Is there a HOSTS file on Symbian Series 60 5th Edition devices?

Question

Hi,

There used to be a HOSTS file on S60 3rd edition devices (see here). It was a great feature for QA.

Anyone knows if there's such a file on S60 5th edition devices?

Is there another way to tell the phone to go to a specific IP, given a host name?

Many thanks,

Ori

Answer 1

Ok... I guess the HOSTS file is not an option... in case anyone's encountered a similar problem, here's the solution I came up with to work-around this issue :)

I'm using Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and my QA server runs on a Mac.

1. installed a proxy server on my Mac (I used Squid)
2. configured my phone's WLAN access point to use the new proxy server
3. configured a "hostname.local" domain on my Mac (using the machine's HOSTS file)
4. accessed my QA server via the hostname.local domain from the phone over the phone's WiFi connection

works great...

If anybody knows a simpler solution, I'd still be happy to hear about it...

Ori