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Hey guys! So a friend of mines wants me to root and upgrade his phone. He has a AT&T Infuse 4G and he's using it unlocked in Canada with Chatr as the carrier. Can someone give me a step by step or redirect me to a guide that i can use to root it and update it to the latest stable custom ROM? It's running official samsung 2.3 at the moment. I'm familiar with flashing roms and stuff so a basic overview would be enough. Also, some stable ROM recommendations would be helpful. One last thing, since it's from AT&T and he unlocked it to use it in Canada, will he have to unlock it again after this whole process? Thanks in advance.

If you go into the android Dev section and follow the cm10.2 install instructions you'll be fine it is very easy.
You wind up installing two Roms ICS then jelly bean
As for the being unlocked I have no clue I never had reason to unlock my wife's phone.
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Here is the link
Read the install direction they are straight forward.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776129
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Touchwiz 4.3 (VRUCML1/NC1) update discussion thread

DO YOU WANT 4.3 WITHOUT LOCKING YOUR BOOTLOADER OR KNOX? DO I HAVE A LITTLE TREAT FOR YOU: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2591895
We now have a safestrap! Mind you its an ALPHA and should be used with caution there are currently NO Roms that support it but it does have TWRP. So backups are possible. Read up and download here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2605648
Now that the 4.3 update is out the old thread isn't very accurate.
So I'm making this so we can talk about it!
Rules:
-No spamming
-Be nice
-HAVE FUN
DISCLAMER FOR TAKING THIS UPDATE: your bootloader will become perminantly locked after updating. So if you are fine with no more Roms or Kernels then update away. any rooting applications other then the one listed below will cause hard brick. any attempts to downgrade to MF! HARD BRICK
Some general info on the update rooting ROMs and such
Useful information:
Saferoot for rooting after 4.3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758&highlight=s3
What is "Knox": http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47800268
a good write up on the cons of 4.3 by our local CYanogenMod maintainer @invisiblek : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788313

First? Ha..ha...ha.
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so... if i go back to a stock rooted nan, i wont be able to go back to cm11?

Emoji Input
View Changes I don't like:
On/Off Button uses words "on and off" instead of the sign
Emojis have changed and they look worse than 4.1 (IMO)
Cannot swipe left (or right) to access lock screen camera (3rd app must do that)
No Swipe to Unlock with passcode on

smart--phone said:
View Changes I don't like:
On/Off Button uses words "on and off" instead of the sign
Emojis have changed and they look worse than 4.1 (IMO)
Cannot swipe left (or right) to access lock screen camera (3rd app must do that)
No Swipe to Unlock with passcode on
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More of a 4.3 thing
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Screenshots would be great. I don't have a clue what tw 4.3 looks like lol.

jamminjon82 said:
Screenshots would be great. I don't have a clue what tw 4.3 looks like lol.
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Not sure many actually "installed" the OTA, think most are waiting for beans and them to crack it open.

Aren't those guys all on the s4?
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cammykool said:
More of a 4.3 thing
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Yeah. Meant to change title. Oh well.

You may want to retitle this thread as "TW 4.3" since, you know, 4.3 existed on AOSP for some months.

Beans said on twitter that he hard bricked his s3
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jamminjon82 said:
Beans said on twitter that he hard bricked his s3
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Which means VZW probably has some trickery in this to permalock the bootloader, so be careful.

Can anybody please check what languages does 4.3 have and if they're any different from 4.1.2? As we won't have root as of now, I'm afraid to lose support of one specific language enabled by Language Enabler. Thanks in advance!

Well this is great news. Maybe i'll run it over the holidays for the Camera. Can't wait to see what our great Devs can do with this!

Chris123NT said:
Which means VZW probably has some trickery in this to permalock the bootloader, so be careful.
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great, permalocked bootloader . The Sprint and T-mobile versions were cracked though...

Someone said delete the new boot loader in the update zip, that's what they had to with the old Motorola.
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CisternaChyli said:
great, permalocked bootloader . The Sprint and T-mobile versions were cracked though...
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Sprint and TMobile are never locked. Just Verizon and ATT. This is basically same as S4 and it has never been unlocked. They are blowing Q-Fuses like old Moto.
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kirkwoodlucas said:
Someone said delete the new boot loader in the update zip, that's what they had to with the old Motorola.
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Think there is something also in the TZ partition if I remember right.

prdog1 said:
Sprint and TMobile are never locked. Just Verizon and ATT. This is basically same as S4 and it has never been unlocked. They are blowing Q-Fuses like old Moto.
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Think there is something also in the TZ partition if I remember right.
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yeah there is a check in the trustzone I believe
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I wonder who else is going to try and install it

So seeing that Beans hardbricked his S3, is the only way to unroot back to stock, re-lock the bootloader, and then get the update?

saldomontoya said:
So seeing that Beans hardbricked his S3, is the only way to unroot back to stock, re-lock the bootloader, and then get the update?
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Pretty much. I tried to update and it failed. I'm rooted on stock TW and unlocked. Tried a few things and I can't even get back to a stock unrooted rom
I guess I'll wait for a rooted rom.

[Q] Downgrade from 4.3

I just updated my samsung galaxy s3 to jellybean 4.3 and really don't like the update. I would like to revert back to the official stock firmware that came before this 4.3 update. Can anyone tell me where I can download the firmware? Unfortunately all the links I found were not working.

From what I understand, the new bootloader included in the update makes reversion impossible.

As of today, attempting to revert will brick you.
As of tomorrow, who knows?
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Thank you for preventing a bigger problem with my phone!
QUOTE=bobloblaw1;48639313]As of today, attempting to revert will brick you.
As of tomorrow, who knows?
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That didn't take long.
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is KNOX in the 4.3 rom?
if so, it is impossible to revert, at least so far.
some ppl tried it with Samsung engineers but they said the main board need to be replaced for revert.

rhplusa10 said:
is KNOX in the 4.3 rom?
if so, it is impossible to revert, at least so far.
some ppl tried it with Samsung engineers but they said the main board need to be replaced for revert.
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Some people are saying knox is included and I've seen others say no. I'm almost sure it's there along with some other things added via big red
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ShapesBlue said:
Some people are saying knox is included and I've seen others say no. I'm almost sure it's there along with some other things added via big red
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yep it does indeed have knox and Samsung can go to hell...

Well, looks like I jumped the gun yesterday before I did my homework. I tried to revert back to 4.1.2 with ODIN...and now I have a brick. The phone will turn on, but with the stupid message about not having authorized Verizon software on the device. I'm very hopeful that someone will figure out a fix to this soon. Thanks in advance to anyone who comes up with an answer!

Sparktweek said:
Well, looks like I jumped the gun yesterday before I did my homework. I tried to revert back to 4.1.2 with ODIN...and now I have a brick. The phone will turn on, but with the stupid message about not having authorized Verizon software on the device. I'm very hopeful that someone will figure out a fix to this soon. Thanks in advance to anyone who comes up with an answer!
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That sucks man. I've been reading people have tried that to no avail. I'm staying with what I have and I'm even considering installing OTA blocker from play just to be safe
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Sparktweek said:
Well, looks like I jumped the gun yesterday before I did my homework. I tried to revert back to 4.1.2 with ODIN...and now I have a brick. The phone will turn on, but with the stupid message about not having authorized Verizon software on the device. I'm very hopeful that someone will figure out a fix to this soon. Thanks in advance to anyone who comes up with an answer!
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That means you are trying to flash a custom rom with a locked bootloader. Are you flashing a rooted 4.1.2? You did not take the update though, right? If not, unlock your bootloader and all will be well.
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mirrin said:
yep it does indeed have knox and Samsung can go to hell...
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Yep. Titanium back up shows like 3 new apk's that are knox related.
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ShapesBlue said:
That sucks man. I've been reading people have tried that to no avail. I'm staying with what I have and I'm even considering installing OTA blocker from play just to be safe
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Thanks ShapesBlue. I'd definitely recommend NOT taking the OTA for 4.3 for a while. I'm about to try to flash an official 4.3 update file, to see if that will work, but I'm not hopeful it will do anything for me.

0331 said:
That means you are trying to flash a custom rom with a locked bootloader. Are you flashing a rooted 4.1.2? You did not take the update though, right? If not, unlock your bootloader and all will be well.
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Yep. Titanium back up shows like 3 new apk's that are knox related.
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Let's just say I had a lapse in judgement. I tried to flash a stock 4.1.2 image after taking the OTA update to 4.3. (Yeah, I know.) I then tried to flash 4.1.1, and then to the stock 4.0.4, which finally worked. I have tried flashing a 4.3 update file from the stock recovery, but it won't load since it says it's expecting to update files from 4.1.2, not 4.0.4.
Any suggestions?

Sparktweek said:
Thanks ShapesBlue. I'd definitely recommend NOT taking the OTA for 4.3 for a while. I'm about to try to flash an official 4.3 update file, to see if that will work, but I'm not hopeful it will do anything for me.
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Ah I'm even leary to take the OTA. I prefer custom roms and for the most part can't stand stock. It's just to bloated for me even with some bloatware removed
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Sorry for jumping in with a dumb question, but does anyone have a link to a forum where it shows how to root the 4.3? Or is there Way to go back to 4.12 after 4.3 ota?
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ShapesBlue said:
Ah I'm even leary to take the OTA. I prefer custom roms and for the most part can't stand stock. It's just to bloated for me even with some bloatware removed
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Would like something that had detailed instructions.
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huicho81 said:
Sorry for jumping in with a dumb question, but does anyone have a link to a forum where it shows how to root the 4.3? Or is there Way to go back to 4.12 after 4.3 ota?
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Would like something that had detailed instructions.
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Instead of apologizing why don't you read the thread?
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Yes I have read it, ok just want sure if anyone had came up with a solution. Keeping my fingers crossed, night liking not being rooted, besides this update really stinks.
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huicho81 said:
Yes I have read it, ok just want sure if anyone had came up with a solution. Keeping my fingers crossed, night liking not being rooted, besides this update really stinks.
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There's a thread in here titled "4.3 root". You might want to check in there.
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flyestAC said:
There's a thread in here titled "4.3 root". You might want to check in there.
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Just throwing this out there, our 4.3 discussion thread in the General section now had updated info in the OP including a link to 4.3 root. Before last night, it did not have this info.
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s3 bricked
Sparktweek said:
Well, looks like I jumped the gun yesterday before I did my homework. I tried to revert back to 4.1.2 with ODIN...and now I have a brick. The phone will turn on, but with the stupid message about not having authorized Verizon software on the device. I'm very hopeful that someone will figure out a fix to this soon. Thanks in advance to anyone who comes up with an answer!
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Hi i bricked mine too when i tried to revert back to 4.2.1 but luckily i had the file vrlac boot chain and i used it with odin and straightened it right out.
heres a link to get you goin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798850

[Q] Starting Fresh

Hello community, i was wondering if there is a way possible to start fresh (clean slate as when i bought the phone brand new from the store) and then go directly to the newest update Boost Mobile OTA JB 4.2.2 update? My phone keeps asking me if i want to update but i know i cant due to the bootloader not being stock.
Thanks in advance

monkijuan said:
Hello community, i was wondering if there is a way possible to start fresh (clean slate as when i bought the phone brand new from the store) and then go directly to the newest update Boost Mobile OTA JB 4.2.2 update? My phone keeps asking me if i want to update but i know i cant due to the bootloader not being stock.
Thanks in advance
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So do you receive 4.2.2 OTA and you're on Boost variant?
xpirt

@monkijuan
You need to accept the update on your phone but cancel it from updating your phone until a later date.
Then you need to take that update and UPLOAD it on to our forum so we can get our hands on it.
I just got done checking my device for an update and still nothing on my end.
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Modding.MyMind said:
@monkijuan
You need to accept the update on your phone but cancel it from updating your phone until a later date.
Then you need to take that update and UPLOAD it on to our forum so we can get our hands on it.
I just got done checking my device for an update and still nothing on my end.
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I started to download but it stopped downloading?! Tried multiple times but to no avail. Could have it been a mistake in the network?
I know that 4.2.2 isn't due to come out later on this year.

monkijuan said:
I started to download but it stopped downloading?! Tried multiple times but to no avail. Could have it been a mistake in the network?
I know that 4.2.2 isn't due to come out later on this year.
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Don't know. If it says you have it then it should let you download it. When you accept an ota it gives two options. Either to apply it now or to save it to your device. Can't tell you what is going wrong on your end.
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Modding.MyMind said:
Don't know. If it says you have it then it should let you download it. When you accept an ota it gives two options. Either to apply it now or to save it to your device. Can't tell you what is going wrong on your end.
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Ill keep on trying and do my best to contribute.
Now that 4.4 may no longer be OTA anymore for the ONE SV only 4.2.2... who knows (fingers crossed)

monkijuan said:
Ill keep on trying and do my best to contribute.
Now that 4.4 may no longer be OTA anymore for the ONE SV only 4.2.2... who knows (fingers crossed)
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If you haven't done this yet then give it a try... Attempt to download the ota while connected to WiFi. Data signal could cause it to abort if weak or unstable during the process.
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@monkijuan
There is a ruu for our device now. It will restore you back to stock (4.1.2). If you are S-Off you will not lose it. Should be listed over in @old.splatterhand's index thread.
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Maybe using that ruu will allow you to properly download the ota and at which point you can immediately share it here for the rest of us boost users.
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FWIW, I checked and didn't get anything

@monkijuan
Any luck yet?
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Rooted - fairly simple

I rooted using twrp openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.1-trltetmo.img.tar via Odin 3.07, and installing UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.16.zip from the SD .
Now, when will there be ROMs?

Did you root the non-dev or dev version?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but trltetmo is for T-Mobile, isn't it?

FYI - this method does not work on retail phones . . . at least for me.

We probably won't see root until our boot loader is unlocked by Verizon.

Mine is dev and was a quick easy root exactly as stated.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59846306&postcount=98
A dev please adapt this for the Edge when it is updated for the Note 4. This is for the Retail version.

buckwildpimp101 said:
We probably won't see root until our boot loader is unlocked by Verizon.
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will we ever see this ? if so how long ?

Just to be clear: you used twrp 2.8.1.1 trltetmo (note 4) on your n915v dev edition and no problems?
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NekoShinigami said:
Just to be clear: you used twrp 2.8.1.1 trltetmo (note 4) on your n915v dev edition and no problems?
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I used this same method and can confirm it works flawlessly.

Works great. Having troubles with making and receiving casks atm but I think this is something else since it was working fine before that.

That's odd. I haven't had any issues yet. Using Xposed for a few tweaks and to activate the hotspot. Would be great to have a couple of roms to test.
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I am not sure if it is something I uninstalled which was basically everything that said "Verizon ______" and then I uninstalled instagram, NFL mobile, audibel, amazon, Knox, etc. I don't think any of those were needed... and I still have Internet just not calls...
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Quick question: can I extract an app from the stock Verizon firmware on sammobile?
I think one of the Verizon apps I deleted may be causing this.
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I froze or Uninstalled the same things with titanium without any problems. I would believe you could get them from a stock rom. Question for you....... is your network set up correctly? Mine was on Global but I switched to LTE/CDMA.
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It's on global but it's been that way this whole time. I tried switching to LTE/CDMA also and it didn't fix anything. I tried a "factory reset" but as you can imagine nothing happened. It rebooted to twrp and deleted all my apps/accounts. But nothing got reinstalled lol. Also on sammobile the link for the Verizon stock is broken all I get is a 404 when I click it... now I've done it lol.

Gonna try this method on Tuesday, when I get mine...Thx!
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retail or no?
So will this work for the retail version too or only the dev edition? Thanks for any clarification! :fingers-crossed:

cyanidesin said:
So will this work for the retail version too or only the dev edition? Thanks for any clarification! :fingers-crossed:
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Dev only. Sorry
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It's on global but it's been that way this whole time. I tried switching to LTE/CDMA also and it didn't fix anything. I tried a "factory reset" but as you can imagine nothing happened. It rebooted to twrp and deleted all my apps/accounts. But nothing got reinstalled lol. Also on sammobile the link for the Verizon stock is broken all I get is a 404 when I click it... now I've done it lol.
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Can you use my backups? I have the stock and the rooted. I will send them to you if you want to recover with them. Maybe check your Sim card too.
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ffr3245 said:
Dev only. Sorry
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Thank you! It was what I dreaded, but I'll keep hope alive! lol UGH.

Verizon has spent a ton of money locking down their bootloaders, there has been a bounty for the galaxy s4 bootloader for quite some time now (think we are in the third year or more) even if root comes to the retail version (hard to see that since the only root methods currently involve flashing something with odin) it is even less likely any of them will see custom roms. that is unless someone picks up the safestrap project as i last heard it was dropped. Dev editions are going to be the new norm for anyone on verizon, gonna be the only way to get custom anythings.
that said has anyone been able to extract their stock recovery or make a backup of the stock image from their dev edition? at this point i'd be like forever your BFF if you could get me back to stock since KIES wont work and samsung support doesnt even know the Developer Edition is on sale yet...... let along can they get me a stock recovery image lol....
also i just inboxed you @ffr3245 i am not sure if ti will work, but at this point i'd try just about anything.

I can not get these to upload!!! Anyways, I found docugod's post where he had uploaded his recovery image which is stock without root from Note Edge Developer Ed. Thanks go to him. With that being said, you should not have any problems using that recovery image. But as always do so at your own risk. And for anyone else reading.......This is for the Note Edge DEVELOPER EDITION, it is NOT for the retail Verizon one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3243494&d=1428089176