no idea if this is a common, known practice already. try this and see if it works for you. just deny Android System Webview any internet access.
you may find a few apps simply won't work because they utilise it heavily but I also find far more internet based apps that you don't want to block stop delivering apps completely and just carry on without them.
if you find a pretty big popular app stops working drop a comment. so far it's nothing I'll miss on my end.
Try setting your private dns to: dns.adguard.com
Leave webview running then.
It kills all my app ads in the ones I tested but I have few.
Works well for me but occasionally some ad infested websites when using the browsers will get glitchy. Up to a few seconds delays and occasionally need to close/reopen. Most sites run fine though. Been using it for a week or so.
I'm using Adaway and AFWall+ so far, I'd normally have Xposed in some form and minminguard which still seems to work. without the latter it's only in app ads I didn't have a solution for.
I'll try changing my dns too, but more for keeping info away from google.
EDIT: just tried switching to that dns and my wifi went to connected no internet.
also I've experimented in denying internet to google play services and that seemed to work OK too but I didn't notice ads stopping.
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I'm using Adaway and AFWall+ so far, I'd normally have Xposed in some form and minminguard which still seems to work. without the latter it's only in app ads I didn't have a solution for.
I'll try changing my dns too, but more for keeping info away from google.
EDIT: just tried switching to that dns and my wifi went to connected no internet.
also I've experimented in denying internet to google play services and that seemed to work OK too but I didn't notice ads stopping.
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Not wifi, 4G LTE.
I never use wifi. It let's me set apps to update by wifi only to keep them static
Wifi is also a security risk for me.
Disabling Google play Services doesn't stop any ads I'm aware off. I normally keep it disabled to shut it up, save battery and to keep find my device disabled.
Some apps won't run (or run as paid version) without Play Services (and some Playstore too) but many of those will if you activate them then Firewall block them, then disable Play Services.
It can be annoying as a reboot is needed to bring Playwhore back online. Lol, I rarely go there now plus it's not always running in the background.
Androids can run quit well for a long time with no updates of any kind.
Lol, my 10+ didn't get the jab
If the app doesn't need internet access Karma Firewall will stop the ad nonsense.
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I'm a once a week user of Maps. So I need it, but often it doesn't even run between reboots. On ICS it seems to be killing 10% of my battery no matter what. I've tried turning off GPS. Any suggestions other than freezing it?
Are you signed into Latitude, maybe? That might be something to check.
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Are you signed into Latitude, maybe? That might be something to check.
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Not signed into it. Not even signed up for it. I also disabled the reporting of location back to Google and using wifi for location. I should say I first rebooted and didn't start maps, then a day later tried no GPS/reboot/no maps, then no GPS/location reporting/wifi location/no maps.
I'm also seeing the same thing. After the screen, maps is using up to 20% of my battery. I haven't even used maps much since I got the phone.
Very strange. I remember on my Nexus S, Latitude would DESTROY the battery, but signing out of Latitude would fix it. It's not the most scientific thing, but I suggest signing into Latitude and then signing out of it.
Same here guys. Use it once a week, and it has 10% of the battery. Must be some sort of location service.
Maybe make sure the "Automatic caching" is set to Wi-Fi Only and not Wi-Fi or mobile networks?
There is a setting in stock browser to do with location. When I had this enabled I had this problem but once I disabled I no longer lose battery to maps so its worth investigating.
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I noticed there is an update out today that mentions bug fixes on newer devices...
Maps update didn't seem to change anything. I also have the same problem on ICS galaxy nexus.
Same, but can't even freeze it!?
Same issue here, Maps and many processes are constantly running, I want to freeze it, but can't even use a simple command like 'pm disable <package_name>', it seems to have no effect!?
Don't really want to uninstall the app, but freezing won't work for me? Anyone manage to freeze it?
Same here. I cannot stop maps from running...
I've disabled the location options in the browser. Disabled all location items in settings. Disabled all locations settings in maps.
It keeps showing up in running apps!
Finally frozen!
I managed to freeze the app with System Tuner at last I could get rid of this. Obviously had to root the phone for that.
What version of adblock are you guys using that doesn't require root. Please provide me with a link thanks.
I downloaded adblock plus from the link below. Although it does work, it requires that your wifi connection go through a proxy. For me it slowed things down and made the Internet act a little screwy.. It did block the ads though..
https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install
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Wierd I tried that one (yes on wifi) and it didn't seem to block anything. (I also changed the setting that allows some "acceptable" ads through - same thing).
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Even more weird, that version of adblock brought my connection to a screeching halt. I switched from my N band wifi to my G band wifi (no adblock proxy) and all is normal. Back to N and no go. Double checked proxy, using only easy list, all look correct to me. Removed app and proxy setup for now.
I installed it as well and it did work while on wifi (as they stated.) However, whole sites would be blocked and Youtube and the Play Store would load very slowly or not at all. So I got rid of it and the problems went away. What I really want is Adaway. I have that installed on my hacked HP Touchpad and all services work properly and no sites are inadvertently blocked. With no root in sight though I may never get to use it on the Note 4
I noticed lag with an aBP-clone from the play store but when I changed to the official ABP from their website there was no speed decrease: https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install
Modify wifi proxy then restart it, then modify APN proxy and switch from wifi to 4g a few times, make sure ABP updates it's "easy list"
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I noticed lag with an aBP-clone from the play store but when I changed to the official ABP from their website there was no speed decrease: https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install
Modify wifi proxy then restart it, then modify APN proxy and switch from wifi to 4g a few times, make sure ABP updates it's "easy list"
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You don't get Youtube and Play Store issues?
Hi, I have s9 exynos and I am using the phone with dual SIM installed and phone is not rooted. I use duckduckgo browser and I have run adb commands to prevent background wakelocks. And I use dns66.
Every 2 or 3 days after the phone is on, websites stop loading with error saying dnserror name not resolved. This error is there on all browsers including chrome and Firefox. Instagram doesn't work but LinkedIn works and whatsapp works. But when I restart the phone, everything works properly. It's strange and frustrating to restart the phone once every 2 to 3 days. I am unable to figure out what the problem is. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance. Regds
DNS66 sounds like the problem...
Thanks. Will disable it and then see. But can you please give me an alternative for dns66 in terms of blocking all ads and a VPN. I will use that instead.
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Thanks. Will disable it and then see. But can you please give me an alternative for dns66 in terms of blocking all ads and a VPN. I will use that instead.
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https://blokada.org/index.html
Thanks. Tried blockada as well. Page loading still does not happen. I now use duckduckgo as my browser and ads are filtered in this. So am living with this and not using any vpn service. Though it is strange that both dns66 and blockada are giving problems.
Hi, got a s9 plus the other day and don't want to root it, so no Adaway for me. On my s8 I used dns66 and was fine with it, but as it seems all DNS based blockers bug out on the s9 as in they randomly kill data connections completely when switching between wifi and mobile data. Tried blokada, same thing.
I'm not super fine with Adhell / sabs either since it requires me to resign the packs, install everything new and get new knox keys every three months.
It's not a lot of work, but annoying still.
Is there any fix to the DNS blocking not working? Any other way to block? Or should I go to Adhell 3?
Blokada
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Please read my post.
What issues are you having with Blockada? You still see ads in Chrome only? Because you need to go to Chrome://flags, search "dns" and disable all the options found.
I don't have issues with this + Blockada + adguard dns servers.
I have exactly these issues as reported here.
https://github.com/julian-klode/dns66/issues/258
It's for dns66, but applies to any DNS based blocker. It's the same with blockada, I tried it. Samsung based software problem
I am using block this! , works ok.
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I am using block this! , works ok.
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This is probably the last blocker I'd use if I had a choice between blockada, dns66 and block this, since it has absolutely no options to configure it whatsoever or add hosts files, but indeed - this one seems to work where dns66 and blockada don't. I switched a bit between wifi and mobile and the connection didn't crash.
Using it in combination with Adhell 3 at the moment, since I set that up anyway today. But will try if block this works okay on its own once my Knox license runs out and I'd have to set up Adhell again.
Disconnect Pro seems to be working great so far.
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Nah block this only worked for a few hours. Same problem afterwards. All VPN based blockers do this. The vpn66 issue on github suggests this is s9 plus only. Maybe I should check the s9 plus subforum
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Nah block this only worked for a few hours. Same problem afterwards. All VPN based blockers do this. The vpn66 issue on github suggests this is s9 plus only. Maybe I should check the s9 plus subforum
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I used to use Block This but it hasn't been updated in over a year. I started using Blokada and at first it seemed like it blocked too much but once I got the blacklist and whitelists figured out it has worked great. Plus when it was updated to 3 and then subsequent updates fixed the issues.
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Nah block this only worked for a few hours. Same problem afterwards. All VPN based blockers do this. The vpn66 issue on github suggests this is s9 plus only. Maybe I should check the s9 plus subforum
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Better to do like this. Block this is working ok for days in the row.
For the other question, what to update, the blocking it's DNS based, not application. Only when the DNS server (actually lists) will not be updated anymore, then there will be problems.
But I am still searching for other solutions, as privacy issues can appear, not sure if it's the case for block this.
To be clear, the VPN blocking worked perfectly fine on my Galaxy S8. This seems to be a specific issue with the S9, maybe only plus, caused by the phone's firmware.
I found my mistake with Adhell (forgot to block port 53 for Chrome) and now everything is blocked fine. And no annoying VPN notification in the status bar all the time. Only issue is I'll have to update it every three months, but ok.
I'm using AdGuard and pretty happy with it: no ads seen at all.
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I'm using AdGuard and pretty happy with it: no ads seen at all.
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I've been using Adguard too and it works incredibly well for blocking ads in nearly every app. The only concern I have with AdGuard is battery drain, however, I'm uncertain if that's related to AdGuard or a Samsung issue. I haven't had time to investigate it thoroughly yet.
Hey guys! Right now I am running a Havoc OS and I have AFWall+ as the firewall. It runs flawlessly on mobile data and my home wifi but as soon as I connect to the wifi at work it stops working properly. The wifi at work requires me to login to the network after connecting to it but for some reason, AFWall+ blocks the login pop-up. I've tried turning off the firewall, logging in, and then turning it back on but AFWall+ ends up blocking the internet as well.
The logs show that the (root) app is being denied access but it is whitelisted. I've also tried checking off the wifi whitelist for every program in the list but the wifi is still blocked. I've enabled the (kernel), (ntp), (shell), (tethering), and (vpn) as well. The only option that lets me get the login pop-up and internet access is the (Any app) program. Obviously I don't want to leave that ticked off the whole time. Anybody have any ideas as to what the issue could be?
the whitelisting feature has issues atm on Pie....go look at the AF thread or github....
So far for me the only way it works properly is to invert and the block as in blacklist, not whitelist....YMMV
Ive been assisting in the troubleshooting....last I saw was a Beta2 of v3 out...
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the whitelisting feature has issues atm on Pie....go look at the AF thread or github....
So far for me the only way it works properly is to invert and the block as in blacklist, not whitelist....YMMV
Ive been assisting in the troubleshooting....last I saw was a Beta2 of v3 out...
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Unfortunately your solution doesnt work for me either, I still have to uncheck the blacklist for the (Any apps) program. I suppose I'll have to just wait until the issues get fixed and pass/block (Any apps) as necessary for work. Thank you for the response.
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Unfortunately your solution doesnt work for me either, I still have to uncheck the blacklist for the (Any apps) program. I suppose I'll have to just wait until the issues get fixed and pass/block (Any apps) as necessary for work. Thank you for the response.
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my guess is you are on 2.9, as this seems to be working for most that are on the 3.0 beta...just a guess
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my guess is you are on 2.9, as this seems to be working for most that are on the 3.0 beta...just a guess
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I am actually. Ok, I will try it out and hopefully the beta works for me. Thank you.
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I am actually. Ok, I will try it out and hopefully the beta works for me. Thank you.
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I've been having issues with AFWall+ (Donate) ever since upgrading to Android 9.0 almost two months ago. Dev support has been lacking to say the least, so I've been looking for an alternative. Apparently Avast bought out Droidwall some time ago. I've been running Avast Internet Security for about three weeks now and disabled all the components (along with any the 3rd party analytics) and it works great with no battery drain strictly as a firewall(which requires root as well). And since it's part of Avast IS, future updates/bug fixes shouldn't be a problem.
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I've been having issues with AFWall+ (Donate) ever since upgrading to Android 9.0 almost two months ago. Dev support has been lacking to say the least, so I've been looking for an alternative. Apparently Avast bought out Droidwall some time ago. I've been running Avast Internet Security for about three weeks now and disabled all the components (along with any the 3rd party analytics) and it works great with no battery drain strictly as a firewall(which requires root as well). And since it's part of Avast IS, future updates/bug fixes shouldn't be a problem.
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I haven't had a chance to use the Avast app yet but I am pleased to say that I updated AFWall+ to 3.0.0 and the issues I've had before have been fixed. Thank you for the reply.