System-wide Android ad blockers

asked 2018-09-25 11:47:53 +0300

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Apparently, in Android there are a number of systems to block ads inside Android apps; see e.g. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-ad-blocking-t3218167 . Some of them require root, some don't; from what I understand, they mostly work with by altering the DNS.

Has anyone tried blocking Android ads inside Jolla phones? I suppose these methods won't work inside Aliendalvik, since they play heavily with the Anroid network stack?

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answered 2018-09-25 19:51:07 +0300

jumbaer
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http://www.jumbaer.de/

I would suggest that you look at pihole for example, so you can protect the whole network from adware

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Well it's a phone, it's not going to be on the same network all the time. And most of the time it's going to be connected to mobile network directly. So pihole seems dubious.

Federico ( 2018-09-25 20:35:04 +0300 )edit

Except when it's a hotspot. I want to run pihole on my Xperia so my famiys iPads aren'tinfested with ads.

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answered 2018-09-25 14:50:06 +0300

olf
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@Federico,

Has anyone tried blocking Android ads inside Jolla phones?

Yes, ca. 2 years ago.

I suppose these methods won't work inside Aliendalvik, since they play heavily with the Anroid network stack?

While I have not looked at the suggestions on XDA-dev you linked to, some Proxy-based and "hosts file"-based Android ad-blocking apps do work.

But since Defender exists, there is no reason to use these, as Defender nicely filters all network accesses (regardless, if originating from a native or Android app) and eases selecting and updating filter lists (among them the MVPS-list, which @jollajo mentioned).

Additionally you may use plugins for Fennec or Firefox, if you happen to use one of them under AlienDalvik.

HTH

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answered 2018-09-25 12:30:58 +0300

jollajo

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Actually I use the filter list provided by http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/ to modify /etc/hosts, /system/etc/hosts, and /opt/alien/system/etc/hosts. This protects me from ads in firefox. I hardy use other apps that show adverts, so not sure whether it works globally for Android. Tapatalk still shows ads, however those seem to be injected by tapatalk directly.

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