I don't know why, but adblock doesn't appear to do anything at all when I give it root access, so I had to deny it root permission and then configure the proxy. However I can't figure out how to do this for the t-mobile network.
Has anybody been able to get adblock to work universally? And no I don't want to use adaway as that stops some websites from working (namely slickdeals.net when you click on the deal links.)
No.
Use adaway and read the thread on how to set up your white list.
If not the answer is no
BAD ASS NOTE 4
Adaway all day. Never had to set up a list.
Just had to stop using adfree.
Slickdeals working here.
Adaway latest
Clicked on the deals
bought the stuffed animal and everything
Ive used adfree android on all of my phones for ad blocking and has always worked. Its not on the appstore but google adfree android and it should be one on the first links. Its by bigtincan​
Thank you Erick.
I've got adfree working here, now.
I've used it for many moons, as well.
I think the site may have been down the other day.
Couldn't get an apk that would install just a day or two ago.
It's working, now.
I'll double check it's not blocking websites:
With slickdeals and adaway the trick was to visit the site twice cause it looks shady to ad blockers cause it's arguably a shady site.
The 2nd time adaway looks at it it can see its a real website.
Adfree website:
http://adfree.bigtincan.com/
I understand adware and blocking web ads but this is insane wherein samsung now slides in a nasty ad that blasts with sound in the galaxy apps.
I wont pay adguard a yearly fee to block it. If anyone has a way to make that ad go away, please help. blocking the app is ridiculous.
Blockade it is run through DNS so you we see a wrench up top but does work really well.i run it on my phone and on my Amazon fire. On the fire stick it blocks a 1000 as a day easily
When I download anything from galaxy apps, a very brief pop up appears saying that the download will start after an ad, but the ad never shows! The pop up lasts only some 2 o3 seconds, it has been this way since day one, 5 months ago, as the ads never show, I now pay no attention
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When I download anything from galaxy apps, a very brief pop up appears saying that the download will start after an ad, but the ad never shows! The pop up lasts only some 2 o3 seconds, it has been this way since day one, 5 months ago, as the ads never show, I now pay no attention
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the ad is not a popup but a ad that sounds off loud. never in years has galaxy apps did this. samsung needs to get a grip on this before our apps all become useless to open. i did try adblock for apps but no way in hell will i pay 60 a year to use it.
So, the ad comes up in the galaxy store, or when you open something purchased/downloaded from galaxy apps?
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When I download anything from galaxy apps, a very brief pop up appears saying that the download will start after an ad, but the ad never shows! The pop up lasts only some 2 o3 seconds, it has been this way since day one, 5 months ago, as the ads never show, I now pay no attention
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So, the ad comes up in the galaxy store, or when you open something purchased/downloaded from galaxy apps?
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galaxy store app
icarusnow said:
I understand adware and blocking web ads but this is insane wherein samsung now slides in a nasty ad that blasts with sound in the galaxy apps.
I wont pay adguard a yearly fee to block it. If anyone has a way to make that ad go away, please help. blocking the app is ridiculous.
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blokada apk worked and also clocks all apps ads and browsers and its free, donations accepted by developer https://blokada.org/index.html
https://blokada.org/index.html perfect free
Does it use a VPN?
Yes I have the same problem. It is an Annoying sound at that. I can't see it nor can I stop it. I have to restart phone to fix it
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Does it use a VPN?
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Yes, Blokada is another VPN adblocker. Most non root adblockers are. I don't use Blokada on my phone since I'm rooted but I do use Blokada on my Fire TV & Sony TV to block YouTube (TV version) ads. It has been working great for me for a while but as of a few days ago some ads aren't getting blocked, even with SmartYouTubeTV. I think YouTube updated their TV version recently. I may have to try something else.
After 2 weeks of attempts to make it work, after several emails sent to the PoliceDeveloper team, here is my conclusion. This product is malicious or doesn't work.
Notice: I do not work for Samsung nor I've ever worked for PoliceDeveloper. I have no interest at all posting this except warning the next users. I'm simply a guy a bit pissed off by Samsung bloatwares.
Maybe my experience could bring some additional answers to a certain post reported on reddit and named: package_disabler_question.
This app is weird for several reasons explained below:
The developer team doesn't support you. The process is well documented nowhere, even in their emails, really absolutely nowhere. Apparently it doesn't work and when you show them the proof that you are dealing with an installation issue, they don't dare to reply, they simply ignore you or reply with an automated template. Truly disrespectful when you trusted them buying the app on the store.
Their website seems to refer to wrong versions only (based from my own experience). From the Google store, versions sometime work, sometime they doesn't. It was mentioned somewhere (app itself or their website) that you have to install a "PDP engine". When it's done, it still doesn't work, you write to the team and at that moment they state by email you don't need to use it anymore. So why is there a PDP engine to install at the very begining?? And the strangest thing is you don't know at all which tool is doing what, because nothing is explained anywhere.
The tool needs an internet connection, but you don't know what is it for? You guess, seeing what happens on your screen, that Knox validate the license. But is it even a genuine popup? I asked to the team what was this connection requirement for. Strange, after this email, silence from the team until the date I'm sharing my experience here.
Now if it was only about some painful installation and comunication with the dev team, I would only rank it with 3 or 4 stars, complimenting them for the great work. But there is much annoying, the tool maybe does not do what it pretends to do. When you achieve to install it and make it work after several emails, you want to disable some packages, they become indeed displayed in a disabled app list within PackageDisabler, good! But when you check the Android built-in task manager, nothing is in the Android disabled app list. I tried to run one of the recently disabled package and the app can't start. So does it do the job or does it make you think it does... I'm not an Android specialits so I simply asked about this to the team, not a single answer.
They state Samsung is trying to block their app. They just explain that maybe in the purpose to work under the radar sending you an apk by email, and of course you have to give Admin permission to that app. So is it even true Samsung is fighting them? And if it was true, why? You will tell me because they want to protect their juicy bloatware apps. Based on my experience, I'm begining to think maybe Samsung simply tries to protect their platform end users from that app...
I asked for a reimbursement. Yes even for 2$, it doesn't work on my Galaxy S9 so help me or give me my money back. No answer from PoliceDeveloper...
So I let you make your own judgement about all of these.
In my opinion, when you buy an app and ask for what the app needs/does, or simply why it seems not to do what the developer claims, you should get your answers. Otherwise there is something sleazy.
Note: Galaxy S9 Duos - Exynos here...
No problems here. I've been using it for some time and the only problem I've ever had was a minor one that was fixed with a new update.
Tel864 said:
No problems here. I've been using it for some time and the only problem I've ever had was a minor one that was fixed with a new update.
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May I know which phone you are using?
yecundha said:
May I know which phone you are using?
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S9, US Snapdragon
Been using on my s9 exynos for 2 months now. Perfect!
I actually bought package disabler pro from the play store couple days ago (s9) and it has worked fine. I found it actually helpful on reading details on apps installed. Giving it admin permission does bother me, but its permanent.
elstano2k7 said:
I actually bought package disabler pro from the play store couple days ago (s9) and it has worked fine. I found it actually helpful on reading details on apps installed. Giving it admin permission does bother me, but its permanent.
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I would guess that for it to interact with other apps or system services it would need admin.
Works fine here on exynos s9 after update. Had bought the original app and they gave me a voucher for the new one.
It works for me but it does look hacky. It acts as a device administrator, like what a corporation might give you as a condition of using the LAN. It can not modify or uninstall apps but it can refuse their use. I would have returned my S9+ if not for this app. Samsung ads were constantly popping up even after two days of trying to get rid of them. The phone was unusable until the bloat was disabled.
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It works for me but it does look hacky. It acts as a device administrator, like what a corporation might give you as a condition of using the LAN. It can not modify or uninstall apps but it can refuse their use. I would have returned my S9+ if not for this app. Samsung ads were constantly popping up even after two days of trying to get rid of them. The phone was unusable until the bloat was disabled.
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It's just a UI for the adb uninstall commands, but backs them up so you can restore them, even the uninstall adb commands don't really uninstall them, you need root for that
working just fine for me, responsive developer (email them and give me the serial number from previous apps.), and no malicious problem here. all green
What apps are recommended to uninstall?
I'm checking now and I can hardly believe how much crap came with this phone. No wonder I couldn't get it to work before. Essentially, I disabled anything that was:
- Running in the background or using data even though I don't use it
- Popping up advertisements (all Samsung apps)
- Location spyware like weather apps and dynamic keyguards
- Bixby everything
- No chance of being needed (this will vary greatly by person)
Briefing, Yelp, Knox Enrollment Service, Galaxy Essentials Service, Galaxy Essentials Widget, Samsung Keyboard, Weather, Samsung Internet, Samsung Billing, SystemUIBixby, Samsung+, Secure your stuff, Secure Folder, Sports, Finance, Bixy Vision, Samsung Themes, Samsung Pay Framework, Samsung Cloud, Autofill with Samsung Pass, Samsung Pass, Samsung Experience Service, Keyguard Wallpaper Updator, Gear VR Service, Game Tools, Game Launcher, Find My Mobile, Secure Wi-Fi, Email, SmartThings, BixyVision Framework, Voice wake-up, Samsung voice input, Bixby Service, Bixby Global Action, Bixby Voice Stub, Bixy Voice, Smart Things, com.samsung.android.app.watch.managerstub, Bixby Home, AirCommandManager, Samsung account, KnoxVpnPacProcessor, Google VR Services, Google, Gmail, Facebook App Installer, Facebook Services, Facebook App Manager, Game Optimizing Service, Dictionary, CNN for Edge Panel
To the op: it needs internet for two reasons. To connect with knox servers to allow the app to do what it does, that's Samsung's requirement. And to verify the license for the actual app, to prevent piracy.
And for why it's not working... You didn't really describe what's happening, so we can't help you... But i mean, a lot of people have a great experience with PDP for samsung devices... I can only assume its user error... Maybe you refuse to Grant it permissions, have a device that's restricted with knox by your employer, or you're rooted (or were)...
Pretty good list.
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...Knox Enrollment Service, Samsung Experience Service, Google
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Kinda surprised it still worked after partially disabling the service that makes it possible (knox)... No doubt you're getting some extra cpu drain from the errors that's causing, run a log cat, guarantee you've got a lot errors happening.
And for the Samsung Experience Service, you must be using a third party launcher, because that's essentially touchwiz.
As for Google, don't quite see the benefit of disabling that. It's where google assistant is, and hardly does anything at all in the background.
Otherwise, great list.
Tip for everyone, after disabling apps, run a logcat (google "adb log cat" or download the cat log app) and just look for the words "error", "warning", "failed, "doesn't exist", and "found"... The more time you see any of those, more than likely that means more resources wasted because of missing packages. (Services call on other services, and they tend to cause tantrums when they don't get a response)... Probably a good idea to also do it before disabling anything, to establish a baseline.
I disabled the annoying app that kept asking me to sign up for Knox services. I don't think there's any means to disable Knox itself since it's part of the bootloader. There are plenty of errors spewing in logcat but they all appear to be sloppy code rather than any specific problem.
Nova Launcher Prime replaces Samsung Experience.
Google Search is disabled because I'm not using the search bar and it seems to pre-fetch a LOT in the background. I'm not a fan of Google cross-linking everything in inappropriate ways so I'm not using their apps.
MailDroid Pro replaces Email and GMail.
I noticed that Google now spams your phone's GMail account asking you to use Google apps. There's no opt-out, of course.
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To the op: it needs internet for two reasons. To connect with knox servers to allow the app to do what it does, that's Samsung's requirement. And to verify the license for the actual app, to prevent piracy.
And for why it's not working... You didn't really describe what's happening, so we can't help you... But i mean, a lot of people have a great experience with PDP for samsung devices... I can only assume its user error... Maybe you refuse to Grant it permissions, have a device that's restricted with knox by your employer, or you're rooted (or were)...
Pretty good list.
Kinda surprised it still worked after partially disabling the service that makes it possible (knox)... No doubt you're getting some extra cpu drain from the errors that's causing, run a log cat, guarantee you've got a lot errors happening.
And for the Samsung Experience Service, you must be using a third party launcher, because that's essentially touchwiz.
As for Google, don't quite see the benefit of disabling that. It's where google assistant is, and hardly does anything at all in the background.
Otherwise, great list.
Tip for everyone, after disabling apps, run a logcat (google "adb log cat" or download the cat log app) and just look for the words "error", "warning", "failed, "doesn't exist", and "found"... The more time you see any of those, more than likely that means more resources wasted because of missing packages. (Services call on other services, and they tend to cause tantrums when they don't get a response)... Probably a good idea to also do it before disabling anything, to establish a baseline.
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Any diference with AdHell 3 when disabling the apps? I'm using AdHell (is free), but I'd like to know if the uninstallation performed by PD is deeper.
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Any diference with AdHell 3 when disabling the apps? I'm using AdHell (is free), but I'd like to know if the uninstallation performed by PD is deeper.
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Adhell 3 uses KNOX, Package Disabler Pro uses ADB
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Adhell 3 uses KNOX, Package Disabler Pro uses ADB
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Thanks, but sorry for the (surely silly) question. The result is the same? I mean, disabling via ADB is like disabling via Knox? Or one method is better than other?
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Shaglok said:
Thanks, but sorry for the (surely silly) question. The result is the same? I mean, disabling via ADB is like disabling via Knox? Or one method is better than other?
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Different methods, same result
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Adhell 3 uses KNOX, Package Disabler Pro uses ADB
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Package Disabler pro on samsung devices also uses Knox, it uses adb for non-samsung devices.
kevinmcmurtrie said:
Nova Launcher Prime replaces Samsung Experience.
Google Search is disabled because I'm not using the search bar and it seems to pre-fetch a LOT in the background. I'm not a fan of Google cross-linking everything in inappropriate ways so I'm not using their apps.
MailDroid Pro replaces Email and GMail.
I noticed that Google now spams your phone's GMail account asking you to use Google apps. There's no opt-out, of course.
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Well right on, you've got your replacement apps. I couldn't do that personally (even before i got hooked on Google Assistant).
And you can turn off a LOT of the pre-fetching, and the cross linking that the Google app and others do, but of course there will always be some (web and app activity in google account. Others in the google app, like contacts, calendar, call logs, sms, etc)
I'd be interested to know how your battery life compares, because while the Google apps can be... Busy... They do their business in pretty light-weight ways.
Hi xiaomi . With samsung devices, no ads ( rarely). With xiaomi ANNOYING ads. Is there a specific setting (s) , no apps, especialy vpn ones, could be done directely from the phone or google could stop those ads pls. Your help will be appreciated. Thx
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Hi xiaomi . With samsung devices, no ads ( rarely). With xiaomi ANNOYING ads. Is there a specific setting (s) , no apps, especialy vpn ones, could be done directely from the phone or google could stop those ads pls. Your help will be appreciated. Thx
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Where do you see these ads? I have mine for 6 weeks now. Not one has been spotted.
They are every where. On chrome, google and even built in mi 11 apps. They are so annoying. Thx for ur replay
Not a single ad here. I think the store cooked you some bad rom or something.
So what shall i do
Try set your Region to for exmple Germany, here i have Zero ads
Ok ill try it. Thx
No ads.
Where did you buy your phone ?
I am from Jordan. So i bought it here
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Hi xiaomi . With samsung devices, no ads ( rarely). With xiaomi ANNOYING ads. Is there a specific setting (s) , no apps, especialy vpn ones, could be done directely from the phone or google could stop those ads pls. Your help will be appreciated. Thx
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Not exactly true, Samsung does send you stuff all the time and if you use a system app, like members, you'll see them also. While all ads are annoying, you can opt out of them during the setup process on Xiaomi phones. Perhaps you missed that part?
Hi and thx for ur replay. I opt them out already sir. But still have ads. And another thing that i found, the font style is missing too. Or am i a dumb?
That should be in display, However, the Xiaomi.eu rom has no ads. You should try that.
Ok My friend ill try it. About the font style no show everywhere.
I am running a Xiaomi.eu rom and the font settings are in display.
I don't get what ROM you are using, anyway to deactivate ads you must go into settings, privacy, authorization and revocation and deactivate the related apps (daemon, ads, analytics) then for each MIUI app go into settings and set to off "receive raccomandations". Regarding Google apps you must set to off ads options into settings->Google. To remove ads into chrome you can't do anything but installing a different browser, I do recommend Kiwi browser which is basically a copy of chrome with an in built ad blocker