New to nexus s (roms and kernels) - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just wondering...have a nexuss from att. Rooted and cwm 3 installed. What is the button combo to get into recovery and is it OK to just flash any rom now?
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Download rom manager to update you cwm. From rom manager reboot into recovery or turn off you phone, then back on while holding volume + button. You should boot into recovery

Emhalwis said:
Download rom manager to update you cwm. From rom manager reboot into recovery or turn off you phone, then back on while holding volume + button. You should boot into recovery
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So can I install any rom though?
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Yep. Don't forget to wipe date/ cache and dalvik cache when installing new rom. It beats getting stuck at Google logo trying to figure out why the phone isn't booting.

Cool. Any suggestions on what roms are good?
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Personally. I like miui , but there are a lot of good roms. Cyanogen has many features. Many of them are fast. But to me, nothing beats miui in terms of themes and simplicity.

Super osr is the best rom
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Emhalwis said:
Personally. I like miui , but there are a lot of good roms. Cyanogen has many features. Many of them are fast. But to me, nothing beats miui in terms of themes and simplicity.
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Yep miui y the best ever rom created on terms of the user interface does why i want a nexus s because on my vibrant is the battery life is terrible.
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Also im wanting to use ext4 partitioning (lagfix). Is this done automatically or is there some kind of app to use? Ive got the latest recovery. Over in the cappy forums we just went into recovery to enable it. Anyway the question presents itself.

Cyanogen mod 7. Most stable custom ROM for me.
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So anybody know how to Ger ext4?
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NSCollab if you want many features, Its stable and fast. If you want speed, great battery life with minimum features get Oxygen, It's really good.

For me, it's a tossup between Oxygen 2.2.2 and MIUI (Brainmaster).
Oxygen is no-nonsense speed and MIUI is like a brand new phone.
I'm currently alternating between the two and will probably stay with MIUI until Ice Cream comes out.

tylercarter said:
So anybody know how to Ger ext4?
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MIUI - for a unique experience
CM7 - For soo many features and speed.
Oxygen/SuperOsr for Stock with Speed and battery.

tylercarter said:
So anybody know how to Ger ext4?
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i know that you got youre answer already. but, so that everyone else thats reading this thread, looking for an answer, gets an answer, the nexus s IS ext4 already. you dont have to do anything. the ext4 file system is native to the nexus s.

Miui is for people still in the closet. They haven't come out and confessed their gay love for Apple yet.
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I like superosr mainly because cool transition / animation effects

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[ROM] Cyanogenmod 7.1 Nightly-Unofficial HTC DREAM

I've compiled Cyanogenmod rom from source for Dream and Magic and I want to share.
I want to thank farmatito for his kernel.
Now on Dream the rom seems ok.
I have DangerSPL and it's necessary because of system size.
Links to download the rom and the gapps are in the first post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106091
flash it at your own risk and all comments are useful!
EARLY ALPHA STAGE, UNSUPPORTED, UNOFFICIAL AND MAYBE IT WILL NOT WORK ON YOUR DEVICE. TESTED ONLY ON FEW PHONES.
When I'll build new version I'll upload here.
does it work on 2.22.27.08/1.33.0013?
doesn't work on new radio waited 10 minutes too see if something would happen nothing did any help
jumpman707 said:
doesn't work on new radio waited 10 minutes too see if something would happen nothing did any help
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Wouldn't it work with it since its using farmatito kernel?
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can u please post the screenshot!!!!!
mahroze said:
can u please post the screenshot!!!!!
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there are some photos in the magic's thread also of the Dream
i'll will give it a try tommorow,
just have the g1 for one week, still searching for a good/fast/stable gb rom
the G1 is fun to flash
Does not work on G1/Dream.
Wiped and Super-wiped twice
Flashed Rom
Flashed Kernel (Farmatito)
Flashed Gapps
Stuck on T-Mobile G1 boot screen
What is your setup?
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i got it to boot up all you need is to flash the COS kernel in the green ROM project thread and then flash gapps and it should boot up . hope to see some more developments
super wipe
flash ROM
flash COS kernel
flash gapps
reboot
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What is your setup?
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here's a screen of my spl and radio (taken from the magic's thread screenshots)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19990890/screenshots/IMG_20110615_091345.jpg
jumpman707 said:
i got it to boot up all you need is to flash the COS kernel in the green ROM project thread and then flash gapps and it should boot up . hope to see some more developments
super wipe
flash ROM
flash COS kernel
flash gapps
reboot
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Thanks. This is amazing rom. It is butter smooth (though I did my own settings.)
I removed the unnecessary apps from Gapps. It gave more free system rom.
CompCache 26%, Jit-off, Dith-off, Purging -off, VM-24, CPU: Max-576, Min-346.
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dilwaladoctor said:
Thanks. This is amazing rom. It is butter smooth (though I did my own settings.)
I removed the unnecessary apps from Gapps. It gave more free system rom.
CompCache 26%, Jit-off, Dith-off, Purging -off, VM-24, CPU: Max-576, Min-346.
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Is the BT working for you?
dilwaladoctor said:
Thanks. This is amazing rom. It is butter smooth (though I did my own settings.)
I removed the unnecessary apps from Gapps. It gave more free system rom.
CompCache 26%, Jit-off, Dith-off, Purging -off, VM-24, CPU: Max-576, Min-346.
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Is the BT working for you?
sada23 said:
Is the BT working for you?
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No Bluetooth is not working. Also this Rom doesn't have APP2SD and APP2EXT.
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Solved APP2EXT problem by downloading S2E app from the market. Now almost whole internal is free.
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This rom is way faster than other Ginger bread roms. Pure Cyanogen Mod experience after all. It reminds me of the excitement I had when I first flashed Cyanogen Mod 6.
Excellent work Jordan. Two thumbs up.
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dilwaladoctor said:
This rom is way faster than other Ginger bread roms. Pure Cyanogen Mod experience after all. It reminds me of the excitement I had when I first flashed Cyanogen Mod 6.
Excellent work Jordan. Two thumbs up.
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Guys,
I tweaked this ROM a bit and I am now able to get the BT working.
I have informed Jordan about my tweaks. I think he will incorporate them in the next build or look into them.
Update:
Tweaked the ROM a bit more to add app2sd to it and it is working good now.
dilwaladoctor said:
This rom is way faster than other Ginger bread roms. Pure Cyanogen Mod experience after all. It reminds me of the excitement I had when I first flashed Cyanogen Mod 6.
Excellent work Jordan. Two thumbs up.
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time for me to check it out
update:
for me i had to flash the COS-Stock-2.6.36.4_EzTerry_05032011.zip
update:
whoohoo the best gingerbread i have flashed, i thougt it would be not possible for the g1!!!
thanks jordan!
sada23 said:
Guys,
I tweaked this ROM a bit and I am now able to get the BT working.
I have informed Jordan about my tweaks. I think he will incorporate them in the next build or look into them.
Update:
Tweaked the ROM a bit more to add app2sd to it and it is working good now.
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When will it be available for us?
I have an issue: can not connect with GPS
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What would be the best rom?

Which rom should I flash to my nexus? CM7 or is there a better one? I'm all about speed and flexibility.
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Honestly there is no "best" rom. Some like cm7 the best, some like stock the best, some like rom xxx or yyy the best.
You will get 100 different answers if you ask 100 people. The best rom is the one that works best for YOU. Honestly what I would do is (assuming you already flashed cwm recovery) back a backup of your current setup, flash a different rom and try it out. Don't like it? Restore your backup. Try different rom/kernel combinations and see what works best for you and your phone. There is no "best" overall, just whats best for you.
Yea its best to experiment with all of the different roms and kernels then find what you like best.
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I'm using Miui 1.7.1/netarchy 1.3.4 cfs and its very snappy.
I'm using MIUI 1.7.1 also but I have Netarchy 1.3.6 on mine overclocked to 1.2gh and my phone is very fast with good battery life.
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there is no best rom, its all about preference. with many roms to flash, you could try and see what works for you. to me, i got hooked on miui 1.7.1 and netarchy kernel.
the beauty about NS is you will find many roms for it, have fun with it
A good indicator is to see: "Nexus S Android Development" forum,
there are the officiale rom thread, you can see the most popular rom there (number of posts per thread).
It's not an answer but an indicator of the popularity.
Thanks to all of you for your input. Looks like i'll try Miui with the netrachy kernal. Let y'all know how it goes.
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modman1502 said:
Thanks to all of you for your input. Looks like i'll try Miui with the netrachy kernal. Let y'all know how it goes.
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its kernel not kernal
Oxygen is pretty lightweight and has CM7ish like features
using Oxygen + Netarchy

Got my galaxy 3 today,whats next? :-)

Ok,i already rooted it.but i need to find a way to install recovery and flash kernels.im experienced android user,flashed my x8 all day and really knew everything about that phone.i just need to figure g3 out.i think its not that hard
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First find the flashing tools. It can be found after you download a rom as its included in the file you downloaded, or just search google for i5800 odin i think. Then, head over to the g3mod thread and download g3mod kernel v2.2.2. 2.3 has some bugs with the recovery i believe, so currently stick with 2.2.2. Then download the tar file of the oc or non-oc, then open odin as admin, select the ops file, and tick one package and select the g3mod tar file you downloaded. Then boot your phone to download mode, using vol down+home+power buttons. Then connect your phone to the com and click start. However, pls make sure you have downloaded kies and installed phone drivers and make sure you computer can detect your phone and you csn transfer stuff to and fro your com before this. Head over to the use odin for dummies thread. May have the files you need not sure xD. I'll try to find the things for you
Edit: yup its in the guide to use odin in the general section
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Thanks and also.wich rom is the best? And kernel? I really need to know this.thanks
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DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Thanks and also.wich rom is the best? And kernel? I really need to know this.thanks
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For me i like fugumod ultra. But its your own preference for rom, i love kyorarom. Use alpha 7 . Flash kyorarom 4.0, then update thru cwm using alpha 6 zip file then update to alpha 7 using the zip file thru cwm.
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HI
Congratulations! this is a beautiful fone!
All ROMS have their Advantages and disadvantages, some are most stock & stable, some are very fast, other have a lot of features, etc. Depends on what you want, There is only one way to find out. Try them all. I personally use Kyorarom.
Other than what you already know, my phone explorer software & client is very handy and indispensible.
You may check my ROM also. Based on DDJP6 with ICS touch!
Kyrillos ROM is very nice and we're expecting an huge update from kyrillos (the dev) maybe GB, it's like everything "wait and see" .
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Yeah,i heard kyrillos has a very good rom.so did someone try ics ports? Are they smooth in scrolling? I think ill try kyrillos rom or kyorarom.only request i have is no touchwiz.look.i really dont like it.i more like Cyanogen,or even stock gingerbread look.
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I'm using CyanogenMod 7. It's the only AOSP gingerbread ROM and is still in an Alpha stage so it has some problems.
Check all ROMs. Flash everything. Well start from Froyo ROMs. DutchMods, Vivek s etc. And then move to CM7. Well CM7 is the fastest. And in few days, Alpha 7 will be released with most of the things fixed. Now CM7.1 alpha 7 after releasing, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
dhirend_6d said:
Check all ROMs. Flash everything. Well start from Froyo ROMs. DutchMods, Vivek s etc. And then move to CM7. Well CM7 is the fastest. And in few days, Alpha 7 will be released with most of the things fixed. Now CM7.1 alpha 7 after releasing, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Why should i start from froyo?
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DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Why should i start from froyo?
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Well its my suggestion. Most ROMs for now are Froyo based. And many of them are pretty good. You know just to get a feel of everything. But that s just me. You can start with CM7 too.
dhirend_6d said:
Well its my suggestion. Most ROMs for now are Froyo based. And many of them are pretty good. You know just to get a feel of everything. But that s just me. You can start with CM7 too.
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Well,i loove cyanogenmod and gingerbread.isnt kyrillos rom and kyorarom based on gingerbread?
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DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Well,i loove cyanogenmod and gingerbread.isnt kyrillos rom and kyorarom based on gingerbread?
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Nope they are froyo based ROMS. The next Kyrillos ROM will be based on CyanogenMod 7.
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[Solved] Remove thread requested

I have been running Elite Mod and then gummy nex for over a month now I believe but now the flashing junkie inside of me is coming out and I'm urged to see what other development is going on. So what is everybody running these days? I wanna try something new for a while. I was thinking about the ICS MIUI or swamp goblins dianxin port that is similar to it, I love the MIUI look and style. I know that I will in fact end up going back to GummyNex after a while I just wanna check something else out for a bit and calm my flashing urges. Lol. So any opinions?
Edit: Flashed a couple other roms and needed around with them for a bit. Decided none could live up to Gummy so I went back. Lol. Anyways. This thread is now useless. Mods please delete.
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I was also on gummy and coudnt go back to other roms, until I tried codename android 1.2.. believe me, i tried allll ICS roms that are out now and codename android is the BEST OF THE BEST!!!
Give it a try!
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thegtfusion said:
I was also on gummy and coudnt go back to other roms, until I tried codename android 1.2.. believe me, i tried allll ICS roms that are out now and codename android is the BEST OF THE BEST!!!
Give it a try!
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I think I might. What kernel are you running with it?
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thegtfusion said:
I was also on gummy and coudnt go back to other roms, until I tried codename android 1.2.. believe me, i tried allll ICS roms that are out now and codename android is the BEST OF THE BEST!!!
Give it a try!
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Im using gummy now. I think its the best both on stabilty and buterly smothness. Ive tried tried codename android but it have some weird lags in drawer and some apps so icame back again in gummynex rom.
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Im using the latest of Peter Alfonso with Matr1x 15.0 cfs kernel and im completly satisfied with it.

Whats a good ROM and setup for the Verizon galaxy s3

So I've flashed a couple ROMs and I'm having bad luck with them. I've tried everything possible to fix the issues and no luck. So I'm just curious to see what ROMs everyone else is using and what setup they have so I can try them out. Thanks!!
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Clean rom 5.0
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I'm currently running jelly beans build 5 by beanstown and loving it. I just flashed imo's lean kernel 1 so I will see how that goes but I give this ROM 2 thumbs up. What type problems are you having. Are you doing full wipes and are you on the latest radios. If it is the media drain for the battery you have to let it all settle in. I always do a full wipe flash the ROM then reboot. I then wait 5 to 10 min after it first loads before I even touch it. Then I set it all up. Hope this helps some
Been running Liquid Smooth for a day and love it. May I am glad I came back to Android from iSheep.
Liquid smooth and loving it
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nyhunter said:
Liquid smooth and loving it
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JB factory image would be ideal for stability I think but unfortunately availability is limited right now.
mikeman45 said:
I'm currently running jelly beans build 5 by beanstown and loving it. I just flashed imo's lean kernel 1 so I will see how that goes but I give this ROM 2 thumbs up. What type problems are you having. Are you doing full wipes and are you on the latest radios. If it is the media drain for the battery you have to let it all settle in. I always do a full wipe flash the ROM then reboot. I then wait 5 to 10 min after it first loads before I even touch it. Then I set it all up. Hope this helps some
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I was running beans5 too. i loved it as well. it is almost like the perfect marriage of aosp and TW.( you have the TW features with the aosp appearence) only my phone kept locking with sms. so i am running galaxymod now and it is great.
I've flashed beans town build 5 I've tryed aokp,cm10,jelly wiz, and all them either had static while making calls or WiFi not working right or when I use certain apps it will open the app then just close out of the apps...before I flash them I do a factory reset then wipe cache/delvik cache then flash ROM and after phone boots up I let it set for 10 to 15 mins...and then I'll go back into recovery and wipe cache/delvik cache then do a fix permission and nothing seems to work.
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And I've tryed liquid smooth. I'm just looking for something that's official that I can use as a daily...I've got sick of all the issues and just flashed the official OTA de-odexed jellybean 4.1.1 update
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Can you send me a link to that ROM so I can try it out? And gapps if needed. Thank!
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The clean ROM 5.0
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+1 for cleanrom if you wnat a stable hybrid.
If you want a flawless dd go for a cleanrom. I'm running the lite edition currently but the 5.0 is just as good.
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androidbeast503 said:
I've flashed beans town build 5 I've tryed aokp,cm10,jelly wiz, and all them either had static while making calls or WiFi not working right or when I use certain apps it will open the app then just close out of the apps...before I flash them I do a factory reset then wipe cache/delvik cache then flash ROM and after phone boots up I let it set for 10 to 15 mins...and then I'll go back into recovery and wipe cache/delvik cache then do a fix permission and nothing seems to work.
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Have you tried flashing the latest radio? Are you restoring apps+data with Titanium Backup or another app or just apps?
I'm using Synergy R125 with Leankernel TW JB 1.0 using the latest radio and rpm, and stability and battery life are both excellent.
When I flashed the latest release I did the first clean flash I've done in a while when flashing the same ROM (overdue for it), I only restored apps (no data) from TiBu with a few exceptions. Also, though it won't help the issues you've had, I moved everything from my SD card to my computer, formatted the card, cleaned out some stuff and then coppied everything back to the SD card.
CleanROM?
How you guys get good battery life on CleanROM 5? It's a battery drain for me and it isn't the media server issue...
Been on Beans Build 5 for a week and it has been great. Battery life good as well. Couple of issues with Google Play Music, but other than that, Love it!
Beans build 5 with imo's lK 1.0 and I just got 18 hours of battery with 4 hours screen time and I was at 32%. I can't ask for anything more than that. I am very happy with this set up.
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Galaxy mod and mean lean jelly bean are both fanyastic. Super stable, fantastic battery life, silky smooth and fast.
Galaxy mod rls 9 comes out tonight. It will not disappoint.
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Yeah I've done all that...so idk...can you guys post links to your setups so I can download them, flash em and try em out please!? Thanks!
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Clean rom 5.0
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+1
My only hangup is that it's waaay quick. The fast animations are just fine but sometimes I do what I'm not trying to do... Does that make sense to anyone?
I get the best battery and I like the green. Synergy is awesome with similar battery but the Aroma installer and what I can pick is the lock!
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