Blockada no longer blocking ads

[Aaron_R]

Hi everyone. Running Blockada 5.15.0 on Android 12, Beta 4, downloaded directly from the Blockada.

I’ve been using Blockada for a long time now, but suddenly this week it stopped blocking ads. I have followed the steps on the main “What can I do if I still see some ads?” page and “Blockada doesn’t block ads at all”. Some of the advice seems to be for the previous version, but in general I think I followed.

I also searched a little bit and tried disabling the “Private DNS” in the phone as per another post.

Blockada’s main screen reads “Blocked 0 ads and trackers” and the last activity is from 24 hours ago. There are a few blocklists selected and active, in particular OISD, 1Hosts and d3Host. The VPN icon shows at the top of the screen, Blockada shows as Active.

Is there anything I could before trying a complete reinstall?

Thanks!

[PrintableCharacter]

Hi there,
Here you go:

Android 12, Beta 4 - Blokada no longer works

Greetings. Pixel 3xl and just installed Android 12 Beta 4 today (came out today, 8/11/2021). Using Blokada 4.15. App runs, but not traffic passing through it; nothing is blocked. All ads are back. Uninstalled, removed VPN connection, reinstalled, deleted cache and data, put vpn connection back, tried “always on” VPN, etc., etc. Hopefully an update will be forthcoming to support Android 12 Beta 4? FYI: Betas 1-3 worked fine. Thank you. Long-time user and donator.

[Aaron_R]

Thank you @PrintableCharacter, that seems to be my issue as well. I have a Pixel 4a, running beta 4. I just noticed the issue, so I didn’t make the connection right away. I mostly use Vivaldi browser, which is very good at blocking ads and trackers by itself.