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has anyone tried or successfully rooted using gingerbreak. i dont have an inspire but know thats its a little complicated to root it but this it a new exploit so it should work

wheres a link or something ?
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mohkg said:
wheres a link or something ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
I'm already rooted running CM7 so I wouldn't be able to test this out.

Does anyone know of a reason this wouldn't work ?
I have a stock Inspire headed my way today and one way or another it is going to be rooted within an hour or so of it getting into my mitts !
Is there a SBF for the Inspire so I can reload the original ROM should things go south ?

To perm root this phone, the hboot(bootloader) has to be downgraded to take advantage of an exploitable one to get S-Off(nand lock) so radios and roms can be flashed. Gingerbreak only temp roots and doesn't attain s-off.
Search for the RUU, it's what's needed restore the stock unrooted rom.
Andy_Thatcher said:
Does anyone know of a reason this wouldn't work ?
I have a stock Inspire headed my way today and one way or another it is going to be rooted within an hour or so of it getting into my mitts !
Is there a SBF for the Inspire so I can reload the original ROM should things go south ?
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Downloading the Stock now, thank you !
Should have searched before asking.
Going to give it a go as I haven't seen anything written about it. Figure as long as I have a stock to get back to it can't do much harm, that and it will wipe the SD card which is handy as it is a used phone. I go through a few and some of the things people leave on their old phones amazes me. Can be amusing though !

[Q] Still says Desire HD after flashing stock rom :(

I to go get a new phone so I need to return it to stock. My buddy helped me and flashed the stock rom. Everything seems good except I have no audio and it still says Desire HD. I tried searching but couldn't find the answer. Can someone please guide me on what the heck to do. I'm about to break this phone lol

Focustom said:
I to go get a new phone so I need to return it to stock. My buddy helped me and flashed the stock rom. Everything seems good except I have no audio and it still says Desire HD. I tried searching but couldn't find the answer. Can someone please guide me on what the heck to do. I'm about to break this phone lol
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This thread might help...not sure...check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048626&highlight=still+says+Desire+HD

Nickovtyme said:
This thread might help...not sure...check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048626&highlight=still+says+Desire+HD
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Problem is I don't have root anymore. I really just need to get a new phone is my goal lol

You could search for Shortfuse + SuperOneClick here at XDA.
SuperOneClick will give you Temp Root on the Inspire...probably long enough to fix the issue and as soon as you reboot...the root will clear and nobody will know the difference.
I know SoC gives root long enough to enable sideloading on the Inspire...worth a shot.

Nickovtyme said:
You could search for Shortfuse + SuperOneClick here at XDA.
SuperOneClick will give you Temp Root on the Inspire...probably long enough to fix the issue and as soon as you reboot...the root will clear and nobody will know the difference.
I know SoC gives root long enough to enable sideloading on the Inspire...worth a shot.
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I tried but couldn't find a link. And I can't download anything from the market so I may be screwed in that. Will AT&T care if it says Desire HD?

superoneclick

Itll always say desire hd, its just like that its the same phone.

Edit the build. Props. In system folder. Use root explorer, gotta buy it tho
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hyun18 said:
Itll always say desire hd, its just like that its the same phone.
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I need to take it to AT&T though.

P00t said:
Edit the build. Props. In system folder. Use root explorer, gotta buy it tho
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Market doesn't work for me for some reason tried to fixed it but no avail.

It sounds to me like you unrooted it but left the downgrade ROM on it. If so, you'll now need to get the official HTC RUU (Ace Cingular US) and run that to restore it to stock AT&T.
Get it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=917762

its says desire HD in stock form out of the box I believe, so changing it to inspire 4g will be wrong(I'm 99%sure it says desire HD stock). Pull build.prop from factory ruu and see what it says

di11igaf said:
its says desire HD in stock form out of the box I believe, so changing it to inspire 4g will be wrong(I'm 99%sure it says desire HD stock). Pull build.prop from factory ruu and see what it says
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A friend just bought an Inspire and asked.me about that. His bluetooth set saw it as a desire hd.
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di11igaf said:
its says desire HD in stock form out of the box I believe, so changing it to inspire 4g will be wrong(I'm 99%sure it says desire HD stock). Pull build.prop from factory ruu and see what it says
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My stock Inspire says, HTC Inspire 4G. There is also a small TM to the right of Inspire, for trademark.
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TXRangerXDA said:
A friend just bought an Inspire and asked.me about that. His bluetooth set saw it as a desire hd.
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Mine does too, but I'm basing my advice on the fact that the OP mentioned that the audio didn't work either.

Even HTC sync sees my phone as a Desire HD, but the "about phone" info shows "HTC Inspire™ 4G"
Phone is still bone stock (aside from apps) BTW

and??lol
it says desire hd by default, its like that.
But you can change it too.

I got mine from at&t two weeks ago. And when it was stock, straight out of the store, under phone info it read Desire HD. You will be fine. Pinky promise.

I got a new one and it actually says Inspire lol

Focustom said:
I got a new one and it actually says Inspire lol
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Uhmm in where?? it says inspire on the labels, boxes etc but not on the software infos etc.

[Q] need help with s on?

i rooted using bubba 's gui got root and s off. I need to take phone back too att.
i tried using ace kit and the s on tool neither will turn s on . when using s on tool everything seems to work find except the power cycle emmc line says failed to load module no such directory. any thoughts about whats going on?

Check out the ace kit forum. I think I read something about that in there. That or soak the phone in water till you can no longer turn it on lol.
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Go into the bootloader and see if it still says s-off I had issues and thought it want working once then when I looked it said s-on
Sent through the power of Cthulhu!

What I did to turn the s-on back on was use bubbys one click to push the downgraded Rom to the phone again just like rooting but then run the s-on tool.
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cwhitney24 said:
Check out the ace kit forum. I think I read something about that in there. That or soak the phone in water till you can no longer turn it on lol.
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There ya go. A water-damaged phone is just as returnable as a non-water-damaged phone. Or not.
And I saw your lol next to it, but still, at least make it a workable alternative.

Thanks guys I appreciate it. I was going to return it to get an atrix, but I tried the the phone at the att store. I really didn't like it. I felt like I had to because the specs. But I'm more content with the inspire.
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Good choice. Many people returned the atrix for the inspire.
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I still can't get the -s on flag set on my Inspire 4g. I've tried it with the android terminal, adb shell, and bubby's S-ON tool. All of them appear to complete successfully, but I'm still seeing S-OFF in hboot.

I couldn't get anything to work either. I had to run bubbys one click to the point that it boots in the downgraded ROM. Once it booted into the downgraded ROM, I ran the s on tool. Worked perfectly once I did that.
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ROOT Sensation

Alright I am a noob, I have legit looked everywhere but all I have been able to do is find noobproof rooting methods and those won't work for me!! I had an LG optimus one and I rooted it simply using the app Gingerbreak, flashed a whatchamacallit recovery thingy......and installed cyanogenmod. I forget exactly what I did. See I am really new to all this. Basically can someone tell me what is so different between rooting an optimus one and a sensation? and can someone direct me to a post that DOES have a simple way to root, or at least take the time to write one here? I would appreciate it EXTREMELY MUCH.
Thanks!

Search revolutionary.io on Google, download it and run it, its pretty easy
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ssojyeti2 said:
Search revolutionary.io on Google, download it and run it, its pretty easy
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I agree all you need is your hboot and serial #, the program does the rest.
http://revolutionary.io/
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charlieb620 said:
I agree all you need is your hboot and serial #, the program does the rest.
http://revolutionary.io/
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But then you lose your warranty, right?
How hard is it to go back to stock?

Paul22000 said:
But then you lose your warranty, right?
How hard is it to go back to stock?
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Flash tmo stock ruu and your fine.
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charlieb620 said:
Flash tmo stock ruu and your fine.
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This turns S-ON and keeps Root?

Paul22000 said:
This turns S-ON and keeps Root?
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It will make it completely stock out the box...NO ROOT
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So basically all I do is download the revolutionary thing, run it, and then I need clockmoderecovery right? I saw a walkthrough on how to do all that and it required me going into terminal and everything and typing in a lot of codes and whatnot...

dragonnson said:
So basically all I do is download the revolutionary thing, run it, and then I need clockmoderecovery right? I saw a walkthrough on how to do all that and it required me going into terminal and everything and typing in a lot of codes and whatnot...
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Yep
After s off download and put this file on your sd card
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3XJEHM9A
Boot into recovery(vol down+power button)let it do its thing u will have the newest cwm, than boot into recovery,than flash a rom of choice
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I was like you just yesterday but lost my virginity last night ( as far as rooting goes). It's super easy to do. Check on YouTube there are vids that show you step by step how to do it. I didn't want to root my sensation before cause I didn't know anything about it. But last night I just did it and my current rom ( android revolution HD 3.6.1) is beyond amazing. People who don't root have NO idea what they're missing. It's a must. Anyway you have to use the revolutionary method to get S-off. Getting S-off doesn't mean you're rooted it "just" mean you have an unlocked boot loader and you can achieve root. But yeah check the vids on YouTube just type how to s-off and root sensation and follow the exact same step. When you're all done, check on YouTube again how to flash a rom, you will b a pro in no time!

Thanks!! yeah I did root my optimus one like I said and flashed cyanogenmod but my phone stopped receiving texts as soon as I did...I thought it was the fact that I rooted it, but in fact it was cuz I didn't pay my phone bill for two months so i was afraid of rooting after that for fear that it might happen again. But yes, so,
where does busybox and superuser fit into all of this?? I recall when i rooted my optimus one superuser appeared on my phone...and I had to download busybox separately. Is busybox necessary for flashing certain roms??

where does busybox and superuser fit into all of this?? I recall when i rooted my optimus one superuser appeared on my phone...and I had to download busybox separately. Is busybox necessary for flashing certain roms??[/QUOTE]
You can download both from Android Apps. Sometimes when trying to download an app (eg.Titanium Backup) it will ask if you want to load busybox or superuser. It is not very difficult.

charlieb620 said:
Flash tmo stock ruu and your fine.
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You've said flash with a t-mo stock rom to restore, this same t-mo stock rom, wouldn't happen to have smartwifi within it by chance?
Cheers

I can't get over how simple rooting and flashing a custom ROM really is.
Took all of twenty minutes including downloading all the files, I'm now S-OFFed and running ARHD 3.6.1 with the recommended radio and my phone is absolutely flying - Quadrant benches of 2800+.
And as above, if I ever need to go back to stock I can either restore the backup I made when flashing the ROM, or flash a stock RUU and job done.

Jedi2011 said:
I can't get over how simple rooting and flashing a custom ROM really is.
Took all of twenty minutes including downloading all the files, I'm now S-OFFed and running ARHD 3.6.1 with the recommended radio and my phone is absolutely flying - Quadrant benches of 2800+.
And as above, if I ever need to go back to stock I can either restore the backup I made when flashing the ROM, or flash a stock RUU and job done.
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Right, the issue is covering ALL your traces for warranty purposes, ie if something goes wrong physically (internally) with the phone.

I keep getting invalid beta key but I am entering it exactly.

70challenger said:
I keep getting invalid beta key but I am entering it exactly.
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I is different from l and 1. Copy then Paste it into the window by clicking the icon in the top left > edit > paste. Lots of people had the same problem.
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Jimmah555 said:
I is different from l and 1. Copy then Paste it into the window by clicking the icon in the top left > edit > paste. Lots of people had the same problem.
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thanks, was driving me nuts

There's a good guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300

Paul22000 said:
Right, the issue is covering ALL your traces for warranty purposes, ie if something goes wrong physically (internally) with the phone.
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Read section 5 of the n00b-proof guide and you'll get everything on how to go back to 100% stock (S-ON, no root, etc)

please help me ICS

hi there i am i girl who loves gadgets now need some help with the OTA to android 4
i have a sensation which my ex rooted and de branded for me (he was the one who did all these type of things as i'm not geek enough to do myself ) it was orange and now it's stock 1.45.401.2 with a CID of orang001. Before we broke up he said he was going to update my phone to android 4 but never got round to it, now on the HTC facebook page i see some people have got an OTA update but why haven't i?
i live in the UK and thought i'd we would have it by now. when i go into setting and search for update the phone says it's up to date
when i power it down and hold the volume down the screen goes white and says
HBOOT 1.17.1111
Radio 10.14.9035.01_M
S-Off
what am i doing wrong? i want android 4!!!

Then the 'search' function on this forum will be Your next boyfriend.
Good luck with him
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Find my post will help out
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craven667 said:
Find my post will help out
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if you can't simply answer my question have you got a link to your post?

hot gadget girl said:
hi there i am i girl who loves gadgets now need some help with the OTA to android 4
i have a sensation which my ex rooted and de branded for me (he was the one who did all these type of things as i'm not geek enough to do myself ) it was orange and now it's stock 1.45.401.2 with a CID of orang001. Before we broke up he said he was going to update my phone to android 4 but never got round to it, now on the HTC facebook page i see some people have got an OTA update but why haven't i?
i live in the UK and thought i'd we would have it by now. when i go into setting and search for update the phone says it's up to date
when i power it down and hold the volume down the screen goes white and says
HBOOT 1.17.1111
Radio 10.14.9035.01_M
S-Off
what am i doing wrong? i want android 4!!!
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The best advice you can get is probably this: wait a little longer for OFFICIAL ICS which will be pushed via the update. Since it will be official, and via the update, it will be delivered ready to go straight from HTC.
Beware: if you start delving into these forums just to get ICS, you are in for a ride of your life. If you are not into this kind of "fun", i would recommend just waiting for official, which is just hours/days away.

benyben123 said:
The best advice you can get is probably this: wait a little longer for OFFICIAL ICS which will be pushed via the update. Since it will be official, and via the update, it will be delivered ready to go straight from HTC.
Beware: if you start delving into these forums just to get ICS, you are in for a ride of your life. If you are not into this kind of "fun", i would recommend just waiting for official, which is just hours/days away.
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Thank you taking the time to answer my question with something helpful i thought i was going to be stuck on gingerbread forever because my ex unlocked it

It's in general hun I am on cell so hard to post link I will bump it to the top for you
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I think that if your s-off and rooted you will not be able to upgrade official ics
Which might cause a soft brick not sure perhaps someone confirm this..
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No you can't ota but you can update follow my post and you'll be fine
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Beware: if you start delving into these forums just to get ICS, you are in for a ride of your life.
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Not at all. It's pretty easy:
S-Off/Root
Flash new Firmware
Flash New Rom
Each step has detailed guides and can be accomplished in 20 to 25 minutes each - the firmware only taking 3 minutes. Just make sure you follow directions, carefully. As in, really, very carefully. If you're unsure of something, don't do it.

That's reach, guys......
So many replies and none specific.... Why to bother answering at all???
To get ICS OTA you need to be stock. S-off does not matter, root also.
Has to have a stock recovery and 1.50.401.1 for original or 1.73.401.4 for XE.
Although, if you want to install custom ICS, you have to read Dev section for specific requirements of the ROM of your choice....I read a lot good reviews for almost all of the ICS ROMS.
And here is something to keep in mind:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23427200&postcount=1
Otherwise EddyOS will be really upset...LOL
Have to find a RUU for your particular phone and flush it to bring everything back to original condition (will be un-rooted, but S-off will remain).
Good luck!!!

Keep in mind eddy won't help you if you get stuck he will tell you search or use google lol
That what he did fix my self and posted how here is link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542555
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sshede said:
Not at all. It's pretty easy:
S-Off/Root
Flash new Firmware
Flash New Rom
Each step has detailed guides and can be accomplished in 20 to 25 minutes each - the firmware only taking 3 minutes. Just make sure you follow directions, carefully. As in, really, very carefully. If you're unsure of something, don't do it.
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Im a noob a total noob and achieved ics whitout any complication however i did alot of reading to make sure ...
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craven667 said:
Keep in mind eddy won't help you if you get stuck he will tell you search or use google lol
That what he did fix my self and posted how here is link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542555
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You really are bitter about it all aren't you? You do realise not everyone on here knows me don't you? I'll gladly help when needed but using Google does save a lot of hassle and should be encouraged.
To the OP: I'm on my phone so can't link to my thread (which is written in proper English) but it lays out the steps needed to get ICS. But it is for those on the EU handsets just so you know
EDIT: here's the link (worked out how to copy in the xda app) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23427200
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OK FIRST OFF LET ME MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR...
I like gadgets but I'm in no way interested in plugging cables in my phone and doing the technical stuff. Don't tell me to read or learn from the forum's. I have no interest in it. I just asked a simple question...
Also don't sent me private messages either professing what a guy like you could do for me for me, have some respect. I won't name and shame you as unlike half you horrid little no-lifers, I have what's known as class.

Not sure you're doing anything wrong. As far as I can tell, only Vodafone sensations in the UK have had an OTA update. The rest of us who still have stock ROMs are not-so-patiently waiting.
SF
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hot gadget girl said:
OK FIRST OFF LET ME MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR...
I like gadgets but I'm in no way interested in plugging cables in my phone and doing the technical stuff. Don't tell me to read or learn from the forum's. I have no interest in it. I just asked a simple question...
Also don't sent me private messages either professing what a guy like you could do for me for me, have some respect. I won't name and shame you as unlike half you horrid little no-lifers, I have what's known as class.
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Bottom line, you can't update to ICS unless someone follows some steps on the forum to either A: Return the RUU to stock or B: Flashes an ICS Rom for you.
He sounds like a smart guy, too bad it didn't workout.
You may have someone in a circle of friends that's familiar with rooting etc. Hit them up to do the labor.

shahkam said:
Im a noob a total noob and achieved ics whitout any complication however i did alot of reading to make sure ...
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That's awesome man. So many people think this stuff's hard because they didn't read the guides.

Drewstein said:
Bottom line, you can't update to ICS unless someone follows some steps on the forum to either A: Return the RUU to stock or B: Flashes an ICS Rom for you.
He sounds like a smart guy, too bad it didn't workout.
You may have someone in a circle of friends that's familiar with rooting etc. Hit them up to do the labor.
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I have a question... my phone is stock the RUU as you've called it is from HTC. I downloaded an app "CID Getter" from Play/Market and it tells me my ROM is 1.45.401.2 which if I'm correct is official. My CID is orang001 then as i scroll down it says main CID HTC_001 so why has this not updated to 1.50.401.1 for example?

hot gadget girl said:
OK FIRST OFF LET ME MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR...
Also don't sent me private messages either professing what a guy like you could do for me for me, have some respect. I won't name and shame you as unlike half you horrid little no-lifers, I have what's known as class.
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Ha ha ha!!! That's a new one!!!! Hitting on the girl over PM!!!!
Not enough Match dot com or ChristianMingle..... ROFLMAO!!!!!!!
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shahkam said:
Im a noob a total noob and achieved ics whitout any complication however i did alot of reading to make sure ...
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Same here.... All of my devices were modified with the help of Google, XDA and some other sites. Cool visual aid on the YouTube. For all the time I been here, I asked maybe 5 questions..... when I got real brain dead and couldn't figure out on my own.... So, read, read until your eyes bleed.... and then read some more....LOL