anyone here root with a macbook ? I'm coming from jailbreaking iphones and never had an android phone and was wondering how difficult i'm going to have with updates and apps and rooting in a few days (phone should be here tomorrow), I use to dual boot but I sold my windows OS because I never used it so now I only have a macbook but we do have a home computer but thats down due to the power supply took a dump the other day !
So with SGS2 AT&T + macbook intel I tried to google and I can't find a straight answer to this !
1-can I root ?
2-how much more difficult without windows is it going to be ?
3-should I buy a windows OS and go back to dual boot ?
justabrake said:
anyone here root with a macbook ? I'm coming from jailbreaking iphones and never had an android phone and was wondering how difficult i'm going to have with updates and apps and rooting in a few days (phone should be here tomorrow), I use to dual boot but I sold my windows OS because I never used it so now I only have a macbook but we do have a home computer but thats down due to the power supply took a dump the other day !
So with SGS2 AT&T + macbook intel I tried to google and I can't find a straight answer to this !
1-can I root ?
2-how much more difficult without windows is it going to be ?
3-should I buy a windows OS and go back to dual boot ?
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If you're familiar with terminal on your mac, there is a multi platform tool named Heimdall. Very easy to flash on a mac with this program
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If you're familiar with terminal on your mac, there is a multi platform tool named Heimdall. Very easy to flash on a mac with this program
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I downloaded it and installed it I guess I need the device first to use it !
Is this something like cyberduck ? or more like tinyumbrella ?
justabrake said:
anyone here root with a macbook ? I'm coming from jailbreaking iphones and never had an android phone and was wondering how difficult i'm going to have with updates and apps and rooting in a few days (phone should be here tomorrow), I use to dual boot but I sold my windows OS because I never used it so now I only have a macbook but we do have a home computer but thats down due to the power supply took a dump the other day !
So with SGS2 AT&T + macbook intel I tried to google and I can't find a straight answer to this !
1-can I root ?
2-how much more difficult without windows is it going to be ?
3-should I buy a windows OS and go back to dual boot ?
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MacOS will be easier than Windows. It's closer to Linux. So ADB is easier to get up and running I think, and heimdall is easier to get up and running. Note that I think heimdall had some issues with recent revisions of MacOS, and there's supposed to be an update (1.3.1) coming out in a day or two.
With heimdall you've got multiple paths to root. In my opinion the easiest now is to flash my kernel - as soon as the kernel boots it'll autoroot your system partition.
In terms of getting really "down and dirty" with an Android device, the order of easiness is:
1) Linux - because Android itself is a form of Linux, and is open source, Linux is the official development platform for Android. As an example, if you want to compile cyanogenmod from source, it's easiest on Linux.
2) MacOS - because it's much closer to Linux than Windows - it's possible to compile cyanogenmod from source on MacOS, but it's a bit difficult
3) Windows - It's the odd one out. It's the only platform where you need to install drivers for ADB to work, the only platform you need to install drivers for flashing utilities to work, and it's also not possible to compile Cyanogenmod from source and barely possible to compile kernels from source (if at all) if you want to get into the real down-to-the-metal development.
FYI, if you're messing with Android from MacOS, you may want to familiarize yourself with your terminal shell.
justabrake said:
I downloaded it and installed it I guess I need the device first to use it !
Is this something like cyberduck ? or more like tinyumbrella ?
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No clue what those are.
Entropy512 said:
MacOS will be easier than Windows. It's closer to Linux. So ADB is easier to get up and running I think, and heimdall is easier to get up and running. Note that I think heimdall had some issues with recent revisions of MacOS, and there's supposed to be an update (1.3.1) coming out in a day or two.
With heimdall you've got multiple paths to root. In my opinion the easiest now is to flash my kernel - as soon as the kernel boots it'll autoroot your system partition.
In terms of getting really "down and dirty" with an Android device, the order of easiness is:
1) Linux - because Android itself is a form of Linux, and is open source, Linux is the official development platform for Android. As an example, if you want to compile cyanogenmod from source, it's easiest on Linux.
2) MacOS - because it's much closer to Linux than Windows - it's possible to compile cyanogenmod from source on MacOS, but it's a bit difficult
3) Windows - It's the odd one out. It's the only platform where you need to install drivers for ADB to work, the only platform you need to install drivers for flashing utilities to work, and it's also not possible to compile Cyanogenmod from source and barely possible to compile kernels from source (if at all) if you want to get into the real down-to-the-metal development.
FYI, if you're messing with Android from MacOS, you may want to familiarize yourself with your terminal shell.
No clue what those are.
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You say it's easier using a mac then windows ! I'd bet you never used a mac to do this there isn't many threads or downloads for mac OSX
I read some and there's just too many steps using a mac were as if you used 4 easy steps using windows So if you know an easy step by step that you don't have to use Terminal and a bunch of downloads to get Heimdall working please don't hesitate to post here !
I just rooted my phone last night, and I'm on a Mac. Since I couldn't find any steps for rooting the GS2 on a Mac, I just ran Windows through VMWare Fusion and forwarded the USB connection to the VM. It looks like it worked perfectly, as everything I've tried so far that requires root has ran flawlessly.
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I just rooted my phone last night, and I'm on a Mac. Since I couldn't find any steps for rooting the GS2 on a Mac, I just ran Windows through VMWare Fusion and forwarded the USB connection to the VM. It looks like it worked perfectly, as everything I've tried so far that requires root has ran flawlessly.
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I Posted I don't have windows
Are you trying to impress me?
I'm not
Thanks
Unfortunately, I'm a terminal kind of guy. My rooting method was initially developed on a Linux box, and my kernel is always flashed from a Linux box when I develop it.
MacOS is much closer to Linux than Windows is - so yes, it's actually easier if you have basic terminal/shell familiarity.
The only problem is that apparently Heimdall and OSX Lion don't seem to like each other much...
Terminal shell its much easier to use, once you get use to using. The problem is, like most things you have never attempted before it will always seem more complicated than it is.
I have found most tasks I do to be easier and quicker with one exception and that is file/folder navigation, that is one thing where GUI clearly beats terminal command line.
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I share your pain man. I actually found that while the MAC method might be easier, it was more practical from a community support perspective, to just install windows on boot camp and use that partition when dealing with rooting.
I know it's not ideal but if you're doing it on a MAC there will be far less of a community on here to support you, given the small percentage of users with macs in general.
I rooted mine in boot camp just by following the directions. You can remove the boot camp partition when done anyhow
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Terminal shell its much easier to use, once you get use to using. The problem is, like most things you have never attempted before it will always seem more complicated than it is.
I have found most tasks I do to be easier and quicker with one exception and that is file/folder navigation, that is one thing where GUI clearly beats terminal command line.
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Not once you learn the joys of tab completion... (Not all shells have that feature, but I think OSX defaults to bash which should have it.)
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Not once you learn the joys of tab completion... (Not all shells have that feature, but I think OSX defaults to bash which should have it.)
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I'll have to learn.
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Unfortunately, I'm a terminal kind of guy. My rooting method was initially developed on a Linux box, and my kernel is always flashed from a Linux box when I develop it.
MacOS is much closer to Linux than Windows is - so yes, it's actually easier if you have basic terminal/shell familiarity.
The only problem is that apparently Heimdall and OSX Lion don't seem to like each other much...
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I'm on lion and have no problems using command line heimdall. I've flashed a bunch of your kernels already So it may be user error/other factors affecting heimdall and OS lion. Lion has had a few updates already, last one being yesterday. I've had well documented, wifi issues on lion, etc(supposed to be fixed with latest update)
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I share your pain man. I actually found that while the MAC method might be easier, it was more practical from a community support perspective, to just install windows on boot camp and use that partition when dealing with rooting.
I know it's not ideal but if you're doing it on a MAC there will be far less of a community on here to support you, given the small percentage of users with macs in general.
I rooted mine in boot camp just by following the directions. You can remove the boot camp partition when done anyhow
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I'll have to get a windows OS, Never thought there wouldn't be a youtube or support sites for this !
Thanks !
justabrake said:
I'll have to get a windows OS, Never thought there wouldn't be a youtube or support sites for this !
Thanks !
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I'm confused by your phrasing, lol.
At least you're a smart Apple customer. Most who use Apple computers (best computers on the market), are "fanboys" and end up thinking just because Apple makes a good tablet, or a good computer, that their phones must be the best, and 1 million line up on pre-order day to buy a 1.5 year old model thinking it's going to be any different than the half-baked, crippled iDevice they had before, hehe.
Not really sure where I'm going with that... but yeah, buy a cheap OEM copy of windows. I'd say download a pirated copy, but I don't want to get yelled at on here, so definitely don't download a pirated copy, pirated copies of windows are bad...
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I'm on lion and have no problems using command line heimdall. I've flashed a bunch of your kernels already So it may be user error/other factors affecting heimdall and OS lion. Lion has had a few updates already, last one being yesterday. I've had well documented, wifi issues on lion, etc(supposed to be fixed with latest update)
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Wifi issues on Lion? I have never had an issue. I DO have a big Wifi issue on my Galaxy SII just like the Wifi issues I had on my Infuse 4G. Wish someone would fix that. It's annoying to have 1 bar of wifi when I'm sitting 2 feet from my router, hehe.
Maybe I should try tweaking the frequencies on my routers
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I'm confused by your phrasing, lol.
At least you're a smart Apple customer. Most who use Apple computers (best computers on the market), are "fanboys" and end up thinking just because Apple makes a good tablet, or a good computer, that their phones must be the best, and 1 million line up on pre-order day to buy a 1.5 year old model thinking it's going to be any different than the half-baked, crippled iDevice they had before, hehe.
Not really sure where I'm going with that... but yeah, buy a cheap OEM copy of windows. I'd say download a pirated copy, but I don't want to get yelled at on here, so definitely don't download a pirated copy, pirated copies of windows are bad...
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Wifi issues on Lion? I have never had an issue. I DO have a big Wifi issue on my Galaxy SII just like the Wifi issues I had on my Infuse 4G. Wish someone would fix that. It's annoying to have 1 bar of wifi when I'm sitting 2 feet from my router, hehe.
Maybe I should try tweaking the frequencies on my routers
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Consider yourself lucky then. There was a pretty sizable issue with lion where wifi/network would not be connected to internet when waking computer from sleep. If you google it, there were A LOT of people having problems.
Also, in there Lion update yesterday, the issue is addressed in the changelog directly from Apple, so they were aware of the problem.
For me it was pretty annoying. I tried a bunch of workarounds but none of them worked long term. I was forced to constantly turn wifi on/off whenever it would not connect. Pretty weak!!
I have not had the issue since updating yesterday, lets hope it stays that way
Yeah, I have a Macbook Pro and have been rooted. Command line heimdall is not difficult in the least to use in my opinion. Any questions can be answered by a multitude of us using it.
Btw, its nothing like cyberduck. That was just a FTP interface. This is a completely different thing.
Edit: Off topic, I was having that wifi problem too! I just thought it was my crappy university internet.
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Edit: Off topic, I was having that wifi problem too! I just thought it was my crappy university internet.
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In regards to wifi on your MBP or your GSII?
MBP. I have nothing but great things to say about my GSII.
abacon15 said:
MBP. I have nothing but great things to say about my GSII.
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I think I need to tweak my settings on my router, I think it's responsible for the spotty wifi on my GSII.
I'm not able to figure out why USB connection to the Nook is so slow. It's around 110k/sec and to move lets say 200megs (nearly 12 hours).
I also have a Nook Colok and it works full speed without any trouble, it's very fast (using Cyanmod 7 with it).
But ever since I got this Nook Tablet it's been super slow to copy anything including books, pdf's etc. It's rooted.
If I use Wifi Explorer I can copy everyhthing in a matter of minutes but with the USB is so slow. I tried several different cables but they have alll given the same slowness.
I used the drivers found with the batch file on here, but remember, i had a nook color also and could the drivers colided into each other? The nook color is still very fast.. ADB works on both .
Any ideas?
In Android Development?
Seriously?
C'mon.
conundrum768 said:
In Android Development?
Seriously?
C'mon.
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Oh, that was a mistake, i meant to put it into general. sorry..
Can an OP move this to general please..
Briefly ...
It may be using the Windows MTP protocol, rather than treating the storage as a drive. IF so:
The good news is that it's slow.
The bad news is that it's buggy (changes on the device are not reflected on the Windows box until you reboot Windows). Also, file date/times are not preserved.
Use ADB push/pull; that seems to work, be speedy, and preserve file date/times.
Hmm you could try using a different port on the pc as if its an older one some of them may still be usb 1.1 instead of 2 which would account for the slow speeds so I would check that first before doing anything else.
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Hmm you could try using a different port on the pc as if its an older one some of them may still be usb 1.1 instead of 2 which would account for the slow speeds so I would check that first before doing anything else.
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It's not a PC issue, im using Windows 7 64 on a i7 950 with 12gigs but the Nook color is fine, so im not sure, i think there might be either a driver issue or the tablet has a transfer issue, but i really doubt it..
Hi all,
Until a few days ago, even with ICS installed, is was possible for me to connect my phone(Xperia S) on my MacBook Pro and browser trough my phone, using Bridge for Mac(BfM). But now my Mac can't find my phone anymore.
Now, when I connect my phone, BfM scans for a device but it can't find it, even when while keeping it connected for 15 minutes it still doesn't do a thing.
I already tried to use/not use USB-debugging but it didn't help. Android File Transfer did not work for me either. I already restarted my phone, my computer, BfM, ATF and re-connected my phone through my mini-USB. All without any result.
When I have my phone connected, BfM is saying: Detecting phone... and the (some sort of icon) is spinning. When I check my notifications in my Xperia S it says: Internal memory connected Internal memory is connected with the PC
I run ICS on my Xperia S. It is not rooted or flashed in any other way. So just retail.
Sorry for my bad English. I am Dutch so some terms/phrases may not be the same.
I hope someone can help me!
Thanks in advance!
Regards
Trezzahn said:
Hi all,
Until a few days ago, even with ICS installed, is was possible for me to connect my phone(Xperia S) on my MacBook Pro and browser trough my phone, using Bridge for Mac(BfM). But now my Mac can't find my phone anymore.
Now, when I connect my phone, BfM scans for a device but it can't find it, even when while keeping it connected for 15 minutes it still doesn't do a thing.
I already tried to use/not use USB-debugging but it didn't help. Android File Transfer did not work for me either. I already restarted my phone, my computer, BfM, ATF and re-connected my phone through my mini-USB. All without any result.
When I have my phone connected, BfM is saying: Detecting phone... and the (some sort of icon) is spinning. When I check my notifications in my Xperia S it says: Internal memory connected Internal memory is connected with the PC
I run ICS on my Xperia S. It is not rooted or flashed in any other way. So just retail.
Sorry for my bad English. I am Dutch so some terms/phrases may not be the same.
I hope someone can help me!
Thanks in advance!
Regards
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Apple products are so, like a miser in this case. I have experienced this too on my Uncle's macbook.
Elwino2.3 said:
Apple products are so, like a miser in this case. I have experienced this too on my Uncle's macbook.
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I know that Apple product may have some problems concerning compatibility and such. But there must be an other way to fix this right? Before it has worked, so why it doesn't do now?
I don't feel like using my phone in Windows so I need reboot and such.. Must be a solution I think.
Airdroid is the answer
Just install Airdroid on your Xperia S.
Makes file transfers easy as pie!!
And it's compatible with ANY browser too!!
RR
richierich said:
Just install Airdroid on your Xperia S.
Makes file transfers easy as pie!!
And it's compatible with ANY browser too!!
RR
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Looks good on first look! I will instal, try it later and will let you know.
But how about updates? Bridge for Mac provides these and with AirDroid(from which I saw) it doesn't do updates. Am I right? So what about this..
Thanks anyway!
Did you update to Bridge 3.0? Also when I plug my phone in I have Bridge closed. Unlock the phone then open bridge. Seems to work pretty good that way. Sometimes I still have to disconnect and reconnect a couple times.
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Spectre51 said:
Did you update to Bridge 3.0? Also when I plug my phone in I have Bridge closed. Unlock the phone then open bridge. Seems to work pretty good that way. Sometimes I still have to disconnect and reconnect a couple times.
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OMG, that worked! :good:
Bridge for Mac didn't detect a update so I manually updated it to 3.0 through their site. And BAM, is works now!
Super thank you. If I could double-thank I would hit it haha
Still kind a strange that before it worked and suddenly it did not..
richierich said:
Just install Airdroid on your Xperia S.
Makes file transfers easy as pie!!
And it's compatible with ANY browser too!!
RR
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And thank you for that amazing app!! Very nice so I will use it in the future
hi there, im a new user. and new to the android world completely. ive been an iphone owner since release. but when the abomination of the iphone 5 was released, and my network provider were demanding £100 for an extra row of apps! i decided it was time for a change. and im so happy i have. android is far superior. and i dont know how ive managed with out.
now i dont know much about rooting and hacking, and im currently reading up on it. how ever the main thing i want from my phone at the moment is a software upgrade EE are being very slow at rolling out the 4.1 update and im still stuck on 4.0 when a lot of my friends are on 4.1 and above. the only computer i have access to is an apple mac ( i know but im a music student and i need logic pro for my course) so my main question is can anyone tell me if i can still root & hack the phone with a mac? what software do i need? and how do i do it.
thanks in advance. jack :laugh:
Use isyncer available on Google play along with the Mac program downloaded from isyncer's website (Google it) to be able to sync ur phone to your iTunes library. Great app because it copies the exact album art and I tune library tag over
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You can install a Virtual Machine mac app with Windows 7. After that mount your phone inside that VM, install drivers for the phone, download the firmware you want and flash with odin.
Good luck.
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But you have to be careful, as because of the small patent issues and court cases, your mac will try to send premium SMS to charge you for using Apple patent for peaceful communication with Samsung device
I'm using iSyncr from the Play Store (you can try the free version first if you want, it has some limitations though, I think a song limit or something like that).
It has a client running in the background on your Mac 24/7 and when you connect the phone it starts up and asks you what you want to sync, showing you all the music you have in iTunes.
For other stuff I use the wonderful AirDroid, to which you connect from your browser.
This combination works great for me for normal use, and WiFi transfer speeds are great for normal usage.
jackbirch93 said:
hi there, im a new user. and new to the android world completely. ive been an iphone owner since release. but when the abomination of the iphone 5 was released, and my network provider were demanding £100 for an extra row of apps! i decided it was time for a change. and im so happy i have. android is far superior. and i dont know how ive managed with out.
now i dont know much about rooting and hacking, and im currently reading up on it. how ever the main thing i want from my phone at the moment is a software upgrade EE are being very slow at rolling out the 4.1 update and im still stuck on 4.0 when a lot of my friends are on 4.1 and above. the only computer i have access to is an apple mac ( i know but im a music student and i need logic pro for my course) so my main question is can anyone tell me if i can still root & hack the phone with a mac? what software do i need? and how do i do it.
thanks in advance. jack :laugh:
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i have to say welcome to freedom jack
you are personally the 6th person I know say goodbye to the apple jail
I have all my friend change to android ones they use my sgs3 and they all have macs
like Mr Benthe suggested just before me
so I'll give you the same help
if some one has already suggested "android" sorry I haven't read all of the responses.
if you encounter any issues using adb or sdk editing I can suggest "parallels" for mac you can Google it pretty much embeds xp functionality to any mac so any pc software can be run without any problem
if you install the latest "kies" from Samsung I suggest you do it ones you add parallels as it will work better ones you do that skies from Samsung will look at any backup you did to your iPhone and suggest getting all this settings and ad them to your sgs3
ones you get the handle of these "flashing" rooting and all the mumble jumble
I suggest start with search for you carriers modem and learn it as you'll have some connection issues if it does have a preferred modems . then personally
try stock kernels like dlib jelly bean one of the best stock kernel in my opinion
then go ahead and go crazy with any custom kernel
salud bro :thumbup:
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When I set up my hot spot for a PS3 it works fine, connects without problems.
When I connect on my computer it will take a while to connect and then it will fail, asking me to troubleshoot additional problems.
Does anybody know how I can fix this? it's getting annoying, sometimes turning it off and on until it connects works but it takes a while and I'd prefer to fix the problem
Thanks guys
UrbanDesigns said:
When I set up my hot spot for a PS3 it works fine, connects without problems.
When I connect on my computer it will take a while to connect and then it will fail, asking me to troubleshoot additional problems.
Does anybody know how I can fix this? it's getting annoying, sometimes turning it off and on until it connects works but it takes a while and I'd prefer to fix the problem
Thanks guys
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Based on the information you have provided, there is only one answer possible:
delete the DOS 6.22 partition on your x386 PC, buy new laptop with something more modern, like Ubuntu, Windows or MacOS and try again.
I clearly see that the root reason of your problem is lack of wifi card drivers for DOS...
And all of the XDA hired fortune tellers are agreeing with me.
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Based on the information you have provided, there is only one answer possible:
delete the DOS 6.22 partition on your x386 PC, buy new laptop with something more modern, like Ubuntu, Windows or MacOS and try again.
I clearly see that the root reason of your problem is lack of wifi card drivers for DOS...
And all of the XDA hired fortune tellers are agreeing with me.
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that was... hilarious :good:
seriously, help me
AW: WiFi Tethering doesn't work on my computer
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oops
I just noticed I didn't add my ROM or kernal, I'm on UltimaROM and SiyahKernal