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I'm using Private Internet Access's VPN via its App and now I'd also like to additionally use Adblock Plus.
The problem however is that I apparently can only use either VPN or Adblock Plus - but not both in combination.
Is it possible to use both by changing some setting in either of the Apps or of my phone ?

It says it couldn't change the proxy settings of my phone so I should do it manually. But as all traffic is routed through the VPN changing the proxy-name to "localhost" and the proxy-port to "2020" didn't help. It keeps on waiting for traffic on Port 2020. I guess it comes down to routing the VPN traffic through the proxy. But maybe there's also another solution to it (like another Adblock App that works differently for example).


My phone:
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, I8160
Firmware 4.1.2
Rooted

The Error Message (roughly translated):
"Seemingly no traffic was routed through adblock plus. Adblock plus couldn't change the proxy settings of your device. Please configure them manually."

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Ok, well the issue has been resolved by now. As I have a rooted phone I was able to use AdAway which doesn't need a proxy to be set up.

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  • Note that there are also other Adblockers than the one I mentioned. Also alternatively users without root can use the Firefox browser with an Adblock (e.g. Adblock Plus) AddOn.
    – mYnDstrEAm
    Feb 19, 2017 at 10:19

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