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Root guide and rom manager?

Is there a basic guide for rooting the epic?
I've rooted my droid a while ago, and loved the rom manager...
is there rom manager support?

Yea there is man. Go to the development thread and one of the stickies is for the wiki development page. That will have the basics and link you to the needed pages with directions. The rom manager we use on epic is clockwork recovery rom manager. Its simple to use and easy to install. Read up though first.
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Just look at my post. Works perfect
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If you go to the general forum, which is where you posted this, and click on:
Samsung Epic 4G Wiki - CLICK HERE AND USE THIS BEFORE POSTING
Its in there.

problem backing up my current ROM
everytime I use ROM Manager to backup my current ROM it goes to Recovery and then when I reboot the phone nothing shows up my Manage and Restore backups in ROM Manager.
Any thoughts?
Bj

Use backup and restore within cwm, not rom manager.

But you should be able to do this from ROM manager, right?

and what is cwm, i'm new at all this

Rom manager sucks for the epic. You need to use a custom kernel to use rom manager. It won't flash cwm for you on stock kernel.

Bj do you have cwm installed? Clockwork mod is a custom recovery mod. You use to NAND backup, flash, partition, clear battery stats and mire. You can only install it from a pc.

Maybe I'm slow
Maybe I'm slow here.... walk me through this.
I rooted my phone.
I have ROM Manager, which does include cwm. I purchased the paid app for ROM manager, but nothing seems to work, when i try to back up my phone boots to recovery and nothing is saved. when I search for new roms none show up.
I'm using a mac at home, but i rooted my phone on my work pc.
Please help me be able to install custom roms (froyo). please define terms and provide links if possible.
Bj

You rooted your phone good but rom manager will not flash clockwork for you. It says it dies but it won't. The only way to get cwm is to run the one click root plus clockwork. If yo turn your phone off and hold power, camera, and volume down what does the text look like. If you see blue writing and like 4 options that is the stock recovery. If it's green with a good bit of options that is what you want for flashing roms. But the new version of cwm3 is out and that is orange writing. For flashing all you do is put the rom on the root of the sd card, boot into cwm, wipe cache, data, and dalvik three times each. Then go to install zip from sd card, choose zip, and scroll till you find the rom on the sd card and hit the camera button to flash it.

the_bj said:
Maybe I'm slow here.... walk me through this.
I rooted my phone.
I have ROM Manager, which does include cwm. I purchased the paid app for ROM manager, but nothing seems to work, when i try to back up my phone boots to recovery and nothing is saved. when I search for new roms none show up.
I'm using a mac at home, but i rooted my phone on my work pc.
Please help me be able to install custom roms (froyo). please define terms and provide links if possible.
Bj
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musclehead84 said:
You rooted your phone good but rom manager will not flash clockwork for you. It says it dies but it won't. The only way to get cwm is to run the one click root plus clockwork. If yo turn your phone off and hold power, camera, and volume down what does the text look like. If you see blue writing and like 4 options that is the stock recovery. If it's green with a good bit of options that is what you want for flashing roms. But the new version of cwm3 is out and that is orange writing. For flashing all you do is put the rom on the root of the sd card, boot into cwm, wipe cache, data, and dalvik three times each. Then go to install zip from sd card, choose zip, and scroll till you find the rom on the sd card and hit the camera button to flash it.
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Basically, do what he said. But, to run most of the Froyo ROMS, you need a DK-28 modem. Now, I'm not the one to provide the information to what that is, but all I know if that you need it.
Directions taken from BThomas22x (the maker of VIPEROM which is what I use):
As for use of Odin, It's actually a lot easier than it seems. I'll give you a quick runthrough.
1. Download and extract Odin, as well as the Modem and PIT files. (You DO NOT flash the ROM through Odin, The ROM is flashed through Clockwork.)
2. Open Odin. At this point, you have to put your phone in download mode. To do so, simply hold the number 1 on the keyboard, and the power button at the same time. Once in download mode, plug the USB cable into the phone. Only plug the phone in AFTER Odin is up and running or Odin won't pick up the phone.
3. Navigate to where you downloaded the modem and pit files and place the PIT file where it says "PIT" and the modem.bin file where it says "phone".
4. On the left side there is an options box. Make sure that "reboot" is the ONLY thing that's checked.
5. Now you're ready to flash the new modem. (Remember, the modem does NOT need to be downloaded, it's just a bonus feature) Hit start and allow it to run through it's process. When finished, the block above the port that your USB is showing will turn either green or red for pass or fail. At this point I haven't heard of anyone failing.
When Odin is done doing it's thing, it will automatically reboot the phone for you. Then you're setup with the new modem!
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Head over to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864445 if you need more help/the download links don't work.
Now, that's the DK-28 modem. YOU NOW MUST USE ROMS WITH THE DK-28 MODEM! I'm pretty sure most of the 2.2 (Froyo) ROMs use DK-28, but someone might want to double check me. It's good to learn how to use Odin anyway since it's your way out if you brick your phone.
I think I was going to include something else, but I'm too tired to remember... lol. Just send me a PM if you need any more help and I'll get back to you later tomorrow or just keep posting here.

Odin gave me a pass.
Now where do I go to get my ROM, can I still use ROM manager or should I go another route?
THanks!

the_bj said:
Odin gave me a pass.
Now where do I go to get my ROM, can I still use ROM manager or should I go another route?
THanks!
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And also what is the best way to back up my current ROM now?

Forget ROM manager.
Get your roms from the dev forum.
Put them on your sdcard where you can find them.
Flash them with clockwork.
The best way to back up your current rom is to select "backup" from within clockworkmod. It will not, however, backup your kernel. The easiest way to restore a backup is to reflash the original rom, then advanced restore->restore data in cwm.
The only way to get cwm is to run the one click root plus clockwork.
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That isn't the only way, but it is definitely the easiest if you aren't comfortable fiddling around with a command line on your phone.

DiGi760 said:
Forget ROM manager.
Get your roms from the dev forum.
Put them on your sdcard where you can find them.
Flash them with clockwork.
The best way to back up your current rom is to select "backup" from within clockworkmod. It will not, however, backup your kernel. The easiest way to restore a backup is to reflash the original rom, then advanced restore->restore data in cwm.
That isn't the only way, but it is definitely the easiest if you aren't comfortable fiddling around with a command line on your phone.
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If i've already rooted can I still use one click root plus CWM and do you have a link for where I can get it?

Yes the one click will still work. It will check if you have root and skip the exploit when it isn't needed. It will then proceed to install busybox, the reidirector, and clockworkmod.
You can find the one-click version 2.5.5 in the dev forum. It is one of the stickies at the top of that forum.

DiGi760 said:
Forget ROM manager.
The best way to back up your current rom is to select "backup" from within clockworkmod. It will not, however, backup your kernel. The easiest way to restore a backup is to reflash the original rom, then advanced restore->restore data in cwm.
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Wow. So this is why my data restores never work...? lol I always get f/cs after I restore something. Thanks for this!

Custom Rom Suggestion/Help

Hey Guys,
I currently have a GS3 on Rogers and am interested in getting a stock rom. The only two that I have read about are AOKP and CM10. I am not sure how to go about rooting it, or which is even better. I know I will lose the Samsung features but I think it may be worth the trade off. Just looking for some insight on how to go about doing it, which rom to use, and if problems arise, or I decide to go back to stock can I do it.
Basically:
1. What is the best stock rom
2. Is it difficult to install?
3. Can I get back to Rogers stock if I run into trouble
4. Do all the features work in stock roms?
5. Are they easy to update?

chaoticfury said:
Hey Guys,
I currently have a GS3 on Rogers and am interested in getting a stock rom. The only two that I have read about are AOKP and CM10. I am not sure how to go about rooting it, or which is even better. I know I will lose the Samsung features but I think it may be worth the trade off. Just looking for some insight on how to go about doing it, which rom to use, and if problems arise, or I decide to go back to stock can I do it.
Basically:
1. What is the best stock rom
2. Is it difficult to install?
3. Can I get back to Rogers stock if I run into trouble
4. Do all the features work in stock roms?
5. Are they easy to update?
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1. It's all preference. There is no "best" rom.
2. Nope
3. Yep
4. For the most part, although some roms have bugs
5. Yes

DarthDerron said:
1. It's all preference. There is no "best" rom.
2. Nope
3. Yep
4. For the most part, although some roms have bugs
5. Yes
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If I was debating between CM10 and AOKP which would you recommend for the GS3 and do you have instructions for the install or a Rogers rom to go back to stock?

chaoticfury said:
If I was debating between CM10 and AOKP which would you recommend for the GS3 and do you have instructions for the install or a Rogers rom to go back to stock?
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CM10 and AOKP are both good. Personally, I would roll with Task AOKP just because there are some added features I like. To get back to stock you would have to get the stock rogers firmware and use Odin to flash it, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625

DarthDerron said:
CM10 and AOKP are both good. Personally, I would roll with Task AOKP just because there are some added features I like. To get back to stock you would have to get the stock rogers firmware and use Odin to flash it, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
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Thanks, I am assuming this voids my warranty.
I am worried I am going to brick my phone and be SOL. Is there a step by step guide anywhere for starting from root to installing AOKP anywhere? I found different threads and videos, but they each seem to have different methods and it makes me nervous.

chaoticfury said:
Thanks, I am assuming this voids my warranty.
I am worried I am going to brick my phone and be SOL. Is there a step by step guide anywhere for starting from root to installing AOKP anywhere? I found different threads and videos, but they each seem to have different methods and it makes me nervous.
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I was once a noob too and I sympathise. This does void warranty but you can always go back to stock completely and get your warranty back.
I found some of the guides on XDA a bit confusing when I first got into rooting/flashing roms. Please understand that a Rogers S3 is the equivalent of an AT&T S3, so whenever you download something for your S3, the specific provider you'll want to download for is AT&T. Pretty much everything that works for an AT&T S3 works for your phone (Roms, kernels, etc). After googling for a few days when I was getting into all of this, I found the most noob-proof guides:
1) First thing you want to do is root your phone. Watch the video in the link below:
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-att-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747/
2) Next thing you want to do is watch this video to install clockworkmodrecovery:
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-tutorials/how-to-install-clockworkmodcwm-recovery-on-galaxy-s3/
3) You'll want to make a nandroid backup of your current settings by rebooting into recovery (power off, then hold volume up + home button + power button simultaneously until phone vibrates, then let go of power button until you see the screen that says Samsung Galaxy SIII and then let go of volume up and home button)
4) using the volume keys, go down to 'backup and restore' and select it by pressing the power button
5) select 'backup' and once that is done you are all ready to install a custom rom
6) to install a custom rom, download one and transfer to your internal SD card to a directory easily accessible (or external, I've used both) as well as Gapps (assuming you want to download AOKP or CM10)
7) reboot into recovery, wipe/factory reset, then wipe cache, then go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache, then go back and go into mounts/storage and format system
8) go back and select 'install zip from sd card' - find the rom and flash it, when it finishes, flash gapps and then reboot system
YOU'RE DONE. In case you want a video tutorial of how to install a custom rom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YK1uqwreRk8#t=501s

DarthDerron said:
CM10 and AOKP are both good. Personally, I would roll with Task AOKP just because there are some added features I like. To get back to stock you would have to get the stock rogers firmware and use Odin to flash it, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
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Im confused, I thought cm10 and aokp was the same...
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derberts said:
I was once a noob too and I sympathise. This does void warranty but you can always go back to stock completely and get your warranty back.
I found some of the guides on XDA a bit confusing when I first got into rooting/flashing roms. Please understand that a Rogers S3 is the equivalent of an AT&T S3, so whenever you download something for your S3, the specific provider you'll want to download for is AT&T. Pretty much everything that works for an AT&T S3 works for your phone (Roms, kernels, etc). After googling for a few days when I was getting into all of this, I found the most noob-proof guides:
1) First thing you want to do is root your phone. Watch the video in the link below:
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-att-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747/
2) Next thing you want to do is watch this video to install clockworkmodrecovery:
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-tutorials/how-to-install-clockworkmodcwm-recovery-on-galaxy-s3/
3) You'll want to make a nandroid backup of your current settings by rebooting into recovery (power off, then hold volume up + home button + power button simultaneously until phone vibrates, then let go of power button until you see the screen that says Samsung Galaxy SIII and then let go of volume up and home button)
4) using the volume keys, go down to 'backup and restore' and select it by pressing the power button
5) select 'backup' and once that is done you are all ready to install a custom rom
6) to install a custom rom, download one and transfer to your internal SD card to a directory easily accessible (or external, I've used both) as well as Gapps (assuming you want to download AOKP or CM10)
7) reboot into recovery, wipe/factory reset, then wipe cache, then go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache, then go back and go into mounts/storage and format system
8) go back and select 'install zip from sd card' - find the rom and flash it, when it finishes, flash gapps and then reboot system
YOU'RE DONE. In case you want a video tutorial of how to install a custom rom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YK1uqwreRk8#t=501s
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Thanks so much for the step by step guide. I have just about everything figured out except I am stuck at the nandroid backup part. Instead of having an option to backup I have:
reboot system now
apple update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
Not sure where I am going wrong.

There should be an option for backup and restore, are you sure you're in clcokworkmod recovery?
chaoticfury said:
Thanks so much for the step by step guide. I have just about everything figured out except I am stuck at the nandroid backup part. Instead of having an option to backup I have:
reboot system now
apple update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
Not sure where I am going wrong.
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mest22 said:
Im confused, I thought cm10 and aokp was the same...
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They are both based on AOSP, but are not one in the same.
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derberts said:
There should be an option for backup and restore, are you sure you're in clcokworkmod recovery?
Turns out the system had flashed the original back and that's why I couldn't see clockwork. I got it up and working now. Just finished flashing AOKP and gapps. This has way more than I ever imagined. I am not sure how I feel about it yet, but willing to give it some time.
Thanks for all the help and I am looking forward to doing more roms!
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[Q] Flashing Jedi X6.1.2

I have been reading all day... I'm wanting to flash the Jedi X6.1.2 ROM. I'm still not sure what I need to do exactly. Do I download all of those files to my phone and do everything from there or is part of this process done on the PC? I was reading in a separate part of the forum about having to download Odin (I believe) and using it to flash the ROM? Also, I use AT&T, I'm assuming that's the carrier files I need but I don't see them on the Jedi ROM page. Does this mean I can't flash that ROM with my carrier? When it says desired modem, does that mean that's optional or I need to pick one? And do I have to do that at the time of flashing the ROM or can I do that at a later time? What is nandroid and what do I use it for? Next, what is the factory data reset and how do I perform it? I've downloaded CWM (ROM Manager), is this the right app and do I use that app to wipe the system? How do I actually flash the system? How do I wipe the cache and what is dalvik? What permissions need to be fixed and how do you do that? How do I flash the carrier files, modem and add-ons? Do I need to do that at the time of flashing the ROM or can it be done later?*
This is my first attempt at flashing and have no idea what I'm doing, even after days of trying to figure it out. I have a gazillion questions... This forum is amazing and everyone is super helpful, but it's not really newb friendly. I think it would be nice if there were some kind of general flashing guide or maybe a general FAQ (I looked and couldn't find any). I didn't find the search function of the forums too helpful. It seemed that the results weren't even anything close to what I was looking for. Anyway, thanks for any help in advance and sorry about all the questions.

Animaljr said:
I have been reading all day... I'm wanting to flash the Jedi X6.1.2 ROM. I'm still not sure what I need to do exactly. Do I download all of those files to my phone and do everything from there or is part of this process done on the PC? I was reading in a separate part of the forum about having to download Odin (I believe) and using it to flash the ROM? Also, I use AT&T, I'm assuming that's the carrier files I need but I don't see them on the Jedi ROM page. Does this mean I can't flash that ROM with my carrier? When it says desired modem, does that mean that's optional or I need to pick one? And do I have to do that at the time of flashing the ROM or can I do that at a later time? What is nandroid and what do I use it for? Next, what is the factory data reset and how do I perform it? I've downloaded CWM (ROM Manager), is this the right app and do I use that app to wipe the system? How do I actually flash the system? How do I wipe the cache and what is dalvik? What permissions need to be fixed and how do you do that? How do I flash the carrier files, modem and add-ons? Do I need to do that at the time of flashing the ROM or can it be done later?*
This is my first attempt at flashing and have no idea what I'm doing, even after days of trying to figure it out. I have a gazillion questions... This forum is amazing and everyone is super helpful, but it's not really newb friendly. I think it would be nice if there were some kind of general flashing guide or maybe a general FAQ (I looked and couldn't find any). I didn't find the search function of the forums too helpful. It seemed that the results weren't even anything close to what I was looking for. Anyway, thanks for any help in advance and sorry about all the questions.
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You really need to read some more. Start with this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987541 , there are a few how too's there and a newbie guide to terms. For now you only need to used odin to install a recovery (CWM) or clock work mod. This is what you use to make a backup (nandroid) of your system. Then following the instructions on the rom of your choice, use CWM to install or flash the rom. Do some more searching on how to install roms and what bricking your phone means. Not trying to scare you, it's not that hard, you just need to understand what you are doing. Read some more then ask a few questions that you don't understand.

Suggest you do as Kebran suggested and read some more.
To add/expand upon what he did explain:
Odin is only needed to flash root and recovery.
All backups, factory restores, wiping caches , fixing permissions and flashing roms will be done through cwm.
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How to install a rom on the galaxy note 2 made easy
Steps are:
1) root.
2) install clockworkmod mod via odin.
Fortunately both steps can be done together here in one easy step.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-easiest-method/
3) Once you have clockworkmod installed, you will have to visit the jedi thread on your phone and download the jedi rom onto your phone.
4) once the rom is downloaded onto your phone, shut your phone down and boot into clockworkmod by pressing volume up, home button and power buttons all together.
5) once in clockwork mod you will use the volume up/down buttons to navigate and then the power button to make the selections "install zip from sd card" and then "choose zip from sdcard"
6) Clockworkmod will then give you a list of all the files on your phone, and you will have to select them accordingly to find where you downloaded the jedi rom to and once you find it, you of course will make the selection to install it. Don't forget to use clockworkmod to "wipe cache" and in "advanced" to "wipe dalvic" in the order that is stated in the first post of the jedi thread under "instructions". This is important. Don't do things out of order.
If you go to the bottom of page 141 in the Jedi thread, you will find a long post that takes the instructions from the first post to flash the rom and writes them out in greater detail to make it easier to understand. Follow those in order and you should be fine. Also, so you can see it in person so to speak, try a search like "flash rom clockworkmod" on youtube and watch someone do it. If you can find it for your phone even better. It makes it a little more comfortable to do it when you've seen someone else do it first.
You do not need to worry about flashing carrier files with your phone because the Jedi rom is built around at&t already and includes them in the original download.
Some of your questions answered:
When it says desired modem, does that mean that's optional or I need to pick one? You don't need to worry about modem at all with your at&t phone. skip it.
What is nandroid and what do I use it for? Nandroid is a snapshot of your phone. When you boot into clockwork mod, you will see the option to "backup" your phone. You do this so if something goes wrong while you are flashing the Jedi rom, you will be able to go into clockwork mod and reset your phone with the backup you just made. That is called nandroid.
Next, what is the factory data reset and how do I perform it? Factory data reset is an option you will see once you boot into clockworkmod. Just select it using the volume up/down buttons and it will wipe all user data from your phone and put it back to the way it was out of the box. Once the process is finished however, you will still be in clockworkmod and can proceed to the next steps to flash the rom.
I've downloaded CWM (ROM Manager), is this the right app and do I use that app to wipe the system? Once you have installed clockworkmod on your phone using odin, you won't need to use the Rom manager app. just stick to booting into clockworkmod and performing tasks there. Later when you're more comfortable with the process you can play with rom manager.
How do I actually flash the system? Flashing will happen whenever you choose to have clockworkmod install a rom or addons or whatever.
How do I wipe the cache and what is dalvik? Both are optional actions you can perform in clockworkmod simply by selecting them. Wipe Dalvik can be found under the "advanced" settings. These need to be performed to help ensure that the rom you choose is installed correctly.
What permissions need to be fixed and how do you do that? Fix permissions is simply an option to choose once booted into clockworkmod. It literally only takes a few seconds.
How do I flash the carrier files, modem and add-ons? You can download the add ons to your phone after you flash the rom, boot into clockworkmod and follow the process of "select zip from sd card to install" don't forget to follow the apprpriate steps to wipe cache and dalvic, etc when you flash add ons.
Read twice, flash once.
Best of luck!

topshelf95 said:
Steps are:
1) root.
2) install clockworkmod mod via odin.
Fortunately both steps can be done together here in one easy step.
3) Once you have clockworkmod installed, you will have to visit the jedi thread on your phone and download the jedi rom onto your phone.
4) once the rom is downloaded onto your phone, shut your phone down and boot into clockworkmod by pressing volume up, home button and power buttons all together.
5) once in clockwork mod you will use the volume up/down buttons to navigate and then the power button to make the selections "install zip from sd card" and then "choose zip from sdcard"
6) Clockworkmod will then give you a list of all the files on your phone, and you will have to select them accordingly to find where you downloaded the jedi rom to and once you find it, you of course will make the selection to install it. Don't forget to use clockworkmod to "wipe cache" and in "advanced" to "wipe dalvic" in the order that is stated in the first post of the jedi thread under "instructions". This is important. Don't do things out of order.
If you go to the bottom of page 141 in the Jedi thread, you will find a long post that takes the instructions from the first post to flash the rom and writes them out in greater detail to make it easier to understand. Follow those in order and you should be fine. Also, so you can see it in person so to speak, try a search like "flash rom clockworkmod" on youtube and watch someone do it. If you can find it for your phone even better. It makes it a little more comfortable to do it when you've seen someone else do it first.
You do not need to worry about flashing carrier files with your phone because the Jedi rom is built around at&t already and includes them in the original download.
Some of your questions answered:
When it says desired modem, does that mean that's optional or I need to pick one? You don't need to worry about modem at all with your at&t phone. skip it.
What is nandroid and what do I use it for? Nandroid is a snapshot of your phone. When you boot into clockwork mod, you will see the option to "backup" your phone. You do this so if something goes wrong while you are flashing the Jedi rom, you will be able to go into clockwork mod and reset your phone with the backup you just made. That is called nandroid.
Next, what is the factory data reset and how do I perform it? Factory data reset is an option you will see once you boot into clockworkmod. Just select it using the volume up/down buttons and it will wipe all user data from your phone and put it back to the way it was out of the box. Once the process is finished however, you will still be in clockworkmod and can proceed to the next steps to flash the rom.
I've downloaded CWM (ROM Manager), is this the right app and do I use that app to wipe the system? Once you have installed clockworkmod on your phone using odin, you won't need to use the Rom manager app. just stick to booting into clockworkmod and performing tasks there. Later when you're more comfortable with the process you can play with rom manager.
How do I actually flash the system? Flashing will happen whenever you choose to have clockworkmod install a rom or addons or whatever.
How do I wipe the cache and what is dalvik? Both are optional actions you can perform in clockworkmod simply by selecting them. Wipe Dalvik can be found under the "advanced" settings. These need to be performed to help ensure that the rom you choose is installed correctly.
What permissions need to be fixed and how do you do that? Fix permissions is simply an option to choose once booted into clockworkmod. It literally only takes a few seconds.
How do I flash the carrier files, modem and add-ons? You can download the add ons to your phone after you flash the rom, boot into clockworkmod and follow the process of "select zip from sd card to install" don't forget to follow the apprpriate steps to wipe cache and dalvic, etc when you flash add ons.
Read twice, flash once.
Best of luck!
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This helped out immensely. I had been reading page after page after page trying to figure out what each step was in more detail. This definitely pointed me in the right direction. As of now I've got my phone successfully rooted, now all I need is to do more research to actually flash the new ROM. I'm currently trying to back up my apps using App2Zip from Google Play. Do I need to back up just my downloaded apps or system apps as well? Do the necessary system apps come with the ROM or are none of them essential? Again, thanks for the help.

Why not use titanium backup. If you open that app, in the top right theres a batch option. On click to back up all appas and data
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Android The Greek said:
Why not use titanium backup. If you open that app, in the top right theres a batch option. On click to back up all appas and data
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Does this also back up the bloatware or will this backup everything else so when I flash my ROM the bloatware will be gone?

Animaljr said:
Does this also back up the bloatware or will this backup everything else so when I flash my ROM the bloatware will be gone?
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Titanium backup has long been considered the gold standard to back up your apps. It will almost literally let you back up any and all apps, user or system apps, in every configuration imaginable. It will also give you the option to "freeze" your apps if you dont want to completely delete them. Even the bloatware. Delete it, freeze it, make a back up, restore it, its all there.
When you flash your rom, it will come with whatever the cook has baked into the rom. Usually, they will have all the bloatware removed. In the case of the Jedi rom, there is a link in the first post where the author lets you download any of the missing apps you want onto your phone, which you can then install (flash) using clockworkmod.
For what its worth, you make a backup of your system apps just to be on the safe side, but I've never had to use the backups of my system apps. If you ever get to the point where your system apps are messed up, it's likely you will be using the nandroid backup you made in clockworkmod to restore the phone back to where it was anyway.
PS, congratulations on rooting! did you use the method in the link I gave so that you also have clockworkmod installed as well?

topshelf95 said:
Titanium backup has long been considered the gold standard to back up your apps. It will almost literally let you back up any and all apps, user or system apps, in every configuration imaginable. It will also give you the option to "freeze" your apps if you dont want to completely delete them. Even the bloatware. Delete it, freeze it, make a back up, restore it, its all there.
When you flash your rom, it will come with whatever the cook has baked into the rom. Usually, they will have all the bloatware removed. In the case of the Jedi rom, there is a link in the first post where the author lets you download any of the missing apps you want onto your phone, which you can then install (flash) using clockworkmod.
For what its worth, you make a backup of your system apps just to be on the safe side, but I've never had to use the backups of my system apps. If you ever get to the point where your system apps are messed up, it's likely you will be using the nandroid backup you made in clockworkmod to restore the phone back to where it was anyway.
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So if im hearing right... Backup everything in titanium just in case. Flash the ROM. Then flash any addons I want and I wont have to worry about picking and choosing system apps. Any necessary system apos should be included in the Jedi ROM?

Animaljr said:
So if im hearing right... Backup everything in titanium just in case. Flash the ROM. Then flash any addons I want and I wont have to worry about picking and choosing system apps. Any necessary system apos should be included in the Jedi ROM?
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Correct. Back up everthing in titanium, and you will also make a nandroid backup right before flashing the rom so you should be all set with back-ups. After you flash the rom, everything you will need to operate the phone will be there, along with a few extra fun things that the authors like to throw in and are usually fun to play with. After you flash the rom, the only things you will have to do are change any settings you want and install any apps you want from the market or the "goody bag" in the first post of the jedi thread, or your titanium backup, or wherever. The phone for all intensive purposes, will operate just like it did when you got it new, except better and with more features. The multi window is actually quite nice. :good:

Also when you restore your app apps from titanium do not restore the data. Only restore the app. Sometimes the data will mess up the rom.
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kebran said:
Also when you restore your app apps from titanium do not restore the data. Only restore the app. Sometimes the data will mess up the rom.
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Kebran is right. When given the the option in titanium backup never choose to restore the data.
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It's official, I have rooted/flashed my first ROM successfully. Thanks to all who answered questions and helped this newb get it done. Time to go back and set everything up again. Cheers!

Animaljr said:
It's official, I have rooted/flashed my first ROM successfully. Thanks to all who answered questions and helped this newb get it done. Time to go back and set everything up again. Cheers!
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Congratulations! Welcome to your new addiction. You can now use pretty much the same method to try out all kinds of roms. By the way, just in case you haven't already found the information elsewhere, in order to use multi window, hold the "back" button down for a couple of seconds. There is now an app named "Multi Window Control" in your apps that you can use to put whatever app your heart desires into the multi window function. After you choose the apps you want to add, open multi window, hit the "edit" button at the bottom and drag your selected apps into the multi window bar. :good:

topshelf95 said:
Congratulations! Welcome to your new addiction. You can now use pretty much the same method to try out all kinds of roms. By the way, just in case you haven't already found the information elsewhere, in order to use multi window, hold the "back" button down for a couple of seconds. There is now an app named "Multi Window Control" in your apps that you can use to put whatever app your heart desires into the multi window function. After you choose the apps you want to add, open multi window, hit the "edit" button at the bottom and drag your selected apps into the multi window bar. :good:
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Already haveset that up. One of the most awesome things I've seen! You can customize so much. I never knew you could do this until recently. It's freaking awesome! Will take me awhile to get this set up the way I want. But totally worth it. I just need to go back and flash the addons and then I should be set.Woot!!!

Flashing Kernel
I have a new problem with this ROM... I just upgraded my old 2gb micro sd to a 64gb SanDisk microsdxc. I read in the op of the Jedi thread that I need to flash a new kernel in order for it to work. I was looking at the time Perseus kernel since itsseemed to be pretty popular. I did some digging, and went back to the first link in the thread, went to the Perseus link in that thread, and I believe I have the zip I need (Perseus for i317). The problem I'm running into is that I can't find any instructions on flashing it. I found instructions usinga bbootloader, but that was for a completely different phone. Can anyone please point me in the right direction again? If I'm not mistaken, which I definitely could be, I should be able to flash the kernel in CWM? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Flash in cwm or twrp thats it!
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Take it and go
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twanskys204 said:
Flash in cwm or twrp thats it!
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I haven't used CWM that much. Still a newb. Is there an option for flashing the kernel using the zip I download? And would I be correct in assumingthat that is the correct zip for the AT&T version

Dl the zip to ur memory on your phone ...press vol up home and power to enter recovey mode then install the zip simple as that
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Dl the zip to ur memory on your phone ...press vol up home and power to enter recovey mode then install the zip simple as that
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Sweet! CWM seems more user-friendly than it first appears.

[GUIDE] SAFESTRAP + ROM flashing + troubleshooting

THIS IS FOR XT907
I decided to start this post for those who encounter issues while flashing. Whether you had trouble flashing your first custom ROM from stock, whether you even had issues trying to get root, whether you had trouble flashing the next custom ROM/update from an existing custom ROM, or whether you have had the Safestrap splashscreen but the softkeys weren't working (like me)..
It's a painful task to RSD everytime you want to make a small change, and it's an even more painful quest to search for every unique case we fall into.. so I would be hoping that everyone could give their input, and maybe help compile a How-to right here, from obtaining root, to installing safestrap and all the way up to flashing a custom ROM. Also following that up with more advanced troubleshooting ie my issues with the safestrap softkeys not working..
I'm going to post up what most other people have posted up, general instructions on how to install a custom ROM.. and also a few handy tips.. in case you ever get bricked.
STUFF YOU WILL NEED:
BACKUP OF JELLYBEAN 4.1.1 FIRMWARE FOR THE M
TO FLASH FIRMWARE INCASE YOU GET BRICKED: RSD LITE (google this and get the latest version of RSD LITE - it's late and I'm actually flashing an UPDATE for Eclipse the long way cuz my softkeys for Safestrap aren't working)
TO OBTAIN ROOT: MOTOFAIL2GO
TO FLASH ROMS: SAFESTRAP RECOVERY
and ROMs of your choice from any of the ROM threads
STEPS courtesy of AndroidJunkies' instructions:
You need to be rooted and have a custom recovery installed on your RAZR M to be able to install this ROM.
You can use this guide to Root your RAZR M and Install Safestrap Recovery
Get the latest version of THE ROM OF YOUR CHOICE from xda forums or other forums of your choice.
Connect your Droid RAZR M to the computer and transfer the downloaded ROM zip file from Step 2 to the SDcard on your device
Now disconnect your RAZR M We need to boot to Safestrap recovery now, To do that open the Safestrap app on your device and use the Reboot to recovery option
At the splash screen, choose recovery to boot into Safestrap. You need to select the option within 10 seconds, to avoid booting back in to the normal OS
The top of the screen should show “Safestrap System is: Disabled” (that is what we want right now and is also referred to as “Non-Safe mode”).
Make a back up of your existing ROM within recovery, Wait for the backup to complete, it might take a few minutes.
In the Safestrap recovery menu, navigate to and enter the Safe Boot Menu and Select Enable Safe System. Wait a few minutes for Safestrap to finish backing up the necessary system files.
Now from the recovery main menu, scroll to Wipe Data /Factory Reset and select it. Confirm wipe in the next step. This could take a few minutes, so don’t panic and be patient.
Once that’s done, select Wipe Cache from the main menu, and confirm it in the next step.
Next, select Mounts and Storage from the main menu and then select Format /system. Don’t worry. Your primary system partition will be untouched.
Once the format is complete go back to the main menu and select Advanced, and from the next screen select Wipe Dalvik Cache
Go back to the main menu and Select Install zip from SD card. Select the Eclipse RAZR M ROM zip file you had transferred to the SDcard in Step 3, and confirm the flash on the next screen
Wait for the ROM flash to complete. Once finished, reboot your device.
For best results, leave the device alone for at least 5-10 minutes after the first boot and let the new ROM settle in. While this may seem unnecessary, it usually prevents issues like inexplicable force closes later
AT ANY POINT IN TIME you get stuck - here are a few handy tips..
TO POWER DOWN: HOLD Power + Vol Up + Vol Down
TO ENTER BOOTLOADER (to choose boot in recovery, fastboot etc) : when phone is off, HOLD Power + Vol Up + Vol Down
TO RESET: HOLD Power + Vol Down
If you ever get bricked, try to enter bootloader, select recovery (THIS IS THE STOCK RECOVERY and when you see the dead android, with the red exclamation mark. The ONLY thing you can press to obtain a response is something like hold Vol Up + Vol Down (what I did was that and when it didn't work I just spammed..)
it's late and it'll take awhile for me to finish this up - but guys please feel free to contribute, I'll update the OP - I'm sure many will benefit from this. As for me I've one last question
honestly, was there an easy way/quick fix when my Safestrap was enabled and I couldn't press the softkeys? I read somewhere that I could disable safestrap.. did not know how to and ended up uninstalling recovery..
then got into a bootloop - so I RSD'd and RE FLASHED everything. painful yeah - this thread is dedicated to those who do not want to go through the trouble I did..
SPECIAL THANKS to
androidjunkies.com
madrao from androidevolved.com

thanks for putting this together. wondering if we have to put the ROM on the "/sdcard" vs. the "mnt/external1" folder. I believe the system (at least on my device) has the "/sdcard" actually stored in the phone's memory, and not the memory card. this is the problem I ran into when using safestrap last time (ran low on memory).

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thanks for putting this together. wondering if we have to put the ROM on the "/sdcard" vs. the "mnt/external1" folder. I believe the system (at least on my device) has the "/sdcard" actually stored in the phone's memory, and not the memory card. this is the problem I ran into when using safestrap last time (ran low on memory).
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paste it on /sdcard which is the phone's memory, my ext sd is /sdcard1
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safestrap installed but not usable
I have a system version 98.12.4 on my razr m. I've used motofail2go to get root. Installed safestrap with es file explorer.
When opening app safestrap I have(recovery state: installed) and (safe system: not active). There are no boot options, just install or uninstall and the version 3.12
I power down as normal and boot holding vol+- getting to the boot selection menu 10.9b.
Pressing vol- to select BP TOOLS vol+ to enter and I end up with this unusually formatted form of safestrap which is unusable.
I've even flashed back to stock and gone through the process again to the same result.
Any ideas?

gdubb360 said:
I have a system version 98.12.4 on my razr m. I've used motofail2go to get root. Installed safestrap with es file explorer.
When opening app safestrap I have(recovery state: installed) and (safe system: not active). There are no boot options, just install or uninstall and the version 3.12
I power down as normal and boot holding vol+- getting to the boot selection menu 10.9b.
Pressing vol- to select BP TOOLS vol+ to enter and I end up with this unusually formatted form of safestrap which is unusable.
I've even flashed back to stock and gone through the process again to the same result.
Any ideas?
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you dont have v3.12, thats the only one that worked for me, your SS is showing 3.11

jfletch86 said:
you dont have v3.12, thats the only one that worked for me, your SS is showing 3.11
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Strange I know, inside the wrongly formatted recovery it says 3.11. Inside of the app it has a version # 3.12. I downloaded from the link at the top of this page.
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Alright so I found a new download specific to our device. The download in the original post was not working for me - not sure if it's because it was for the razr hd.
Inside safestrap it still gives v3.11 but everything seems to be normal so far for me.
safestrap razr m download:
(apparently not enough posts to put up a link) but if you visit the Hash-of-Codes website there is a download specific for the m.

Previously used this site to root and put CM10 on my old X2, which has since passed on to the next world due to one too many times being dropped....
Trying this process now, hoping it all works out. I'm going to try the energy ROM on for size.

Can't boot to Eclipse?
Thanks to the OP for providing his guide. It was very helpful, and has gotten my 99% of the way there....
I have a Razr M that I recently rooted. I installed the newest version of safestrap (3.12) from HOC's website. I'm successfully able to enter recovery, create a partition, format/wipe it, and install Eclipse.
Everything seems fine at first when I reboot; I get the safestrap screen showing that it's activated. Once I continue the boot process, though, the phone just seems to freeze on a blank screen, without ever displaying a splash screen. I've waited over 5 minutes with nothing happening (several times I've tried this). Using the PWR+VolUp+VolDown button combo I'm able to restart the phone and enter recovery. Stock ROM still works.
I've tried wiping caches, to no avail. Any ideas out there?

Good stuff
This is very helpful. I wish I had known all of this stuff before I started on my M. something I have done that I am not sure will work on all ROMs, so be careful.
For the Eclipse rom, I installed it on a new rom slot, then backed it up. I then restored the Eclipse backup over the stock slot. I would recommend backing up stock first.
P.S. I am not sure if this will work with every rom. Only tried with Eclipse!

AndroidAardvark said:
Thanks to the OP for providing his guide. It was very helpful, and has gotten my 99% of the way there....
I have a Razr M that I recently rooted. I installed the newest version of safestrap (3.12) from HOC's website. I'm successfully able to enter recovery, create a partition, format/wipe it, and install Eclipse.
Everything seems fine at first when I reboot; I get the safestrap screen showing that it's activated. Once I continue the boot process, though, the phone just seems to freeze on a blank screen, without ever displaying a splash screen. I've waited over 5 minutes with nothing happening (several times I've tried this). Using the PWR+VolUp+VolDown button combo I'm able to restart the phone and enter recovery. Stock ROM still works.
I've tried wiping caches, to no avail. Any ideas out there?
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Sounds like a bad download and/or flash. I would wipe ROM slot 1, re-format and re-install a newly downloaded version of Eclipse.

So i finally got safestrap 3.11 for M and i was able to backup my Stock slot, then create one on slot 1. When i go to select a zip to install the zip will not show up. I downloaded eclipse twice and it wont install because the zip wont even show up. I cleared everything on stock partition like factory resetand cache, ect. How can i get the zip to show up to install? Thanks in advance guys

kpsullzz said:
So i finally got safestrap 3.11 for M and i was able to backup my Stock slot, then create one on slot 1. When i go to select a zip to install the zip will not show up. I downloaded eclipse twice and it wont install because the zip wont even show up. I cleared everything on stock partition like factory resetand cache, ect. How can i get the zip to show up to install? Thanks in advance guys
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Hopefully, you didn't wipe system on your stock slot. If you did, you no longer have an OS installed. When you set up a ROM slot, you don't need to wipe stock. You only need to wipe your custom slot. If you wiped stock, you'll need to fast boot back to stock.
If everything is OK, then you can flash Eclipse on ROM slot 1. You have to choose external SD in SS. The zip won't just magically appear.
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No I made sure I didn't wipe stock system partition just factory reset and cleared cache and dalvick sorry. Then I activate slot 1 clear all of that and go to root of SD card and the zip doesn't show. Then I put it in TWRP folder to experiment and still no dice. No idea
Edit. Could it be the SD card? I navigate to device /storage/sdcard1 and it doesn't show anything no folders or anything but if I use es explorer I can navigate to the zip just fine so weird. I even just tried putting a .zip on the end but no go.
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Hopefully, you didn't wipe system on your stock slot. If you did, you no longer have an OS installed. When you set up a ROM slot, you don't need to wipe stock. You only need to wipe your custom slot. If you wiped stock, you'll need to fast boot back to stock.
If everything is OK, then you can flash Eclipse on ROM slot 1. You have to choose external SD in SS. The zip won't just magically appear.
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Solved. The two settings that say use internal SD or use external SD I used use internal SD card then went to device/ external SD. Odd but it worked and eclipse magically showed up. Thankyou
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kpsullzz said:
Solved. The two settings that say use internal SD or use external SD I used use internal SD card then went to device/ external SD. Odd but it worked and eclipse magically showed up. Thankyou
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It's good you figured it out. This was going to be my next suggestion.

kpsullzz said:
Solved. The two settings that say use internal SD or use external SD I used use internal SD card then went to device/ external SD. Odd but it worked and eclipse magically showed up. Thankyou
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Yep that's a ss3 known bug. Gotta select external-sd or storage/sdcard1
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Can you upload safestrap for droid razr m cuz when i click on the link it says system offline.

I have a question about safestrap:
I just flashed the new 4.1.2 OTA update through fastboot. I was running eclipse in rom slot 1. Now, it seems safestrap and that partition are gone. Is that so? Am I basically just left with the OTA'd stock rom on my entire phone?
That is what I would prefer, but I just want to make sure safestrap or the space it created aren't lurking anywhere

Dyelon said:
I have a question about safestrap:
I just flashed the new 4.1.2 OTA update through fastboot. I was running eclipse in rom slot 1. Now, it seems safestrap and that partition are gone. Is that so? Am I basically just left with the OTA'd stock rom on my entire phone?
That is what I would prefer, but I just want to make sure safestrap or the space it created aren't lurking anywhere
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If you fastbooted to 4.1.2, then it should have eliminated SS, but there are probably still some folders in there. Just use a file explorer and find any "SS" or "SafeStrap" folders and eliminate them.

RikRong said:
If you fastbooted to 4.1.2, then it should have eliminated SS, but there are probably still some folders in there. Just use a file explorer and find any "SS" or "SafeStrap" folders and eliminate them.
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Thanks a lot man
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[Q] Newbie needing assistance...

Hello, and thank you for reading this..
I am on E980, 4.1.2 on the US AT&T version. I am running the stock rom, but I do have it rooted.
How would someone install a 4.3 Rom such as CyanFox going by what I have now? Can anyone do a break down for me? It would be awesome. The forums are a tad bit confusing as I didn't see any guides, and if there are, I apologize for making a nonsense topic.

ondoymo august
Okay... I'm answering my own question because I just found out
1. Root your device using the/any method here on the dev forums.
2. Find Project FreeGee on the app store
3. Install FreeGee, accept the terms and unlock your device.
4. Choose the regular CWM out of the three options.
5. Everything will unlock and install.
6. Put rom you want on your sdcard, along with gapps for 4.3 and a modem if required by the rom.
7. Shutdown the phone
8. Use volume + and power button until the phone comes on, you will boot into CWM.
9. From there its just like installing any other rom in CWM

You are better off with TWRP2.6.1 right now. Put ROM and Gapps on EXTERNAL SD Card, not internal. Follow the OP instructions of the ROM you select. You might have to boot it twice the first time you use TWRP2.6.1.
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