I have recently unlocked my sim from at&t Carrier to other Source.. But because i update to 4.2.2 few months back i don't see anyway to unlock boot loader and root phone.. Is there any possible way this can be done? or do i basically have a dumb Smartphone because of At&t's update blocking the last exploit? There has to be some way to make this happen?
keithhtconex said:
I have recently unlocked my sim from at&t Carrier to other Source.. But because i update to 4.2.2 few months back i don't see anyway to unlock boot loader and root phone.. Is there any possible way this can be done? or do i basically have a dumb Smartphone because of At&t's update blocking the last exploit? There has to be some way to make this happen?
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wrong forum mate you must go to evita not international HOX
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keithhtconex said:
I have recently unlocked my sim from at&t Carrier to other Source.. But because i update to 4.2.2 few months back i don't see anyway to unlock boot loader and root phone.. Is there any possible way this can be done? or do i basically have a dumb Smartphone because of At&t's update blocking the last exploit? There has to be some way to make this happen?
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What are your bootloader details?
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Hi all,
I'm trying to get the unlock token at htcdev and I keep getting this message after I submit the copied txt from the fastboot result.
"Error code: 172. Error reason: CID not allowed (MID not exist in model rule)."
PLEASE... any help would be most appreciated.
System info:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/2wrw5rjia39a43l,7tbtdftnp8goph8,1e1h80ub7q1bhq8/shared
Assuming you're in the right forums (Verizon HTC M8), you can't use HTCdev to unlock the phone. Thee only way to unlock the Verizon version of the phone is through a 3rd party unlock method, that was created by jcase and his team, called Sunshine. Here's their website for thee unlock: http://theroot.ninja/
Hi… Thanks for the speedy reply.
That's my my second dilemma. Root is a requirement and towel root isn't working either. So, I'm running in circles. I can't use Sunshine to unlock the bootloader because its not rooted and I can't root it because I can't unlock the bootloader.
RuLEoF2 said:
Hi all,
I'm trying to get the unlock token at htcdev and I keep getting this message after I submit the copied txt from the fastboot result.
"Error code: 172. Error reason: CID not allowed (MID not exist in model rule)."
PLEASE... any help would be most appreciated.
System info:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/2wrw5rjia39a43l,7tbtdftnp8goph8,1e1h80ub7q1bhq8/shared
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You cannot unlock you're boot loader. You have vzw 4.4.4 firmware. Sunshine doesn't work on that yet. You are S.O.L. until they update.
Sorry.
Does it work on 4.4.3?
I'm only asking because I've having an issue with my screen and I was planning on taking it back to exchange it. When I got this one, it had 4.4.3 on it and then I got the 4.4.4 OTA. it's a gamble, but if the new phone still has 4.4.3 on it, then I can just dodged the OTA and try sunshine on that one.
RuLEoF2 said:
Hi… Thanks for the speedy reply.
That's my my second dilemma. Root is a requirement and towel root isn't working either. So, I running in circles. I can't use Sunshine to unlock the bootloader because its not rooted and I can't root it because I can't unlock the bootloader.
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Sunshine does everything. Except if your phone is up to date, you can't do anything cause nothing works for the 4.4.4 vzw m8
RuLEoF2 said:
Hi… Thanks for the speedy reply.
That's my my second dilemma. Root is a requirement and towel root isn't working either. So, I'm running in circles. I can't use Sunshine to unlock the bootloader because its not rooted and I can't root it because I can't unlock the bootloader.
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silver04v said:
Sunshine does everything. Except if your phone is up to date, you can't do anything cause nothing works for the 4.4.4 vzw m8
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Does it work on 4.4.3?
I'm only asking because I've having an issue with my screen and I was planning on taking it back to exchange it. When I got this one, it had 4.4.3 on it and then I got the 4.4.4 OTA. it's a gamble, but if the new phone still has 4.4.3 on it, then I can just dodged the OTA and try sunshine on that one.
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Ok. So, does sunshine work on 4.4.3?
In any case, the sunshie web page says that root is required but I can't root it.
Root is required and yes it will work on 4.4.3. Sunshine has a temp root utility built in to the program so it is all in one system.
RuLEoF2 said:
Hi… Thanks for the speedy reply.
That's my my second dilemma. Root is a requirement and towel root isn't working either. So, I'm running in circles. I can't use Sunshine to unlock the bootloader because its not rooted and I can't root it because I can't unlock the bootloader.
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zax10 said:
Root is required and yes it will work on 4.4.3. Sunshine has a temp root utility built in to the program so it is all in one system.
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Very good. Thank you for the clarification.
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Very good. Thank you for the clarification.
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1 more thing to clarify, I have a Verizon M7, and TowelRoot DOES work, there's just a hidden trick for our phones.... Tap the welcome/ intro msg that appears when u open the towelroot app (i believe I had to tap 3 times) and a string of numbers appears , u change the last number from a 0 to a 1 and then it works for our phones. It's not needed for sunshine, but for ppl who wanna take the shortcut after sunshine of just downloading and using flashify to flash recovery (root or temp root required) it works. It was Towelroot V3 I believe. I'm on 4.4.3 sense 6 m7, and I know it worked on 4.4.2 when everyone was saying it didn't work, so if it's something u wanna look into, give it a try. Even the website I believe said it didn't"officially" support our phones, but after doing that trick, it does
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1 more thing to clarify, I have a Verizon M7, and TowelRoot DOES work, there's just a hidden trick for our phones.... Tap the welcome/ intro msg that appears when u open the towelroot app (i believe I had to tap 3 times) and a string of numbers appears , u change the last number from a 0 to a 1 and then it works for our phones. It's not needed for sunshine, but for ppl who wanna take the shortcut after sunshine of just downloading and using flashify to flash recovery (root or temp root required) it works. It was Towelroot V3 I believe. I'm on 4.4.3 sense 6 m7, and I know it worked on 4.4.2 when everyone was saying it didn't work, so if it's something u wanna look into, give it a try. Even the website I believe said it didn't"officially" support our phones, but after doing that trick, it does
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Sounds risky.
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Sounds risky.
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Wrong phone too. I would stick to sunshine. Cost $$ but comes with support if needed.
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Wrong phone too. I would stick to sunshine. Cost $$ but comes with support if needed.
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Good point.
bdizzle1686, thanks for the tip but I think I'll wait.
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Good point.
bdizzle1686, thanks for the tip but I think I'll wait.
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Not a problem, and yeah it probably does pose some risks, just figured I'd let ya know. Alotta ppl just see that the app doesn't"officially" support any of the htc one phones and take that as fact when it's really not true. I did it with my phone n haven't had a problem, but had I known at the time the risks of doing it that way pose, I probably wouldn't have done it that way
Ok… please forgive my frustration but can someone please explain to me how rooting this phone works… or doesn't work.
I rooted my HTC Incredible and my Rezound with ease. I got pretty comfortable with adb so I went on flashing roms and other mods. They were so easy but now everything seems to be so complicated with this phone.
I'm going nuts trying to understand these confusing threads where it sounds like you need to root the phone in order to root the phone. Even though they don't work, I see instructions to use firewater, towelroot or weaksause so that you can use sunshine. I read where someone was asking for help because sunshine wouldn't work and they couldn't figure it out because the phone was already unlocked, rooted and s-off. ,isn't that what sunshine does… unlock, root and s-off?
My HTC One M8 is bone stock, off-the-shelf with kitkat 4.4.4.
What do I need to use sunshine, now with 2.7.1 or later with 3.0?
Can I use an RUU to downgrade to 4.4.3 so that sunshine 2.7.1 will work?
Is sunshine REALLY the only way that works… or doesn't work (right now)?
Thank you in advance for your help and your patience.
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Ok… please forgive my frustration but can someone please explain to me how rooting this phone works… or doesn't work.
I rooted my HTC Incredible and my Rezound with ease. I got pretty comfortable with adb so I went on flashing roms and other mods. They were so easy but now everything seems to be so complicated with this phone.
I'm going nuts trying to understand these confusing threads where it sounds like you need to root the phone in order to root the phone. Even though they don't work, I see instructions to use firewater, towelroot or weaksause so that you can use sunshine. I read where someone was asking for help because sunshine wouldn't work and they couldn't figure it out because the phone was already unlocked, rooted and s-off. ,isn't that what sunshine does… unlock, root and s-off?
My HTC One M8 is bone stock, off-the-shelf with kitkat 4.4.4.
What do I need to use sunshine, now with 2.7.1 or later with 3.0?
Can I use an RUU to downgrade to 4.4.3 so that sunshine 2.7.1 will work?
Is sunshine REALLY the only way that works… or doesn't work (right now)?
Thank you in advance for your help and your patience.
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If you're bone stock S-ON with 4.4.4 then you cannot root the phone yet. Probably won't be able to till early January when the new sunshine is released.
If you're bone stock S-OFF on 4.4.4 all you need to do is flash a custom recovery and then flash the latest SuperSU zip file.
RuLEoF2 said:
Ok… please forgive my frustration but can someone please explain to me how rooting this phone works… or doesn't work.
I rooted my HTC Incredible and my Rezound with ease. I got pretty comfortable with adb so I went on flashing roms and other mods. They were so easy but now everything seems to be so complicated with this phone.
I'm going nuts trying to understand these confusing threads where it sounds like you need to root the phone in order to root the phone. Even though they don't work, I see instructions to use firewater, towelroot or weaksause so that you can use sunshine. I read where someone was asking for help because sunshine wouldn't work and they couldn't figure it out because the phone was already unlocked, rooted and s-off. ,isn't that what sunshine does… unlock, root and s-off?
My HTC One M8 is bone stock, off-the-shelf with kitkat 4.4.4.
What do I need to use sunshine, now with 2.7.1 or later with 3.0?
Can I use an RUU to downgrade to 4.4.3 so that sunshine 2.7.1 will work?
Is sunshine REALLY the only way that works… or doesn't work (right now)?
Thank you in advance for your help and your patience.
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.... and to ease your confusion: What a lot of people get mixed up is
temp root with weaksauce + firewater worked for some devices on 4.4.2 (hardware variants making the difference).
For those 4.4.2 weaksauce+firewater did not work and all 4.4.3 M8s there's only Sunshine (and it temp-roots the device in the process)
4.4.4: beaups announced they are shooting for a first week of January release for Sunshine 3
And no, you cannot downgrade to 4.3 with S-on.
Time to try your luck with the new weaksauce and sunshine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ncluding-4-t2971591/post57462117#post57462117
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Time to try your luck with the new weaksauce and sunshine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ncluding-4-t2971591/post57462117#post57462117
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That worked! Bootloader is now UNLOCKED and S-OFF. Thank you!! I must have had the earlier version of weaksause.
Still no root though. SuperSU keeps failing when I try to update the binary online and my desktop is out of commision so no recovery yet either. I've got a new desktop on the way which should be here by the end of the week.
Is there anything I can try in the meantime?
RuLEoF2 said:
That worked! Bootloader is now UNLOCKED and S-OFF. Thank you!! I must have had the earlier version of weaksause.
Still no root though. SuperSU keeps failing when I try to update the binary online and my desktop is out of commision so no recovery yet either. I've got a new desktop on the way which should be here by the end of the week.
Is there anything I can try in the meantime?
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You can download from the play store the app called flashify to put a custom recovery on since no CPU right now u said, then you can download thesuperSU.zip llatest from XDA and flash it in said custom recovery. That should get you rooted.
So I am looking into upgrading my phone this month and the 2 phones I am stuck on are this and the Droid Turbo. I like the design and expandability of the One M8 but I'm leaning more towards the Turbo purely for stock android w/o unlocking/rooting and flashing a ROM. I have experience with rooting with my Droid DNA however that took me an entire day to get working 100%.
I am still really keen on getting the M8 so what I want to know is this:
- Is there a simple process to unlocking+rooting the M8 so that I can flash TWRP and stock android roms?
- Is there any OTA update that I need to worry about that will compromise rooting?
- Are there stable, bugfree vanilla android roms for the One M8 (I.E. GPE Roms w/o any mods)?
- Should I just save time and get the Turbo instead for stock android?
Any help and input will be appreciated. Thanks!
dkris2020 said:
So I am looking into upgrading my phone this month and the 2 phones I am stuck on are this and the Droid Turbo. I like the design and expandability of the One M8 but I'm leaning more towards the Turbo purely for stock android w/o unlocking/rooting and flashing a ROM. I have experience with rooting with my Droid DNA however that took me an entire day to get working 100%.
I am still really keen on getting the M8 so what I want to know is this:
- Is there a simple process to unlocking+rooting the M8 so that I can flash TWRP and stock android roms?
- Is there any OTA update that I need to worry about that will compromise rooting?
- Are there stable, bugfree vanilla android roms for the One M8 (I.E. GPE Roms w/o any mods)?
- Should I just save time and get the Turbo instead for stock android?
Any help and input will be appreciated. Thanks!
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25 bucks for sunshine which s-off your phone it is a app very issue to use. as long as your m8 is supported an you can do whatever you want with your m8...you don't take ota when s-off. You just flash the m8 firmware I post an then flash a updated ROM an your all up to date no ota so you never lose root...which isn't a big deal anyways I you just flash SuperSU zip in twrp..an yes there r GPE ROMs for the HTC m8 that are very very stable. As I can't speak for turbo I know you can't unlock that so no free WiFi hack like on m8.
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25 bucks for sunshine which s-off your phone it is a app very issue to use. as long as your m8 is supported an you can do whatever you want with your m8...you don't take ota when s-off. You just flash the m8 firmware I post an then flash a updated ROM an your all up to date no ota so you never lose root...which isn't a big deal anyways I you just flash SuperSU zip in twrp..an yes there r GPE ROMs for the HTC m8 that are very very stable. As I can't speak for turbo I know you can't unlock that so no free WiFi hack like on m8.
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Kind of got lost in this post. So is Sunshine the only way to root and if so does it do everything all-in-one (S-Off, Unlock Bootloader, etc.)?
dkris2020 said:
Kind of got lost in this post. So is Sunshine the only way to root and if so does it do everything all-in-one (S-Off, Unlock Bootloader, etc.)?
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Vzw blocks their devices from htcdev.com. which is a bootloader unlocking site..so you have to turn s-off to be able to unlock bootloader....but sunshine will s-off an unlock bootloader for you...so after that you need to flash a twrp recovery then flash SuperSU.zip with recovery. If VZW didn't block htcdev you could leave s-on an unlock an root. Let me know if you have any more questions. Sunshine is safe to run. You download app an it checked will check to see if it can run s-off for you then it will ask you to pay before it does its stuff.
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Vzw blocks their devices from htcdev.com. which is a bootloader unlocking site..so you have to turn s-off to be able to unlock bootloader....but sunshine will s-off an unlock bootloader for you...so after that you need to flash a twrp recovery then flash SuperSU.zip with recovery. If VZW didn't block htcdev you could leave s-on an unlock an root. Let me know if you have any more questions. Sunshine is safe to run. You download app an it checked will check to see if it can run s-off for you then it will ask you to pay before it does its stuff.
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Sounds good. I guess with the price drop I can justify paying $25 for the tool.
dkris2020 said:
Sounds good. I guess with the price drop I can justify paying $25 for the tool.
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http://theroot.ninja/
Go here an download sunshine an run it...you can run for free to see if it will s-off your phone or if you have to wait till they release sunshine 3
Tigerstown said:
http://theroot.ninja/
Go here an download sunshine an run it...you can run for free to see if it will s-off your phone or if you have to wait till they release sunshine 3
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Well with what I just did it looks like I'm waiting for the One M9
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Well with what I just did it looks like I'm waiting for the One M9
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Sounds good. So his my whole house .
I recently purchased a Verizon M8 on swappa and the seller claims it to be on 4.4.2. Is there any other legacy method that can still be used to root this without paying for sunshine?
enzyne said:
I recently purchased a Verizon M8 on swappa and the seller claims it to be on 4.4.2. Is there any other legacy method that can still be used to root this without paying for sunshine?
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With it being on 4.4.2 the weaksauce/firewater exploit combo might work for you. However I don't know if it is still out in public to be used. I'd say just drop the 25 on sunshine and support the wizards who can unlock these devices for us
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With it being on 4.4.2 the weaksauce/firewater exploit combo might work for you. However I don't know if it is still out in public to be used. I'd say just drop the 25 on sunshine and support the wizards who can unlock these devices for us
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Yea I tried to find a mirror for firewater but no luck. I just wanted to see if there was a way to do it without paying of course being the cheap scumbag that I am. Guess I'll just go the sunshine method. Thanks man.
enzyne said:
Yea I tried to find a mirror for firewater but no luck. I just wanted to see if there was a way to do it without paying of course being the cheap scumbag that I am. Guess I'll just go the sunshine method. Thanks man.
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I also had a snake in my wallet. But since firewater failed numerous times i decided to get my phone s-offed with sunshine method. Also be sure to upgrade to 4.4.4 if you are going to s-off with sunshine.
Sent from my HTC6525LVW
CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
I also had a snake in my wallet. But since firewater failed numerous times i decided to get my phone s-offed with sunshine method. Also be sure to upgrade to 4.4.4 if you are going to s-off with sunshine.
Sent from my HTC6525LVW
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Gotcha. So just RUU to 4.4.4, then use sunshine to get s-off. Thanks for the help. Anything else that I should know specific to this phone? I'm coming from a droid ultra.
enzyne said:
Gotcha. So just RUU to 4.4.4, then use sunshine to get s-off. Thanks for the help. Anything else that I should know specific to this phone? I'm coming from a droid ultra.
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That's preety much it. Ruu to 4.4.4 run sunshine and enjoy your unlocked phone
Sent from my HTC6525LVW
Also, after you are on 4.4.4 and S-off with Sunshine first... you can take the OTA to Lollipop while retaining S-off. Then once on 5.0 with S-off, you can flash TWRP recovery and be permanently rooted, S-off, stock Lollipop. You just can't update to LP first, then S-off. But it works the other way around, it carries over through the OTA upgrade.
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Also, after you are on 4.4.4 and S-off with Sunshine first... you can take the OTA to Lollipop while retaining S-off. Then once on 5.0 with S-off, you can flash TWRP recovery and be permanently rooted, S-off, stock Lollipop. You just can't update to LP first, then S-off. But it works the other way around, it carries over through the OTA upgrade.
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Gotcha, thanks for all the tips guys.
I am new on this phone and I have a doubt, my phone is in marshmallow and the company verizon, as I can do root and unlock the bootloader ? I have understood that I need to pay 25 dollars to make the s -off but I just want to do root and unlock the bootloader. Thank you.
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The only way to do it with Verizon branded m8 is to use sunshine. And that will get you an unlocked bootloader and s-off. After that you can flash twrp recovery through adb (get yourself familiar with and, it'll help you greatly. You can search around here and find some good reads on it.) After you get tarp flashed then you can flash supersu in twrp, then you'll be rooted.
Sent from my HTC One M8 using XDA Labs
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The only way to do it with Verizon branded m8 is to use sunshine. And that will get you an unlocked bootloader and s-off. After that you can flash twrp recovery through adb (get yourself familiar with and, it'll help you greatly. You can search around here and find some good reads on it.) After you get tarp flashed then you can flash supersu in twrp, then you'll be rooted.
Sent from my HTC One M8 using XDA Labs
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This comment pretty much guided me through how to root for my m8. Thanks for taking the time to post this, even if it was a few months back. I was about to give up until I saw it, so thanks again!
Dismayed/Encouraged
I'm surprised that there are not any viable options for the Verizon HTC One(M8). I figured since my warranty was up I would try and root to get more freedom from the consuming Verizon bloatware and needless/redundant processes.
I know I did the same thing with my Samsung Galaxy S years ago and it became a very speedy and efficient phone. I really haven't been in the Android scene since so everything I did learn along with the methods and processes have all faded from memory.
Now I'm just reading up on a ton of stuff to get reacquainted. I was wanting to flash TWRP, SuperSU, and the ViperOneM8 6.1.0 rom. My wife and I both have a Verizon HTC One(M8) (running Marshmallow) which are out of warranty and wanted to give them a face-lift and boost in performance.
It is looking like the only feasible option is with Sunshine. . . . . . I hope. (?)
A $50 investment would be cheaper than buying 2 newer phones.
Any ideas, input, or pointers would be very much appreciated.
Regards,
wantin2mod