Please help i have beanstown build 5 installed with the ad blocker the host file. It has blocked a few of my websites i need for work such as
clickbooth.com
w4.com when you go to login
and maxbounty.com
i am sure this is just a few. I have found host file but i have no idea how to edit this or correct the probelm without just deleting the file which would leave me vulnerable correct?
Can someone help and walk me thru how to correct this issue as i have never dealt with this type of thing before
Thank you very much and it will be appreciated.
I believe you can just delete it. Here is what I did
1. did not install the host file (or you can just delete it)
2. download and install adblock PLUS from adblock developer
3. activate it when I visit a page with lots of ads and turn it off when you need to use those redirect pages
xredjokerx said:
I believe you can just delete it. Here is what I did
1. did not install the host file (or you can just delete it)
2. download and install adblock PLUS from adblock developer
3. activate it when I visit a page with lots of ads and turn it off when you need to use those redirect pages
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I can not do that because i use dolphin for Last pass accessibility. That ad block plus only works for firefox.
Any other ideas?
Reflash without it!!!!
Sent from my most awesome phone EVER!!!!
brennerj said:
I can not do that because i use dolphin for Last pass accessibility. That ad block plus only works for firefox.
Any other ideas?
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I could delete it but then i will have ads so i do not want to do that.
Hi thanks so much in advance for your help.
My phone is a Moto z2 play
So I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my phone with the intention of blocking sites that make me unproductive; all as part of a new year's resolution. I used Magisk too root and am able to use ES file explorer to edit the host file and I've put in different lines '127.0.0.1 "website name"' in order to block all the sites that make me unproductive. This however doesn't work well for reddit.
What I'm seeing is that if I enter reddit.com in my url I'll be blocked. But if I am linked to reddit via google then it'll circumvent the block and I'll have access. From here on I can change the url to any subreddit and access it and the block doesn't work.
I've tried blocking with the prefixes www, m., https:// etc. it still doesn't block google links. Do any of you know what I can do to fix this?
Thanks again!
Hi there wondering if anyone can help , downloader app suddenly not working , unable to use the browser within downloader ,now has message (the page you trying to access is restricted due to a security rule) same message in the help tab , or can someone recommend an alternative compatible download manager for the shield.
Thanks in advance as a bit of a novice with this
glitch7 said:
Hi there wondering if anyone can help , downloader app suddenly not working , unable to use the browser within downloader ,now has message (the page you trying to access is restricted due to a security rule) same message in the help tab , or can someone recommend an alternative compatible download manager for the shield.
Thanks in advance as a bit of a novice with this
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you need Downloader Browser-Plugin 1.0
Have the same problem with my new "Vodafone TV" box and couldn't find any solution in the internet. Tried loading the browser plugin suggested above but same error message! The downloader app just simply won't connect to the net, period!!!
So, anyone has a solution, or as the op said, can anyone suggest an alternative?
Pitching in, as I'm a new Shield user with the same issue. Here's the page from AFTnews explaining the issue and the work-around; includes an installation video.
aftvnews.com/browser-plugin-now-available-for-downloader-app-on-android-tv
In short, browser capability had to be removed from the Google Play version so the app could remain in the store. The dev provides an APK at browser.aftvnews.com to add the capability back in. Should be the same APK as rainman74 linked to above (Downloader-Browser-Plugin-v1.0.apk).
However, the AFTnews' recommended action of pointing the Download app's browser to browser.aftvnews.com did not work for me; I received the same web access error message from Downloader.
To get around this, I loaded another web browser (Puffin for Android TV), entered the browser.aftvnews.com URL, and Puffin downloaded the APK. I needed to relaunch Puffin, then select the APK from Puffin's download list to install. Once installed, Downloader was able to access the web.
Hope this helps.
mpwalters said:
Pitching in, as I'm a new Shield user with the same issue. Here's the page from AFTnews explaining the issue and the work-around; includes an installation video.
aftvnews.com/browser-plugin-now-available-for-downloader-app-on-android-tv
In short, browser capability had to be removed from the Google Play version so the app could remain in the store. The dev provides an APK at browser.aftvnews.com to add the capability back in. Should be the same APK as rainman74 linked to above (Downloader-Browser-Plugin-v1.0.apk).
However, the AFTnews' recommended action of pointing the Download app's browser to browser.aftvnews.com did not work for me; I received the same web access error message from Downloader.
To get around this, I loaded another web browser (Puffin for Android TV), entered the browser.aftvnews.com URL, and Puffin downloaded the APK. I needed to relaunch Puffin, then select the APK from Puffin's download list to install. Once installed, Downloader was able to access the web.
Hope this helps.
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So what do you actually enter at the Downloader http:|| screen?
Good question. I may not have been clear, but I was not able to download the patch APK through the Download application.
Instead, I installed another web browser application (Puffin TV, available in the Android TV's play store) and put the browser.aftvnews.com URL in there. When the Puffin TV web browser loaded the URL, it automatically downloaded the APK from the site.
Once the APK was downloaded, I returned to Puffin TV's main menu and selected the file from the download list. When I selected the APK, it installed the APK to patch Downloader. After that, the Downloader app was able to again access the Internet through its browser.
Note: if you are installing Puffin TV to install the APK, you will need to tell your device to allow Puffin TV to install APK's. By default, Android doesn't grant permission for applications to install APK's. That's OK; you can do so under settings and my guess is your device will tell you how to do so.
Just a thought, since the snapdragon version of the S9+ does not have root yet would it be possible to have an edited hosts file to block ads? Would it work to get the matching firmware from samfirm, add the edited hosts file to that and then flash with odin? Has anyone tried this? or is it not possible?
Just use stopad i been using that and haven't had any issues
Blokada.org
Blocks ads via local vpn. Easy to use, just follow directions on site. Best non root adblocker.
Is there a way to block ads with a custom hosts file where you can add entries and it runs not through local vpn? Only one vpn can run at a time so running a vpn service at the same time would not be possible. Without root the hosts file cannot be edited but is there another app or way to do this so that ads can be blocked as well as running a vpn service?
Anyone know how to block apps from accessing the internet in Android AOSP code automatically for Android 9-11?
I found some patch but don't understand how it works.
Just need an easy way to add the package names to block in the patch or to feed an external file like system/etc/blocked_apps.xml to the patch.
Patch
https://pastebin.com/0BsfEECq
For websites it's easy since you can just add them to the host file.
Android's host file is the correct place.
The hosts file is used by Android to map IP addresses to host names or domain names. This file acts as a local DNS service for your Android device, and it overrides the mappings from the DNS server that your Android device is connected to, through the network.
Here an example how to block all connections to Google.
So all you have to know which URL the app in question tries to connect to. This you can find it out with connection tracking tools, e.g. Packet Capture app, and even via Android's LOGCAT.