Is there a way to have an ad blocker but have a white list of specific apps that it won't block ads for?
For example, hulu plus doesn't work if an ad blocker is enabled so then i have to disable ad block and reboot just to watch a video. I have to do this multiple times a day. Such a pain.
Any ideas?
I'm assuming then that there is no way to do this? Poop.
An ad blocker works by editing the host file on your device. that means that any request to any of those addresses resolves to wherever the ad blocker tells it (usually to the loopback interface)
so basically, unless someone writes an app that does what you are asking, NO
Remove the host names related to hulu from the hosts file. There's no reason for them to be added to it anyways, since hulu is useless when they're there.
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anyone using this on the nexus4, i have no clue why my data says it eating like 360MB out of 500MB!:crying:
does it really work in blocking ads?
cobyman7035 said:
anyone using this on the nexus4, i have no clue why my data says it eating like 360MB out of 500MB!:crying:
does it really work in blocking ads?
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Do you have root? If yes, I would recommend using Adaway. Great app and it works.
kwerdenker said:
Do you have root? If yes, I would recommend using Adaway. Great app and it works.
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+1, but I guess the problem of the OP is that he doesn't know what is eating his data plan.
There are a lot of program that shows the data usage per app so you can know what to blame. I personally use avast! Mobile Security cause it counts and store the data used per app and has a built in per app Firewall to cut it.
cobyman7035 said:
anyone using this on the nexus4, i have no clue why my data says it eating like 360MB out of 500MB!:crying:
does it really work in blocking ads?
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According to the FAQ Adblock will appear to use most of your data because the data is passing through it.
It is basically just a HTTP proxy, so it should block web page ads as well as the browser versions.
Adaway uses a different method - it simply blocks the ad server dns entries so they can't be looked up. No data is passing through the adaway app. It also works for SSL which Adblock doesn't.
I don't know which way is best - I use Adaway and am happy with it. Adblock supports the well maintained browser blocklists (and works in a similar way), but requires the proxy run in the background and filter all your traffic.
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According to the FAQ Adblock will appear to use most of your data because the data is passing through it.
It is basically just a HTTP proxy, so it should block web page ads as well as the browser versions.
Adaway uses a different method - it simply blocks the ad server dns entries so they can't be looked up. No data is passing through the adaway app. It also works for SSL which Adblock doesn't.
I don't know which way is best - I use Adaway and am happy with it. Adblock supports the well maintained browser blocklists (and works in a similar way), but requires the proxy run in the background and filter all your traffic.
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If you have root, Adaway is the better way to block ads. Since it's doing it at a system level, you don't need anything additional like the proxy running in the background (proxies are a bit of a privacy concern in my opinion, even if it's running locally on your phone). Also you can add any host source you like in Adaway, so it supports most if not any blocklist Adblock supports
The main point abaout Adblock is, that you can use it on non-rooted phones.
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If you have root, Adaway is the better way to block ads. Since it's doing it at a system level, you don't need anything additional like the proxy running in the background (proxies are a bit of a privacy concern in my opinion, even if it's running locally on your phone). Also you can add any host source you like in Adaway, so it supports most if not any blocklist Adblock supports
The main point abaout Adblock is, that you can use it on non-rooted phones.
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They use different blocklists - adaway is simply a list of domains but adblock rules are more powerful. They can be a domain or just part of a url, they can apply only to certain websites, they can apply to html tags, etc. I use these features quite a bit on the desktop version.
I think Adaway is a better way of blocking ads in apps and is good enough for browser ad blocking for now. I think Adblock is better for the browser and wish Chrome supported extensions because I do agree with you that running the proxy is not the best way to do this. Once it has proven stable and has a few more features it might be worth it. At the very least you need to be able to limit it to Chrome - I don't want to depend on that background service for all data.
So for now Adaway is the better all-rounder. It is a shame both are system wide so you can't use both where they are better suited.
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They use different blocklists - adaway is simply a list of domains but adblock rules are more powerful. They can be a domain or just part of a url, they can apply only to certain websites, they can apply to html tags, etc. I use these features quite a bit on the desktop version.
I think Adaway is a better way of blocking ads in apps and is good enough for browser ad blocking for now. I think Adblock is better for the browser and wish Chrome supported extensions because I do agree with you that running the proxy is not the best way to do this. Once it has proven stable and has a few more features it might be worth it. At the very least you need to be able to limit it to Chrome - I don't want to depend on that background service for all data.
So for now Adaway is the better all-rounder. It is a shame both are system wide so you can't use both where they are better suited.
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Ah ok, now I understand what you are getting at and I think our opinions are not that different. What I meant with my original post was "between the two in their current states, adaway is the better solution".
If chrome for android would get an addon system, I would probably install adblock for it too
I use AdAway personally, there's also AdFree, they both act same imo, and we all know how much juice is drained by in-app advertisements, which won't even show in BBS, so it's a must for me to use an Ad blocking app. But the problem is if I apply then in ads in web browser also gets disabled, which ends up as a dull looking browser with white boxes here and there. I like the ads in web browser, which gives it a full desktop like view, and of course I'm talking about the stock browse here.
So my question is, is there a way to block the in-app advertisements only and leave the browser ads? Or is it a system wide block?
Thanks in advance.
PS: This is how the browser looks if ads are not blocked/disabled,
This is with ads blocked,
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As far as I know, an ad block app either forces its own connection policies globally, or uses the hosts file to allow and disallow connections, both of which are system wide.
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Internet explorer isn't that fast and is slow on the preview of 8.1. is thee a way to make IE faster. Maybe by getting an ad blocker which I canno tfind any. For example facebook on ie is laggy?
malberti1993 said:
Internet explorer isn't that fast and is slow on the preview of 8.1. is thee a way to make IE faster. Maybe by getting an ad blocker which I canno tfind any. For example facebook on ie is laggy?
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There is an adblocker of sorts built into Internet explorer. Tracking lists. There are guides posted around on how to enable them for IE. By the way, popups and ads are not the same (bit of thread title vs content confusion there)
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There is an adblocker of sorts built into Internet explorer. Tracking lists. There are guides posted around on how to enable them for IE. By the way, popups and ads are not the same (bit of thread title vs content confusion there)
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Oops i meant ads. I have popups under control, but i feel like if we can disable ads it would make ie more faster. For example like chromes adblock. I dont really like the tracking list way.
malberti1993 said:
Oops i meant ads. I have popups under control, but i feel like if we can disable ads it would make ie more faster. For example like chromes adblock. I dont really like the tracking list way.
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in fact, if you go to Settings, Safety, Turn on Tracking Protection and then click on Get a Tracking Protection List Online at bottom of the window that opens, choose the EasyList Standard - most of the ads are gone. In fact, some of the sites I was not able to open anymore or had terrible lags are opening fine now and do not display ads.
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Post above is exactly what I meant. I have seen GoodDayToDie recommending easylist, have tried it myself, works as well as the adblock extension to google chrome.
EasyList Standard (instructions above) works very well. That's really all that you need for websites, but another option is to go with a HOSTS file, such as the one at http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm. Unzip it and copy HOSTS to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc, overwriting the one there. According to that site, if you're on Windows 8--which we are--you should exclude that file in Windows Defender, or else it will think that malware has changed the file and will undo your replacement.
I've sideloaded the app to run YTTV on my FireTV.
Now, I am looking for some functionality that will block the ads on YTTV. I have been successful with uBlock Origin in Chrome, and have failed with Pi-Hole (since most ads come from same servers as "real" content) and other alternative DNS.
Can someone point me to something that I can try? I do not want to have to root the FireTV.
I installed adhell 3 and its supposedly blocking 11000+ domains, its showing a bunch of apps constantly connecting to analytics domains being blocked but every single ad is showing up in apps and the browser? If i enable adblock plugin in the browser the ads get blocked, how come adhell3 isn't blocking them? I'm running 3.1.1.262, everything was working fine in oreo.
This is a losing battle. Google is using randomly generated subdomains to serve ads from the same domains as the content. Blocking one of these today offers no blocking when the subdomain changes.
So how does ad block in the browser work? Adhell was working fine in oreo, did Google start using random subdomains in pie?
I have ads blocked fine when I use Firefox, but when I use Samsung browser on my note 9, I see some ads. Is there a filter for Samsung browser like there is one for Chrome?
In adhell3, have you placed a firewall rule?
I think it's;
com.android.chrome|*|53
Add that and then cycle the domain rules.
Also, look for a new/different host file. The one I found today has 52,000 sites in it.
I see quite a bit of misinformation in this and similar threads. Please keep in mind that AdHell3 is NOT supported on XDA. For official and up-to-date information about the AdHell3 project, please visit:
Main repo: https://gitlab.com/fusionjack/adhell3
Scripts for compiling: https://gitlab.com/fusionjack/adhell3-scripts
Get your EDU ELM key from: https://seap.samsung.com/license-keys/generate/edu
Official Support Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/hfreZum
Dependable(?) precompiled APKs: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sb37c6gmhqgbn