JoshDesireHD
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Hi,
Im completely new at this but im ok with things like this and taking on big projects
I already managed to get to learn how to adb to my phone and push and pull files . . . . but this is what I need to do but finding it very difficult . . .
I have a HTC Desire HD and its running 2.2
First off I need to root the phone and I was wondering the best and most reliable software for this (I used z4root as temporary root to try and edit host file and have a play around)? I need to be able to edit the host file and it be a permanent change . . because I managed to adb pull and then adb push but as soon as I rebooted the phone it reverted back to the old host file . . . also I need to know how to set up VPN on a rooted android . . . because what I have is a openvpn.conf ca.crt client.crt client.csr client.key and ta.key. Any help and any answers to any of my questions would be greatly appreciated
thanks for taking your time to read this 
**Also** if I could do all this without rooting the phone I would also like to do it that way
I think I would be able to do the openVPN on my own . . but I did spend about an hour trying and couldnt figure it out . . . so thats why I would like your help but I may be able to do it on my own . . the main thing is the Host file
The reason I need all this is for work
as we have to connect to openVPN and put some stuff in our host file 
Im also running Mac
Im completely new at this but im ok with things like this and taking on big projects

I have a HTC Desire HD and its running 2.2
First off I need to root the phone and I was wondering the best and most reliable software for this (I used z4root as temporary root to try and edit host file and have a play around)? I need to be able to edit the host file and it be a permanent change . . because I managed to adb pull and then adb push but as soon as I rebooted the phone it reverted back to the old host file . . . also I need to know how to set up VPN on a rooted android . . . because what I have is a openvpn.conf ca.crt client.crt client.csr client.key and ta.key. Any help and any answers to any of my questions would be greatly appreciated


**Also** if I could do all this without rooting the phone I would also like to do it that way


The reason I need all this is for work


Im also running Mac