Tutorial: Block/Disable iAds on iOS devices!

1st, no jailbreak at all. It works in iOS 5, iOS 6 and iOS7.

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2nd, go to http://oo.apple.com/ to opt out from iAd data collection through default browser safari.


 3rd, go to Settings > Location services (Privacy in iOS 6.X), scroll to the end, System Services, turn off Location-Based iAds, and Diagnostics & Usage if needed.

  1.Settings > Location services 

2. System Services

3. Location-Based iAds

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For jailbroken iOS, 1st, apply the three steps above for Non jailbroken iOS, and then go to Applications via iFile or other tools (root directory: /Applications)

/Applications

                           

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2nd, rename Adsheet.app (underlined), I add a "b" at the beginning and the end of it respectively (see pic below), no add-on is needed from Cydia! And iAd Killer doesn't work anymore!

Before and After

                              
     
Afterwards, all iAds are gone! Enjoy your iAd-free iOS devices.

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Important Update:  Approaches above ONLY apply to ads/iads via Apple advertisements. If you need to block malicious In-App ads, please download a modified hosts file (including thousands of ad media/bots/address worldwide) at my Baidu Cloud, and you will see the download page below and then click the button in the red circle

After downloading the host file, you can open it via notepad, and copy the URL you want to block to your own host file, or simply drag and drop it to /etc folder as shown below, this is the ultimate way to block the in-app and CYdia ads.

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

This host file will block ad servers from CNN, AP Mobile, USA Today, Engadget, CNET, Bloomberg, NYTimes, and also block ad servers of some popular games including Angry birds, Outworded and etc, part of which are shown as follows:


# Popular Mobile Ad Servers
127.0.0.1 event-img.qwapi.com
127.0.0.1 adserver-live.yoc.mobi
127.0.0.1 admax.nexage.com
127.0.0.1 mm.admob.com
127.0.0.1 adver.cdn.bbwc.cn
127.0.0.1 pubads.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 media.admob.com
127.0.0.1 admob.com
127.0.0.1 i.w.inmobi.com
127.0.0.1 w.inmobi.com
127.0.0.1 inmobi.com

#Cydia ads
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com
127.0.0.1 googlesyndication.com
127.0.0.1 adcount.178.com
127.0.0.1 w.cnzz.com
127.0.0.1 cnzz.com
127.0.0.1 googleleadservices.com
127.0.0.1 tynt.com
127.0.0.1 sin1.g.adnxs.com
127.0.0.1 g.adnxs.com
127.0.0.1 adnxs.com
127.0.0.1 secure-sin.adnxs.com


#sina
127.0.0.1 adimg.mobile.sina.cn

#Angry birds
127.0.0.1 lv.appads.com
127.0.0.1 iv.appads.com
127.0.0.1 req.appads.com
127.0.0.1 req2.appads.com
127.0.0.1 appads.com
127.0.0.1 googleleads.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 ads.mp.mydas.mobi
127.0.0.1 mp.mydas.mobi
127.0.0.1 mydas.mobi
127.0.0.1 ads.cdn.rovio.com
127.0.0.1 cdn.rovio.com


#3G门户
127.0.0.1 da.3g.cn
127.0.0.1 angpic.3g.net.cn

#CNN
127.0.0.1 216.156.147.10.ptr.us.xo.net
127.0.0.1 bango.net
127.0.0.1 bea4.v.fwmrm.net
127.0.0.1 sp.auth.adobe.com

#AP
127.0.0.1 adcel.vrvm.com


#China Daily
127.0.0.1 iad.chinadaily.com.cn
127.0.0.1 server.pingcoo.com
127.0.0.1 alog.umeng.com

#CNET
127.0.0.1 ads.admarvel.com

#Engadget
127.0.0.1 mads.aol.com

#Marketplace
127.0.0.1 dc.iads.webtrends.com


#Netease
127.0.0.1 ad.api.3g.tudou.com



#enfour
127.0.0.1 english-channel.tv
127.0.0.1 ads.flurry.com
127.0.0.1 push.enfour.com
127.0.0.1 ads.mopub.com
127.0.0.1 data.flurry.com
127.0.0.1 enfour.com
127.0.0.1 flurry.com
127.0.0.1 www.flurry.com
127.0.0.1 219.118.174.57
127.0.0.1 lb.usemaxserver.de
127.0.0.1 usemaxserver.de

You may copy some you want to block annoying in-app ads!

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