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I´m looking for an app which easily let me swtich between Data-Connection on/off.
I´ve tested APN on/off widget and one which is called Toggle Data.
Both start and stop the data-connection correctly, but a few seconds after stopping the connection starts again, think thisis a HD2 specific problem, because these apps work with other phones.....
Has anyone found an app which works with the HD2 LEO?
there is a widget pre-installed that's called power control, i use it to turn on/off wifi, data, gps, and display light. I don't know if every build has it.
The build that i use has no widget called power control.....
There's plenty of widgets for this on the Market. Just do a search on there for things like "power control" or "control widget" etc..
I use SwitchPro. It's a paid app, but only cheap. It's VERY configurable and I highly recommend it.
I have tested Switch Pro.
When I try to enable/disable data connection, nothing happens.....
Machupichu2 said:
I have tested Switch Pro.
When I try to enable/disable data connection, nothing happens.....
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Are you using Gingerbread? I only ask because Gingerbread doesn't play nicely with some apps, and I found a lot of the toggles didn't work with Switch Pro on Gingerbread. I'm back to Froyo now and they all work perfectly.
Yes I´m using gingerbread.
Ok i guess this is the problem.......
Hi,
I use data enabler, its free to download from the market. It does not allow to turn off/on data connection, but it takes you to mobile network menu and with widget placed on home screen you get fast accsses to it. Works on Gingerbread without problem.
I recommend Quick Settings free from the market,does the job nicely.
Check on Market 'CurveFish'
Go to market and type in 'curvefish' They have a bunch or widget toggle switches for free. The one you will be interested in is their 'APN OnOff' app.
*Edit* Tried it, your right, turns off and then back on again. Sorry.
try Dataswitch its a free app
jonny68 said:
I recommend Quick Settings free from the market,does the job nicely.
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Agree -...it´s free and works perfect for me! (Rafdroid 2.3)
Try widgetzoid, it can do that and much more, one of my must have apps!
Apndroid works best for me, especially combined with 3g watchdog, makes sure i can't go over my limit
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Dear users,
Considering all 3C apps are now based on the same source code, they all behave the same way, and will exhibit the same issues. Any queries will also likely applies to all apps.
To make my life easier while continuing to provide support here (and start with a clean slate), I decided to close all my app threads and open a fresh new thread here.
With your continuous help and support, the past 4 years have been a great adventure and experience. Let's take a fresh start and continue this amazing adventure.
Thank you all!
Hi,
I bought this app and gave it a try since it is the only one I found with REAL background data management capabilities. So, this is a great beginning, although the app is not completely useful to me. I was looking for an automatic background data toggle following WiFi status, I mean, turn on bg data when WiFi is on and turn it off at WiFi shutdown. I know this is just a manual toggle, but I was wondering if I can use the toggle along with any profiler (like Tasker, Setting Profiles, etc). This way, I could set up a rule that triggers on WiFi On/Off and changes bg data status using your widget. Unfortunately, this cannot be done as there is no 'activity' to be associated to under Multi Toggle activities node. So, my suggestion is that you expose any public activity to toggle bg data, so it can be used when setting up rules from any profiler. Of course you can also develop an app to auto turn on/off bg data on wifi on/off... ... a lot of people is waiting for that since bg data has sense when wifi is on in most of the cases. Otherwise, it will drain battery.
Another suggestion, please make an easy way to uninstall when installed as system app (restore to user app or something... just to avoid a manual removal from /system/app).
Thanks!
torete43 said:
Hi,
I was looking for an automatic background data toggle following WiFi status, I mean, turn on bg data when WiFi is on and turn it off at WiFi shutdown. I know this is just a manual toggle, but I was wondering if I can use the toggle along with any profiler (like Tasker, Setting Profiles, etc).
Another suggestion, please make an easy way to uninstall when installed as system app (restore to user app or something... just to avoid a manual removal from /system/app).
Thanks!
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Thanks for your comment and support.
I will try to add an 'uninstall' procedure... Indeed it will make it much easier for me too
For the public activity, I will see to it too, though I'm not sure it's really recommended, the power-widget has been doing that until 2.3.3 and it was reported as a security hole... Would be nice though.
Just wondering something about activities, in Tasker (or similar app) can you manually specify the package, the class and the parameters? If so, even if it's not public, you might be able to do it!
Don't have the info at hand, but will update this post asap.
I haven't downloaded this app yet, but I found it because it claims to control the background data toggle via a widget. Just to confirm that we're talking about "background data" and not just "auto-sync," correct? On my DROID 2 this option is: settings -> data manager -> data delivery -> Background data.
Any updates on reverting from the system application install? I need to be able to return this phone to pre-root status.
I've found that "auto-sync" only applies to google accounts: gmail, gmail contacts and google calendar on the DROID 2. My primary email is an IMAP account and I'd prefer not to receive these notifications (and ones from other aps) during the evening hours.
My phone also likes to stop syncing randomly, and toggling background data corrects the problem. Going through the maze of settings is just too annoying to be toggling this option on a regular basis.
Also, this thread belongs in the Paid Software Announcement and Discussion forums. By posting here you are gaining an unfair advantage!
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I haven't downloaded this app yet, but I found it because it claims to control the background data toggle via a widget. Just to confirm that we're talking about "background data" and not just "auto-sync," correct? On my DROID 2 this option is: settings -> data manager -> data delivery -> Background data.
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Hello and thanks for your interest in this app.
Yes it indeed controls background data, you should see the corresponding setting being actually changed!
And yes it needs to be installed as system app for a number of toggles to work, which is only possible on rooted phones, which luckily is your case! System apps have more rights than user-apps and a number of settings cannot be changed by user apps at all no matter what! Even using su/root feature can't help!
Note that the app will do it for you from the settings. There is no automatic way to move the app back to a user app, yet.
What you can do is try the app for a few minutes to see if it works well for you. Should you have any issues don't hesitate to contact me. You have 15 minutes to try it or get an immediate refund from Google, but I can still cancel the order at any time which will get you a full refund.
PS: I noticed 2 behaviors when installing as system app, either the settings window disappears, then no reboot is necessary, the app is installed in system folder and ready for use. Or the app says it succeeded (or failed) and the settings windows remains open. In this case I noticed it's always installed as system app, but it requires rebooting the phone. Still working on that.
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Also, this thread belongs in the Paid Software Announcement and Discussion forums. By posting here you are gaining an unfair advantage!
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I didn't know about this forum I'm very sorry for this mistake! Any ways to move the thread there?
At the time of creation, I tried contacting a moderator, but not sure it's my browser/computer (tried with Chrome and IE) but could reach the page to find who's moderator.
Anyway, no excuses, will try to contact a moderator asap.
I tried to quickly change my original post thinking that you wouldn't respond so quickly. I spotted the screenshots that clearly show the option to install as a system app, which answered my question.
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Note that the app will do it for you from the settings. There is no automatic way to move the app back to a user app, yet.
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Any idea when you will implement this? As my edited message above now says, I need the ability to return this phone to pre-root status. How difficult is manually uninstalling a system app like yours? Pardon my ignorance, but I'm only rooted for a specific un-related reason, so I haven't played around in the rooted world much.
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IAny idea when you will implement this? As my edited message above now says, I need the ability to return this phone to pre-root status. How difficult is manually uninstalling a system app like yours? Pardon my ignorance, but I'm only rooted for a specific un-related reason, so I haven't played around in the rooted world much.
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You know what? Just published an update that will do it!
Note it will require a reboot and all existing widgets must be replaced after!
Can you please report how it works for you?
Thanks!
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Can you please report how it works for you?
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Hi,
Gave it a whirl and it seemed to work. Unfortunately, I tried your new "uninstall from system" options and it wound up uninstalling the entire application from my DROID 2. I'll get it back on there when I have some more time to play with it. Just be aware that it does a little more than uninstalling from system.
Is this greyed out heading "(System) Toggles" supposed to stay greyed out once it's installed as a system application? The only indication that a system install was in effect was that the option to install as a system application now said uninstall.
You may want to leave some time for a user to grant su permissions when installing as a system application. I've seen this on other apps. It took a couple tries to be quick enough to allow your app permissions before it reported that it didn't have them.
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Hi,
Gave it a whirl and it seemed to work. Unfortunately, I tried your new "uninstall from system" options and it wound up uninstalling the entire application from my DROID 2. I'll get it back on there when I have some more time to play with it. Just be aware that it does a little more than uninstalling from system.
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Well, that's why I initially left this out, because uninstall from system is not as easy as installing to system! I'll try to improve it by moving the app back to user space instead, but then users might end-up with multiple installs... Quite tricky.
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Is this greyed out heading "(System) Toggles" supposed to stay greyed out once it's installed as a system application? The only indication that a system install was in effect was that the option to install as a system application now said uninstall.
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This is just informative as I want to make sure users understand how system (or power-widget-based) toggles do work (or do not work)...
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You may want to leave some time for a user to grant su permissions when installing as a system application. I've seen this on other apps. It took a couple tries to be quick enough to allow your app permissions before it reported that it didn't have them.
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I indeed noted that sometimes it failed after being granted su permissions... Note sure how to permanently solve this, but I'll try to put a delay before launching further commands under su process to see if it improves.
Wish it was easier to test it, but unfortunately it often requires rebooting the phone!!!
What does "synchro (system)" control? I figure what the "synchro (power)" version does, but system? Seems to disable background data, but what else?
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What does "synchro (system)" control? I figure what the "synchro (power)" version does, but system? Seems to disable background data, but what else?
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Actually it controls both background data and auto-sync, enabling or disabling both. It disables both only when both are enabled.
ccounotte said:
Well, that's why I initially left this out, because uninstall from system is not as easy as installing to system! I'll try to improve it by moving the app back to user space instead, but then users might end-up with multiple installs... Quite tricky.
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Yeah, I can see what you mean.
Your widget successfully causes the background data checkbox to toggle. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for my needs, however:
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I've found that "auto-sync" only applies to google accounts: gmail, gmail contacts and google calendar on the DROID 2. My primary email is an IMAP account and I'd prefer not to receive these notifications (and ones from other aps) during the evening hours.
My phone also likes to stop syncing randomly, and toggling background data corrects the problem. Going through the maze of settings is just too annoying to be toggling this option on a regular basis.
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Unchecking background data with your widget still does not stop the IMAP emails from coming through, nor does it correct the syncing problem like toggling the option directly does. The phone seems to know that background data is off (as tested by attempting to start the Market), but it doesn't have the same effect. Only thing I noticed is that toggling background data off with your widget leaves a popup asking you to confirm if you go through the system settings and look at the checkbox. Perhaps the setting doesn't take full effect until a user acknowledges this box, which your widget currently does not do. Not sure if that's even possible.
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Yeah, I can see what you mean.
Your widget successfully causes the background data checkbox to toggle. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for my needs, however:
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Only thing I noticed is that toggling background data off with your widget leaves a popup asking you to confirm if you go through the system settings and look at the checkbox.
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Background data option (in settings or elsewhere) is a settings that can be checked by application, but it doesn't actually prevent any app from using data connections in the background (the warning message when disabling it).
Your IMAP app probably doesn't care about this particular setting.
On 3 phones I tested using the toggle never brought the warning message, even when opening the settings for that option!? On the other hand the warning/confirmation message is always shown when enabling WIFI localization.
Looks like a ROM's bug?
....looks great~ got to try this .
brightness toggle
hi
is there a way to control the brightness levels for each state of the brightness toggle icon?
all in all nice widget tho!
Can;t install app as system
I recently bought your app but I'm having trouble installing it as a system app. Everything seems to work fine when I try to install it, I rebbot my phone, but after reboot the app is still an "user app" and the system toggles dont work...
Could you help me please? Because I'd really love to be abble to use the system toggles (specially the one to toggle System Location).
Thank you
(I,m running CM10.1 btw)
tristaoeast said:
I recently bought your app but I'm having trouble installing it as a system app. Everything seems to work fine when I try to install it, I rebbot my phone, but after reboot the app is still an "user app" and the system toggles dont work...
Could you help me please? Because I'd really love to be abble to use the system toggles (specially the one to toggle System Location).
Thank you
(I,m running CM10.1 btw)
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This feature requires a rooted device as explained in app description: "10 System toggles (requires rooted phones to install app to system)"
Are you sure your device is rooted as you mentioned in your PM your /data directory is empty I suspect it's not.
Hi, this is a great app but it won't turn off the location (system) after turn on.
I have to manually go settings > google > untick everything.
Hi,
The default weather widget won't update whilst i am connected to my home wi fi.
When i leave the house or turn off the wi fi it updates as it should through my mobile internet.
However, it did work on the wi fi when i first got the phone. Since then i have installed a generic firmware (it still worked after this change_ and since installed the 434 fw from the companion. This is when i noticed the widget would not update.
I have reset my phone but this has not helped. My home wi fi settings have not been changed, but i tried a wi fi reset just incase but this didnt help.
Has anyone else had this problem? How did you solve it?
Phil.
Weather widget might not be able to get your location using WiFi, if you set the widget to use my location.
Try setting the location in the widget manually.
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Thanks for the reply.
I have manuallyset the location because that's the only way I can on this widget.
Since my first post I have tried my phone on another Wi-Fi and found that it doesn't update on this one either. The only wayi can update is by going into the options, changing my location to a different one then setting it back to my current one, which was already manually set.
I am concerned about this, not only because it would be nice to have a working weather widget. I like this one more than others I've downloaded. But it makes me think about what else may not be working properly through Wi-Fi.
Thanks again, Phil.
What weather widget are you using?
I've got Met Office and AccuWeather which both pick up location within the app, but the widget doesn't. They're designed like that though.
Google Now has a widget which updates with your location - worth a try?
The widget is the one called weather that is already on one of the main pages on the new phone. I actually like this widget more than othersi have tried, only because of the graphic. I will look at the ones you have suggested.
I am not bothered about the program knowing my location. This widget doesn't have that option anyway, all I want it to do is update the weather once an hour, at the lication I manually set, which it used to do via Wi-Fi but will now only do through my mobile internet. Also like I said earlier it makes me wonder what else isn't working how it should through the Wi-Fi.
I'm having a similar problem but with Facebook app and Play Store app.
To update anything I have to turn off my wifi on the phone, it is getting annoying.
Did you find a solution?
Cheers Rob
Yellow_Racing said:
I'm having a similar problem but with Facebook app and Play Store app.
To update anything I have to turn off my wifi on the phone, it is getting annoying.
Did you find a solution?
Cheers Rob
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No I never. I had to start using a different weather widget. I haven't noticed it happening with anything else, fingers crossed as I'm still concerned I will have similar problems like you do with other apps
Have you activated Stamina mode?
Stamina may block Weather and other apps from updating.
You can add them as an exemption in Stamina settings.
STANUL said:
Have you activated Stamina mode?
Stamina may block Weather and other apps from updating.
You can add them as an exemption in Stamina settings.
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No I have never enabled stamina mode. I may have fixed it I think by changing the .ini file
I will have to find the link and paste here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216947 # Note I had to edit in notepad on computer then replace .ini back to the phone. Root explorer wouldn't let me save my editing.
Since then I had to edit the build prop to get NFC icon working and used ES File explorer and managed to get that to save my editing on the phone.
Cheers Rob
Ok this is driving me crazy, randomly the app watch on will pop up in my notification bar. I disable it and it will just pop up again at a random time. Does anyone know how to permanently remove? besides freezing it of course
joshuadjohnson22 said:
Ok this is driving me crazy, randomly the app watch on will pop up in my notification bar. I disable it and it will just pop up again at a random time. Does anyone know how to permanently remove? besides freezing it of course
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This just started happening to me the other day. I don't understand why because it hasn't done it before. I too disabled the notification and it automatically turns itself back on. I cleared the data and started over but that did not help. I froze the app with tbu a little bit ago because I rarely use it. It is frustrating because that is one of the only Samsung apps that I like. I too would like to know of a fix for it.
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tmease1 said:
This just started happening to me the other day. I don't understand why because it hasn't done it before. I too disabled the notification and it automatically turns itself back on. I cleared the data and started over but that did not help. I froze the app with tbu a little bit ago because I rarely use it. It is frustrating because that is one of the only Samsung apps that I like. I too would like to know of a fix for it.
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Argggg so annoying. I don't want to freeze cuz I do use it. It started happening on my dad's regular s4 too. What is going on Samsung. I hope there is a hidden option sonewhere
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Happening here on S4 also.
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holllly cow. I have been battling this for 3 days now. I thought it was just my phone being supper glitchy. I have gone as far as to uninstall the app... witch will stop it from comming up in the notification bar. Then i re download it from play store. After about 4 reboots it comes back. I will set it in the setting to not come on in notification pannel. Boom its back. No way to stop it..... same with a few other apps. Its like they do not close the correct way and do not save the settings. My swannview dvr app is one more that wont save settings because it won't close correctly.
I don't know if this narrows it down but I noticed when I had wifi turned off I never got it but the second I turned it back on it started popping up again.
I have the same problem. This morning, while trying to disable the notification bar setting again, I got nag popup about allowing Watchon to use mobile data or only wifi. I selected the allow mobile data option and do not ask me again. Now, I can't find the setting to change it back to see if that would affect the notification bar problem. I don't want to test all of the settings because I would lose the devices that I have setup. I assume the problem is caused by an update to Watchon. The only thing I have changed recently us switching to Nova Launcher. Could this be related?
joshuadjohnson22 said:
I don't know if this narrows it down but I noticed when I had wifi turned off I never got it but the second I turned it back on it started popping up again.
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Judging by this I would assume it is the location settings that is triggering this. Try to go to system settings > More > Location services > My places > Choose the places and click none. I can't confirm this works, but it seems that this is triggering for the problem. Also note this isn't a great solution; other location services may be affected with this change.
This is caused by the latest WatchOn update.
I use WatchOn since the day I get my S4 Active (2 months ago) and this NEVER HAPPENED before the update.
I had to disable WatchOn with TB.
Another example of Samsung messing up good stuff!
tonytien said:
Judging by this I would assume it is the location settings that is triggering this. Try to go to system settings > More > Location services > My places > Choose the places and click none. I can't confirm this works, but it seems that this is triggering for the problem. Also note this isn't a great solution; other location services may be affected with this change.
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It has nothing to do with location services. All of mine were already set to none, and I have the same problem.
dibeachdude said:
It has nothing to do with location services. All of mine were already set to none, and I have the same problem.
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Sorry then, it must have been the WatchON lock screen location settings I was thinking of. No clue, honestly.
So did this ever get worked out? I just got the note 3 and am already seeing this behavior.
SOLUTION!..
Here is how i disabled remote control on notification panel and lock screen.
Its on Watchon Settings.
watch work done
This is what I did:
Settings
More
Application Manger
Samsung WatchOn
Remove the check for "Show Notifications"
This doesn't stop the program from starting on powerup, but it removes it from the notifications.
This is a thread that should be closed. The problem was fixed by an update. I can confirm that it did exist at one time, but the only people that still have thre problem either have not updated or they have not changed their settings.
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This is the app I use to block ads when I don't have access to root. Two annoying things about it. The first is that it will mess up your battery stats. Everything gets filtered through this app so it can scrub out the ads on web pages. This makes the phone think that the app is using a ton of battery. It's not using any extra battery it's just having all traffic pass through it. It explains this when you install the app.
Also there is a persistent notification in the notification shade and if you try to disable it, after a certain amount of time Android will kill the app in the background and ads will appear again. I don't like clutter in the notification shade so it bugs me.
Other than those 2 things this is AdAway without root. Enjoy.
https://m.adguard.com/en/install.html
My ads keep coming back and I have to disable and re enable Adguard. I have both the status bar notification running and the notification shade persistent notification running at all times. I went into settings and disabled battery optimization for the Adguard app as well. It still stops functioning after a while. This is why I can't live without root....
Not sure why your adguard keeps stopping - I have never had this problem. But you can get rid of the persistent notification easily. Android Settings -> Sound & Notification -> App notifications -> Adguard -> Never show notifications from this app .
Persistent noticiation never appears again.
Did this on day 1, bought the lifetime subscription for about $4 in rubles on the website.
jamtre said:
Not sure why your adguard keeps stopping - I have never had this problem. But you can get rid of the persistent notification easily. Android Settings -> Sound & Notification -> App notifications -> Adguard -> Never show notifications from this app .
Persistent noticiation never appears again.
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I stopped the notification the moment I installed it. Without the notification Adguard eventually falls out of ram and then the ads really come back. The notification needs to be there apparently. The weird thing is there is no way to get rid of the key in the status bar, you would think that would be enough. Who knows. My ads come back no matter what I do lol
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I stopped the notification the moment I installed it. Without the notification Adguard eventually falls out of ram and then the ads really come back. The notification needs to be there apparently. The weird thing is there is no way to get rid of the key in the status bar, you would think that would be enough. Who knows. My ads come back no matter what I do lol
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Strange. I suppose it's possible that just hasn't happened to me yet? I've had no problems with it staying running so far.
Another idea, I use an app called KeepRunning to restart my spam call blocking software automatically. ShouldIAnswer also wants to run in the foreground, and of course have a persistent notification. I would just have blocked that like AdGuard, but it actually has notifications that I want to see, and it's all or nothing with blocking notifications. So instead I use the option to run it in the background, and monitor it with KeepRunning to be sure it gets restarted if it dies. You could use this technique for Adguard too. It's not perfect because it causes some UI effects when restarting the softare, but it seems to happen so rarely it's not a problem at least for me.
There's also Tasker which you could use to monitor and restart adguard, but I was too lazy to figure out how to do it with Tasker, so just paid $2 for KeepRunning instead
I figured out how to get the ads to stop coming back. It was a setting in Adguard. Settings > Advanced > Low Level Settings: pref.vpn.disable.pause <---------- Check the box next to that.
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This is the app I use to block ads when I don't have access to root. Two annoying things about it. The first is that it will mess up your battery stats. Everything gets filtered through this app so it can scrub out the ads on web pages. This makes the phone think that the app is using a ton of battery. It's not using any extra battery it's just having all traffic pass through it. It explains this when you install the app.
Also there is a persistent notification in the notification shade and if you try to disable it, after a certain amount of time Android will kill the app in the background and ads will appear again. I don't like clutter in the notification shade so it bugs me.
Other than those 2 things this is AdAway without root. Enjoy.
https://m.adguard.com/en/install.html
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I too am using Adguard. First nonrooted phone I have had in a long time but have to make it work for my job. I bought the app after using it for the 2 week trial period. I am not seeing any ads getting thru. Seems to work as well as Adaway did on my rooted Turbo and does on my 2013 nexus 7 tablet. Don't notice any performance issues or excess battery drain, at least not after 3 weeks.
it doesn't work on nougat
anuragsodhi1 said:
it doesn't work on nougat
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I have a different phone now but it's on Nougat and ad blocking works.
hmm it doesn't let me install the app
Blockade on the XDA store works really well. some ads still make it through, but for being a non root app it works well.
https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/org.blokada