[HELP] Hosts file only worked with Chrome browser - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

In my country some popular sites, like reddit, netflix etc are blocked, so in order to browse them with my phone, I'm using hosts file (the one in /etc). The problem is it worked perfectly with Chrome but doesnt work at all in other browser like Firefox and Opera. It also doesnt work when I tried to browse reddit via reddit app and reddit is fun app. pls help. thx before

wonderkidgunz said:
In my country some popular sites, like reddit, netflix etc are blocked, so in order to browse them with my phone, I'm using hosts file (the one in /etc). The problem is it worked perfectly with Chrome but doesnt work at all in other browser like Firefox and Opera. It also doesnt work when I tried to browse reddit via reddit app and reddit is fun app. pls help. thx before
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To use blocked websites try incognito browsing or any vpn app....
If hosts is problem then try to disable data saver in those browsers if present....
Hope this helps
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It's the default browser with the phone, which is Chrome. I've tried Dolphin to see if it was Chrome and the same issues show up. It's odd that these problems didn't pop up until recently. I first noticed it when I tried to go from the Accuweather app to a detailed forecast via the app and noticed the full version webpage would not show. The more I looked into the issue, the more sites I noticed similar problems along with the newer issues mentioned.
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