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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

DNS adblocking. I don't see those ads.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately this break LTE internet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What phone? Never had an issue with private DNS on Android. Unfortunately IOS requires it setup on every connection, but works.

https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html

https://youtu.be/ovqRt_qGV7c?si=iMxKS_tMMyKJV6ie

Make sure you restart the app after applying settings, should pickup new DNS and poof, 95% of ads are gone instantly.

https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's on a Fairphone 3 on Android 13. On Wi-Fi Private DNS works perfectly, but as soon as I switch to 4G the internet connection don't work anymore. As soon as I reset the private DNS to default it works as intended again. That's seems to be a carrier issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Definitely sounds carrier related... Works fine for me on Android with TMO

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Same, Pixel 8 Pro + GrapheneOS + NextDNS, stateside using AT&T, no problems with private DNS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Your carrier probably blocks the DNS. Use a VPN, Proton VPN is trustworthy and reputable and they have a free option.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I'm using Blokada. Would you consider Adguard to be better? And if so could you explain why? I'm not sure I see the difference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It should not. Some phones don't play well with private DNS though, mostly entry level ones that thrives on spying.