Google Translate App is broken

[fdhfgbsjedfg-775]

This issue is caused by the api domain being blocked (translate-pa.googleapis.com), this domain is responsible for core functions of Google Translate,

Originating rule:- ||*-pa.googleapis.com^

Device: Samsung S20 FE 5G Browser: none (Used the Google Translate app for this) Blocklist: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ph00lt0/blocklists/master/blocklist.txt (AdGuard syntax)

[ph00lt0]

Hmm let me think of the right way to deal with this, as translate-pa.googleapis.com is also a third party tracker, and make an exception.

Just out of curiosity how are you using this blocklist.txt systemwide?

[fdhfgbsjedfg-775]

From what I can tell, translate-pa.googleapis.com is not a tracker nor advertisement domain, I tested it with 19 blocklists (1Hosts Lite, ABPVN, AD-WARS, AdAway, AdGuard DNS Filters, Anti-AD, Anudeep's blocklist, Disconnect {Ads}, Easylist, Easyprivacy, Easylist China, Energized Blu & Blu Go, HostsVN, Notrack tracker list, Perflyst's TV blocklist, Peter Lowe's blocklist, RU Adlist, someonewhocares.org {Dan Pollock}) and none showed results of it detecting as a tracker/ads domain. There are some subdomains of googleapis.com that are tracking, so yes, only whitelist translate-pa.googleapis.com, not googleapis.com.

Also to answer your question, I'm using AdGuard Android Pro for systemwide ad blocking

And I accidently closed the issue, clumsy me😴

[ph00lt0]

There are many trackers not in those lists which are blocked here. I have seen this tracker in other places, I have now blocked it as third-party only. Can you confirm if it works when you updated the list?

Also to answer your question, I'm using AdGuard Android Pro for systemwide ad blocking

That's awesome I didn't know that was a thing on Android.

[fdhfgbsjedfg-775]

It works, thanks m8

[ph00lt0]

@fdhfgbsjedfg-775 hey man I tried to figure out how you added the list in Adguard. Could you please provide the details of how you have done so? Are using the content filtering app or vpn app?

[fdhfgbsjedfg-775]

To specify which app, it's the with the one with the local VPN tunnel (source: https://adguard.com/adguard-android/overview.html), to add filter lists, Open AdGuard > click on the icon on top left > click on settings > click on content blocking > go to Filters > go to custom filters > click on +new custom filter > input blocklist link on URL or path then click on import > optional tick on trusted filters optional > click Add > You're done!, or for users convenience put a subscription script on you're README.MD file that users can one click to subscribe (script: abp:subscribe?location=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fuser-name-here%2F.title-here%2Fmaster%2Ffile.example&title=your-title-here Also for DNS, practically same thing but script won't work

[ph00lt0]

thanks man, I did not know about this app as it isn't in any store. Will have a try!