I installed the new root66 JB and it seems that ad-free android doesn't actually block ads anymore. It says my host file is up to date, and and I restarted but I still get ads in places that I didn't get before the update. Xda, Pandora, ect. Is anyone else having this problem?
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You have to check the symlink if needed button and run it and it should work
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Mine still works fine
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Try adaway. Been using it forever and never had any issues.
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Try updating hosts and then clear cache
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You have to check the symlink if needed button and run it and it should work
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That fixed it. Thanks.
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I just had to go and find Ad Free again and install it. Cannot find it on google anymore, had to use dogpile. This app just disappeared from my tablet, I think google playstore had something to do with that. Now that it is reinstalled and working, is there anyway to protect this app from google trying to purge it again? Like with Titanium Backup or something? Thanks.
Google didn't purge it. Well they did, but only from their store.
re: ad blocker
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I installed the new root66 JB and it seems that ad-free android doesn't actually block ads anymore. It says my host file is up to date, and and I restarted but I still get ads in places that I didn't get before the update. Xda, Pandora, ect. Is anyone else having this problem?
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Why not use what everyone else uses to remove ads, here is the link for "Adaway.apk" and it works just as well on JB or
any other versions of roms.
Here is the direct download link: http://www48.zippyshare.com/v/60362249/file.html
The play store no longer supports any add-blocking apps that's why you will not find it there.
Good Luck!
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I accidentally uninstalled play store and when I downloaded apk and opened it up it force closed. Can't get to open up. Can somebody help me with this problem. I was messing with it because I couldn't update apps. It would say waiting for network and didn't do anything. I had 4g signal very good and strong.
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auggie43 said:
I accidentally uninstalled play store and when I downloaded apk and opened it up it force closed. Can't get to open up. Can somebody help me with this problem. I was messing with it because I couldn't update apps. It would say waiting for network and didn't do anything. I had 4g signal very good and strong.
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wait so do you still have the play store app? if so just in app management delete the cache and reset the app.
you need to elaborate a bit more on that post as in i'm not really following everything your saying.
if you are not on a stock rom, i.e. using an AOSP AOKP or CM rom, then just flash the gapps file again. I'd post a link but since I don't know which rom you're on I am not sure which one you need. There is a separate one for GB or ICS.... if you are on a stock rooted rom then just open the zip file for the rom you downloaded and copy the .apk from it to your rom. should be located in the folder /system/app/.
Hope that helps, good luck.
Not on any rom just plain stock. And I don't have play store app period on my phone except for when I googled an apk to download. It doesn't give me an option to clear cache. Just uninstall and force close.
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Not on any rom just plain stock. And I don't have play store app period on my phone except for when I googled an apk to download. It doesn't give me an option to clear cache. Just uninstall and force close.
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You don't have anything like this under app managements
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that is rather strange. I'd almost recommend uninstalling. where did you get the apk from?
No I do not have that under app management.
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I got the apk from a website I can't recall and it was from media share.
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No I do not have that under app management.
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so clear this for me, you DON'T have google play store at all in app management? or if you do and just cant do anything with it at all.
If you DON'T have the Google Play Store here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28367656&postcount=12
install that.
I downloaded the apk from link you gave me and I opened it and it let me in but when I went to update one of my apps it stopped working unexpectedly force close. Same thing its been doing since I first installed the play store.
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I don't have play store in app management.
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I downloaded the apk from link you gave me and I opened it and it let me in but when I went to update one of my apps it stopped working unexpectedly force close. Same thing its been doing since I first installed the play store.
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don't just try to install the apk, but make sure you copy it to the system/ apps folder. After that you should probably also reboot to recovery and wipe cache and the dalvik cache , then google play will be hopefully working when you reboot.
Because you don't have the play store , you can dance install the amazon app store from the amazon web page on your phone to work around getting a file manager.
Try using a free app like es file explorer.
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an important question, is your phone rooted? If not go to you wherever you said you were able to get to uninstall the place store before. Uninstall it cross your fingers, and reboot.
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Thanks guys got the play store going. It was working for a while I was able to download and navigate through the play store but now I get the same crap "waiting for network". I have good 4G signal can I get an answer to that problem.
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Thanks guys got the play store going. It was working for a while I was able to download and navigate through the play store but now I get the same crap "waiting for network". I have good 4G signal can I get an answer to that problem.
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Stand..... Uhhhh... Over there!
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auggie43 said:
Thanks guys got the play store going. It was working for a while I was able to download and navigate through the play store but now I get the same crap "waiting for network". I have good 4G signal can I get an answer to that problem.
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Yes the answer is to use 3g or wifi.. sprint is having trouble connecting to google play maket over wimax... there is actually a statement from sprint in a thread somewhere where they explain it... can't remember where it was or id link it... just use 3g or wifi for now....
Lol, I tried that.
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I installed adfree. To my phone ...
Then hours later 4 new apps showed up.
There not in play store so I can uninstall them... there not in settings app to uninstall
And I even went as far as to look in root explorer... nothing there either. On the net it says there real apps but I DID NOT PUT THEM THERE! I don't know if adblock is the root cause or what to do I really don't want to do a fresh install.. but it looks like I may have to.... here a pic the apps at the top just appeared ... lookout detected nothing....
Edit: its hard to see but there all like catch a chearter... GPS a cheater... extra.
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I installed adfree. To my phone ...
Then hours later 4 new apps showed up.
There not in play store so I can uninstall them... there not in settings app to uninstall
And I even went as far as to look in root explorer... nothing there either. On the net it says there real apps but I DID NOT PUT THEM THERE! I don't know if adblock is the root cause or what to do I really don't want to do a fresh install.. but it looks like I may have to.... here a pic the apps at the top just appeared ... lookout detected nothing....
Edit: its hard to see but there all like catch a chearter... GPS a cheater... extra.
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Can't even uninstall them with titanium ?
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Can't even uninstall them with titanium ?
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Adfree altered my host file.... I could try titanium but would that pull out the root changes and unhost the changes in the file?
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Wipe Data, Format SD Card, Reflash Rom, do not reinstall apps from Titanium Bakcup, do fresh installs.
The only way to be sure that the malware/spyware is gone.
I have been running adfree for months now and this has not happened to me. There is no way you got this from adfree. You either got it from web browsing on your phone or there is another application you installed that put them there.
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That is caused by a already installed app. Uninstall the app before you started to get these ads and they will not show again
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I too have ad free. It's not that app bro.
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Def not adfree.. Search for addons detector in market and that will give you an idea of what app did that
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Def not adfree.. Search for addons detector in market and that will give you an idea of what app did that
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Yup its YouTube downloaded by air soft...
It said 101 apps. 161 ad on's but only showed that YouTube app as cause..
Thanks bro... u saved me
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For a solid YouTube downloader, try Tubemate. You can't get it from the Play Store but you can get it in the Amazon Market or the app's website I believe. No adds or spam, the only problem is it can only download videos for which there are mobile versions. About one in 10 videos doesn't have a mobile version, in my experience.
I'm on liquid smooth 10-9-2012 and usingost recent ktoonz kernel and almost every app I try to download from the play store says my phone is not compatible, how do I fix this?
Also my blackmart will not pull up any app
Any help would be appreciated thank you
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shehade08 said:
I'm on liquid smooth 10-9-2012 and usingost recent ktoonz kernel and almost every app I try to download from the play store says my phone is not compatible, how do I fix this?
Also my blackmart will not pull up any app
Any help would be appreciated thank you
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Did you change your dpi?
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Did you change your dpi?
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Ahhh yes
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Changed it to default dpi and still having same issue
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Ahhh yes
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Changed it to default dpi and still having same issue
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After you change it back to default, you need to open up settings apps and find the play store and google services framework and clear data for both those apps then relaunch the play store.
There are modded markets that removes DPI variable and replaces it with a stock DPI setting.
You can try this one its not the one i use but its close. They give options to both inverted or not. If it doesnt work for you then i'll upload the zip that i have i just hate not giving credit to whoever modded it. I can also mod the market to remove just the DPI and leave everything else the same too. As some modded markets give errors because they mod too much. But the one i posted in the link seems pretty promising.
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After you change it back to default, you need to open up settings apps and find the play store and google services framework and clear data for both those apps then relaunch the play store.
There are modded markets that removes DPI variable and replaces it with a stock DPI setting.
You can try this one its not the one i use but its close. They give options to both inverted or not. If it doesnt work for you then i'll upload the zip that i have i just hate not giving credit to whoever modded it. I can also mod the market to remove just the DPI and leave everything else the same too. As some modded markets give errors because they mod too much. But the one i posted in the link seems pretty promising.
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I'll give it a try and report back thank you
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OK so the install button actually shows now and it doesn't show incompatible message but when I hit install it says the app you are attempting to purchase cannot be found
Any ideas?
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OK so the install button actually shows now and it doesn't show incompatible message but when I hit install it says the app you are attempting to purchase cannot be found
Any ideas?
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I'm guessing you flashed that zip? If so clear cache and dalvik as well as clearing once again Google play store and Google services framework app data.
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I'm guessing you flashed that zip? If so clear cache and dalvik as well as clearing once again Google play store and Google services framework app data.
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I cleared everything and its still giving me this
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I cleared everything and its still giving me this
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Let me hop on my computer and post the one I use. It's inverted though. I've gotten that error a bunch of times when trying to find one that worked.
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Let me hop on my computer and post the one I use. It's inverted though. I've gotten that error a bunch of times when trying to find one that worked.
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I like inverted, I will greatly appreciate it
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Here you go. Its been working great for me but i dont take credit for this!
I hit download and when I try and open it a message pops up and says this is not supported
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I hit download and when I try and open it a message pops up and says this is not supported
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Don't open it. Lol. It's a flashable zip update. Flash it in recovery. It's saying it's not supported because you don't have an app which can handle zip files. Like root explorer for instance.
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Don't open it. Lol. It's a flashable zip update. Flash it in recovery. It's saying it's not supported because you don't have an app which can handle zip files. Like root explorer for instance.
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I have root explorer, I re downloaded it and flashed it, the install button is there but its giving me another error that its not supported
Could it be the ROM?
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I have root explorer, I re downloaded it and flashed it, the install button is there but its giving me another error that its not supported
Could it be the ROM?
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Post a screen shot?
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The 942 error I got but was solved by clearing market data Google services framework and clearing cache and dalvik. I'm not sure what to say if that doesn't work.
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The 942 error I got but was solved by clearing market data Google services framework and clearing cache and dalvik. I'm not sure what to say if that doesn't work.
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I tried that a few times still no go...I'll try a factory reset and reflash the ROM and see what happens
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I tried that a few times still no go...I'll try a factory reset and reflash the ROM and see what happens
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If still a no go I'll give you the market I modded myself.
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Now that ad blockers have been removed from Play, are there any good alternatives?
UPDATE: I have found an alternative for AdFree Android. I am now using AdAway thanks to F-Droid and I have found I like it much better. Thank you to all who assisted in giving answers.
Uh.. You can still use adblockers legally you just have to download them from the devs website instead of the play store.
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What adblockers were removed? The Air Push ads?
All of them I think...
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thecapitalr said:
Uh.. You can still use adblockers legally you just have to download them from the devs website instead of the play store.
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I know. Looking for adfree android as it is currently my favorite. Bigtincan website does not offer it that I could find.
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http://dl.papktop.com/2013/01/AdFree_Android_0_8_47.apk
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38127313/org.adaway-1.apk
Get it while it's still there.
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Anyone know what pushed that move?
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http://dl.papktop.com/2013/01/AdFree_Android_0_8_47.apk
Get it while it's still there.
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Thanks. Got it.
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Anyone know what pushed that move?
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Ad blockers are a violation of Google Play's TOS is all I have found out.
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CrackerTeg said:
Anyone know what pushed that move?
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This may answer your question.
http://onsoftware.en.softonic.com/google-removes-all-ad-blocking-apps-from-play-store
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Interesting.
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This may answer your question.
http://onsoftware.en.softonic.com/google-removes-all-ad-blocking-apps-from-play-store
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Yep...a quick search now lands the same info over and over. It also lands a lot of speculation in which direction google is heading.
Just to clarify, I will state that I am not necessarily against ads as it helps independent developers. If I like the app enough i will support the developer if they will allow for a purchase that is ad free. I have purchased around 20 or so apps (some I no longer use) so I have no qualms doing this. However, I have experienced some apps in which the ads are overly instrusive and actually hinder some of the functions of the app temporarily due to being in the way. These "few" are the reason I have resorted to ad blockers.
For now I have installed F-Droid and I am using AdAway and I like it a lot. I am now content.
I've been using AdAway too but the last app update (March 7th I believe) actually allows ads. Are you having this problem as well?
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I've been using AdAway too but the last app update (March 7th I believe) actually allows ads. Are you having this problem as well?
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I have had no such issue. Still blocking ads. In fact AdAway is working even better than AdFree Android did. There were a couple of apps that I still got ads in before and now they are even ad free.
Are ads coming through all of your apps that support ads, or just some of them? If all ad supported software is showing ads then you need to update your hosts file via AdAway.
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I have had no such issue. Still blocking ads. In fact AdAway is working even better than AdFree Android did. There were a couple of apps that I still got ads in before and now they are even ad free.
Are ads coming through all of your apps that support ads, or just some of them? If all ad supported software is showing ads then you need to update your hosts file via AdAway.
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I updated the hosts file beginning of March and then started getting ads. Before that I was getting none. Today they updated the hosts files again and ads are once again gone. yay!
I used SD maid and it deleted something I think.
No matter if I completely remove maps and start over... It says network connection not found... I could be on wifi or 4g and it still says network connection no found.
Any idea what I need? :banghead:
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Uninstall Google Maps update under settings, app manager, google maps, clear app data and reinstall the update via Play Store.
OPEN Google maps and accept the terms DON'T open the navigation app until you have done this final step.
Hoping this helps
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Harjan112 said:
Uninstall Google Maps update under settings, app manager, google maps, clear app data and reinstall the update via Play Store.
OPEN Google maps and accept the terms DON'T open the navigation app until you have done this final step.
Hoping this helps
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I did try that already...
Then ... I totally uninstalled the app.
And re installed it.
Still, same issue.
Tomorrow when I boot up my computer I'll see if titanium has a backup of it.
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I read somewhere also that if you use lucky patcher to block adds that it might interfere with Maps/Navigation it was suggested there to clear the "host" file, I just don't remember where I read that.
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Harjan112 said:
I read somewhere also that if you use lucky patcher to block adds that it might interfere with Maps/Navigation it was suggested there to clear the "host" file, I just don't remember where I read that.
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Brilliant sir! I am indeed using lucky. Guess I'll have to switch my ad blocker. I cleaned the host file and woooooooo my maps work! :thumbup:
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Cool glad I was able to help you out :thumbup:
Being a truck driver I know how it sucks if you don't have maps or navigation
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Harjan112 said:
Cool glad I was able to help you out :thumbup:
Being a truck driver I know how it sucks if you don't have maps or navigation
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Well it also sucks how many searches, use maps.... And I couldn't use it!
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That is right, I haven't even thought about that.
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