosts file and hence to block ads) but only by manually changing the DNS server through Static config for that particular WLAN connection

For me, no use of resolve.conf, DNS props and dnsmasq to enforce a DNS server of my choice for ALL WLAN (and maybe Mobile Data) connections

And no use of nsswitch.conf to enforce that local hosts file would ALWAYS have precedence over the public DNS server -
when my Chrome detects that Google or Cloudflare DNS servers are used, Chrome starts ignoring the local hosts file with the sites blocked by AdAway and ads start showing on the Web pages)

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Putting my results all together:

I use AdAway root mode and Systemless hosts in Magisk.
AdAway pathches /data/adb/modules/hosts/etc/hosts file, and Magisk (upon reboot) mounts to /etc/hosts file.
Therefore, about 310K ads sites are blocked (redirected to localhost) and they cannot push ads

I don't use private DNS server (like AdGuard) or firewall (like AFWall) to additionaly help to block ads

1) Problem: WLAN with Google/Cloudflare DNS - ignoring hosts file

- When DHCP on the WLAN pushes me Google DNS server 8.8.8.8, then my Chrome starts ignoring the local /etc/hosts file.
Therefore, ads are no more blocked and they show elsewhere in Chrome

Interestingly, ads are not showing in the other apps

Solution:

- I open native Settings, WiFi, Details for the connected WiFi and switch configuration from DHCP to Static.
It offers me everything as it was pushed by DHCP, I just replace DNS1 server from Google 8.8.8.8 to eg. Quad9 DNS 9.9.9.9 and Save

I force-close and reopen Chrome and it starts using the local hosts file - hence ads are no more showing

Good thing is that my phone remembers and next time when I come and connect to the same WLAN, it uses that Static config with the DNS1 server (9.9.9.9) as I previously defined, Chrome then obeys the hosts file and ads are not showing

I can also reproduce the other way around:

- On the WLAN (eg. my home) where DNS configures some other DNS server (and therefore my Chrome obeys the hosts file and blocks ads),
I also go to Settings for the connected WiFi, switch from DHCP to Static and force Google 8.8.8.8 for DNS1 server

Then Chrome ignores the hosts file and shows the ads -
proving that my problem with Chrome (ignoring hosts file and showing ads) is triggered by Chrome detecting that a particular DNS server (Google, Cloudflare) is being used

That way I have played with Google DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, and Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1

All those four DNS servers cause my Chrome to ignore hosts file and to show ads

However, when I configure DNS1 server to any of the following:

Quad9 DNS
9.9.9.9
149.112.112.112

DNSWatch:
84.200.69.80
84.200.70.40

OpenDNS:
208.67.222.123
208.67.220.123

OpenNIC:
185.121.177.177
169.239.202.202

then Chrome processes the hosts file and does not show ads

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2) No problem: Mobile Data

I have SIM cards from two major Mobile providers in my country and I tested on 3G, 4G and 5G for both providers.
DHCP always configures their own DNS servers, Chrome does not ignore local hosts file and ads are not showing, hence I didn't need to play further with DNS settings for the Mobile Data

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3) No use: nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf

As described earlier, I have tested with /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolv.conf files, but they didn't help to change anything.
Btw, I originally did not find any of those two files on my phone

Since I have A12, my System is read only, hence I need to use systemless approach to mount these files.
I (mis)use Systemless hosts module and put those files to /data/adb/modules/hosts/system/hosts and after reboot, Magisk mounts them to /etc

However, it seems that Android does not use those conf files (Linux does)

- Eg, I have in nsswitch.conf:
hosts: files dns

that should enforce precedence for local hosts file over the DNS server

Still, it's ignored as in the case (1) above (Chrome ignores hosts file when it detects that eg Google DNS server is used)

- Similarly, resolv.conf defines DNS servers to use, like Quad9 DNS:
nameserver 9.9.9.9
nameserver 149.112.112.112

but nevertheless, it's ignored in the case (1) above
(and DHCP or Static config define the actual DNS servers that will be used for the particular WLAN connection)

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4) No use: DNS props

I have also tested by using /data/adb/modules/hosts/system.prop with the definition of various props for DNS servers (none of those props was originally found on my phone):

Spoiler

net.rmnet0.dns1=9.9.9.9
net.rmnet0.dns2=149.112.112.112
net.rmnet1.dns1=9.9.9.9
net.rmnet1.dns2=149.112.112.112
net.rmnet2.dns1=9.9.9.9
net.rmnet2.dns2=149.112.112.112
net.wlan0.dns1=9.9.9.9
net.wlan0.dns2=149.112.112.112
net.ppp0.dns1=9.9.9.9
net.ppp0.dns2=149.112.112.112
net.eth0.dns1=9.9.9.9
net.eth0.dns2=149.112.112.112
dhcp.wlan0.dns1=9.9.9.9
dhcp.wlan0.dns2=149.112.112.112
net.gprs.dns1=9.9.9.9
net.gprs.dns2=149.112.112.112
net.dns1=9.9.9.9
net.dns2=149.112.112.112
net.pdpbr1.dns1=9.9.9.9
net.pdpbr1.dns2=149.112.112.112

that Magisk then mounts upon reboot, but they also did not enforce the use of the given DNS1 and DNS2 servers

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5) No use: dnsmasq -d

I can run dnsmasq, it starts and reads hosts and resolv.conf files.
Then, when I use nslookup (also from Terminal emulator) it will use that DNS server (eg 9.9.9.9) from resolv.conf file,
and if I ask for the hostname that is blocked in the hosts file, nslookup will correctly resolves it to the localhost 127.0.0.1

On the other side, Chrome then still ignores the hosts file and shows ads if Google or Cloudflare DNS servers are used for the active (WLAN) connection

 

[me &]

Update doesn't work on Alcatel 1b 2022. What to do?

 

[Nergal di Cuthah]

Update doesn't work on Alcatel 1b 2022. What to do?

Root or vpn? What root and version? If magisk do you have systemless hosts module? Nobody knows all devices so Android version? What host sources are you using? What do you mean won't update, show us what you've done and are doing.

Basically if anyone's going to help you need to be more forthcoming.

 

[DiamondJohn]

Try to edit the APN and remove the proxy entry. Save and retest.

THANK YOU!!! This fixed it!!!!

When I was testing a couple of days ago in a number of apps that had Ad's, one started a full screen video Ad WITH sound! that was unbelievable intrusive, EVERY time it started. I didnt notice it before, as I normally use that app only on WiFi, where Ad blocking worked. But now I cant remember which app that was.

I cleared the proxy and the port to be sure. I also previously set the DNS to the ones @zgfg (oops.. had the wrong user) suggested, although it didnt fix it, I may also fix DNS2, or remove some changes, as i now have both a boot script & the system.prop changes in a Magisk module. I have a lot of boot scripts and its my preferred system for re-instating after a clean flash, as I do a bulk group of boot scripts rather than magisk modules. There are other OT reasons I prefer boot scripts.

It *may* of also increased the speed of my mobile data. I did a quick check to see that it wasn't degraded, and I think I got higher Up & down than I had regularly previously; but it may of just been a one-off.

I tested turning wifi on & off, and it stuck when I iterated However, a reboot reconfigures it back in, so I will search the web to check how to clear it via boot scripts; you guys have done more than enough. Thanks.

 

[ipdev]

THANK YOU!!! This fixed it!!!!

When I was testing a couple of days ago in a number of apps that had Ad's, one started a full screen video Ad WITH sound! that was unbelievable intrusive, EVERY time it started. I didnt notice it before, as I normally use that app only on WiFi, where Ad blocking worked. But now I cant remember which app that was.

I cleared the proxy and the port to be sure. I also previously set the DNS to the ones @ipdev suggested, although it didnt fix it, I may also fix DNS2, or remove some changes, as i now have both a boot script & the system.prop changes in a Magisk module. I have a lot of boot scripts and its my preferred system for re-instating after a clean flash, as I do a bulk group of boot scripts rather than magisk modules. There are other OT reasons I prefer boot scripts.

It *may* of also increased the speed of my mobile data. I did a quick check to see that it wasn't degraded, and I think I got higher Up & down than I had regularly previously; but it may of just been a one-off.

I tested turning wifi on & off, and it stuck when I iterated However, a reboot reconfigures it back in, so I will search the web to check how to clear it via boot scripts; you guys have done more than enough. Thanks.

I think you meant zgfg for the DNS servers.

I switched to using VPN mode (non-root) when ads started showing using hosts (root mode) while using Mobile Data.

I have been following the discussion and interested in what you find out.
I will gladly switch AdAway back to root mode.

Cheers

PS.
My APN settings.


PPS.
I see you already corrected your post.

 

[DiamondJohn]

ARgggghhh!

last night when I rebooted, the proxy settings returned, with the ads. I found this link on how to force a global proxy, with the plan to include it in my boot scripts.

Setting a proxy using adb

I found these commands to add/remove proxy using ADB: #To Add Proxy adb shell settings put global http_proxy 192.168.1.252:8080 #To Remove Proxy adb shell settings put global http_proxy :0 Is pos...

stackoverflow.com

Basically using a set on the two below:

settings get global http_proxy;
settings get global http_proxy_port;

To test/check which values to set to step over the proxy setting, I rebooted in the hopes of reverting to the bad behavior. Unfortunately, clearing the proxy now sticks on every reboot!

And to make it even more diffuicult, I had captured a screenshot of the original values, but when I manually type them in, they clear when I exit and go back to check if they persisted. At first I was confused as after setting it back, the Ads did not return, now its clear the old settings did not stick and therefore the old settings allowing Ads wasn't running.

 

[zgfg]

ARgggghhh!

last night when I rebooted, the proxy settings returned, with the ads. I found this link on how to force a global proxy, with the plan to include it in my boot scripts.

Setting a proxy using adb

I found these commands to add/remove proxy using ADB: #To Add Proxy adb shell settings put global http_proxy 192.168.1.252:8080 #To Remove Proxy adb shell settings put global http_proxy :0 Is pos...

stackoverflow.com

Basically using a set on the two below:

settings get global http_proxy;
settings get global http_proxy_port;

To test/check which values to set to step over the proxy setting, I rebooted in the hopes of reverting to the bad behavior. Unfortunately, clearing the proxy now sticks on every reboot!

And to make it even more diffuicult, I had captured a screenshot of the original values, but when I manually type them in, they clear when I exit and go back to check if they persisted. At first I was confused as after setting it back, the Ads did not return, now its clear the old settings did not stick and therefore the old settings allowing Ads wasn't running.

According to some YT demos, you could do it also a simpler way:

- SIM Cards settings, New APN

- create a new APN with the same settings but giving it a different name, without proxy and forcing to be your default APN

Provider may rewrite its own APN but not your copy under the different name

 

[DiamondJohn]

According to some YT demos, you could do it also a simpler way:

- SIM Cards settings, New APN

- create a new APN with the same settings but giving it a different name, without proxy and forcing to be your default APN

Provider may rewrite its own APN but not your copy under the different name

I have historically built ROMs and before that I was a flash junkie, so re-setting up a device was a VERY common occurrence.

In a way, what I have done is even easier (ie delete two settings instead of noting and entering 10 specific setting values), the problem is that I would like to simply drop in my boot-scripts onto the device, and have it auto configure the device; no manual intervention/config. For eg, I use to have a script when I was rebuilding then clean re-flashing one HIGHLY customisable rom, that returned all my selected customisation adjustments (100 or so manual settings) so the phone returned back to its look-and feel just by running a shell script, instead of the palava of delving deep and returning and searching. I could also use it to transfer the selected settings between devices running the same ROM or to an extent, between two closely related ROMs, as they shared commits on settings/features.

The other thing that concerns me, if it is not accepting my little attempt to set it back on an existing APN, after creating a new one from scratch, for the same reason, it may not accept the setting for proxy, and I would be in the same situation. I haven't checked the logcat for clues, and I will leave this as a problem for "Future @DiamondJohn" to handle... My phone is up and running, I have had recent hell with a bootloop and no PC to fix, and a cracked screen, am not looking to upgrade too soon to A13, so am prepared to leave it be or fix it when/if it becomes an issue again. And it wasn't a total deal-breaker anyway, just annoying.

What I have reaslised, I have my old device, its A8-Oreo, but I think it had the same issue. It will be a hassle to swap the SIM card out-in-out-in between the devices, but doable, or maybe get a $2 starter SIM with minimal or no credit; rather than the hassle of swapping sims between phones. Actually, I have an old pay-as-you-go SIM somehwere? with no credit left that I may be able to use for testing this change; the setting only not the results. I also have a spare device (cheap ebay purchase, same as daily, Google 4A 4G) running A13 as a tester, that I could check with. I have options, but now that it works as expected, it has consumed enough time. I do like the size of this phone, I would of gone smaller if available with other features. Its a good device and stiull gets a lo9t of love on youtube, but the screens are prone to break, as my repair guy said first thing when I showed him; and its the SECOND screen I have broke.

PS: I checked my host building script that was missing the comment character on listing the source files, and it DID have the code that should of included the comment at the start of those lines. so thats at a higher priority to fix now, or in this case understand what the heck is going wrong; ie what am I doing wrong...

 

[zgfg]

I have historically built ROMs and before that I was a flash junkie, so re-setting up a device was a VERY common occurrence.

In a way, what I have done is even easier (ie delete two settings instead of noting and entering 10 specific setting values), the problem is that I would like to simply drop in my boot-scripts onto the device, and have it auto configure the device; no manual intervention/config. For eg, I use to have a script when I was rebuilding then clean re-flashing one HIGHLY customisable rom, that returned all my selected customisation adjustments (100 or so manual settings) so the phone returned back to its look-and feel just by running a shell script, instead of the palava of delving deep and returning and searching. I could also use it to transfer the selected settings between devices running the same ROM or to an extent, between two closely related ROMs, as they shared commits on settings/features.

The other thing that concerns me, if it is not accepting my little attempt to set it back on an existing APN, after creating a new one from scratch, for the same reason, it may not accept the setting for proxy, and I would be in the same situation. I haven't checked the logcat for clues, and I will leave this as a problem for "Future @DiamondJohn" to handle... My phone is up and running, I have had recent hell with a bootloop and no PC to fix, and a cracked screen, am not looking to upgrade too soon to A13, so am prepared to leave it be or fix it when/if it becomes an issue again. And it wasn't a total deal-breaker anyway, just annoying.

What I have reaslised, I have my old device, its A8-Oreo, but I think it had the same issue. It will be a hassle to swap the SIM card out-in-out-in between the devices, but doable, or maybe get a $2 starter SIM with minimal or no credit; rather than the hassle of swapping sims between phones. Actually, I have an old pay-as-you-go SIM somehwere? with no credit left that I may be able to use for testing this change; the setting only not the results. I also have a spare device (cheap ebay purchase, same as daily, Google 4A 4G) running A13 as a tester, that I could check with. I have options, but now that it works as expected, it has consumed enough time. I do like the size of this phone, I would of gone smaller if available with other features. Its a good device and stiull gets a lo9t of love on youtube, but the screens are prone to break, as my repair guy said first thing when I showed him; and its the SECOND screen I have broke.

PS: I checked my host building script that was missing the comment character on listing the source files, and it DID have the code that should of included the comment at the start of those lines. so thats at a higher priority to fix now, or in this case understand what the heck is going wrong; ie what am I doing wrong...

Put your script to:
/data/adb/modules/hosts

and name it service.sh or post-fs-data.sh and reboot

TJW recommends using service.sh but some modules need certain actions to execute earlier hence they use and/or post-fs-data.sh (find more about how/when Magisk executes these scripts in Developer Guide on the Magisk GitHub)

Go to the /data/adb/modules folders and find their scripts there

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The way as above you will (mis)use again the folder from Systemless hosts module

You can also name your script whatever, like myScript.sh and put it to one or the other folder (again, Magisk execute the scripts it finds there at a different stage of booting):
/data/adb/service.d
or
/data/adb/post-fs-data.d

Or you can make your own module - minimalistic zip for your module is attached

Unzip, put your script (with the name as described above), re-zip (structure of the zip file must remain the same - inspect also zip files from the other modules), eg here:

zgfg - Overview

zgfg has 5 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

github.com

'Flash' - ie, install from Magisk app (but don't become addicted again)

Edit the module.prop (author, description)

See where it goes when you install and where it moves upon reboot.
See what happens if you change id in the module prop, etc

 

[DiamondJohn]

Put your script to:
/data/adb/modules/hosts

and name it service.sh or post-fs-data.sh and reboot

TJW recommends using service.sh but some modules need certain actions to execute earlier hence they use and/or post-fs-data.sh (find more about how/when Magisk executes these scripts in Developer Guide on the Magisk GitHub)

Go to the /data/adb/modules folders and find their scripts there

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The way as above you will (mis)use again the folder from Systemless hosts module

You can also name your script whatever, like myScript.sh and put it to one or the other folder (again, Magisk execute the scripts it finds there at a different stage of booting):
/data/adb/service.d
or
/data/adb/post-fs-data.d

Or you can make your own module - minimalistic zip for your module is attached

Unzip, put your script (with the name as described above), re-zip (structure of the zip file must remain the same - inspect also zip files from the other modules), eg here:

zgfg - Overview

zgfg has 5 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

github.com

'Flash' - ie, install from Magisk app (but don't become addicted again)

Edit the module.prop (author, description)

See where it goes when you install and where it moves upon reboot.
See what happens if you change id in the module prop, etc

I dont think you could understand, as I have never documented it here on XDA. I have developed extensive boot scripting features that goes WELL beyond the features included for Magisk; and these features are required due to scheduling scripts in the correct order and dB concurrency (i have a LOT of dB scripts that run against the same dB). Trust me, its handled, and this code has been working solid since v1.0 around JB, with very little to no changes, and the core code is surprisingly short and simple and hence very reliable, for the extensive features it provides. The includes, supporting files and the scripts themselves on the other hand... I do have the small core/entry point script sitting in service.d . It started as an init.d as the original injection point in old CM based ROM's before Magisk, and could be thought of as init.d on Russian weightlifter steroids, and has two or three lines similar to the init scripts in ROMs that used to support init.d. It is actually safe to run as a post-fs-data (it handles timing in a simple way but adding complex control/features, and is obviously non blocking parallel processing, and hence it was safe as post-fs-data when I first installed Magisk and did not understand the difference between post-fs-data and service.d; it basically ran service.d "style", but earlier in the boot sequence. And I create multiple modules as it is. My App in my sig creates them on the fly. I have the basics under my belt, and so also have a "normal" Magisk zip module published here on XDA. Thats actually what I use to build my mega host file

The timing / ordering / sequence control is one of the many reasons I prefer the boot script system I have over Magisk, when it is possible. A single script is easier to maintain and install than the multiple zip files each containing multiple files, i would need to maintain if each were a magisk module. And because of technicalities such as database concurrency (as one issue), the/a/or many Magisk module would be much more work for me than the simple scripting engine I have created; ie reuse. Trust me, magisk modules for my needs would be much more maintenance work. Thanks for your thoughts, but I have that covered, and its has been successfully covered for my needs, for many years.

And about mounting files as done by Magisk modules & folder structures, one thing I *think* I saw but have never needed, thus haven't looked into, was how Vanced used to mount VYT using scripting code, and not the common folder structure. Saving to look further into that one on a very rainy day.

 

[ipdev]

<SNIP>
And about mounting files as done by Magisk modules & folder structures, one thing I *think* I saw but have never needed, thus haven't looked into, was how Vanced used to mount VYT using scripting code, and not the common folder structure. Saving to look further into that one on a very rainy day.

You can blame me for the idea.
Their root install mimicked a Magisk module.
I did not have any thing to do with their implantation of my idea.
I was invited into the Alpha testing group though.

OT for this thread but..

Since Magisk's mount overlay did not extend to userdata.
I came up with the simple idea to just use the mount command to overlay in userdata.

It started around here.
Vanced - [xda thread] - Post #16,374
Vanced - [xda thread] - Post #16,545​

I had asked team Vanced for permission to release a module using Vanced.
Long story short..

Team Vanced incorporated it into their root install.

You might also be interested..
Vanced - [xda thread] - Post #17,616

My current (revanced) version.
iYT - [github] - commit
iYTm - [github] - commit

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Note:
zgfg uses the same idea of using the mount command to extend beyond Magisk's overlay.
For device (manufacture) specific partitions in his SystemlessDebloater module.
SystemlessDebloater - [github] - Link

Cheers.

 

[zgfg]

Type the following 'address' to the Chrome address bar:
chrome://chrome-urls/

Then navigate to net-internals, DNS or use this 'address' directly:
chrome://net-internals/#dns

It shows how Chrome resolves the hostnames. Three screenshots attached: existing and not blocked, non-existing/wrong and blocked hostname

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Btw, @PerfectSlayer, do you maybe call mount -o bind or something upon Hosts file was successfully updated or Changes applied, to immediately remount /data/adb/modules/hosts/system/etc/hosts to (/system)/etc/hosts

 

[Relod8]

Hello, how can I get Adaway working on AndroidX86? I keep getting an error "Failed to install hosts file" , I have root enabled in developer settings and gave it su access.

 

[zgfg]

Hello, how can I get Adaway working on AndroidX86? I keep getting an error "Failed to install hosts file" , I have root enabled in developer settings and gave it su access.

Have you tried by enabling Systemless hosts in Magisk

 

[xozaq]

Hi there, I am new to adaway (ditched blockada) and now am stuck with the problem that it seems that it blocks almost every internet connections (signal works but any other app and browsing the net is blocked). Any advice here? I feel kind of stupid not being able to get this going... Thanks in advance!

 

[Nergal di Cuthah]

Hi there, I am new to adaway (ditched blockada) and now am stuck with the problem that it seems that it blocks almost every internet connections (signal works but any other app and browsing the net is blocked). Any advice here? I feel kind of stupid not being able to get this going... Thanks in advance!

Are you using it in nonroot vpn form or root hosts form

 

[xozaq]

Are you using it in nonroot vpn form or root hosts form

Non root vpn.

 

[Nergal di Cuthah]

Non root vpn.

Just default settings and sources?