# App showing ads

**URL:** <https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [January 9, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565 "2022-01-09T14:38:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/23 "2022-05-03T16:38:52Z")

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Opened as per user request.

Try different blocklists (again) and have a look at the activity tab whether or not something actually gets blocked

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**Author:** ![Fannste94](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/fannste94/32/5818_2.png) [@Fannste94](https://community.blokada.org/u/Fannste94)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/24 "2022-05-03T17:03:50Z")

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The only fix I found is to bypass adblocking for those apps

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**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/25 "2022-05-03T17:07:04Z")

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Which combinations did you try?

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**Author:** ![Fannste94](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/fannste94/32/5818_2.png) [@Fannste94](https://community.blokada.org/u/Fannste94)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/26 "2022-05-03T17:56:05Z")

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Goodbye ads, Energized, Steven Black, Adaway, Block list project, Dan Pollock hosts

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**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/27 "2022-05-03T17:58:24Z")

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Still missing the dns servers

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**Author:** ![Fannste94](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/fannste94/32/5818_2.png) [@Fannste94](https://community.blokada.org/u/Fannste94)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/28 "2022-05-03T18:27:56Z")

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Sorry, I used Cloudfare, Quad9, Blokada DNS and Adguard

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**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/29 "2022-05-03T18:30:20Z")

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Try the network dns of your provider

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**Author:** ![Fannste94](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/fannste94/32/5818_2.png) [@Fannste94](https://community.blokada.org/u/Fannste94)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/30 "2022-05-03T20:38:54Z")

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How l do I find that?

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**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/31 "2022-05-05T04:33:01Z")

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> [@How to use Blokada 5 Networks feature?](https://community.blokada.org/t/how-to-use-blokada-5-networks-feature/9808):
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> What is the Networks feature? The Networks feature introduced in Blokada 5.7 for Android allows you to configure Blokada differently for specific networks (WiFi or mobile). When enabled, Blokada will switch its configuration whenever your device connects to a given network. For example, you may configure Blokada to use network’s default DNS servers when connected to your work WiFi, and switch to Blokada DNS on any other network. This way, you may fix connectivity problems on restricted network…

Specifically explained to you by another fellow user already here:

> [@Can't login to Wi Fi extender](https://community.blokada.org/t/cant-login-to-wi-fi-extender/18137/8):
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> Wrong location. You are in exceptions. Remove that, go to the advanced menu you got there from. At the bottom, you will see “Networks”. Open that and you should see an “All Networks” antry, and below it, items for your various networks. Find the one for your extender and open it… Unselect the Use DNS entry (says whatever DNS you use for default) and select “Prefer network DNS”. Since I don’t need this, I am unsure whether you should check, or leave unchecked, Force Libre mode. Either try it both…

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**Author:** ![Fannste94](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/fannste94/32/5818_2.png) [@Fannste94](https://community.blokada.org/u/Fannste94)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/32 "2022-05-05T10:14:19Z")

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I tried that and it shows that the encryption and VPN are off but I enabled them

 ![Screenshot_2022-05-05-12-13-06-264_org.blokada.origin.alarm](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/4/42ec4b5ede1075140784e896102d58516f0d2bf7.jpeg)  
 ![Screenshot_2022-05-05-12-10-05-481_org.blokada.origin.alarm](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/3/39801ac5e6fb85085b2360f5b05998ba8566f7ad.jpeg)  
 ![Screenshot_2022-05-05-12-10-11-362_org.blokada.origin.alarm](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/blokada/original/2X/c/c5dcc815e3f51f1192ba4526b40e1eac6dd841ca.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Reda\_Labdaoui](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/reda_labdaoui/32/14065_2.png) [@Reda\_Labdaoui](https://community.blokada.org/u/Reda_Labdaoui)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/35 "2022-05-05T10:19:34Z")

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That is completely normal, now could you check if the main issue was resolved?

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**Author:** ![Fannste94](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/fannste94/32/5818_2.png) [@Fannste94](https://community.blokada.org/u/Fannste94)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/36 "2022-05-05T12:09:27Z")

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The apps work fine now, thx

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**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/38 "2022-05-05T12:49:22Z")

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Post closed.  
The same set of solutions applied as the last 5 times.

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**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/app-showing-ads/20565/39 "2022-05-05T12:49:25Z")

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