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For windows machine we got the hosts file to edit to redirect url's to other domains. Is there a file like that on android?

I'm looking to redirect a very long url to a shorter one using the hosts file, is this possible? This can also be used to redirect a list of known spam domains to nothing so the worst flash/gif adds are removed.

I'm running Android 2.1 on a rooted samsung galaxy S

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It should be possible since there is the "AdFree" app for rooted users. It doesn't look to be open source, however... – Bryan Denny♦ Oct 6 '10 at 15:33

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Found a short guide here.

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Just to clarify, this is only possible on rooted phones. should we add that to the tags? – Michael Paulukonis Oct 6 '10 at 21:17

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