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  1. sweetypie31's Avatar
    sweetypie31
    Can anyone tell me the names of apps like Adguard that will block in app ads? I was using Adguard , but then it started blocking me to where I couldn't use my data on my phone. Any help us appreciated.
    01-23-2020 08:33 AM
  2. Hermes Hidayat's Avatar
    Hermes Hidayat
    Originally Posted by sweetypie31
    Can anyone tell me the names of apps like Adguard that will block in app ads? I was using Adguard , but then it started blocking me to where I couldn't use my data on my phone. Any help us appreciated.
    Go to settings, connection, more connection settings. Click private DNS. Fill in dns.adguard.com.
    01-23-2020 10:07 AM
  3. sweetypie31's Avatar
    sweetypie31
    Originally Posted by Hermes Hidayat
    Go to settings, connection, more connection settings. Click private DNS. Fill in dns.adguard.com.
    Ty. I'll try that.
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    01-23-2020 10:15 AM
  4. Thud Hardsmack's Avatar
    Thud Hardsmack
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    Originally Posted by Hermes Hidayat
    Go to settings, connection, more connection settings. Click private DNS. Fill in dns.adguard.com.
    Tried this on my 6t, works way better than expected. Thanks!
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    01-23-2020 10:59 AM
  5. Hermes Hidayat's Avatar
    Hermes Hidayat
    Originally Posted by Thud Hardsmack
    Tried this on my 6t, works way better than expected. Thanks!
    Youre welcome. Im just spreading what i learnt from AC haha.
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    01-24-2020 12:40 PM
  7. sweetypie31's Avatar
    sweetypie31
    Originally Posted by Hermes Hidayat
    Youre welcome. Im just spreading what i learnt from AC haha.
    It's working well so far. Ty again.
    01-24-2020 03:48 PM
  8. Mooncatt's Avatar
    Mooncatt
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    Originally Posted by Hermes Hidayat
    Go to settings, connection, more connection settings. Click private DNS. Fill in dns.adguard.com.
    Just curious, does this work across the board, even without using the app?
    01-24-2020 04:03 PM
  9. Gayle Lynn's Avatar
    Gayle Lynn
    I created custom filters in AdGuard Pro based on logs, and at one point I needed to first delete cache & data, then uninstall, reinstall - back to normal. Any app over time with lots of updates and changes might need the same.
    01-24-2020 04:05 PM
  10. Hermes Hidayat's Avatar
    Hermes Hidayat
    Originally Posted by Mooncatt
    Just curious, does this work across the board, even without using the app?
    Yes it does. Ever since Android 9. Users do not need to download the app. Just change the DNS. Unless its on PC.
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    01-24-2020 10:39 PM
  11. strikeIII's Avatar
    strikeIII
    Originally Posted by Hermes Hidayat
    Go to settings, connection, more connection settings. Click private DNS. Fill in dns.adguard.com.
    Interesting. Going to try this out. Thanks for the tip.
    01-25-2020 01:01 AM
  12. Hermes Hidayat's Avatar
    Hermes Hidayat
    Originally Posted by strikeIII
    Interesting. Going to try this out. Thanks for the tip.
    Youre welcome. Its good for chrome and apps. Even a few games which usually has apps got blocked.
    01-25-2020 01:14 AM
  13. Mooncatt's Avatar
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    So I just played around with things. The private DNS option does work to some extent, but I did find a few ads that were not blocked by it that the app did block. I was hoping to uninstall the app, but I'm going to leave it for now.
    01-25-2020 10:52 AM
  14. Hermes Hidayat's Avatar
    Hermes Hidayat
    Originally Posted by Mooncatt
    So I just played around with things. The private DNS option does work to some extent, but I did find a few ads that were not blocked by it that the app did block. I was hoping to uninstall the app, but I'm going to leave it for now.
    Its not 100% foolproof. But for free it does good enough.
    01-25-2020 11:19 AM
  15. pox67's Avatar
    pox67
    Been looking for an Android ad blocker for a while. Just before installing I noticed that ADGuard is run by Yandex. So instead of having ads you are handing your information to a Russian DNS. Nothing in life is free!
    01-30-2020 06:57 PM
  16. DARK Vader777's Avatar
    DARK Vader777
    Adgaurd only helps me on my firestick.
    I never use it in my phone.
    And it works good
    01-31-2020 01:42 PM
  17. drill dog's Avatar
    drill dog
    Originally Posted by sweetypie31
    Can anyone tell me the names of apps like Adguard that will block in app ads? I was using Adguard , but then it started blocking me to where I couldn't use my data on my phone. Any help us appreciated.
    Blokada is amazing, you have to sideload it tho as it's not available in play store not sure about iphone
    01-31-2020 08:58 PM
  18. dougdraws's Avatar
    dougdraws
    Says on the play store (for Adguard) that it i will block online ads "in Samsung and Yandex" browsers only. Does it work for Chrome, too?
    02-17-2020 06:48 AM
  19. Mooncatt's Avatar
    Mooncatt
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    Originally Posted by dougdraws
    Says on the play store (for Adguard) that it i will block online ads "in Samsung and Yandex" browsers only. Does it work for Chrome, too?
    Google doesn't allow general ad blockers in the play store that would interfere with Chrome. The Ad Guard website has the full version of the app to download direct from them, and is updated from within the app itself.

    https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html
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    02-17-2020 10:00 AM
  20. Thud Hardsmack's Avatar
    Thud Hardsmack
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    Originally Posted by dougdraws
    Says on the play store (for Adguard) that it i will block online ads "in Samsung and Yandex" browsers only. Does it work for Chrome, too?
    Firefox has an extension for Adguard.
    02-21-2020 12:11 AM
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