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How to remove ads on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.)
We will see in this tutorial how to remove ads from your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.). If the process may seem complicated the first time, you will see that it is actually quite simple once you get started.
First we will see how to remove ads or advertisements natively on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.) using the 'hosts' file. Then we will approach the specific case of applications as 'Adblocker Browser' allowing you to remove and delete ads on your Motorola Moto G (2e Gen.). Finally, we will conclude on cleaning your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.) with applications as 'Ccleaner' or simply by making a factory reboot of your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.).
Remove ads with your hosts file on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.)
The advantage of this method is that it allows you to get rid of advertisements on the internet, applications and any other program of your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.). the 'hosts' file of your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.) allows you to translate domain names to IP addresses. So when an ad loads, it calls the domain name of the ad's host. Your new 'hosts' file simply tells your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.) not to load this domain name.
Advertising is no longer displayed on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.)! You can download a 'hosts' file with ad blocking settings from this MVPS hosts file. The easiest way is to download it to your computer first.
Then, to block ads on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.), all you have to do is copy it to the “/ system / etc / hosts”, “/ system / etc” or “/ etc” file of your smartphone.
This transfer can be done via a simple USB cable from your computer.
Restart your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.) and you are there: ads have been blocked!
Removing ads with a third-party application on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.)
Some applications like 'Brave' or even 'Adblocker Browser' for internet surfing, allow you to free yourself from advertisements on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.). If you search for 'Adblock', 'ABP' or 'Ad blocker' in the Play Store of your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.), you will usually only find internet browsers, which do not allow you to block ads in popular apps or browsers. If you want a simple and effective solution, however, we recommend that you go through this type of browser.
Indeed, companies in advertising deriving a great source of their profit from the mobile advertising, they are in no rush to promote such blockers on the Play Store.
So you have to manually install such an ad blocker on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.). Here's how to do it below.
Prepare your Motorola Moto G (2e Gen.) to install an advertising blocker
By default, your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.) does not allow you to install applications outside the Google Play Store.
However, you can configure it to be able to install your ad blocker.
To do this, simply click on 'Settings' on the main screen of your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.). Then go to the 'security' submenu. Then, you will have to check 'unknown sources' to authorize your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.) to install an application outside the Play Store.
Once validated, you can go to the second step below.
Install the ad blocker on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.)
To install the ad blocker, simply go to your application search engine preferred with your web browser from your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.). Once there you can type 'ad block' : You will have access to a choice of applications and download links. You will then need to download a 'apk' file, corresponding to the desired application.
We invite you to carefully read the elements on each of the download pages. The previous step have allowed you to install 'apk' files on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.). You just need to go to the folder where the file was downloaded and follow the instructions.
Once the steps have been validated, you will normally have blocked and removed ads on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.).
Clean up your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.) to avoid malware and intrusive ads
In many cases, intrusive ads on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.) come from malware or 'malware' installed on your phone.
These software can be included in games or any other application. We advise you to use an application to clean your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.), such as 'Ccleaner' or by typing 'remove malware' in the Play Store search bar of your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.). Be sure to check the ratings and comments of these apps before installing them.
We do not detail in this tutorial how each of these applications works, but you will be able to surf more freely once this cleaning is done.
The last, more brutal solution is to perform a restart with factory settings of your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.). Called in English 'factory reset' or 'hard reset', this will allow you to get rid of any malware installed on your phone.
We invite you to refer to our section on factory restart to perform this operation safely. In particular, you will have to make a backup of your data under penalty of losing all your personal data with this factory restart.
We hope this tutorial for remove ads on your Motorola Moto G (2rd Gen.) will have allowed you to block intrusive advertisements.
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