Root [Q] Ad-blocking stopped working

[kinnerful]

I just did a sbf, updated to 605 and rooted. Then strange things happened.

Every time I tried blocking ads with hosts-replacing apps the effect is gone after the next boot. What's more, the ad-blocking app itself disappeared from the app drawer. I tried adfree and adaway, same result. Finally I use Rom Toolbox to do the job, but the hosts still won't stick (the app is intact though).

With a little bit of investigation, I found that the hosts file is replaced by one blocking the sources of common ad-blocking apps (i.e. the website they download the hosts file from) every time the phone is started. I searched the logcat with "hosts" but nothing was found.

I don't think the rom has anything to do with the problem since I was be able to block ads when I was using stock rooted 602 a month ago.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[VoidedSaint]

we believe it has something to do with the new gb build thats causing this, and unfortunately i dont think there is a way to block 100% all ads, so until the dev of those apps updates there stuff, we wont be able to block them all, unless a rom has the ability to do it, and so far i havent come across one that removes all ads

 

[kinnerful]

we believe it has something to do with the new gb build thats causing this, and unfortunately i dont think there is a way to block 100% all ads, so until the dev of those apps updates there stuff, we wont be able to block them all, unless a rom has the ability to do it, and so far i havent come across one that removes all ads

I'm not complaining about partial ad removal; the problem is that the hosts file gets replaced every boot. Do you mean it's the 605 rom that is doing this?

 

[VoidedSaint]

i believe its the versions of GB that are doing this, if you notice (i use adfree) when you update the hosts, all the ads seem to go away, until you open the app back up, and ads will come back, im assuming its something to do with GB that is causing this issue.

 

[ylexot]

i believe its the versions of GB that are doing this, if you notice (i use adfree) when you update the hosts, all the ads seem to go away, until you open the app back up, and ads will come back, im assuming its something to do with GB that is causing this issue.

I don't have that problem with adfree.


...and yes, I'm on 605.

 

[VoidedSaint]

my adfree quit working when we hit the .588 gb leak

 

[kinnerful]

my adfree quit working when we hit the .588 gb leak

Thanks anyway. I wrote a two-line script which replace the hosts after boot to 'fix' the problem.

Get a working hosts file;
Name it hosts.bak
Run the following script, rooted and on boot

cd /etc
cp hosts.bak hosts