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Ad sponsered free apps increasing, Any type of firewall?

Well been doing alot of study lately and it seems ALOT of apps on the market that are full versions and are "free" seem to have ad sponsored elements in them. Sending your GPS data to whoever or other various things. Now while if the dev mentions on the description that their "Paid" version is ad free. Least its up front and honest about it. However alot of Apps I found out hide this info it seems. Is this going to be the new "Kazaa" on the G1? Back when Kazaa came out, is when the influx of "Spyware" was increasing. Im worried is this happening to the G1 now? While I can understand devs choosing this to make their app free and gain from it a lil. Whats to say other devs wont use this for other intentions that may have some negative impact?
Just wondering tho.. for modded G1s. Is there some sorta firewall app or so yet that might be useful? Anyways just thought I would post for discussion case I am worried over nothing.

Install AdFree from the Market.

Cool ill try that. Still tho some discussion would be good. Cause I don't know if this should be something to start getting concerned on. Apps running in background draining battery, and reporting info possibly and so. Or am I getting concerned over nothing?

Mysticales said:
Cool ill try that. Still tho some discussion would be good. Cause I don't know if this should be something to start getting concerned on. Apps running in background draining battery, and reporting info possibly and so. Or am I getting concerned over nothing?
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A little paranoia is a healthy thing, too much is bad, but these ads collect all sorts of location information to profile you and provide relevent advertising, but who knows what else happens with the data etc etc etc
PS you need root access on your phone to use AdFree

Yea Im fully rooted, No worries there. =) Thanks for this heads up. I use host files as well on my PC.. since then never had a issue with spyware again. Any news on if he would let us update the host file ourselves? Id love to use the file I have on my PC. Heh.
Anyways as for discussion goes. Can these ads know your G1 email, or linked email account? Next off, is there a ability that these ads could read your personal data as text msgs, contacts (to spam phone calls) or anything like that? Android being a new OS.. not sure what devs and ads can do with access to a phone. Its like a new gateway has been opened.
Kinda wish a dev could comment if the G1 would even have this ability and if it could be a bad thing.
Edit: Good question, this Ad Free, is it like if you add a hosts file in a router? Like if I use the G1 to tether, is it blocking the ad banners even on tethered connections? Would be interesting to know for sure since imagine a built in firewall that protects tethered PCs too.

Mysticales said:
Yea Im fully rooted, No worries there. =) Thanks for this heads up. I use host files as well on my PC.. since then never had a issue with spyware again. Any news on if he would let us update the host file ourselves? Id love to use the file I have on my PC. Heh.
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You can use your own hosts file on your own phone, AdFree just automates the process, if you look at this thread it started off describing how to do things manually.
Anyways as for discussion goes. Can these ads know your G1 email, or linked email account?
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Possibly, I haven't looked into accessing the google credentials from the android APIs so I don't know for certain, might be a private API google only shares with it's own apps, that doesn't mean someone won't figure out how to access them however.
Next off, is there a ability that these ads could read your personal data as text msgs, contacts (to spam phone calls) or anything like that? Android being a new OS..
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When you install an app there is a screen displayed of the permissions the apps ask for, read/write contacts, calendars etc will all be displayed, you should be able to see the permissions an app will have access to after it's installed as well from memory.
not sure what devs and ads can do with access to a phone. Its like a new gateway has been opened.
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You should be more worried what google will do with all the info it collects to be honest, but that's another issue altogether.
Kinda wish a dev could comment if the G1 would even have this ability and if it could be a bad thing.
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You are prompted during install as to what the app will be able to access, google leaves it up to you to accept it or not.
Edit: Good question, this Ad Free, is it like if you add a hosts file in a router? Like if I use the G1 to tether, is it blocking the ad banners even on tethered connections? Would be interesting to know for sure since imagine a built in firewall that protects tethered PCs too.
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Depends how the tethered setup gets DNS info, if it uses the information from the hosts file then yes, but this is dependent on what the tether setup does.

Mysticales said:
Its like a new gateway has been opened.
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Only if you never bothered reading the permissions requests when installing an app. They clearly describe what permissions an app wants to use and you can cancel the installation if you feel you don't want to give an app the right to access your personal info. So if you install a game that says it wants access to your Google Account info (which would include your email and thus all your associated google services) then you have only yourself to blame if the dev sends you a ton of spam or sells your email address.
Bottom line is read the permissions requested carefully and decide whether you trust the company/entity that created the app before installing it. Also, i'd be very wary installing any root apps, since root apps by their very nature can operate outside of dalvik sandbox and do practically anything they want to your system. I'm only running two root apps right now: Market Enabler and Wifi Tether. They are both open source.

Well of course I read the permissions thing. However still I would still wonder about things.

Mysticales said:
Well of course I read the permissions thing. However still I would still wonder about things.
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Google actually closed up some of the loop holes that apps were using on Android 1.0/1.1 to enable wifi etc.

jashsu said:
They are both open source.
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Unless you audit the code and compile it yourself, you have no idea what the binary is actually doing.

Location data is only used for serving the right banners and calculate the profits the banner view/click has depending on the location (country) of the viewer.
Its not anything malicious and you can easily see the permissions when installing.
People all like free apps instead of paying a few dollars, but when an ad is added people try to get rid of it... Havent you all ever wondered why the ads are there? Just like on a forum as the one you are on right now? Right they generate at least a little bit of money for a dev that doesnt want to charge the users directly by letting them pay, but spends almost all his free time to keep apps updated, write new once and answering questions.
As soon as there is virtually no way too make money on a market, the market will die as developers/companies will move over to an other platform of development.

delta_foxtrot2 said:
Unless you audit the code and compile it yourself, you have no idea what the binary is actually doing.
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It's not difficult to get the code from svn and compile it. Pretty effortless.

rogro82 said:
As soon as there is virtually no way too make money on a market, the market will die as developers/companies will move over to an other platform of development.
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Many people don't like to view ads on their computers, let alone their mobile phone. Thus if people can block the ads easily, they will. Content producers and software developers will simply have to find a new business model to pursue. Maybe that's a free/premium differentiation model or maybe its microtransactions. That or they will have to deal with a percentage of their userbase blocking ads.

Well I am sure most devs Block ads too, either on their mobile or pc.. no one wants any type of issue.
Now again, I said I understand why they are there for free apps. Its just that as a user myself.. I like to know Im protected from potential hazards. Also alot of devs like to make something hot to use on later resumes and projects. Ive worked with alot of devs in my time start with nothing and grow to get bigger jobs in RL cause of the project. =)

jashsu said:
It's not difficult to get the code from svn and compile it. Pretty effortless.
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I didn't say it was hard to get or compile it, but auditing the code to make sure nothing malicious is going on can be very difficult at times. There is a code obfustication competition each year and it's extrodinary what some can do and you'd never know unless it was pointed out to you.

Mysticales said:
Well I am sure most devs Block ads too, either on their mobile or pc.. no one wants any type of issue.
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It's not just "issues" too many ads tick a certain segment of the population off to the point that they go to these lengths to get rid of them.
This is of course before you factor in this segment of the population are usually the least to click on ads, usually for ethical/moral reasons, so them getting rid of ads is usually no big loss.
Last time I checked AdFree was downloaded less than 5,000 times, now compare this to a speedometer app I made which anyone can run and it's been downloaded over 10,000 times I highly doubt any dev relying on ads will actually loose out by the people that can and are blocking them.

rogro82 said:
Location data is only used for serving the right banners and calculate the profits the banner view/click has depending on the location (country) of the viewer.
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The meta data that can be gleened from this sort of advertising can have all sorts of flow on effects and unintended consequences.
I see the world and potential pitfalls in things differently than others, I don't know why, but the more data collected the worst things can be.
If you are interested in what country they are from/in just pull the country code from the SIM card, why narrow it down to within a few metres?

Well since I have been using Adfree. Let me say this. My G1 seems to be running faster! I dont get as many force close/wait errors. Certain apps like atrackdog for one RUN faster. I mean without the ads running, it seems my apps speed through their task and do what they are supposed to. Kinda interesting note oddly.
Also lets say a app you know would be using GPS to locate you on a map. Thus triggering "Give app permission to use your GPS" which you know why it needs it. But does the app also tell you that it uses the GPS for Ads? So I dont always trust what it says when it comes to permissions as it doesnt mean in the underline that its not using the same permission to do other things. Would be nice if the G1 had a notice that the app uses Ad support.

Linux is a wonderful and powerful operating system that can do just about anything you can possibly dream of.
First, the hosts file hack is a piece of crap since all it does is it points potentially malicious domain names back to self. It doesn't take into account connections that are ip address based... those will still go through and there is nothing that can be put in the hosts file to stop that.
iptables on the other hand.... included in 1.0 and 1.1, and several custom 1.5's, can do many strong things; block by ip address (including if it tries to lookup by dns), block by port, *BLOCK BY USER ID*.
The latter is particularly interesting since each program installed on android is assigned its own userid. That means that with the correct iptables rule, you can block all network traffic for THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM. Or you can blacklist/whitelist servers for that program, etc.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/block...ingle-user-from-my-server-using-iptables.html
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux...ng-access-to-selectedspecific-ip-address.html
For example, when I issue this command:
iptables -A OUTPUT -o tiwlan0 -m owner --uid-owner 10017 -j DROP
My browser is no longer able to connect (since it is uid=10017) using wifi (tiwlan0 is wifi). Note: leave out the entire "-o tiwlan0" argument and it should block all outgoing on all devices for that userid.
To find the userid for a particular program, do "ls -l /data/data/program'sdatadirectory"

So on JF 1.51 is this ability already there? Yea I know Linux is great for iptables. Always is, even in routers hehe.
If its not in there already, Debian, how well does that work on the G1?

Fire tablet, block access to internet and delete some apps

I would like to buy a fire tablet for my son. I want to block its internet connection completely and delete all apps but office.
I saw a video here that one can root the system, but is it possible to do what I want and how do I do it?

Yes, you can do what you wish.
Step one, search for a thread on how to root.
After you have root, you can delete or hide whatever apps you like & install AFWall+ to block any app from internet access.
If you have not brought a Fire yet, or haven't connected it to wifi yet then be sure to check what version of the Fire OS it's running before connecting to wifi. If it's 5.0.1 then you want to block updates first.

blueberry.sky said:
Yes, you can do what you wish.
Step one, search for a thread on how to root.
After you have root, you can delete or hide whatever apps you like & install AFWall+ to block any app from internet access.
If you have not brought a Fire yet, or haven't connected it to wifi yet then be sure to check what version of the Fire OS it's running before connecting to wifi. If it's 5.0.1 then you want to block updates first.
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This is the Thread I've found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/development/wip-achieving-root-thread-t3238152
I don't want just to block the internet, I want to completely delete the files of it right after I install some Apps from google play, is that possible?
Thanks.

userkk0 said:
This is the Thread I've found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amaz...hread-t3238152
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Do not follow any instructions from "awesomeslayerg"! You will notice that the thread has been locked by mods. And mods have had to lock other threads by that guy & edit some of his posts as well. His instructions have bricked people (completely broken people's tablets). He said he didn't care & refused to remove it or post a warning.
userkk0 said:
I don't want just to block the internet, I want to completely delete the files of it right after I install some Apps from google play
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You're going to have to better describe what you mean by that. Not clear on exactly what you want to do. You want to "delete the files of it". What is "it"? The internet?
How old is your son?
The actual programs which make it possible for a tablet (or a phone or PC) to communicate / send, receive information over the internet are basic low level programs which are almost part of the system. When people want to prevent access to the internet they use an app to block it. People don't look to strip out the basic low level programs. For a few reasons. 1) Most people don't know what to strip out, 2) it may have unintended consequences / break things, 3) it's unnecessary.

blueberry.sky said:
Do not follow any instructions from "awesomeslayerg"! You will notice that the thread has been locked by mods. And mods have had to lock other threads by that guy & edit some of his posts as well. His instructions have bricked people (completely broken people's tablets). He said he didn't care & refused to remove it or post a warning.
You're going to have to better describe what you mean by that. Not clear on exactly what you want to do. You want to "delete the files of it". What is "it"? The internet?
How old is your son?
The actual programs which make it possible for a tablet (or a phone or PC) to communicate / send, receive information over the internet are basic low level programs which are almost part of the system. When people want to prevent access to the internet they use an app to block it. People don't look to strip out the basic low level programs. For a few reasons. 1) Most people don't know what to strip out, 2) it may have unintended consequences / break things, 3) it's unnecessary.
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So how can I ROOT amazon fire tablet? I didn't find anything else..
Maybe I should buy a different tablet? the kindle fire is 39$ now.
I want to install google play and then, via google play install Microsoft office and some other small apps.
Second, delete google play and all other amazon apps.
Third, Block completely access to the internet of WI-Fi, not just pass word, I want to completely cancel the ability to use it.

userkk0 said:
So how can I ROOT amazon fire tablet? I didn't find anything else..
Maybe I should buy a different tablet? the kindle fire is 39$ now.
I want to install google play and then, via google play install Microsoft office and some other small apps.
Second, delete google play and all other amazon apps.
Third, Block completely access to the internet of WI-Fi, not just pass word, I want to completely cancel the ability to use it.
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You will mess up the tablet if you try to do it. The browser is part of the rom.

userkk0 said:
So how can I ROOT amazon fire tablet? I didn't find anything else..
Maybe I should buy a different tablet? the kindle fire is 39$ now.
I want to install google play and then, via google play install Microsoft office and some other small apps.
Second, delete google play and all other amazon apps.
Third, Block completely access to the internet of WI-Fi, not just pass word, I want to completely cancel the ability to use it.
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[Videos] Tutorials on how to root, flash roms and more on the Amazon Fire 5th gen.
Sent from my KFFOWI using XDA Labs

rdfry said:
You will mess up the tablet if you try to do it. The browser is part of the rom.
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If you are careful what you uninstall you wont mess up.
And even if you do. You can easily re-flash the rom

yossijoe said:
If you are careful what you uninstall you wont mess up.
And even if you do. You can easily re-flash the rom
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How can I block the option to re-flash the rom?

userkk0 said:
How can I block the option to re-flash the rom?
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Unfortunately if your kid is also an xda member. :laugh: there's nothing you can do to prevent it.
At least it's safer than all those parental control apps out there

userkk0 said:
I would like to buy a fire tablet for my son. I want to block its internet connection completely and delete all apps but office.
I saw a video here that one can root the system, but is it possible to do what I want and how do I do it?
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Some routers allow you to block internet access per host. Sadly, that would only apply when at home. But might be an option worth looking into it. DHCP reservation / firewall rules.

Google Account Settings issue

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To be more specific, I'm not having issue with Android Device Manager, I'm having issue with the message "You don't have any devices" in Google Play Store.
I've looked it up in lots of places but seems like no one has a concrete answer.
Any further direction would be appreciated!
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Hello,
I've installed all of the required apps to run Google Play store and have installed apps without issue. I'm having a couple of issues:
1) When I tap on Google Account Settings, it doesn't load anything, just closes the app
2) When I log in to Google Play on my browser, it says that I have no devices connected to the account, even thought I'm downloading apps just fine with that very same account in Google Play app. I'd like to remotely add and delete apps from my tablets as they are for the kids and I don't always have the tablets by my side to install / delete things.
Please help, thanks!

dymlu said:
Hello,
I've installed all of the required apps to run Google Play store and have installed apps without issue. I'm having a couple of issues:
1) When I tap on Google Account Settings, it doesn't load anything, just closes the app
2) When I log in to Google Play on my browser, it says that I have no devices connected to the account, even thought I'm downloading apps just fine with that very same account in Google Play app. I'd like to remotely add and delete apps from my tablets as they are for the kids and I don't always have the tablets by my side to install / delete things.
Please help, thanks!
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Sometimes takes a few days for everything to sync up on Google's end.

Davey126 said:
Sometimes takes a few days for everything to sync up on Google's end.
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It's been like this since I got everything set up 3 weeks ago. It's never recognized that the tablet is associated to the account.

dymlu said:
It's been like this since I got everything set up 3 weeks ago. It's never recognized that the tablet is associated to the account.
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Another poster (perhaps a few) described a similar situation along with the steps taken to remediate. If I stumble across that I will repost here. As I recall it involved deleting and readding Google account(s) on the device side (reboot between) plus a tweak or two from the web version of Android Device Manager.

Davey126 said:
Another poster (perhaps a few) described a similar situation along with the steps taken to remediate. If I stumble across that I will repost here. As I recall it involved deleting and readding Google account(s) on the device side (reboot between) plus a tweak or two from the web version of Android Device Manager.
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That would be awesome, thanks a million in advance!

Davey126 said:
Another poster (perhaps a few) described a similar situation along with the steps taken to remediate. If I stumble across that I will repost here. As I recall it involved deleting and readding Google account(s) on the device side (reboot between) plus a tweak or two from the web version of Android Device Manager.
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That would be awesome, thanks a million in advance!
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Problem appears to be widespread with no generic solution. See (one of many similar posts):
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...android-device-manager-googles-working-on-it/
Might be something you just have to live with.

Davey126 said:
Problem appears to be widespread with no generic solution. See (one of many similar posts):
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...android-device-manager-googles-working-on-it/
Might be something you just have to live with.
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Rats, I want to remotely install and delete apps on my kids tablets, any ideas on remote device management tools for Android tablets?

dymlu said:
Rats, I want to remotely install and delete apps on my kids tablets, any ideas on remote device management tools for Android tablets?
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While there are quite a few you might want to start with AirDroid. Generally well regarded albeit sometimes a bit schizophrenic. You should be able to accomplish basic app/device management with the free version. Can also look at some of the more focused tools once you decide which features are most important.

Davey126 said:
While there are quite a few you might want to start with AirDroid. Generally well regarded albeit sometimes a bit schizophrenic. You should be able to accomplish basic app/device management with the free version. Can also look at some of the more focused tools once you decide which features are most important.
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I was looking for something that I can use while I'm at work and the kids are at home?

dymlu said:
I was looking for something that I can use while I'm at work and the kids are at home?
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Yes - did you look at AirDroid? Claims to have that capability. Also note there are various workarounds (eg: create a second account) for the original issue you reported. None work 100% which is why I didn't elaborate. You are going to have to do a little research to get what you want.

Davey126 said:
Yes - did you look at AirDroid? Claims to have that capability. Also note there are various workarounds (eg: create a second account) for the original issue you reported. None work 100% which is why I didn't elaborate. You are going to have to do a little research to get what you want.
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AirDroid doesn't allow me access to install apps, just delete I'll have to keep researching, thanks for the advices.

Davey126 said:
Yes - did you look at AirDroid? Claims to have that capability. Also note there are various workarounds (eg: create a second account) for the original issue you reported. None work 100% which is why I didn't elaborate. You are going to have to do a little research to get what you want.
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To be more specific, I'm not having issue with Android Device Manager, I'm having issue with the message "You don't have any devices" in Google Play Store.
I've looked it up in lots of places but haven't found anything concrete for solution. Is it because I'm using a Fire Tablet and it's not supported on Google Play?

dymlu said:
AirDroid doesn't allow me access to install apps, just delete I'll have to keep researching, thanks for the advices.
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dymlu said:
To be more specific, I'm not having issue with Android Device Manager, I'm having issue with the message "You don't have any devices" in Google Play Store.
I've looked it up in lots of places but haven't found anything concrete for solution. Is it because I'm using a Fire Tablet and it's not supported on Google Play?
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Answered the last question in a previous post (below). As for remote install a tool like AirDroid can get the job done but you will need to get creative with the approach. In the end it may not be worth the effort, especially if the target devices are physically accessible albeit with a little inconvenience wrestling it away from the kid.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help/google-account-settings-issue-t3441323/post68240076

How To Remove Ads With No Root?

Good day!
As stated on the title, how can I remove ads in my Huawei P10 without rooting my phone? I know Adawy or Adguard can do the trick if you're rooted, but how if I'm not?
Is there a way we can do this via ADB shell command? I don't want to use DNS66 or any VPN that will eat my battery or RAM usage. I hope someone can answer this query. And I hope this is possible.
Thanks!

Hi.
As far as I know, there is no way to prevent ads from your phone without root.
Greets

I'm using blokada. It's just like dns66 and the others.
It's just open source, heavily developed and does not eat all my battery or resources.
blokada.org

I prefer Adguard on non-rooted devices. It's basically internal firewall and the reason it shows any battery usage is because its heading all the data through this firewall - but it's not really consuming much of the power. As a matter of fact it usually prolongs battery life if properly set up. Works like a charm with EMUI 5.1 tiles.
The pro version could cost just about 12$ for lifetime if purchased made in RUB. Strongly recommend to try a free trial.

Thanks for your feedback guys. I will consider your suggestions.

bauer18 said:
Good day!
As stated on the title, how can I remove ads in my Huawei P10 without rooting my phone? I know Adawy or Adguard can do the trick if you're rooted, but how if I'm not?
Is there a way we can do this via ADB shell command? I don't want to use DNS66 or any VPN that will eat my battery or RAM usage. I hope someone can answer this query. And I hope this is possible.
Thanks!
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I recommend using Adguard DNS servers.. I'm pretty happy with it. Doesn't remove everything, but helps a lot.
-> https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html

snydersdoc said:
I recommend using Adguard DNS servers.. I'm pretty happy with it. Doesn't remove everything, but helps a lot.
-> https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html
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Thanks for this suggestion but this only works when you are connected to WiFi since you can modify your WiFi settings. But, how about if you're using your mobile data connection? I can't see any option where I can add Adguard DNS servers in mobile data settings. Any recommendations without using a third party app like DNS changer?

The only way to block ads without root is via a VPN - but most of those, including the ones mentioned above mean you have to rely on a 3rd party having access to all your traffic.
I'm using NetGuard and this uses the local VPN on the phone without an external server (unless you want to include one) - its by the same dev who wrote the amazing Xposed module called Xprivacy:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-netguard-root-firewall-t3233012

I think there is another way doing this. Is there anyway to mount /etc/ on computer, probably using adb?
If that is available as option, could generate hosts file using adaway no rooted device and copy manually file.
Could that be possible on locked device?
P10 Android 8 VTRL-29 8.0.0.360(C432)

Possible to get bootloader code?

Is there any way to find/get the bootloader code?
Should really have checked this up before buying a new phone, but never heard of this issue needing a code, and then again them not giving them out anymore.. Sent an email to them arguing to reconsider the choice and sending it up stream so they know people (i guess im not the only one) is a bit frustrated about this.
Thanks in advance!

I couldn't find a solution for this up to now. It's frustrating - need root only for blocking ads.

BetaV said:
I couldn't find a solution for this up to now. It's frustrating - need root only for blocking ads.
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If it is just for ad blocking - try "DNS66"
You can block ads with the help of VPN with it, so you don't need root

Thanks Ikaros. I tried it in the past, but didn't block most ads for me (tried different dns) ... and shows annoying ads by itself too.

BetaV said:
I tried it in the past, but didn't block most ads for me (tried different dns) ... and shows annoying ads by itself too.
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Instead of DNS66 you could try "Block this".
Don't know how good it works tho, I am only using adblockers when I have root access, nothing can compare with adaway.
All we can do now is wait for the P20 Pro to be supported by DC Unlocker.