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How can I improve this on my phone? I have ad blocking and flash blocking on my laptop, which speeds it up considerably. On my phone which is slower, lower memo

by kale 11y ago

How can I improve this on my phone? I have ad blocking and flash blocking on my laptop, which speeds it up considerably. On my phone which is slower, lower memory, more battery sensitive, and data capped (so ads are a bigger nuisance), I can't find a solution that works on and off WiFi. I'm in the process of getting a local DNS server set up at home which will help some by blacklisting ad network IPs, but it won't help over the mobile network. And I'd rather not pay for a cloud server to use as DNS when I'm on the road, plus I think Android will use Google's DNS server if other lookups fail. I discovered this when my parent's internet stopped working for their computer and their iPhone, but my Android worked fine. Their ISP DNS was offline.

sp332 11y ago
Firefox for Android supports many addons, including uBlock Origin, Ghostery, HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript, etc. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/
- 885895 11y ago
  After having had the first few addons I tried to install a good while back tell me Firefox for Android was not supported, I gave up on trying. I love uBlock Origin on the desktop and thanks to you now I have it on my tablet too!
- kale 11y ago
  Thanks for this! Firefox runs great on my phone, and this is an older phone that is also throttled for battery life.
chimeracoder 11y ago
> And I'd rather not pay for a cloud server to use as DNS when I'm on the road, plus I think Android will use Google's DNS server if other lookups fail. I discovered this when my parent's internet stopped working for their computer and their iPhone, but my Android worked fine. Their ISP DNS was offline. If your phone is rooted, you can just set your /etc/hosts file to send requests to ad domains to /dev/null (figuratively). That's basically what Android ad blocker apps do. If you're not rooted, you can use Firefox for Android, which lets you use extensions like uBlock and Ghostery[0] on your phone. [0] not an adblocker, but related, and also helps speed up sites that load lots of crud

by kale 11y ago

sp332 11y ago

Firefox for Android supports many addons, including uBlock Origin, Ghostery, HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript, etc. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/

885895 11y ago
After having had the first few addons I tried to install a good while back tell me Firefox for Android was not supported, I gave up on trying. I love uBlock Origin on the desktop and thanks to you now I have it on my tablet too!
kale 11y ago
Thanks for this! Firefox runs great on my phone, and this is an older phone that is also throttled for battery life.

chimeracoder 11y ago

> And I'd rather not pay for a cloud server to use as DNS when I'm on the road, plus I think Android will use Google's DNS server if other lookups fail. I discovered this when my parent's internet stopped working for their computer and their iPhone, but my Android worked fine. Their ISP DNS was offline. If your phone is rooted, you can just set your /etc/hosts file to send requests to ad domains to /dev/null (figuratively). That's basically what Android ad blocker apps do. If you're not rooted, you can use Firefox for Android, which lets you use extensions like uBlock and Ghostery[0] on your phone. [0] not an adblocker, but related, and also helps speed up sites that load lots of crud