Root how to: get Adfree Android working on htc Incredible. :)

[sdrawkcab25]

EDIT: Well maybe I got it ... started adb shell with typing that while being in the \myphoneexplorer\ directory (running windows)


Thanks for that Description - but it sounds like u use linux commands. Are you running linux on your pc or how do I start adb shell? If I am right windows CMD does not know that commands? There is a adb.exe in \MyPhoneExplorer\ but that seems not to know that commands either? If you use Linux - do I need any driver for debian (I have dual boot windows / debian so I could choose).

Have a rooted htc desire - with that same errory message from adfree app. The Host file on the SD Card is to be found.

Thanks in advance!
Sammy

You have to download the android sdk to run those commands. But like I posted above those instructions are no longer necessary because full nand unlock was achieved.

 

[lob]

xda-developers - View Single Post - [ROM] CyanogenMod-6.1.1 for Desire (GSM/CDMA): V6.1.1 (16/12/2010)

 

[Manxminx]

I couldn't get ad free working on my Desire. just tried this and working fine now. Thanks

 

[DroidDude2342]

I downloaded and installed Adfree. My phone did not reboot or shut down at all. When I open Adfree it says, "Unable to get root." "I was unable to get root access, without the you cannot install a replacement hosts file. Click OK to find out how to root your phone." No "hosts" file was ever created on my sdcard. I tried powering off and on again, but no change. Any help would be greatly appreciate. I really want to get rid of ads on my browser like with Ad Block Plus on Firefox.

 

[JoeSchmoe007]

I downloaded and installed Adfree. My phone did not reboot or shut down at all. When I open Adfree it says, "Unable to get root." "I was unable to get root access, without the you cannot install a replacement hosts file. Click OK to find out how to root your phone." No "hosts" file was ever created on my sdcard. I tried powering off and on again, but no change. Any help would be greatly appreciate. I really want to get rid of ads on my browser like with Ad Block Plus on Firefox.

Adfree requires your phone to be rooted. Looks like your phone is not rooted.

 

[sdrawkcab25]

I downloaded and installed Adfree. My phone did not reboot or shut down at all. When I open Adfree it says, "Unable to get root." "I was unable to get root access, without the you cannot install a replacement hosts file. Click OK to find out how to root your phone." No "hosts" file was ever created on my sdcard. I tried powering off and on again, but no change. Any help would be greatly appreciate. I really want to get rid of ads on my browser like with Ad Block Plus on Firefox.

welcome to the forums, as Joe said, you need to root your phone first.
unrevoked

 

[kenn]

Each time I flash a new nightly, I have to uninstall it and reinstall it + download hosts to get it to work properly. It's a pain but worth it.

 

[DroidDude2342]

Awesome. Thanks a lot guys.

 

[91Firebirder]

Attempting to complete this, and I'm new to rooting so forgive me if I'm making a stupid mistake.

When I enter the command line "cp /sdcard/hosts /data/data/hosts", I get the following message "cp: can't stat 'sdcard/hosts': No such file or directory

Any thoughts? it shows my AdFree app is installed tot eh SD card and I ran the initial download and instal hosts. Thanx!

 

[iowabowtech]

Um guys...I don't think there's a need to be running commands anymore. Just load the app from the market, install hosts and you're done. These instructions are outdated and no longer necessary.

 

[DenverRalphy]

Um guys...I don't think there's a need to be running commands anymore. Just load the app from the market, install hosts and you're done. These instructions are outdated and no longer necessary.

Yup.

10char

 

[sdrawkcab25]

Just to add to what iowa said, after you download and install hosts, you have to reboot.

 

[Enkephalin]

I have an HTC Incredible running Clockworkmod with Cyanogenmod 7.1.0. I downloaded Adfree from the market and have downloaded the new hosts file, but I still have ads, even after rebooting. Any ideas?

 

[sdrawkcab25]

I have an HTC Incredible running Clockworkmod with Cyanogenmod 7.1.0. I downloaded Adfree from the market and have downloaded the new hosts file, but I still have ads, even after rebooting. Any ideas?

Ad free doesn't work with every app. You can try ad away instead.