I accidentally deleted my "host" file.

[Vincent Kmd]

I accidentally deleted my "host" file which placed at etc/hosts.....
and now its charging very slow... is it because that file that i deleted?
i already hard reset it but it wont recovery back the file.
do i need to flash the rom back?
sorry of my bad english.
btw my LG optimus g proE988 is rooted

 

[Paul627g]

You have a few options.

• Post and see if someone can leave their host file for you to download and place on your device. They are generic as far as I remember and contain no personal/device " specific " information that should cause any security issues.
• Flash the stock " factory " firmware.
• Download a stockish custom ROM and pull the host file from the ROM at the "/system/etc/" location and place it on your device.

However I don't see this causing any issue with the charging of your device. Host file to my knowledge (sorry its been a while) only has to do with what you device is allowed to visit. Its frequently modded to work with Adblocking apps on rooted devices.

 

[e steven]

You have a few options.

• Post and see if someone can leave their host file for you to download and place on your device. They are generic as far as I remember and contain no personal/device " specific " information that should cause any security issues.
• Flash the stock " factory " firmware.
• Download a stockish custom ROM and pull the host file from the ROM at the "/system/etc/" location and place it on your device.

However I don't see this causing any issue with the charging of your device. Host file to my knowledge (sorry its been a while) only has to do with what you device is allowed to visit. Its frequently modded to work with Adblocking apps on rooted devices.

Android OS keeps cache of Google Play Store items in order to quickly serve content to users and to save .......this has nothing to do with charging..and it doesn't matter...clear cache from app setting for playstor....it will come again...no need to flash a ROM...ull end up messing things
Thankyou.

 

[Rukbat]

The hosts (not host) file is a list of canonical (human-readable) addresses and their numeric addresses, so that you don't have to look up the address (which is what DNS is for), or you can redirect a site to the phone itself (which is how ad blockers work).

The default hosts file has localhost set to 127.0.0.1, which is the address for any device referenced to itself - so that you can use "localhost" as an address. Deleting the hosts file has no effect on the computer, unless you have some addresses stores there for your convenience (like having amazon's address equal to amz - so you type amz in your browser and you get to amazon).

It has absolutely nothing to do with charging the battery. Turn the phone off and see how long it takes to charge. (That way the computer is off, so no file matters.)

A slowly charging battery in a phone that age suggests that you normally run the battery down to almost 0 - which you should never do. Read The Care and Feeding of Lithium Polymer Batteries. (The G Pro I'm working on for someone takes about an hour from 40% to full on a wireless charger - and the battery was badly discharged at least once - too far gone to get more than the LG logo before it shut off. But doing that regularly will damage the battery, give you long charge times and short times between charges [and this is a phone with particularly good battery life].)

 

[keerthi kumar2]

I accidentally deleted my "host" file which placed at etc/hosts.....
and now its charging very slow... is it because that file that i deleted?
i already hard reset it but it wont recovery back the file.
do i need to flash the rom back?
sorry of my bad english.
btw my LG optimus g proE988 is rooted

My moto e is rooted and play store is not working..(same as your problem) plz help me I'm very tired of doing this..

 

[ajay dewari]

hey mr. keerthi kumar no need to flash your custom rom ....you can take HOST file from ur friend ..and paste it to your etc folder via root explorer ....then edit the host file like this 127.0.0.1 localhost and save it ..clear playstore data ..and open it ...u will see playstore is working ...

 

[ajay dewari]

hey mr. e steven no need of Flash the stock " factory " firmware ... i have easy solution .

 

[Speaksyboi]

hey mr. keerthi kumar no need to flash your custom rom ....you can take HOST file from ur friend ..and paste it to your etc folder via root explorer ....then edit the host file like this 127.0.0.1 localhost and save it ..clear playstore data ..and open it ...u will see playstore is working ...

Nobody I know has an android is there anyway I can find one on the internet..anything?

 

[ghost hunter1]

hello guys and girls i accidentally delete my host file i really should not do it before reading it
and now my host file is gone and i cannot reconnected to my wifi or anything i have done factor reset from phone
i though it would be helpfull but still got the same opportunity and I am tired of it to try it againg over over it wont able let me to connect to wifi network and I am pissed of why i the hell delete the moste important stuff is the host file from ets could somebody pleas give me any details about to download back up the peach of this host file :-X I am really sick

 

[iampratyush57]

My moto e is rooted and play store is not working..(same as your problem) plz help me I'm very tired of doing this..

Jusy put a # before the 2nd ip address in host file....
host file location - /system/etc/hosts..... Recommend to use ES File explorer