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roninb · 2015-07-30 13:14:26

So root it and get a device-wide ad blocker?

dingo_bat | karma 4011 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2018-02-14 01:17:42+00:00

You should use a system wide ad blocker. Adhell2 is a good one. I've stopped seeing any kind of ads in my phone, even inside apps.

GeneralMaximus | karma 2578 | avg karma 3.51 · | 2011-03-29 16:15:31+00:00

If you have a rooted phone, you can always use AdFree. It adds entries to your /etc/hosts so it blocks ads in all apps.

propogandist | karma 1279 | avg karma 1.6 · | 2017-07-08 04:17:35

install something like 3C, root your phone, disable all the analytics/ad-services from individual apps; also installing something like AdAway will block most ads via the Host file

Tsubasachan | karma 563 | avg karma 1.2 · | 2018-10-31 08:28:34

You don't need root to block ads on Android. To hell with the marketing industry:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/

If you're on iOS its FUBAR though.

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dcbadacd | karma 634 | avg karma 1.56 · | 2018-11-24 22:57:57+00:00

Ads are impossible to avoid when you have no control over your device. A rooted Android phone can easily block native ads.

thereallurch | karma 96 | avg karma 1.75 · | 2012-04-04 20:27:03+00:00

It'll be only a matter of time before it's rooted and running AdBlock. :)

febed | karma 284 | avg karma 2.39 · | 2017-01-18 04:05:11+00:00

Why not just root your Android and install Adaway? That way you wont see ads system-wide, not just within the browser.

ice109 | karma 307 | avg karma 1.43 · | 2017-05-31 17:49:59

i don't understand mobile-adblocking. i thought you couldn't block mobile ads without rooting?

pryelluw | karma 2670 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2016-12-01 09:29:21

Its a different problem because mobile is about walled gardens (I am against walled gardens). Fighting ads that appear on an app will become harder and downright impossible without rooting your device.

sspiff | karma 3653 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2024-03-21 09:51:42

Me neither, because I don't install apps which have ads :)

I've never had much luck with system wide VPN-based ad blockers, and I don't have a rooted phone.

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lazlee | karma 92 | avg karma 1.74 · | 2022-02-10 12:23:00

Now if only somebody made a decent ad blocker for phones. I haven't been able to find one (android) that works decently.

roblabla | karma 4931 | avg karma 6.01 · | 2017-10-18 19:16:27+00:00

My phone (Android/LineageOS) blocks native ads too. There's adaway that does this nicely. Client-side protection exists.

sergiotapia | karma 13626 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2017-05-31 19:14:36+00:00

On the iPhone you can block ads on non-rooted phones! It's awesome.

I use AdBlock Fast, but I say "use" casually since it's just an app you install and you're done with it. I never actually opened it after installing it months ago.

No more ads ever on mobile.

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webwanderings | karma 1318 | avg karma 1.31 · | 2013-01-04 04:01:59+00:00

Android really needs Adblock. It is madness.

mintplant | karma 11119 | avg karma 5.3 · | 2017-06-26 21:20:08+00:00

For those with rooted Android phones, AdAway (available from F-Droid) does a good job of blocking in-app ads in my experience.

phakding | karma 623 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2018-08-19 13:45:04+00:00

To add to this, if you root your phone and install adaway you would be free from ads even in an app.

msravi | karma 3628 | avg karma 5.18 · | 2015-07-09 11:26:52+00:00

I've found rooting my phone and installing AdAway (that blackholes ad-server requests using the /etc/hosts file) to be extremely effective against all sorts of ads - in-browser, in-app, you name it.

AdAway and XPrivacy are the two apps that made rooting my phone worth every second I spent doing it. Cannot recommend it enough!

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pjc50 | karma 93685 | avg karma 3.72 · | 2015-06-25 12:31:13+00:00

Relatedly, I could really do with an in-app ad blocker for Android, because some ads I'm getting bounce me out of the app without user intervention and into a spammy web page.

domatic | karma 8 | avg karma 2.67 · | 2016-11-03 11:24:11

This is incorrect. A primary motivation I have for asserting ownership of my mobile (aka rooting) is system level adblocking. Adaway is what I use for this BTW.

Apps are free to work or not if I kill ads. I just shrug and either buy the app or use something else. I absolutely do not put up with the interface of my mobile looking like the Vegas Strip.

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