On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:24:05 -0000 (UTC), arlen michael holder wrote:

Save this as it is NOT anywhere else on the net, but here!

Hi Bill,
I accidentally found out something potentially interesting today, when I
hit a button on Android while reproducing all the previous apps:
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=7991068androidstudio75.jpg

o I opened the Windows Android Studio "Device File Explorer":
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=6942292androidstudio76.jpg
o Amazingly, this displayed the root file system on Android:
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=1162959androidstudio77.jpg
o It "seems" to allow me to "edit" the root files (non rooted):
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=1078724androidstudio78.jpg
o Where it sure "looks" like we can edit root files, non root:
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=1402992androidstudio79.jpg
o But I'll need to test this further as it's unbelievable:
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=2729035androidstudio80.jpg

Since it's a holy grail to be able to write to the Android hosts
file from Windows without being root ... I need to test this further.

Certainly this web page "intimates" that we can WRITE a hosts file
BACK to Android FROM Windows, without needing to be root on Android:
https://www.modmy.com/how-modify-hosts-file-your-android-device

The command that web page suggests is...
C:\app\editor\android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe root push c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /system/etc/