If I were you I would set your phone's DNS to dns.adguard.com.

You may want to double check that by searching it but adguard has a DNS server that will block the majority of ads from ever hitting your phone regardless of where you are, kind of like having a pi hole on your phone.

I'm on grapheneos and set my private dns to dns.adguard.com like the other guy suggested (also set it on my router too!)

I use Fennec (Firefox stable fork) from fdroid and it has the uBlock Origin extension, and I go hardcore and enable every single filter except the language filters lol. DarkReader extension also is super nice and is set to my auto enable on my system color setting.

Also I use noScript and go to the settings and enable "temporary allow top level domain scripts" and it allows a good amount of sites to work without having to manually allow extra stuff. There's still a lot that break, but much less breakage then blocking all js by default. I would skip noscript altogether if you don't want to manually enable js files and keep tweaking until the site works. It's really overkill for everyday browsing.

Using Mull browser (also on fdroid) too if you don't mind some breakage, it's Fennec but with arkenfox.js, so basically all the maximum privacy and anti-fingerprint resistance settings enabled. I don't really need that level of privacy, and Fennec + uBlock Origin is private enough to me to defeat all the trackers and it "just works" without ever tweaking anything on any website.

Bonus tip: try out Droid-ify app instead of fdroid. The fdroid app is super archaic and Droid-ify is an actual modern version with seamless updates for fdroid apps.

adaway is a classic hosts based ad blocker, usually have effect for in app ads. for ad in webpage, i suggest firefox with ubo installed

Adguard dns

NextDNS is pretty damned good

As others have said, DNS blocks are good. My favorite is https://rethinkdns.com/ which you can use by itself, or with their app. Using the app gives you many more options, and nice features like logging.

I searched for clients on Google

Before adblock, how about changing your search engine?

Custom Nextdns. For the Browser, Mull with Ublock. Vanadium sucks, it may be good for security but has no privacy features whatsoever. What website works without Javascript? Bullshit. Noscript on Firefox is so much better.

For the browser, use Firefox (Fennec or Mull in F-Droid) with Ublock Origin. For anything else, honestly if the app has ads you should avoid using it anyway.

As far as I remember adaway is the og adblock for android, it is available on f-droid and pretty much the only app that I used since ever, and one of the few reasons I still won't let go of rooted phones, https://adaway.org/

On top of that I would recommend you to run your own DNS server with unbound, add to that pi-hole and wireguard and you have your own pi-hole set-up on any device you want.: https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/vpn/wireguard/overview/

AdGuard

Been using dnsforge.de as DNS, works well. I also have Mull/Ublock Origin and use ad-free apps like Spotube, LibreTube, InnerTune, and AntennaPod.

Adguard DNS is nice but sometimes you need to let some app pass. I've switched to blokada. Sadly they've pulled the app from f-droid but version 5 is available on github

I have tried Blokada and RethinkDNS already (I guess DNS66 is no longer maintained - I may be wrong) but finally zeroed in on PersonalDNSFilter.

I don't see it being mentioned much - but IMHO it is much more lightweight and customizable than the other two.

I point to Cloudflare DoT for DNS, and use the OISD blocklist, and that's all I need for device-level blocking ( I already use Firefox + uBO in my Android device so I'm good on that front).

https://www.f-droid.org/packages/dnsfilter.android/

Do not track app in iOS; Rethink DNS in Android

RethinkDNS.

Incorporating it into your DNS as bizarroland@kbin.social said is a great option. The Mull browser from F-Droid allows uBlock as an add-on but is just browser specific. Setting up both would be a fantastic approach for overall mobile privacy.

DNS based exist such as DNS.adguard.com . But I use a good VPN with their own blocklists. No need for extra stuff.

For browsing, best use a browser with adblocking included, as that's faster than using external apps. Browser can eliminate the calls right at source, while an external app can only intercept them.

Mull (Firefox fork) with uBlock Origin is the gold standard, or Cromite (ex Bromite) for Chromium fork.

Check if this helps?

https://forum.f-droid.org/t/need-an-ad-blocker-for-grapheneos/20208/5

I like Netguard, enable settings, advanced, manage system apps, filtering and blocking hosts. Go to settings backup - put a hosts url (say from: GitHub - StevenBlack/hosts: 🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories. 66 ) and press to download it. Extra fun, block internet access to apps you don’t want to :wink:

Wow, not sure how I missed this in the GrapheneOS FAQ which I’ve read parts of already recently. Thank you so much. Based on the information there, I came to the decision to configure AdGuard’s DNS-over-TLS server in the Private DNS option within GrapheneOS. Ad blocking seems to be working so far. Quad9’s DNS-over-TLS server also looks interesting, but it seems more focused on general malware rather than ad blocking.

Blokada

Check decloudus.com

I used adguard with nextdns

Is there a reason nobody recommends dns66 of fdroid? I uses adaway for many years with root. But the rootfree version never really worked for me. Dns66 replaced it.

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