Block Ads on phone without root

It is normally thought that any ad-blocking app or software on your android phone works only when the phone is rooted or has a custom rom.

To a certain extant, this is true. However, there is another method by which every advert on your phone gets blocked, including those in the UI-(as in case of some custom UIs like Xiaomi / Redmi / Poco phones' MIUI and Realme / Oppo phones , and also those ads within any other app or websites opened in the browsers. These days, even Samsung has started adding ads within their UI.

This is the easiest method to block all ads on your android phone.

This method should work on most phones. The idea is very simple and easy. All you need to do is route your internet traffic via a private DNS that blocks ads like Adguard.

Navigate to the the Network Settings page in your Settings panel. At the bottom of the list you will find the Private DNS entry. Just enter the private dns url dns.adguard.com in that and save. That's it. You're done. No more ads on your android phone!

However, in some custom UIs like MIUI, this native android setting is hidden. There are some free apps that can show up the same.

Install QuickShortcutMaker app from the Google Play Store. 

Scroll to the Settings option in the Activites tab and find:

com.android.settings.Settings$NetworkDashboardActivity

You might also try to sear for 'mor'. Once you find it, click on it and 'Try' it. The option will open the Private DNS entry box where you can enter the private url dns.adguard.com

That's it. You should be done.

Alternative to Adguard:

Instead of using the Adguard DNS, you can also use dot.tiar.app as the private dns. The method to use remains same as above.