New Note User - Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers

Hi this is gonna be mine first note since the N4 and i have always rooted and custom rom. This will be my first android phone i will not do either complete stock. Wanted to ask is there a adaway app for unwanted ads and also youtube adaway ?

on my s7 i use disconnect pro (in samsung galaxy store) as adblocker
as far as adfree youtube, you can just use Youtube Vanced: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-youtube-vanced-edition-t3758757

destz0r said:
on my s7 i use disconnect pro (in samsung galaxy store) as adblocker
as far as adfree youtube, you can just use Youtube Vanced: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-youtube-vanced-edition-t3758757
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Does dissconect Pro block all ads including the ones on apps or just browsers?

pro4ever said:
Does dissconect Pro block all ads including the ones on apps or just browsers?
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it blocks ads system wide for me in all apps
doesnt block ads inside of the samsung internet browser though, you need to use adblock extension inside the browser for that

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power amp
ip tv expreme pro
es explorer
backage disabler pro+
idm+
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What's IP TV Extreme Pro? Backstage Disabler Pro+? IDM+?
Dankees said:
What's IP TV Extreme Pro? Backstage Disabler Pro+? IDM+?
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IP TV is internet provider tv service, Package Disabler Pro for debloating carrier and unwanted system apps, IDM+ is a downloader app...used mainly for torrents on my end. But I prefer Zeta Torrent Pro myself, faster than IDM+. I have both...lol
ianmb said:
IP TV is internet provider tv service, Package Disabler Pro for debloating carrier and unwanted system apps, IDM+ is a downloader app...used mainly for torrents on my end. But I prefer Zeta Torrent Pro myself, faster than IDM+. I have both...lol
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Is Package Disabler like BK Disabler (which ain't showing on my device anymore)?
Nova launcher. Got it like 5 years ago and still use it

April 1St update ruined s browser

I updated my Note 8 to Android 9 and now s browser is worthless for watching youtube the on-screen brightness and volume are gone as well as the fast forward and rewind it now stops playing and skips which is worthless and the save option is also gone then the recent videos in history will be removed next update their update ruined the browser. anywhere to find the previous version because this one SUCKS and makes my Note 8 SUCK for watching youtube videos now
Zezahn said:
I updated my Note 8 to Android 9 and now s browser is worthless for watching youtube the on-screen brightness and volume are gone as well as the fast forward and rewind it now stops playing and skips which is worthless and the save option is also gone then the recent videos in history will be removed next update their update ruined the browser. anywhere to find the previous version because this one SUCKS and makes my Note 8 SUCK for watching youtube videos now
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I have to knock a man. ??? Why use S Bowser there is so much better out there. If you goto apps you should be able to uninstall updates.
So far I'm happy with samsung internet. I'm not sure what's sbrowser though
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TheMadScientist said:
I have to knock a man. Why use S Bowser there is so much better out there. If you goto apps you should be able to uninstall updates.
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do they have the on-screen volume and brightness for youtube and the 'scrubbing' to ff and rew videos without stopping and skipping and save options? the last update was to Android 9 and samsung removed those features that's something I liked and now is gone ?
Zezahn said:
do they have the on-screen volume and brightness for youtube and the 'scrubbing' to ff and rew videos without stopping and skipping and save options? the last update was to Android 9 and samsung removed those features that's something I liked and now is gone
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Try this:
1. Go to playstore, Samsung Internet and untick the auto-update option.
2. Uninstall Samsung Internet and reinstall it from the Galaxy store. In some regions the Galaxy store version is the old one.
2a. If that doesn't work, go to sammobile and find an older Samsung Internet ( version 5.something? ) and install that.
3. After that go into playstore again and check if the auto-update is still un-ticked.
Now you'll have the older browser with all the features you like!
Zezahn said:
I updated my Note 8 to Android 9 and now s browser is worthless for watching youtube the on-screen brightness and volume are gone as well as the fast forward and rewind it now stops playing and skips which is worthless and the save option is also gone then the recent videos in history will be removed next update their update ruined the browser. anywhere to find the previous version because this one SUCKS and makes my Note 8 SUCK for watching youtube videos now
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Download this last samsung browser, which supports Video Assistant Extension. Updated version uninstall from playstore, and uncheck auto update for this app.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/0g9bhmafh65e24a/Samsung+Internet+[8.2.01.2].apk
nanana_Batmaaan said:
Try this:
1. Go to playstore, Samsung Internet and untick the auto-update option.
2. Uninstall Samsung Internet and reinstall it from the Galaxy store. In some regions the Galaxy store version is the old one.
2a. If that doesn't work, go to sammobile and find an older Samsung Internet ( version 5.something? ) and install that.
3. After that go into playstore again and check if the auto-update is still un-ticked.
Now you'll have the older browser with all the features you like!
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did this work or just lose the saved favorites and still have a their crappy update?

p30 pro microg and youtube vanced problem.

hi guys,
i hope i am in the right section here. i have a problem logging in into my google account using microg for using youtube vanced without ads.
i am able to enter my google account and passwort, but it does not login. so i cant use youtube vanced with my credetials.
on all other android phones i have, it works fine without any problem. also on my p20pro. only on my p30 pro, i do face this problem. tried different versions of microg.
can anyone help me to find a solution?
thanks alot
Disable Chrome browser, log into YouTube vanced and then you can enable Chrome again. That worked for me.
Is it me or do ads at start of a video still find a way to play?
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atzohy said:
Disable Chrome browser, log into YouTube vanced and then you can enable Chrome again. That worked for me.
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Worked for me as well
mazroui said:
Is it me or do ads at start of a video still find a way to play?
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It had never played an ad here.

Downgrade Chromecast to bypass Youtube ads

Hey,
I'm looking to bypass youtube ads, that are getting more and more annoying everyday.
Do you think that downgrading chromecast to an older version (and blocking updates) would allow me to get youtube without ads, as it used to be a few years ago ?
Maybe setting a custom dns still works, but I've read that ads nowadays come directly from youtube.com
Did any of you tried that ?
Cheers
Use Youtube Vanced
-CALIBAN666- said:
Use Youtube Vanced
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that dosen't work any more for me any way's

Chromecast with Google TV ad blocking

I'm trying to figure outdifferent approaches and I kind of run into a wall here.
I don't just want to block youtube ads, I want to block all ads within the Chromecast. I'm somewhat tech savvy but not advanced with routing. So far I've side loaded adguard onto the Chromecast and installed it successfully. However, I've not found a way to install the certificate for https. I've been looking into ways to do that but I'm not sure it's possible.
I bought a raspberry pi to try to figure out how to do adguard and managed to install it but then somehow I couldn't log back in so that's another mess I'm trying to figure out.
Thirdly I've already screwed up my router so I might as well try to figure out how to install open wrt.
Can anybody give me some advice about which way to go and what's the best method? Or am I missing something? Like rooting the Chromecast? I've always rooted my phone's I mean it will that make a difference?
There is currently no root for Chromecast with Google TV.
You should be able to block ads via PiHole but you'll probably run into problems and need to whitelist some links depending on what apps you use.
There's also apps like this that you could use or VPNs with ad-blocking built-in. Though, apps like Amazon Prime, Hulu, and some others can tell if you're using a VPN on it sometimes. I've also never been able to really block ads on those on Google TV.
I have a paid VPN with adblocking but what I mostly do is use apps like SmartTubeNext (SmartYouTube predecessor now that it's defunct) and then I'll use Lucky Patcher to patch out ads on any really ad-heavy apks. However, this can't be done for apks like Hulu, Amazon Prime (free w/ ads section), etc.
I've used Blokada to try to block ads, without luck. I've tried blocking almost everything google, I only ended up having Google TV think it's offline, and would not provide access to the applications list.
I have a raspberry pi with AdGuardHome and it works on apps, but not on YouTube since they're served from the same domain.
Casting from phone to TV will show up ads no matter what. So the best alternative is to use smarttubenext, which is great and updated frequently.
I wouldn't root it even if it was possible though, you may break your widevine level.
If you have any doubt regarding AdGuardHome you can send me a pm or telegram
I sideloaded Adguard onto mine and it works fine out of the box. The only thing I can't enable on it is https filtering since there is no app available that can save the certificate. I've even tried sideloading Google Files but that didn't allow me to save the certificate either. For now, I don't think it's possible to save the crt file for https filtering on the Chromecast.
I'm using a stock Chromecast HD with Google TV.

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