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  • 17-11-2012 4:09am
    #1
    oldon
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭


    Any way to stop them. Doing my head in while using my samsung s3. Keeps bring me to the app store or some mobi ****e.


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    #2
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users Posts: 10,364 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    I had this problem too. Restart the phone. Go to the app store. Throw the phone out the window.

    Have not seen an ad since.


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    #3
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Keno 92 wrote: »
    I had this problem too. Restart the phone. Go to the app store. Throw the phone out the window.

    Have not seen an ad since.

    It has to be an upstairs window.


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    #4
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 10,799 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    turning off your internet connection will do the trick.


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    #5
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    You can set up adblocking if you root the phone and install an app. I'm not an expert on it, been looking to do this myself because I'm using an android tv box to watch foreign tv stations through the Filmon app which has become splattered with ads lately.


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    #6
    Tombi!
    Registered Users Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056808088
    That might help.


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    #7
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    1. Subscribe. \
    2. No more ads.
    3. ????
    4. Profit (for boards.ie)


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    #8
    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


    You can always install ad-blocking software on your phone. There are a few options for Android phones.

    http://android-adblock.com/
    http://adblockplus.org/en/android-about
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adaway&hl=en

    If you've got a PC somewhere - you can setup a web-proxy that filters out ads as well, but it'll be more work. Something like http://www.privoxy.org/ should do the trick.

    The nice thing about the web-proxy is that you don't have to deal with making changes to your phone and it will work regardless of what OS your phone is running. PCs tend to be a lot easier to work with. The downside is keeping your PC on all the time and additional latency when you surf the web. That, and some websites are getting smart enough to detect popular ad-blocking software and are disabling functionality. Some sites may not work correctly.

    Keep in mind, ads are often the only way people get compensated for their work. Even user-driven sites have costs associated with them, at the very least someone has to pay for the domain name and hosting. So, there is something to be said for viewing ads.


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    #9
    Lome
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭Lome


    get an iphone


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    #10
    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


    Lome wrote: »
    get an iphone

    That wouldn't actually help block ads.


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    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    UCDVet wrote: »
    That wouldn't actually help block ads.

    No, but at least you'd have an iPhone.


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    Lome
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭Lome


    UCDVet wrote: »
    That wouldn't actually help block ads.

    dont get any ads on my iphone..... superior phone an all that


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    #13
    humbert
    Registered Users Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    iPhones come with the rose tinted glasses app installed by default.


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    #14
    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


    Lome wrote: »
    dont get any ads on my iphone..... superior phone an all that

    Are you making the claim that an iPhone, out of the box, actually blocks or prevents ads from appearing while surfing the web....

    Or are you saying that you personally don't get ads on you iPhone?


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    Lome
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭Lome


    UCDVet wrote: »
    Are you making the claim that an iPhone, out of the box, actually blocks or prevents ads from appearing while surfing the web....

    Or are you saying that you personally don't get ads on you iPhone?

    well i dont have any ad blocker installed and dont get ads.


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    #16
    Tombi!
    Registered Users Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    Lome wrote: »
    well i dont have any ad blocker installed and dont get ads.

    What do you have for apps?


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    #17
    sioda
    Registered Users Posts: 4,470 ✭✭✭sioda


    Use m boards instead of touch


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    #18
    starlit
    Registered Users Posts: 12,342 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Are there no special settings for your browser or for your boards account to disable it like you would on a laptop/pc?


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    #19
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I've never seen pop up ads on boards mobile. I use a windows phone.


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