Hi Guys,
I am currently having problems with TVcatchup.com along with some other live stream services, as they will not play due to ad blocker.
Anyone else notice this?
Any recommendations how to to have it work properly or
as a last resort, suggestions on how to completely removing the ad block?
Thanks
Aaron.
UK Samsung S3, Omega Rom.
i use adaway on omega jb roms, no problems with tvcatchup
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Delete /system/etc/hosts, then try if it works (should do).
Then install AdAway to get rid of the ads. If it doesn't work, delete that hosts file again, or use the app to revert.
No problems here on the leaked 4.1.2 using adfree android.
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why not use the tvcatchup app rather then the website?
try whitelisting
demo.inskinmedia.com and
objects.tremormedia.com
this solved my problem a few months ago
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Just signed up Hulu plus and downloaded the app. Sadly every time the ad buffering goes on endlessly. searched the forum, find same question but no answer. I'm on stock gingerbread, unlocked and rooted. have already uninstalled adfree and rebooted. any help will be appreciated.
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That usually has to do with with ad host blocking being on or enabled. I encountered the same problem but was able to solve it by running adfree and clicking revert. Since you said you have done this, id try and reflash the phone.
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what i did and it worked for me is revert add free block and uninstall and remove flash updates and install them again and install addfree again and revert again and it started working normally, it might look unnecessary to do all that but it worked for me
hi
if i use wifi no ads in xda free app. if i use data-3g i got ads. i push host file in etc folder and used adfree app but no luck.
pls a solution.
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Buy the premium app.
The XDA app was probably developed by someone in their free time. If you don't want to look at ads in the free version, the least you can do is chip in a buck or two to whoever developed it and buy the premium app.
Quite simple, navigate to Play Shop, search for XDA PREMIUM, click buy! Voila, you now have no ads in XDA app
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hi
why with wifi no ads and with mobile data ads then?
pissyhun said:
hi
why with wifi no ads and with mobile data ads then?
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Could be the wifi router you are connected to when you are not getting ads has a firewall active, that is blocking the ad server.
pissyhun, are you still on krinyo's SlimROM? Or are you trying to push his hosts file to another ROM. That's what I want to do when I try AOKP, but have to research first - never done it before.
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pissyhun, are you still on krinyo's SlimROM? Or are you trying to push his hosts file to another ROM. That's what I want to do when I try AOKP, but have to research first - never done it before.
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hi
i just installed lpq rc3 ics rom and i pushed host file from another ics rom. but this solution will not work i guess!
I FOUND A SOLUTION BUT I NEED TO SEND YOU PM. AND IT SEEMS YOU CAN'T GET MESSAGES!
Delete the proxy from your apn.
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pissyhun said:
hi
i just installed lpq rc3 ics rom and i pushed host file from another ics rom. but this solution will not work i guess!
I FOUND A SOLUTION BUT I NEED TO SEND YOU PM. AND IT SEEMS YOU CAN'T GET MESSAGES!
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PM turned on, try again.
This thread is hilariously inappropriate in so many ways
FWIW, I have xda premium. My slightly OT question to the OP is regarding installation of hosts file, nothing else. Adfree doesn't work that well for me.
Adaway works better than adfree, the question could have been phrased better though.
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im wondering if there is currently a way of blocking ads on lastest xxlpq firmware? ad blockers ive tried from the play store do not work on ics for me anyway,thanks in advance
Ad free works on my ICS.
I've tried ad free but im still gettin ads in games
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Maybe the server isn't in the blocklist?
PHilclfc said:
I've tried ad free but im still gettin ads in games
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The images might be cached on your storage.
how do I get rid ov them?
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sometimes it helps...if you disable wifi & mobile data while playing games... the ads go away
PHilclfc said:
im wondering if there is currently a way of blocking ads on lastest xxlpq firmware? ad blockers ive tried from the play store do not work on ics for me anyway,thanks in advance
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If you experience blocking not to work on 3G but to work well on Wifi it could be related to the APN settings that changed when you upgraded from GB to ICS. If the APN has a proxy and a port set, just delete them. This worked for me using AdAway
Just forgot: here AdAway Issue 172 is some more information.
Try adaway available in the play store, it works perfectly.
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Hi all, anyone running an ICS CM9 rom with a working Samsung AllShare app? I've tried installing it and changing the permissions as found in other posts, but doesn't seem to work, just FC's.
Any suggestions?
Use Twonky Mobile, is a lot better than AllShare.
jeepnutz said:
Hi all, anyone running an ICS CM9 rom with a working Samsung AllShare app? I've tried installing it and changing the permissions as found in other posts, but doesn't seem to work, just FC's.
Any suggestions?
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Allshare and Google apps like Kies only work on samsung based roms
You can try airdroid from the play store
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Heya guys,
I had 4.1.1 till few weeks ago, after I updated to 4.1.2 Wanamlite ALL adblockers I try don't work... I used Adfree before and had 0 Ads in apps.
Now, no matter which one I try I have ads in there.
I had to install another version of adfree which removes only a few ads but not all, I tried adblock plus, adaways, and adfree....
My phone's rooted as usual, i let them acces internet via droidwall...
What is the problem ?
Is there a general change in 4.1.2 hich prevents some ads from being blocked ?
Thanks in advance.
Gram
All should work. What if you turn off droidwall?
Adaway worked for me on 4.1.2 and 4.2.1 leak. I then moved to 4.2.2 aosp and it still works
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See
http://sufficientlysecure.org/index.php/adaway/
rootSU said:
All should work. What if you turn off droidwall?
Adaway worked for me on 4.1.2 and 4.2.1 leak. I then moved to 4.2.2 aosp and it still works
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Heya,
Droidwalls logs are empty, i set things up a year ago so doirdwall isn't it. plus adfree and all the others adblocker apps always have all permissions.
So should I simply try another version other than 4.1.2 or why the hell isn't it working ? *sigh*
If you don't know why its not working, how can you rule out any cause?
Logic says remove as many variables as possible. I asked what happens without droid wall. Did you try it? I ask because you didn't satisfactorily answer the question.
Please rule out droidwall first. Then we talk more.
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rootSU said:
If you don't know why its not working, how can you rule out any cause?
Logic says remove as many variables as possible. I asked what happens without droid wall. Did you try it? I ask because you didn't satisfactorily answer the question.
Please rule out droidwall first. Then we talk more.
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Droidwall disabled, still ads....
**EDIT**
I told u The log is empty so nothing gets blocked...
Gramrock said:
Droidwall disabled, still ads....
**EDIT**
I told u The log is empty so nothing gets blocked...
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Who is to say the logs are working? Thanks for testing.
Please attach your hosts file.
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Adblocker plus (not crapy Play's one) works fine here with AFWall+.
It can't block all adds, only those coming from external add networks, not those natively brought through the application's server (mostly games I guess).
Striatum_bdr said:
Adblocker plus (not crapy Play's one) works fine here with AFWall+.
It can't block all adds, only those coming from external add networks, not those natively brought through the application's server (mostly games I guess).
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Yeah its the same for me.
I am using the same aps I used to use before 4.1.2, I was using the older version of adfree which was working perfectly. No inapp ads nothing.
Now i had to update the adfree to another version and the inapp ads are not blocked anymore. I mean those built in.... because those aps cannot acces the internet anyways.
The got blocked before I am just wondering why not anymore...
rootSU said:
Who is to say the logs are working? Thanks for testing.
Please attach your hosts file.
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http://the-depth.com/hosts
hope it helps...
Gramrock said:
http://the-depth.com/hosts
hope it helps...
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Thanks. If this is from /system/etc (or /etc) then it rules out the apps. Your hosts file has 25000+ entries (more than mine by about 4000)... so it would definitely appear to be a rom issue. The app is doing its job by writing to the hosts file.
I trust it has standard /system permissions?
rootSU said:
Thanks. If this is from /system/etc (or /etc) then it rules out the apps. Your hosts file has 25000+ entries (more than mine by about 4000)... so it would definitely appear to be a rom issue. The app is doing its job by writing to the hosts file.
I trust it has standard /system permissions?
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Hey, yeah prolly... It has root permissions. I was using the older wanam rom, it was working pretty nice....
What I am asking myself is: some ads seem to be built into the ap itself, since i don't allow any of the games or apps i use to connect to the internet. So ofc some ads are always there right ?
But then I realize, hey I was using all those aps before and none of those ads were there before...
What u think, should I change the rom ? can u recommend a good one ? I was pretty happy with wanam tbh...
cheers.
Gram
If you can tell me a few games to test for you I can let you know....
Since the hosts file simply blocks web hosts connecting in from the internet, it can't touch ads that are embedded in the game that works when the internet is off. So yeah, anything that still works with no internet cannot be blocked.
When I use touchwiz, I prefer wanam
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rootSU said:
If you can tell me a few games to test for you I can let you know....
Since the hosts file simply blocks web hosts connecting in from the internet, it can't touch ads that are embedded in the game that works when the internet is off. So yeah, anything that still works with no internet cannot be blocked.
When I use touchwiz, I prefer wanam
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Alright cool...
First game: Third blade
In this game if u start a level, u get a small banner ad at the center top of the screen. Now, the game is blocked and cannot access internet. yet It has this ad. Here comes the twist though, When I had my sgs+ back 2 years ago, and had adblocker i didnt have that banner ad, so whats deal with that nowadays ? Simply different version ? (upgrade with integrated ads) ?? The sgs+ had 2.3.3 or so...
Second game: Jewels saga
If i start the game now I get this stupid fullscreen ad which I have to press away. I used the same game in 4.1.1 with wanamlite and adaway and dindn't have this ad, so how come after the upgrade, under the same circumstances this ad now appears ? Please check if u get the fullscreen ad at the start..
I deleted a **** load of games so I only have these 2a atm...
Thanks alot.
Sincerely
Gram
There are ads built in to some apps .
jje
JJEgan said:
There are ads built in to some apps .
jje
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yeah, but i am using the same apps i used to in 4.1.1 and there the adblocker blocked them, now i have em. thats what makes me wonder...
Easy test, flash 4.1.1...
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