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[Q] CM7 to MIUI

My SGS i9000 is running CM7. So it's rooted and CWM installed.
What I want to know is can I easily install MIUI just by using CWM and a zip file?
Looking at the requirements for MIUI, I should have everything but am not sure about the SpeedMod kernel. I haven't installed it, so unless it's part of CM7 then I won't have this. This could be a problem?

BlitterTwisted said:
My SGS i9000 is running CM7. So it's rooted and CWM installed.
What I want to know is can I easily install MIUI just by using CWM and a zip file?
Looking at the requirements for MIUI, I should have everything but am not sure about the SpeedMod kernel. I haven't installed it, so unless it's part of CM7 then I won't have this. This could be a problem?
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I think, as with CM7, you only need the speedmod kernel when installing MIUI to make sure you have CWM...which you already have in CM7 so you should be fine.
Likely you will need to wipe /data and /datadata before flashing MIUI, just as you need to do when going from MIUI to CM7...so back up your apps.

That sounds perfect then.
Am enjoying CM7, and think that MIUI does like a bit too iphone-y, but I really want to try it. As an ex-iPhone user I might like it

Worked just as you said, took about 3 minutes to install and seems to be running perfectly. So glad I tried it, MIUI looks spectacular so far. Very impressed

Please tell me if this is correct (I'm running CM7 and want to try out MIUI):
- CWM-backup of my current system
- copy clockworkmod folder to PC
- put MIUI.zip on my internal SD
- factory reset with CWM
- flash MIUI.zip with CWM (install zip from sd -> choose zip -> MIUI.zip
And going back to CM7:
- factory reset with CWM
- put latest CM7-nightly on internal sd
- flash Nightly.zip with CWM
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BlitterTwisted said:
Worked just as you said, took about 3 minutes to install and seems to be running perfectly. So glad I tried it, MIUI looks spectacular so far. Very impressed
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Yeah, runs fine but battery drain issues drove me away from MIUI, which is a shame

Lunchbox115 said:
- CWM-backup of my current system
- copy clockworkmod folder to PC
- put MIUI.zip on my internal SD
- factory reset with CWM
- flash MIUI.zip with CWM (install zip from sd -> choose zip -> MIUI.zip
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What I did was (starting with CM7)
Titanium backup of apps and data
download MIUI directly to the internal SD card off the web
Reboot into CWM
Advanced > Clear Data
Install zip from SD card > point to downloaded file.
Titanium restore of apps.
Worked an absolute treat. Only thing I lost was SMS messages and APN.
One thing that nearly caused me concern was lack of cell data connection but it's turned off by default and just needed turning on. Phew.

Ok, thanks. I'll try this today!
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How do I flash ROM and Kernel flashed on a fresh partition?

I'm using Slim ICS 3.2 but I want a clean install, I've gone through so many Roms so I don't want any other file conflicts.

DamianGTO written a guide for a superclean installation
http://damiangto.emc2production.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=213
but you have to register in order to see it, and I respect his copyrights.

Alternatively transfer essentials to computer from your internal sd card>>>factory reset and wipe internal sd card>>>Attach to computer and only transfer back your nandroid backup (you still need this incase something goes wrong) and the rom zip...
Go to recovery wipe data/factory reset>>>wipe cache>>>wipe dalvik>>>mounts and storage>>>format system+cache+datadata+data (I dont wipe boot and you need sdcard)>>>Flash rom
That should give you a very clean install
Cleaner if you clear up your exsd if you have one

Talon26 said:
Alternatively transfer essentials to computer from your internal sd card>>>factory reset and wipe internal sd card>>>Attach to computer and only transfer back your nandroid backup (you still need this incase something goes wrong) and the rom zip...
Go to recovery wipe data/factory reset>>>wipe cache>>>wipe dalvik>>>mounts and storage>>>format system+cache+datadata+data (I dont wipe boot and you need sdcard)>>>Flash rom
That should give you a very clean install
Cleaner if you clear up your exsd if you have one
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if I wipe everything will I still have CWM? to install the ROM?
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Yep because I've done it before...
Just to make sure DO NOT wipe boot or sdcard

do you know how to do s fresh slim ics install?
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First dl. Your rom to sd (don't move it from your download section, this is your internal SD)
Just follow the steps, 3 posts up,but as he said DO NOT WIPE SD-CARD, doesn't matter if u wipe boot nothing bad will happen.remember to also wipe dalvik cache.
After wipe, install your rom and essentials(needed on slim rom) then let it boot.if u restore apps with titanium b. Then only restore app, not app+data otherwise u might have some apps fc
Hope it helped
Ps.
Damiangto is banned from a lot of sites because he violates open source rules and won't give up his source codes
Even though he uses other people codes (kernel codes)

zodiaxe66 said:
First dl. Your rom to sd (don't move it from your download section, this is your internal SD)
Just follow the steps, 3 posts up,but as he said DO NOT WIPE SD-CARD, doesn't matter if u wipe boot nothing bad will happen.remember to also wipe dalvik cache.
After wipe, install your rom and essentials(needed on slim rom) then let it boot.if u restore apps with titanium b. Then only restore app, not app+data otherwise u might have some apps fc
Hope it helped
Ps.
Damiangto is banned from a lot of sites because he violates open source rules and won't give up his source codes
Even though he uses other people codes (kernel codes)
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whoops, I wiped SD card. Seems to be running ok, what have I done?
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You have deleted all your pictures music etc on your SD card. Including the rom that you were meant to or have already flashed. Also you may have deleted your backups and possibly your nandroid.
If you haven't flashed flashed yet ensure you make a nandroid backup and transfer the rom you wish to flash onto your sd card.
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Talon26 said:
You have deleted all your pictures music etc on your SD card. Including the rom that you were meant to or have already flashed. Also you may have deleted your backups and possibly your nandroid.
If you haven't flashed flashed yet ensure you make a nandroid backup and transfer the rom you wish to flash onto your sd card.
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I backed everything up, I mounted USB storage using cwm, everything seems to work flawlessly, except google maps navigation won't start.
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SD Card Is Dead

Spacemonkie4207 said:
I backed everything up, I mounted USB storage using cwm, everything seems to work flawlessly, except google maps navigation won't start.
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Ok thats good then. Maybe clear data from Maps. If that doesn't work then uninstall and reinstall the app. Have you tried them two?
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SD Card Is Dead
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I don't understand are you sharing your problem just to share or do you have a problem that wants/needs resolving?
If you want something resolved then please tell us what you were doing, what you have/had on the phone before this problem and what you have tried so far?
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Yeah I'm a little confused myself
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Does wiping cache/data wipe out all of my SwiftKey settings?

I am currently using CM9. And I wish to shift to CM10 (Jellybean) on my GT i9000.
This requires that I wipe cache/data etc. But I am worried about wiping out a year full of key strokes saved in the SwiftKey directory. How can I ensure that my SwiftKey settings are retained while installing CM10?

I think that the DATA wipe will delete everything (apps and settings - The cache wipe won't...) but you can back it up with some backup app that can restore that... i think titanium can do the job... but you should verify it
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Yup, I have used Titanium before; I used it while moving from CM7 to CM9. But I have no idea what happened back then. Most certainly I started my SwiftKey from scratch, I guess.
I made this post to confirm that backing up SwiftKey data is possible. And also to learn methods to do such backups.
This is the only thing pulling me back from going for CM10 from my current CM9 ROM. Every thing else is sorted for me; contacts, and other apps are all retrievable.

Just make sure Titanium Backup is set to backup app data when you run it, and it'll restore all your Swiftkey settings later.
Confirmed as I just recently did so
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with titanium backup, you'll have to restore the data and you'll have the same as before
you could also restore the application.
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[SCRIPT] SuperWipe for LG Nexus 4

SUPERWIPE SCRIPT
Alright.. Here is a SUPERWIPE script for our Nexus 4
standard disclaimer here... i aint responsible if your phone catches fire, etc, etc
I'm not getting into the debate on their usefullness, whatever.. I like them and some others do so yeah :good:
Will not play nice with twrp it will not wipe your data partition at all or reboot back to recovery due to the way twrp handles their stuff I am currently working on a fix for this
Version 1
Wipes & Formats
- cache, system,
Wipes
- data (NOT SDCARD)
Wipes
- various system files found on sdcard
Checks
- system for errors
MD5 SUm : 7C95D25876C9D387139384639F77CB04 *LG Nexus 4 - SuperWipe v1.zip
How to Use
- Backup Original ROM
- Flash LG Nexus 4 Superwipe v?.zip
- FLASH OR RESTORE A ROM
- Continue as normal
TESTED working before a restore and new rom flash by myself multiple times
Original superwipe created by mike1986
cherry picked data wipe without wiping sdcard from Jst_In_Time
Used the partition information from mskip to ensure the correct locations were being wiped
I am not sure if this is the correct forum to be in and I read the thread sticky before posting

can anyone report their use? no problems thus far?

joshndroid said:
can anyone report their use? no problems thus far?
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I would, but I haven't got anything new to flash yet
I will be sure to tell you when I do though, I always like having these scripts on hand, thankyou.

No no no no. Please don't use superwipe scripts. They are known to be problematic and don't do anything that your recovery doesn't do.
Thanks for the effort OP, but I strongly advise NOT to use it. I've troubleshooted Sensation and some other HTC phones for over a year with other guys, and we all agree that superwipe scripts are a no no.

undercover said:
No no no no. Please don't use superwipe scripts. They are known to be problematic and don't do anything that your recovery doesn't do.
Thanks for the effort OP, but I strongly advise NOT to use it. I've troubleshooted Sensation and some other HTC phones for over a year with other guys, and we all agree that superwipe scripts are a no no.
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Used them every ROM flash with 3 sensations and a desire and my galaxy nexus when they were available.. Setup correctly with partition table information they yes will do what a recovery does and save time and remove unnecessary system files on sdcard before a ROM flash... Your problem lies when you try to use a super wipe on a device to which it isn't ported for as dev blocks change for partitions (so u end up wiping a radio partition instead of a system for example) and locations of sdcard etc change... I've used it probably 20-30 times already myself in testing (as i tested the mouting points etc before the last testing phase was the format of the partition.. And read each log until I was happy with the result)
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Wipes
- data (NOT SDCARD)
Wipes
- various system files found on sdcard
Not sure what you mean, There is no sd card on the N4.

Internal sdcard
mounts as /sdcard/0/
By the recovery when you flash a file from the phone
Therefore is a "sdcard" for simplicity purposes
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joshndroid said:
Used them every ROM flash with 3 sensations and a desire and my galaxy nexus when they were available.. Setup correctly with partition table information they yes will do what a recovery does and save time and remove unnecessary system files on sdcard before a ROM flash... Your problem lies when you try to use a super wipe on a device to which it isn't ported for as dev blocks change for partitions (so u end up wiping a radio partition instead of a system for example) and locations of sdcard etc change... I've used it probably 20-30 times already myself in testing (as i tested the mouting points etc before the last testing phase was the format of the partition.. And read each log until I was happy with the result)
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Oh, no doubt it works as intended. But I've seen too many people use wrong superwipe, and you know consequences of that. I think it's best to stick to recovery.
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undercover said:
Oh, no doubt it works as intended. But I've seen too many people use wrong superwipe, and you know consequences of that. I think it's best to stick to recovery.
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Unfortunately that is therefore due to not reading how a script, etc works and is user error.. Not due to a dev/contributor... Not having a dig at you by the way... Script works a charm none the less
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joshndroid said:
Unfortunately that is therefore due to not reading how a script, etc works and is user error.. Not due to a dev/contributor... Not having a dig at you by the way... Script works a charm none the less
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Indeed. User error. Users nowadays don't read, and it IS their fault if they brick their phone, but i prefer to have a little safeguard like for the kids on the stairs
I somehow ended up troubleshooting problems in Senny forums, along with ganeshp, malybru, kgs and many others, so my mentality has swerved a bit towards prevention of problems rather than fixing the problem after they done the deed.
I understand that you are not having a dig, i think we are having quite a constructive conversation here. :thumbup:
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I used a SuperWipe script and a Super Cache Wipe script made by the developer (thederekjay) when I had my T989 Samsung Galaxy S 2.
Back in those days the scripts were necessary because (for that particular device at least) the earlier versions of CWM did not wipe the partitions thoroughly/properly and people would have issues when flashing ROMs.
The scripts were fantastic and a go to for almost everyone in the forum. However, they were only necessary for the earlier versions of CWM, it was not necessary on TWRP or when CWM was updated.
I guess my question is, does it matter if we are using CWM or TWRP with your script? Can it be used on either recovery?

Either recovery is fine... Mostly this script will negate some time, provide an output of the results of the script, check for system filesystem errors and delete common files that are located on the internal sdcard from some system apps... Yes some things can be done via the recovery however some thing's cant and a lot of people don't wipe system.. Therefore this is an all over that will erase and format basically all relevant partitions and files relating to a ROM =]
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joshndroid said:
Either recovery is fine... Mostly this script will negate some time, provide an output of the results of the script, check for system filesystem errors and delete common files that are located on the internal sdcard from some system apps... Yes some things can be done via the recovery however some thing's cant and a lot of people don't wipe system.. Therefore this is an all over that will erase and format basically all relevant partitions and files relating to a ROM =]
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Will be using this for sure, thank you very much for this, will save time and make sure my system is wiped clean as a whistle before flashing. Peace
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I've just added this script to the Nexus 4 Complete Index
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As I mentioned already in other posts, I just got back into the Android scene so bear with me. I, too have been using super wipe scripts back in the Evo days (yes the OG Evo . I was actually looking for a script like this only because when I use the CWM data/factory reset, it wipes data and cache but I can still boot up into a fresh version of the ROM. Call me paranoid or OG when I want to wipe, I want to complete wipe everything so that unless I flash a rom, the phone won't boot up to anything other than fastboot and recovery. With that being said, would this script do just that?
Also, is it really necessary for me to wipe everything or does the CWM "wipe data/factory reset" good enough? I just worry that it doesn't wipe everything and leaves unnecessary files. Even though I have the 16gb N4, it's still very little space so I'd like to ensure I'm not being jacked out of space from all those unnecessary orphan files...

I'm really glad to see this. Scripts like this help a lot of people know they've wiped all the right things when they flash a new ROM. Thanks for putting this together.

KidCarter93 said:
I've just added this script to the Nexus 4 Complete Index
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Thanks mate :good:
gqukyo said:
As I mentioned already in other posts, I just got back into the Android scene so bear with me. I, too have been using super wipe scripts back in the Evo days (yes the OG Evo . I was actually looking for a script like this only because when I use the CWM data/factory reset, it wipes data and cache but I can still boot up into a fresh version of the ROM. Call me paranoid or OG when I want to wipe, I want to complete wipe everything so that unless I flash a rom, the phone won't boot up to anything other than fastboot and recovery. With that being said, would this script do just that?
Also, is it really necessary for me to wipe everything or does the CWM "wipe data/factory reset" good enough? I just worry that it doesn't wipe everything and leaves unnecessary files. Even though I have the 16gb N4, it's still very little space so I'd like to ensure I'm not being jacked out of space from all those unnecessary orphan files...
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1. Basically.. what will occur is that the script will "factory reset/wipe data" your device as a recovery would do.. AND it will not wipe your "internal sdcard" if it was set to just wipe the entire partition you may infact lose data, which is what I didn't want for obvious reasons.
2. Alot of people do not wipe their system partition at all, as you can see most people state to "factory reset/wipe data" which is an entirely different partition. Yes some people say that the entire system is wiped before a rom is flashed but looking through ROM updater scripts during the course of making the superwipe script for our device I noticed some had system parition format lines in there before the rom is flashed. This superwipe script will wipe/format the system partition regardless of what the rom zip may contain
3. This script also deletes some files located on the internal sdcard that can be left behind if conducting a "full wipe/factory reset" as previously stated as this script (as with recoveries) do not wipe this partition because that would be a pain in the butt to reload all your sdcard contents back on
so basically its up to you whether you wish to use a script to conduct more than most people usually do with just their recovery, if you feel that is what you would like to conduct in the course of flashing a rom

So I ran the script and then flashed a different ROM but when it booted up, I still had my apps....normal?? And like basically most features settings too..
.....I'm scared.... Hah
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Simer03 said:
So I ran the script and then flashed a different ROM but when it booted up, I still had my apps....normal?? And like basically most features settings too..
.....I'm scared.... Hah
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I'll take a look but hasn't occurred to me
actually send me a copy of your superwipe.log that is placed on your sdcard please
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EDIT:
1. flashed back to stock.. then ran the script...
2. flashed to AOKP downloaded a couple apps that are located in /data (like titanium backup and the like).. then ran the script
3. flashed to euroskank.. did the same as above
4. flashed back to my aokp rom
checked the superwipe logs and compared... all the same AND the apps that were downloaded into the data partition had been removed as I had no user apps each time
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Simer03 said:
So I ran the script and then flashed a different ROM but when it booted up, I still had my apps....normal?? And like basically most features settings too..
.....I'm scared.... Hah
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i was also using version one and it did not work. i dont think it wiped anything
i know it didnt wipe system and data because i had everything still installed.
on twrp latest
went from pa to cm all apps remained
had to manually wipe one by one

[V] [tsubasa] How to downgrade from cm11 to 10.2

I want to downgrade from fxp250 cm11 to cm10.2.
Is wipe needed?
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Maybe you should flash the kernel of 10.2 use fastboot before you do that.
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bigb0119 said:
I want to downgrade from fxp250 cm11 to cm10.2.
Is wipe needed?
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What is your concrete reason for downgrade?

bigb0119 said:
I want to downgrade from fxp250 cm11 to cm10.2.
Is wipe needed?
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Unfortunately, a wipe is needed to downgrade, but it is not very hard I did this also. I found that the CM11 GPS always-on bug makes it currently unusable.
Download Koush's Helium from the Play Store.
Make sure root is enabled (I believe it is on by default with the FXP builds, but if Helium complains then it is in the CM11 developer options).
Use Helium to make a full data-only backup of all apps an external SD Card (If you don't have one, go buy a microSD for $10 its nice to save your pictures/videos to anyhow).
Save a copy of the FXP302 CM10.2 zip as well as the 10.2 Gapps ( http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip ) onto the SD Card.
Boot to recovery, wipe system partition, Install the CM10.2 zip file. Install the 10.2 Gapps. Reboot.
Retype your google password and your Cyanogenmod password. Install Helium from play store. The rest of the Playstore Apps should start automagically downloading too. Use Helium to restore all your data from SD card -- it will prompt you to download any missing app you need again.
You will probably have to re-setup your home screen. CM11 defaults to Launcher3, while CM10.x uses Trebuchet

palomino7 said:
What is your concrete reason for downgrade?
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Nightly is very unstable...
Especially, when I am on bed (ard 1am to 2am), Blue screen always occurs
Frequency may be as serious as twice in 5 minutes...
Even I just reboot from one blue screen, I did nth and blue screen again

KelleyCook said:
Unfortunately, a wipe is needed to downgrade, but it is not very hard I did this also. I found that the CM11 GPS always-on bug makes it currently unusable.
Download Koush's Helium from the Play Store.
Make sure root is enabled (I believe it is on by default with the FXP builds, but if Helium complains then it is in the CM11 developer options).
Use Helium to make a full data-only backup of all apps an external SD Card (If you don't have one, go buy a microSD for $10 its nice to save your pictures/videos to anyhow).
Save a copy of the FXP302 CM10.2 zip as well as the 10.2 Gapps ( http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip ) onto the SD Card.
Boot to recovery, wipe system partition, Install the CM10.2 zip file. Install the 10.2 Gapps. Reboot.
Retype your google password and your Cyanogenmod password. Install Helium from play store. The rest of the Playstore Apps should start automagically downloading too. Use Helium to restore all your data from SD card -- it will prompt you to download any missing app you need again.
You will probably have to re-setup your home screen. CM11 defaults to Launcher3, while CM10.x uses Trebuchet
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Thank you for your detailed explanation...
I used Titanium backup to backup all app+data (I now think it is very risky....that Apps in 4.4 being restored in 4.3)
I did full wipe and installed CM10.2
Almost all things are fine, except gapps...
I installed PAgapps full for 4.3, but no chrome and drive inside the package , so i hv to install it manually from play store