In approximately a week, I plan on rooting my phone. Unfortunately for now, I must wait for the 2gb kingston microsd that I ordered to arrive.
I have spent numerous weeks browsing xda and other sites to try and understand how to root as I am a newbie in this field. I would like to verify a few things though.
How I will root:
It is assumed that I follow unlockr's fender/1.2 guide that was posted on the 13th of March and use the files listed.
However, a few things boggle me.
First of all, shouldn't I backup the rom with nandroid? or does using a goldcard somehow been I can't do so? I'm not sure of how that works.
Second, my primary intention regarding rooting the phone is so that I may use wifi tethering periodically when I'm at a hotel that charges an arm or a leg for using their internet. A comment on the unlockr site shows that one rooter ran into a "no netfilter found" type error. Considering there is no CM rom for this specific phone yet, what would be the solution to this? Preferably, I assume that android-wifi-tether is the app that I would want to use.
Last of all, under the assumption that mytouch 1.2 users are given the android 2.1 OTA in the future: How would a root phone user get this? I haven't quite understood whether or not android is physically built in or part of the rom itself or separate. Would I either need to somehow find a way of manually upgrading 1.6 to 2.1 at a later time or would I simply swap out the "stock fender rom w/ root access" with a newer version when the time comes? Obviously this confuses me xD
I can't think of any other questions at the moment to ask, but if there is any additional advice anyone can offer: I would be delighted to be informed.
Whatever you do don't follow the instructions from the Unlockr -- I couldn't use my phone for an entire day. I have a Fender and there was a another thread here that I was super helpful. I will see if I can dig it up.
zmattmanz said:
Whatever you do don't follow the instructions from the Unlockr -- I couldn't use my phone for an entire day. I have a Fender and there was a another thread here that I was super helpful. I will see if I can dig it up.
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The Unlokr's guide worked perfectly for me. Just because you can't follow instructions doesn't mean other people can't.
The unlockr's guide also worked for me. I had an issue making gold card, but that was because I overlooked something and nothing in regards to the guide.
Follow the directions word for word and you will be fine. It may seem a little intimidating at first but in the end it's not complicated. Took me longer to make the gold card than to get root.
Good luck!
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The Unlokr's guide worked perfectly for me. Just because you can't follow instructions doesn't mean other people can't.
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Well it wasn't until I found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622530
And I downloaded the SAPPIMG 2010 SPL that it worked and before I realized that I needed to reflash the SPL and Radio after flashing ROM (which aren't on that site but in that thread).
From flashing and unlocking in WinMo to this is a learning curve for people that don't troll boards proving how neat-o they are.
From what I had read before, when unlockr made the guide specifically for the 1.2/fender: he had updated the sappimg with the appropriate one. In theory that means the one you mentioned and his should in theory now be the same. correct?
Could i get a second opinion on the part specifically about reflashing spl & radio after flashing rom? As zmattmanz states, "Once it loads click reboot and you are all set!" in the guide does indeed conflict with "reboot into fastboot
back out of update when it asks and flash STOCK radio and SPL back, now reboot".
My question regarding nandroid and OTA had already been answered elsewhere so those two are nullified. However, could I get info on people's attempts to use android-wifi-tether on the rooted fender/1.2 since I'm assuming it doesn't have netfilter?
EDIT: actually after having taken a second glance at the two guides: It looks like unlockr doesn't downgrade but rather just uses the stock radio/spl mid-way through while the xda guide downgrades then requires reverting to stock at the end. right?
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From what I had read before, when unlockr made the guide specifically for the 1.2/fender: he had updated the sappimg with the appropriate one. In theory that means the one you mentioned and his should in theory now be the same. correct?
Could i get a second opinion on the part specifically about reflashing spl & radio after flashing rom? As zmattmanz states, "Once it loads click reboot and you are all set!" in the guide does indeed conflict with "reboot into fastboot
back out of update when it asks and flash STOCK radio and SPL back, now reboot".
My question regarding nandroid and OTA had already been answered elsewhere so those two are nullified. However, could I get info on people's attempts to use android-wifi-tether on the rooted fender/1.2 since I'm assuming it doesn't have netfilter?
EDIT: actually after having taken a second glance at the two guides: It looks like unlockr doesn't downgrade but rather just uses the stock radio/spl mid-way through while the xda guide downgrades then requires reverting to stock at the end. right?
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Tethering does not work as you mentioned because netfilter is not included with the current kernel. As I currently understand it, HTC is in violation of the GPL for not releasing the kernel from the new MyTouch 3G/1.2 (this meaning tethering would work. I also believe that more custom ROMS would be available when/if HTC releases the new kernel)
As to your edit, just stick with the Unlockr guide. Once you finish flashing the 'Custom Fender w/ Root Access' ROM then you are done. Once you reboot it may take a while for it to load so give it some time.
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Tethering does not work as you mentioned because netfilter is not included with the current kernel. As I currently understand it, HTC is in violation of the GPL for not releasing the kernel from the new MyTouch 3G/1.2 (this meaning tethering would work. I also believe that more custom ROMS would be available when/if HTC releases the new kernel)
As to your edit, just stick with the Unlockr guide. Once you finish flashing the 'Custom Fender w/ Root Access' ROM then you are done. Once you reboot it may take a while for it to load so give it some time.
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In regards to your post: thank you very much!!
In regards to tethering....dang it D:
No problem. Good luck!
Anyone have issues where some apps that were bought no longer show up for downloading? Ive tried market enabler, pushing Vending.apk from a known source. Nothing I do makes it work.
Fixed this. Push a known good build.prop. Probably any will work.
well, I don't know how you guys do it,
I followed the instructions on theunlockr, and made my gold card with no problems, my troubles have come when downloading the SAPPIMG,
I keep getting a message that the file is corrupted, I tried another SAPPIMG on another thread, and same message, I tried on a different computer and still, no-go, so am stuck there, I can't find a SAPPIMG for the mytouch 1.2 that doesn't get me that message.
can somebody post a their SAPPIMG file here, pleasse??
el_plebillo said:
well, I don't know how you guys do it,
I followed the instructions on theunlockr, and made my gold card with no problems, my troubles have come when downloading the SAPPIMG,
I keep getting a message that the file is corrupted, I tried another SAPPIMG on another thread, and same message, I tried on a different computer and still, no-go, so am stuck there, I can't find a SAPPIMG for the mytouch 1.2 that doesn't get me that message.
can somebody post a their SAPPIMG file here, pleasse??
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It will say it's corrupted, but the phone still reads it fine.
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It will say it's corrupted, but the phone still reads it fine.
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Cody, is the radio mentioned in your sig the one that unlockr's guide will use end-result? If so, then wouldn't this rom do the trick for getting android-wifi-tether working?
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=621578
the problem is that it is a compressed file, when I try to uncompress, it gets me the error message
Ok, I finally got to uncompress, but there was no .nbh file in there.
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Cody, is the radio mentioned in your sig the one that unlockr's guide will use end-result? If so, then wouldn't this rom do the trick for getting android-wifi-tether working?
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Anyone able to answer this?
kutsuki said:
Cody, is the radio mentioned in your sig the one that unlockr's guide will use end-result? If so, then wouldn't this rom do the trick for getting android-wifi-tether working?
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Yes, this radio is the end result, but Wifi Tether still doens't work, it tells me my kernel has no netfilter.
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Yes, this radio is the end result, but Wifi Tether still doens't work, it tells me my kernel has no netfilter.
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really? that's wierd. According to the link I posted: Netfilter exists in that rom.
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really? that's wierd. According to the link I posted: Netfilter exists in that rom.
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That ROM is for the Magic 32A, not the Mytouch 32A.
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That ROM is for the Magic 32A, not the Mytouch 32A.
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Gotcha. Horrible to hear, but gotcha
The people over at #cyanogenmod said that "wesgarner" is working on a rom that would work with Mytouch 32A. Any idea if that's true?
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There doesn't seem to be any guide on rooting the mytouch 1.2 and putting CM 5.0.7 on it, but many people seem to be following the guide at Theunlockr
I just read a few people posting that the sappimg file is corrupted or there was issues, so I'm kind of nervous about using it.
Files I have from Theunlockr
GoldCardTool.cab
FenderWRoot.zip
MT3G Original Radio and SPL.zip
recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2G.img
sappimg.zip
CM 5.0.7
update-cm-5.0.7-DS-signed.zip
Do i also need the google addons? Can't seem to find a link anywhere
I recently rooted my 1.2 using the unlocker's guide, for some reason after I rooted it was stuck at the magic boot screen, but then I just booted into recovery and was able to flash a rom that way... Whats the newest radio right now anyway?
p.s. Yea it's pretty safe if you follow it exactly, just know if you mess up the radio and flashing part your screwed...
yea you need google add on... here it is http://kanged.net/mirror/download.php?file=gapps-ds-ERE36B-signed.zip
you dont need that FenderWRoot.zip... since you're flashing cyanogen 507 instead
oh and that sappimg worked for me when I rooted last month
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I recently rooted my 1.2 using the unlocker's guide, for some reason after I rooted it was stuck at the magic boot screen, but then I just booted into recovery and was able to flash a rom that way... Whats the newest radio right now anyway?
p.s. Yea it's pretty safe if you follow it exactly, just know if you mess up the radio and flashing part your screwed...
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is there any recommendation or do you know why you have this issue? I read reading some people do a factory reset, but not sure at what step I should do this or if the mean before I even start anything?
Thanks for the help
Well I can say is just follow the directions all the way through, I messed up somewhere along the way but it still worked...Good Luck
Wrong thread, sorry.
@Adamsville
you dont need that FenderWRoot.zip... since you're flashing cyanogen 507 instead
oh and that sappimg worked for me when I rooted last month[/QUOTE]
Thanks so much for the link and the help. So if i follow the instructions, when it gets to step 10, use update-cm-5.0.7-DS-signed.zip instead of FenderWRoot.zip?
Since the instructions don't cover the google apps, how do I actually install it? I'm trying to read as much as possible before touching anything
Thanks again
right flash cyanogen 507 and then flash the google add on apps right afterwards then reboot...
no need for FenderRoot ROM... its just the old stock ROM
Yep cyanogen has built it into the kernel already it seems....
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Yep cyanogen has built it into the kernel already it seems....
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Not sure what you mean, are you implying I don't need to use the google add on and that it's already part of cyanogen? Thought for legal reasons it had to be seperated
Help...
Well I basically don't know where I am right now
Ive been researching how to mod a My-touch 3G for a long time and im a first time rooter
I'm Trying to get Cyanogen Mod 5.07 Hopefully but... I followed the directions at the Unlockr website not knowing it had different recovery than the ones needed for a CyangenMod
I got mixed up with multiple guides about rooting my phone in the first place and there are SO MANY different things to install...
Well I got my MT3G BACK to CupCake Android 1.5... i did the unroot process
But the wierd thing is that I cant seem to ROOT IT? FUNNY?
I dont know whats wrong but I followed the step and video at unlockr website and it just doesnt seem to work
and tried the androidandme site and their guide doesnt work for me too
Ive formatted my sd and did a factory reset too
I really want Cyangen 5.07 but it seems too complicated for me and I dont want to end up like before?
Any Suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
radio 2.22.23.02
hboot 1.33.0006
cpld 10
1.5 crb43
Jason
Did you look in Cyanogen's website under wiki? The directions are clear and all the files you need are there. I would post link but this is account is considered new still so it isn't letting me yet.
JARone said:
Did you look in Cyanogen's website under wiki? The directions are clear and all the files you need are there. I would post link but this is account is considered new still so it isn't letting me yet.
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Thanks for your reply but the thing is that I see websutes that clearly show you don't need a goldcard to root and that's what I want. Fir some reasons my phone just won't root. ..
luminiz said:
Thanks for your reply but the thing is that I see websutes that clearly show you don't need a goldcard to root and that's what I want. Fir some reasons my phone just won't root. ..
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Just understand one thing: Goldcard avoids check of CustomerID.
ROM has CIDs, your phone has CID. If phone-CID is in ROM CIDs list - you can flash without goldcard. This means official ROM for your phone. If you have T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (old version) - you can use only COC10 ROM or update to Android 1.6 (i forgot full name), i repeat - without goldcard.
If you have MT3G v1.2 - you must use goldcard, as unroot-method is using some special ROMs with other CIDs (non T-Mobile). Or use official ROMs without gc.
I had an incredible amount of trouble rooting my G1 after i got the OTA update. I looked for answers everywhere and there weren't many, and way too many "do a forum search" answers on forums. As if i hadn't tried searching haha.
Luckily i finally figured out how to do it.
The solution is to create the Unlockr's Goldcard. This creates an SD card that gets around the security of your current build.
If you want to skip a lot of steps (1-8) in the Unlockr's method, download the Goldcard Helper from the Market. This gives you the number you need without using adb. If you have a PC you can follow the Unlockr's guide from step 8 on and create your Goldcard.
(edit: from here downgrade to 1.5 and one click root will probably work)
I am assuming that most of you can figure out the rest, since i'm really busy right now, but i want to open a thread to point people in the right direction. If I see people having trouble i'll make a [Guide] when i get some time.
For now, Good Luck, and if you have it, try Super D. You'll feel like that G1 is like new again!
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Or you could just slap an rc29 .nbh file onto the sdcard, install that, and root as normal.
In theory...that's what everyone on forums keeps saying, but I was really frustrated because it doesn't work...at least it didn't work for me.
Were you ever able to do that successfully from the DMD64 build, or just rc30?
I don't know for sure, but I think a lot of people who were trying really hard to be helpful perhaps had rooted their phones before the last OTA update from T Mobile and therefore didn't realize there was a new problem.
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There are a couple of different nbh files for matching the particular region of your hardware. This technique most definitely DOES work, but since DREAM was available as ADP, anybody who ever HAD to was, by definition, either retarded, or bought it from someone who was retarded.
Well, I downloaded every findable .nbh file and none were allowed until I put them on a "goldcard."
Yes, I tried everything in the forums to the letter. I think I chiefly had trouble because everyone responded to other people with the same problem saying "it works, you just need to [insert common solution that I already tried]"
But I don't mean offence because I really do know that you are just trying to be helpful.
I just mean that unless you *actually* have rooted a DMD64 build, and you may have FAIK, you might just be adding to the problem...
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Well, I downloaded every findable .nbh file and none were allowed until I put them on a "goldcard."
Yes, I tried everything in the forums to the letter. I think I chiefly had trouble because everyone responded to other people with the same problem saying "it works, you just need to [insert common solution that I already tried]"
But I don't mean offence because I really do know that you are just trying to be helpful.
I just mean that unless you *actually* have rooted a DMD64 build, and you may have FAIK, you might just be adding to the problem...
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All that a goldcard does is it bypasses the CID check. If you do, in fact, have a tmobile branded phone with OEM firmware, then there is no benefit from a goldcard since the CID check will obviously pass since the hardware's CID matches the nbh's CID. Whatever you did differently that made the "goldcard" work had nothing to do with it being a goldcard.
Ah! You are smart! You actually just cleared up what happened with my phone and why I had so much trouble!
Here is what happened: I had just received the phone (Rogers branded) and was extremely new to Android and rooting. I attempted to root got it all done, running with cm6 etc. I overclocking it, but had made a mistake in one of my CPU speeds, freezing my phone. When I tried to reboot to recovery, I accidentally rebooted to hboot and the the t-mobile nbh was still on my SD and it installed. So I ended up with t-mobile stock 1.5. So now I had to go to work, and just left it with the uptake t-mobile Rom. In the middle of the day I got a "there is an update available" notice. I thought it was for an app (noob, I know) and let it update. That is how I got a Rogers branded phone with t-mobile 1.6 DMD64 software and why I needed the goldcard to re-flash the t-mobile cupcake!
Thanks for persisting with me and helping me figure out the mystery.
Cheers!
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Thank you sir for finding this solution. I'm in almost the exact same shoes you were in. Noob to Android/rooting. Got this G1 from a friend with 1.6 DMD64 already on there. No root methods have worked so far. Going to try the goldcard sometime today. Will confirm whether it works..
Goldcard was what worked for me! 1-Click method, however, did not work.
Used the text-instructions/downloads from theunlocker.com. I can't post links on XDA yet, so the titles of the articles are "How To Root The HTC G1/Dream" with warnings of how it's an outdated method (but still the only one that works for my DMD64). Then I used "How To Load A Custom Rom On The HTC G1/Dream."
Did not use the videos on those websites...instead used a YouTube video for guidance. Its title is "How To Root Your T-Mobile G1 with Android 1.6 Pt 1."
Successfully running Cyanogen 6 now. Compared to 1.6...Ridiculous UI improvement and a ridiculous battery life decrease.
I tried em all, and gotta say thatv though I wanted android 2.x, Super D was IMHO, without a doubt, the best ROM for the G1.
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go here for a more detailed guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921752
I hope that it would work.
Also, I think that cn Froyo can be downgraded and rooted like that.
I never found an app that give the 2.2.1 wildfire a temproot. For the previous version android there where apps like zroot and softroot. So long nobody managed to make a start for softroot there will be no solution. The unrevoked team say that they look for a solution but so far with no succes
dj_destruction: think I spoke to you (was using another name) in case it was your referencing the very original thread with the wrong compile. Use the psneuter i mentioned before with the correct cpu instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=910133
atm im still using 2.1 with the wrong hboot as its a busy weekend and havent had time to hack about more yet
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dj_destruction: think I spoke to you (was using another name) in case it was your referencing the very original thread with the wrong compile. Use the psneuter i mentioned before with the correct cpu instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=910133
atm im still using 2.1 with the wrong hboot as its a busy weekend and havent had time to hack about more yet
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Hi, cool, been looking thru loads of threads on it after our chat earlier i think im up to speed on what to do, been attempting to do it but cant get adb working for some reason was working yesterday but not today lol.
Linked a post of yours and the download link for psneuter to my original post if thats ok?
How do you use that file? I triend SuperOneClick, doesnt work for the notice!
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How do you use that file? I triend SuperOneClick, doesnt work for the notice!
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thats what i said....there is (as far as i know) no app that give soft(temp)root. If someone find one let us know
This is from one other topic here:
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I got temp root working using the peneuter (Original version cpu instructions was wrong so use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905183 )
I managed to downgrade by re flashing the misc partition and dropping the PC49img on. So back to tmo stock rom 2.1. Unrevoked now attempts to root and see the success message then the nand error happens as hboot is the same. Still poking about so will update if i progress...
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I have a mytouch 3g without the 3.5 mm headset jack and im trying to find a reliabble root method. The phone is running 2.2.1 build number FRG83D. If anyone could help me out with step by step directions ono how to root this device i would really appreciate it.
i have the same phone with same build.
i have tried to use the procedure described in the unlockr dot com url.
How To: Root the HTC MyTouch 3G
Written by: David Cogen
Posted on 04.26.10
(cannot link the url because this is my first post here)
but i am not able to go beyond the first step.
in the hboot it does not pick up the sappimg.nbh file.
can you try it and see if it works. want to know if its the build or my device thats the problem.
thanks
First off, wrong section, this should be in General, not Development.
As for what your trying to do, try using the SuperOneClick method, found here. Your probably trying to root using the goldcard method which will work, but isn't what you want to do. Use the method I linked and let me know if it works. Hopefully, it will and didn't get patched.
frg83d build breaks 1 click root.
just read this article on theandroidphone dot com
2.2.1 is out, breaks 1-click root
1 click root will not work on this phone
Sorry man. Im new to the whole forum scene
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DonJuan692006 said:
First off, wrong section, this should be in General, not Development.
As for what your trying to do, try using the SuperOneClick method, found here. Your probably trying to root using the goldcard method which will work, but isn't what you want to do. Use the method I linked and let me know if it works. Hopefully, it will and didn't get patched.
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I heard from somewhere that the 2.2.1 update fixes that flaw so the 1-click method is probably not going to work. If he uses the goldcard method it will downgrade his radio too since I am pretty sure this new update will also come with a new radio. Just recently, I used the update.zip method of flashing to the new radio and it went flawlessly. Not noticing any difference in it though regarding performance.
And yes I was feeling... dangerous when I flashed the radio.
EDIT: Oh! Thread moved.
LOL. Yes we do get the new radio. Saw someone post their system info on the t-mobile forums that had gotten the update. Hopefully we'll see a fix for one of the one-click root apps soon.
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One click worked for me on my 2.2.1 without problem. What gave me problem is that new update was restoring origonal recovery after reboot. I believe best way to do it is flash 1.5 SAPPIMG or whatever that file called, than install rooted 1.6 and then already rooted froyo. Dont foeget to install recovery from amon ra or clockwork when you will be on 1.5. Tutorial on how to do it is in dasansrule post, link is in my tutorial: development/[custom Radio SPL] sticky
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