SmartHosts 1.3.86
Free Version
Publisher Description
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SmartHost Android could help you check and fetch latest hosts file to walk around network blocking by GFW in China.
FEATURES:
- Auto check latest hosts file update.
- Select hosts entries that you just needed.
- Easily switch to your original hosts file or clean hosts file.
✭Cannot save hosts?
If you cannot save hosts，(/etc/hosts is not changed after saving), please use Root Explorer or ES Explorer to mount /system folder to read/write state.
✭About Facebook
Support Official App v1.8.3 or later.
3rd-party Client, e.g. Seesmic(https://market.android.com/details?id=com.seesmic)
✭About Twitter
Support Apps that support SSL connection. For example Plume, Seesmic.
Currently Twitter is not able to be visited by modifying hosts file. Please consider other way to get around GFW, e.g. goAgent.
✭About Youtube
Can open web pages and App, but cannot watch video.
How to use Adfree
SmartHosts could live with other hosts modifier Apps, like Adfree Android (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree).
1. Download and apply other Apps to modify hosts.
2. Start SmartHosts and it will detected and save your hosts file to "Original hosts" file.
3. Click "Check Update" or "Apply SmartHosts" button.
4. In "Select hosts sections" screen, make sure "Original hosts" is checked.
5. Click save and the "Original hosts" will be merged automatically.
If your hosts file size is too big, SmartHosts might crash because not enough memory. We have provided an slim version of ad free hosts (https://freehosts.sinaapp.com/android_adfree_hosts). Please download manually and paste it to "Original hosts" via built-in hosts editor.
++++Credits++++
hosts file is maintain by open source project http://code.google.com/p/smarthosts.
For any connectivity problem caused by hosts file, please report to smarthosts project.
About SmartHosts
SmartHosts is a free app for Android published in the System Maintenance list of apps, part of System Utilities.
The company that develops SmartHosts is Hank Zhu. The latest version released by its developer is 1.3.86. This app was rated by 1 users of our site and has an average rating of 5.0.
To install SmartHosts on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2012-11-10 and was downloaded 26 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the SmartHosts as malware as malware if the download link to mobi.smarthosts is broken.
How to install SmartHosts on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the SmartHosts is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by SmartHosts will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- SmartHosts will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
