Does anyone use a hosts file on Android? I tried using MVPS hosts

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2016-10-24 13:46:46 Post No. 57216941
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Anonymous 2016-10-24 13:46:46 Post No. 57216941 [Report]

Does anyone use a hosts file on Android? I tried using MVPS hosts and it looks like Android can't parse the entire file. It blocks some domains but not all. The same hosts file enforced through NetGuard (creates a local VPN connection which filters based on that hosts file) does seem to block everything.

I assume it does not parse the file after a certain line, but I may be wrong. Fact is some ddomains do not get filtered. I wonder if anyone experienced this or it's just me.

Anonymous 2016-10-24 13:48:10 Post No.57216953
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Anonymous 2016-10-24 13:48:10 Post No.57216953 [Report]

>>57216941
AdAway parses

Anonymous 2016-10-24 13:50:18 Post No.57216971
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Anonymous 2016-10-24 13:50:18 Post No.57216971 [Report]

>>57216953
I want to use built in functionality when possible.

Anonymous 2016-10-24 13:59:51 Post No.57217038
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Anonymous 2016-10-24 13:59:51 Post No.57217038 [Report]

>>57216941
I found the problem:

https://www.h3xed.com/mobile/fix-android-hosts-file-not-working

> Incorrect Newline Characters
> The Android hosts file should use Linux/UNIX style newlines, which are a single Line Feed LF character per new line. If your hosts file has been generated or manipulated on a Windows computer, chances are the newlines were changed to the Windows style, which consists of a Carriage Return & Line Feed [CR][LF] per new line. If these Windows style newlines exist in your hosts file, it will not be parsed properly by Android (Android is Linux based).

> To determine what newline characters are in your hosts file, you'll need a better text editor than the default Windows one. Notepad++ is a good one. You can have it show the newline characters by going to View > Show Symbol > Show End of Line. You can then have it convert to the UNIX format by going to Edit > EOL Conversion.

Now it works. I thought \g\ likes to thinker with their technlogy. Seems I was wrong..

Anonymous 2016-10-24 14:41:40 Post No.57217455
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Anonymous 2016-10-24 14:41:40 Post No.57217455 [Report]

>>57217038
We take our selves very seriously on this board.

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Femanon 2016-10-24 14:45:46 Post No.57217489
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Femanon 2016-10-24 14:45:46 Post No.57217489 [Report]

>>57217455
Yeah, I noticed..

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I'm aware that Imgur.com will stop allowing adult images since 15th of May. I'm taking actions to backup as much data as possible.
Read more on this topic here - https://archived.moe/talk/thread/1694/