What are roms? - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

I tired searching for this answer via search bar, but no avail
So I am a recent switcher; been using all iPhones up from the 3G and I made the plunge into buying the Galaxy S III and I %100 love it.
But there is many things I do not understand. First what is flashing the rom and the point of doing so

Roms are custom OS's. since android is an open source platform , devs are able to take the OS and put in their own bells and whistles to make it better. Or to delete the treasure Trove of bloatware put in by manufactures own custom OS's like htc's sense or our own touchwiz
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T3hBraveBoss said:
I tired searching for this answer via search bar, but no avail
So I am a recent switcher; been using all iPhones up from the 3G and I made the plunge into buying the Galaxy S III and I %100 love it.
But there is many things I do not understand. First what is flashing the rom and the point of doing so
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I'm a new user like you! Came from a Blackberry and I'm just starting to realize the amount of things you can do on Android. Quite amazing really.
I'm no expert, but the idea I get is that custom ROMs are custom OS that give you features and options above and beyond what the stock S3 ROM offers. There are many developers working on their own ROMs, you can check out the developer section for that. :3 But before you even flash a custom ROM you'll have to root your phone.
androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/
This link is pretty informative.

Jbluna said:
Roms are custom OS's. since android is an open source platform , devs are able to take the OS and put in their own bells and whistles to make it better. Or to delete the treasure Trove of bloatware put in by manufactures own custom OS's like htc's sense or our own touchwiz
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so is there any roms that increase batter performance, keeping the touchwiz interface but removing all bloatwear apps

Check the development section for your version of the s3. The Roms and descriptions of them are in there
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Android_Monsters said:
Check the development section for your version of the s3. The Roms and descriptions of them are in there
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I find it hard to look for roms, they seem very confusing
can you help me? Im on the AT&T section

T3hBraveBoss said:
so is there any roms that increase batter performance, keeping the touchwiz interface but removing all bloatwear apps
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Most ROMs have the option to remove bloatware I think. Even if they do not, once you have rooted your phone and installed Titanium Backup from the Playstore you should be able to remove any unwanted apps.
Omega ROM is a good ROM that keeps the touchwiz interface. It's one of the ROMs that is closest to stock interface. Try googling for that.

xxfreakazoidxx said:
Most ROMs have the option to remove bloatware I think. Even if they do not, once you have rooted your phone and installed Titanium Backup from the Playstore you should be able to remove any unwanted apps.
Omega ROM is a good ROM that keeps the touchwiz interface. It's one of the ROMs that is closest to stock interface. Try googling for that.
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can you find it for me, cant seem to find one for non-international verison

Do not use international roms!
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T3hBraveBoss said:
can you find it for me, cant seem to find one for non-international verison
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which carrier is your GS3 on?
edit:nvm i see your on at&t, this is a good stock, bloat free rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1755552
for better battery life, i recommend this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745516
remember to root your phone first, heres a video on how to root your phone specifically
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQL9fVSisFI

T3hBraveBoss said:
can you find it for me, cant seem to find one for non-international verison
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Just check the android development forum for your device.

Looks pretty good, one more question rooting will void my warranty, if I unroot everything will be okay right
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I would seriously consider trying to learn more about rooting and the benefits/consequences before you attempt any kind of ROM flashing.

T3hBraveBoss said:
Looks pretty good, one more question rooting will void my warranty, if I unroot everything will be okay right
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ignore the post above me, Yes it will void your warranty and if you unroot then everything will be alright, look at my reply to you a page back on how to get started and if you ever need to unroot your phone just use this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5laWgJkW3A

Why dont you discuss them, every guide I checked were outdated
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If you're a noob don't do anything to your phone, there is a good chance you will brick it.
Just read forums watch some YouTube videos about flashing roms and what not.
Only then once you know the terminology, consequences of a screw up and general feel for things should you attempt to mess with your phone.
There is nothing wrong with stock, if you coming from Iphone first learn your Android inside out.
Don't be one of those asking if they need root, If you don't know what root is or what it does, you don't need it.
Rant over.
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Ghost77 said it best!!
If your a noob, don't try to do something to your phone, if you do not know what you are doing!!
With that said, Samsung phones (except Verizon S3) are the easiest phones to root and flash roms!! Do your homework and do major research before you attempt to do anything. Look at youtube videos and carefully pay attention to what they are doing.
Also because you have a S3, make sure you follow and download the right files and roms for your particular phone. For example, use i9300 roms only for international s3, i710 roms for sprint and so on. If you don't know your model number go to settings - about device - model number.
Finally, like ghost77 said, stock is not bad! Rooting and flashing roms is for those people who want that little more customization and performance improvements. For the average user, they probably won't even notice a difference between a rooted phone with a custom factory rom and a unrooted factory device.

Well I already rooted, I installed setcpu what would be a good speed to optimize battery life but keep good performance overall
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Everyone thinks that rooting your phone will void your warranty but if you watch this it states that under the "Magnuson Moss Warranty Act" Title 50 Chap 50 Section 2304 C) Waiver of Standards, it basically states that they have to prove that you did something to damage your device to void your warranty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YcIHaajda8&feature=g-user-u

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[Q] 4.0 ICS Upgrade

if i were to root my S2 will i still be able to get the upgrade when 4.0 is release?
If you root your phone and learn how to flash roms, you'll almost guaranteed be able to put ICS on it long before it's released for this phone.
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but would the rooted ROM have the same features as the "stock upgrade"? because i know some of the customize rom have glitches in them most of the time
Yes it would work. To what level and how smoothly it works would be up to you for what you would be willing to try out.
While that may not seem like the answer you were looking for, let me put it this way. When I had the captivate and they finally updated it with official 2.2 (froyo) there were already great 2.3 (gingerbread) roms available that worked amazing.
And the same story with the updates from 2.1 to 2.2.
Sure if you don't modify your phone at all, over-the-air (ota) updates will for sure work. But you can revert your phone back to stock (from a custom rom) to be able to receive those updates, whenever they decide to release them, anytime you want.
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I think yes. There is rooted stock rom with all ATT and Google stuff in it.
So you should be able to update with this rom.
tinman4124 said:
but would the rooted ROM have the same features as the "stock upgrade"? because i know some of the customize rom have glitches in them most of the time
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jconfus said:
I think yes. There is rooted stock rom with all ATT and Google stuff in it.
So you should be able to update with this rom.
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Lol. For as much talking as I do and still not answer the question.
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I think you will have a better chance to get upgrade to ICS earlier.
Yeah, as said earlier, AT&T official updates often lag by one major version, best case. Look at the Captivate.
Froyo after I9000 got GB, GB still unavailable.
Just like the Captivate and the I9000, the I9100 is our "International brother" and stuff can be ported rapidly.
Depending on the state of Samsung's ICS kernel source release, it may take only a few days for a 95% functional ICS ROM to become available for I777. (Longer if they leave out the MAX8922 driver...)
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But you can revert your phone back to stock (from a custom rom) to be able to receive those updates, whenever they decide to release them, anytime you want.
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Does that mean it will be like you never rooted it or is that just another rom that mimic the OEM stuff. Or is that the same thing?
Thanks
Like you never touched your phone. Back to what it was when you pulled it out of the box.
There's a great write up on getting your phone back to factory stock for warranty returns done by creepyncrawly. Be sure to check it out.
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can u give me the link the the thread?
Just open the developement thread and look. I recommend the one by entropy512. For great step by step instructions open the general thread and find the post by creepyncrawly.
If in doubt, there is a search feature. And google.
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can u give me the link the the thread?
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There's a reason there is a FAQ thread stickied in the General forums...
We are not here to hold your hand for things that are so easy to find they are in a sticky thread marked FAQ.

To Root or Not to Root ??

should I root my international versuon of SGS3 ? I also dont want to void the warranty.If I root would my phone MAYBE SOMEHOW damaged or not working anymore? what do you suggest me im using it 2-3 weeks now.
also please provide link tutorial
thanks.
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I have rooted my phone:
1. You can block adds in apps with AdAway
2. You can make nandroid backups in cwm and backup apps + data with Titanium backup
3. You can increase volume with Volume+
4. You can wipe or freeze apps and widgets that you do not use.
5. Yoy can flash mods and themes for odexed roms
6. You can flash custom rom`s or kernels.
I you want to unroot use Triangle Away to reset the flashcounter , flash a stock rom and do a data/factory reset and your back to stock
And 7. You can use the Six axis app to wirelessly connect your PS3 control and therefore utilizing the usb out to connect via hdmi to play games on your big screen
Here's link for cf root,, it takes about 2 minutes if you are familiar with Odin,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
[03.07.2012] CF-Root 6.4 - SuperSU+CWM5.5+CWMManager
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There are many pages over the internet listing the pros/cons, so I wont relist them here.. The only thing I find most have missed out are the apps that are root protected.. If you use any that are it can become a pain, if not you don't really have much to lose...
if u use triangle away and restore your stock rom,.. your warranty is intact,...
damaging your phone depends on how you follow the given tutorials,...
also if I root and restoring to the factory settings warranty would be again available?
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patriotaki said:
also if I root and restoring to the factory settings warranty would be again available?
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Yes .
Its pointless not rooting and joining XDA much like a eunuch in a harem .
jje
OP
Google rooting and weigh the benefits. Decide for yourself if its something you want to do. Lots of average users will never need root. If you find yourself NOT being able to do tasks you want, then root.. if you don't have a need to or are questioning if you should, then don't.
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Coreym said:
OP
Google rooting and weigh the benefits. Decide for yourself if its something you want to do. Lots of average users will never need root. If you find yourself NOT being able to do tasks you want, then root.. if you don't have a need to or are questioning if you should, then don't.
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yes I just want to remove ads from apps record the screen..install superscript v6 and autokiller and a bit play with customization im just a kid and new on android I dont know how to root
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patriotaki said:
yes I just want to remove ads from apps record the screen..install superscript v6 and autokiller and a bit play with customization im just a kid and new on android I dont know how to root
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Well then you ARE looking to root. Head over to the stickies in General or Q&A. There's a whole bunch of helpful info for guys new to android. Rooting be easy as pie. Check out the Dev section for root and recovery also.
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patriotaki said:
yes I just want to remove ads from apps record the screen..install superscript v6 and autokiller and a bit play with customization im just a kid and new on android I dont know how to root
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You can always ask help to somebody, and you can follow all the detailed instructions and videos tutorial at galaxys3root.com (i think it's the best), they have also links to this forum for better instructions.
I made it few days ago, rooting and unrooting it's very easy, always make backup of the original ROM installed.
Pay attention also at what country phone you will be rooting.
I had an xperia x10 so was not familiar with Odin but it takes about 30 seconds couldn't be much easier
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I've also done and will do it again and again. Never again without Root
thanks guys! where can I find all those tutorials to backup original Rom and root without voiding the warranty if its possible so I dont screw it up wooth fake or wrongs tuts
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I'm more of a little girl that doesn't want to void my warranty and afraid of bricking since I'm a klutz at modifying. Unless you want to potentially unlock your phone's capabilities then feel free to do so however if you aren't a North American user than your phone would most likely be void of warranty because I've read an article here somewhere made by xda that rooting doesn't void your warranty (North American users only) and I'm a south east asian user lol. For experts they feel free to do so since it's their expertise but average people like me money is hard to come by and I don't want to risk bricking it lol.
You can't really brick it rooting. Its flashing firmwares and ROMs/Kernels that can potentially brick you.. but nowadays it doesn't happen all too often. And there are methods to safeguard this. JTAG is available too for the S3.
But patriotaki .. you can find info in the Q&A and general sub forums, and for all the tools in the dev section come with instructions. Here's chainfires root method. Just follow the steps and you'll be fine! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
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Coreym said:
You can't really brick it rooting. Its flashing firmwares and ROMs/Kernels that can potentially brick you.. but nowadays it doesn't happen all too often. And there are methods to safeguard this. JTAG is available too for the S3.
But patriotaki .. you can find info in the Q&A and general sub forums, and for all the tools in the dev section come with instructions. Here's chainfires root method. Just follow the steps and you'll be fine! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
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I'm rooted ut here is my take on it.
The only 2 reasons I rooted was because I wanted control over my CPU settings/create screen off profiles and to change the android green off my notification bar.
Other than that, the phone was sweet **** sweet before rooting. you can already uninstall/freeze apps without being rooted and the battery life was VERY good before as well. I have flashed 4 Roms and non of them perfromed as well as the stock kernel IMO. I flashed back to BEAN R2 because it has the stock kernel and gave me the best battery life. no theme, running my setcpu, nova, all notifcations and toggles turned off that dont need to be on and I get about 17 hours with 30%+ when I plug back in when I go to bed.
There are a lot of things you can do when you root, but this phone is very good without. I have had other phones in the past that just weren't up to par unless they were rooted and I dont find that to be the case here.
just my .02
1Android said:
I'm rooted ut here is my take on it.
The only 2 reasons I rooted was because I wanted control over my CPU settings/create screen off profiles and to change the android green off my notification bar.
Other than that, the phone was sweet **** sweet before rooting. you can already uninstall/freeze apps without being rooted and the battery life was VERY good before as well. I have flashed 4 Roms and non of them perfromed as well as the stock kernel IMO. I flashed back to BEAN R2 because it has the stock kernel and gave me the best battery life. no theme, running my setcpu, nova, all notifcations and toggles turned off that dont need to be on and I get about 17 hours with 30%+ when I plug back in when I go to bed.
There are a lot of things you can do when you root, but this phone is very good without. I have had other phones in the past that just weren't up to par unless they were rooted and I dont find that to be the case here.
just my .02
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U can't freeze certain apps without root. Most Apps tbh but yeah the phone will be fine beforehand naturally. Otherwise u wouldn't buy it
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Any stock roms available?

I downloaded FreeGee and would like to uninstall it once the Jelly Bean update comes out due to lack of dev support, but I have discovered that there is no easy way to uninstall it unless I flash a stock rom back onto my phone (AT&T LG Optimus G). I cannot find any stock roms for the AT&T version, so I was wondering:
1) Are there any stock roms available for the AT&T LG Optimus G?
2) Does it matter if I use a stock rom from rogers or will that also mess up the updates?
3) If there are no stock roms available, does anybody know how to uninstall FreeGee?
Thanks.
You didn't see the stock ROM in the development section? Also that's why its good to make a backup of the stock rom before flashing any ROM.
Here is the stock ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984545
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How do you flash it onto your phone?
903tex said:
You didn't see the stock ROM in the development section? Also that's why its good to make a backup of the stock rom before flashing any ROM.
Here is the stock ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984545
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I have the backups saved but I'm unsure of which one to flash and how to go about doing it.
Short answer
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Go to backup/restore
And restore your backup
But long answer is read up so you know what you doing
http://android.sc/backup-and-restore-your-android-device-clockworkmod-recovery/
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MD5 mismatch
903tex said:
Short answer
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Go to backup/restore
And restore your backup
But long answer is read up so you know what you doing
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I got md5 mismatch when I tried to restore, so how would I go about flashing the stock rom?
... Lack of dev support? Really?
Ecf17 said:
I got md5 mismatch when I tried to restore, so how would I go about flashing the stock rom?
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Its all in the link I posted in my first post. Really man you should have read up more than just jump straight out the gate!
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... Lack of dev support? Really?
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I guess it all depends on how many developers you consider constitutes a "lack of" and how many = "good" support. Right now we know of three that have actually put something out, there are others working on stuff behind the scenes but how many remains to be seen. I have faith the support will come; however, if you were to survey people today, I'm reasonably certain most would call this a lack of support. Good things come to those who wait.
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I guess it all depends on how many developers you consider constitutes a "lack of" and how many = "good" support. Right now we know of three that have actually put something out, there are others working on stuff behind the scenes but how many remains to be seen. I have faith the support will come; however, if you were to survey people today, I'm reasonably certain most would call this a lack of support. Good things come to those who wait.
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Indeed, common sense really. 1 rom in the dev section = lack of dev support. if a person can't see that, then they lack common sense.
ECF17. Ill answer your question. I see many comments above but no real answer.
There is not a stock Rom you can flash. the only Rom available is heavily modified.
What I did is went back to stock. Root, then unlock the bootloader, and deleted the apps I don't use. So I still have a ODEX Rom. Installed WiFi tether, Rom toolbox lets you easily remove the apps that you dont want (be careful) and also allows you to block ads.
Battery life is amazing. I unplugged at 6:30am and its 3:35 now and I'm at 67% and I've send over 20 emails today, dozens of text and over 1 hour screen on time.
I found that stock ODEX and debloated is the way to go. My sync is on. Facebook,gmail, box,dropbox.
The md5 mismatch was an issue I had also. The recovery that comes with the freegee. Unlock is flaky like that
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[Q] Sprint S3 4.3 - Some questions relating to rooting and knox.

Hey everyone. Im relatively new to this forum and rooting. I have some background knowledge in programming and other related aspects, unfortunately nothing related to Android. As well as some Linux OS experience. Now as far as i know ROM's could be compared to OS builds. Android 4.1.2, 4.3, 4.4, etc. Rooting makes you a super user/sudo like Linux. I think i have that pretty much correct. Now for the things i know little about.
-KNOX so far it seems its mostly used for enterprises and to see if we have installed a custom ROM. I've seen a lot of different information about Knox. What exactly else does it do/change? As of 4.3 i see we could no longer roll back or we will brick our device. What should i be wary of? I could care less about tripping the knox counter.
-Stock OTA is another thing i was curious about. This simply means an update was installed post factory by user, correct? My girlfriend has an S3 and i cant remember if 4.3 was stock or 4.1.2. I just wanted to clear up if my OTA updated S3 was covered under this.
-i saw one root method which kept the stock recovery but installed the superuser. What is the benefit for having a stock recovery? Would i be able to use a custom one with Knox in place? I was thinking of using a 4.4 cyanogenmod rom.
Sorry if this seems a bit noobish, but my schedule is tight and i spent maybe 6 hours trying to find exact information. Kind of hidden lol.
I apprreciate any answers!
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Wrong phone and wrong forum, this is for the i9300 only.
Ahh lol sorry could you direct me to the forum? I work nights so hopefully this eill be moved beforehand
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Ahh lol sorry could you direct me to the forum? I work nights so hopefully this eill be moved beforehand
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Wanting to get rid of 4.3

It looks like a lot of people don't care for the 4.3 "upgrade" on their S3s. I've had nothing but problems since the stupid "upgrade." I just did a reset and found out I can't download some apps that I used now. 4.1.2 was fine with me. I wouldn't mind going back to that if there is a way to do it without all the bloatware apps that I don't use. I would like something that is lighter and more visually appealing though. Any suggestions on what to use? What's the best guide for rooting and changing the software? My provider is Verizon.
Wrong phone and wrong forum, this is for the i9300 and questions go in the q&a forum.
Try reading the sticky threads for guides, but don't flash anything from this forum as it will hard brick your phone.
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Flash cm11 and get over it, and enjoy one of the best experiences it's that good.
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You când flash a 4.1.2 custom rom or a 4.4 one

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