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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by can to c/[email protected]
 

I'm on android and I'm wondering if there's any way to skip the ads without getting premium? I don't need the premium features necessarily but I hate the ads interrupting my practice. Anyone have any reliable leads? Thank you.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

What the heck, I had no idea that Revanced had the ability to patch apps other than Youtube! Thank you for saying so.

[–] can 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Oh wow, thank you. Do I need to download an older version of the app? It's telling me Duolingo is not installed.

Edit: tried downloading from apkmirror

Do I need to be rooted or can I find another download source?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It appears you're attempting to patch the installed app. Download the APK and patch that file. Then install the modded APK.

You can download APK here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/duolingo/duolingo-duolingo/duolingo-duolingo-5-120-3-release/

[–] can 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think that worked. I had downloaded the split one before. Am I safe to use my existing account?

Spoke too soon. I think the patch is broken. Thank you though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just created a duolingo account myself to check, the patch is indeed broken :/

did you find any alternative?

[–] can 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Haven't tried it yet but it's starting to look like I should open a French school.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

haha well good luck then, should be the most secure option out there :D

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You need to grab the Duolingo APK from a source like APKpure or APKMirror and patch this file.
This is because the installed Duolingo app consists of multiple (split-)APKs.

[–] can 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The download from apk mirror appears split as well? Maybe I downloaded the wrong one.

Edit there were two version. The patch is broken atm anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is yours working? Just tried it and apparently the patch prevents you from logging in. If it does, which version are you using?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

no version i tried worked so far, it seems the patch is broken for every version.

Hopefully someone will update the patch in the future

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for this. Not sure how to save posts so I'm commenting instead.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You can create a Duolingo class which you can then join yourself. This gets you unlimited hearts and no further ads on the mobile version (at least from my experience). Creating a class has no prerequisites so just try it out. If you still want to be able to view the public leaderboard there's a setting for that in the classroom settings, but it's disabled by default.

Edit: I'm not sure if there are any other ads besides the premium and family ones, I'm running PiHole so your mileage may vary. I'm only talking about those 2 which PiHole cannot block.

[–] can 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, this is an actual option? I thought the other commenter was joking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

yeah, I can confirm it works. I set it up around 2 years ago and I still don't have ads and have unlimited hearts

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] can 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Someday, but I need a device to run that on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Might as well use nextdns then

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You can run it on literally anything including a virtual machine, android tv box, old laptop from the trash..

[–] can 2 points 11 months ago

My current laptop might as well be from the trash lol. I do have old android devices but that seems inefficient especially with battery concerns. I do have an old android tv box I never got working. Maybe that's something I'll look into. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Huh? How do you run PiHole on ATV?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Using a DNS that blocks ad domains works for blocking third party apps. The duolingo video ad still shows up though.

DNS is a OS setting.

Closing an reopening the app works too as a workaround. Progress is saved on completion, before the ad.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You might try a modded apk, but those can be sketchy at times

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Talking about modded apks, this one works for me:

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[–] can 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

#piped bot had too much to drink below

Just keep scrolling

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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[–] can 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

poor bot :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That was hilarious though

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (30 children)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seconding the DNS suggestion. Specifically I set my DNS to dns.adguard-dns.com and that does the trick for mobile games and such.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Duolingo stull shows an ad for the premium if no external ad is available iirc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Ohh, got it. Yeah, I don't know of a way to get rid of that. I'd guess Revanced, but I haven't used it myself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

You can try a private DNS, easy to set up in Android and blocks ads in most apps and browsers

Libredns

Mullvaddns

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Just set up a school.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mobilism has Duolingo mods

[–] can 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How's that work? Can you use your main account?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure it's safe.

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