Hush 2.0.2

Hush is now the only app you need. No Shizuku, no root, no computer: Hush pairs with Android's Wireless debugging by itself and starts its own small helper. Setup takes about two minutes, once. Watch the setup video.

Added

• One app. Pair once by typing a six-digit code into Hush's notification. Hush's helper answers only Hush and can do only the few things skipping needs (Android 11+; Wi-Fi is needed only to pair and to start the helper, skipping also works on mobile data).
• Looks after itself. If the helper stops, Hush starts it again. If it can't, ads are muted and one "Skipping paused" notification says why; a tap resumes, and without Wi-Fi Hush tries again by itself as soon as Wi-Fi is back.
• Restart automatically after a reboot (optional, Android 13+). Hush tests once whether your phone keeps its helper running with Wireless debugging off, and keeps it off if so. USB debugging and Developer options are never touched.
• Copy diagnostics for bug reports, and bug report forms on GitHub.

Changed

• Faster. Spotify is stopped 30 to 90 ms after an ad is detected (was 50 to 105 ms), and music is back after 1.4 to 2.3 s of silence on real ads (was 2.2 to 2.8 s).
• The DNS filter (Block ad servers) is off for new installs: skipping doesn't need it, and setup no longer asks for VPN permission. Updating keeps your setting.

Fixed

• New in 2.0.2:
  • With Block ad servers on, Spotify could hang and not load songs or album art on networks that block DNS to outside servers, such as a router running AdGuard Home or Pi-hole. Hush now also asks the network's own DNS when its resolver doesn't answer.
  • The DNS filter handles more lookups at once, for quick song skipping.
  • Edited DNS rules now take effect right away.
• In 2.0.1:
  • Switching to another playlist could bring you back to the previous one, when an ad came before the new playlist's first song.
  • With the sleep timer set to End of song, an ad right after the song was skipped and the next song played. Hush now pauses as expected.
  • If the helper stopped while you weren't on Wi-Fi, skipping stayed paused after Wi-Fi came back. Hush now resumes by itself.
  • Pairing: the Pair button could stay disabled while Hush searched for the code dialog. It now stays available, and the search retries by itself.
  • After pairing, opening Hush from its icon could show the Settings page instead of Hush.
  • A brief connection hiccup right after Wireless debugging was switched on could make Hush ask to pair again.
• The Developer options step of the setup never got ticked on newer Android versions.
• Custom sleep timer ignored a number typed into the fields if Start was pressed right away.
• Pressing play within about 4 seconds after the sleep timer paused Spotify could be undone by Hush.

Updating

• From 2.0.x: install Hush-2.0.2.apk over the existing app; your settings and pairing are kept.
• From 1.0.x: install it over the existing app; your settings and permissions are kept, and skipping keeps working through Shizuku. To drop Shizuku, tap Set up next to Skip without Shizuku in Hush, pair once, then uninstall Shizuku.

Verify

	SHA-256
Hush-2.0.2.apk	88ebea89bfce7530395f9d0dd4d222bfd7314a6a938c6f4153c5677304ed1fde
Signing certificate	62629ed66144d83b86320af51e635a5987bbcb3b891ae01c8d3ed8336afbae03