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Kit Kat KRT16S rolling out

I just got an OTA.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...signed-nakasi-KRT16S-from-KRT16O.3aad414b.zip
Changelog: https://funkyandroid.com/aosp-KRT16O-KRT16S.html
My initial analysis.. It's tiny, 1.5 megs large. It's adding the recovery-from-boot.p stuff back, something I think disappeared in like 4.3 or so, so this will wipe out custom recovery when booted. Just remove the file from /system and re-flash recovery.
Bunch of files are patched, including build.prop for build info but it's still 4.4. No kernel change.
You'll have to re-root, as usual. This, with the recovery wipe, means you'll be using fastboot to flash recovery, re-flash supersu, etc.
AdAway is saying it can't remount /system. I didn't have this problem previously, so something might have changed here. I can do it manually in adb but AdAway keeps failing to do it itself.

Any idea what it does?
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I just got the exact same thing! It looks like a patch to the original 4.4 OTA.
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Analyzing, although I'm not the best at this. Looks like it's enabling the recovery-from-boot.p again, something that seemed to disappear in like 4.3. Will over-write custom recovery, so we'll have to delete the file from /system and re-flash CWM/TWRP.
It's patching a large number of other files, but I couldn't guess what it's doing. I'm sure someone else could.
It flashed fast enough on my system, I'll update if it changed to 4.4.1 or anything like that.

I've flashed the update KRT16S and recovery not wiped. Twrp still there and working.
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My recovery is gone after that little update. I even tried reflashing it using fastboot and it was not installed after a reboot again so something is writing over TWRP on a reboot for me.

Evo_Shift said:
My recovery is gone after that little update. I even tried reflashing it using fastboot and it was not installed after a reboot again so something is writing over TWRP on a reboot for me.
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I also got the OTA update today. It blasted away TWRP and SU. Simple process to reload both.
BTW... the KRT16O update files no longer appear for download on the Nexus Factory Image page on Google, replaced with KRT16S.

ADAway has no problem for me. adaway 2.3 with superSU1.69. Both recovery image and supersu need to reinstall again.

I flashed stock recovery and unrooted just to be safe, then used ADB sideload to apply the update. All went well. I'm letting it sit for a while before flashing TWRP and installing SuperSU.......
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CatThief said:
I flashed stock recovery and unrooted just to be safe, then used ADB sideload to apply the update. All went well. I'm letting it sit for a while before flashing TWRP and installing SuperSU.......
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I did the same thing but I'm getting an error while installing the update, error 7 I think. Any ideas?

The exact same thing happened to me when I tried to install the JWR66Y-to-KRT16O. I got lucky this time. Whew!
You could try downloading the full factory image from Google, extract the image files, and use fastboot flash. I would do that with boot.img and system.img
If that fails, you probably have something inside the system files that isn't stock.
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dumdum2 said:
I've flashed the update KRT16S and recovery not wiped. Twrp still there and working.
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Hmm, mine won't reboot now. Just goes back into twrp. Argh!
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I let the OTA update on its own. I lost root and TWRP, but only took a few minutes to reroot and push TWRP back on. All is well.
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just lou said:
I let the OTA update on its own. I lost root and TWRP, but only took a few minutes to reroot and push TWRP back on. All is well.
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So you flashed the update.zip via TWRP?

qualitymove13 said:
So you flashed the update.zip via TWRP?
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The update flashed itself in TWRP. I took the OTA.
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just lou said:
The update flashed itself in TWRP. I took the OTA.
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Strange, when I hit the update button it reboots into TWRP and sits there.

qualitymove13 said:
Strange, when I hit the update button it reboots into TWRP and sits there.
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Same here. Here goes three hours of reconfiguration.:crying:

I got ota update thru TWRP(ver 2.6.3.1). No problem except recovery will be replaced.
As usual have update process ongoing automaticly in TWRP, no need to do anything.

autorage said:
Same here. Here goes three hours of reconfiguration.:crying:
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What version of TWRP are you guys running?
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|OTA|4.4.2| KOT49H OTA Download

Linked below is the 4.4.2 KOT49H OTA.
Must be on stock 4.4.1 KOT49E to update.
4.4.2 KOT49H OTA

Do you install through custom recovery?
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In case anyone had any doubts, the name and checksum on the zip file is indeed the same as the update on Google's servers so it's all good. I don't use a custom recovery but stock recovery works fine if you sideload from Android 4.4.1 to 4.4.2 as I did.

I installed through twrp. Stock rooted. No problem.
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How to enter the stock recovery...
Whenever i press volup+powr on the recovery mode(android with red exclamation) my phone gets restartd
If my post helped u a bit...help me by pressin the THANK button!!!

SamBG said:
How to enter the stock recovery...
Whenever i press volup+powr on the recovery mode(android with red exclamation) my phone gets restartd
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On the Android with red exclamation mark screen, you need to hold the power button in and quickly press (not hold) the volume up key to access the stock recovery menu.

treIII said:
I installed through twrp. Stock rooted. No problem.
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Did you lose root or your recovery?
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Uncle Hungry said:
Did you lose root or your recovery?
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Lost root only flagged supersu 1.80 gained root back
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GabbyWC said:
On the Android with red exclamation mark screen, you need to hold the power button in and quickly press (not hold) the volume up key to access the stock recovery menu.
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Now that i have entered the stock recovery...after enterin "adb sideload update.zip" its says cannot read
Should i ve to place the update file at some specific location??
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SamBG said:
Now that i have entered the stock recovery...after enterin "adb sideload update.zip" its says cannot read
Should i ve to place the update file at some specific location?
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Do a Google search for "How to sideload Kitkat 4.4.1 on the Nexus 5" and follow the instructions from Samuel Oh. He explains it all clearly.

(nm)

Tried to flash 4.2 to 4.2.2 and installation aborted. Stock rooted here

I never got the 4.4.1 update and just got 4.4.2 ota by doing the clear Google services framework cache, force stop, then cleared cache again, check for update. And here it is.
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Doesn't even reboot to install it through the system update

samagon said:
I never got the 4.4.1 update and just got 4.4.2 ota by doing the clear Google services framework cache, force stop, then cleared cache again, check for update. And here it is.
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I got the 4.4.2 update, coming from stock 4.4 no root, just plain stock. DIdn't have to clear anything, just popped up.

Yeah, my n10 just got the update immediately (4.4.2), I probably could have just waited, but meh
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Damn this shouldn't be such a pain to do a simple update on a stock rooted phone.

GrandMstrBud said:
Tried to flash 4.2 to 4.2.2 and installation aborted. Stock rooted here
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did you mean 4.4 to 4.4.2....
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tennandcoz1 said:
Do you install through custom recovery?
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this for me :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48324367&postcount=213

Yep I meant 4.4 to 4.4.2. Just no luck doesn't work at all. Tried from recovery and side load and removing root and installing stock recovery and nothing works. If I do it from the system update it says rebooting in 10 seconds then counts down and does nothing.

with me after the OTA download 4.4.2.zip and flash pops up from the TWRP: Failed

Once unlocked, can't relock & get OTA?

Hello,
So I just want to clear something out. So once I have used a the Asus app and unlocked my tab, I CANNOT relock it again? Also once unlocked, I can no longer receive OTA from Asus and therefore have to download it manually?
I just need clarification on these two questions. Thank you.
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No re lock, no ota
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Yep, it's a one-way process.

But we can still download the official update from Asus and flash as long as we are on stock recovery, correct? And if i'm not mistaken, we can always revert back to stock recovery. Just can't go back to a locked bootloader.

Damn if I knew this I wouldn't have... oh well. Thanks for the answers!
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Another problem: I up had installed cwm recovery and cromi Rom from here. I wanted to revert back to stock firmware, so I downloaded the zip from asus site and put in root directory, however when I flash the zip with CWM it always gives me status 6 error. I searched this and I tried a possible solution using notepad++ but didn't work. Can anyone help me why I can't install stock firmware without getting the status 6 error?
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zabih107 said:
Another problem: I up had installed cwm recovery and cromi Rom from here. I wanted to revert back to stock firmware, so I downloaded the zip from asus site and put in root directory, however when I flash the zip with CWM it always gives me status 6 error. I searched this and I tried a possible solution using notepad++ but didn't work. Can anyone help me why I can't install stock firmware without getting the status 6 error?
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You can't flash the stock firmware from cwm. You need to fastboot flash the stock recovery from droid basement and then extract the stock zip onto your internal card and boot that way. Alternatively you could just flash my stock ROM in the Dev section.
Why do you want to go back to pure stock?

Wow lol I spend hours trying to flash through CWM. thank u very much sdbags. I wanted to revert back because, lol my WiFi was acting wiered with the ROM. some apps like "showbox" worked fine with stock, but with cromi it would go very slow and take really long to load a list of movies or shows. I Donni maybe wifi drivers are not same on cromi? Anyway, thanks for the stock installation solution.
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You can't use fastboot to lock the bootloader?
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YayYouFixedIt said:
You can't use fastboot to lock the bootloader?
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Nope! Not on the transformers. It's a one way street.

When do we get unconditional lifetime warranties. There's in search of incredible.
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sbdags said:
You can't flash the stock firmware from cwm. You need to fastboot flash the stock recovery from droid basement and then extract the stock zip onto your internal card and boot that way. Alternatively you could just flash my stock ROM in the Dev section.
Why do you want to go back to pure stock?
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K I flashed the stock recovery from droid basement. I pasted the stock firmware zip file which I download from asus site into the root directory. I reboot tab into boot loader and enter the RCK but I see an android guy updating for 1 sec then falls on back with an exclamation mark on him. What am i doing wrong now?
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zabih107 said:
K I flashed the stock recovery from droid basement. I pasted the stock firmware zip file which I download from asus site into the root directory. I reboot tab into boot loader and enter the RCK but I see an android guy updating for 1 sec then falls on back with an exclamation mark on him. What am i doing wrong now?
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Did you paste the zip inside the zip?

Yes
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The reason I think why it not flashing because ur cromi Rom is 4.3 and the stock firmware is also 4.3 so I guess tablet thinks it's not new so it does t flash it.
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But I did flash the stock recovery so I have stock recovery now
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I just want to Install the stock firmware too and that's it
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sbdags said:
Did you paste the zip inside the zip?
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Is it possible to push or install the stock zip file from windows where fastboot.exe is located? If so, I donno the cmd commands, can u tell me those commands?
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zabih107 said:
Is it possible to push or install the stock zip file from windows where fastboot.exe is located? If so, I donno the cmd commands, can u tell me those commands?
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Why don't you just flash my Asus Stock ROM first? It's 99.9% the Asus files - just with ROOT added.
I haven't tested the following but if you MUST flash the Asus Stock from a PC you would do it using the following. I won't take any responsibility if you brick and you do this at your own risk. Personally if I were you I wouldn't do it this way as flashing my Asus Stock will do EXACTLY the same. Note that the below instructions are for 4.2.2. Be warned - it will erase the bootloader so if it doesn't flash properly you will brick permanently.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47933481&postcount=1

sbdags said:
Why don't you just flash my Asus Stock ROM first? It's 99.9% the Asus files - just with ROOT added.
I haven't tested the following but if you MUST flash the Asus Stock from a PC you would do it using the following. I won't take any responsibility if you brick and you do this at your own risk. Personally if I were you I wouldn't do it this way as flashing my Asus Stock will do EXACTLY the same. Note that the below instructions are for 4.2.2. Be warned - it will erase the bootloader so if it doesn't flash properly you will brick permanently.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47933481&postcount=1
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Hey I fixed it! Thanks for all the help sdbag. Ur one great guy ( or girl).
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[OTA] [KITKAT] For 98.18.94 stock phones

I had my phone download this and then just copied it off. My phones build was 98.18.94. Not sure what the difference between this and 98.30 is. I'm rooted so I haven't installed it but it's here for anyone that wants it. My phone downloaded a different version than I found online. It was version 182.46.10XT907.Verizon.en.US. I don't know what other phone builds it will work with. Either way use at your own discretion.
Here is the update for phones running 98.18.94
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxU6nmErI6QFS0M1Z0o3QmlrTmM/edit?usp=sharing
Here is the update for phones running 98.30.1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxU6nmErI6QFRkdyUGdxZk9TeW8/edit?usp=sharing

Did anybody try it with unlocked bootloader?
Bootloader still unlocked or OTA relock it?

St.Noigel said:
Did anybody try it with unlocked bootloader?
Bootloader still unlocked or OTA relock it?
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My understand is that it should leave the bootloader unlocked. It will replace the recovery, radio and other system partitions. If you removed anything from the /system/apps folder then I think it will fail/abort install. I've removed some so I need/want to RSD back to stock and then update but if I do then I'll lose root which I use.

Yes, and with SELinux and some other enhancements in KitKat I wouldn't even take a future root for granted.

remijenkins said:
I had my phone download this and then just copied it off. My phones build was 98.18.94. Not sure what the difference between this and 98.30 is. I'm rooted so I haven't installed it but it's here for anyone that wants it. My phone downloaded a different version than I found online. It was version 182.46.10XT907.Verizon.en.US. I don't know what other phone builds it will work with. Either way use at your own discretion.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxU6nmErI6QFS0M1Z0o3QmlrTmM/edit?usp=sharing
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Posting updates on how to use this thru the stock recovery.
This is how it is supposed to be used:
1 - Flash LATEST stock SBF of JB thru RSD. (Android 4.1.2
Blur_Version.98.30.1.XT907.Verizon.en.US)
2 - After RSD flash reboot phone on stock recovery and proceed to install update from SD card, here select the file that is provided at the beginning of the thread.
3 - After this first flash completes, phone is going to reboot in recovery again, to open the menu of this specific recovery, the combo of the buttons is power + vol up.
4 - proceed to install from sd card again and select the same file that you selected on the second step.
5 - Wait for it to finish
6 - Wipe data/factory reset
7 - Select restart system, Phone will restart in KK, enjoy guys.
Keep in mind that you have to follow the explanation at the beggining of the thread or this one, if you dont follow this steps like this, you wont be able to install this update or you wont be able to finish installing the update.

is this the offical KK update?

Yes it is official. Like I posted earlier, its OTA from Verizon.
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And it works like a charm.

roxy.schram said:
I had my phone download this and then just copied it off. My phones build was 98.18.94. Not sure what the difference between this and 98.30 is. I'm rooted so I haven't installed it but it's here for anyone that wants it. My phone downloaded a different version than I found online. It was version 182.46.10XT907.Verizon.en.US. I don't know what other phone builds it will work with. Either way use at your own discretion.
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Where does one locate the file to copy? Id like to share... I am downloading the ota now and I'm currently on 98.30.1.

[DELETE]

Can you flash this using a custom recovery?
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H0LT3R said:
Can you flash this using a custom recovery?
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I doubt it. It's for stock phones. It will need a stock recovery I do believe.

Hmmm..
My razr is stock & rooted, and I have manually removed several bloat apps. If I attempt to this update ota could it cause any harm to my system aside from possible abort/update fail? Will it remove root? Gracias.

It won't install... or its not suppose to.
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Does it lose root after OTA?
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allen_ho said:
Does it lose root after OTA?
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Yes.

allen_ho said:
Does it lose root after OTA?
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My understanding is you can retain some root functionality using SuperSU Pro's Survival Mode. I believe you'll still lose R/W capability.
The best approach would be to unlock your bootloader. I've heard some success with custom recovery, though stock recovery would be best bet.

triloger said:
Posting updates on how to use this thru the stock recovery.
This is how it is supposed to be used:
1 - Flash LATEST stock SBF of JB thru RSD. (Android 4.1.2
Blur_Version.98.30.1.XT907.Verizon.en.US)
2 - After RSD flash reboot phone on stock recovery and proceed to install update from SD card, here select the file that is provided at the beginning of the thread.
3 - After this first flash completes, phone is going to reboot in recovery again, to open the menu of this specific recovery, the combo of the buttons is power + vol up.
4 - proceed to install from sd card again and select the same file that you selected on the second step.
5 - Wait for it to finish
6 - Wipe data/factory reset
7 - Select restart system, Phone will restart in KK, enjoy guys.
Keep in mind that you have to follow the explanation at the beggining of the thread or this one, if you dont follow this steps like this, you wont be able to install this update or you wont be able to finish installing the update.
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This method did not work for me after i flashed back to 98.30.1 the stock recovery doesnt see the update and i just get the android logo. When i go to software updates the service is unavailable/

my bootloader has unlock. and does it mean I can have root permission after I flash the stock zip package?

OK here it is, black and white and very simple:
Bootloader Locked - NO ROOT, NO CUSTOM RECOVERY.
Bootloader Unlocked - CWM Recovery and FULL ROOT with SuperSu.
That's it, no if ands or buts.
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Lost custom recovery (twrp)

Hey guys and gals,
I have recently taken delivery of my shiny new nexus 6,and rooted using mskips's android toolkit, unlocked bootloader and flashed twrp last night. I am not home at the moment,and just finished work and realised the system has replaced my custom recovery with the stock recovery but I am still rooted. What gives? I downloaded the latest chroma rom ready to flash only to find I'm running a stock recovery and no pc for a few days. Would a factory reset revert the handset to fully out of the box unmodified settings for uodates.?
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Davies_90 said:
Hey guys and gals,
I have recently taken delivery of my shiny new nexus 6,and rooted using mskips's android toolkit, unlocked bootloader and flashed twrp last night. I am not home at the moment,and just finished work and realised the system has replaced my custom recovery with the stock recovery but I am still rooted. What gives? I downloaded the latest chroma rom ready to flash only to find I'm running a stock recovery and no pc for a few days. Would a factory reset revert the handset to fully out of the box unmodified settings for uodates.?
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theres a file that you need to delete before you reboot the first time, or it will replace your custom recovery with stock. OR, when flashing, you used the word boot instead of flash. boot only boots it one time.

simms22 said:
theres a file that you need to delete before you reboot the first time, or it will replace your custom recovery with stock. OR, when flashing, you used the word boot instead of flash. boot only boots it one time.
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So long and short of it is, I need to reflash on my PC?
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Davies_90 said:
So long and short of it is, I need to reflash on my PC?
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no, there are several apps that you can use to flash a recovery, if you have root. flashify is one of them

Cheers fella,I'm used to Samsung's ha ha ??
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Now to find me a rom!! ?
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