Please recommend me an adblocker from Play Store

php111 · Mar 19, 2014

Could someone please recommend me an adblocker for surfing websites in web browsers on the Galaxy S3 that is either free or paid? And could someone please post the link to it in the Play Store? Thank you!

funkylogik · Mar 20, 2014

Hi. As far as i know, there are no ad blockers on Play store (or none that work) and ad blockers require a rooted device to work because they have to be able to write to the system partition which is locked down on an unrooted device

Jerseypete · Mar 20, 2014

Try Adblock Plus, available from the Amazon Appstore. It is free & does not require rooting.

dontpanicbobby · Mar 20, 2014

Google pulled ad blockers from the Play Store around this time last year php111 Google takes harsh stance against ad-blocking apps, removes them from Play Store. They do make most of their money from adbertising you know.

Petrah · Mar 20, 2014

Google has made enough money from me from the last 4 Google edition phones we bought. I loath ads and make it my business to block them on my PC's, laptops, phones, and tablets.

Adblock is garbage, but if you're not rooted it works "ok".

AdAware is the better app and blocks more ads than Adblock. I recommend it for rooted phones.

php111 · Mar 20, 2014

Thank you everyone! Yes, I am rooted

I'll check out AdAware. Thank you again!

Fox Mulder · Mar 20, 2014

You can get AdAway on F-Droid (https://f-droid.org/) now that it is no longer available on Play. Download the F-Droid client from the site (be sure you have checked the box to install apps from unknown sources), then you'll be able to get the app (and many others) through that client.

Mayhem · Mar 20, 2014

There's also the Xposed framework and MinMinGuard. I'm rooted so I don't know if Xposed works with non-rooted devices.

You can download the modules directly from within Xposed. Just make sure you apply the framework and reboot before adding modules. You also have to reboot after adding the modules.

I use MinMinGuard and Adblock Plus.

dvhttn · Mar 20, 2014

I use Adfree from ... AdFree Main Menu ... Though it wasa from the Play Store originally. It just works ....

Dave

funkylogik · Mar 20, 2014

Mayhem said:
There's also the Xposed framework and MinMinGuard. I'm rooted so I don't know if Xposed works with non-rooted devices.

You can download the modules directly from within Xposed. Just make sure you apply the framework and reboot before adding modules. You also have to reboot after adding the modules.

I use MinMinGuard and Adblock Plus.

Im pretty sure minminguard got pulled because the dev felt bad about taking away ad income for devs.
Im on the fence about ad blockers (morally).
If every dev made an ad free payed version of their app id happily buy it

Mayhem · Mar 21, 2014

funkylogik said:
Im pretty sure minminguard got pulled because the dev felt bad about taking away ad income for devs.
Im on the fence about ad blockers (morally).
If every dev made an ad free payed version of their app id happily buy it

I think you're right, but you can still find the APK out there.

Schwartzchild · Mar 22, 2014

It lets me know when I have an app that is pushing ads and whenever I have a virus.

funkylogik · Mar 22, 2014

Schwartzchild said:
It lets me know when I have an app that is pushing ads and whenever I have a virus.

Hey Schwarts welcome to the forums mate

What app?

Schwartzchild · Mar 22, 2014

Sorry about that. I was referring Comodo, s mobile app. Its free and you can do everything that a paid security app would do.

cloudman · Mar 24, 2014

Best one I've used is Adaway, need root with this one.

Pep · Mar 25, 2014

Petrah said:
Google has made enough money from me from the last 4 Google edition phones we bought. I loath ads and make it my business to block them on my PC's, laptops, phones, and tablets.

Adblock is garbage, but if you're not rooted it works "ok".

AdAware is the better app and blocks more ads than Adblock. I recommend it for rooted phones.

Where can we get AdAware from?

Pep

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