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MF9 help.

See picture. Currently still on stock rom rooted, ktoonsez kernel, and still on mdc.
What will be the steps to update to mf9? Can I just flash the firmware and call it a day or are there extra steps?
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P1_e85 said:
See picture. Currently still on stock rom rooted, ktoonsez kernel, and still on mdc.
What will be the steps to update to mf9? Can I just flash the firmware and call it a day or are there extra steps?
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Check out this link to update your modem. I just got done updating mine and it went super smooth. After your modem if updated to mf9, go and flash any mf9 based rom.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357171
Flash this in odin
There are directions in that post
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I am a little confused. I need to update my phone and I am not sure what to do or where to go to find out how. I am currently rooted with stock rom and kernel. I am having terrible reception even when having full bars. I want to update to mf9 to see if it will help. can someone point me in the right direction with good instructions on how to do this.

nickgrill said:
I am a little confused. I need to update my phone and I am not sure what to do or where to go to find out how. I am currently rooted with stock rom and kernel. I am having terrible reception even when having full bars. I want to update to mf9 to see if it will help. can someone point me in the right direction with good instructions on how to do this.
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this might help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357471

sorryihaveaids said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357171
Flash this in odin
There are directions in that post
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So you're saying that if I flash that file by noobnl to my phone using Odin, once that's done I can just flash ANY custom rooted MF9 rom using TWRP and I'm set?

Bkadleck said:
Check out this link to update your modem. I just got done updating mine and it went super smooth. After your modem if updated to mf9, go and flash any mf9 based rom.
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Exactly the response I was looking for. Thanks again.
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P1_e85 said:
Exactly the response I was looking for. Thanks again.
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Sorry dude, I didn't notice I forgot the link until now.
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Here is that link I was talking about. Sorry about not posting it before. I thought I did... And yes you can flesh any rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2338919
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Perfecto.. so now when I flash the rom. It says no data wipe. Meaning all my apps and personal settings are still there? Also will it affect the kernel?
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P1_e85 said:
Perfecto.. so now when I flash the rom. It says no data wipe. Meaning all my apps and personal settings are still there? Also will it affect the kernel?
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I would back up your data to be safe and it's always good to do a clean flash with a new rom. Most roms come with a kernel.... FYI, if your WiFi does not work after flashing a Rom, just flash another kernel. Most times that fixes it.
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So I just flashed the mf9 rom and it went smooth except for I lost ktweaker app to adjust ktoonsez kernel. Running choppy and such. Going to flash his newest updated kernel. Im still on an older version.
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[Q] Has anyone figured out how to flash MF3 yet?

I am still stuck at the AT&T splash screen...

circasurvives said:
I am still stuck at the AT&T splash screen...
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Custom Recovery and flash the ROM and Kernel.

Delakit said:
Custom Recovery and flash the ROM and Kernel.
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Sounds great!!! Do you know where I can find the files and directions on how to do it? I'm running MF3...

Plus I can't get into recovery mode which is usually a deal breaker.
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circasurvives said:
Plus I can't get into recovery mode which is usually a deal breaker.
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1. There's an edit button you can use to modify posts instead of double, triple, quadruple posting.
2. You took the OTA therefor you can't flash anything due to the locked bootloader.

Delakit said:
1. There's an edit button you can use to modify posts instead of double, triple, quadruple posting.
2. You took the OTA therefor you can't flash anything due to the locked bootloader.
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I know that the bootloader is locked, I'm asking if anyone had found away around it yet.

answer is no right now, in the works. Root only so far.
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I am still stuck at the AT&T splash screen...
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odin back to stock MF3 would be your only hope.

TheAxman said:
answer is no right now, in the works. Root only so far.
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odin back to stock MF3 would be your only hope.
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I would if I could find the ROM to do it with.

circasurvives said:
I would if I could find the ROM to do it with.
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I will help look around, watch the thread for awhile, i'll be back.

is mf3 the latest software? my phone says im on latest, but it doesnt seem to be mf3?

circasurvives said:
I know that the bootloader is locked, I'm asking if anyone had found away around it yet.
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I gave you an affirmative answer. The bootloader is locked therefor you cannot flash a ROM OR even root because it won't let you. If there WAS a way then you wouldn't be asking.
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I will help look around, watch the thread for awhile, i'll be back.
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There's currently nothing out there.
nseriessaga said:
is mf3 the latest software? my phone says im on latest, but it doesnt seem to be mf3?
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Yes. If you're on MDL or lower then you're not on the latest. Latest is MF3.

Yeah I'm having the same problem. For some reason, on the phone that I replaced the one I bricked with, I'm on MDL but it doesn't find MF3 when I look for software update.
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Delakit said:
I gave you an affirmative answer. The bootloader is locked therefor you cannot flash a ROM OR even root because it won't let you. If there WAS a way then you wouldn't be asking.
There's currently nothing out there.
Yes. If you're on MDL or lower then you're not on the latest. Latest is MF3.
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So what you're trying to tell me is that it is and always will be impossible to replace the bootloader and flash a different ROM??
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circasurvives said:
So what you're trying to tell me is that it is and always will be impossible to replace the bootloader and flash a different ROM??
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I hate to say that but yes, until a patch is developed to bypass the bootloader again. And I am sure someone is on it now.

circasurvives said:
Yeah I'm having the same problem. For some reason, on the phone that I replaced the one I bricked with, I'm on MDL but it doesn't find MF3 when I look for software update.
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If you're on MDL then what's the problem? Install a custom recovery and flash a ROM. Also, as suggested, use the edit button instead of cluttering to threads with multiple posts. Thanks.
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Delakit said:
If you're on MDL then what's the problem? Install a custom recovery and flash a ROM. Also, as suggested, use the edit button instead of cluttering to threads with multiple posts. Thanks.
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The problem is that I'm trying to fix my other phone that is bricked ATM.

Can't manage to boot.

I was going to try out the 4.3 alpha for Pac-Rom. I was on TWRP and I wiped and flashed and rebooted, and it continued to bootloop for some reason. I then tried to go to recovery, which wouldn't boot, so it was stuck on the teamwin logo indefinitely. I flashed CWM via Odin, and now I can access recovery. I tried wiping and flashing the previous ROM I had (the latest release version of Pac-Rom), still bootlooping. I tried using a wipe all zip, flashed a different ROM, same issue. Please help.

PwnCloud said:
I was going to try out the 4.3 alpha for Pac-Rom. I was on TWRP and I wiped and flashed and rebooted, and it continued to bootloop for some reason. I then tried to go to recovery, which wouldn't boot, so it was stuck on the teamwin logo indefinitely. I flashed CWM via Odin, and now I can access recovery. I tried wiping and flashing the previous ROM I had (the latest release version of Pac-Rom), still bootlooping. I tried using a wipe all zip, flashed a different ROM, same issue. Please help.
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Just odin back to stock and start fresh.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Just odin back to stock and start fresh.
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Will this wipe data/media? I have stuff on there I'd like to save. If it does, how can I get it to my computer? Mounting through CWM doesn't do anything for some reason.

PwnCloud said:
Will this wipe data/media? I have stuff on there I'd like to save. If it does, how can I get it to my computer? Mounting through CWM doesn't do anything for some reason.
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Yes it would it would wipe your internal memory, try reflashing twrp.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Yes it would it would wipe your internal memory, try reflashing twrp.
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Reflashing twrp causes twrp to be stuck on teamwin logo.

PwnCloud said:
Reflashing twrp causes twrp to be stuck on teamwin logo.
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Which twrp version your using??
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Which twrp version your using??
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2.5.0.2. I'll try a different version.

PwnCloud said:
2.5.0.2. I'll try a different version.
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Sorry for not being much of a help earlier I was doing some research, here this should help you, just read and follow steps and pick which one you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357471
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Sorry for being much of a help earlier I was doing some research, here this should help you, just read and follow steps and pick which one you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357471
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Awesome, thanks!
I tried a different version of TWRP but it had the same issue. I'll just wait to flash this after it has downloaded.

PwnCloud said:
Awesome, thanks!
I tried a different version of TWRP but it had the same issue. I'll just wait to flash this after it has downloaded.
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Report back on what happens.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Report back on what happens.
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It's still not booting...

PwnCloud said:
It's still not booting...
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Go to recovery, do a factory reset and reboot. Try that.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Go to recovery, do a factory reset and reboot. Try that.
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No luck.
I'll try a full wipe Odin flash. I discovered I had already backed up the files I needed from the internal SD.
Edit: I got it working! I flashed stock MDC. Not sure why that worked but not MF9. Now I can flash MF9 I guess.

PwnCloud said:
No luck.
I'll try a full wipe Odin flash. I discovered I had already backed up the files I needed from the internal SD.
Edit: I got it working! I flashed stock MDC. Not sure why that worked but not MF9. Now I can flash MF9 I guess.
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Hmmm really strange lol if it wasnt for your files I would of told you go odin back to stock MF9 ill give you the link for it hold on
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Hmmm really strange lol if it wasnt for your files I would of told you go odin back to stock MF9 ill give you the link for it hold on
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Edit: there you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
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[Q] I think I soft bricked my S4

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M from Koodo (Telus). And I wanted to get the latest 4.3 android on my phone, so I installed Cyanogenmod 10.2, and flashed my phone using that. I then realised that I didn't like the new display and wanted my old phone's display and firmware.
So I then proceeded to flash my phone with my Stock firmware using Odin 3.07. My phone didn't start up normally and is stuck on the part where the phone shows the Samsung logo. I can turn off the phone and boot into download mode, and I can access the recovery using Volume Up + Home + Power button. I have also tried to us the Firmware upgrade and initialization using Samsung Kies, but that doesn't change anything. Odin recognises my device, and Kies lets me flash using firmware emergency recovery, but I cannot open the files using the directory on my computer
At Odin Mode it shows the following:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I337M
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
I backed up all my data prior to flashing using Cyanogenmod, so I don't care if I lose my data. (Also my constant flashing will definitely stop once I fix my phone). Is this phone soft bricked or hard bricked? How do I fix this? Thank you in advance.
Edit: I was also using Clockworkmod Recovery. AND YAY! I can actually boot into Android system recovery. Sorry, I simply was not holding the buttons correctly. Should I do a factory reset?

Try jusy volume+ and ppower then do a factory reset
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deron37129 said:
Try jusy volume+ and ppower then do a factory reset
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I booted into recovery and pressed "wipe data/factory reset" and then pressed "reboot system now" but nothing changed when the phone rebooted.

U may have to re flash the stock kernel did double check if you have the correct firmware
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deron37129 said:
Try jusy volume+ and ppower then do a factory reset
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Please disregard my above post. It works perfectly! Yay! Thank you:cyclops:

soft bricked s4
MegaTerminatorz said:
Please disregard my above post. It works perfectly! Yay! Thank you:cyclops:
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Hi i have a Samsung galaxy s4 that is stuck in the samsung with a lil unlocked lock screen it will go into download mode but thats all it will not go into recovery... im having a difficult time trying to fix it. im a noob as well

camarodemon said:
Hi i have a Samsung galaxy s4 that is stuck in the samsung with a lil unlocked lock screen it will go into download mode but thats all it will not go into recovery... im having a difficult time trying to fix it. im a noob as well
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What firmware are you on? What were you trying to do?
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Do a factory reset in the stock recovery. It'll work

Im trying fix the soft brick. Firmware mf3 I had safestrap on it as well I went to flash a ROM and it reset on me and is stuck on the Samsung logo with the unlock symbol the will go into download mode but not recovery. Thanks for any help you can give
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I can't get into stock recovery
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camarodemon said:
Im trying fix the soft brick. Firmware mf3 I had safestrap on it as well I went to flash a ROM and it reset on me and is stuck on the Samsung logo with the unlock symbol the will go into download mode but not recovery. Thanks for any help you can give
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I can't get into stock recovery
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I'd recommend taking it to a best buy where they can reflash mf3 at this point.
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HiTideBlastoise said:
I'd recommend taking it to a best buy where they can reflash mf3 at this point.
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HiTide's right, this may be your best bet... I just hope your best buy is more helpful than mine.

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Thanks for this thread you really help me out a lot. I was trying everything kies emergency recovery and everything thanks again for this thread.

hi i need help as well i soft bricked my phone and cant get into recovery mode. i have a locked one. could i odin back to an earlier os?

tshaulis said:
hi i need help as well i soft bricked my phone and cant get into recovery mode. i have a locked one. could i odin back to an earlier os?
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What firmware are you on? You can only Odin that version or a newer one.
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jd1639 said:
What firmware are you on? You can only Odin that version or a newer one.
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i was on 4.4.2, i have a I337 NC1 baseband

tshaulis said:
i was on 4.4.2, i have a I337 NC1 baseband
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You need to Odin the nb1 tar file. Then do the nb1 to nc1 update to get back to where you were. Did you try to install a custom recovery, twrp or cwm? You can't do that safestrap is the only recovery you can use.
Look in the general forum for index, all things at&t.....
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jd1639 said:
You need to Odin the nb1 tar file. Then do the nb1 to nc1 update to get back to where you were. Did you try to install a custom recovery, twrp or cwm?
Look in the general forum for index, all things at&t.....
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Ok and odin will let me go back to NB1? if i wanted to stay at nb1 could i, or would you recommend going back to nc1? and i don't know if i did a custom recovery. i did a nandroid on safestrap which i believe will be gone when i revert back to stock. but could you elaborate on your last question. and sorry im extremely new to this, as you can see i soft bricked it. well i did get hyperdrive flashed and working but the thing is that i didn't have service or wifi and i forgot to download and flash the modules that go along with it so now we are here.
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jd1639 said:
You need to Odin the nb1 tar file. Then do the nb1 to nc1 update to get back to where you were. Did you try to install a custom recovery, twrp or cwm? You can't do that safestrap is the only recovery you can use.
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ok so i downloaded the NB1 .tar file and doing the odin restore right now. everything seems to be going according to plan. wow im so excited. ok so after this does its thing, obviously ill have a fresh new stock gs4 nb1. so is there any way i could get it back to what it was ie. apps via titanium backup or safestraps nandroid backup that i had on it?

tshaulis said:
Ok and odin will let me go back to NB1? if i wanted to stay at nb1 could i, or would you recommend going back to nc1? and i don't know if i did a custom recovery. i did a nandroid on safestrap which i believe will be gone when i revert back to stock. but could you elaborate on your last question. and sorry im extremely new to this, as you can see i soft bricked it. well i did get hyperdrive flashed and working but the thing is that i didn't have service or wifi and i forgot to download and flash the modules that go along with it so now we are here.
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ok so i downloaded the NB1 .tar file and doing the odin restore right now. everything seems to be going according to plan. wow im so excited. ok so after this does its thing, obviously ill have a fresh new stock gs4 nb1. so is there any way i could get it back to what it was ie. apps via titanium backup or safestraps nandroid backup that i had on it?
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Do the nb1 to nc1 update then root will towel root. Then install safestrap and tibu. Should be able to use your nandroid and and your tibu backups.
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jd1639 said:
Do the nb1 to nc1 update then root will towel root. Then install safestrap and tibu. Should be able to use your nandroid and and your tibu backups.
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ok i will do this, and you are sure that for one my recovery will still be on safestrap and that my backup will still be on titanium back up? how is this?

Safestrap rom wifi problems

Every time I've tried to flash a rom using Safestrap recovery the roms have been loading without letting wifi be turned on. Any solutions?

Deeyago said:
Every time I've tried to flash a rom using Safestrap recovery the roms have been loading without letting wifi be turned on. Any solutions?
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Flash mf3 modules is what I do
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johnharty3 said:
Flash mf3 modules is what I do
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Would you be so kind as to link me to an mf3 module?

Deeyago said:
Would you be so kind as to link me to an mf3 module?
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There you go flash this file
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Deeyago said:
Would you be so kind as to link me to an mf3 module?
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Did it work
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Thanks
Thank you. For some odd reason it did not work the first time.