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Very new to root and roms. I upgraded to 4.0.1 very soon after having 3.6.8.1.
What are some of the neat things you can do? What settings have you changed? I JUST found out that there was another keyboard other than the android touch.
I did not know where this was appropriate and did not want to junk up cyans rom thread. Hope this is okay and apologies if its not. Just want to know what other cool features I am missing out on, and to also see what settings people roll with.
s15274n said:
Very new to root and roms. I upgraded to 4.0.1 very soon after having 3.6.8.1.
What are some of the neat things you can do? What settings have you changed? I JUST found out that there was another keyboard other than the android touch.
I did not know where this was appropriate and did not want to junk up cyans rom thread. Hope this is okay and apologies if its not. Just want to know what other cool features I am missing out on, and to also see what settings people roll with.
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Best way to get the whole story is to compare the changelog of 3.6.8.1 to 4.0.1 which is available in their respective threads. One thing that was cool was the global search function from donut but that go reverted in 4.0.1. It will probably make an appearance in the 4.x.x experimental series however.....
I should clarify, I did not have 3.6.8.1 long enough to find all the easter eggs either. What settings do you change or things do you use after flashing his rom?
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Best way to get the whole story is to compare the changelog of 3.6.8.1 to 4.0.1 which is available in their respective threads. One thing that was cool was the global search function from donut but that go reverted in 4.0.1. It will probably make an appearance in the 4.x.x experimental series however.....
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Hey DirectMatrix is this going to be another thread like yesterday.
yeah i'd also like to know.. im also new to the art of the root.. i also have my own questions
i know the myfaves app doesnt work, in fact doesnt even appear lol, but the actual myfaves service still works right?
and do the im apps work? im talking about the native one. it doesnt seem to be working for me =/
also, i want my settings optimized for overall speed.. what do you guys use for this?
roadrunnerx7 said:
yeah i'd also like to know.. im also new to the art of the root.. i also have my own questions
i know the myfaves app doesnt work, in fact doesnt even appear lol, but the actual myfaves service still works right?
and do the im apps work? im talking about the native one. it doesnt seem to be working for me =/
also, i want my settings optimized for overall speed.. what do you guys use for this?
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You don't want the mygayes app on your phone anyways, its just a hog. It still does work, if you need to set it up just go to your online account and do it.
What native im app are you talking about, its been to long since I had the factory rom installed. But I can vouch for aim and googletalk do work.
If you are on Cyanogens rom everything should be optimized to full speed.
yeah i never used the myfaves thing to begin with, thats why when i heard its gone if you root, i didnt really care lol. plus i was already planning on getting rid of the whole service anyway. but thanks!
im talking about the one that comes with the phone. has aim, msn, and yahoo. i try logging but it just endlessly keeps saying "signing in..". im not sure if i just have to wait, or if its not working.
awesome!
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Hey DirectMatrix is this going to be another thread like yesterday.
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This is shaping up to be exactly like the thread from yesterday.
^ which was not the intention... I am fully aware of IM and MyFaves. I mean very literally, do you alter/change anything when loading cyans rom? I.E., turning off the android keyboard.
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This is shaping up to be exactly like the thread from yesterday.
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LOL, yessir. I'm trying to hold back. Who knows I might let one fly at anytime.
I guess I'll chime in. One of the reasons I flashed to this rom over an old roger's rom was for VPN. That and the sweet power widget.
Thanks again for the help yesterday guys.
Minker17 said:
I guess I'll chime in. One of the reasons I flashed to this rom over an old roger's rom was for VPN. That and the sweet power widget.
Thanks again for the help yesterday guys.
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Hey no problem, thats why XDA pays us good money. J/K
I meant to ask you yesterday, is Franklin right across the border of AL.
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LOL, yessir. I'm trying to hold back. Who knows I might let one fly at anytime.
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Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
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Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
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Count me in, I'm on the way.
DirectMatrix said:
Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
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Got start some where.
Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
s15274n said:
Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
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Point taken...my appologies...Supreme and I like to keep things lighthearted and have some fun. I'm sure I speak for him when I say we both apologize for offending you.
To answer your question....I was pretty much being completely serious about reading the change logs and comparing. That's where I get most of my info but as far as settings go, I second someone else's poste about the badass power widget. I also like the 5 homescreen options, the logcollector app is nice for troubleshooting, the fact that the buld.prop file has been changed slightly means that the new version of "My Account" runs properly without any futzing around, and playing around with the text app is fun because of the mms enhancements courtesy of rgv151.
Many of the other enhancements that make cyan's ROMs awesome are behind the scenes that just make it run faster (kernel tweaks, CPU scaling etc). These have no options available to the user, they just are part of the build that contribute to cyanoganized awesomeness.
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I meant to ask you yesterday, is Franklin right across the border of AL.
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It's about an hour north of the AL border.
s15274n said:
Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
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Just like Direct said we ain't tryna make fun or nothing. We do help out alot, but after a long boring day of programming at work we got to do something fun to help pass time away. And hey we really didn't even joke around unlike the other thread. Best thing to do is just play around with the phone, try out all the apps, play with the settings, and just explore. Like Direct said alot of things are behind the scenes.
Minker17 said:
It's about an hour north of the AL border.
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I figured it was close. I stay in Huntsville. And been thru there a couple times. Think we even had a car show in Franklin a couple years back.
I need complete instructions or how to root my g1. I follow the instructions on on xda but cant seem to get it right. I also need instructions on how to upgrade back to cupcake just incase i still can get it. My phone is now on RC29. thanks
[email protected] said:
I need complete instructions or how to root my g1. I follow the instructions on on xda but cant seem to get it right. I also need instructions on how to upgrade back to cupcake just incase i still can get it. My phone is now on RC29. thanks
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Are you serious. There are instructions everywhere on here.
Just try to search before asking!
You should look around before you ask any questions everything you need will most likely be in these forums
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480:eek:
I could provide a great guide on how to brick your phone, or how to caress the little green guy if anyone is interested
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I could provide a great guide on how to brick your phone, or how to caress the little green guy if anyone is interested
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Please please. I am.
Alright, well when I get to a computer and have a chance to write it, I will make a great guide, look for it in general, any and all suggestions will be considered
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Alright, well when I get to a computer and have a chance to write it, I will make a great guide, look for it in general, any and all suggestions will be considered
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Then at the end you can make a guide on how to un brick your phone for everybody that thinks they can unbrick it.
I wonder if the gods...err..I mean mods of xda will let me post a spoof guide and allow it to stay up, or would they ban me, I better start thinking of some new names, how bout reverend gridlock, hey I like that, can we change our names
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I wonder if the gods...err..I mean mods of xda will let me post a spoof guide and allow it to stay up, or would they ban me, I better start thinking of some new names, how bout reverend gridlock, hey I like that, can we change our names
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LOL, I would hope they wouldn't ban you. You could just say your passing along info that you read. And yessir rev I like that. And I doubt we could change our name and keep our stats. But maybe we need a new section, the BS corner.
But I wanna change my name and I am a rev(thank you internet) oh and they already have an off topic thread, but maybe just maybe if we have our own than maybe we will stop hijacking threads..........prob not
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But I wanna change my name and I am a rev(thank you internet) oh and they already have an off topic thread, but maybe just maybe if we have our own than maybe we will stop hijacking threads..........prob not
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As long as there's a dumb question I think the thread will get hi jacked. The mods need to thank us. It's because of us the ridiculous questions have been dwindling down.
YOUR WELCOME
Good point, people think twice about clicking new thread when they see what follows. Wait we hijack good questions too, oh well, we are entertaining others too, so they keep coming back
So to the mods, I'll say it in lithuanian
Brashum
Ok well since you guys won't help him I will.
The quickest way to root your G1: First you need a car battery and some jumper cables. Take your USB cable and splice into it, wire it to the positive jumper cable, now ground the other end onto a metal surface. Next thing is to press the power+camera+home+menu+back buttons as fast as you can, while doing so start humming the theme to MASH and have a friend tickle the battery cover of your G1. Do that for a good 17 minutes. Now unhook everything and rub one out, then wipe the ejaculate onto your screen and try making a smiley face. Last step, and most important......kill a cat while your power the phone on, not a kitten though and preferably a black cat as they work the best.
If you did it all right you will now have superhuman capabilities and your mother will cry when she sleeps at night.
Wow, that exactly how I rooted mine but I failed the first time cause I used a kitten, maybe you should write the guide codani, you might make a better one than me, don't forget to reserve the first 3 posts for the future
crpercodani said:
Ok well since you guys won't help him I will.
The quickest way to root your G1: First you need a car battery and some jumper cables. Take your USB cable and splice into it, wire it to the positive jumper cable, now ground the other end onto a metal surface. Next thing is to press the power+camera+home+menu+back buttons as fast as you can, while doing so start humming the theme to MASH and have a friend tickle the battery cover of your G1. Do that for a good 17 minutes. Now unhook everything and rub one out, then wipe the ejaculate onto your screen and try making a smiley face. Last step, and most important......kill a cat while your power the phone on, not a kitten though and preferably a black cat as they work the best.
If you did it all right you will now have superhuman capabilities and your mother will cry when she sleeps at night.
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LOL. Good write up. Can we get pictures or a youtube video.
Yes a youtube video would make it a lot easier for all the noobs to follow
i used a small child to root my phone does that mean i will lose my root when i flash a rom
and now some advice for the OP. do NOT root your phone. you have no clue what you are doing and i do not want to see a thread 2 days from now that says "help i think i bricked my phone" with your name under it. honestly...
and reverend would be a glorious name. kind of like the reverend gridlock32404 jackson
Actually I had a youtube tutorial before but I had to remove it becase the ASPCA was sending me death threats.
damn I thought this one had great potential.
It does have great potential, and david thanks for finally chiming in, good to hear from you, I forgot to throw jackson in the name there, I am still waiting for help with my guide
Hey guys I was wondering what is the easiest way to sideload on mac, i don't really wanna root cause i dont want to end up losing my phone for a whole year if something gets screwed up, but i also run a pretty prominent site and all of these developers keep on sending me apps in .apk files and my captivate wont let me install. I have tried Android Central's sideload wonder on my mac but that didn't work too well. Can someone please help?
No clue on mac but out of curiosity what's your site?
mireview said:
Hey guys I was wondering what is the easiest way to sideload on mac, i don't really wanna root cause i dont want to end up losing my phone for a whole year if something gets screwed up, but i also run a pretty prominent site and all of these developers keep on sending me apps in .apk files and my captivate wont let me install. I have tried Android Central's sideload wonder on my mac but that didn't work too well. Can someone please help?
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http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
learn it, love it
adb install blahblah.apk
install from here:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
that sounds pretty complicated would you mind giving me some steps? and it will bypass the security att put on? and www dot mi-review dot com
Nice site man. Bookmarked. Very clean and well layed out. You write personally, welcome change from most all other tech blogs.
boborone said:
Nice site man. Bookmarked. Very clean and well layed out. You write personally, welcome change from most all other tech blogs.
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thanks man, make sure to enter our giveaway and i figured out how to get the apps on it. Keep an eye out though.
./adb install /~/app.apk
Hi guys, I might have messed up my HTC One and would like to see if anyone has any insights. The phone originally has TWRP installed. I then download ROM Manager and install CWM on it. I restarted the phone and now it can no longer power back on. Is there anyway to save the phone?
Please give more info!
Let me just twirl the mists of my magical orb of all seeing to see what went wrong. Oh, yep, here it is, you were dropped on your head as a baby. Erm, guess this thing isn't working quite right or something. Please give us more information.
In all seriousness though you clearly have no idea what the hell you're doing, so I recommend you stop messing around go learn about this stuff and watch this video.
just install twrp again from fastboot
follow the installation instructions from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173870
cuyo11 said:
just install twrp again from fastboot
follow the installation instructions from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173870
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thanks cuyo for your reply I'll give it a try
@postfatal if u dun want to answer then don't say nothing. I won't call you a mute if you kept your trap shut
peugeot206 said:
thanks cuyo for your reply I'll give it a try
@postfatal if u dun want to answer then don't say nothing. I won't call you a mute if you kept your trap shut
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I'm not trying to get at you...but there's a whole lotta threads started on the same exact issue with people who tried to do things who had no idea what the hell they were doing...and the solution is quite simple more often then not
it seems like I can't even get into the bootloader's screen
Oh please benevolent Android gods rain down your furious Android justice upon this unworthy Android user before he bricks his phone for real (if he hasn't already). Listen OP, you've given no information, nobody knows what the hell you've done, and then you are hostile when I try and communicate the worthlessness of the information in your original post. There are a dozens of lazy entitled idiots like yourself who post the same rubbish on these forums everyday so before you start telling me, when all I'm doing is trying to help you, to keep my trap shut, I'd consider the facts that you're the ones who knows bugger all, you're the one who's phone isn't working, you're the one who needs helps and I, out of the generousness of my humanitarian compassionate soul, am trying to help you. Why do you think you have barely any replies? Because most members can smell a post like this a mile off and don't even bother, so I recommend you calm down, tell us exactly what you did and pray you that whatever you did wasn't as stupid as I currently think you are.
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Oh please benevolent Android gods rain down your furious Android justice upon this unworthy Android user before he bricks his phone for real (if he hasn't already). Listen OP, you've given no information, nobody knows what the hell you've done, and then you are hostile when I try and communicate the worthlessness of the information in your original post. There are a dozens of lazy entitled idiots like yourself who post the same rubbish on these forums everyday so before you start telling me, when all I'm doing is trying to help you, to keep my trap shut, I'd consider the facts that you're the ones who knows bugger all, you're the one who's phone isn't working, you're the one who needs helps and I, out of the generousness of my humanitarian compassionate soul, am trying to help you. Why do you think you have barely any replies? Because most members can smell a post like this a mile off and don't even bother, so I recommend you calm down, tell us exactly what you did and pray you that whatever you did wasn't as stupid as I currently think you are.
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This is by far the best post of this kind ive seen in a long time. Youre amazing! xD
make sure the phones got some battery left, put the phone in bright light and keep the power button pressed until something happens
postfatal said:
Oh please benevolent Android gods rain down your furious Android justice upon this unworthy phone is bavkoid user before he bricks his phone for real (if he hasn't already). Listen OP, you've given no information, nobody knows what the hell you've done, and then you are hostile when I try and communicsuggest worthlessness of the information in your original post. There are a dozens of lazy entitled idiots like yourself who post the same rubbish on these forums everyday so before you start telling me, when all I'm doing is trying to help you, to keep my trap shut, I'd consider the facts that you're the ones who knows bugger all, you're the one who's phone isn't working, you're the one who needs helps and I, out of the generousness of my humanitarian compassionate soul, am trying to help you. Why do you think you have barely any replies? Because most members can smell a post like this a mile off and don't even bother, so I recommend you calm down, tell us exactly what you did and pray you that whatever you did wasn't as stupid as I currently think you are.
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listen postfatal I don't know what kind of help have you offered. Since the only thing you did is to mock. If you think I should've done a search first then just tell me. There's no need to write a whole godamn essay. Use that kind of attitude and see how fast you can last in a job.
Btw, thanks to all those who did suggest something and refrained from sarcasm. I've figured out what happened and the phone is back up and running.
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listen postfatal I don't know what kind of help have you offered. Since the only thing you did is to mock. If you think I should've done a search first then just tell me. There's no need to write a whole godamn essay. Use that kind of attitude and see how fast you can last in a job.
Btw, thanks to all those who did suggest something and refrained from sarcasm. I've figured out what happened and the phone is back up and running.
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So how was it fixed? I am sure it would be useful to someone else.
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So how was it fixed? I am sure it would be useful to someone else.
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The phone was just acting weird. I had to press the power button + volume down for 20 seconds to get back into recovery. It has never happened before.
peugeot206 said:
The phone was just acting weird. I had to press the power button + volume down for 20 seconds to get back into recovery. It has never happened before.
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Was your home and back button flashing when you tried to do power and volume down at first? First time I saw that I thought something was def broke and maybe getting a phone with a non removable battery was a bad idea but than read on here just keep pressing and it will go to bootloader. Catastrophe avoided!
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Like the title states, would like to hire someone to convert an unlocked m7, new in box to gpe. I'm coming from a nexus 4, which I was able to tinker with myself. However I'm not confident in attempting on this phone. I'm located in dutchess county NY, would rather do local. But I would ship to a reputable member if necessary. If interested, you can pm me here, or email me chris20nyyatgmail. Thanks!
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Like the title states, would like to hire someone to convert an unlocked m7, new in box to gpe. I'm coming from a nexus 4, which I was able to tinker with myself. However I'm not confident in attempting on this phone. I'm located in dutchess county NY, would rather do local. But I would ship to a reputable member if necessary. If interested, you can pm me here, or email me chris20nyyatgmail. Thanks!
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Would you be happier if someone here just guided you through it step by step? There are some awesome devs here who I'm sure would be happy to try and help and Gove you steps along the way. Also, there are some very well written guides on here that you can follow, asking questions here along the way and get some info if you are stuck
So if you would be happy doing it that way, we can guide you through it here!
Make sure you have a working laptop and a good USB cable, using 2.0 ports and preferably Windows 7, with working/up to date drivers and adb files
Well 2 problems. I've read the tutorials, watched the videos, and am still not confident lol. The main concern is getting s-off. The other issue is I only have a macbook working at the moment. That's why I figured I'd give in and have someone do it for me. Its not worth risking IMO, I'd rather pay someone with the expertise to do it.
I genuinely appreciate the offer however! I just don't have the confidence. Sometimes things just seem beyond skill level, and you have to swallow your pride lol
I have no problem guiding you over the phone or skype! It is a piece of cake ! If you read the tutorial and just scared to brick your phone, i dont think itll happen! Done it to 5 HTCs!
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Well 2 problems. I've read the tutorials, watched the videos, and am still not confident lol. The main concern is getting s-off. The other issue is I only have a macbook working at the moment. That's why I figured I'd give in and have someone do it for me. Its not worth risking IMO, I'd rather pay someone with the expertise to do it.
I genuinely appreciate the offer however! I just don't have the confidence. Sometimes things just seem beyond skill level, and you have to swallow your pride lol
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It is very doable. The tutorials always seem scary but it is very doable!
Well I'll have it Friday I suppose I could give it a shot thanks for the help! I guess I'll post back when I get it and see if/when you're free!
How long is the process normally?
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Well I'll have it Friday I suppose I could give it a shot thanks for the help! I guess I'll post back when I get it and see if/when you're free!
How long is the process normally?
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Yep post back here and we can guide you through it. Just click to reply to this comment so it flags up on my phone!
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Yep post back here and we can guide you through it. Just click to reply to this comment so it flags up on my phone!
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Thanks again. And you think this can be safely done on a Mac?
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Thanks again. And you think this can be safely done on a Mac?
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It's prob easier on a mac than a PC, both Android and OSX are based on linux unlike Windows.