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goapk.com ever heard of it?

well someone from goapk.com emailed me saying they like one of my apps, and they want to convert it to Chinese and upload on their website and android market.
anyone ever heard of this place b4? and is there any chance they can just rip off my app and copy the source code?
they are asking just for the data where i keep my text so they can convert it to chinese, then i make a new apk for that and email it to them.

I got an email from them and from others. Each time, I replied saying I wasn't looking to distribute outside of the Android Market. They can't rip off your source code from the strings file, but it's possible to find out how it works using tools like baksmali. They are probably legit since they wouldn't contact you first if they wanted to do that

haxxo said:
they are asking just for the data where i keep my text so they can convert it to chinese, then i make a new apk for that and email it to them.
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I don't understand, why to email it to them and not just upload to Market by yourself? Then they will be able to install it normally and they will get it in their language.
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and is there any chance they can just rip off my app and copy the source code?
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Even now they could download your app from Market and localize it by themselves very easily, really
I was helping Chinese people in fixing their issues in Google Maps. They are good guys mostly, they just have problems with English.

goapk
goapk is apparantly the build of my htc desire. as is whenever i turn it on it says HTC then goapk.com then something in chinese. i bought it in china...
It sucks. it has the chinese GoMarket, not the android market. cant download anything!
Please tell me if i can download an apk version of the real android market from anywhere..

goddlike said:
goapk is apparantly the build of my htc desire. as is whenever i turn it on it says HTC then goapk.com then something in chinese. i bought it in china...
It sucks. it has the chinese GoMarket, not the android market. cant download anything!
Please tell me if i can download an apk version of the real android market from anywhere..
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I'm having the exact some issue! Just bought an HTC Desire in China, no Android market, just this terrible Chinese market called GoMarket by goapk. Super annoying. If anybody has a solution, please let me know!
Btw, I already tried rooting the phone using Unrevoked, but my phone has hboot 0.93 which seems to be impossible to root at this point in time.

Solution for goapk.com (or just rooting branded phones)
Ok, I've managed to solve the issue based on the information from this forum, so here's the solution (which is unfortunately quite long, but it works... at your own risk, of course):
The issue: A bought-in-China HTC Desire, branded by the horrible goapk.com with no Android market access. Could only access some Chinese market called GoMarket created by goapk.com. This could also apply to anyone with a branded phone (eg. branded by a carrier) that could not be rooted with UnrEVOked3.
Solution: Downgrade the OS to an unbranded HTC Sense Android 2.1 with a goldcard inserted in the phone. This makes it possible to root the phone using Unrevoked and then you can install any of the Android ROMs you like on it. Technically you could stop after downgrading to Android 2.1 and not bother rooting (since you'll already have Android Market access by then), but you'll probably want to continue so you can finish with Android 2.2 on your phone.
Method:
Step 1:
Get an extra MicroSD card (2gig or whatever) and create a goldcard. You need this because your phone is branded with goapk.com and this is part of getting rid of that. Find out how here: android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/305672/creating-a-goldcard/#entry1233023
Tip: you don't need an microSD card reader. You can format the microSD card in your phone by connecting your phone as a USB drive, and right-clicking the drive and formating. It MUST be FAT32 format, NOT FAT, so do it from the computer controls, not on the phone itself (because the phone itself does it in FAT format)
Step 2:
With your goldcard in your phone, you can now downgrade to Android 2.1. This kills two birds with one stone. A. It removes the horrible goapk.com branding and B. Lowers your hboot from 0.93 to 0.83 which makes it possible to root your phone. Instructions here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768256
Tip: if it fails the first time (as mine did) and it can't find the zip file at the end, make sure your goldcard was FAT32.
Now your phone will be running HTC Sense 2.1 unbranded, with access to Android Market. The next two steps will allow you to put any of the Froyo versions (with Sense or without, your choice) on your phone.
Step 3:
Root your phone with UnrEVOked. Instructions here:
rootmydroid.co.uk/guides/general/howto-root-your-htc-desire-wildfire-evo-incredible-with-unrevoked/
Tip: His instructions are great. His download pages are horrible, but they work eventually, just keep clicking.
Step 4:
Install any of the custom Android ROMs available. Instructions are also found on the above link for rooting the phone.
You can choose from any of the ROMs listed here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
I went with DeFroST, which is a nice Android ROM without Sense, since Android is better off on it's own, IMO.
Tip: If you don't have an MicroSD card reader, make sure you put the ROM's zip file on your MicroSD before you wipe your phone (Pt. 3, point 4 in the guide).
That's it! When you finish, you'll have rooted phone with full Android Market Access and any version of Android you want on it. Sorry I couldn't recommend an easier way. Now if I could just get my hands on this damn person at HTC who let goapk.com crap all over this phone to begin with (or Google for not putting any rules in place)...

wow thanks a bunch. I hope this will work...
need to get hands on an extra microSD card for the moment

idasein said:
That's it! When you finish, you'll have rooted phone with full Android Market Access and any version of Android you want on it. Sorry I couldn't recommend an easier way. Now if I could just get my hands on this damn person at HTC who let goapk.com crap all over this phone to begin with (or Google for not putting any rules in place)...
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I just debranded my phone and holy crap its working! but i have a question:
Can i put initial sd card in it now? or do i have to use the goldcard forever??

Wow
Many thanks and 'holy crap' - this worked like a charm. My Android Desire is now fully functional!! FYI, if you have a Chinese simcard, you will still have restricted access to the Android Market but it will be much much better than goapk.com. However, if you insert a North American sim card, it works perfectly. Thanks again!

Robert to be able to gain full access to Market you can use something like MarketEnabler, which I'm sure you can find somewhere on the internet as .apk, since you won't be able to find it in the localized "chinese" Android Market..

getting rid of goapk
Have a Chinese HTC Legend, which came with goapk which was awful - slowed the phone down but also blocked the Android Market so that I should buy apps at the goapk market.
Thanks to Idasein, I got the idea of how to get rid of it, but had some problems with the files in the links mentioned (Kaspersky screamed that there was a trojan)
If anyone needs to get rid of goapk, then you can alternatively have a look at the easy instructions on Unlockr for how to downgrade a Legend - create goldcard, make the phone downgradeable, then downgrade. This leaves it with a clean Android 2.1 (minus goapk) which you can then root and do custom ROM or, as I did, then update to Froyo. Worked beautifully for me!
Search theunlockr.com for "how-to-downgrade-the-htc-legend-to-1-31-so-it-can-be-rooted"

thanks a bunch, idasein
finally got rid of the f***er, too, and installed leezoid instead.

Few Questions...Plz Help

Hi I'm new here and have a few questions. I downloaded some apps off the web but when they are updated I cannot update them using the market. Is there any way for me to update them or add them to the "My Downloads" list in the market? If I root my phone, but do not install a custom rom will I still get ota updates, be able to install market apps, and so on?
Details:
Phone: Nexus One (T-Mobile Version)
Android Version: 2.2 FroYo FRF50 (love it)
If you guys need baseband and kernel information let me know. Also, what it different in stock froyo vs cyanmod vs any other rom? Sorry if this is in the wrong place to post this and the length.

Hi there, as of right now all that I can point you towards for you apps would be an app called apktor that can be found in the market the rest you will have to figure out on your own. Or you could also just redownload these apps through the market...
From what I have read besically when you root your phone you give up any chance to be able to OTA update. BTW I have a Telus Milestone so I am not sure about the phone you have because it might be different but I think it would be a global rule of Rooting= No OTA... Although while being rooted you can install apps from the market.
About the custom roms you will have to do some reading untill the Milestone's boot gets cracked I won't have a chance to play around with any roms, I guess best advice would be read read read and read some more. And after you have done all that reading, choose a couple of roms that interest you try each one for atleast a day and find the one that you like. If there was a best rom, there wouldn't be such a wide variety of them...
~PsyCl0ne

Nope, even if your phone has root you can still update apps via the market. I know because I updated my apps via this way. 2 Rules apply though.
1) The apps that you downloaded off the web are freeware and are also on the market.
2) The apps that you downloaded off the web AREN'T warez. (I'd suspect that's what you're trying to do, but do correct me if i'm wrong)
It is highly unlikely that in following these 2 simple rules you still can't update via market.

Garminfone A50 / A10 How to flash ROM's

Credit to vs2 who discovered this.
This is not flashing a custom ROM, but rather flashing another official Garmin ROM onto your phone from another country.
Try this at your own risk. Consider yourself warned.
This is reportedly working fine on the A50 (Garminfone) & A10.
I found this posted over at Howard Forums by "vs2".
I wiped my T-Mobile Garminfone and put A50 firmware for Canada's Videotron on it. It works fine and does not have the "offers" etc. that bloated up the T-Mo version. Traffic works just fine too. I now have French rather than Spanish on it.
You may need an unlock code. I did after I did a Master Clear. But if I did not do the master clear, I was fine...
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Instructions: (worked for me)
1. Have two micro SD cards
2. On one put the same update file that is already on your phone.
2. On the other put the new firmware you want to update to.
3. With phone off practise taking phone cover off/on and removing SD card.
4. Turn phone on with SD card that had existing firmware update on. Update notice will show and ask if you want to update - say yes, then it should say update is the same as already on your phone do you still want to update, don't accept or decline. Now quickly pull off cover and exchange SD cards and put cover back on. You may get a message about battery cover - go ok. Then the same 'do you want to update' message should appear - go ok.(you may need to pull down the yellow exclamation from the top to accept the update if the window does not show) Be patient and wait your screen will show 'verifing' then reboot and could be a black screen for 10-15 minutes. (try it with out a Master Clear first, your apps will still be registered and you may not require an unlock code!) as your old settings/apps will still be on phone. It may be ok to leave them on??
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Interested? Here's a few links to the .update files.
Some countries have packaged them inside an .exe file (OPTUS for Australia). I used WinRar to extract them from the .exe and followed the procedure above.
http://www.garminasus.com/fr_CA/support/nuvifone-a50-software-updates.html French Canadian adds French to the languages and removes Spanish.
http://www.garminasus.com/da_DK/support/upgrade/open-a50.html OPEN market. Denmark. .exe file.
http://www.garminasus.com/da_DK/support/upgrade/telenor-a50.html telenor Denmark. Also an .exe.
http://www.garminasus.com/da_DK/support/upgrade/telia-a50.html telia Denmark. .exe file.
http://www.garminasus.com/en_AU/support/nuvifone-a50-software-updates.html an .exe for OPT in Australia
http://www.garminasus.com/en_AU/support/software/Optus-A50-Eclair-SW-Upgrade-Instructions.pdf
http://www.garminasus.com/zh_HK/support/nuvifone-A50-software-updates.html Hong Kong updates.
http://www.garminasus.com/en_MY/support/documentation/a50/A50-V5074-MYS-update.zip Mylasia update.
http://www.garminasus.com/en_MY/support/documentation/a50/A50_FW_update_and_master_clear.pdf instructions
See vs2's posts on/about page 12 of this thread: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1638376-Garmin-Nuvifone-A50-Navigating-to-T-Mobile/page12

i lost my t-mobile sim
I lost my t-mobile sim
so i will be using a Universal sim of my friend to upgrade it
then i will have 2 return the universal sim
so my question is can i open this phone without a sim ! !
And my country doesnt have this update n T-mobile sim is not available here
Plzz let me know
the details . . .

addition to Spazmogen:
when device reboots, plug in charger

Looking for a specific ROM .update file for A10
Spazmogen said:
Credit to vs2 who discovered this.
This is not flashing a custom ROM, but rather flashing another official Garmin ROM onto your phone from another country.
Try this at your own risk. Consider yourself warned.
This is reportedly working fine on the A50 (Garminfone) & A10.
I found this posted over at Howard Forums by "vs2".
I wiped my T-Mobile Garminfone and put A50 firmware for Canada's Videotron on it. It works fine and does not have the "offers" etc. that bloated up the T-Mo version. Traffic works just fine too. I now have French rather than Spanish on it.
You may need an unlock code. I did after I did a Master Clear. But if I did not do the master clear, I was fine...
Interested? Here's a few links to the .update files.
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Hello,
I don't know if this thread is still alive or if anyone is listening, but I'll try anyway...
I need to reflash my Garmin A10 ROM back to "out of the box" state. But I have been unable to find the proper .update file I need.
My A10 model was manufactured for European Open market with Android 2.1, European maps and all languages incl French.
Among the files you mention above, none would suit my device...The one I could possibly use would be the DK_Open market (Denmark); hoping it contains all the other European language options. But it seems to be for the A50 device; so I have some hesitation as to flashing it on my A10 model. Are both models so close in hardware features that this would work ?
Otherwise, the original ROM I need is this one :
A10:2.1-update 1/ERE27/A10-V5.071-user-20101027EUOM
If anyone has this .update or knows where I can get it, I would be so happy !
Seems it has been removed from all Garmin Support/download sites, as I was able to find all the ones you mention above, but not this particular update...Possibly it was not available for download because A10 models sold in Europe that were not Open market, could then be "jailbroken" and therefore accept any SIMM and telephony operator...My guess anyway.
But also possibly this ROM was downloadable for some time and perhaps someone would still have a copy of it...
Thank you very much if someone can help,
gtournier
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http://www.garminasus.com/da_DK/support/upgrade/open-a10.html

[Q] Adding languages to unbranded HTC radar

Hi there,
This my first post, so I'll try to be short and to the point.
I just bought an sim-free HTC Radar (7720) from Expansys Japan, hoping to make a present to my Spanish mother. To my surprise, although my Japanese IS12T WP7 had several languages including Spanish, the HongKong market Radar Expansys sold me only has English and Chinese.
Since then I've been desperately trying to get a way to add Spanish display language. Found this thread on xda and thought I was saved.
Being a noob I did read every single post in the 85 pages before trying anything, unfortunately I still can't get Spanish display menu...
Here is what I did:
1) Checked I had latest Zune software (I'm running W8 CP 64bit)
2) Updated the radar up to 8107 through Zune (first 7740, then 8107).
3) Downloaded and installed WP7_update_tool
4) Downloaded and extracted WP7_Update_Cab_Sender
5) Downloaded all the Spanish language update cab files (1 for Nodo, 2 for Mango), and added them to the WP7_Update_Cab_Sender folder
6) Run the bat file, then choose "B" for backup+update
7) After a while, and a few restarts both the Update utility and the phone showed the message "Update successful".
I then went to change my display settings and found out that I still only had English and Chinese available...
Is there something I missed? Do you have any suggestions?
Right now the only thing I can think about is that maybe I shouldn't have used Zune to update. Should I try to roll back to 7740 with Zune, then update to 8107 using the Cab_Sender instead?
Thanks in advance.

Well, I got impatient so just tried to restore to the previous version using Zune...
Tried already 3 times, no particular error messages and everything seems to go fine. Yet at the end I always end up where I was, at 8107...
Am I stucked in here or is there something else I can try?
Any way of getting my phone back to 7720, or any idea of whether that would help me solve my problem ?
Having Spanish support is much more important than getting future updates... so that's not an issue...

CAB-sender takes a backup (technically "restore point") using the same mechanism that Zune does. If you didn't back up your older restore points, they were overwritten.
I'd suggest just flashing a European stock ROM. Here's a nice list of the ROMs for Radar phones: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Radar/Shipped_Roms. Make sure the device version matches (i.e. the TMoUS one probably won't work, though I don't know what hardware a Radar purchased by way of Japan will use).

GoodDayToDie said:
CAB-sender takes a backup (technically "restore point") using the same mechanism that Zune does. If you didn't back up your older restore points, they were overwritten.
I'd suggest just flashing a European stock ROM. Here's a nice list of the ROMs for Radar phones: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Radar/Shipped_Roms. Make sure the device version matches (i.e. the TMoUS one probably won't work, though I don't know what hardware a Radar purchased by way of Japan will use).
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Thank you so much for your reply; now:
- I understood what I did wrong (over-write my previous backups when I run CAB-sender...
- Have some hope to get it done.
My hardware is: HTC Radar C110e, but unfortunately I found no file matching my current Firmware/Bootloader:
- Firmware: 1600.2200.20301.708
- RadioSofware: 16.23.03.17_16.27.00.23
- Bootloader: 2.3.160015.3(134621)
So additional questions:
- If I get one of these European ROM's, will I get also the language packs delivered by default in the European region (which include the one I want, Spanish)?
- Will my phone be updatable through the regular Zune channel afterwards?
- Should I rather get the newest, oldest, or it doesn't matter? (assuming I'll get the updates normally)

Your questions, in order:
1. Yes. These are the ROMs which are distributed on retail phones, and should include the standard language set for Windows Phones (which I'm pretty certain includes Spanish for the European phones, although I've never checked).
2. Yes. Flashing a stock ROM will make the phone behave exactly as though you'd bought it with that ROM, and it should work with Zune like any other Windows phone (including being updatable).
3. I suggest going with the newest ROM on that list, because it has the same major version number for its bootloader (2) and same revision version number for its radio (03). This reduces the risk of it not flashing correctly for some reason. That ROM is also 7740, so it will need fewer updates after flashing.
Do keep your restore point handy, in case the flash fails for whatever reason, but it shouldn't be needed. You can try recovering older restore points using the "Previous Versions" feature of Windows (requires Volume Shadow Copy service to not be disabled, and System Restore to be enabled for you user-profile disk and set to backup user files as well as system files).
Flashing a European ROM really seems like the best bet, though. You'll need to start the phone into SPL (bootloader) mode, which I believe requires turning off the phone, pressing and holding the Volume Down button, and turning it on again. You should see a screen with bands of color and info about your SPL in yellow text. At the bottom will be black text saying "Serial". Plug the phone into the computer. It will install some drivers (automatically, on Vista or later; on XP you may need to do this manually) and then the text at the bottom of the phone's screen should change to "USB". At that point, you can run the ROM Update Utility (RUU) that should have come packaged with the ROM image.

Thanks again for your precious help. It seems that's exactly what I need.
Now, sorry for asking again, but after a few hours I still couldn't find a suitable RUU... The links you gave me previously pointed to the ROM images only, any idea of where can I find "the RUU packed with those images"? Or "how to pack them myself"?
I did find a few threads in xda with a link to a RUU (here) , but it's only for the oldest version. Then they provide additional ROM images (.nbh), but it's not clear to me how can I pack those into a RUU.
Finally, I did find this other thread where someone was kind of explaining how to do it, but it seems the OP didn't even get it to work to begin with, so it doesn't feel reassuring...
Any further guidance would be appreciated.

I'm afraid you've reached the limits of my knowledge of such things. The only time I've manually flashed anything, the download came as a packaged RUU "installer" (basically just a self-unpacking archive, so far as I can tell) and included simple instructions for using it. If you tell me what file(s) your download contained, I could try to tell you how to lay them out like my phone has it, but I'm hesitant because I really don't know the intricacies of RUU.
I'm guessing you already checked the Radar forums? Alternatively, if you look at the threads for the other ROM downloads, at least some of them start with RUU and end with .EXE (which is how my download came) instead of starting with IMG and ending with .NBH (my download included some NBH files, though). Maybe grab one of the RUU bundles, run it, watch what files it extracts, and then replace the NBH file with the one you already downloaded? I can't promise this will work, but it's worth a shot.

GoodDayToDie said:
I'm afraid you've reached the limits of my knowledge of such things. The only time I've manually flashed anything, the download came as a packaged RUU "installer" (basically just a self-unpacking archive, so far as I can tell) and included simple instructions for using it. If you tell me what file(s) your download contained, I could try to tell you how to lay them out like my phone has it, but I'm hesitant because I really don't know the intricacies of RUU.
I'm guessing you already checked the Radar forums? Alternatively, if you look at the threads for the other ROM downloads, at least some of them start with RUU and end with .EXE (which is how my download came) instead of starting with IMG and ending with .NBH (my download included some NBH files, though). Maybe grab one of the RUU bundles, run it, watch what files it extracts, and then replace the NBH file with the one you already downloaded? I can't promise this will work, but it's worth a shot.
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Well, thank you in any case for your kindness and having taken me here.
I think I'm ready to try … Just made up my mind to go in the following order:
1) Give a shot to the original RUU file (even though it has an old build of my phone); then hope that Zune updates come as you said they would (my phone unbranded phone came out of the box with Mango 7720 and it took only a few minutes to get the latest version).
2) If updates don't come, try to modify the RUU file with the newer ROM to see if I have better chance...
I'll be back to report what happened.

Well, I tried both the old and the newer ROMs, and:
- on the good side: my phone didn't get killed in the process
- on the bad side: I get an error message saying "ERROR [294] : INVALID VENDER ID" no matter what...
The ReadMe file says:
One of these error messages will appear when you use the wrong RUU to do the upgrade. RUU will check if the Model ID and Language ID are compatible with the device. Make sure you use the appropriate RUU tool to upgrade.​
So I guess I'm slowly reaching a dead end... Someone has any further suggestions???

any updates here ?

[FOTA][UNTESTED][DOWNLOAD] SM-T337A Latest Update File

Note: None of these files have been tested mainly because I want to keep root on my device. If someone (preferably a recognized developer) can confirm that you can still root the device on this update, I will edit the thread to appear safe to novice/semi-inexperienced users. Because I haven't tested these files, I'm gonna assume its a January security patch.
Here I have pulled the latest FOTA update for the SM-T337A. I know right, I thought this device would never get another update, but it did! Down below I have uploaded the original, untouched .CFG update file and my own compiled .ZIP update file. Not that any of them are different, but if one fails to flash, there's the other file to try.
New PDA Version: T337AUCU2BOH5
New CSC Version: T337AATT2BOH5
Bootloader Version: Bootloader V2 (So you can downgrade back to the BOH4 firmware)
Please feel free to ask any questions or report any problems down below.
EDIT: I will begin creating Odin packages for this update and release them in place of the zip files if/when they are completed.
--Download Links--
Original .CFG File: https://mega.nz/#!r940XJLB!OUne16ltPYkOqfNBbzA5W08f8LwvYT_os--agbGzFq4
Compiled .ZIP File: https://mega.nz/#!fkoW0JKB!aR2uZYlthtmW7Us0uBmP6-BZrmhKiJrRaVrbdkq-bx8
Cheers!

Thank you very much as always @KingOfTheNet , is there any chance you can make an Odin firmware file too, or would that require you taking the update (which I understand very much why you wouldn't want to, without knowing for sure)?
Also I shall mirror the update.zip file on AFH if you'd like (it doesn't accept cfg files)

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Thank you very much as always @KingOfTheNet , is there any chance you can make an Odin firmware file too, or would that require you taking the update (which I understand very much why you wouldn't want to, without knowing for sure)?
Also I shall mirror the update.zip file on AFH if you'd like (it doesn't accept cfg files)
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I'm 99% sure it's just a January security patch, so I'm not sure if it would be worth making an Odin file for it. If AT&T where to release a Marshmallow or Nougat update (which we all know isn't gonna happen) then I would make one for that. Making the Odin file for the Lollipop firmware took me like 4 months
Also feel free to mirror the file(s) to AFH, please be sure to credit me though, assuming they flash without issues. I didn't test it on mine because I want to keep root until I can verify that it can still be achieved on this new update. I'm just surprised AT&T is still updating this thing.
Cheers!

Do you have patch notes, what was fixed?
Thanks.

KGB7 said:
Do you have patch notes, what was fixed?
Thanks.
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I would imagine AT&T or Samsung would release them somewhere on their website. In my opinion, security updates are made to keep your device guarded against new root methods and viruses, which is exactly why I didn't flash the update myself, to keep root.