Less than a week ago, I was able to flash cm-10.2-20130917-NIGHTLY-d2tmo.zip onto my girlfriend's Galaxy S III. She hates when I update her phone because it means I have to wipe everything and she has to start from scratch by signing into Google again, signing into all her Wi-Fi connections, re-downloading apps and signing in, etc.........
Now because I installed a nightly, that means there will obviously be a new update from CyanogenMod every 1-2 days.
My question is..
Is there a way I can update her phone with each nighty without having to do a full wipe on her phone and instead just "updating" the ROM without having to wipe everything? Can someone please provide me with the steps? I'm sure if it's possible, it's very easy. I just don't know myself. Thank you in advanced.
The phone is a T-Mobile Galaxy S III (SGH-T999) and it has ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.7
As long as you stay with the same version, CM10.1 or CM10.2, you can dirty flash (without wiping all of the user data.
DJ_SpaRky said:
As long as you stay with the same version, CM10.1 or CM10.2, you can dirty flash (without wiping all of the user data.
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By dirty flash, do you mean:
1) Reboot into recovery
2) Perform backup
3) Install ZIP (then choose the newly downloaded nightly
4) Reboot
Basically skip the step where I would perform a data wipe?
thatboyjay said:
By dirty flash, do you mean:
1) Reboot into recovery
2) Perform backup
3) Install ZIP (then choose the newly downloaded nightly
4) Reboot
Basically skip the step where I would perform a data wipe?
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Yes, but it doesn't hurt to wipe cache/dalvik and fix permissions while you are in there, and don't forget to flash GApps too.
I'd say just flash the stable release.
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Hello all
I am a noob about flashing custom roms and i want to try the AOKP BUILD 25 for my nexus just to try it.
So my nexus has the following:
Phone: MAGURO GSM
Android OS: yakju 4.0.2 ICL53F
I WANT YOU PEOPLE TO HELP ME IF I GET THESE STEPS CORRECT(so i dont mess up my much loved nexus)
1.Make a backup with CWM(is this what you guys call NANDROID???)
2.Wipe data/factory reset in CWM
3.Put the ROM at the root of sd card on the phone(in pc i connect the nexus and put them right after the galaxu nexus drive where everything is???)
4.Flash AOKP BUILD 25(Do i need to flash previous build before i flash buid 25)
5.Flash Gapps
6. Reboot
My other questions are:
1.Everytime you flash a custom rom,Gapps,custom KERNEL,RADIO, I do these steps one by one or all at the same time????
2.The md5 sums i put them together with the ROM OR GAPPS on the phone or is just for me to check if they are correct
3.If a make a factory/data reset in CWM doesn't that delete my CWM and Titanium apps back ups???
4.Last one is if a flash a custom rom like AOKP 25 after that i cant restore system apps and data???
Thank you all people in advance for your very apreciated help.
Badtazm
badtazm said:
1.Make a backup with CWM(is this what you guys call NANDROID???)
2.Wipe data/factory reset in CWM
3.Put the ROM at the root of sd card on the phone(in pc i connect the nexus and put them right after the galaxu nexus drive where everything is???)
4.Flash AOKP BUILD 25(Do i need to flash previous build before i flash buid 25)
5.Flash Gapps
6. Reboot
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Correct.
My other questions are:
1.Everytime you flash a custom rom,Gapps,custom KERNEL,RADIO, I do these steps one by one or all at the same time????
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Depends on what you're flashing. If you're just updating GAPPS or to a new version of the same ROM you don't have to do a full wipe. That'd be a hassle. Only wipe if they recommend it for the update, or you're switching to a completely different ROM.
2.The md5 sums i put them together with the ROM OR GAPPS on the phone or is just for me to check if they are correct
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That's to check that you had a proper download.
3.If a make a factory/data reset in CWM doesn't that delete my CWM and Titanium apps back ups???
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Its meant to preserve your data but wipe the system for re-flashing.
4.Last one is if a flash a custom rom like AOKP 25 after that i cant restore system apps and data???
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You can restore user apps + data. I would stay away from restoring system data as it usually causes more problems than its worth. As a precaution I like to do a nandroid of the clean ROM before batch restoring with TiBU, because restoring lots of apps can mess things up and you don't wanna wipe and reflash because you borked a restore.
martonikaj said:
Correct.
Depends on what you're flashing. If you're just updating GAPPS or to a new version of the same ROM you don't have to do a full wipe. That'd be a hassle. Only wipe if they recommend it for the update, or you're switching to a completely different ROM.
That's to check that you had a proper download.
Its meant to preserve your data but wipe the system for re-flashing.
You can restore user apps + data. I would stay away from restoring system data as it usually causes more problems than its worth. As a precaution I like to do a nandroid of the clean ROM before batch restoring with TiBU, because restoring lots of apps can mess things up and you don't wanna wipe and reflash because you borked a restore.
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thanks man just two more question..
1.Do i need to flash previous builds before i flash buid 25??
2.And i flash the Milestone 3 after i flash AOKP BUILD 25 AND GAPPS???
badtazm said:
thanks man just two more question..
1.Do i need to flash previous builds before i flash buid 25??
2.And i flash the Milestone 3 after i flash AOKP BUILD 25 AND GAPPS???
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no and no
25 is the full rom (outside of gapps) and i think more current than milestone 3.
all you'd need to do is flash aokp 25 and then gapps.
Thanks very much guys i m going to try it right now and we ll see if i succeed..
Right now I am running jb build 5, and I want to update it to jb milestone 1.
My question is simple, can you dirty flash it? I know that people who ask about dirty flash should be "killed", but I'm new to this Android and flashing ROM.
h7779 said:
Right now I am running jb build 5, and I want to update it to jb milestone 1.
My question is simple, can you dirty flash it? I know that people who ask about dirty flash should be "killed", but I'm new to this Android and flashing ROM.
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U can dirty flash it. But if it bricks your phone don't get mad. If I was you I would wipe wipe and wipe some more ...
But like you said, your new to android. Do what you think is right for your phone.
Good luck
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People who ask about dirty flash should be killed.
If it bricks your phone, don't get mad?
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Seriously?
Dirty flash it. People who clean flash every nightly like wasting their time. I've outlined my feelings on this issue more than once. Wipe Dalvik and be done with it.
I have always dirty flashed AOKP between builds on my previous phone with only wiping cache/dalvik cache. Only time I full wipe is when there are significant changes or Android version jump. Never had any problems. Here's my recommendation for dirty flashing:
If you have Google Wallet installed on /system partition, reset it first.
1. Boot into recovery
2. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
3. Run a nandroid backup. Always do this.
4. Copy the nandroid backup to your PC or somewhere safe
5. Flash the new build
6. Flash gapps
7. Flash custom kernel (optional)
8. Reboot and profit
Dirty flash or full wipe flash, there always are possibilities for problems. Sometimes you could have a bad flash, just reflash or restore the nandroid and reflash.
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I have always dirty flashed AOKP between builds on my previous phone with only wiping cache/dalvik cache. Only time I full wipe is when there are significant changes or Android version jump. Never had any problems. Here's my recommendation for dirty flashing:
If you have Google Wallet installed on /system partition, reset it first.
1. Boot into recovery
2. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
3. Run a nandroid backup. Always do this.
4. Copy the nandroid backup to your PC or somewhere safe
5. Flash the new build
6. Flash gapps
7. Flash custom kernel (optional)
8. Reboot and profit
Dirty flash or full wipe flash, there always are possibilities for problems. Sometimes you could have a bad flash, just reflash or restore the nandroid and reflash.
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Thanks for all of the responses, I'll just dirty flash it. Also I have brick my phone twice now and was able to unbrick it, so I'm not really worry about bricking it again.
I've been flashing the nightly cyaongenmod 10.1 builds on my i747m using cwm.
Is there a way to prevent losing all the settings and apps that I have? For example, if I don't clear data/cache will this cause bad things to happen?
Or is there another way to do this?
nmunro said:
I've been flashing the nightly cyaongenmod 10.1 builds on my i747m using cwm.
Is there a way to prevent losing all the settings and apps that I have? For example, if I don't clear data/cache will this cause bad things to happen?
Or is there another way to do this?
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Get titanium backup and do a full backup of your apps/data. When you restore, dont restore any system app but you can restore the rest.
And to avoid problems, always clear cache/dalvik.
nmunro said:
I've been flashing the nightly cyaongenmod 10.1 builds on my i747m using cwm.
Is there a way to prevent losing all the settings and apps that I have? For example, if I don't clear data/cache will this cause bad things to happen?
Or is there another way to do this?
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All you need to do is download the new nightly that you wanna flash, boot into recovery, flash the nightly. If you have any other files that you wanna flash like a kernel, flash them after the nightly. Clear cache & dalvik cache & reboot. You won't lose any apps or settings doing it this way. This is how I update every day. Now if you wanna do a clean install every single time you update, that's another story. The way I just explained to you will work just fine. There is no need in wiping EVERYTHING for every update.
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All you need to do is download the new nightly that you wanna flash, boot into recovery, flash the nightly. If you have any other files that you wanna flash like a kernel, flash them after the nightly. Clear cache & dalvik cache & reboot. You won't lose any apps or settings doing it this way. This is how I update every day. Now if you wanna do a clean install every single time you update, that's another story. The way I just explained to you will work just fine. There is no need in wiping EVERYTHING for every update.
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It's not only about wiping everything (Clean flash), having a backup is always good and *needed* imo. Never know when something will go wrong, could be as simple as a corrupted download.
So just to confirm, if I download the latest nightly, boot into cwm, clear cache and dalvik, but don't delete user data, then flash ROM and gapps, it will have all my settings and apps already setup?
nmunro said:
So just to confirm, if I download the latest nightly, boot into cwm, clear cache and dalvik, but don't delete user data, then flash ROM and gapps, it will have all my settings and apps already setup?
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Yes.
Should still concider Tibu. Friendly suggestion.
nmunro said:
So just to confirm, if I download the latest nightly, boot into cwm, clear cache and dalvik, but don't delete user data, then flash ROM and gapps, it will have all my settings and apps already setup?
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Yes.
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BWolf56 said:
It's not only about wiping everything (Clean flash), having a backup is always good and *needed* imo. Never know when something will go wrong, could be as simple as a corrupted download.
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Thanks. I didn't think about mentioning that. It's kind of a given to me to keep a good nandroid. Some people may not know though. Thanks for adding that.
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I have a touchwiz nandroid and a cm10 nandroid on my SD card and my computer.
Will I have to flash gapps again or will that already be there?
nmunro said:
I have a touchwiz nandroid and a cm10 nandroid on my SD card and my computer.
Will I have to flash gapps again or will that already be there?
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Gotta flash the Gapps everytime you flash a ROM. (Their respective one)
nmunro said:
I have a touchwiz nandroid and a cm10 nandroid on my SD card and my computer.
Will I have to flash gapps again or will that already be there?
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You will only have to flash Gapps the first time. If you update like I told you, you will not have to flash them.
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Changing from stable to nightly
Hi,
I'm currently running on a cm 10.1.3 stable (note 2 N7100). I would like to install cm-11-20141027-NIGHTLY-n7100. Do i have to do a complete wipe or just flash the downloaded file from recovery.
cm upgrade manually w/o losing data
RobbieL811 said:
All you need to do is download the new nightly that you wanna flash, boot into recovery, flash the nightly. If you have any other files that you wanna flash like a kernel, flash them after the nightly. Clear cache & dalvik cache & reboot. You won't lose any apps or settings doing it this way. This is how I update every day. Now if you wanna do a clean install every single time you update, that's another story. The way I just explained to you will work just fine. There is no need in wiping EVERYTHING for every update.
Sent from my Galaxy S3
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Does it apply to stable updates and upgrades also and not only for nightly?
Can I use the same method for updating CM11s to CM12 whenever they release...?
Titanium Backup
Will the Titanium Backup * root be the correct one, or the Titanium Pro?
Hello, I am trying to do a clean install on Cyanogenmod 10.1 because of recent issues. When I attempted to install it I got a error on TWRP. Here is what I did:
1. Went to get.cm and then d2att
2. Downloaded latest nightly
3. Plugged my phone in and transferred the .zip onto phone
4. Went into TWRP
5. Did a factory reset by going to wipe then sliding
6. Clicked install
7. Selected cyanogenmod zip thingy
8. "Failed"
TimeAndroid said:
Hello, I am trying to do a clean install on Cyanogenmod 10.1 because of recent issues. When I attempted to install it I got a error on TWRP. Here is what I did:
1. Went to get.cm and then d2att
2. Downloaded latest nightly
3. Plugged my phone in and transferred the .zip onto phone
4. Went into TWRP
5. Did a factory reset by going to wipe then sliding
6. Clicked install
7. Selected cyanogenmod zip thingy
8. "Failed"
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I did some research and heard you need to open the zip file and move the boot.img into my phone then flash it via TWRP. Is that right? Can someone tell me step by step please? I do not want to screw something up.
this "failed" message could be one of a couple of different issues. exactly what was the fail message? and what release of cm are/were you currently running?
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this "failed" message could be one of a couple of different issues. exactly what was the fail message? and what release of cm are/were you currently running?
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It just said Failed in red.
I am running 10.1-20130511-NIGHTLY-d2att
I can update OK but just not flash cyanogenmod.
Is it possible to flash boot.img by just moving it on to my device then clicking install and selecting it on TWRP?
TimeAndroid said:
It just said Failed in red.
I am running 10.1-20130511-NIGHTLY-d2att
I can update OK but just not flash cyanogenmod.
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have you used an app like Rootchecker to see if you still have root?
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have you used an app like Rootchecker to see if you still have root?
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No I have not. I'll check now. Also, will I lose root when doing a wipe?
Yup, I do. Just had to grant it on SuperSU. Wait, am I supposed to wipe then install CM or install CM then wipe to get a clean install?
TimeAndroid said:
Yup, I do. Just had to grant it on SuperSU. Wait, am I supposed to wipe then install CM or install CM then wipe to get a clean install?
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Full wipe, install, and than I always wipe cache/dalvik after than reboot.
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Full wipe, install, and than I always wipe cache/dalvik after than reboot.
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So just go into TWRP click wipe and don't change anything just slide right? If yes, I have already tried that and that's when it failed to install CM after.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
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So just go into TWRP click wipe and don't change anything just slide right? If yes, I have already tried that and that's when it failed to install CM after.
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This is how I flash a rom in TWRP (I always transfer my pictures to my external before these steps, you might lose them if you don't)
1) Transfer ROM and GAPPS to external SD (Micro SDcard in TWRP)
2) Nandroid Backup
3) Choose "wipe"
3b) Swipe to factory reset.
4) Choose "back"
5) Choose "advanced wipe"
5b) Check Dalvik Cache, System, Data, Cache.
5c) Swipe to wipe.
6) Choose Back
7 - optional -) I always format data (not required, will wipe EVERYTHING)
8) Install Rom
9) Install Gapps
10) Wipe cache/dalvik
11) Reboot.
Your bootloader might be not up to date. The newer ROM releases are giving that problem to some people. We'll cross that bridge when we have to.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
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Thank you for this. No offense but could I please have help with fixing the CM 10.1 not installing issue?
KorGuy123 said:
This is how I flash a rom in TWRP (I always transfer my pictures to my external before these steps, you might lose them if you don't)
1) Transfer ROM and GAPPS to external SD (Micro SDcard in TWRP)
2) Nandroid Backup
3) Choose "wipe"
3b) Swipe to factory reset.
4) Choose "back"
5) Choose "advanced wipe"
5b) Check Dalvik Cache, System, Data, Cache.
5c) Swipe to wipe.
6) Choose Back
7 - optional -) I always format data (not required, will wipe EVERYTHING)
8) Install Rom
9) Install Gapps
10) Wipe cache/dalvik
11) Reboot.
Your bootloader might be not up to date. The newer ROM releases are giving that problem to some people. We'll cross that bridge when we have to.
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How do I update my bootloader?
TimeAndroid said:
How do I update my bootloader?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...yZy5mcmVlYW5kcm9pZHRvb2xzLnJvb3RfY2hlY2tlciJd
Install this, press "check"
After everything loads press "Build Info"
Your bootloader should be I747MVLDLK4
If it is, it's up to date if not it needs updating.
Go here ONLY if it doesn't match, this won't help you if it does.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292957
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287097&highlight=bootloader
KorGuy123 said:
This is how I flash a rom in TWRP (I always transfer my pictures to my external before these steps, you might lose them if you don't)
1) Transfer ROM and GAPPS to external SD (Micro SDcard in TWRP)
2) Nandroid Backup
3) Choose "wipe"
3b) Swipe to factory reset.
4) Choose "back"
5) Choose "advanced wipe"
5b) Check Dalvik Cache, System, Data, Cache.
5c) Swipe to wipe.
6) Choose Back
7 - optional -) I always format data (not required, will wipe EVERYTHING)
8) Install Rom
9) Install Gapps
10) Wipe cache/dalvik
11) Reboot.
Your bootloader might be not up to date. The newer ROM releases are giving that problem to some people. We'll cross that bridge when we have to.
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Will I have to re-add Bell's APN and will it mess up my IMEI/EFS/NV? Besides it removing my apps, any other things I need to know?
KorGuy123 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...yZy5mcmVlYW5kcm9pZHRvb2xzLnJvb3RfY2hlY2tlciJd
Install this, press "check"
After everything loads press "Build Info"
Your bootloader should be I747MVLDLK4
If it is, it's up to date if not it needs updating.
Go here ONLY if it doesn't match, this won't help you if it does.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292957
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287097&highlight=bootloader
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It's different. It is I747MVLALH1
TimeAndroid said:
Will I have to re-add Bell's APN and will it mess up my IMEI/EFS/NV? Besides it removing my apps, any other things I need to know?
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Bell APN is built in the ROM.
Anytime you flash a ROM you run the risk of losing you IMEI (which is why you should have it backed up already) :good:
I can't think of anything else to tell you other than make sure all your pics and personal valuables are backed up on your computer or external SD before wiping anything. If you wipe it by accident it isn't restorable.
I don't know your level of ability or flashing history so I don't know what you don't know.
To flash the bootloader, I just put it on my phone and press install, right?
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It's different. It is I747MVLALH1
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That's why the ROM fails. Your bootloader isn't up to date. Follow those two links I sent.
I haven't had to update mine (it already is) so I can't assist you with this, it seems straight forward if you know ODIN.
No bootloaders are flashed through ODIN
I'm using TeamCanjica CyanogenMod 10.2. Each time I've installed a new ROM on any device I've always gone for the full wipe and flash (Data/cache/davlik) but I am wondering if I am simply updating an existing version do I need to wipe data/factory reset?
This is the procedure I'd have thought would work:
Download latest zip (Only ROM? I already have the latest GAPPS)
boot into recovery
wipe cache + davlik
flash zip
wipe cache + davlik
reboot
Would this update work and keep all my data/settings etc or would this likely cause problems with the build? If it wouldn't work is there a way to update without losing everything?
Cheers
oliverf said:
I'm using TeamCanjica CyanogenMod 10.2. Each time I've installed a new ROM on any device I've always gone for the full wipe and flash (Data/cache/davlik) but I am wondering if I am simply updating an existing version do I need to wipe data/factory reset?
This is the procedure I'd have thought would work:
Download latest zip (Only ROM? I already have the latest GAPPS)
boot into recovery
wipe cache + davlik
flash zip
wipe cache + davlik
reboot
Would this update work and keep all my data/settings etc or would this likely cause problems with the build? If it wouldn't work is there a way to update without losing everything?
Cheers
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your procedure works
teddytsen said:
your procedure works
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short and to the point, I like it and we'll do the latest upgrade today thanks.
do you know if I get my 10 posts does the annoying captcha goes away?
oliverf said:
short and to the point, I like it and we'll do the latest upgrade today thanks.
do you know if I get my 10 posts does the annoying captcha goes away?
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Yes
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