Remove BlueStacks Ads

Remove BlueStacks Ads

# Windows
1. Open Windows Command Prompt
2. Run command
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\BlueStacks\HD-Adb.exe" shell
 
# Within BlueStacks shell
/system/xbin/bstk/su
pm disable-user com.bluestacks.s2p


# macOS
1. Open Terminal
2. Run command:
  /Applications/BlueStacks.app/Contents/MacOS/adb shell

# Within BlueStacks shell
/system/xbin/bstk/su
pm disable-user com.bluestacks.s2p


# Error: device not found
# Kill the server with ADB
# Make sure BlueStacks is running before you try to start ADB and disable the user

# Windows
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bluestacks\HD-Adb.exe" kill-server

#macOS
  /Applications/BlueStacks.app/Contents/MacOS/adb kill-server

https://gist.github.com/lazuee/2ce5da5670a7bffdd5e89765a3f51846

This is the new method that I used First, you need to install WSL or Linux VM. I used WSL.

Open WSL in C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks_nxt\Engine\Pie64:

cd /mnt/c/ProgramData/BlueStacks_nxt/Engine/Pie64

sudo modprobe nbd
sudo qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 Root.vhd 
sudo debugfs -w /dev/nbd0p1

( If you dont't have qemu-nbd and debugfs, try to install it via apt. )

Now we see, we can edit Root.vhd : type ls:

In debugfs prompt:

cd android
dump ./system/etc/hosts /tmp/hosts

It will dump ./system/etc/hosts of Root.vhd to /tmp/hosts of your Linux machine.

Edit /tmp/hosts:

127.0.0.1       localhost
::1             ip6-localhost
127.0.0.1       coinhive.com
127.0.0.1 adservice.google.com
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com
127.0.0.1 googleads.g.doubleclick.net
0.0.0.0 cloud.bluestacks.com
0.0.0.0 cloud-api-cdn.bluestacks.com
0.0.0.0 cdn-icon.bluestacks.com
0.0.0.0 cdn-bgp.bluestacks.com
0.0.0.0 bluestacks.com
0.0.0.0 www.bluestacks.com

In debugfs prompt:

unlink ./system/etc/hosts
write /tmp/hosts ./system/etc/hosts
q

Use:

sudo qemu-nbd -d /dev/nbd0

to detach the disk file.

Now we see the ads is removed.

Update:

You can disable its own laucher by running:

pm disable-user com.uncube.launcher3

But before doing it, remember to install alternative laucher ( like Nova ).

I recommend this.

Notice

Why I know those hosts:

I used Http Toolkit to hook https requests of Bluestack launcher app:

This is not working. When I try to start BlueStacks, a warning appears stating that Android has been tampered with and the application will shut down.