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    Mods Cannot edit hosts file [Root only]

    Hi folks, I'm developing a new version of a live website in WordPress with domain mapping so that the URL is like-for-like with the live site. On a PC, I just change my host file to point to the WordPress IP address. I now need to test the WordPress site on a phone. I have an old HTC Desire...
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    Extract zip and rar on network

    I'm trying to find an app that will extract a rar file on a network drive. samba or ftp would be fine. I've tried many file manager apps such as es and astro, along with extraction apps such as arcidroid and zarchiver. However, they only work from local storage. The rar files are to large...
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    Music over LAN - resume playback?

    Hi, I have a Synology NAS and can stream music using DS Audio Station. However, I want to resume playback from wherever I last left it, rather than start from the beginning each time. Manually adding a bookmark would be fine too. Is there an app that will do this?
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    Download from internet directly to NAS?

    I can download from the internet then transfer to my NAS, but does anyone know if it is possible to download directly to the NAS? It would be nice to press a download link and then get the download location prompt with the NAS as an option. Cheers! :)
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    hands free media player?

    Hi all, I plan on putting all my mp3s on my HTC Desire then connecting it to my car aux in. I like to set my songs to random then skip the ones I don't want to listen to. It's there a hands free music player that will skip to the next song by voice command? I don't like the apps where you...
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    Help Google search field thinks its a password!

    For some reason today, when I type into the Google search (mobile version) textfield, it acts like a password or credit card field i.e. I can't see what I'm typing! Very odd. It doesn't do it in the desktop mode. I've tried rebooting, restarting chrome, clearing chrome cache, clearing data...
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    Help SMS keeps crashing and deleting messages!

    I love my Desire... except for one thing: When sending, receiving, reading SMS messages it often crashes with a force close. This seems to be totally random but happens every few days. I've even tried keeping my inbox fairly empty but it still happens. Whats worse is I cant reboot when this...