I have tried installing TWRP 2.8.7.0 twice now through ODIN and it shows PASS, but when I try booting into recovery it always says something about installing update and I end up in stock recovery. It's my understanding you didn't need root to install custom recovery... am I mistaken?
Anyone? Really need help with this to use Debloater.
Reboot to twrp before going to android
ShinySide said:
Reboot to twrp before going to android
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That did it, thank you Shiny!
ShinySide said:
Reboot to twrp before going to android
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@ShinySide have you had a chance to look at the kernal to see if there is anything new added ?
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dzhowandai said:
@ShinySide have you had a chance to look at the kernal to see if there is anything new added ?
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I don't have my pc set up right now so can't do anything atm. Tried downloading the source on my phone but the download keeps dying. But can guarantee there's a bunch of changes.
Hopefully it's not as fck'd up as 5.0 tho. 5.0 wasn't even buildable with out fixing crap first
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I don't have my pc set up right now so can't do anything atm. Tried downloading the source on my phone but the download keeps dying. But can guarantee there's a bunch of changes.
Hopefully it's not as fck'd up as 5.0 tho. 5.0 wasn't even buildable with out fixing crap first
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Man I would hate to get rid of my S5, it don't look good though. All these changes and @Chainfire not having a root method yet they must've really screwed things up.
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dzhowandai said:
Man I would hate to get rid of my S5, it don't look good though. All these changes and @Chainfire not having a root method yet they must've really screwed things up.
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Chainfire is on vacation according to his twitter, hence why he hasn't been active lately
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Chainfire is on vacation according to his twitter, hence why he hasn't been active lately
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Oh thanks for the update on ChainFire , i though he was just having a hard time dealing with 5.1.1
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I believe i just bricked my SGS4 Verizon By attempting to use goomanager to flash the recovery.. after the script ran the phone restarted and now everytime it boots into download mode...
Please help me, i'm not entirely sure what to do. I just got the phone today with VRUAME7 on it if it helps.. Sorry i'm a bit new to all of this.
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I believe i just bricked my SGS4 Verizon By attempting to use goomanager to flash the recovery.. after the script ran the phone restarted and now everytime it boots into download mode...
Please help me, i'm not entirely sure what to do. I just got the phone today with VRUAME7 on it if it helps.. Sorry i'm a bit new to all of this.
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Good news is if you can get into download mode then your not bricked. You may have to just Odin the factory image back to stock and you should be fine. Don't panic!
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bajasur said:
Good news is if you can get into download mode then your not bricked. You may have to just Odin the factory image back to stock and you should be fine. Don't panic!
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Phew! that's what i was hopeing to hear. Where could i find the factory image?
Also might you be able to help me actually get a custom recovery working so i can flash hyperdrive? This was a lot easier with my i9500 back 3 months ago, its killing my head figuring this all out all over again
Also i notice RLS9 on the thread for hyperdrive is downloadable @ 1.7gb. could i just flash this in download mode?
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Phew! that's what i was hopeing to hear. Where could i find the factory image?
Also might you be able to help me actually get a custom recovery working so i can flash hyperdrive? This was a lot easier with my i9500 back 3 months ago, its killing my head figuring this all out all over again
Also i notice RLS9 on the thread for hyperdrive is downloadable @ 1.7gb. could i just flash this in download mode?
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Short answer no... Long one.. ME7 locked the bootloader...
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Short answer no... Long one.. ME7 locked the bootloader...
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So what you're saying is i cant install custom roms .. at all.
previse said:
So what you're saying is i cant install custom roms .. at all.
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That is correct. No custom recovery, no roms, no going back. Root, debloat, try playing with Nova Launcher is about all you can do for now.
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previse said:
So what you're saying is i cant install custom roms .. at all.
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Nope no roms at the moment. Next time do a little bit of reading, it goes a long way. Its been beaten to death literally theres no custom recovery for me7, its been posted atleast a hundred times and its posted in the me7 image thread as well. Check out the safestrap thread in the general section. Hashcode is working on a method for roms/recovery as we speak. After you get your phone fixed and rooted if you choose to do, look into xposed framework and the wanam module.from the play store. You will atleast be able to get some customization out of the stock me7 rom.
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Damn... Didn't read you were on me7.. That's not good. I would contact mobile tech videos for help but you may be screwed. Sorry man
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Damn... Didn't read you were on me7.. That's not good. I would contact mobile tech videos for help but you may be screwed. Sorry man
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Hes not screwed he just has to odin the stock me7 image. The phone is still bootable in fact but everytime he tries to go into recovery its going to throw him into download mode. Back onto topic I would odin one of the stock me7 images so you will atleast have a stock recovery.
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Good luck bud. Let us know how it works out for you
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Good luck bud. Let us know how it works out for you
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I was able to flash a stock image and root it. I'll just wait it out for ME7 to be cracked.
Similiar to the file here this will update your device to MJ7 without wiping. However, always back-up your data.
The bootloader is locked on this version and keeping root may or may not happen. Please do your research before updating.
To use:
Download the file below
Extract the tar.md5 file
Flash that file in Odin
http://invisiblek.org/joder/SCH-I545_VZW_1_20131023084910_4t7oj0w5gv.zip
Please give credit if using this file! Thanks.
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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8500061/I545VRUEMJ7_I545VZWEMJ7_I545VRUEMJ7_HOME.tar.md5
Please give credit if using this file! Thanks.
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File not found
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File not found
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Give it a few moments - finishing the upload and checking that all of it uploaded properly.
Edit: I will let you know when it's ready.
Is this gonna be deodexed and will Knox be in it. Ty for this in advanced
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:what: this is the odin file that will get you back to completely stock mj7.
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Give it a few moments - finishing the upload and checking that all of it uploaded properly.
Edit: I will let you know when it's ready.
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Ok Kool
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joeyx2 said:
:what: this is the odin file that will get you back to completely stock mj7.
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Yes - if you need to be certain everything is wiped (all data will be lost) and stock you can go this route instead: here
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Is this gonna be deodexed and will Knox be in it. Ty for this in advanced
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No this is an odin image, meant for flashing in odin if you get soft bricked and have no other options. Knox is definitely in it. I would imagine that roms will be popping up shortly to give you what you are looking for.
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Ok Kool
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It's ready!
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Yes - if you need to be certain everything is wiped (all data will be lost) and stock you can go this route instead: here
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Yea I know. I was responding to the post above. I'm on mdk so I'm not touching this with a 10 foot pole. excellent work. Can't wait till the roms start coming out.
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I'm on rooted MJ7 already, but I'm having no wifi connectivity.... Am I able to Odin this file and keep root.... Too soon to know?
I was hoping to fix my wifi issues...
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redwings73 said:
I'm on rooted MJ7 already, but I'm having no wifi connectivity.... Am I able to Odin this file and keep root.... Too soon to know?
I was hoping to fix my wifi issues...
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It is indeed too soon to know. I'd imagine this will allow you to keep root, however, you have to be willing to take that chance.
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It is indeed too soon to know. I'd imagine this will allow you to keep root, however, you have to be willing to take that chance.
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Nope. Not willing to chance it over wifi just yet! Thanks!
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There is a DLL file in the ZIP. What is that for?
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There is a DLL file in the ZIP. What is that for?
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You can ignore that - I believe it is for the updater software.
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I'm on rooted MJ7 already, but I'm having no wifi connectivity.... Am I able to Odin this file and keep root.... Too soon to know?
I was hoping to fix my wifi issues...
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I'm in the same boat, having MMS and Wifi issues.
but scared to Flash this, since i don't want to loose my root.
No1 tried to flash yet?????
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I'm in the same boat, having MMS and Wifi issues.
but scared to Flash this, since i don't want to loose my root.
No1 tried to flash yet?????
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I flashed it and don't seem to be having any wifi issues. Dunno about MMS.
However, it will cause you to lose root. I had half-working root which didn't really give me much due to SELinux (I couldn't remount /system, for example), so losing that wasn't a big loss.
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I flashed it and don't seem to be having any wifi issues. Dunno about MMS.
However, it will cause you to lose root. I had half-working root which didn't really give me much due to SELinux (I couldn't remount /system, for example), so losing that wasn't a big loss.
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not sure what's "half-working" root means.
I guess i can wait for something SOLID.
I Luv Root !!!
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not sure what's "half-working" root means.
I guess i can wait for something SOLID.
I Luv Root !!!
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"Half working" meant that I could get a "#" prompt, and could read files that I couldn't as a non-root user, but still with SELinux enforcement enabled, keeping me from doing much of anything, like mounts, etc. I started rooted on MI1 and enabled SuperSU recovery, but it didn't work for me. Probably something I did wrong, and SuperSU wasn't able to reinstall itself properly.
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I'm on rooted MJ7 already, but I'm having no wifi connectivity.... Am I able to Odin this file and keep root.... Too soon to know?
I was hoping to fix my wifi issues...
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You would lose root as it's a stock image.
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You would lose root as it's a stock image.
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Is there any alternatives
to refresh Mj7 and not lose root?
Has anyone flashed the latest TWRP and successfully booted to it? Mine always hangs at the recovery booting screen.
Yea, just tried it and it hung for me as well. Had to boot into download mode and then restart to get it to stop trying to go into recovery.
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Im not the only one having problems!
Do any of you people Read the FAQ's
TWRP Is not Supported on the Verizon S4(unless your phone came with VRUMDK AND WAS NEVER UPGRADED)
neither is Clockwork mod or philz or any custom recovery
your only option is safe-strap that's it nothing else
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Do any of you people Read the FAQ's
TWRP Is not Supported on the Verizon S4(unless your phone came with VRUMDK AND WAS NEVER UPGRADED)
neither is Clockwork mod or philz or any custom recovery
your only option is safe-strap that's it nothing else
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And you assume I'm not on mdk......
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Triscuit said:
And you assume I'm not on mdk......
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you didn't post your phone info so yea I did
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you didn't post your phone info so yea I did
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Well I'm on MDK and it sticks attempting to boot into recovery. Flashed back to 2.8.4.0 for now.
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Well I'm on MDK and it sticks attempting to boot into recovery. Flashed back to 2.8.4.0 for now.
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I don't think 2.8.5 is loki'd if you downloaded it from twrp's site or used goomanager or flashify then its not gonna work
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I don't think 2.8.5 is loki'd if you downloaded it from twrp's site or used goomanager or flashify then its not gonna work
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Hmm interesting. I've used flashify for the past few releases, guess its time to grab the Loki patch and try again.
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Triscuit said:
Hmm interesting. I've used flashify for the past few releases, guess its time to grab the Loki patch and try again.
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id wait for @hlxanthus to update his installer script
there is no reason to upgrade anyway forcing it may end in a softbrick
Legitsu said:
id wait for @hlxanthus to update his installer script
there is no reason to upgrade anyway forcing it may end in a softbrick
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I will try in the am guys.
UPDATE: copied from my reply within the jfltevzw twrp thread . . .
tkacer said:
Tried to flash 2.8.5.0 utilizing flashify - stuck on boot screen. Could you possibly add the latest to this - yours is the only one that always works! THANKS
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HowardZ said:
I tried to Loki patch it myself, but same results.
I think TWRP 2.8.5.0 is broken.
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Unfortunately, it is nothing to do with loki (as I tried to loki it too) so I cannot update my AIO flashable package yet.
I'm on MDK. And I've flashed the last few releases from the TWRP site as well. In fact, when 2.8.5.0 didn't work, I replaced it with the 2.8.4.0 from their site.
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Yea, just tried it and it hung for me as well. Had to boot into download mode and then restart to get it to stop trying to go into recovery.
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Great info here Triscuit ! MDK owners should know this work-around when their recovery gets borked!!
2.8.5.0 is no longer available on the Verizon GS4 TWRP download page, so I think they figured out that it was messed up.
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Yea, just tried it and it hung for me as well. Had to boot into download mode and then restart to get it to stop trying to go into recovery.
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Whew, great tip.
Okay. Sorry for multiple post but it seems like when I get a few answers,people get disinterested and all I hear are crickets...
So I got root through kingroot. All I need now is twrp or cwm etc.... I tried flashify and it said no partition found. I used in app selections to try and flash. It said I could still flash zips. So,I guess what I need is a kernel that has recovery baked in...no problem finding one,just can't find one that's zipped unless one of yall fine peeps could post a direct link. Once I get a kernel installed I'll flash supersu over kingroot. Which is all in a language that looks like my 6 year old took a pen and started scribbling. Thanx guys
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If you're looking for a kernel with an in-build recovery, try this one. It has both Clockwork Mod and Team Win Recovery.
Kingroot? Why didn't you just flash a custom kernel? Then you would've had recovery and root now.
My build number is 270. It says those are for 570 and 510
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Klaos3000 said:
Kingroot? Why didn't you just flash a custom kernel? Then you would've had recovery and root now.
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HOW??? No pc. I have root. Now what????
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harley1rocker said:
HOW??? No pc. I have root. Now what????
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Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Making all these threads have made this whole helping much more difficult. I'll only reply you in one of them from now on. I don't feel like repeating myself three times every time
U gotta admit. I'm getting attention. Sorry kloas this sh!t is so frustrating I could throw the phone
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U gotta admit. I'm getting attention. Sorry kloas this sh!t is so frustrating I could throw the phone
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Nah, it's very easy to do it once you're on a computer, so raise your voice when you are
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Nah, it's very easy to do it once you're on a computer, so raise your voice when you are
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So I have downloaded nuts ZU-lockeddualrecovery2.8.21-RELEASE.installer.zip.
This phone has 5.0.2. I don't wanna update. KLOAS CAN I FLASH THIS USING FLASHIFY??? Or unpack it on my phone and run install.bat???
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So I have downloaded nuts ZU-lockeddualrecovery2.8.21-RELEASE.installer.zip.
This phone has 5.0.2. I don't wanna update. KLOAS CAN I FLASH THIS USING FLASHIFY??? Or unpack it on my phone and run install.bat???
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No, you have to download the installer on a computer, then run the installer while your Ultra is connected to the computer, and that's it.
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No, you have to download the installer on a computer, then run the installer while your Ultra is connected to the computer, and that's it.
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I did it. Nothing happened. Says install failed. Do I do it with phone on or off. I borrow a comp
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I'm on 4.2 do I need to be on lollipop to get the 6.0 update? I just got the lollipop update downloaded but I don't want to install it cuz it sucks.
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dpshptl said:
I'm on 4.2 do I need to be on lollipop to get the 6.0 update? I just got the lollipop update downloaded but I don't want to install it cuz it sucks.
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Yes, you need to odin to 5.0 at least, then try, umm where is 6.0 at?
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Yes, you need to odin to 5.0 at least, then try, umm where is 6.0 at?
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When I got this update I thought it was 6.0 cuz the file was so big. But it said 5.0 after the download. So I thought maybe t mobile was pushing me the 5.0 first so I can get the 6.0. I never went to do an update cuz I didn't want 5.0. But when the update came automatically I thought this is what was going on. So I guess the wait continues. Thanks for the reply though.
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Yes, you need to odin to 5.0 at least, then try, umm where is 6.0 at?
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Where can I find this download for 5.0 on my phone so I can delete it? Can I even delete it.
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Where can I find this download for 5.0 on my phone so I can delete it? Can I even delete it.
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It can be deleted, maybe someone can chime in for the answer to that, I never have took an update ever. I build the rom myself, no need for updates for me...sorry....lol