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Originally Posted by bonacker
I was very interested and concerned when I read that you couldn't specify your own DNS. I checked with my Fires, and I found that I could enter OpenDNS, and it seems to persist after a reboot. The most recent OS I was able to try it on was 6.3.1.2. Does the problem only occur on more recent OSes?
It was a little tricky to enter my own DNS. Google's 8.8.8.8 was pre-entered. When I backspaced to delete it, the whole IP popped back as soon as I deleted the final 8.
The fix was to not delete the final 8 and then enter the first part of OpenDNS, so you have 8.208.67. Then you can delete the left-most 8 with the 208.67 remaining. Then add the 222.222. It gets saved and persists through a reboot. I entered a non-existent DNS to test if it is ignoring the customer entered DNS. Addresses were then not resolved proving that it does use the customer entered DNS.
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Thanks for the suggested workaround. I have the latest hd10 with special offers. I am not sure of my older hd 8 also force adds 8.8.8.8.
I had previously googled for solutions and failed so you may be ahead of the Reddit etc guys there.
I sideloaded adclear instead which stops most clickbait by enforcing a VPN. Means I have to use a pin on the lock screen though.