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[FIX] Ting APNs For all Ting Users - 5-12-2014

For all Ting users having issues with mms, sms, and lte using aosp/aokp/cm/eos/pac/pa/bs/modified stock roms.
If you don't know what Ting is or are not a Ting subscriber you do not need this for any reason.
If you are a Ting user you will need the Ting APNs for LTE and MMS.
These Fixes are not phone specific. Should work on all Ting capable Devices.
FOR BEST RESULT: INSERT INTO ROM BEFORE FLASHING!
============= 4.4 KITKAT APNS ====================== (5-20-2014)
Final for 4.4 octhrope apns 4.4!
============ NEW APNS FOR ALL ROMS ============ (11/1/2013)
V7 for 4.1 / 4.2 octhrope lite apn v7
V8 for 4.3 octhrope lite apn v8
PLEASE POST SUCCESS or FAILURES! (Rom, Radio, APN)
IF THERE ARE ANY TING USERS OUT THERE WITH WORKING MMS ON AOSP ROMS - PLEASE SEND ME YOUR APNS-CONF.XML!!! (/system/etc/)
It would be greatly appreciated!
Big THANKS to bigfdaddy2, tabormeister, VoluntaryMan, and poo706!!!
Thanks to all who have submitted information or data!
REMEMBER! Always Backup Apns before flashing. Flash at your own risk. hopefully this helps others.
I am not affiliated with Ting; other than being a customer, Ting has yet to,(or may never),endorse or acknowledge these apns.

Notes:
[5-20-2014] - Updated 4.4 Apns to smaller format.
[11-1-2013] - Added Lite roms for both v7 and v8. v7 is 4.2 and 4.1, v8 is 4.3.
[10-30-2013] - Did some fiddling with making a universally accepted apn. I usually test everything before I upload it. That being said this is a test version I haven't used yet...
[9-23-2013] - New installer script courtesy of VoluntaryMan. Implemented as hotfix.
[9-20-2013] - Injecting the APNs into the rom before flashing seems to help. In my experience the system lost the apns after the first reboot and flashing them again made them stick.
[9-9-2013] - If its still not working, LGNPST the Teeny Original bin then the Teeny Alt Bin SLB Stack. Do one, the phone restarts; then do the other.
[8-27-2013] I am going to try to assemble a Frankenstein's Monster APN with every Sprint/Ting APN I can find and give that a shot too. So if the lights start to flicker you'll know why...
Unsuccessful so far...
[8-23-2013] update: Pulled the APN Stock files out of the ZVB rom... 3 different apns; looks like US, EU, KR.
ZVB Stock Deodex APNS
[8-23-2013]I'm going to try to pull the APN from a stock rooted phone at some point to compare with the clean, and custom ones. If anyone has one just pm a link. thanks.
[8-7-2013] Also am having some success with reflashing the jb modem. gives me the you've lost data error when im in the bathroom and loose data but not sending multiple sms messages.
[7-12-2013] If you use a Custom User Agent, (messages > settings > custom user agent) dont use iphone as Ting does not support them.
[7-2-2013] Some Ad Blocking programs will block mms. idk why the phones apns are not excluded from the shiz but adding your apns to the white list or removing the app should fix it.
manual fixes
fix 1
Open Voice Dialer, say "Open APN's"
Change all http://mms.sprintpcs.com to http://mms.plspictures.com
Select one of the profiles with the correct MMSC in it.
Reboot
fix 2
Open your root explorer, navigate to /system/etc and find apns-conf.xml
Copy it to another location
Change all instances of http://mms.sprintpcs.com to http://mms.plspictures.com
Copy and paste it back into /system/etc - overwrite old file
Reboot
DEPRECATED METHODS
============= 4.4 KITKAT =======================(9-20-2013) Flash Via Recovery
octhrope 4.4 ting apn
octhrope 4.4 lite ting apn Removed over 15,000 lines. 324k to 5k
stock kitkat 4.4 apn This is the stock AOSP apn from 4.4 (you probably dont need this)
octhrope CM11 Ting Apns
============= 4.3 JELLYBEAN =======================(9-20-2013) Flash Via Recovery
octhrope ultimate apn v2
octhrope ultimate apn v2<<< New Installer Script
octhrope ultimate apn v1 < contains a typo but is working for me on AOKP 4.3
octhrope ultimate apn v1<<< New Installer Script
This is a fire bomb of every Ting / Sprint Apn I have acquired...
octhrope ultimate apn v3 TEST VERSION
============= 4.2 JELLYBEAN =======================(9-9-2013) Flash via Recovery
octhrope apn v13
octhrope apn v13<<< New Installer Script
octhrope apn v13 lite(only sprint apns listed)
octhrope apn v13 lite.zip<<< New Installer Script
octhrope apn v15
octhrope apn v15<<< New Installer Script
============= 4.1 JELLYBEAN ===================(8-29-2013) Flash via Recovery
octhrope modified ting apns V9 8-29-2013
octhrope modified ting apns V9 9-23-2013<<< New Installer Script
original ting apns flash via recovery
original ting apns original thread
This will fix LTE for all and mms for most. Only use if octhrope apn does not work for you.
octhrope ting apns flash via recovery
octhrope modified ting apns updated 6-26-2013
I made this because mms wasn't working for me still. cant guarantee that this won't cause more problems since i have only tested it on my phone. (original ting apn plus proxies and ports)
octhrope ting apns v2 flash via recovery
octhrope modified ting apns V2
octhrope ting apns v3 8-14-2013 flash via recovery
octhrope modified ting apns V3 8-14-2013
While using octhrope modified ting apn v2
Setting a Custom User Agent TEMPORARILY Fixed the issue (messages > settings > custom user agent) Nokia N95.
did a bunch of testing and this is the only solution that was consistent. i suspect that Ting has no support for a generic android device on their network. after a couple days its back to not working.
fix 3
i did fix 1 but added the proxy and the port to all of the APNs (this might be wrong...)
proxy: 68.28.31.7
port: 80
reboot and sent picture.

EDIT: This method might help? Someone should go back to stock, backup working APNS and test them on CM. I can do this eventually. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35338440&postcount=7

tabormeister said:
EDIT: This method might help? Someone should go back to stock, backup working APNS and test them on CM. I can do this eventually. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35338440&postcount=7
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That's basically the ting APN file above. I didn't have success pulling the apns off of a stock based jb ROM. Maybe if I new the location... I could just adb into it and pull the config file out.
I may be incorrect here, but it feels like there might be another setting somewhere... Like a MMS only setting hanging out.
Also bumped up to 4.3, when doing the open apns trick it shows no apns. Which is strange because I flashed them and the Lte is working.

octhrope said:
That's basically the ting APN file above. I didn't have success pulling the apns off of a stock based jb ROM. Maybe if I new the location... I could just adb into it and pull the config file out.
I may be incorrect here, but it feels like there might be another setting somewhere... Like a MMS only setting hanging out.
Also bumped up to 4.3, when doing the open apns trick it shows no apns. Which is strange because I flashed them and the Lte is working.
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I've noticed that too, on the GS3 on Ting. I haven't checked if my LTE and picture mail are working, I've just been using stock sprint apns for the last few days.
If you mean the location of the apn-config.xml, it's in /system/etc and one doesn't need to be rooted on stock to read/copy it.

tabormeister said:
I've noticed that too, on the GS3 on Ting. I haven't checked if my LTE and picture mail are working, I've just been using stock sprint apns for the last few days.
If you mean the location of the apn-config.xml, it's in /system/etc and one doesn't need to be rooted on stock to read/copy it.
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I meant another place where the phone holds apns or settings for apks.
I noticed there is an extra hyphen in all of the stock apns before the <apns. I wonder if it makes a difference.

octhrope said:
I meant another place where the phone holds apns or settings for apks.
I noticed there is an extra hyphen in all of the stock apns before the <apns. I wonder if it makes a difference.
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That's interesting...maybe LG stock reads apns differently for some reason? Oddly just flashed to 4.3 this morning w/BaNkS gapps, wiped cache/dalvik/system, and on boot LTE worked fine. I haven't tested mms yet though
I didn't mean to sound condescending, whoops my bad.

tabormeister said:
That's interesting...maybe LG stock reads apns differently for some reason? Oddly just flashed to 4.3 this morning w/BaNkS gapps, wiped cache/dalvik/system, and on boot LTE worked fine. I haven't tested mms yet though
I didn't mean to sound condescending, whoops my bad.
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really? i always have to flash a apn list otherwise it wont get lte. I've been testing handcent again today because it has a place to enter custom mms apns... still not sending. Talking with the peeps on IRC, mms is a crap shoot on all aosp roms. they were saying 50% of the time it doesn't work. which makes this job even harder. IDK, maybe there is more to the apn settings than we can see or maybe the stock rom calls home or can access something differently.

octhrope said:
really? i always have to flash a apn list otherwise it wont get lte. I've been testing handcent again today because it has a place to enter custom mms apns... still not sending. Talking with the peeps on IRC, mms is a crap shoot on all aosp roms. they were saying 50% of the time it doesn't work. which makes this job even harder. IDK, maybe there is more to the apn settings than we can see or maybe the stock rom calls home or can access something differently.
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I know, it's weird, but both devices I've flashed 4.3 on I wiped system (in twrp, assuming it does a decent job?) and lte worked on boot. I'm actually kind of confused about it, but also not complaining.
Maybe gosms? I've heard it also has custom mms settings. The most curious thing to me is that the phone thinks it's sending mms but they never actually are received by the other end.

tabormeister said:
I know, it's weird, but both devices I've flashed 4.3 on I wiped system (in twrp, assuming it does a decent job?) and lte worked on boot. I'm actually kind of confused about it, but also not complaining.
Maybe gosms? I've heard it also has custom mms settings. The most curious thing to me is that the phone thinks it's sending mms but they never actually are received by the other end.
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I went back to stock zvb. updated prl and profile, sent an mms. looked at the apns-conf.xml. Its just as blank as the the one i pulled out of the rom.

octhrope said:
I went back to stock zvb. updated prl and profile, sent an mms. looked at the apns-conf.xml. Its just as blank as the the one i pulled out of the rom.
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No way! Maybe LG stock has apn code baked into the messaging app somehow then? I'm tempted to just download an lg zip and dig around. OR do you think it has something to do with the EFS partitions? Digging around in EFS backups and a stock zip.

tabormeister said:
No way! Maybe LG stock has apn code baked into the messaging app somehow then? I'm tempted to just download an lg zip and dig around. OR do you think it has something to do with the EFS partitions? Digging around in EFS backups and a stock zip.
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im thinking its buried in one of the partitions... but the lg message apk is 3 times the size of the aosp one. could be either. apk would prob be easier to go through.

octhrope said:
im thinking its buried in one of the partitions... but the lg message apk is 3 times the size of the aosp one. could be either. apk would prob be easier to go through.
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on it

Started digging around but didn't really know what I was looking for. Here's the manifest from the LGUSMms app and the app itself, if that helps in any way whatsoever?

Would this work for ecomobile? Haven't received any pics and when sent they say pending ...using nexusos rom
Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk 4

bigfdaddy2 said:
Would this work for ecomobile? Haven't received any pics and when sent they say pending ...using nexusos rom
Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk 4
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it should as long as you can find the apns; then just swap them out.

tabormeister said:
Started digging around but didn't really know what I was looking for. Here's the manifest from the LGUSMms app and the app itself, if that helps in any way whatsoever?
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thanks for all your hard work. idk what im looking for either. just something that links or defines apns. what should i use to display the manifest? all my usuals are not displaying properly?

U talking about the APN.XML ? If so I know where it is and that ...
I have a copy of what's in my phone know if needed ...
Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk 4

bigfdaddy2 said:
U talking about the APN.XML ? If so I know where it is and that ...
I have a copy of what's in my phone know if needed ...
Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk 4
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Cool, send it to me and I'll make a flashable APN zip for you if you want.

octhrope said:
Cool, send it to me and I'll make a flashable APN zip for you if you want.
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Eco mobile gave me the mmsc needed and worked on stock finally do u want that to ?
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---------- Post added at 10:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:43 AM ----------
Here's the link I also modified it so MMS should be working on Eco mobile know ... https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1DGsUzId7AHM3lwLUhZRFlXbG8/edit?usp=docslist_api
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[FIXED] Mobile data doesn't work with custom ROMS

Hello,
I purchased the new Nexus 7 LTE last friday. The very next day I unlocked, rooted, and installed the ElementalX kernel (with the stock ROM) . All worked well.
Sunday I tried installing a ROM (IceCold). It ran fine, and I was on wifi, so everything was working. Until I go out of my house. Mobile data was not working at all. I later reflashed stock, and did a factory reset. Mobile data worked again.
I thought it might just be the ROM, so I decided to instead flash P.A.C Nightly 4.3.1 with default kernel, and again, same issue. The mobile data icon is grayed out, unless I connect to wifi, and then it goes back to the blue color.
I have tried everything I could think of:
Restore stock recovery, kernel, and ROM.
Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ya'll.

Bump
Does no one have the same problems? Could this just be me missing something?

You are probably using a rom for flo Devices that do not have lte or 3g connectivity. Only use roms from the "nexus 7 (2013) LTE Android Development" forum!
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It could be that the custom ROM you are trying does not include the APN for your carrier. Go to Settings -> More -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names. You will need to find the correct APN settings for your carrier. You could copy them down while you're on stock, or look them up online.

Dabarr said:
You are probably using a rom for flo Devices that do not have lte or 3g connectivity. Only use roms from the "nexus 7 (2013) LTE Android Development" forum!
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No, I checked this. The first ROM I tried installing wouldn't install because of it being for flo devices. However the next two were both made for deb devices. So that wasn't the issue. Thanks though.
raptir said:
It could be that the custom ROM you are trying does not include the APN for your carrier. Go to Settings -> More -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names. You will need to find the correct APN settings for your carrier. You could copy them down while you're on stock, or look them up online.
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This does make a lot of sense, could it be it's not reading the Sim correctly perhaps? I'll be sure to try this when I get the chance.

Most APN settings are easily found with search of the carrier name and APN. You may have to enter these manually.
Did you try mobile data before rooting and installing a ROM/Kernel?

Wrngway said:
Most APN settings are easily found with search of the carrier name and APN. You may have to enter these manually.
Did you try mobile data before rooting and installing a ROM/Kernel?
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Data worked before during stock, and when I had a custom Kernel with the stock ROM. So the cause definitely had something to do with the ROM. After I reset everything (relocked and unrooted) it still works. I am redoing the unlock and root as I type this, and I will hopefully get a ROM installed and check to see if the APN settings really were the problem

Flare_ said:
Data worked before during stock, and when I had a custom Kernel with the stock ROM. So the cause definitely had something to do with the ROM. After I reset everything (relocked and unrooted) it still works. I am redoing the unlock and root as I type this, and I will hopefully get a ROM installed and check to see if the APN settings really were the problem
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Well that's good news. The only reason I asked was to make sure it wasn't possibly hardware related.

raptir said:
It could be that the custom ROM you are trying does not include the APN for your carrier. Go to Settings -> More -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names. You will need to find the correct APN settings for your carrier. You could copy them down while you're on stock, or look them up online.
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Wrngway said:
Well that's good news. The only reason I asked was to make sure it wasn't possibly hardware related.
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Woot! APN settings fixed it. Thanks y'all. Definitely saved me a lot of hassle with my insane schedule I have going on, I appreciate it greatly.
Have a good one
-Matt

No internet connection after flashing PACMAN

I just flashed PACMAN ROM4.3.1 with SaberMod. But i found the phone cannot use mobile data. Though it can make phone calls and use wifi. I tried to flash the csc and modem for my region but that didnt help.
What can i do now? I dont wanna flash back to the old rom as PACMAN is so good.

boyeooe1218 said:
I just flashed PACMAN ROM4.3.1 with SaberMod. But i found the phone cannot use mobile data. Though it can make phone calls and use wifi. I tried to flash the csc and modem for my region but that didnt help.
What can i do now? I dont wanna flash back to the old rom as PACMAN is so good.
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Check your APN settings, same thing happened to me.

pwtil said:
Check your APN settings, same thing happened to me.
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oh yes, it was the apn. thx

pwtil said:
Check your APN settings, same thing happened to me.
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If not the APN, you can try Dr Ketan's WiFi patch which addresses the WiFi issue that seems to crop up when you upgrade fro the 4.12 bootloader to the 4.3.

Note 2 No data coverage after 4.3 update?

Just upgraded to 4.3 today but my data services don't seem to function well. Can someone please help me?

Same problem here..

Looks to be an issue with TWRP, have either of you tried the latest CWM recovery? I was hoping to avoid it since my nandroid backup was TWRP (I'm honestly not sure if there's a difference) but a few posts in the main threads are reporting a similar thing.
EDIT: Nope, same issue, at least for omnirom.
I take that back, it does work.

Go to Settings - Network Connections - More Networks - Mobile Networks - Access Points Names
Check and see if you have the APNs from your provider, they usually are 3 ([Provider] Internet, [Provider] WAP, [Provider] MMS - in my case). Make sure [Provider] Internet is selected. When I usually re-install some ROMs, the WAP APN is selected by default and that will show me the 3G data icon but it will not let me access internet resources with my data services.
If by any chance you are missing the Internet APN, search a bit on the internet for your provider APN settings for internet access.
Hope this works.

lolozaur said:
Go to Settings - Network Connections - More Networks - Mobile Networks - Access Points Names
Check and see if you have the APNs from your provider, they usually are 3 ([Provider] Internet, [Provider] WAP, [Provider] MMS - in my case). Make sure [Provider] Internet is selected. When I usually re-install some ROMs, the WAP APN is selected by default and that will show me the 3G data icon but it will not let me access internet resources with my data services.
If by any chance you are missing the Internet APN, search a bit on the internet for your provider APN settings for internet access.
Hope this works.
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It just acts like there's no SIM card at all. I don't understand it completely, but CWM is doing something that TWRP is not (or vice versa) and is causing this issue. Took my 7105T from virgin vanilla stock to the omnirom 4.4.2 nightlies yesterday and when I flashed from CWM the issue was resolved.
That said though, I'm unsure how this will affect omnirom's updates so I might need to switch to cyanogenmod. Shame, because I do prefer TWRP.

BadKingDookie said:
It just acts like there's no SIM card at all. I don't understand it completely, but CWM is doing something that TWRP is not (or vice versa) and is causing this issue. Took my 7105T from virgin vanilla stock to the omnirom 4.4.2 nightlies yesterday and when I flashed from CWM the issue was resolved.
That said though, I'm unsure how this will affect omnirom's updates so I might need to switch to cyanogenmod. Shame, because I do prefer TWRP.
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try to change different modems.
i hope it will work
dont worry, it happened to me also

Kindly check ur imei if its generic 0034*****
I got the same problem also
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try to revert to original stock rom

sabharwalrahul91 said:
Kindly check ur imei if its generic 0034*****
I got the same problem also
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Try to change modems.

ken_alpha24 said:
Just upgraded to 4.3 today but my data services don't seem to function well. Can someone please help me?
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try to factory reset your device
it seems you missing your IMEI
it happens in some device,,,
or if you still have warranty just go to your retailer

Problem solved. Got to the service center to reflash FW. Ty guys
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cant access apn settings after 4.3 update
ken_alpha24 said:
Problem solved. Got to the service center to reflash FW. Ty guys
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I don't know what you guys are talking about but I can't even access the APN settings, its invisible. I have a SCH R950 note 2. H2o wireless already took my money but told me I needed to unlock it, even though I can't unlock a CDMA phone. im so confused because it is quad band and has sim card slot but no one can unlock it and I cant find how to flash to h20

Sprint Note II on Straight Talk CM11

Ok I just flashed my phone to CyanogenModd 11 and now I've lost data. I've read a bit about updating the APNs but I'm not sure what all I need to put in. I flashed to CM11 to use the hotspot since on the stock rooted ROM I kept getting the Sprint Device Self Service screen asking to get a hotspot plan but nothing was available. All the apps (FoxFi, Wifi Tether For Root Users, etc.) never worked please help.
Edit: I DO have texting and calling

Sprint Note 2 on Straight Talk with CyanogenMod 11 NO DATA
Tristanguy28 said:
Ok I just flashed my phone to CyanogenModd 11 and now I've lost data. I've read a bit about updating the APNs but I'm not sure what all I need to put in. I flashed to CM11 to use the hotspot since on the stock rooted ROM I kept getting the Sprint Device Self Service screen asking to get a hotspot plan but nothing was available. All the apps (FoxFi, Wifi Tether For Root Users, etc.) never worked please help.
Edit: I DO have texting and calling
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Before flash: 4Glte worked. After Flash NO data.
PLEASE HELP

Tristanguy28 said:
Before flash: 4Glte worked. After Flash NO data.
PLEASE HELP
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Ok so I'm trying to manually edit APNs and every single time I try to save one with the "MNC" as 410 as I've read it should be it disappears from the APN list

Tristanguy28 said:
Ok so I'm trying to manually edit APNs and every single time I try to save one with the "MNC" as 410 as I've read it should be it disappears from the APN list
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You need to edit your build.prop first. There are a couple of lines that have change. See attached pic.
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