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Help me edit my hosts file

So I need to edit my "hosts" file because it's blocking audiogalaxy. (a pretty cool music streaming app)
So far I have determined that the hosts file is just a text file. So I copied it and edited it with word.
My problem is I don't know how to replace the existing file because system/etc (the place where the hosts file is stored) is read only.
I think that I can flash this somehow, but, I don't know how to do this. Please help.

here ya go, i made you a hosts.zip. just open it up and put your hosts file into the system/etc/ directory, then sign and flash.
-BMFC

bmfc187 said:
here ya go, i made you a hosts.zip. just open it up and put your hosts file into the system/etc/ directory, then sign and flash.
-BMFC
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+1 For that!
man that was super easy.
The only reason it took me so long to replay was because I was learning to learning how to sign an app.

hey, its all good. glad i could help. you prolly already figured this out, but keep the update then anytime you need to update your hosts just replace it and resign and flash again.
if you try to use adfree to update your hosts file, it wont work on slide*....but what it WILL do is save the hosts file to your sdcard, where you can transfer it to your pc, (optionally) edit it to your liking, then replace it in the update, resign and reflash.
*Adfree has an option now to symlink the hosts file to /data so that the app will work with a locked bootloader, but i couldnt get it to work. but i didnt really try very hard, either.
EDIT: where is your sig quote from?
-BMFC

bmfc187 said:
hey, its all good. glad i could help. you prolly already figured this out, but keep the update then anytime you need to update your hosts just replace it and resign and flash again.
if you try to use adfree to update your hosts file, it wont work on slide*....but what it WILL do is save the hosts file to your sdcard, where you can transfer it to your pc, (optionally) edit it to your liking, then replace it in the update, resign and reflash.
*Adfree has an option now to symlink the hosts file to /data so that the app will work with a locked bootloader, but i couldnt get it to work. but i didnt really try very hard, either.
EDIT: where is your sig quote from?
-BMFC
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I think the quote in his sig is from the Borg

ratchetrizzo said:
I think the quote in his sig is from the Borg
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I know this may sound crazy, but i dont watch TV. i assume that its a TV show...at any rate i have no clue what the borg is...never heard of it..
-BMFC

The Borg come from the Star Trek series. They are a race of cyborgs who consume the technology of other species and add it to there own.
Basically they take all the best of what everyone else has made. Kind of like I do with my phone.

apollostees said:
The Borg come from the Star Trek series. They are a race of cyborgs who consume the technology of other species and add it to there own.
Basically they take all the best of what everyone else has made. Kind of like I do with my phone.
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That explains it...call me sacriligious but I never liked star trek...
-BMFC
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[REQ] Battleheart hack/money cheat

Trust me I have searched t'internet to no avail.
I don't need or want people asking me why I want to cheat in this game...needless to say I had a Galaxy S II stolen and lost a 12hour worth save of this game.
I'm amazed that the iPhone version has an easy hack... but nobody has been able to do this in the wonderful Android community....
Anyway... I offer a beer to whoever can help me with this (or the first person to haha)... I promise.
Thanks in advance.

Really, nobody has a clue on this one? I previously found a couple of properties files but for some reason can't find them now...
I'm serious about donation too
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kickassdave said:
Really, nobody has a clue on this one? I previously found a couple of properties files but for some reason can't find them now...
I'm serious about donation too
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Really not that much harder than doing it on the iphone.
If you got titanium backup then backup the game then open com.KelliNoda.Battleheart-20110702-203401.tar
you get a folder called data.
then thers some folders inside it.
correct path to the directory where the file is you want to edit is data\data\com.KelliNoda.Battleheart\shared_prefs
thers an XML file in there, edit that one to your liking.
For the gold i edited this line
<int name="1gold" value="xxx" />
where x is the amount of gold you currently have on the what i assume is first save
i changed it to <int name="1gold" value="999" />
and i had 999 gold.
basically just edit it along and see what happens.
Not really sure where this XML file is located on your phone but since titanium is free on market you might as well use it

Some quote for an easier editing
Also if you want to change their level just look for
1partyDB#level. Replace the # with 0-8. Each number corresponding to a party member.
To edit their power and defense, look for
1partyDB#power and 1partyDB#defense. Replace the # with 0-8.
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the # correspond with the heroes that you have. 0 is lucille, 1 is shepherd. and so forth
here's an example:
<key>1partyDB1power</key> <---- the first '1' corresponds to the save file. the second '1' correspond to the character (shepherd)
<integer>75</integer> <---- change this to change his attack power.
take a look at the picture I've attached to get a better understanding.
Please note that this was done with version 1.0.0.
I haven't tried it with the newer version yet.
Edit: I tried it with the newer version and it works still.
Also the best way to look for the hero's value is just to search for their name and then most of the value you would want to change would be just right above their name. [power level is right below their name though]
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To change lucilles level look for
1partyDB0level and change it to
Code:
<int name="1partyDB0level" value="30" />
for shepherd look for 1partyDB1level and chance it to
Code:
<int name="1partyDB1level" value="30" />
so both

here's my xml file http://www.mediafire.com/?27gtc0ch59exxob where i got all possible partymembers at lvl 30 and lucille/shepherd at lvl 40 and and little over 23 million gold.
firstly make sure you got a folder called TitaniumBackup on your SDcard, if its not there then open titanium backup and make a backup of battleheart or if you havnt made a backup of battleheart then make sure you do that before moving on.
Put the above mentioned file into the TitaniumBackup dir.
unmount your SDcard
run titanium and choose to restore data only to battleheart.
then run battleheart and you should find a savegame called goa200
I'm also sure you could simply do
Code:
ADB push com.KelliNoda.Battleheart.xml /data/data/com.KelliNoda.Battleheart/shared_prefs/
but i dont have adb on this laptop so i never tried
just make sure you kill the battleheard process first

Thank you very much for your help. I owe you a beer. On my phone just now but you got a donate option I can send to?
I managed to work out how to do it from your first post. Only wanted to modify the gold but again thank you very much for the other information as well
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kickassdave said:
Thank you very much for your help. I owe you a beer. On my phone just now but you got a donate option I can send to?
I managed to work out how to do it from your first post. Only wanted to modify the gold but again thank you very much for the other information as well
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No need for any donate. i play battleheart as well and never thought it was that easy to cheat =)

kickassdave said:
Anyway... I offer a beer to whoever can help me with this (or the first person to haha)... I promise.
Thanks in advance.
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I did promise! I think it's fair... but if you are sure it's ok... fair enough!

kickassdave said:
I did promise! I think it's fair... but if you are sure it's ok... fair enough!
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and i kindly refuse said offer as it wasnt much of a thing to do =)

goa200 said:
No need for any donate. i play battleheart as well and never thought it was that easy to cheat =)
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That's very nice of you dude, we appreciate the help. Thank you!

no matter how i edited the value, it wont stick. it kept returning back to original value.
edited: finally got it to work, i was using root explorer and it automatically restore backup file. thanks for the guide.

MorRoquen said:
That's very nice of you dude, we appreciate the help. Thank you!
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I knew I wasn't the only person trying to work out how to do this... ended up doing a wee level hack as well haha.
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when i edit the values it dont change, it back to the original, why?

My values go back to normal or the game force closes, what am I doing wrong? Nd I'm using version 1.13 arm

goa200 said:
here's my xml file http://www.mediafire.com/?27gtc0ch59exxob where i got all possible partymembers at lvl 30 and lucille/shepherd at lvl 40 and and little over 23 million gold.
firstly make sure you got a folder called TitaniumBackup on your SDcard, if its not there then open titanium backup and make a backup of battleheart or if you havnt made a backup of battleheart then make sure you do that before moving on.
Put the above mentioned file into the TitaniumBackup dir.
unmount your SDcard
run titanium and choose to restore data only to battleheart.
then run battleheart and you should find a savegame called goa200
I'm also sure you could simply do
Code:
ADB push com.KelliNoda.Battleheart.xml /data/data/com.KelliNoda.Battleheart/shared_prefs/
but i dont have adb on this laptop so i never tried
just make sure you kill the battleheard process first
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thanks for the tip!
just a noob question. how do i edit the xml file inside the .tar.gz file? i tried extracting the contents and then editing the xml file but winzip cannot put it back into the .tar.gz file.

Y0sHii said:
My values go back to normal or the game force closes, what am I doing wrong? Nd I'm using version 1.13 arm
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two things:
1) don't edit in windows. it inserts carriage return characters not compatible in Android/Linux/Mac's/etc. Download a text editor onto your phone (I used TextWarrior) or do it in Linux
2) make sure edited xml file has same owner, group and permissions as original xml file. Root Explorer can easily change owner/group/permissions.

aussiebum said:
2) make sure edited xml file has same owner, group and permissions as original xml file. Root Explorer can easily change owner/group/permissions.
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I couldn't set owner/group even after the file was in /data/data/com.KelliNoda.Battleheart/shared_prefs/. Instead I just checked read/write for "Others" under permissions and that made it show up.

aph said:
I couldn't set owner/group even after the file was in /data/data/com.KelliNoda.Battleheart/shared_prefs/. Instead I just checked read/write for "Others" under permissions and that made it show up.
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You can do it on a PC
If you take out the file and edit it using notepad, you can overwrite the file within the tar using 7zip without having to decompile and recompile the tar.
Open it up using 7zip, browse to the location of the XML file and click and drag your edited version in to overwrite. You'll get a couple of messages, ok them both and you're done. Now just move the tar file back to your titanium backup folder overwriting the original. Now restore your backup and hey presto.
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kickassdave said:
You can do it on a PC
If you take out the file and edit it using notepad, you can overwrite the file within the tar using 7zip without having to decompile and recompile the tar.
Open it up using 7zip, browse to the location of the XML file and click and drag your edited version in to overwrite. You'll get a couple of messages, ok them both and you're done. Now just move the tar file back to your titanium backup folder overwriting the original. Now restore your backup and hey presto.
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Using TB restore data on Battleheart yields FC's for me 100% of the time. After a phone crash, I've been working on restoring my chars (not interested in cheating) for 4 days, trying at least 2 dozen potential solutions.
The "Others r/w" hack works for me at the moment and after days of effort, I'm sitting happy getting it to work at all.
If it breaks again I'll give your method a shot. Thanks for the input!

change search button to recent apps (root required)

I know I looked at similar threads in other device forums so I apologize if I'm not giving proper credit here. I researched this months ago and figured I should post the solution that's been working for me with the ICS leaked roms.
(1) unzip the two attached files.
(2) use a root file explorer (I used Root Explorer) to navigate to /system/usr/keylayout and mount that directory as R/W.
(3) rename or backup the existing "sec_touchkey.kl" and "melfas-touchkey.kl" files.
(4) copy the unzipped files into the directory overwriting the existing files (if you haven't renamed them).
(5) reboot.
You can obviously hold the home key to get the same result, but I find this more useful.
This approach can obviously be refined (only one file is probably necessary) or scripted, but I haven't had a chance to do either.

Thanks..but app swither can be launched from lockscreen..its kinda bug?
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Also, try this app. It's not in the market anymore...not sure why not, still works great for me and it's awesome! I use it to switch my search & menu keys since you hit menu waaay more often yet search is the closest to your thumb! (at least if you're right handed it is )
I hope this upload works...I didn't know for sure how to do it - I emailed myself my titanium backup saved info and one of the things it sent was this .apk file...so I'm pretty sure this is all you need. Let me know if it doesn't work, if you try to install it.

DutchDogg54 said:
Also, try this app. It's not in the market anymore...not sure why not, still works great for me and it's awesome! I use it to switch my search & menu keys since you hit menu waaay more often yet search is the closest to your thumb! (at least if you're right handed it is )
I hope this upload works...I didn't know for sure how to do it - I emailed myself my titanium backup saved info and one of the things it sent was this .apk file...so I'm pretty sure this is all you need. Let me know if it doesn't work, if you try to install it.
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Parsing error on this. Not sure what happened but won't install.
Thanks to OP for posting this! Great Mod!

LudoGris said:
Parsing error on this. Not sure what happened but won't install.
Thanks to OP for posting this! Great Mod!
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Wow...sorry about that...I was in a hurry leaving work but wanted to get the apk posted...here's the right one: http://db.tt/kL5cLEGm
Hope this one works...its a pretty tight app.

mgb95 said:
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(2) use a root file explorer (I used Root Explorer) to navigate to /system/usr/keylayout and mount that directory as R/W.
(3) rename or backup the existing "sec_touchkey.kl" and "melfas-touchkey.kl" files.
(4) copy the unzipped files into the directory overwriting the existing files (if you haven't renamed them).
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beautiful, works great on FF11, love the mod, many thanks!!

DutchDogg54 said:
Wow...sorry about that...I was in a hurry leaving work but wanted to get the apk posted...here's the right one: http://db.tt/kL5cLEGm
Hope this one works...its a pretty tight app.
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Error on your dropbox ... I been looking for the app. Didn't think it got pulled anyways what's the name of the app? I'll just look for it SOMEWHERE
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here is the version that isn't in the market. i also included a link to the new version of it in the market because its now a paid app called launchkey. the older one is called button remapper. i'm sure the new one prolly had way more options, not too sure.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beansoft.launchkey

Can anybody find launchkey? Its not in the market
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will this work on CM9?

I was wanting to re-map a couple scripts to the search button, like a tx-power switch for higher at home and lower when away, but got sidetracked on other stuff. The button-remapper app I've used and didn't have any problem with it. As for recent apps, it seems a bit moot when long-pressing on home does the same, right?
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mgb95 said:
I know I looked at similar threads in other device forums so I apologize if I'm not giving proper credit here. I researched this months ago and figured I should post the solution that's been working for me with the ICS leaked roms.
(1) unzip the two attached files.
(2) use a root file explorer (I used Root Explorer) to navigate to /system/usr/keylayout and mount that directory as R/W.
(3) rename or backup the existing "sec_touchkey.kl" and "melfas-touchkey.kl" files.
(4) copy the unzipped files into the directory overwriting the existing files (if you haven't renamed them).
(5) reboot.
You can obviously hold the home key to get the same result, but I find this more useful.
This approach can obviously be refined (only one file is probably necessary) or scripted, but I haven't had a chance to do either.
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Just did this on a TW ROM. Freakin awesome. Smooth and quick!
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Can you hold menu to get a menu or how do you get to menu's after install?
NVM! I just realized this changes the search key not the menu key

Roundtableprez said:
Can anybody find launchkey? Its not in the market
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The full version appears to have disappeared off the face of the earth, but the lite version is available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818499
And a version of buttonremapper here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464

Well, I didn't find either of those apps useful, but this mod is working great, thanks! I love it!

to make things easy without remapping most 3rd party launchers offer gestures to accommodate your need of app switching and menu swapping

Thanks for this worked guna try out app posted too

[Q] Trouble with hacked 4g hotspot opening certain web pages

So here is my problem.
When using my hotspot on my Win8 computer, it wont let me click through certain webpages like cashback websites like bigcrumbs and ebates and gets stuck on the redirection pages like "anrdoezrs.net" when tranfering me to a specific website. It won't fuly transfer me through to the store I want to gain cashback at.
I recently got the new computer with Win8 on it. Now that I have have tried my hotspot on multiple Win8 computers with it not working, I'm assuming it must be the problem. It ran perfectly with Win7 beforehand.
I am currently running [ROM]Phantom's Blazer Rom[Yo][8/2/12][v0.1.5][FF18]
I did notice on the tethering options of my phone that it did not list that it supported Win8. (Yet it does work for mostly all of the websites except the ones I'm speaking of).
Is there a way to fix my problem with the Rom version I'm running right now? (I know its a little outdated).
Do I need to update to a newer version of the Blazer rom? Or should I get a different rom?
(I need to have a rom that has the 4g hacked hotspot and it need to be able to be used with my PS3 for online gaming as well).
Thanks for listening

Do you have adblockers on your phone? This may be the problem.

someguyatx said:
Do you have adblockers on your phone? This may be the problem.
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How would I know if I have adblockers on my phone?

Foye said:
How would I know if I have adblockers on my phone?
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Blazer rom has it built in. Delete system/etc/hosts file (filename is hosts) with a root browser. If you need it back, I posted an updated one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36060559&postcount=215

tdunham said:
Blazer rom has it built in. Delete system/etc/hosts file (filename is hosts) with a root browser. If you need it back, I posted an updated one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36060559&postcount=215
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I'm kind of a noob, so how do I get to a root browser? Can you walk me through what I'm suppose to do?

???

Foye said:
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Root explorer is my personal choice as well as many others.
What TD meant, a root browser that will properly read the root directory. Some file browsers fail at that.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

Foye said:
I'm kind of a noob, so how do I get to a root browser? Can you walk me through what I'm suppose to do?
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MoHoGalore said:
Root explorer is my personal choice as well as many others.
What TD meant, a root browser that will properly read the root directory. Some file browsers fail at that.
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Root Explorer on the market is $3.99. Anything free available? Right below it there is a "ES File Explorer File Manager" which is free. Will that work?

Foye said:
Root Explorer on the market is $3.99. Anything free available? Right below it there is a "ES File Explorer File Manager" which is free. Will that work?
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Rom Toolbox Lite has an awesome root explorer.
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tdunham said:
Rom Toolbox Lite has an awesome root explorer.
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Can't figure out where to go still.
I downloaded Rom Toolbox Light.
Then went to system, then to etc, THEN I get the option between "HOSTS" and the one under it is also "hosts".
They both have similar files in them, "text file, image file, music file, video file, zip file, APK file, script file"
Where do I go from her now? And what do I do?

Bump!!!

Bump x2

Bump x3

tdunham said:
Blazer rom has it built in. Delete system/etc/hosts file (filename is hosts) with a root browser. If you need it back, I posted an updated one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36060559&postcount=215
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Rom Toolbox Lite has an awesome root explorer.
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Can't figure out where to go still.
I downloaded Rom Toolbox Light.
Then went to system, then to etc, THEN I get the option between "HOSTS" and the one under it is also "hosts".
They both have similar files in them, "text file, image file, music file, video file, zip file, APK file, script file"
Where do I go from her now? And what do I do?

Can't figure out where to go still.
I downloaded Rom Toolbox Light.
Then went to system, then to etc, THEN I get the option between "HOSTS" and the one under it is also "hosts".
They both have similar files in them, "text file, image file, music file, video file, zip file, APK file, script file"
Where do I go from her now? And what do I do?

Can't figure out where to go still.
I downloaded Rom Toolbox Light.
Then went to system, then to etc, THEN I get the option between "HOSTS" and the one under it is also "hosts".
They both have similar files in them, "text file, image file, music file, video file, zip file, APK file, script file"
Where do I go from her now? And what do I do?

Foye said:
Can't figure out where to go still.
I downloaded Rom Toolbox Light.
Then went to system, then to etc, THEN I get the option between "HOSTS" and the one under it is also "hosts".
They both have similar files in them, "text file, image file, music file, video file, zip file, APK file, script file"
Where do I go from her now? And what do I do?
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Bump some moar? Read some moar?
Seriously though, it's a text file. Just delete it or delete its contents.
Also, I believe using your phone as a hotspot without paying for it is violating your TOS. It's a good way to get kicked off the network.

HyperDrive ROM Help Please thanks

okay i installed the rom about 1 week ago, and i wanna know if someone can help me
1st off is there anyway i can disable the adblocker after i installed it.
2nd my viper4android is not working any help?
thanks for reading this thanks guys have a great day
Galaxy note 3 n900t KK 4.4

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CODGOD35 said:
okay i installed the rom about 1 week ago, and i wanna know if someone can help me
1st off is there anyway i can disable the adblocker after i installed it.
2nd my viper4android is not working any help?
thanks for reading this thanks guys have a great day
Galaxy note 3 n900t KK 4.4
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Ok, the way to disable the hosts file is easy.
Use a root capable file manager like Root Explorer
and go to /System/Etc (open the etc folder).
There you will find a file called "hosts", just delete
the file and restart the phone and your done.
If you ever want to install another or aa new adblocker
it will re-create the hosts file for you automatically.
Good luck!

Perfect!!!!!!
Misterjunky said:
Ok, the way to disable the hosts file is easy.
Use a root capable file manager like Root Explorer
and go to /System/Etc (open the etc folder).
There you will find a file called "hosts", just delete
the file and restart the phone and your done.
If you ever want to install another or aa new adblocker
it will re-create the hosts file for you automatically.
Good luck!
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Nice direction. I can't wait to use this.

Misterjunky said:
Ok, the way to disable the hosts file is easy.
Use a root capable file manager like Root Explorer
and go to /System/Etc (open the etc folder).
There you will find a file called "hosts", just delete
the file and restart the phone and your done.
If you ever want to install another or aa new adblocker
it will re-create the hosts file for you automatically.
Good luck!
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What if I don't want to delete the host file? Can I edit the host file? the settings would be like this only?
127.0.0.1

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Lorettaa said:
What if I don't want to delete the host file? Can I edit the host file? the settings would be like this only?
127.0.0.1
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You can always rename it to hosts.bak, and you can also edit it manually
with an appropriate ascii editor.
If you know exactly which line in the hosts file causes problems with some other
app that are installed in your phone then you can if you like remove that one line
only and leave the rest alone so it will continue to block ads from the other apps
or sites and so on.
Good luck!

Thank you sir. Renaming it to .bak is also a good trick.

Adaway: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190753
It also work with 4.4.2 Kitkat. I personally use this with Lucky patcher and able to get satisfy result. See how that goes for you .
@Lorettaa Thanks for the tips, I will try that and will let you know how the results work out.

No problem dude.