Thread: Adguard for Android

Any better than AdBlock Plus?

It's filtering all adds when i use chrome browser no sign of of any lag loading pages.

But is it any better than AdBlock Plus?

adblock plus is a kludge on an unrooted android and only seems to work on wifi as you route it all through an onboard proxy - I want to kill ads on my GSM connection because they cost me data allowance

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

But is it any better than AdBlock Plus?

Its all about opinions i would say yes give it a go decide for yourself.

Originally Posted by baldrick

adblock plus is a kludge on an unrooted android and only seems to work on wifi as you route it all through an onboard proxy - I want to kill ads on my GSM connection because they cost me data allowance

They have a support forum for Adguard.
VPN not filtering mobile data

I have discovered why the app was not filtering ads on mobile data in VPN mode. It seems to be a problem with IPv6, which my APN was set to by default. I changed it to IPv4 and it solved the problem.

I never figured out why I couldn't send MMS over WiFi in proxy mode, but it is irelevant now that VPN mode works. So you can consider this issue closed.

Not posted by me.

for adguard you need to download the .apk and install it - not in google play store

https://adguard.com/apk

Originally Posted by baldrick

for adguard you need to download the .apk and install it - not in google play store

https://adguard.com/apk

No surprise there.

Originally Posted by baldrick

adblock plus is a kludge on an unrooted android and only seems to work on wifi as you route it all through an onboard proxy - I want to kill ads on my GSM connection because they cost me data allowance

Not true.

You just add the proxy to the APN.

https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewto...t=22561#p97340

Adguard seems to use localhost proxy too.