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[Q] factory reset after one click root

just use the one click root tool by kennethpenn, work perfectly thanks. use titanium back to do a backup of all the app and system then took out all the att bloatware. i have few questions at this point.
1.
will i be able to get OTA updates from att? what will happen to all the bloatware that i deleted? would they appear again?
2.
what happens if i do a factory reset on the phone? would i brick the phone? under normal condition that will erase all apps i installed and return it to factory setting, that means all the att bloatware will be back? will i lost root?
3.
what other things i can do after i root the phone at this point?
thank you for your help

no one can help me with those questions??? anyone???
i am sure a lot of people have the same question.

1.
will i be able to get OTA updates from att? what will happen to all the bloatware that i deleted? would they appear again?
I'm not 100% sure on this, but as long as you're running an actual AT&T ROM (not an Asian or Rogers ROM), you'll be notified of the OTA's. Now, if you're not using the stock Recovery image (that is, if you've installed CWM Recovery), you won't be able to apply the update. OTA updates get applied via the stock Recovery image.
2.
what happens if i do a factory reset on the phone? would i brick the phone? under normal condition that will erase all apps i installed and return it to factory setting, that means all the att bloatware will be back? will i lost root?
If you do a factory reset from CWM or within the phone's UI, you're fine. Root will remain in place, and you won't brick it. It just clears the user data from the phone, and should leave "sdcard" intact. However, I'm not 100% sure what happens if you do a factory reset from the bootloader. So just don't do it that way, unless someone else can confirm that it's okay.
3.
what other things i can do after i root the phone at this point?
You ca use apps like AutoKiller to change your memory management, for one. That's about all I'm doing with root right now. If we ever get custom kernels, you'll be able to overclock your CPU. If you search the Play Store for "root," you'd doubtlessly find some other root apps that you may be interested in.
Hope this helps!

Don't ever ever ever install an OTA on any rooted Android device. At the least, it won't work anyway, or you will lose root. At the worst, you will be stuck in a bootloop. Updated ROMs (based on the OTA's, but rooted, and safe to flash) usually get posted in Development soon after the OTA's go out. That is what you want to install.

craig0r said:
However, I'm not 100% sure what happens if you do a factory reset from the bootloader. So just don't do it that way, unless someone else can confirm that it's okay.
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I can confirm that it's OK. My phone was rooted and stuck in a boot loop. I did a factory reset. It was reset and still rooted after the fact. So you can do it.

thank you all

redpoint73 said:
Don't ever ever ever install an OTA on any rooted Android device. At the least, it won't work anyway, or you will lose root. At the worst, you will be stuck in a bootloop. Updated ROMs (based on the OTA's, but rooted, and safe to flash) usually get posted in Development soon after the OTA's go out. That is what you want to install.
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Just to clarify, pre-rooted versions of the official ROMs (which often get posted on XDA, as I mentioned) may need unlocked bootloader to install, so this will possibly not be an option for a while. Although there may be alternate safe ways to update (but not OTA). For instance, a leaked 1.83 firmware version is already available as an RUU in the Development subforum. Apparently, its okay to install via RUU, then re-root.
In general, the safe thing to do is to read up on here when updates are released, and see if there is a safe way to update on a rooted phone.

TWRP Question - so confused

Hi all.
Hope someone can help me. When I got my Samsung S8+, I quickly installed TWRP and then rooted it with magisk the same day I received it.
After that I removed a LOT of bloatware and installed hundreds of apps and everything was fine for 6 months.
One day it gave me a weird lock error, because I think I accidentally removed the OEM Unlock and the phone went crazy.
I had no phone for a few days but eventually I managed to flash stock rom and phone went back to normal.
I lost root, but I managed to keep all my data.
Now I want to see if I can get root again. However, all the tutorials to get TWRP require that I wipe my phone.
My questions are:
Can I root my phone without wiping all my data? Is there a chance that my bootloader is unlocked already or did flashing stock rom remove that?
If I have to wipe my data, how can I keep all my apps (and the app data). I have Titan Backup but that needs root to work so I don't see how to save the app data?
Thanks

Here is the query result using your basic question. . .
https://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=446156896

nkomp18 said:
Hi all.
Hope someone can help me. When I got my Samsung S8+, I quickly installed TWRP and then rooted it with magisk the same day I received it.
After that I removed a LOT of bloatware and installed hundreds of apps and everything was fine for 6 months.
One day it gave me a weird lock error, because I think I accidentally removed the OEM Unlock and the phone went crazy.
I had no phone for a few days but eventually I managed to flash stock rom and phone went back to normal.
I lost root, but I managed to keep all my data.
Now I want to see if I can get root again. However, all the tutorials to get TWRP require that I wipe my phone.
My questions are:
Can I root my phone without wiping all my data? Is there a chance that my bootloader is unlocked already or did flashing stock rom remove that?
If I have to wipe my data, how can I keep all my apps (and the app data). I have Titan Backup but that needs root to work so I don't see how to save the app data?
Thanks
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Inorder to root, you need twrp and in order to get twrp working you need to wipe everything first.
I don't know if there is the possibility to backup app data without root, however i found this articel.
Just because I'm curious, which apps are important for you to have a local backup? I went through all my apps and didn't found a single app which isn't either naturally stored in the cloud (like whatsapp, FB, Snapchat,..) or has the function to export/backup things like tasker. :fingers-crossed:

Hi Jaannis.
I have a lot of apps that do not store their data in the cloud but locally in the phone. Without being too specific, some of these are notes, some are social apps (connections with hundreds of different people around the world with conversations, pictures and videos) and some are personal collected data.
I managed to migrate all the data the last 5 years using Titan and I think it's silly after managing to save them suddenly to lose them. On the other hand it kind of looks like there is no other way. Without Titan backup working, I will need to lose everything.

Coming Over From Rooted Marshmallow Galaxy S7 - What Do I Need to Know?

I've got a rooted S7, apps backed up with Titanium Backup, etc.
Is there anything I need to know about getting this transferred over to a Pixel, which will presumably be running Oreo or Pie? I'd certainly like to take the opportunity to upgrade; I'm still on MM on the S7 mostly because it's just hassle to reflash the ROM (running Superman ROM, not stock).
I assume Nova Launcher will come across okay? What about things like Good Lock? It presumably won't work, but will it break anything or will I need to remove it from my backups before restoring?
Titanium allows me to create a zip of all my backups. Do I just flash that in TWRP? I don't think it's used from within the app itself, is it?
Any ROM recommendations? I use GravityBox so something AOSPish would be ideal, Pie would be awesome but I'd settle for Oreo. I'm not sure what Pie's release status is at the moment - I didn't think it was out yet but it seems to be. This is a very rushed thing (the S7 just stopped working and will be too expensive for repair to be worthwhile), so everything's very scrambled in my head at the moment and I'm just throwing thoughts out there, largely. EDIT: Actually, I assume Xposed and such aren't set up for Pie yet? If so Oreo would be the way to go.
Since I have GMail and such installed as user apps, not system apps, and backed up as such, I'm assuming I'll need to find a way to arrange the same with the Pixel? Superman ROM offers the option to install those apps or not through the Aroma installer.

Does anyone have any input on this?
I'm also curious as to the differences between rooting with/without tripping SafetyNet. I'm assuming there are some, or everyone would do the latter?

Do you have your Pixel, yet? Unlock the bootloader, install the latest factory image, use the latest TWRP & Magisk (do it properly, & a SafetyNet check will pass). When your phone is booting up fine and rooted, we can talk about transferring data.

I don't, but it should be arriving today. I like to be prepared, rather than getting into a situation where I have the phone and want to get everything sorted immediately, only to end up rushing and causing issues. I think I was reading and asking questions about two weeks ahead of my purchase of the S7. As I said, I'm replacing the S7 due to a fault, and I've been without it for a couple of weeks now, so the more I can get my head around before it arrives and I get all "OMG do everything immediately", the better.

If you really need Xposed, you can install a Magisk version of Xposed. Personally, I am no longer using Xposed; Magisk gives me root, and I can install all the modules I need.
Do you have the Pro version of Titanium Backup? You have to jump through some hoops to get it to recognize your Pro key. I would just transfer your entire backup directory to the backup directory on your new phone, then use the app to select which apps to restore. Do the app restores in waves, to help you narrow down a problematic restoration.
Even if you already have the latest version of Android installed on the Pixel, download the full factory image so that you can extract the boot.img file from it. Flashing the stock boot.img can get you out of most bootloops. Here's some reading material to help you understand what has changed.
Personally, I'm happy with the stock ROM, rooted. I suggest you look at Tulsadiver's mod. It has some sorely needed customization options.
:good:

post-mortem said:
If you really need Xposed, you can install a Magisk version of Xposed. Personally, I am no longer using Xposed; Magisk gives me root, and I can install all the modules I need.
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So Xposed modules work in Magisk? Or....? I have GravityBox for notification control, as I find the default LED blink speed too low and like to change the sound/LED colour on a per-app basis far more than the apps themselves allow, along with Unbeloved Hosts, MinMinGuard, Airplane Mode Helper, Screenshot Delay Remover, Secure Settings, XToast and YouTube AdAway.
Do you have the Pro version of Titanium Backup? You have to jump through some hoops to get it to recognize your Pro key.
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I do. There's an option to just create a flashable install of Titanium, and to back up its settings, which is what I've always done in the past. Is this different now?
EDIT: Which guide do I follow to install TWRP and Magisk? I thought this would be the go, but reading through it requires a custom ROM to begin with.

I followed this guide. I really don't know if it's actually necessary to uninstall com.android.phone, though I did it. The command you'll want to use to unlock the bootloader is fastboot flashing unlock, as stated at the top of this Google page.
If the enable OEM unlocking option under developer settings remains grayed out, you might have to get out of the settings and reenter them, restart your phone, or even reflash and start all over. For some reason, a number of people have reported that executing the command am start com.android.chrome in a terminal or adb shell allows the OEM unlocking options to become toggleable.

post-mortem said:
I followed this guide. I really don't know if it's actually necessary to uninstall com.android.phone, though I did it. The command you'll want to use to unlock the bootloader is fastboot flashing unlock, as stated at the top of this Google page
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Why "flashing" and not "oem"? And then how do I install TWRP? The page you linked to has "install" zips and normal zips, not sure which I'm meant to download.
EDIT: Phone arrived, and is running 7.1.2.

Read the top of the Google page with the links to the Factory Images.
TWRP is temporarily booted using a PC with fastboot boot <TWRPfilename.zip> . Once you're in TWRP, you install the TWRP installer zip like any other zip. So the .img file stays on your computer (fastboot will load it onto your phone and boot into it), and the .zip goes on the phone so that you can install the TWRP installer.

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TWRP is temporarily booted using a PC with fastboot boot <TWRPfilename.zip> .
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Should that be the .img file, not the .zip file? Just guessing from context, otherwise you're using the zip file twice and the img file never.
So:
Unlock bootloader
Flash TWRP
Use TWRP to flash TWRP
Use TWRP to flash Magisk
Yes?
EDIT: Wait, that doesn't include flashing the system thing. When and how do I do that?

Unpopular opinion, but...
If I were you I would just use the phone as it is for at least a couple of days.
I don't want to sound like a Pixel fanboy but I'm liking the stock firmware much better than any custom ROM on this phone.
Of course I'm rooted and running a custom kernel, but I'm positive that Magisk will have the answers to most of your modding needs.
You got a new phone, why go out of your way and risk messing up stuff just to make it feel like your old one?

I mean, I'm cool with stock in theory, I just liked the debloated ROM I had last time because, well, debloating. And GMail and YouTube and such are now user apps on the S7, so my backups treat them as such.
Where do I find the drivers? I installed an "adb setup" thing that claimed to have them, but my PC isn't recognising the Pixel. Google's links to OEM drivers include a bunch of brands that aren't Google, so I'm not sure what to download.
EDIT: Okay, got it. Now running Android 9. When I'm installing TWRP, do I need to wipe anything? I miss the S7 forums and their one clear rooting guide that went step by step through everything.

koberulz said:
I mean, I'm cool with stock in theory, I just liked the debloated ROM I had last time because, well, debloating. And GMail and YouTube and such are now user apps on the S7, so my backups treat them as such.
Where do I find the drivers? I installed an "adb setup" thing that claimed to have them, but my PC isn't recognising the Pixel. Google's links to OEM drivers include a bunch of brands that aren't Google, so I'm not sure what to download.
EDIT: Okay, got it. Now running Android 9. When I'm installing TWRP, do I need to wipe anything? I miss the S7 forums and their one clear rooting guide that went step by step through everything.
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No. just fastboot twrp img > flash zip via booted twrp. Reboot to system. That's all you gotta do

How do I boot into TWRP once installed? And come to that, what's the point of installing if I can boot to it regardless?

koberulz said:
There's an option to just create a flashable install of Titanium, and to back up its settings, which is what I've always done in the past. Is this different now?
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Okay, this seems not to work. I've tried flashing it and there's no sign of the app at all.

koberulz said:
How do I boot into TWRP once installed? And come to that, what's the point of installing if I can boot to it regardless?
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Doesn't the command fastboot boot twrp.img just boot it?
It does that for me, then I just have to flash twrp pixel installer.zip and it sticks.
I do this every time I update my factory image (which resets recovery to stock)

Anyways, I'm in. Had to manually install TB, then restore all my backups...and it screwed everything up big-time. Contacts are horribly broken; they initially kept crashing and now it says there's no contacts app installed. GMail crashes every time I open it. And the vibration has been replaced with a quiet beep.

I expected that... Just reflash latest factory image

Look, don't restore any apps, yet, especially any apps made by Google. You shouldn't need to restore any data, as all Google info is in the cloud, anyway. Just launch the app and log in to your Google account.
You don't need to "permanently" install TWRP if you don't want to.

I don't use Drive, so no it isn't.
I've managed to get everything over except my contacts. They killed it last time so I'm disinclined to try again. Not sure how else to get them over though.
My S7 had an "only display contacts with a phone number" option, does Pixel have an equivalent?
Since I don't have Xposed, I don't have any of my ad blockers. Are there options available?
I also had a lock screen with a tray of apps I could drag up to unlock straight into that app, the clock on the right instead of the left, and a percentage instead of just a battery icon on the lock screen and without swiping down. Any way I can set that up?
I tried Light Flow, but it doesn't seem to be working, I'm not getting any LED lights. It was working fine while I was setting up last night, but I unplugged the phone to go to bed and it's stopped.
I've looked at that Pie Aroma Mod Installer thing, but there's three files offered for download and I'm not sure what they are?
Is there a way to stop the screen turning on and the phone making a sound when I plug/unplug it?

I used a magisk module that I can't reverse even with a full wipe

I downloaded a Magisk module to test out that purported to bypass DRM of netflix, Amazon, and a couple others and it put my phone into a boot loop. I installed a recovery magisk module zip for recovery that allowed me to disable the module from TWRP but it didn't matter because it just stopped the module and didn't replace the changed DRM file. After that I just gave up and fully formatted my phone with the All in One tool using "Decrypt phone / erase all data" and then installed a fresh stock ROM image via fastboot. The problem is, even after doing all of this, the DRM file that this module changed is still changed and I can't use streaming services and my phone is incredibly unstable. When I open Netflix for instance, it says I need an update and when I go to the play store it tells me "Netflix is not compatible with your device". Also, even after a full wipe, Nova launcher is still installed, and it's not supposed to be, I have no clue how these files are persisting through a full wipe. I've been tinkering with my phone for over a year now and this is the first problem I've found that not even fastboot can seem to fix. I'm on Tmobile and originally was able to unlock my bootloader by flashing Android 10 Developer preview 3, which they accidentally allowed you to unlock the bootloader with. I did that to unlock my bootloader then rooted and I've been using international ROM's ever since. I'm worried if I have to go back to Stock tmobile ROM I won't be able to get my bootloader locked again, and I still have no clue if this will even fix the issue. Does anyone have any clue how to fix this? If you search "drm" on magisk modules you'll find two things, one that removes all drm, and one from 2019 that attempts to bypass it. (I figured I'd test this out to see if I could watch Netflix in 1440p with my bootloader unlocked and didn't expect it to work, just didn't expect it to find a way to soft brick my phone) I'm using the 2019 one. Is it possible if I re-root my phone to somehow aquire the original DRM files this thing changed and replace them? Are these not included as part of a stock ROM? I don't understand how I can't fix this. My last plan is to reinstall TWRP and wipe literally every option on there then flash a ROM via fastboot, but I doubt it's going to work if formatting the entire phone doesn't work
Edit: Installed TWRP, wiped literally every option so I didn't even have an OS anymore, used fastboot to decrypt / erase all data then when installing stock ROM I chose again to wipe all data. If nova launcher and the changed DRM persists through this I'm going to be completely stumped. The only thing I can conclude is that somehow my phone is not actually fully wiping itself even though I'm using 3 different methods to do it
Edit 2: This still didn't work. I think I'm gonna have to use the MSM tool and go back to tmobile stock. If I flash far back enough I should in theory still be able to flash Android 10 DP3 and unlock my bootloader again, it's just gonna be an unexpected pain in the ass task to deal with today
Edit 3: Thank god for modified msm tool, I didn't know they were able to modify it to convert your tmobile phone to international and unlock the bootloader. This is going to be much easier than anticipated as long as doing this actually fixes my drm files and really wipes everything
Edit 4: Even using MSM tool to install a factory international ROM fixed the Netflix issue but somehow Nova Launcher is persisting through every single kind of wipe I've done lol. Despite the bootloader being locked (wasn't supposed to be) after this update, Netflix still wouldn't play in HD which is kind of odd. I'm now going through the process of installing Android 10 DP3 and unlocking my bootloader then downgrading back to pie to root and install TWRP again. I'm just going to have to accept that Nova Launcher is a part of my phone now lol

Maybe I'm wrong but didnt op7 pro have an irreversible e-fuse that once triggered with root it wiped out the ability to see HD forever ? Something to do with downgrading widevine drm levels if I remember correctly... The nova thingy I cant explain but hey it could be worse you could be stuck with Microsoft's launcher [emoji1787]
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Just a thought that crossed my mind, could it be that Nova is surviving as a system app in A or B slot? Are you sure you are wiping system in both slots?
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Rooting Pixel 4a, Android 12

Hello, I've searched and haven't found any thread like that.
Does anybody know is there a chance, after installing Android 12 by OTA, to root the phone?
I've followed the instruction from: https://www.droidwin.com/how-to-root-pixel-devices-via-magisk-on-android-12/
but I get a bootloop. I've tried:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img
fastboot reboot
then, I've tried:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot getvar current-slot (it's 'b' in my case)
fastboot flash boot_a magisk_patched.img
fastboot flash boot_b magisk_patched.img
fastboot reboot
It's bootlooping until I flash original boot.img.
I'm using the latest Magisk canary.
It would be really, really nice to be able to use Andorid 12, but rooted.

Happened to me a week ago,
go to https://developers.google.com/android/images and flash the latest image. then flash the modified boot img.
Also r u aware on how to pass safety net on android 12.

khcubee said:
Happened to me a week ago,
go to https://developers.google.com/android/images and flash the latest image. then flash the modified boot img.
Also r u aware on how to pass safety net on android 12.
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But would I keep the data? My modified boot img seems not to work at all (flash, nor even boot).

No u would not keep ur data. but i backed up my **** with swift backup. then restored and its working perfect.

khcubee said:
No u would not keep ur data. but i backed up my **** with swift backup. then restored and its working perfect.
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There is a problem with Swift Backup that you can't copy data with no root

@wolfenstein3de
Thank you for the link. I used it to root my Pixel 4a after I did the OTA to Android 12 today and wanted to share my experience.
I had it unlocked and rooted with magisk before and had existing backups of everything.
When I did me root just now, I did not loose any data when uploading the patched boot. Everything went smoothly.
Obviously this doesn't mean you or anybody else might loose their data so to try to create a proper backup first!

Hotsndot said:
@wolfenstein3de
Thank you for the link. I used it to root my Pixel 4a after I did the OTA to Android 12 today and wanted to share my experience.
I had it unlocked and rooted with magisk before and had existing backups of everything.
When I did me root just now, I did not loose any data when uploading the patched boot. Everything went smoothly.
Obviously this doesn't mean you or anybody else might loose their data so to try to create a proper backup first!
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Hello, I tried putting the fresh system and then - rooting. No problem! But then I've read about no more support for Magisk Hide.
I used root (in order of importance):
- yt vanced (can be used as separated app, no root needed)
- tasks for tasker (some doesn't work, like turning wifi on while the airplane mode, creating hotspot etc.)
- adblock (apparently work cool without root)
- Magisk advanced battery control (I preferre charging with 0.5A during the night up to 89%, disable charging during flying the drone and keeping 49-50% during card rides)
- ads in apps
- possibility of recoding the calls
- possibility for creating backups, also with data apps
- removing apps (still, I can hide them with Nova Launcher, though)
But I stopped being able to use one of my bank apps and some others.
I know that it was hard, from time to time, that after updating some apps, root make them impossible to use them. I gave up! Maybe I'm getting old. Long time ago I needed root to play with kernels, changing power of my cpu and killing taks from RAM, but now days, even with 6 communicators in background, recording the screen, some post apps running, gmail + DjiFly, everything seems to work fine. But if not yt vanced - I would stay rooted.
Maybe somebody knows if there's a way that making backup with no root, but using the bootloader would work or if there's a way to record the calls?

I had my 4a rooted with version 11 using Magisk and sunfish-rq3a.211001.001-factory-5d6da39f and made the mistake of OTA updating to 12. 4a is still unlocked but I lost root which is why I am reading this thread.
I see the instructions to go to here https://developers.google.com/android/images for the latest version. As you may know Google pushed out the Verizon version of 12 which is on my phone now SP1A.211105.002.A1, Nov 2021, Verizon, Verizon MVNOs). I would like to not have the Verizon version on my phone (does that even make sense?) and was wondering which load to use - this one: SQ1A.211205.008, Dec 2021?
I know enough to get the root done but not much else about the hardware/sw versions.
Thanks

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I would like to not have the Verizon version on my phone (does that even make sense?) and was wondering which load to use - this one: SQ1A.211205.008, Dec 2021?
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Yeah, there's only 1 December version. No variants like November.

Is it possible to root the 4a, flash with stock ROM and then use banking apps or is it prohibited due to SafetyNet or so?
I am asking because I would like to use apps that require root like greenify, adaway, titanium backup, naptime, etc to get rid of ads and optimize battery life.... But, before, I need to know if banking apps will work.
Thanks in advance...

ErnstHaft said:
Is it possible to root the 4a, flash with stock ROM and then use banking apps or is it prohibited due to SafetyNet or so?
I am asking because I would like to use apps that require root like greenify, adaway, titanium backup, naptime, etc to get rid of ads and optimize battery life.... But, before, I need to know if banking apps will work.
Thanks in advance...
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Greenify? Naptime?? Holy time warp! Root was great when root was needed. AOSP has come a long way since then. Root still viable but a high bar and even greater use restrictions. And ya'h, safety net will ruin your day over and over again. Cheers, mate!