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install default camera instead of HTC one?

I love the speed of Cyan's Rom, but I hate the HTC camera. Video is always choppy. I don't think I had this problem with the default camera.
Is it possible to swap the cameras?

bittermormon said:
I love the speed of Cyan's Rom, but I hate the HTC camera. Video is always choppy. I don't think I had this problem with the default camera.
Is it possible to swap the cameras?
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ADB commands to switch out the .apk's of the camera and camcorder with the "default" camera from another build (most likely JF's because that's all Google)

lukekirstein said:
ADB commands to switch out the .apk's of the camera and camcorder with the "default" camera from another build (most likely JF's because that's all Google)
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ummm, thanks for the reply, but did you mean to list the ADB commands? have playd a little with this in the past but haven't had any luck, so any help would be appreciated. As for now I think I am going to reformat to ext2 and play with Haykuro's Ion r1 for a day or 2.

if you ALREADY HAVE the camera.apk you want to install...then good. IF NOT, go download JF1.51 and pretty sure it will have the Google version camera.apk...MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS! This is a simple procedure, so please pay attention and do this carefully, Its not my fault if your phone gets bricked. That being said, i have done this more than once and never bricked my phone. THAT being said, I CANNOT GUARANTEE YOU THE SAME RESULTS, SO PLEASE! PLEASE! BACKUP YOUR DEVICE AND YOUR DATA BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS!
First go into terminal on your device and type:
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2, /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/camera.apk
rm /system/app/HTCAlbum.apk
this removes the HTC versions from your phone. Then just go ahead and push the google version camera.apk. The adb commands are:
Code:
adb push /exact/path/to/your/camera.apk /system/app
remember, DO NOT type "/exact/path/to..." replace this line with the path on your computer where you have the camera.apk, for example,
/Desktop/Android/camera.apk is where mine would be...
then thats it. FYI, the HTC version has a separate gallery, the HTCAlbum.apk...THE GOOGLE VERSION DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE .APK FOR THE GALLERY. once you have pushed to google camera.apk you SHOULD have the camera and gallery and all...Good Luck!
-BMFC

bmfc187 said:
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!!
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Where's the fun in that??
bmfc187 said:
FYI, the HTC version has a separate gallery, the HTCAlbum.apk...THE GOOGLE VERSION DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE .APK FOR THE GALLERY.
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I think that's what threw me off in the first place. Thanks for the help, I think I'll give it a shot after I get sick of Ion.

bittermormon said:
Where's the fun in that??
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If you mess up sometimes you're screwed

bmfc187 said:
once you have pushed to google camera.apk you SHOULD have the camera and gallery and all...Good Luck!
-BMFC
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Ok so here's the problem I have had in the past, and am still having. I backed up and remover the HTC CAmera and HTCAlbum, but even after I push Camera.apk from JF's ROM, it doesn't show up. No Camera and no Gallery.

Having the same problems. I'd also like to restore the stock camera application, but after replacing the apk and so files from the JF1.51 build (and rebooting), neither Camera nor Gallery appears in the app drawer.
Any thoughts?

rogers dream
hi!
does anyone know if this procedure will work fine on a Rogers Dream? Should replacing the apk files work okay?
Thanks!
silvrhat

silvrhat7 said:
hi!
does anyone know if this procedure will work fine on a Rogers Dream? Should replacing the apk files work okay?
Thanks!
silvrhat
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Nandroid Backup, do it and if it fails just restore backup. There's no reason it shouldn't.

I'm running Cyan 4.0.2 and I'm trying to push the camera.apk from the rooted T-Mobile builds and when I push the files and try to install the apk it says it can't be installed on this phone. Do I need to push the .odex files also? Another thing, what are the commands for console to delete the data/data files for the htc stuff?

Anyone know why I can't push the stock camera to cyan 4.0.2?

How are you going about it? Are you using console or are you trying to use the package installer?

Copy the old camera file from an old rom. I found one with the JF1.5 build.
mount /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard
rm -r /data/app_s/HTCCamera.apk
rm -r /data/app_s/HTCCamera.odex
mv /sdcard/Camera.apk /data/app_s
This will delete the HTC camera and put the old one back. The ODEX file should be created once the .apk file installs. Hope this helps!

it says HTCCamera.apk couldn't be found

What rom are you using?
EDIT: Try this -- Using Cyan4.0.1 (I assumed that you were using JacxHeroski1.5r2..my bad!)
[cpde]mount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard
rm -r /system/app/Camera.apk
rm -r /system/app/Camera.odex
mv /sdcard/Camera.apk /system/app[/code]

I'm using 4.0.2 (pretty much the same as 4.0.1) but shouldn't I have to remove the gallery.apk also? What about the folders in /data/data? Should I remove those too?

I'm looking at the file structure and can't find there is a /data/data. As far as the gallery you shouldn't need to (didn't realize that it was updated.) But if you'd like to push that it would be:
Code:
mount /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard
rm -r /system/app/HTCCamera.apk
rm -r /system/app/HTCCamera.odex (may or not be there)
mv /sdcard/Camera.apk /system/app
I've been looking and cannot find anything regarding a Gallery/Album.apk. But it should be able to use the Gallery that's already installed. Let me know how it goes.

ThR1LL said:
I'm running Cyan 4.0.2 and I'm trying to push the camera.apk from the rooted T-Mobile builds and when I push the files and try to install the apk it says it can't be installed on this phone. Do I need to push the .odex files also? Another thing, what are the commands for console to delete the data/data files for the htc stuff?
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They're folders i believe.
Try "rmdir foldername"

bmfc187 said:
if you ALREADY HAVE the camera.apk you want to install...then good. IF NOT, go download JF1.51 and pretty sure it will have the Google version camera.apk...MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS! This is a simple procedure, so please pay attention and do this carefully, Its not my fault if your phone gets bricked. That being said, i have done this more than once and never bricked my phone. THAT being said, I CANNOT GUARANTEE YOU THE SAME RESULTS, SO PLEASE! PLEASE! BACKUP YOUR DEVICE AND YOUR DATA BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS!
First go into terminal on your device and type:
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2, /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm -r /system/app/camera.apk
rm -r /system/app/HTCAlbum.apk
this removes the HTC versions from your phone. Then just go ahead and push the google version camera.apk. The adb commands are:
Code:
adb push /exact/path/to/your/camera.apk /system/app
remember, DO NOT type "/exact/path/to..." replace this line with the path on your computer where you have the camera.apk, for example,
/Desktop/Android/camera.apk is where mine would be...
then thats it. FYI, the HTC version has a separate gallery, the HTCAlbum.apk...THE GOOGLE VERSION DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE .APK FOR THE GALLERY. once you have pushed to google camera.apk you SHOULD have the camera and gallery and all...Good Luck!
-BMFC
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This is what I tried to do at first but it kinda failed
nolimit78 said:
I'm looking at the file structure and can't find there is a /data/data. As far as the gallery you shouldn't need to (didn't realize that it was updated.)
I've been looking and cannot find anything regarding a Gallery/Album.apk. But it should be able to use the Gallery that's already installed. Let me know how it goes.
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i think i figured out the data command its like
Code:
rm -r /data/data/com.android.camera
rm -r /data/data/com.htc.album
or something like that

Removing Default Apps?

There's a few default apps I'd like to remove (work email, email etc. stuff I know I'll never use). Can anyone tell me if this is possible? And if so, how do I do it?
Thanks!

Funkstar De Luxe said:
There's a few default apps I'd like to remove (work email, email etc. stuff I know I'll never use). Can anyone tell me if this is possible? And if so, how do I do it?
Thanks!
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Hey, Give this a go - this is how i do it. (Not to sure what Work Email APK is can't seem to find how its named.
So you need to mount the filesystem for read/write.
Code:
adb remout
Just to be on the safe side you can pull the apk so you have it as a backup..
Code:
adb pull /system/app/Email.apk Email.apk.bak
And now you can go delete the apk...
Code:
adb shell rm /system/app/Email.apk
And another one becuase amazon mp3 is useless...
Code:
adb shell rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
Now all you need to do is just reboot
Code:
adb shell reboot
And they have gone
If you need some help on adb take a look here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719

Great, thanks! Can you tell me how I go about finding which .apk is related to which app?

Funkstar De Luxe said:
Great, thanks! Can you tell me how I go about finding which .apk is related to which app?
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Its all in the names of the apk, Best way to look at them would to be download 'Astro' off of the market and search the /system/app dir there

ls system/sd/app
and
ls/system/app
will give you listings of all apps, you will usually have a pretty good idea which apk is where (just by looking at names, it will be something like com.xxxx.xxxxx.apk where some of the xxxx will be app name)
It is usually a good idea to refresh your dalvik-cache at the same time so after you're done nuking unneeded apps type
rm -r /system/sd/dalvik-cache
reboot
It will take a while for a reboot because system will rebuild all odex files.
Obviously all of this needs to be done in su mode and back up your existing state just to be safe.
Good luck.

App for removing stock apps

Hello,
I did a search and could not find anything. Is there an app available on the Market to remove stock apps from Android? I know there is a terminal command I can use but I have to input the command every time Cyan releases a new build.
Just wondering if there was an easier solution.
Thanks!

Resign the rom after you extact what you don't want, or any root explorer will delete the files after you change it to r/w instead of read-only.

also with root access just go into terminal and mount your phone as rw and remove them that way

There is an app called .... SU something or other. It is a file browser with read/write permissions. You can install/uninstall all sorts of apps, including system apps, or so says the creator.
I haven't tried it yet since it is a paid app and I can do them for free through terminal... but it seems like a good app!
here is the link to the thread he has here on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530271

Try GScript

Ssantos6981 said:
There is an app called .... SU something or other. It is a file browser with read/write permissions. You can install/uninstall all sorts of apps, including system apps, or so says the creator.
I haven't tried it yet since it is a paid app and I can do them for free through terminal... but it seems like a good app!
here is the link to the thread he has here on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530271
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Thanks, I will look into that. Sounds like that is exactly what I am looking for.

.PaNiNi. said:
also with root access just go into terminal and mount your phone as rw and remove them that way
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Thats what I have been doing. I want to avoid having to run the terminal commands every time I flash a new cyan update.
Looking for a more automated solution.
Thanks though!

.PaNiNi. said:
also with root access just go into terminal and mount your phone as rw and remove them that way
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What are the comands exactly thru terminal emulator to remove stock apps like amazon?

g1g said:
What are the comands exactly thru terminal emulator to remove stock apps like amazon?
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su
mount -o rw,remount /system
rm -r /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
rm -r /data/data/com.amazon.mp3
exit
exit

I would say use GScript to do it, but an app could be work. Select the programs you want to remove then it runs the scripts to remove it then reboot your phone. But you want to be careful removing certain apps, it could make your phone unstable or not work.
Never really saw the need to remove these apps other than not seeing them. Never saw a big difference in performance of my phone.

I've used GScript and the following script to remove useless (to me, anyway) apps from every Cyanogen ROM with no problem.
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
rm /system/app/AlarmClock.apk
rm /system/app/Calculator.apk
rm /system/app/Development.apk
rm /system/app/Email.apk
rm /system/app/Mail.apk
rm /system/app/LatinIME.apk
rm /system/app/Music.apk
rm /system/app/Talk.apk
rm /system/sd/app/teeter.apk
reboot
There's no noticeable boost in performance, other than a few MB increase in free space and a tidier app drawer, I don't know if any of the apps use system resources unless they're opened. It's mainly for aesthetics. AFAIK, these are the only apps you can delete without crippling the phone's essential functions. I know you can remove /system/app/LatinIME.apk ONLY if you use HTC_IME.apk and never try to uninstall it. The log collector in Cyanogen's ROMs is also safe to delete as long as you don't care about easy log collecting (ie not having to use logcat in terminal or adb).

try this app
antirock said:
Hello,
I did a search and could not find anything. Is there an app available on the Market to remove stock apps from Android? I know there is a terminal command I can use but I have to input the command every time Cyan releases a new build.
Just wondering if there was an easier solution.
Thanks!
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try this it works for me REMOVED LINK TO A KNOWN WAREZ SITE

Can anyone tell me how to remce IM I just don't like that app and can't FIGURE IT OUT plz help

tuppaacc said:
Can anyone tell me how to remce IM I just don't like that app and can't FIGURE IT OUT plz help
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You can't. From what I have experienced, you can remove IM.apk with no problem, but not ImProvider.apk, as removing it breaks the ROM (massive FC's). The icon for the app still shows up in the app drawer, as it's part of ImProvider.apk, but clicking it does nothing. Your best bet it to use Irrenhaus's Advanced Launcher and just hide the icon.

rob.turner said:
You can't. From what I have experienced, you can remove IM.apk with no problem, but not ImProvider.apk, as removing it breaks the ROM (massive FC's). The icon for the app still shows up in the app drawer, as it's part of ImProvider.apk, but clicking it does nothing. Your best bet it to use Irrenhaus's Advanced Launcher and just hide the icon.
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Yeah! I remove the im.apk but the icon still there thanks anyways I almost removed the improvider.apk but I read in some other forums it would damage my rom. Thanks for the heads up tho

erase message app?? factory one!?
is there any way you can delete the original message (white envelope) without fuccin up my messages.. im using handcent sms... and i use my blacklist..but i hate tha other messaging program since it still shows it
i dont wanna use private sms.. so dont mention it..
anywho..just get at me!

Again, just use the Advanced Launcher (I swear I'm not affiliated with the project in any way, it's just an awesome mod) and hide it, and be sure to turn off message retrieval and notifications in the stock messaging app's options. Deleting any stock app that has to do with core functions of the phone (IM, messaging, browser, phone, etc.) is never a good idea, you're just asking for problems if you do. The apps listed in my other post in this thread are pretty much the only stock apps you can delete without causing problems.

saprano614 said:
try this it works for me REMOVED LINK TO A KNOWN WAREZ SITE
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First and final warning.
Read the rules of this forum prior to posting links to apps

I would LOVE to be able to remove the Music program. If I have my bluetooth headset on with phone and media enabled it plays a file every time I hang up. It drives me NUTS. If I disable the BT media it doesn't happen, but then I don't hear the notifications in the headset...
Does anybody know if it's okay to remove the stock music program?
Thanks again for all the help on here.
Siegel

I finally got adb working and tried:
adb uninstall Music.apk
and I just get a failure.
I apologize for my total noobness, but I saw this:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
rm /system/app/AlarmClock.apk
rm /system/app/Calculator.apk
rm /system/app/Development.apk
rm /system/app/Email.apk
rm /system/app/Mail.apk
rm /system/app/LatinIME.apk
rm /system/app/Music.apk
rm /system/app/Talk.apk
rm /system/sd/app/teeter.apk
reboot
How do I use that?
Thanks,
Siegel

[HELP] How do you move files...

How do you move files from /data/app to /system/app. I'm trying to get this sprint TV app to work and I believe this would make it work. Thanks for any advice.

SG_Shadow said:
How do you move files from /data/app to /system/app. I'm trying to get this sprint TV app to work and I believe this would make it work. Thanks for any advice.
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you could use SUFBS (look in market) to move it i think
the easier way would be to use a terminal command .. since we're not moving from the ext* partition to fat32 partition, i'm hoping i'm not breaking any rules by posting this:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mv /data/app/NAME_OF_APP /system/app/
btw, im trying to run the sprint tv app as well, but i dont think moving to system would actually fix the problem . :\

Just an FYI, I installed the sprint tv apk with the slideme installer included with cyan 4.1.99x and I dont know where it installed to, but it works fine.

[APP] Gallery 3D - Terminal Install

I tried searching for this type of install and couldn't find it. After re-flashing cyanogen 5.0.7 stable, I lost my 3d gallery again. I'm at work right now and don't have access to ADB so I had to figure out how to install this on-the-go, without having double galleries. These instructions can be used in terminal emulator without a system reboot. Make sure to download the attached gallery.apk and place it on the root of your sd card.
Code:
1. su (allows root permission)
2. mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system (make the system folder writeable)
3. rm /system/app/Gallery.apk (removes system Gallery)
4. cat /sdcard/Gallery.apk > /system/app/Gallery.apk (copies 3D Gallery to system)
5. enjoy

Help!!!
Permisson denied (are you root?)
yes i am... why doesn't it work?

s.aldrete said:
Permisson denied (are you root?)
yes i am... why doesn't it work?
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before entering the above commands, try first entering "su", then when you see the # symbol enter in the above command.
so it may look like this, not sure if will work but you can try it:
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# rm /system/app/Gallery.apk
# cat /sdcard/Gallery.apk > /system/app/Gallery.apk

NguyenHuu said:
before entering the above commands, try first entering "su", then when you see the # symbol enter in the above command.
so it may look like this, not sure if will work but you can try it:
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# rm /system/app/Gallery.apk
# cat /sdcard/Gallery.apk > /system/app/Gallery.apk
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Thanks for helping. I just added that step in the original post. I forgot all about it...

Can we use something like linda to install this and keep both galleries?

Yes you can have both galleries if you install using Astro or Linda but you'll get 2 identical galleries and thus arousing identification problems.

pziv2 said:
Yes you can have both galleries if you install using Astro or Linda but you'll get 2 identical galleries and thus arousing identification problems.
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What do you mean by identification problems?

thank you man finally a simple way to push apps without using adb interface (that **** is hard when you have no idea what to do)

FatBoyExtraordinaire said:
What do you mean by identification problems?
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on your device it will show two "Gallery" icons/apps. You wont be able to tell which is which because the 3D one wasnt modded and renamed. So you dont have for example seperate "Gallery" and "3D Gallery" labels, you just have two "Gallery" icons. hope that makes sense. if you look around the forums, you can rip out the modded 3D gallery from one of the roms so it can run side by side with the stock gallery and be properly labeled. maybe rip it out of one of cyanogen's old roms when he had them both before he removed the 3d one.

NguyenHuu said:
on your device it will show two "Gallery" icons/apps. You wont be able to tell which is which because the 3D one wasnt modded and renamed. So you dont have for example seperate "Gallery" and "3D Gallery" labels, you just have two "Gallery" icons. hope that makes sense. if you look around the forums, you can rip out the modded 3D gallery from one of the roms so it can run side by side with the stock gallery and be properly labeled. maybe rip it out of one of cyanogen's old roms when he had them both before he removed the 3d one.
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I understand what you mean now, thanks for the explanation. Quick question though since I'm kind of novice at certain things, when you say rip out the modded one, is it as simple as opening up the zip, finding the app, taking it out, and then using Linda or such to install it beside the original? And do you know which test version it was when Cyan stopped using the 3d gallery? Thanks in advance.
Edit: I took the apk from Superbad, but it still had the same icon, do you know a specific rom that has a modded icon?
Edit #2: Nevermind, I was able to find 2 different icon-ed versions. Now just a matter of deciding which one I like most.

FatBoyExtraordinaire said:
Edit #2: Nevermind, I was able to find 2 different icon-ed versions. Now just a matter of deciding which one I like most.
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Dude, can you possibly post the rom/s you took the iconed version/s from, or post the apk's on here as im interested in this myself.
Thanks
Trauma

yay! Thanks a lot! Works marvelously. Now if only somebody were to be able to speed it up, all my dreams would be fulfilled.

traumatism said:
Dude, can you possibly post the rom/s you took the iconed version/s from, or post the apk's on here as im interested in this myself.
Thanks
Trauma
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No problem, I got it from right here: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/145-gallery-3d-working-version/page__p__1398#entry1398
Just grab the gallery3d zip, take the apk out of it, and just use linda or astro to install. That's what I did.

FatBoyExtraordinaire said:
No problem, I got it from right here: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/145-gallery-3d-working-version/page__p__1398#entry1398
Just grab the gallery3d zip, take the apk out of it, and just use linda or astro to install. That's what I did.
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nice one dude thanks for that.
makes things easier if lots of images are in a folder

traumatism said:
nice one dude thanks for that.
makes things easier if lots of images are in a folder
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Not a problem, glad I could help. I actually find the 3d gallery to be faster than the legacy one for me. I have 1200 images on my phone ( I pretty much site ripped G1-Walls and put it on my SD ) and after the initial boot when it creates its thumbs and other cache files, it flies for me. Plus it looks so damn good!

NP
...glad I could contribute to the android movement. F*** iPhone!

SG_Shadow said:
...glad I could contribute to the android movement. F*** iPhone!
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Hell yeah!!