Aug 11 17:15:44 dnsmasq[27281]: reply scloud-p2ew1-ext.elb.samsungcloud.com is 52.211.49.4
Aug 11 17:15:44 dnsmasq[27281]: reply scloud-p2ew1-ext.elb.samsungcloud.com is 52.213.189.48
Aug 11 17:15:44 dnsmasq[27281]: reply scloud-p2ew1-ext.elb.samsungcloud.com is 52.211.222.35
Aug 11 17:15:44 dnsmasq[27281]: reply scloud-p2ew1-ext.elb.samsungcloud.com is 52.213.36.61
Aug 11 17:15:44 dnsmasq[27281]: reply scloud-p2ew1-ext.elb.samsungcloud.com is 52.211.4.15
Aug 11 17:15:44 dnsmasq[27281]: reply scloud-p2ew1-ext.elb.samsungcloud.com is 52.211.2.124
Aug 11 17:15:44 dnsmasq[27281]: reply scloud-p2ew1-ext.elb.samsungcloud.com is 52.211.164.168
Aug 11 17:15:44 dnsmasq[27281]: reply scloud-p2ew1-ext.elb.samsungcloud.com is 54.171.255.0`
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### Author:  [@dosch](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/dosch)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-which-android-app-is-causing-so-many-dns-requests/4448/8 "2018-10-03T15:16:04Z")
> [@Anudeep](#):
>
> Use [this](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard&hl=en&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dnetguard&pcampaignid=APPU_1_LQuNWd-UDYjzvgTci6_YAw) app to monitor which app is making lots of DNS queries
hey, I blocked **all traffic** (including all system apps) on my Android phone using Netguard.
Still, every second a request is made (and blocked) to ssl.google-analytics.com
I am sure this is my phone, because the requests stop when I disable WiFi on the phone or turn it off completely.
Anyone another idea how I can figure out what is causing this insane amount of requests?
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### Author:  [@Jeroen1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Jeroen1)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-which-android-app-is-causing-so-many-dns-requests/4448/9 "2018-10-03T17:47:30Z")
Some hints on google search
partly disabling google services (like playstore and music) can cause this huge amount of quesries to ssl.google-analytics.com
That does not help much, but try to disable (some) blocklists for a while ans see if it gets any better.
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### Author:  [@Valiceemo](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Valiceemo)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-which-android-app-is-causing-so-many-dns-requests/4448/10 "2018-10-03T18:22:18Z")
Also interested in this
I have many queries from an Android device to `profile.localytics.com`
And I'm struggling to find the app making the requests with any monitor type app
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### Author:  [@dosch](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/dosch)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-which-android-app-is-causing-so-many-dns-requests/4448/11 "2018-10-03T19:59:11Z")
ah. I have LineageOS with only a very minimal amount of google services installed.
Still would be interesting to find what process exactly is making these calls (and kill it with fire)
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### Author:  [@Jeroen1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Jeroen1)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-which-android-app-is-causing-so-many-dns-requests/4448/12 "2018-10-04T06:22:42Z")
In my last post I mentioned “partly disabling”.
With this I ment blocking by pihole.
From what I read on a Google search:
Blocking Google services might cause these requests to analytics.
With pihole disabled (pihole settings) can anyone verify if these queries become less?
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### Author:  [@dosch](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/dosch)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2018, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-which-android-app-is-causing-so-many-dns-requests/4448/13 "2018-10-04T09:35:40Z")
It looks like the requests are less...
Still, this is only half satisfying of course:
1. we still do not know what process is causing this.
2. allowing google to spy on me because they were nagging so much that I disabled blocking also does not feel right
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### Author:  [@Jeroen1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Jeroen1)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-which-android-app-is-causing-so-many-dns-requests/4448/14 "2018-10-06T10:32:43Z")
Agree, but my knowledge of android is limited.
Perhaps you can root is and play around with the host file?
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### Author:  [@Jeroen1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Jeroen1)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-which-android-app-is-causing-so-many-dns-requests/4448/16 "2018-10-06T12:47:46Z")
Hi,
For a simple system engineer: You say you know the cause, Is there a solution we can implement on the pihole?
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### Author:  [@Jeroen1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Jeroen1)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-which-android-app-is-causing-so-many-dns-requests/4448/18 "2018-10-06T17:16:43Z")
Hi msattet,
Thanks for this workaround.
The initial question seems unanswered though.
Or are you indicating that blocking on netguatd will stop the massive amount of DNS requests?
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### Author:  [@Munchkinguy](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Munchkinguy)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2019, 5:01am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-which-android-app-is-causing-so-many-dns-requests/4448/20 "2019-06-18T05:01:56Z")
I also had an app that was contacting Localytics every minute. I used the [Exodus](https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/) app to look through each of my apps to find out what trackers they were using. Turns out the culprit was the MyRogers app which is provided by my mobile service provider to track my data and airtime usage. It was pretty useful but now I've disabled it.