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Guest hellracer13
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Reading through the forum, new to the Android OS and thinking about getting a Vega... :huh:

Was wondering is there a Hosts file as in Windows which can be used to block Ads or unwanted websites etc ?

Guest Stooby
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Reading through the forum, new to the Android OS and thinking about getting a Vega... :huh:

Was wondering is there a Hosts file as in Windows which can be used to block Ads or unwanted websites etc ?

I don't have a Vega (yet), but on every Android device I've owned, there is a hosts file in /system/etc.

I'm pretty sure you would need to root the device before you could update it though.

Guest Bobbler
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Oooh, that might resolve my SMB host names for me instead of using the IP addresses all the time.

I have a Amahi server now - http://www.amahi.org/ - brilliant bit of software and some damn useful web apps for the Vega too, but the Vega is the only device on my mixed network which seems unable to resolve by name.

Guest tomolewis
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Oooh, that might resolve my SMB host names for me instead of using the IP addresses all the time.

I have a Amahi server now - http://www.amahi.org/ - brilliant bit of software and some damn useful web apps for the Vega too, but the Vega is the only device on my mixed network which seems unable to resolve by name.

2nd amahi had one for a while now..... just upgrading it to F14 with 3x2tb hdd in raid5 :huh:

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