AdAway FOR ANDROID

Attention: DEVICE MUST BE ROOTED FOR THIS APPLICATION

Description AdAway FOR ANDROID:
AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file.
It is the open source alternative to AdFree and other Ad blockers.

Requirements:
• ROOT
• Read/Write access on system-Partition

Problems:
• On some HTC devices with a 'feature' called S-ON system-Partition is not writable.
• More Information can be found in in-app Help screen.
• If you have other problems please report them in the issue tracker on http://code.google.com/p/ad-away/issues/list

Website and issue tracker:
http://code.google.com/p/ad-away/

Help translating AdAway:
https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/adaway/

Donate:
You can donate money to support the development in-app with Flattr or Google Android Market

License:
GPLv3

Permissions:
This application needs root access on your device, meaning it can do EVERYTHING.
So theoretically it makes no sense to describe the used permissions, but people requested it so here we go:
• Root access: To write hosts file to system partition
• Internet access: To download hosts files
• Modify/delete SD card contents: To export lists to sd card
• Wakelock: Daily update check in background when phone is in sleep

Recent changes:
Known Bugs:
- Webserver on boot does not work properly
- Webserver got killed sometimes by Android to get free memory

1.18
* Local webserver now answers with blank page instead of 404 error page
* Import and Export of Your Lists
- Bug fix for symlink check
- Last entry in hosts file is now working (missed new line at end of hosts file)
- Fixes for daily update check

- Allow hostnames without TLD ending

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