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I've never done this and couldn't find anything up to date online :/ I'm rooted and adb is working - I just need to know where to put the contents of update-wipeall.zip: 'META-INF' 'system' and 'boot.img' - also, I'm pretty sure I use TWRP to flash ROMs, please include how to open it in your answer
Thanks - you guys are so helpful!
This was 2 posts below yours are you blind?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410766
Thanks!! No lol im not blind I just didn't know that would tell me how to install cm7 by the title.
Edit: Those instructions only tell me to copy the update.zip to sd card - what do I do with the 2 folders that came with the latest cm7?
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You have to flash Fire Fire Fire and TWRP. The easiest way to install is using Kindle Fire Utility from developtment section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
When you flashed it you see a yellow tiangle when you boot your Kindle Fire. Press the Power button until Power LED turns orange. Now the Kindle Fire boots into TWRP and you can flash CM7.
I used kindle fire utility to install twrp already - I think it installed FireFireFire too since I've seen the yellow triangle screen already.. if I'm wrong let me know. If I'm right - how do I get back to the FireFireFire screen to do it?
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Fire Fire Fire is a bootloader you can "see" it everytime you boot your Kindle Fire.
Ok I just rebooted my kf and I do have FireFireFire installed - i know update.zip goes in sdcard but what do I do with the two folders that came with cm7
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may i ask did you install fire fire and twrp since on a kindle you rooted with burrito root?
MDG420 said:
Ok I just rebooted my kf and I do have FireFireFire installed - i know update.zip goes in sdcard but what do I do with the two folders that came with cm7
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what folders?
you don't extract update-wipeall.zip at all, leave it as it is, just copy it in your sdcard.
When KF boots up keep power button pressed till TWRP shows up. Perform a backup if you want, so you can revert to Stock. Otherwise click Install and locate update-wipeall.zip on your sdcard, click it and then click Flash.
Don't worry about those errors, just click Reboot system when everything finishes.
Don't keep the power button pressed, let it boot by itself.
Enjoy CM7!
I used kindle fire utility .9 to permanent root (which installed burritoroot) then used it to install TWRP which I'm guessing installed FireFireFire as well since I see the triangle when I boot. Thanks for the info I didn't know I wasn't supposed to unzip it - I'm about to try now, thanks!
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Oh my my my, we have a newbie here. Yikes!!!!!! Read the TUTS. Also if you don't even know not to unzip the rom, you shouldn't being doing this kind of stuff. You might end up making a 200 dollar paper weight.
This is how we learn!
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Does CM7 supports flash on browser?
Im not a complete noob lol this is just my first android device - ive got cm7 running and everything is going great so far - does anyone know the name of the tweak that lets you change the volume by sliding up or down on the side of the screen? I saw someone with it in a youtube video but they forgot what ot was called lol
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Im not a complete noob lol this is just my first android device - ive got cm7 running and everything is going great so far - does anyone know the name of the tweak that lets you change the volume by sliding up or down on the side of the screen? I saw someone with it in a youtube video but they forgot what ot was called lol
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That volume control app is available in the market. Look for "Volume Control" by RubberBigPepper.
Well as some of you have already seen that some phones are capable of dual booting such as ONE particular windows phone (don't remember the name of the phone) Which was able to boot into Android software while still being able to keep its stock windows Rom. Well my question is, is it possible for the kindle fire to be able to boot into another Rom like "CM7" or others as such while still keeping the stock Rom?
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Do you mean actual dual booting, or just booting a rom within a rom? I helped a friend boot Android 2.2 on her windows phone one time and she loved it.
I dont know if you can boot one android rom within another android rom. Though I could be completely wrong.
As I do recall there is a way to boot Ubuntu Linux within an Android rom so if someone puts together a good app, it just may be possible.
A Rom within a Rom?? That's CRAZY talk lol no but In all seriousness I was thinking like when you boot up your device, it will load a screen asking you if you want to boot into the stock Rom or whichever other Rom you have installed. Such as CM9 or what have you. Or when you boot your device, it will boot into the stock Rom and from there you can choose to boot into another Rom.
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Well in relation to what I helped a friend do with her phone and Android/Windows mobile, was that you loaded an exe from windows mobile and it rebooted her phone into android and stayed until a reboot was triggered.
But as for an option to boot to a particular OS... I suppose if someone hijacked the bootloader(which is a viable option with an unlocked bootloader such as on the fire) and then threw in a quick app that checked for bootable partitions or folders with boot files in it, listed them for you and then booted based on what you chose... then sure...
Is that possible? I think it is... although I am not the dev to do it as I have no knowledge of this type of thing.
Maybe JackpotCalvin or someone else might have some kind of better ideas.
Corey
Nothing is impossible, its just very very difficult. Unless of course you know what you're doing,then its easy. Anyways thank you for your helpful reply.you answered my question perfectly. But it IS an interesting concept towards a mobile device.
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Glad I could be of a some help for you.
Never be affairs to ask if you need more help.
Corey
The Touchpad can dual boot. When booting, I can select which OS I want: WebOS or CM7. It's definitely possible if there's enough space, and I'm all for it since I'm a Prime member and love having access to unlimited videos.
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Hello everyone,
I am trying to use the rooting method described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948722&page=1
*Correct cable is used
*USB drivers installed
I put the phone in debug, Plug in the correct cable,
Start the app, The root_start app finds the device, Press enter key
It push's the files over and then does a reboot, The problem is that when it does this initial reboot the rooting script is supposed to WAIT FOR THE PHONE TO BOOT, Before carrying on with the install.
I have tried diff usb ports, diff methods, several other people had the same problem but noone ever resolved it.
I am wondering if after it puts the files on the phone, reboots. Can i modify the script to take that part out and just proceed with the programming?
the begging of the script does nothing but puts files on the phone, then is suposed to sleep for 60 seconds while the phone starts, so i should be able to remove that part and just do the programming then right?
please help! i gotta get this bloatware off
I would suggest using droidstyles guide to just put a custom rooted rom on your phone and then you can delete what you want.
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The stock ROM is pretty much crap on this phone. Use a custom Touchwiz or AOSP-based ROM. They all come rooted. AOKP is extremely nice and stable.
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Droidstyle is your lord and master. Section 4 man
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
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I was bored and decided to try to build a rom and see what happens, i don't know any c coding so its a bit of it it compiles and works great, if it doesnt work then i'll need a c compiler and both my friends that know c coding dont get online often.
Anyways about the details, i have sucessfully built a 7" and 8.9" Kindle Fire HD version of the rom, soupmaget is going to test the 8.9" rom, but i need a 7" tester prefereably with a fastboot cable incase things go south like the first time where it deleted the second bootloader from the system partition, though i think i fixed that. Anyways if you are interested in testing this pre-alpha build of the rom, plz reply back and il send you a link in a private message to the rom. On another note te tester should also be prepared to do a full backup of their sdcard of their device including the sdcard because i have not ever used this os so i have no idea how it handles the sdcard data, while it shouldnt wipe it i just think it would be a good idea in general.
I can test it.
I have a fastboot cable and the only files that I have are books anyway.
OK sweet I'll pm you the link with instructions.
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stunts513 said:
i need a 7" tester
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I messed up the quote last time. Anywho, link me if you want.
Sweet I'll pm u too.
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stunts513 said:
Sweet I'll pm u too.
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First test:
Downloaded and flashed just fine. After wiping Dalvik/CACHE and rebooting into system it did show the Kindle Fire Animation followed by the TWRP animation and then displayed fastboot. Holding the power button down for 20 seconds powered it off and access to TWRP was still possible. Flashed a nandroid and all is fine. Let me know when the next update is available.
LinearEquation said:
First test:
Downloaded and flashed just fine. After wiping Dalvik/CACHE and rebooting into system it did show the Kindle Fire Animation followed by the TWRP animation and then displayed fastboot. Holding the power button down for 20 seconds powered it off and access to TWRP was still possible. Flashed a nandroid and all is fine. Let me know when the next update is available.
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So ok im confused it just went into fastboot after trying to boot or something? If thats the case there must be something very wrong with the kernel i think.
stunts513 said:
So ok im confused it just went into fastboot after trying to boot or something? If thats the case there must be something very wrong with the kernel i think.
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Correct. The flash was successful (in other words it did not fail.) I click reboot into system from TWRP. I saw the Kindle Fire animation followed by the TWRP animation and then, then stead of the ROM animation, it went strait to fastboot. Then I force powered it down, was able to access TWRP, wiped and then flashed my backup nandroid and the Kindle booted with no permanent issues. But yes, something is not right there.
Basically, rather than booting into the system, it booted into the bootloader.
LinearEquation said:
Correct. The flash was successful (in other words it did not fail.) I click reboot into system from TWRP. I saw the Kindle Fire animation followed by the TWRP animation and then, then stead of the ROM animation, it went strait to fastboot. Then I force powered it down, was able to access TWRP, wiped and then flashed my backup nandroid and the Kindle booted with no permanent issues. But yes, something is not right there.
Basically, rather than booting into the system, it booted into the bootloader.
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*facepalm* i'm going to have to check the kernel image, this whole setup i used is kinda rigged because this os was designed to work with a specific version of jb aosp, and cm 10.2 is close to that revision but not exact so i used aosp as my source and had to modify some of hashcodes file sto get it to compile, but it finally did compile, seeing as there were problems here and there i'm going to take a wild guess the boot.img is using the standard header and not amazons, and thats just a wild guess at best, i don't know what a normal header would do on a kindle, but i will try to decompile the boot.img and see if it errors out like a usual kindle boot.img would if you dont shave off the header with dd.
Man i hate double posting but i thought i'd mention i think what i guessed at was right because it split immediately upon running the splitting script... so now i guess i need to ask hashcode wtf is going on and how to fix it since it's not compiling the boot.img with the correct header.
Sounds like a plan.
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Well I talked to hashcode, I'm trying to get it fixed, but I'm a bit confused, makefile coding isn't my specialty, I am going to ask other RC's and see what I can dig up.
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hi!!
stunts513 said:
I was bored and decided to try to build a rom and see what happens, i don't know any c coding so its a bit of it it compiles and works great, if it doesnt work then i'll need a c compiler and both my friends that know c coding dont get online often.
Anyways about the details, i have sucessfully built a 7" and 8.9" Kindle Fire HD version of the rom, soupmaget is going to test the 8.9" rom, but i need a 7" tester prefereably with a fastboot cable incase things go south like the first time where it deleted the second bootloader from the system partition, though i think i fixed that. Anyways if you are interested in testing this pre-alpha build of the rom, plz reply back and il send you a link in a private message to the rom. On another note te tester should also be prepared to do a full backup of their sdcard of their device including the sdcard because i have not ever used this os so i have no idea how it handles the sdcard data, while it shouldnt wipe it i just think it would be a good idea in general.
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send me instructions for the test
I will next time I make a build after fixing this boot.IMG issue I have, I haven't seen hashcode in the IRC since Wednesday and I haven't been able to fix the makefile issue yet, I have to transfer some of the code from cm's /build/core/Makefile to mine, specifically the parts that let's board_custom_booting_mk work to generate the booting correctly. You would think there would be a patch for aosp that does this, but I guess most devices don't need a custom bootimg?
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stunts513 said:
I will next time I make a build after fixing this boot.IMG issue I have, I haven't seen hashcode in the IRC since Wednesday and I haven't been able to fix the makefile issue yet, I have to transfer some of the code from cm's /build/core/Makefile to mine, specifically the parts that let's board_custom_booting_mk work to generate the booting correctly. You would think there would be a patch for aosp that does this, but I guess most devices don't need a custom bootimg?
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I have understood that the boot.img should go hand in hand with the system you build,
so a custom boot.img should be mandatory
excuse my bad English, I use google translator
Any chance of a build compatible with the kf2?
I'm too broke to buy the newest fire hdx that's on sale for $180 today,so I'm holding on to my 2012 non-hd fire.
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agentfusion said:
Any chance of a build compatible with the kf2?
I'm too broke to buy the newest fire hdx that's on sale for $180 today,so I'm holding on to my 2012 non-hd fire.
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Keep an eye on Swappa. People are dumping their older models for cash for the newer models.
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I plan on building it for all supported kf's, right now I'm working out the build kinks and seeing if it will even boot. Just fixed the makefile issue but I may have introduced another issue by using a certain patch to disable recovery a while back, so I may need to grab a fresh copy of the make file and repatch it, I'll pm when it's more ready to test which will be soon.
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Send me a PM once you get the boot.img thing fixed. I have a fastboot cable, too.
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Hi,
Just for understanding right. Is this for the Kindle Fire HD KFSOWI (3rd gen)?
If yes then I absolutely want to try your Rom.
Thanks in advance.
I just need a tester for a small idea i have for installing twrp recovery and 2nd bootloader in a safer manner than usual. The other manners are pretty safe but i figured this seemed really safe because its so simplistic in nature. I don't know whether i will continue this project depending on the results of the test, but basically i thought why not make a 2nd init/bootstrapped twrp that runs a ota update on a zip file that just installs everything for you with a conveniently placed zip file with asserts that it checks for then deletes itself. My first test is just for a 2012 kfhd 7" that either has no 2nd bootloader + twrp and a fastboot cable handy to restore in case this soft bricks it or one with a version of twrp already installed that it higher than 2.6.0.0. I don't wanna post the actual file because i don't want accidental bricks. Chances are based on how this works it will probably brick the first time around because i have not messed with the hijack scripts to mount everything properly yet, but this was taken from another omap based device so if it doesn't work i don't think it will take too much tweaking, but the initial binary it tries to run may cause some havok. I can assure you this should be easy to restore from in twrp by simply renaming a system file, otherwise without a copy of twrp already installed you will have to restore with kffa. I need the kindle that this is being tested on to also be on a rooted amazon os, not another rom. I have no idea if twrp will work with amazon's stock kernel so this should be interesting. post back if you are interested.
If you are wondering why i didn't decide to test this on my own first its simply because i don't feel like having to wipe my entire data partition and restore the data from my pc just to clear selinux xattribs off my data partition so that amazon's kernel will not throw a fit.
So overview for those that don't want to read that big paragraph:
Requirements:
-Running Amazon OS with root
-Have a way to recover from brick (2nd bootloader + twrp or flash back with kffa/srt) - twrp preferred but plz have a never version than 2.6.0.0 installed.
-Have busybox installed
stunts513 said:
I just need a tester for a small idea i have for installing twrp recovery and 2nd bootloader in a safer manner than usual. The other manners are pretty safe but i figured this seemed really safe because its so simplistic in nature. I don't know whether i will continue this project depending on the results of the test, but basically i thought why not make a 2nd init/bootstrapped twrp that runs a ota update on a zip file that just installs everything for you with a conveniently placed zip file with asserts that it checks for then deletes itself. My first test is just for a 2012 kfhd 7" that either has no 2nd bootloader + twrp and a fastboot cable handy to restore in case this soft bricks it or one with a version of twrp already installed that it higher than 2.6.0.0. I don't wanna post the actual file because i don't want accidental bricks. Chances are based on how this works it will probably brick the first time around because i have not messed with the hijack scripts to mount everything properly yet, but this was taken from another omap based device so if it doesn't work i don't think it will take too much tweaking, but the initial binary it tries to run may cause some havok. I can assure you this should be easy to restore from in twrp by simply renaming a system file, otherwise without a copy of twrp already installed you will have to restore with kffa. I need the kindle that this is being tested on to also be on a rooted amazon os, not another rom. I have no idea if twrp will work with amazon's stock kernel so this should be interesting. post back if you are interested.
If you are wondering why i didn't decide to test this on my own first its simply because i don't feel like having to wipe my entire data partition and restore the data from my pc just to clear selinux xattribs off my data partition so that amazon's kernel will not throw a fit.
So overview for those that don't want to read that big paragraph:
Requirements:
-Running Amazon OS with root
-Have a way to recover from brick (2nd bootloader + twrp or flash back with kffa/srt) - twrp preferred but plz have a never version than 2.6.0.0 installed.
-Have busybox installed
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If I can get my Kindle back up and running, I'll have a go at it for you. But that's a pretty big if right now.
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Ok thanks, kinda surprised no one has offered before you. This had over 100 views. I guess not too many people are using amazon os that are willing to risk a softbrick. Hopefully this will work I think it is a bit safer than the other methods for beginners that don't want to risk anything.
Tapatalk is annoying me to no end lately... Had to type this message again because quick reply is being glitchy.
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I could also volunteer. I have an extra Kindle fire 7" Hd. It is rooted and running 7.4.8. I have my trusty fastboot cable and I already have system images for a quick restore.
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The safest method is to "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader oldbootloader.bin" then "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot" (assuming you're using the cable and it auto-kicks you into bootloader mode again) "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery twrp.img" and finally "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem recovery"
Edit: This is a more complex version of Hashcode's method, posted on the cm11 installation instructions page.
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Yea but the thing about that method is sometimes people have bad downloads and don't check for md5sums(not to mention tons of people always having driver issues). If everything is in a signed zip file then if the signature verification fails its about the same as a bad md5sum, not to mention I can add a md5sum comparison in the update-tools script. I was just wanting to make a one click bootloader install option that comes from an apk, kinda like fire flash but simpler.
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So you're suggesting using an OpenRecoveryScript to flash twrp, the old bootloader, and apply the stack override file to allow for that "2nd boot loader" hack?
Theoretically, that should work, but Amazon might have put restrictions on the recovery to only allow Amazon-signed zip files so that something like this couldn't happen.
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I thought only Amazon's recovery would have issues with the signature, even if tarp does I can just disable the signature check and use the update-script to check the md5sum before flashing.
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I thought only Amazon's recovery would have issues with the signature, even if tarp does I can just disable the signature check and use the update-script to check the md5sum before flashing.
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If TWRP is required, doesn't that make this pointless, because you need the 2nd bootloader hack to make twrp work in the first place? Or perhaps I'm just misunderstanding...
EDIT: when I have the time, I'll see if I can manage to recover from my weird semi-brick and if so, I'll revert to stock and help you test.
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Thanks, and what I,m saying is you run twrp through 2nd init. I have done it on my phone before, has the same hardware as a kf1 with twice as much ram. I have not seen tarp implemented in this manner before though, only cwm, that's another reason I wanted to test this idea.
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Thanks, and what I,m saying is you run twrp through 2nd init. I have done it on my phone before, has the same hardware as a kf1 with twice as much ram. I have not seen tarp implemented in this manner before though, only cwm, that's another reason I wanted to test this idea.
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Oh. You mean a FakeFlash? That's when you flash a zip that actually just overlays a second recovery. Ex. Flashing a TWRP FakeFlash would allow you to use TWRP from the stock recovery without replacing the installed recovery.
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Oh. You mean a FakeFlash? That's when you flash a zip that actually just overlays a second recovery. Ex. Flashing a TWRP FakeFlash would allow you to use TWRP from the stock recovery without replacing the installed recovery.
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That kinda sounds like it, for a more detailed explanation, this is what i'm basing it off of: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2095825
I believe thats the right link. Had to search for it so it might not be but i think it is.
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That kinda sounds like it, for a more detailed explanation, this is what i'm basing it off of: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2095825
I believe thats the right link. Had to search for it so it might not be but i think it is.
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Kindle's back up and running, I'll test it.
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Ok I'll upload it tomorrow. I was just checking my notifications. On a side note I left my kindle in the car and woke and woke up and realized it, having to use my phone to check messages because I will cause a domino reaction if I open the front door... it starts with dogs waking up...
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Sorry I haven't uploaded it yet, i will upload it when I have a chance, my weekend has been chaotic because I've been having to prepare for the job I am starting training for tomorrow. I have been meaning to do it but I hit another snag when I finally got some time to myself I told Ubuntu to upgrade to 14.04 and then unity surprised me and now apparently can't set the window buttons to right so I feel like i'm using a mac which I do not like at all so I decided to use mate since its pretty much what mynfavorite Ubuntu distribution had 10.04lts) so I have been spending the better part of the day reconfiguring it so it was more so like Ubuntu 10.04's theme but I modernized it a bit. Still not done with the theme yet but it is much much better. I think I'm going to attempt to add transparency to the theme. Just realized how off topic i went. Anyways I will see about uploading it tomorrow after I get off of work.
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