Does anyone know of any manual methods to remove CarrierIQ? The S4 for Tmobile comes with CarrierIQ installed.
xxhorseriderxxx said:
Does anyone know of any manual methods to remove CarrierIQ? The S4 for Tmobile comes with CarrierIQ installed.
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freeze the following applications please:
"system manager toggle"
"system manager application"
"system manager notification"
A real noCIQ is coming. It's more than just those APKs.
cool looking forward it it!!
Carrier IQ is not found on the Samsung S4, so no need to worry about it.
dhonzik said:
Carrier IQ is not found on the Samsung S4, so no need to worry about it.
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And what method did you use to find it, sir?
i thought they stopped putting that on most phones after all the drama about it
TheAtheistOtaku said:
i thought they stopped putting that on most phones after all the drama about it
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They did, but it had yet to stay dead. Time to cause more noise. Feel free to start blasting them in social media outlets. I will be soon.
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k0nane said:
A real noCIQ is coming. It's more than just those APKs.
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lemme know here where you'll be posting it... I'm super interested to get rid of CIQ, especially since it's a waste of battery life. I generally customize my ROMs with almost nothing left as far as background processes are concerned. My i9100 gets a 1-2 day battery life because of it, lol.
Not sure if this is the correct way but,
I rooted and installed root uninstaller..
Browsed tab where it says all programs.. looked through and found three programs starting with iQ...
I un installed all three.
when I did root checker after it said carrier iq was not detected on my device.
(previous to removal it said it WAS present on my device.
Hope this helps
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xxhorseriderxxx said:
Does anyone know of any manual methods to remove CarrierIQ? The S4 for Tmobile comes with CarrierIQ installed.
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I used the method from the first post in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768205 on my T-Mobile S4 and it worked as I checked it with BitDefender Carrier IQ Check. Hope this helps.
bgmikejr said:
I used the method from the first post in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768205 on my T-Mobile S4 and it worked as I checked it with BitDefender Carrier IQ Check. Hope this helps.
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The issue with simply removing APKs is that the calls are still being sent by the framework. That does not satisfy me. I want it entirely gone.
k0nane said:
The issue with simply removing APKs is that the calls are still being sent by the framework. That does not satisfy me. I want it entirely gone.
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Exactly.
The Root said:
And what method did you use to find it, sir?
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I tried a number of apps on google play store that detect CarrierIQ and none detected CarrierIQ. Only one (Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector) said there maybe some elements of CarrierIQ but it was inactive. I believe that program produce a false positive since looking at comments it said everything has element of CarrierIQ. The programs I used are Carrier IQ Detector, Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector, Anti Carrier IQ, Bitdefender Carrier IQ Finder, TrustGo Carrier IQ Detector, Carrier IQ Scanner, and Carrier IQ Red Pill.
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I tried a number of apps on google play store that detect CarrierIQ and none detected CarrierIQ. Only one (Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector) said there maybe some elements of CarrierIQ but it was inactive. I believe that program produce a false positive since looking at comments it said everything has element of CarrierIQ. The programs I used are Carrier IQ Detector, Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector, Anti Carrier IQ, Bitdefender Carrier IQ Finder, TrustGo Carrier IQ Detector, Carrier IQ Scanner, and Carrier IQ Red Pill.
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Hey k0nane, best to give up. This guy says it doesn't exist in our phone. He used advanced apps.
Actually your false positive is the only app that caught it. Probably because supercurio worked with k0.
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Is there a method to remove or at least temporarily disable CIQ if not rooted? I dont want to root this device.
mettleh3d said:
Is there a method to remove or at least temporarily disable CIQ if not rooted? I dont want to root this device.
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You're given the option to turn it off, and that's the best you've got, but I don't trust it.
Glad the same method still works. I haven't gotten around to trying it yet, but I was going to suggest it..
Will unchecking it from Droid Wall do the trick temporarily?
Rooted and uninstalled these 3 in Titanium Backup:
"system manager toggle"
"system manager application"
"system manager notification"
Then I went to the /System/CSC/ folder in Root explorer and edited both the Feature.xml and Other.xml files
Using Root explorer you long press the on the filename until a menu comes up. Choose to open with Text editor.
The text is at the bottom.
<!-- CIQ -->
<CSCFeature_CIQ_BroadcastState>true</CSCFeature_CIQ_BroadcastState>
Change true to false in this section of BOTH of these files and save and reboot.
The old files before editing will be saved with a .bak extension.
Worked great for me.
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Can you remove this on your own from any ROM? I am running Synergy and am wondering if there is anything I can do to remove? Any help would be much appreciated!
synergy probably removed it.
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marcusant said:
synergy probably removed it.
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First off Carrier IQ and HTC loggers are NOT pulled from Synergy RLS1!
When I use the "Logging Checker by TrevE" it stated that everything was removed:
CIQ not found - removed with app
No usage logs found - removed with app
but it still finds loggers:
data/data/com.android.htcprofile
anr_history.txt
If I delete the directory and reboot it just creates a new directory and txt file. How do I get rid of this? Should I even be worried about this?
Adam1422 said:
Can you remove this on your own from any ROM? I am running Synergy and am wondering if there is anything I can do to remove? Any help would be much appreciated!
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One option for removing Carrier IQ on Android is to flash a custom ROM,with this option. Most will have removed Carrier IQ.
Another option is to get this app. It will tell you if Carrier IQ is on your device.
If it tells you that Carrier IQ is there, then the easiest way is to buy the premium version of the app from the Market. It costs $1, but the developer is legit (he’s actually the one who discovered Carrier IQ’s SMS keylogging).
I recommend searching for your specific device, as some phones haven’t been playing nicely with the removal app. If it doesn’t look good, then I'd recommend flashing a custom ROM instead.
When I use the "Logging Checker by TrevE" it stated that everything was removed:
CIQ not found - removed with app
No usage logs found - removed with app
but it still finds loggers:
data/data/com.android.htcprofile
anr_history.txt
If I delete the directory and reboot it just creates a new directory and txt file. How do I get rid of this? Should I even be worried about this?
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That i'm not sure of,you would have to ask the developer or someone here.I'm sure someone will come along soon and help you.
Can't you just HTC .com to the host file?
Can please somebody explain to an idiot like me, how
can I remove Carrier IQ from my T-mobile T989 using stock everything, except for root and some frozen bloatware?
I looked around and couldn't find any results.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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I assume you have Titanium Backup?
If so, uninstall or freeze the "System Manager" app
This will not completely remove all traces due to the fact it is embedded in the Kernel.. you can flash a custom kernal but it's really not necessary. Once you've frozen or uninstalled "System Manager" Carrier IQ can no longer effectively function
You can also use a file explorer and remove: system/lib/libiq_service_tmobile_2.2.so
Doing both will pretty much clean your phone of Carrier IQ, it will be unable to run.
Thank you for your help.
I have frozen the Manager (will it break something else?) and I have removed the '' lib iq.... ''.
The app Carrier IQ Detector stil tells me that I have it.
But I believe you that will be ineffectual now.
Thank you for your help.
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No, it will not break anything else. And yes, as I said it is embedded in the kernel so voodoo or other detectors will still show it present, but inactive.
And no problem, glad to help. Searching is a great way to find answers.. But I know sometimes it's easier to ask lol
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Please remember that a single update from the carrier will put it back into active and working status. I hope you didn't spend any money on that detector.
Sorry for the late reply.
Thank you for letting me know about the update
and I presume you are taking about ICS update and
not a minor one.
No I didn't pay anything for the detector, it is free
on the Play Store.
Thanks for your help.
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Error trying to delete the file
ingenious247 said:
I assume you have Titanium Backup?
If so, uninstall or freeze the "System Manager" app
This will not completely remove all traces due to the fact it is embedded in the Kernel.. you can flash a custom kernal but it's really not necessary. Once you've frozen or uninstalled "System Manager" Carrier IQ can no longer effectively function
You can also use a file explorer and remove: system/lib/libiq_service_tmobile_2.2.so
Doing both will pretty much clean your phone of Carrier IQ, it will be unable to run.
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OK I can't delete system/lib/libiq_service_tmobile_2.2.so and I've tried it using a file explorer (with ROOT permission) and terminal using SU and I get the following message "rm failed for libiq_service_tmobile_2.2.so, Read-only file system"
Also I can't find System Manager. I do have an application I have frozen in Titanium called "System Manager Application 1.1" with a little pink gear icon. However apps like premiatul described still show carrier IQ listed but state "however it seems inactive". I'm concerned cause I'm still getting detection scores of 290 and 100 in the logcat information. Mind you I used to have a Nexus one and those numbers were all zero.
So the question is even though I can't delete the file like premiatul, and I have a different application listed frozen; am I still preventing that IQ garbage using my battery up?
You have to mount the folder read/write to delete the file, use root explorer. The option will be in the upper left corner when browsing system folder for the file
You will still show a score on voodoo but once you delete that file it will lower the score slightly. If you want you can uninstall system manager (and yes you froze the correct one) and it will lower the score significantly but you'll get continuous force closes until you reboot. No need IMO once frozen it cannot function regardless of how high your score is
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I highly doubt that removing of CarrierIQ is possible without gaining root because all files related to it are located in the system space which is read_only and protected from anyone but a root user.
You cannot run RootExplorer in system space unless it is run by a root.
In my experience cleaning IQ-tmobile-release-...apk and several associated files belonging to the carrierIQ removed running service and made it undetectable by the above mentioned app.
Adapt0r said:
I highly doubt that removing of CarrierIQ is possible without gaining root because all files related to it are located in the system space which is read_only and protected from anyone but a root user.
You cannot run RootExplorer in system space unless it is run by a root.
In my experience cleaning IQ-tmobile-release-...apk and several associated files belonging to the carrierIQ removed running service and made it undetectable by the above mentioned app.
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Did you skip reading the entire thread?
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premiatul said:
Sorry for the late reply.
Thank you for letting me know about the update
and I presume you are taking about ICS update and
not a minor one.
No I didn't pay anything for the detector, it is free
on the Play Store.
Thanks for your help.
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Any carrier branded software update, "major" or not has the potential to reinstall CIQ on your device.
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I froze System Manager and now I get the "Sorry!" window that sys.manager has crashed. When I close the window it comes right back in a few seconds. Now I can't do anything and I'm scared to reboot.
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I froze System Manager and now I get the "Sorry!" window that sys.manager has crashed. When I close the window it comes right back in a few seconds. Now I can't do anything and I'm scared to reboot.
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normal.reboot
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Use a close to stock ROM with ciq remoVed
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I just found out about this. Our phones have it. How do we get rid of it and what are the repercussions of doing so?
cougar214 said:
I just found out about this. Our phones have it. How do we get rid of it and what are the repercussions of doing so?
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I use this. Its a free app available on XDA. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17612559
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I found that one too from a web search. The article said it didn't have much support for a variety of devices, which I couldn't confirm nor deny, so I went ahead and installed disable services from the market. That did the trick. I don't think I have to worry too much about it because I'm not on ATT, I'm on Straight talk. But still the services for it running on my phone and taking up usable memory had to stop.
Do you have a carrier iq
Detector. I use voodoo after I run the logging test app to verify it worked.
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Yeah I used two. Carrier IQ Red Pill and Carrier IQ detector. Both said I have it. I used the disable services to stop it but I still have the two system processes running. /system/lib/libiq_client.so and /system/lib/libiq_service.so. Any way to disable them? Rename them maybe or?
EDIT: I went ahead and bought that app you linked me too, doesn't hurt to support our devs, I installed the v14 version but I'm unclear on how to use it. What steps do I take?
cougar214 said:
Yeah I used two. Carrier IQ Red Pill and Carrier IQ detector. Both said I have it. I used the disable services to stop it but I still have the two system processes running. /system/lib/libiq_client.so and /system/lib/libiq_service.so. Any way to disable them? Rename them maybe or?
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I renamed those files and disabled services IQService and Tethering$entitlementCheckService and stopped receiving text messages so I enabled them again then renamed files back and used Autostarts to disable Android System>After Startup (IQ Agent Autostarter) , now Voodoo CarrierIQ detector says "Carrier IQ elements found however it seems inactive".
I did not test which one of those caused the problem of not receiving text messages.
Well I really hope this is removed in the 4.4 update, if we get it that is, cause this is just down right intrusive. Carriers are going way to far these days. People pay allot of money for their phones. They have the right to do with them as they please. Carriers are making it so you never really "own" your phone, it's just leased to you for life. Much like Microsoft does with their software. I don't know about anyone else but if I drop 200 or more for a phone I own it. Kiss my ass I will do as I please with MY PROPERTY!
ver. 10k for e980 have it
but 10g doesnt
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Yeah I used two. Carrier IQ Red Pill and Carrier IQ detector. Both said I have it. I used the disable services to stop it but I still have the two system processes running. /system/lib/libiq_client.so and /system/lib/libiq_service.so. Any way to disable them? Rename them maybe or?
EDIT: I went ahead and bought that app you linked me too, doesn't hurt to support our devs, I installed the v14 version but I'm unclear on how to use it. What steps do I take?
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From the first screen hit the tOP option.
Its labeled "Installed package options loggers adware CIQ"
Then hit your menus button and the options will pop up.
Remove loggers.
Remove CIQ.
Wipe adware logs.
I do all three.
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Ok. Thanks esimon
EDIT: I finished doing a backup then ran the app. Everything seems to be fine. So far anyway. I did notice when I ran Red Pill I get an "Unknown" for the status and says there doesn't appear to be any ciq processes running. Is that what you get esimon?
I use voodoo
It says elements of CIQ were found but not active. And I don't see the CIQ wake lock in better battery status app.
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Yeah I know you use voodoo. I was just checking to see if you got a similar message. That's kinda what my message said. I'm not having any force close issues or texting issues so I guess this app is compatible....lol
I decided to add carrier iq back to my phone in anticipation of the 5.0 update and had a somewhat surprising experience. As soon as I renamed the system/priv-app/ application back to it's original name I got the system installing app popup. Followed shortly thereafter by the avast scanning installed software pop up. What followed is included in ,the pictures.
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I decided to add carrier iq back to my phone in anticipation of the 5.0 update and had a somewhat surprising experience. As soon as I renamed the system/priv-app/ application back to it's original name I got the system installing app popup. Followed shortly thereafter by the avast scanning installed software pop up. What followed is included in ,the pictures.
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Yep, sketchy sketch.
It's pre installed on your phone link is root/system/priv-app/IQ-tmobile-release-unsigned.signed.apk.
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I decided to add carrier iq back to my phone in anticipation of the 5.0 update and had a somewhat surprising experience. As soon as I renamed the system/priv-app/ application back to it's original name I got the system installing app popup. Followed shortly thereafter by the avast scanning installed software pop up. What followed is included in ,the pictures.
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You have to install carrier iq before updating?
Still_living714 said:
You have to install carrier iq before updating?
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Carrier iq is installed by default. I renamed the core files with a .bak extension so they couldn't actually function. If you do that, yes you have have change all the files back before you attempt an update. I just found it interesting that avast tagged it as a Trojan instantly.
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Carrier iq is installed by default. I renamed the core files with a .bak extension so they couldn't actually function. If you do that, yes you have have change all the files back before you attempt an update. I just found it interesting that avast tagged it as a Trojan instantly.
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I just deleted all carrier iq stuff
Lately my battery has been getting hammered by carrier iq according to better battery stats. This might be better than trying to freeze
Update, wow big improvement in battery!
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dbh369 said:
Lately my battery has been getting hammered by carrier iq according to better battery stats. This might be better than trying to freeze
Update, wow big improvement in battery!
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That's why I always remove it. It does wonders for battery life.
Any evidence for Carrier IQ on Lollipop 5.01?
On the T-Mobile one definitely
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qbanlinxx said:
On the T-Mobile one definitely
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Located where - I looked in the usual places (System>Private App) and Libraries - could not find it. Do you know where the files are stored?
docfreed said:
Located where - I looked in the usual places (System>Private App) and Libraries - could not find it. Do you know where the files are stored?
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I couldn't find it either and using CarrierIQ Scanner and Bitdefender Carrier IQ Finder both stated "Carrier IQ not found".
However, Carrier IQ Red Pill comes back with "There is a Very Strong evidence of CarrierIQ being installed on this device." It listed 3 Active Processes - iqd, iqmsd, and iqbridged - with iqd as a "positive" test.
Haven't tried messing with deleting it yet, but it does seem Tmobile is trying to bury it a little deeper with Lollipop.
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I couldn't find it either and using CarrierIQ Scanner and Bitdefender Carrier IQ Finder both stated "Carrier IQ not found".
However, Carrier IQ Red Pill comes back with "There is a Very Strong evidence of CarrierIQ being installed on this device." It listed 3 Active Processes - iqd, iqmsd, and iqbridged - with iqd as a "positive" test.
Haven't tried messing with deleting it yet, but it does seem Tmobile is trying to bury it a little deeper with Lollipop.
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I had the identical thing - Bitdefender said no and Red Pill said yes. I looked in the usual places and found nothing. IMHO, Red Pill wants to sell stuff so they try to scare you.
Unfortunately the google morons removed Voodoo Carrier IQ from the playstore - that one always gave the correct answer.
Oh well the hunt continues
I found the Carrier IQ stuff with 3C toolbox. Stopped the processes and renamed the 2 processes that were installed.
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I found the Carrier IQ stuff with 3C toolbox. Stopped the processes and renamed the 2 processes that were installed.
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Which processes were those?
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I used 3C toolbox and unchecked (disabled) everything in Android System with carrier IQ..probably about 6 or 7. It also showed that in system/app LTDDM.apk was Carrier IQ. Inside that is folder /arm which contains LTDDM.odex. I renamed both with .bak.
The only thing I've found so far is the LTDDM folder in system/app; which I removed completely
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I used 3C toolbox and unchecked (disabled) everything in Android System with carrier IQ..probably about 6 or 7. It also showed that in system/app LTDDM.apk was Carrier IQ. Inside that is folder /arm which contains LTDDM.odex. I renamed both with .bak.
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I never used this 3C toolbox app but looks really good. Can you tell me where I can find what to disable or how to use this app to find the carrier IQ crap? Thanks.
Influxvisions said:
I never used this 3C toolbox app but looks really good. Can you tell me where I can find what to disable or how to use this app to find the carrier IQ crap? Thanks.
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I had googled and found this Reddit thread the most useful. I followed the instructions on the first post...but read the whole thing first to get the gist of it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/2bkl60/remove_carrier_iq_off_of_lg_g3_all_models/
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I had googled and found this Reddit thread the most useful. I followed the instructions on the first post...but read the whole thing first to get the gist of it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/2bkl60/remove_carrier_iq_off_of_lg_g3_all_models/
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Got it done, thanks alot, that's a great app by the way [emoji106]
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