Hi
I've searched high and low for a marsmallow update for my device which is a G8 RIO-L01 device. After some time i found that Huawei made (at least) 4 different devices which are the 'G8 dual sim' and the 'G8 SD + sim' and then later the 'GX8 dual sim' and the 'GX8 SD + sim'.
I seem to have the 'G8 SD + sim' version (3GB RAM /32GB 'DISK').
Which, as of now, is equipped with the bone-stock EMUI 3.1 with build number RIO-L01C02B150 . (Custom version: CUSTC02D010, Kernel version 3.10.49-g0854d7b [email protected] #1 Mon Feb29 10:39:01 IST 2016)
Can anyone shed some light on the possibilities I have to start modding this device? - Can I go Marshmallow? - Which ROM to use?
I am somewhat technically savy, but this device has me stumped because of all the different versions and the lack of clarity (to me) therein. I never had any problems with my ZOPO 820+, my HTC Legend, LG-H440n, my Samsung Galaxy 1, ... I always found the conclusive info to root and mod them...
Thank you very much!
Sincerely
kyomity said:
Hi
I've searched high and low for a marsmallow update for my device which is a G8 RIO-L01 device. After some time i found that Huawei made (at least) 4 different devices which are the 'G8 dual sim' and the 'G8 SD + sim' and then later the 'GX8 dual sim' and the 'GX8 SD + sim'.
I seem to have the 'G8 SD + sim' version (3GB RAM /32GB 'DISK').
Which, as of now, is equipped with the bone-stock EMUI 3.1 with build number RIO-L01C02B150 . (Custom version: CUSTC02D010, Kernel version 3.10.49-g0854d7b [email protected] #1 Mon Feb29 10:39:01 IST 2016)
Can anyone shed some light on the possibilities I have to start modding this device? - Can I go Marshmallow? - Which ROM to use?
I am somewhat technically savy, but this device has me stumped because of all the different versions and the lack of clarity (to me) therein. I never had any problems with my ZOPO 820+, my HTC Legend, LG-H440n, my Samsung Galaxy 1, ... I always found the conclusive info to root and mod them...
Thank you very much!
Sincerely
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G8, GX8 and G7 Plus are basically names for the same phone based on hardware. There are 2 version: 2GB and 3GB, and 2 versions of each, single SIM or double SIM.
Regarding the software updates, is about the region you are. There are some RIO-L01, RIO-L02 and RIO-L03 variants according to the continent you are.
As long as your phone is the same model (RIO-L0x) for the update, you won't have any problem to install the update. Besides, if you try to install an update for a different phone version, you will just get an error message and that's all, nothing to worry about.
Galaxo60 said:
G8, GX8 and G7 Plus are basically names for the same phone based on hardware. There are 2 version: 2GB and 3GB, and 2 versions of each, single SIM or double SIM.
Regarding the software updates, is about the region you are. There are some RIO-L01, RIO-L02 and RIO-L03 variants according to the continent you are.
As long as your phone is the same model (RIO-L0x) for the update, you won't have any problem to install the update. Besides, if you try to install an update for a different phone version, you will just get an error message and that's all, nothing to worry about.
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Thanks! I'm relieved and excited! Now the Hunt for a reliable ROM begins!
While they are similar phones there are small differences between that can make roms and updates problematic. An example is the RIO-L03 in the US, less ram and storage. It also isn't able to use any of the rom offerings that offer updates to emui. Even within the RIO-L01 family of devices there seems to be various glitches making it problematic to update out side the ota process. Good luck in your hunt but don't take the patented there all essentially the same line, if they really were there wouldn't be so many issues getting a stable non flickering rom made.
Nicolfa said:
While they are similar phones there are small differences between that can make roms and updates problematic. An example is the RIO-L03 in the US, less ram and storage. It also isn't able to use any of the rom offerings that offer updates to emui. Even within the RIO-L01 family of devices there seems to be various glitches making it problematic to update out side the ota process. Good luck in your hunt but don't take the patented there all essentially the same line, if they really were there wouldn't be so many issues getting a stable non flickering rom made.
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I'll proceed with caution then... The CM13 build seems to tick many boxes. But the lack of fingerprint-scanner support is holding me back...
I found unlocking the device to be pretty straight forward, along with rooting it. The CM rom doesn't interest me in the least mainly due to the nature of what it is ... a non native emui rom. I have numerous stock and rommed galaxy devices and htc's to enjoy the various flavors of android. it makes no sense to me to even get a device like this if your going to rom out the one mainly unique thing it has going for it.
With that said the screen flickering issue present for some [including me] when trying to flash the emui 4.0.1 update is frustrating, but so much so as to force me to remove the unique ui of the device. At least here in the US it is easy enough to nab a note 3 refurb for @200 bucks and run what ever version of android I would want, faster and with more bells and whistles
I got the device for Emui.
Well, I got this device because it was cheapish and offers great functionality for that price. And also because I read everywhere that the G8 is sheduled for the marshmallow update.
I've seen that many flavours of this device received an update to marshmallow, but mine hasn't. And I'm not entirely sure if I should be holding my breath now...
EMUI is indeed a great shell for android, but it wasn't my main pursuader.
kyomity said:
Hi
I've searched high and low for a marsmallow update for my device which is a G8 RIO-L01 device. After some time i found that Huawei made (at least) 4 different devices which are the 'G8 dual sim' and the 'G8 SD + sim' and then later the 'GX8 dual sim' and the 'GX8 SD + sim'.
I seem to have the 'G8 SD + sim' version (3GB RAM /32GB 'DISK').
Which, as of now, is equipped with the bone-stock EMUI 3.1 with build number RIO-L01C02B150 . (Custom version: CUSTC02D010, Kernel version 3.10.49-g0854d7b [email protected] #1 Mon Feb29 10:39:01 IST 2016)
Can anyone shed some light on the possibilities I have to start modding this device? - Can I go Marshmallow? - Which ROM to use?
I am somewhat technically savy, but this device has me stumped because of all the different versions and the lack of clarity (to me) therein. I never had any problems with my ZOPO 820+, my HTC Legend, LG-H440n, my Samsung Galaxy 1, ... I always found the conclusive info to root and mod them...
Thank you very much!
Sincerely
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Have you managed to install the Marshmallow ROM?
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My sony z3 has gone back to sony for repair, so I got my i9250 out as a spare. It was installed with cm13, but as it hadn't been used for a while I updated to the latest nightly. all was good but the camera kept crashing, so i wiped everything, flashed cm13 and pico g-apps, but when it restarts google play, won't start. (nano is too big apparently??)
So i tried using cm12 and the relevant g-apps and got the same result
then i tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/development/rom-omap4-aosp-project-t3334574 and it just boot loops on the the 7.1 & kk versons
It will install cm13 & 12 and start no problems, but i need all my google contacts and stuff
Any suggestions??
jonallwright said:
My sony z3 has gone back to sony for repair, so I got my i9250 out as a spare. It was installed with cm13, but as it hadn't been used for a while I updated to the latest nightly. all was good but the camera kept crashing, so i wiped everything, flashed cm13 and pico g-apps, but when it restarts google play, won't start. (nano is too big apparently??)
So i tried using cm12 and the relevant g-apps and got the same result
then i tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/development/rom-omap4-aosp-project-t3334574 and it just boot loops on the the 7.1 & kk versons
It will install cm13 & 12 and start no problems, but i need all my google contacts and stuff
Any suggestions??
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Did you use Gapps Pico...? It's smallest...
Day by day letest changes makes ROM bigger, and then our phone doesn't have enough space for Gapps... That is reason....
While flashing, keep eye on Log of Custom Recovery, starting of flash checks space on device first and gives result, then see if Gapps got flashed or not...
Pico, Pico, Pico!
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Did you use Gapps Pico...? It's smallest...
Day by day letest changes makes ROM bigger, and then our phone doesn't have enough space for Gapps... That is reason....
While flashing, keep eye on Log of Custom Recovery, starting of flash checks space on device first and gives result, then see if Gapps got flashed or not...
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You can't use anything bigger than pico since Marshmallow (and I don't recommend anything bigger than pico, period). I have never had success with anything nano (the largest I have ever tried - and that was only with CM 13); however, pico has never done me wrong (I moved to Unlegacy Android - currently 7.1.0 - for performance issues that it fixes compared to CM13; yes, for some rather odd reason, Nougat performs better than MM on this device).
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You can't use anything bigger than pico since Marshmallow (and I don't recommend anything bigger than pico, period). I have never had success with anything nano (the largest I have ever tried - and that was only with CM 13); however, pico has never done me wrong (I moved to Unlegacy Android - currently 7.1.0 - for performance issues that it fixes compared to CM13; yes, for some rather odd reason, Nougat performs better than MM on this device).
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That's right Pico is the only option from MM and upper. It's very usefull the performance tip you give about Nougat.
I have installed last MM build from:
builds.unlegacy-android.cf/aosp-6.0/tuna (2017/01/09)
Everything goes well (even GPS), it's fast and reliable. But I have a doubt, should I wait till next Nougat (with GPS functional) or should I stay in MM with everything functional and good performance?
Is N release better in any aspect than MM?, obviously I miss the new improvements in Android N that have developed Google, but I mean general performance and hardware related issues.
I prefer an older Android release, faster and more stable than the newer one with more issues or slower.
Anybody can tell? Thanks in advance!
yossSP said:
That's right Pico is the only option from MM and upper. It's very usefull the performance tip you give about Nougat.
I have installed last MM build from:
builds.unlegacy-android.cf/aosp-6.0/tuna (2017/01/09)
Everything goes well (even GPS), it's fast and reliable. But I have a doubt, should I wait till next Nougat (with GPS functional) or should I stay in MM with everything functional and good performance?
Is N release better in any aspect than MM?, obviously I miss the new improvements in Android N that have developed Google, but I mean general performance and hardware related issues.
I prefer an older Android release, faster and more stable than the newer one with more issues or slower.
Anybody can tell? Thanks in advance!
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So far, N has stood that meme on its head (compared to MM, L, KK, and even JB) and it's NOT the first OS for any device to have done so..
It's a meme that dates back to MS-DOS (that's right - it pre-dates Windows of any sort) and it's based on a canard that a newer OS is designed for newer hardware. While it CAN be true, there are reasons why the Galaxy Nexus in particular stands the meme on its head.
1. Basic storage capaciousness. Unlike most devices that succeeded it, the Galaxy Nexus in particular not only does NOT support microSD physically, it also does not lose over half the base storage to its firmware - in fact, PureNexus 7.1.1 - even installed as a pour-over upgrade from Unlegacy AOSP - takes up less than ten percent of the GNex storage space; all of 3 GB at worst. That means that more of the basic storage can be used for ZRAM - the Android equivalent of virtual memory in Linux distributions, Windows, or other modern OSes. More modern phone designs support microSD - which has itself grown in capacity as a storage mechanism; however, you pay a price in loss of first-tier storage capacity - every S-series Samsung phone proves it - how do ANY of them compare to the GNex in non-SD-based storage after firmware loadout? Also, you can't use microSD for ZRAM; if you need ZRAM, you must use free basic storage for it - and most modern Android devices simply don't have it to spare. (It's not just a phone problem; in fact, my Lenovo A7-30F - which supports microSD and is running Lollipop right now - illustrates the point rather painfully, despite being a tablet - it is also a MediaTek big.LITTLE "4+4" design that is hamstrung by the lack of ZRAM. Being able to throw more cores at the problem won't help when the processor is not the biggest problem.)
2. CPU vs. ZRAM - Performance of a given application on a given phone is NOT always determined by processor power; the same is, in fact true on OSes other than Android. Still , what happens merely in Android as ZRAM availability - which IS a secondary function of basic storage capacity - decreases? (This is whether the device supports microSD or not.) Does or does NOT performance decrease as basic storage fills up?
3. Not every app needs more CPU or GPU. Out of everything I've thrown at the PureNexus/GNex combo, only two apps (and one game) explicitly require Marshmallow or better - and in all three cases, they were designed for Marshmallow OR Nougat in the first place.
I'll start of by saying it's a great phone with a few bugs (like the quiet notifications bug). I'm not uncomfortable with flashing ROMs as I've done that on a lot of Samsung, and Moto phones in the past but I've gotta say I'm stumped on this one:
- I've got a gray market phone apparently that will not update as I'm using it in Canada and the phone is apparently from the Cayman islands
- the security patch on this phone is from August.
- I do not want to root this phone due to a piece of software I use for work which breaks if it detects a rooted device.
As I have a dual sim variant, can anyone suggest how I can safely flash a ROM that's not rooted and will either give me Nougat or a Mm ROM with a later security patch level?
Thank you.
Moto X Force Official Android 7.0 Nougat Release Note - https://motorola-global-en-aus.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/118889
Model: Motorola MOTO X Force XT1580
System version: 25.11.12
Build number: NPK25.200-12
Android Version: Android 7.0 Nougat
Android Security Patch Level: 1st April 2017
I have received the update and installed it too! Everything seems buttery smooth and faster than before! Install it now! :good:
Note: I do not know how to extract OTA file from the update, so hope someone could be able to help in sharing the OTA zip file with us.
Seems you are using VPN to receive the update. Which VPN are you using? What is your / the VPN location?
Which screen protector You use? Looks good, any specs or link? I'm in Germany, still no update for eu version.
Seems like only the Motorola employees are getting the update. above photos are familiar to me. Seen somewhere in Facebook page of Moto.
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Seems you are using VPN to receive the update. Which VPN are you using? What is your / the VPN location?
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Hi, I am not using VPN. Just using Adguard. I need to turn on the VPN to activate Adguard adblocking. Cheers!
zammi said:
Seems like only the Motorola employees are getting the update. above photos are familiar to me. Seen somewhere in Facebook page of Moto.
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Hi, this phone is a retail version from the store. And the photos belongs to me and I shared to some Facebook pages.
You should be getting your update soon!
zammi said:
Seems like only the Motorola employees are getting the update. above photos are familiar to me. Seen somewhere in Facebook page of Moto.
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Nope. Mine is UK retail. The update came yesterday.
Sent from my XT1580 using Tapatalk
bobyn said:
Nope. Mine is UK retail. The update came yesterday.
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Mine also UK retail. No update yet.
What network are you on?
The most important question, were you guys able to keep root, or install root after updating to Nougat? Thanks!
Yeah, with unlocked bootloader it's easy, just flash a zip in TWRP
Thank you Lonixlon, have you personally updated your X Force while having TWRP? I had a problem with installing OTA security patch as phone booted directly to TWRP. Do you know any workaround for that?
can anyone help this guy to share OTA file?
My idea, maybe stupid and wrong - Update arrives depending on the CID of the phone.
The version of the system says "retapac", which stands for "Retail Asia Pacific" - a retail version of the phone for Asia and the Pacific.
But I do not understand what is written in "On the phone" before upgrading to NUGA. Take on incomprehensible things, mismatches, in the version of Android, the Baseband version, the system version and the build number. In the build number is very old version of the system mpks24.78-8-12, in the version of the system is the latest version of the system with the upgrade to 6.0.1, but here the old version 6.0 and the old modem.
I have a lot of questions without answers ...
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My idea, maybe stupid and wrong - Update arrives depending on the CID of the phone.
The version of the system says "retapac", which stands for "Retail Asia Pacific" - a retail version of the phone for Asia and the Pacific.
But I do not understand what is written in "On the phone" before upgrading to NUGA. Take on incomprehensible things, mismatches, in the version of Android, the Baseband version, the system version and the build number. In the build number is very old version of the system mpks24.78-8-12, in the version of the system is the latest version of the system with the upgrade to 6.0.1, but here the old version 6.0 and the old modem.
I have a lot of questions without answers ...
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Well, may I express my opinion here too. I have an XT1581 Kinzie from China, it came with Lollipop 5.1.1. Workling perfect.
I go and update it to MM 6.0 using a Mexican or LKatin America rom, I keep the modem for the baseband from the Lollipop 5.1.1 Chinese rom, everything works almost better than before, not a single issue.
Now,m I tried to update it to Nougat 7 following the Google+ guide, a nightmare, although an enjoyable one!
First, I have only one sim working, no wif. Try anoth system, now I have two sims OK but still no wifi.
At the end, after many trials, I went back to my old MM 6.0 LAt rom, backed using TWRP, and the system is back to normal with everything working OK.
Did you ask me if I'm going to change? Nope, I'm happy the way things are, unless an official Nougat 7 ir 7.1.1 rom comes by, not loosing other time.
I agreemthere is a lot of confusion between the various roms and regions.
This news about the update and the video is very similar to the fake... Just why from such an ordinary case as an update do such a stupid circus?
not yet arrived in Indian version XT1580
neither for reteu.retfr
I have moto x play, is that mean android nougat not so far from us...??
hello guyz i'm glad to start the first thread of dev thinking about the Nova 3 device
here in middle east (Egypt/KSA) we've got Nova 3 with 4GB ram
i wonder what if we flashed the PAR-LX9 rom on PAR-LX1M device, is that may release the hidden ram to be 6 gb of ram
Huawei used to use the same hardware to all variants and hide/release spects as the marketing needs.
How?
Is it even possible!.. yeah i've been wondering why do we have the 4 gb variant while others have the 6 gb for the same money i guess!. And why would the company lower it's specs on the paper!
I actually own the chinese version (version PAR-AL00) 128GB + 6GB RAM, but I'm interested in enabling the NFC, since it's available for version PAR-LX1 (see official spec, section NFC).
If we find a way to unlock the bootloader (as of now I haven't found a way), then maybe we can somehow merge the firmware from PAR-LX1 (enable NFC) with firmware from PAR-AL00 (enable 6GB RAM)!
Any idea?
aymanshow said:
Huawei used to use the same hardware to all variants and hide/release spects as the marketing needs.
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Wow. Are you sure about this?
krkuz said:
I actually own the chinese version (version PAR-AL00) 128GB + 6GB RAM, but I'm interested in enabling the NFC, since it's available for version PAR-LX1 (see official spec, section NFC).
If we find a way to unlock the bootloader (as of now I haven't found a way), then maybe we can somehow merge the firmware from PAR-LX1 (enable NFC) with firmware from PAR-AL00 (enable 6GB RAM)!
Any idea?
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Can anyone confirm?
i think it's not possible because hardware cant be changed /upgraded or manipulated with software IMO
tarekh020 said:
i think it's not possible because hardware cant be changed /upgraded or manipulated with software IMO
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I think OP's point is that a larger RAM is present in the device hardware, but it is being hidden by software?
Supersonic27543 said:
I think OP's point is that a larger RAM is present in the device hardware, but it is being hidden by software?
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I don't believe so because its a big selling point
aymanshow said:
hello guyz i'm glad to start the first thread of dev thinking about the Nova 3 device
here in middle east (Egypt/KSA) we've got Nova 3 with 4GB ram
i wonder what if we flashed the PAR-LX9 rom on PAR-LX1M device, is that may release the hidden ram to be 6 gb of ram
Huawei used to use the same hardware to all variants and hide/release spects as the marketing needs.
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How can flash PAR-LX9 rom on PAR-LX1M device. Please make a thread about how to flash PAR-LX9 to PAR-LX1M?
Hi everyone hope you're doing excellent I bought a note 10 plus on november last year suddenly I stopped receiving OTA updates this have at&t logos but its unlocked already I work at an airline and I'm not using at&t sim card since I bought the phone and even with my country's sim card I received ota updates.
I was wondering if its possible to flash it to android 10 currently the phone is running android 9 but when I connect it to the pc smart switch says phone is up to date, same happens when I verify software updates from the phone.
Baseband version: N975USQU1ASGO
My questions are:
- Can I flash the phone using any of the android 10 firmwares in the forum? or do I have to make sure it will be compatible with some specific versions?
- If I flash the phone it will it still be unlocked?
thank you.
Don't know.
I would leave it on Pie; stable, fast and well behaved.
Scope storage and the trouble it may cause hasn't been dragged out into the sunlight yet... plus the older apks it probably will break that have no replacement.
If you do load Q let us know what you think.
Hi @DiegoSV93
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this have at&t logos but its unlocked ... and even with my country's sim card I received ota updates.
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From the lines above we know it's not locked but caution because it isn't rooted neither.
DiegoSV93 said:
I was wondering if its possible to flash it to android 10 currently the phone is running android 9
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Possible, yes ... if it's desirable only you can determine after acknowledging de pros and cons of the upgrade. As @blackhawk pointed out, there are some caveats to be considered. Nevertheless please be advised that this is your decision and none here can be responsible for mistakes or misfortunes that may occur. It's all on you.
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when I connect it to the pc smart switch says phone is up to date, same happens when I verify software updates from the phone.
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If these are real issues, I would suggest tackling them with the upgrade and if not solved, even downgrade back.
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Baseband version: N975USQU1ASGO
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Your baseband version if circa 2019-08-18 so ... pretty ancient for any device freak terms (like last century)
DiegoSV93 said:
My questions are:
- Can I flash the phone using any of the android 10 firmwares in the forum? or do I have to make sure it will be compatible with some specific versions?
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The above question has more than an answer:
a) The firmwares available in the forum are for rooted devices so the answer is NO. None firmware available here is fitted for you present setup (the "but" comes later)
b) Yep ... you have to keep compatibility of your hardware with the firmware you flash. Your devide is a N975U so you shall restrict only for the respective family.
And now comes the "but" ...
The firmwares in the below list shall fit your hardware. They are official Samsung releases for the hardware you've mentioned.
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note-10-plus/firmware/SM-N975U/USC/
The above list was filtered only with USA (No carrier) options because, as you've said, it's unlocked.
The complete list is @ https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note-10-plus/firmware/#SM-N975U and it contains the carrier locked ones too.
You will have to search and read about "flashing with odin". To speed up the download use Samfirm after reading some howtos about it too ... https://samfirmtool.com/
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- If I flash the phone it will it still be unlocked?
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Yep ... pretty sure it will.
DiegoSV93 said:
thank you.
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U r welcome.
Nice regards.
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