I have disabled "recommendations" in every MIUI app but ads still come through when the app is launched as shown in the screenshots below.
Ads will be there anyway.
You just disable "personalized" ads based on your usage, but you did NOT disabled ads completely.
For that, you will have to use a program like ADGUARD (noroot and root options), or BLOCKADA (no root), or ADAWAY (root) or many others.
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1) What app is recommended to block them without rooting the phone? "Ad blocker"?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1067681
2) What app is recommended to block ads *with* rooting the phone? "adfree"?
i have installed many ad blockers through the years and none of them works, doesnt matter root or not root but apps still show ads. so just dont bother!
only one app seems to actually block ads but its a complicate one and not for anyone, its called LuckyPatcher. it detects ads on an app and actually modifies the app to block them which may result in the app not work properly.
My Galaxy S4 just broke. I had a custom ROM on it that had ad blocking built-in. I didn't realize how nice it was until it was gone!
I have an LG G3 now. Maybe I need to find a custom ROM.
ad free, it needs root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/themes-apps/adfree-android-version-t2350984
I'm using the first app in OP, works very well and blocks all ads in browser for me
I have seen a couple root apps posted that are good to have, I have a few apps that I have installed on every phone that make life a whole lot easier for root functions. I have no ties to any of these developers, and I have not created any of these apps. I just want to share some apps that I find are useful.
SD Maid, by Darken: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm
This app is great, This is my favorite root app. The feature list is jam packed with things it can do to help you change your Rom to better suite what you want. It makes clearing out corpses of removed apps (system or not) clearing your cache, and it even allowes you to uninstall or freeze system apps, you can even delete an app but leave its data in case you want to reinstall it later without having to reset up everything. You can toggle auto starts, look for duplicate files, and check your system info. it is a free app, with a paid unlocker for the pro features, and it is totally worth it to unlock the pro features.
CSC Feature Expert for Samsung, by Wanam: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.cscexpert
This app is great for modifying hidden features that carries change within the stock Sammy rom such as removing that annoying wifi notification in the drop down menu (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/quick-guide-enabling-hidden-features-t3087506 for some great ideas)
SQLite Editor, by speed software: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.sqleditor
This app allows you to edit the SQL for some great mods and tweaks like removing the brightness slider bar in the drop down menu (http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/tweak-remove-brightness-slider-t3088329)
GSam Battery Monitor, by Gsam Labs: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
This app has a companion app for root users that makes it a system app with all the permissions needed to keep a close eye on battery usage. Tells you how long your average usage is for each app and the longer you have it installed the better it gets at telling you what is going on.
ROM Toolbox, by JRummy:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolbox
This app is a combination of like 8 apps that JRummy has created rolled into one easy to use package, for about 80% less than buying them separately. Most of the features of this app are not very useful for our phones, I think it is more leaning towards CM based ROMS but it still has a few features that we can use like a great file explorer, a easy to use app manager, a build.prop editor, task manager, Terminal emulator, and a DNS shanger.
Thats my list of must have root apps, what are some root apps you guys are using? I am sure there is an app out there I have not seen that would end up on my list, so reply with your favorite apps for root! :highfive:
greenify
titanium backup
flashfire
better battery stats
adaway
just to name a few...
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greenify, by Oasis Feng:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
Great for shutting down apps that like to run in the background. Great thing for the S6 is you can set the home button to greenify and lock the screen by holding the home button for 2 seconds.
titanium backup, by Titanium Track:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
I personally dont like titanium back up. and SD Maid does everything Titanium back up does and more all in one app for less money.
flashfire, by Chainfire: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.flash
This is a new app for me, I have started using it for flashing on my S6 Edge, but never used it before that. It is a great app, and a necessity for us s6 users with locked bootloaders.
better battery stats, by Sven Knipsel: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
No free or trial version so I have never tried the app. It looks like a useful app, but no better than the Gsam, and gsam is free.
adaway, by sufficientlysecure: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934553157
Adaway is a necessity for all root users! it does what it says and makes the ads go away. I didnt include it in my origional post because I was going to stick with Play store apps but it is more than worth of the list.
To add another useful app, is another app store, fdroid. https://f-droid.org/
Fdroid offers some apps that the play store wont allow such as adawy. I have never had or heard of any malware issues using Fdroid, but I dont see alot of people talking about it around here.
justda said:
greenify, by Oasis Feng:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
Great for shutting down apps that like to run in the background. Great thing for the S6 is you can set the home button to greenify and lock the screen by holding the home button for 2 seconds.
titanium backup, by Titanium Track:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
I personally dont like titanium back up. and SD Maid does everything Titanium back up does and more all in one app for less money.
flashfire, by Chainfire: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.flash
This is a new app for me, I have started using it for flashing on my S6 Edge, but never used it before that. It is a great app, and a necessity for us s6 users with locked bootloaders.
better battery stats, by Sven Knipsel: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
No free or trial version so I have never tried the app. It looks like a useful app, but no better than the Gsam, and gsam is free.
adaway, by sufficientlysecure: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934553157
Adaway is a necessity for all root users! it does what it says and makes the ads go away. I didnt include it in my origional post because I was going to stick with Play store apps but it is more than worth of the list.
To add another useful app, is another app store, fdroid. https://f-droid.org/
Fdroid offers some apps that the play store wont allow such as adawy. I have never had or heard of any malware issues using Fdroid, but I dont see alot of people talking about it around here.
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better batt stats has a free xda version
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I recently installed Hotspot shield, ADM and bunch of other utility apps. The problem now is that ads constantly keep popping up on my phone, even when I'm using other apss such as whatsapp or facebook, a random chrome page opens and redirects to some app in the playstore.
Is there working, flashable verson of Ad Away or something equivalent for Marshmallow 6.0.1. I'm rooted, on Stock rom, with Xposed
You should check-out the XDA Labs app. From there you can easily install AdAway and lots of other apps and also xposed modules.
http://www.xda-developers.com/xda-labs/
I use both AdAway and minminguard, works pretty well.
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I use both AdAway and minminguard, works pretty well.
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Same here, and almost all advertisements are hidden
I'm using latest pre-rooted ROM with Ad-Away.
I've used Xposed with Min-Min Guard to hide Amazon's launcher ads in the past. I'm patiently awaiting Xposed for this version of FireOS.
Since I'm a DTV Now subscriber, I decided to try out the USA Now app instead of fumbling in Kodi. It wasn't enjoyable to watch five 30-60s ads throughout the course of one 43 minute show. I endured it, but immediately went to make sure I had the latest hosts file from Ad-Away. I tried watching the show again, and it still has Ads.
I had great success with Ad-Away blocking Xfinity TV Go ads in the past. Are some of these newer in-app ads just unable to be blocked by Ad-Away?
I've been away from the Android scene on a Jailbroken iPhone for a few years. I just received my Z2 and was hoping folks could provide an answer. If I root it (when my OTG cable comes in) is there an ad blocker in the Magiskmanager that I can use to block ads in Youtube?
Thanks.
Xposed framework may have a YouTube adblocker you could put on and adaway is good adblocker. Worked for me after mounting system rw and making adaway system app it was able to merge hosts file for general as blocking.
There is a modified Youtube apk that reportedly removes ads. AFAIK none of the xposed etc modules work any longer.
For the rest of the ads, you can use Adaway (rooted)
or DNS66 if not rooted.
Cheers
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There is a modified Youtube apk that reportedly removes ads. AFAIK none of the xposed etc modules work any longer.
For the rest of the ads, you can use Adaway (rooted)
or DNS66 if not rooted.
Cheers
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I've used Adaway on my rooted One Plus works great.
For the Moto Z2 I reverted it back to unrooted, got tired of system updates causing bootloops.
DNS66 seemed to cause massive wakelocks and was not blocking correctly.
Block This Ad Blocker worked so much better, very close to the performance of Adaway.