Ad Away For Android

What Does AdAway Do?

AdAway blocks advertisements from appearing anywhere on your Android device. You need to be rooted to use AdAway because it installs itself on the root layers of your system, blocking apps from appearing anywhere on your device.

Here are the core features of AdAway:

1. Choose your own sources of host files (host files are the lists of blocked advertisers
2. Add exceptions to your whitelist if a certain app isn’t working with certain hosts are blocked
3. Define extra hostnames in your blacklist if some ads are sneaking through the filter
4. Add your own hostname + IP pairs in the Redirection List
5. Clean, modern UI which is extremely easy to use

How to Install AdAway

AdAway and its other advertisement blocking friends were recently removed from the Google Play Store. Google obviously doesn’t like it when an app can singlehandedly block something that earns Google billions of dollars per year.

Installing AdAway today is a bit more difficult. Here’s the step-by-step installation guide:

1. Make sure your Android is set to allow app installations from unknown sources (i.e. sources outside the Google Play Store). You can enable this in Settings > Security or Settings > Applications. You might want to uncheck the unknown sources option after you’ve finished installation AdAway (you just need it enabled for the actual install part) 
2.  Download and install a third-party app store called F-Droid on your device. F-Droid is officially affiliated with AdAway. You’ll need to sideload F-Droid: it comes in the form of an APK file. Download that APK file from here and place it into your device’s internal storage. Open the file manager on your device, find the APK you downloaded, and tap it to install it.
3.  Open the F-Droid app on your Android device and it will begin scanning your device for compatibility. Once the scan is complete, search for AdAway from inside F-Droid. Find it, download it, and install it.
4.  Open AdAway and give it root access. After granting root access, you’ll need to press the Download files and apply ad blocking button. AdAway will go to work, modifying host files and blocking advertisements.
5.  Restart your device to complete the installation process.

After restarting, all of the ads you see in YouTube, messaging apps, games, and other apps will have disappeared. That’s it!

Author : newnews

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