On Thu, 1 Dec 2011, Mathew McBride <matt@mcbridematt.dhs.org> wrote:
- or even for the OS such as Android to have a list of the APNs for all the telcos in the region and the bigger ones in other regions? A file with about 20K of data could have all the APNs that you are ever likely to need and a lot more and that would not be noticed in the gigabytes of storage that modern phones have.
There already is a mechanism - /system/etc/apns-conf.xml . I believe this file is empty in the Android Open Source distribution. Pester your manufacturer if they do not include a full worldwide list. Many custom Android distributions do have them.
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