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Merge pull request #496 from Gitoffthelawn/patch-2 

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Ad blocking
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Ad Blocking with NetGuard
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Instructions:
* Download/install the latest NetGuard version [from GitHub](https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/releases)
* Enable the setting '*Filter traffic*' in the advanced options (three dot menu > Settings > Advanced options > Filter traffic; default disabled; always enabled on Android 5.0 or earlier)
* Enable the setting '*Block domain names*' in the advanced options (three dot menu > Settings > Advanced options > Block domain names; default enabled)
* Enable the setting *'Filter traffic'* in the Advanced options (three dot menu > Settings > Advanced options > Filter traffic; default is disabled except always enabled in Android 5.0 and earlier)
* Enable the setting *'Block domain names'* in the Advanced options (three dot menu > Settings > Advanced options > Block domain names; default is enabled)
* Import or download [a hosts file](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)) using the NetGuard backup settings (three dot menu > Settings > Backup > Download hosts file)
* Disable browser compression (Chrome: three dot menu > Settings > Data Saver > Off)
* Disable browser compression if using Chrome (in Chrome: three dot menu > Settings > Data Saver > Off)
* Wait at least 10 minutes to let the Android DNS cache time out
* Test if it works by opening [this page](http://www.netguard.me/test)
* Enjoy ad blocking, but don't forget to support application developers in other ways
* Test to see if ad blocking works by opening [this page](http://www.netguard.me/test)
* Enjoy ad blocking, but don't forget to support application developers and website authors in other ways
<br />
Note that:
* applications, like the browser, may cache data, so you might need to clear caches
* applications, browsers mostly, that have a *"data saver"* like feature that proxies requests through their servers (eg. Opera w/ Turbo, Opera Max app, Puffin, Chrome w/ data saver, UC Browser, Yandex w/ Turbo, Apus Browser, KK Browser, Onavo Extend, Maxthon) will not have ads blocked as NetGuard can't even see those domain requests
* YouTube ads are not domain based and cannot be blocked
* NetGuard does not use the IP addresses in the hosts file, because it doesn't route blocked domains to localhost
* applications, like web browsers, may cache data, so you may need to clear caches
* applications, browsers mostly, that have a *"data saver"*-like feature that proxies requests through their servers (eg. Opera w/ Turbo, Opera Max, Puffin, Chrome w/ data saver, UC Browser, Yandex w/ Turbo, Apus Browser, KK Browser, Onavo Extend, Maxthon) will not have ads blocked as NetGuard cannot see those domain requests
* YouTube ads are not domain-based, and thus cannot be blocked with NetGuard
* NetGuard does not use the IP addresses in the hosts file, because it does not route blocked domains to localhost
* NetGuard does not concatenate hosts files, so you will have to use a source which does this for you or do it yourself
* you can check the number of hosts (domains) imported by pulling the NetGuard notification down using two fingers
* you can check the number of hosts (domains) imported by pulling the NetGuard notification down using two fingers if your version of Android supports that functionality
* wildcards are not supported due to performance and battery usage reasons
* **ad blocking is provided as-is**, see also [here](https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71805655&postcount=4668)
* **ad blocking is not available when NetGuard was installed from the Play store!** (disable automatic updates of NetGuard in the Play store application)
* **ad blocking is not available when NetGuard was installed from the Google Play store!** (disable automatic updates of NetGuard in the Play store application)
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The NetGuard version from GitHub:
* is signed with the same signature as the version from the Play store, so any purchases will be restored
* will automatically notify you if there are updates (this can be switched off in the settings)
* is signed with the same signature as the version from the Google Play store, so any purchases will be restored
* will automatically notify you if there are updates available via GitHub (this can be switched off in NetGuard's settings)
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* reports.crashlytics.com
* settings.crashlytics.com
* e.crashlytics.com
* test.netguard.me
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An alternate way to block advertisements is by using special DNS servers, like these:
* [AdGuard DNS](https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html)
* [Alternate DNS](https://alternate-dns.com/)
* [NoAd](https://noad.zone/)
You can set DNS server addresses for all connection types in the NetGuard advanced options.
Note that when you set two DNS server addresses, the default (operating system/network provider) DNS servers will not be used anymore.
* [AdGuard DNS](https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html) - Free
* [Alternate DNS](https://alternate-dns.com/) - 14 day free trial
* [NoAd](https://noad.zone/) - Not working as of 2017 June 03
Be sure to read the privacy policies of these services as they might log your DNS requests.
You can set DNS server addresses for all connection types in NetGuard's *Advanced options*.
Note that when you set two DNS server addresses, the default (operating system/network provider) DNS servers will not be used anymore.
Feel free to let me know about other servers or request to add them in alphabetic order by doing a pull request.
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**Please do not mention this feature in Google Play store comments, since Google does not allow ad blocking applications in the Play store.**
**Please do not mention this feature in Google Play store comments, since Google does no longer allows ad blocking applications in the Google Play store.**