How to disable FaceBook typeahead autocomplete using adblock

I find autocompletes sometimes useful, but it pissed me off when they modify the way I type or cause long pauses and unintuitive searches.

Facebook is no exception, their autocomplete search is crap and there is no way of disabling it in settings.


The autocomplete can be disabled using a simple adblock filter.

||facebook.com/ajax/typeahead/search.php*

Done.


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Disabling ebay auto-suggest easily and permanently using adblock

Ebay search auto suggest sucks, it is completely broken, often screwing up my typing searches, replacing words without my permission.  It is not all that useful and deserves a bullet in the brain.

There is a option to disable it "Hide eBay suggestions", but it is only cookie based and session dependent.  Not good enough.

Here is how to get rid of it for ever using adblock for good!
Add this line to your adblock plus block list: "autosug.ebaystatic.com"

If you don't have adblock you can certainly add the same domain to your hosts file, there is plenty of resourced on the inter-webs to show you how.

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How to block ads on your android ZTE V9

This is the easiest way to block ads on the ZTE V9 or any other android device.


We are going to make a hosts file to redirect ant ad servers to 127.0.0.1 a.k.a localhost.

Why

• Free
• No app download
• Saves on bandwidth - BIG TIME
• Works on all apps on the device i.e. system wide
• Safe and easy hack!

Prerequisite:

• Root your device using z4root or similar
• Install terminal app from the android marketplace
• Download a hosts file WITH Unix character formatting to the sdcard

How to:

• Open the terminal emulator
• Type 'su' to get root access
• Navigate to etc folder  'cd /etc'
• rename hosts to hosts.old  'mv hosts hosts.old'
• Navigate to the sd card  'cd /sdcard'
• Copy hosts file dowloaded to /etc  'cat hosts > /etc/hosts'
• Exit the terminal (you should not receive any errors)

Why cat?
"cat filename1 > filename2" - For some reason, the Droid does not come with a copy (cp) command. This works in the exact same way

Does it work...

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