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HackADevice

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On my Optimus V I ran adfree android and it seemed to work fine but now on my elite I still get some air push notifications. I was just wondering if anyone has an opinion if adfree android or adaway is better overall.
 
I use Adaway and Airblocker. I like Adaway. When the Hosts Editor app used to work properly, that was a nice app to use with Adaway.
 
The easiest way is to uninstall the apps that are putting those ads in your notification and either install a paid (adfree) version of it or install a different one that perform the same function.

Next up, you can try luckypatcher. It is able to patch apps and make the code that displays the ads nonfunctional. But it isnt a perfect science, so it may actually patch the app incorrectly and make it not work at all.

You can also just delete the app(s) that is pushing those ads. I honestly haven't seen a single app that pushes ads to the notification bar that is worth a crap. It seems that only the halfassed/poorly written/poorly supported/useless apps are the ones littered with the notification ads.
 
yeah most apps that are loaded with ads and push to notification aren't worth a pile of steaming horse crap. ok,got my two cents in lol...now back to re-re-re-re-restoring my optimus delite!!!! its getting old with this pile of horse crap...speaking of.
 
I use LBE privacy guard, if the app that contains ads does not need internet connection to otherwise operate then I just revoke it's permissions to access the internet and ads no longer function. If it needs online access then I just deal with it. So in other words my method is great for Angry Birds, File Manager, etc.
 
A combination of Adfree and properly-applied Droid Wall has effectively eliminated all ads for all ~70 of my apps, except a few in Dolphin while browsing the interwebs.
 
giantpune said:
The easiest way is to uninstall the apps that are putting those ads in your notification and either install a paid (adfree) version of it or install a different one that perform the same function.

Next up, you can try luckypatcher. It is able to patch apps and make the code that displays the ads nonfunctional. But it isnt a perfect science, so it may actually patch the app incorrectly and make it not work at all.

You can also just delete the app(s) that is pushing those ads. I honestly haven't seen a single app that pushes ads to the notification bar that is worth a crap. It seems that only the halfassed/poorly written/poorly supported/useless apps are the ones littered with the notification ads.
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I like luckypatcher. A lot. It does its up pretty well for me.
 
giantpune said:
The easiest way is to uninstall the apps that are putting those ads in your notification and either install a paid (adfree) version of it
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There is no way in the 9 Hells that I would ever support a dev that used those ads. In app ads are bad enough, but the notification bar ads are the worst. If I use an app that has them instant 1 star review and uninstall.

giantpune said:
install a different one that perform the same function.
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This is what I do.
 
There is no cure but if caught early enough and with proper treatment it can be manageable.

But yeah I've been using ad free. I think I'm going to give adaway a try since a lot of people seem to prefer it. Revoking internet permissions is also a really cool idea.
 
Since we're back on this topic... In addition to Adaway I've recently been using LBE Security Master, which is an updated version of LBE Privacy Guard. Officially it's only available in Chinese, but there's a thread on XDA that has a translated version. It's considerably more feature rich/bloated than Privacy guard, but one of the new features is a per-app ad-blocker.

So now you can block ad related app permissions like reading sms, contacts, location, etc., as well as blocking internet access to apps that only use it for ads, AND block the ad elements of the app directly all in one app. Probably a bit of overkill but it gives a very fine-grained control of what information each app is allowed access to, which I like.

It also has call-blocking features, antivirus, and a task killer if you're into those kind of things.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422479
 
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