[Q] Can i root 2.3.3 - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a HTC Desire A8181 that now updated to Gingerbread 2.3.3 and i want to Root it, is it possible?
It was rooted before, but was sent back to HTC under Warranty and was replaced with a completely stock phone.
Would i just use the normal unrevoked3 method?

As far as I know it's absolutely possible, however you should use revolutionary
http://revolutionary.io/

I have a 2.3.3 original ROM too and i cant update too
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use revolutionary to root
like see my post above

wviegas said:
I have a 2.3.3 original ROM too and i cant update too
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See revolutionary link above. I had the same, it worked for me. Read the linked document, as well.
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Thanks guys, revolutionary-0.4pre4 worked great.

Revolutionary is not working
blacksec said:
As far as I know it's absolutely possible, however you should use revolutionary
Hey,
I tried as you suggested with revolutionary but when I Installed the new ROM from Sandvold beta 0.2.1 version the phone is not coming up.
I would highly appreciate if you can help me out on this.
Thanks in advance.
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Have you performed a full wipe befor flashing the new rom?
If not try to perform a full wipe (wipe custom data + wipe cache + wipe dalvik cache) then flash the rom again. You can try this anyway if you want

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Noob help please

So my frieng gave me his desire z asking if i can install rom on it. The phone is stock sense 2.1 android 2.3.3 and he want runnydroid on it. Can someone give me clear steps of what i need to do? Unlock.bpotloader? Partition sd? Install custom recovery? I have flashed nexus one before so i have a little knowledge. Please reply fast.
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race55 said:
So my frieng gave me his desire z asking if i can install rom on it. The phone is stock sense 2.1 android 2.3.3 and he want runnydroid on it. Can someone give me clear steps of what i need to do? Unlock.bpotloader? Partition sd? Install custom recovery? I have flashed nexus one before so i have a little knowledge. Please reply fast.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus One S
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The root guide is in the wiki, once rooted I suggest 4ext recovery, once both are done download the ROM you want and flash it via recovery
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
Start studying up on adb, you'll need it.
Getting adb working should be pretty straightforward, there is a link to a guide in my sig if you need it.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.

[Q] Anyone ever had problems with Revolutionary?

Hey-
I want to S-OFF my phone but I am a little cautious towards doing it, and want to see if anyone has ever had any problems?(Brick/bad flashes etc)
-Jack
I had no problems with my wildfire (when I had it) or my friends wildfire
Sent from my Mini Ice Cream Sandwich! Yum Yum Yum!
No issues what so ever mate.
When I found this method it was a god send, worked first time on my first attempt at rooting.
I have since flashed RUU's and revolutionary sticks around so no need to re-do this method.
Message me if u want a full guide
No..everything works fine for me.
I didn't have any problems, just read the instructions though
(got my instructions from www.theunlockr.com)
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nope ! never had problems. let the revolutionary do its thing and your next step is flashing the rom you want..
No problems whatsoever, just get the right drivers, and do what it tells you to do.
arkoze said:
No issues what so ever mate.
When I found this method it was a god send, worked first time on my first attempt at rooting.
I have since flashed RUU's and revolutionary sticks around so no need to re-do this method.
Message me if u want a full guide
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Does an RUU remove revolutionarys custom hboot version or not?
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radders1997 said:
Does an RUU remove revolutionarys custom hboot version or not?
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Nope. Ran them multiple times.
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radders1997 said:
Does an RUU remove revolutionarys custom hboot version or not?
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No but i remember having to run through unrevoked again after flashing an RUU. Possibly to add root/SU app again as i think the RUU i used removed the super user ninja app. But Revolutionary stayed on the HBOOT screen. And unrevoked took like 2 mins to complete
make sure ur RUU is version 2.1 or lower in order to use unrevoked tho
No, at the end it will ask you if you want to root your phone as well, not a big deal
I had... because I installed a 2.2.1 froyo rom, and due to that, i was unable to reinstall newers rom versions. It kept the S-OFF, but kind off "broken". The problem was solved, using this tutorial! hope it will help U.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130044
I just Rooted it yesterday and had no problems with S-off or root.
Used the guide in the wildfire android devolopment (i did it with froyo and hboot .002)

[Q] Unrooting HTC WIldfire.

Hello, people.
I have an HTC Wildfire with Cyanogenmod 7 (Android 2.3.3) and i want to unroot my HTC Wildfire. Can i Unroot it while i have Cyanogenmod 7 ? Will it automaticly be deleted? Will i get to the stock rom (Eclair 2.1)?
You dont have to answer all this. But i want you to answer this:
Will cyanogenmod 7 be deleted and i will get to the stock rom?
CaptainReaper said:
Hello, people.
I have an HTC Wildfire with Cyanogenmod 7 (Android 2.3.3) and i want to unroot my HTC Wildfire. Can i Unroot it while i have Cyanogenmod 7 ? Will it automaticly be deleted? Will i get to the stock rom (Eclair 2.1)?
You dont have to answer all this. But i want you to answer this:
Will cyanogenmod 7 be deleted and i will get to the stock rom?
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What carrier are you with?
Do you want the phone to be unbranded?
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...3.55.24H_3.35.19.25_release_151119_signed.exe
Yes CM7 will be deleted and you will have stock ROM
What to do with that link? I mean.. come you give me instructions so i dont make anything wrong?
CaptainReaper said:
What to do with that link? I mean.. come you give me instructions so i dont make anything wrong?
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Yes open Google and type "how to unroot a HTC wildfire xda"
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Scratch0805 said:
Yes open Google and type "how to unroot a HTC wildfire xda"
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But are you sure i will get to the stock rom and not stay on CM7?
And what is "unbranded"? How to get unbranded? I am noob to all these things :S
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA
arkoze said:
What carrier are you with?
Do you want the phone to be unbranded?
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...3.55.24H_3.35.19.25_release_151119_signed.exe
Yes CM7 will be deleted and you will have stock ROM
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What is unbranded? And how to get unbranded..? Its not because i want to get unbranded its because i want to know how to dont get unbranded..
And are you sure if i unroot while i have cyanogenmod 7 that the CM7 would be deleted and i will get back to HTC Sense (Eclair 2.1) are you sure with that?
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA
Yes running a ruu will unroot your phone by placing you back onto the stock HTC rom with android 2.2.1 froyo. And unbranded means that the rom doesn't have carrier branding, like 02 vodaphone 3 tesco mobile ect.
sent from my ice cream sandwich powered HTC WILDFIRE B-)
Just out of curiosity, are you going back to stock for warranty reasons or because your selling the phone?
If not did you know that there are custom stock roms which allow you to keep all the benefits of root and have a stock rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318 Look in this thread for Sense based roms (Rempuzzle or DK custom rom being the best 2) and if you need any help flashing them post here, someone will help.
Scratch0805 said:
Just out of curiosity, are you going back to stock for warranty reasons or because your selling the phone?
If not did you know that there are custom stock roms which allow you to keep all the benefits of root and have a stock rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318 Look in this thread for Sense based roms (Rempuzzle or DK custom rom being the best 2) and if you need any help flashing them post here, someone will help.
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Its not because i am selling the phone or something. Its because i wanted to unroot and then root again and have a rooted HTC Wildfire with stock rom. I will find a xda unroot guide and then i will post it here and ask if its a right unrooting method. I dont wanna get my phone ****ed.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA
You don't need to unroot to flash a new Rom, most roms are already pre-rooted, a stock Rom would need rooting, busybox a custom kernel etc etc installing the stock roms I mentioned would already have that part done for you and can be flashed from clockwork mod recovery, just download a sense based Rom put it on your sd card then reboot into recovery by powering off the phone, then press volume down and power to get to hboot use the volume buttons to select recovery then press power, once in recovery perform a backup, then select wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache then go to advanced and wipe dalvik cache, next choose install zip from sd card and find the rom, install it then reboot into your fresh new HTC sense Rom.
Those roms are custom though so they do have a few slight differences to a fully stock Rom such as new wallpapers that kind of thing.
CaptainReaper said:
What to do with that link? I mean.. come you give me instructions so i dont make anything wrong?
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Use the link i posted above
- Dowload the RUU
- Connect your phone to PC and run RUU
- This will downgrade your phone OS to eclair (android 2.1)
- Let it do the bizniss and when it boots and says finished on your PC,
you will have a ****ty phone. (but dont worry) because this is what
you want
- If it doesnt work, use another RUU and run it. Just make sure it says
2.1.x.x.x in the title to make sure u go back to android 2.1. and not
1.4 or something.
You will not have CM7 after this, or any remnants of it, it will just look like basic android. It will not be branded, i.e. it will not have t-mobile splattered all over it.
CaptainReaper said:
And are you sure if i unroot while i have cyanogenmod 7 that the CM7 would be deleted and i will get back to HTC Sense (Eclair 2.1) are you sure with that?
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In order to get back to S-ON (if thats what you want) follow this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160251
Hope this helps you in your adventures
EDIT: i googled pretty much all this info
Scratch0805 said:
You don't need to unroot to flash a new Rom, most roms are already pre-rooted, a stock Rom would need rooting, busybox a custom kernel etc etc installing the stock roms I mentioned would already have that part done for you and can be flashed from clockwork mod recovery, just download a sense based Rom put it on your sd card then reboot into recovery by powering off the phone, then press volume down and power to get to hboot use the volume buttons to select recovery then press power, once in recovery perform a backup, then select wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache then go to advanced and wipe dalvik cache, next choose install zip from sd card and find the rom, install it then reboot into your fresh new HTC sense Rom.
Those roms are custom though so they do have a few slight differences to a fully stock Rom such as new wallpapers that kind of thing.
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I think unrooting and rooting again, is the best method. Because i have tried many sense roms and they all sucks.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA
arkoze said:
Use the link i posted above
- Dowload the RUU
- Connect your phone to PC and run RUU
- This will downgrade your phone OS to eclair (android 2.1)
- Let it do the bizniss and when it boots and says finished on your PC,
you will have a ****ty phone. (but dont worry) because this is what
you want
- If it doesnt work, use another RUU and run it. Just make sure it says
2.1.x.x.x in the title to make sure u go back to android 2.1. and not
1.4 or something.
You will not have CM7 after this, or any remnants of it, it will just look like basic android. It will not be branded, i.e. it will not have t-mobile splattered all over it.
In order to get back to S-ON (if thats what you want) follow this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160251
Hope this helps you in your adventures
EDIT: i googled pretty much all this info
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The RUU program you sent me is on arabic..
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA
arkoze said:
Use the link i posted above
- Dowload the RUU
- Connect your phone to PC and run RUU
- This will downgrade your phone OS to eclair (android 2.1)
- Let it do the bizniss and when it boots and says finished on your PC,
you will have a ****ty phone. (but dont worry) because this is what
you want
- If it doesnt work, use another RUU and run it. Just make sure it says
2.1.x.x.x in the title to make sure u go back to android 2.1. and not
1.4 or something.
You will not have CM7 after this, or any remnants of it, it will just look like basic android. It will not be branded, i.e. it will not have t-mobile splattered all over it.
In order to get back to S-ON (if thats what you want) follow this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160251
Hope this helps you in your adventures
EDIT: i googled pretty much all this info
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Damn )= This just ****ed my phone )= Back on unrooted chinese HTC Sense 2.2 ;(
i cant get back into the recovery. When i try to get into the recovery for restoring nandroid back op, the phone shows a picture with a "!" sign and a phone behind the "!" sign.
Dammit )= Do you think i can root it again?
CaptainReaper said:
I think unrooting and rooting again, is the best method. Because i have tried many sense roms and they all sucks.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA
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I don't understand why you want to go back to stock if you don't like sense as thats what a stock rom is??
Anyway I hope you figure out what you want, good luck........
Scratch0805 said:
I don't understand why you want to go back to stock if you don't like sense as thats what a stock rom is??
Anyway I hope you figure out what you want, good luck........
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Dude i want the normal rom. With all languages. not only chinese. But i am back on cyanogen again... i'll try by my self now.. ask here again if i get ****ed. =) Anyways =)
Thanks for helps dudes ^^ =)
CaptainReaper said:
Dude i want the normal rom. With all languages. not only chinese. But i am back on cyanogen again... i'll try by my self now.. ask here again if i get ****ed. =) Anyways =)
Thanks for helps dudes ^^ =)
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If you want an awesome guide made by me
This is what you need.
usaff22 said:
If you want an awesome guide made by me
This is what you need.
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Dude? There is no links? Why?
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My problem is solved!!
i am back on the old htc wildfire! S-ON, unrooted, stock rom and stock settings =) If someone had the same problem as me then PM me and i'll give you some links or make a guide for you guys that have the same problem as me =) If someone tells you : " You cannot get back to stock ROM " They are lying. And if they say: " You can download custom roms that is like the stock ROM but is not stock ROM " Then DONT! download the custom ROM. Sometimes it ****s up your phone. Anyways. My problem is solved =) Thanks to everyone who helped me =) Except Arkoze and Usaff22.
CaptainReaper said:
My problem is solved!!
i am back on the old htc wildfire! S-ON, unrooted, stock rom and stock settings =) If someone had the same problem as me then PM me and i'll give you some links or make a guide for you guys that have the same problem as me =) If someone tells you : " You cannot get back to stock ROM " They are lying. And if they say: " You can download custom roms that is like the stock ROM but is not stock ROM " Then DONT! download the custom ROM. Sometimes it ****s up your phone. Anyways. My problem is solved =) Thanks to everyone who helped me =) Except Arkoze and Usaff22.
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Lmao I'm glad you solved your problem but can I just say how much of an asshole I think you are! Everyone who has posted in this thread have just been trying to help you achieve what you wanted to do or like myself offer an alternative which would involves less work when rerooting your device which you did say you wanted to do.
Custom sense roms do not **** up phones especially the 2 I mentioned, its muppets like yourself that don't read instructions carefully and thoroughly, before I rooted my device I made sure I had all the tools and know how to put it all back to stock beforehand. Perhaps you should do the same next time.

HTC Desire doesn't take most Custom ROMs

My HTC Desire "breaks" most times I'm trying to install a Custom ROM.
The only ROM that has worked so far was Sandvold Beta 0.11.
I've also tried: D-Sense 4.0 Alpha 0.4, Cool 3D Runny v7.
Every time I flash those ROMs via Clockwork Mod Touch 5.8.0.2, the installation process finishes without any problems, but when I reboot the phone it hangs at the ROMs boot screen forever (not the HTC screen).
I have a GSM Desire (Bravo) S-OFF, Stock Hboot 6.93.1002, PVT1, Radio 5.11.05.27
I hope someone can help me as I'd love to have the Desire running ICS and some kind of HTC Sense...
Thanks in advance for any help.
land.apfel
land.apfel said:
The only ROM that has worked so far was Sandvold Beta 0.11.
I've also tried: D-Sense 4.0 Alpha 0.4, Cool 3D Runny v7.
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Sd-ext configuration?
I'm a bit ashamed to say, but how do I find out what my SD-Ext configuration is?
I haven't changed it, so I assume it's standard...
PS: I have now tried MIUI Android 2.4.13 which (wait for it) worked!!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
Most Sense roms require ext partition as they store their data there because of the limited internal memory Desire has. No roms that have ext in their requirements will work this way.
Find some guides on how to partition you SD-card.
OK, I have created a 1GiB sd-ext with ClockworkMod and both ROMs install but they still don't want to boot.
I've checked the SD card in a PC and there is a 1GiB ext3 partition at the end of the card.
What am I doing wrong?
land.apfel
land.apfel said:
both ROMs install but they still don't want to boot.
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What both roms? I see one rom and one unusable pile of binary data at this point
Have you downloaded the versions for stock hboot?
erklat said:
What both roms? I see one rom and one unusable pile of binary data at this point
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Well that's true ;-)
But I'd still love to try Sense 4.0.
erklat said:
Have you downloaded the versions for stock hboot?
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I think so. Both say they're installing the Stock HBOOT version.
land.apfel
EDIT: Cool3D always installs CDMA while I have a GSM phone.
land.apfel said:
Well that's true ;-)
But I'd still love to try Sense 4.0.
I think so. Both say they're installing the Stock HBOOT version.
land.apfel
EDIT: Cool3D always installs CDMA while I have a GSM phone.
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It asks to install CDMA or not you must press the x button and it won't install CDMA files
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What do I have to press? It doesn't ask me at all, it just does!
land.apfel said:
What do I have to press? It doesn't ask me at all, it just does!
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So I think your recovery is not 4ext touch, if it isn't install one and then try flashing the ROM again.
If I could help you, you can just go for the thanks button and hit it!!
Sent from my HTC Desire with BCM 3.7U0 ICS ROM using Tapatalk
No, my recovery is not 4ext touch, I've been using CWM Touch 5.8.
So I'll see that I can bring 4ext onto my Desire
Is there anything else I have to pay attention to?
Sorry for all those n00b questions but it looks like I'm a bit inexperienced with the Desire as I only got Nexus phones (excluding the N1) until Wednesday...
land.apfel
land.apfel said:
No, my recovery is not 4ext touch, I've been using CWM Touch 5.8.
So I'll see that I can bring 4ext onto my Desire
Is there anything else I have to pay attention to?
Sorry for all those n00b questions but it looks like I'm a bit inexperienced with the Desire as I only got Nexus phones (excluding the N1) until Wednesday...
land.apfel
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For that you must download the 4ext recovery updater and follow the instructions there, (it needs internet connection to download the recovery)
Sent from my HTC Desire with BCM 3.7U0 ICS ROM using Tapatalk
Thank you very much for your help, it's now working with 4Ext Touch Recovery
land.apfel
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

Wildfire S won't load custom ROM's

So i'm new to flashing custom ROM's and such, but I do understand how to do so.
Basically, I've tried the custom CM7.1 and CM9 Alpha 4/5 ROM's to no extent have any worked.
They just get to the load screen, and the animation keeps playing over and over.
It does this for all of the ROM's that I have tried, so i must be missing something
I've got my phone rooted, with S-ON still. I used htcdev.com to unlock it and some form of rooting program to root it.
I can check when I get home seeing as i'm at School right now.
I'm hoping to get ICS working on it, so I can finally use this Bluetooth Keyboard.. Sigh
EDIT: I used HTC Supertool to root my Wildfire S
Matt-Matt said:
So i'm new to flashing custom ROM's and such, but I do understand how to do so.
Basically, I've tried the custom CM7.1 and CM9 Alpha 4/5 ROM's to no extent have any worked.
They just get to the load screen, and the animation keeps playing over and over.
It does this for all of the ROM's that I have tried, so i must be missing something
I've got my phone rooted, with S-ON still. I used htcdev.com to unlock it and some form of rooting program to root it.
I can check when I get home seeing as i'm at School right now.
I'm hoping to get ICS working on it, so I can finally use this Bluetooth Keyboard.. Sigh
EDIT: I used HTC Supertool to root my Wildfire S
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Before flashing this roms have u done this steps
Format data
Wipe dalvik
Wipe cache if u have followed this steps thn u will not face this prblm anyways flash it again read the guide properly an follow aft flashing Rom don forget to flash gapps all the best
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S using Tapatalk 2
hussy22 said:
Before flashing this roms have u done this steps
Format data
Wipe dalvik
Wipe cache if u have followed this steps thn u will not face this prblm anyways flash it again read the guide properly an follow aft flashing Rom don forget to flash gapps all the best
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S using Tapatalk 2
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It would still work without gapps though yeah? I Just want this thing to work
I'm trying it now, i just factory reset, then cleared the data.. Hopefully it's fine this time.
GUESS WHAT?
It works!
Time to install the gapps.. I'll figure out how to do that soon!
I've got the older version.. So atm i have no camera, but idc! I'll fix that tonight
Go ahead !!! :thumbup:
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hussy22 said:
Go ahead !!! :thumbup:
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Well I'm currently running release 5 with a working camera! :good:
Everythings running nicely now, I've even got it overclocked to 768MHz
Can u check an tell me whether the 3G data works on alpha5 release
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hussy22 said:
Can u check an tell me whether the 3G data works on alpha5 release
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Yup it works
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