After flashing Bootanimation4u, my boot animation is black - need help - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

So like an idiot, I didn't take a nandroid before flashing bootanimation4u, and now, whenever I turn my phone on, my boot animation is black. It boots properly, but I just don't have a boot animation. I still have the sounds that play. Which will fine, isn't ideal. I would rather have some indication that the phone is turning on as normal than just going straight into nothing.
I have tried putting a custom bootanimation.zip file in both /system/media and /data/local and nothing seems to allow me to use a custom animation.
So reading later on in the bootanimation4u thread, it says 4.4.2 or Kitkat in general, isn't able to work with Bootanimation4u. Which is odd because I am about 95% sure that I had it working at one time or another before. So I looked at the files that the flashable zip changes, and replaced those with stock files. Still nothing, I am still getting a straight black screen.
So then I saw this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...memade-bootanimations-collection-how-t1897969 and tried to use this, however, I have the same issue.
The custom boot animation I have been trying to use is the stock Google Nexus boot animation (the one with four circles).
This is on a Stock NAE ROM.
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Would a dirty flash possibly fix this problem? If I do dirty flash, what issues might that cause me if the device has been modified with Hotspot / SD Card fix, and other things?

Did you try Rom Toolbox? I change these every couple days. Choose the file from your local folder, hit install, reboot. Done. If its still not working maybe it's the zip? Can you install other ani's? Maybe the Rom you use doesn't support custom boot ani's? Just thinking out loud.
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HPferoxCraft said:
Did you try Rom Toolbox? I change these every couple days. Choose the file from your local folder, hit install, reboot. Done. If its still not working maybe it's the zip? Can you install other ani's? Maybe the Rom you use doesn't support custom boot ani's? Just thinking out loud.
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I have tried several different animations, none work. All are supposedly built for this device. Using boot animation, not specifically ROM toolbox, I tried to flash some zip files I locally had with no success.
Bootanimation4u and the other link in that post, is supposed to allow for the ability to have/use custom bootanimations regardless of ROM.

slixzen said:
I have tried several different animations, none work. All are supposedly built for this device. Using boot animation, not specifically ROM toolbox, I tried to flash some zip files I locally had with no success.
Bootanimation4u and the other link in that post, is supposed to allow for the ability to have/use custom bootanimations regardless of ROM.
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Well try Rom Toolbox, you can get the free version. Open that app, grant it root if asked, swipe over to boot animations, choose local tab, find your file and select then choose install and reboot. I don't think you can preview first in free version. When it reboots it should be your Ani. No need to flash anything. If that doesn't work try flashing a different kernel and then retry. I don't know this bootanimation4u app though, never needed it. There's lots of threads here with lots of animations just try a different method, you'll get it.
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I too am experiencing the same issue, i have tried everything i can find so far to fix this problem however all to no avail.
i have tried using rom manager and boot animation changer as well as flashing all of the different zips for bootanimation4u
any further info would be great as i really would like to get a custom animantion back
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ok so i managed to get this fixed right after posting.
Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...memade-bootanimations-collection-how-t1897969 and downloand "CWM_CustomBootanimation_44_Enable.zip" from the fourth post
Then use rom manager to change your boot animation
Job Done!

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looking for JT's bootanimation kernel for EB01

I am struggling with an issue that hit me today.
I am unable to use Rom Manager to install JT's bootanimation kernel. It downloads fine but upon reboot, the phone hangs forever at the SAMSUNG splash screen. I have updated to the new red CWM, and am wondering if that is not part of the problem, but regardless, I'd like to switch over to that kernel...
So - does anyone have a link they can provide? I would like to DL and install via CWM, but I am not familiar with where Rom Manager puts the files to try to get at them that way...
Any assistance in getting the file is greatly appreciated.
M00NEY said:
I am struggling with an issue that hit me today.
I am unable to use Rom Manager to install JT's bootanimation kernel. It downloads fine but upon reboot, the phone hangs forever at the SAMSUNG splash screen. I have updated to the new red CWM, and am wondering if that is not part of the problem, but regardless, I'd like to switch over to that kernel...
So - does anyone have a link they can provide? I would like to DL and install via CWM, but I am not familiar with where Rom Manager puts the files to try to get at them that way...
Any assistance in getting the file is greatly appreciated.
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Have you already flashed the eb01 modem via odin?
M00NEY said:
I am struggling with an issue that hit me today.
I am unable to use Rom Manager to install JT's bootanimation kernel. It downloads fine but upon reboot, the phone hangs forever at the SAMSUNG splash screen. I have updated to the new red CWM, and am wondering if that is not part of the problem, but regardless, I'd like to switch over to that kernel...
So - does anyone have a link they can provide? I would like to DL and install via CWM, but I am not familiar with where Rom Manager puts the files to try to get at them that way...
Any assistance in getting the file is greatly appreciated.
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Ok I'll do my best to describe where they are. Sd card/clockwork mod/downloads. Now from here I have some of jt's stuff in a couple of different places so u just have to open them up and look. But two of them I can remember of the top of my head are. deodexed.com and galaxysense.com. And sonofskywalker3 stuff is under androiddoes.net
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15962248/bootani_kernel.zip
designed for DL30, but I have used it on EB01. Use at your own risk. It has no support for startup sounds.
Is the one in rom manager meant for eb01? Trying to fing a non-voodoo kernel to always boot to red and don't want to do voodoo(yet).
try downloading it and not using rom manager to reboot the phone to recovery, use the power off screen to get there or do it manually. then in cwm navigate to the folder your downloads in.

modified services.jar = endless boot

Hey all.
So, I'm running Audacity B2 on my G2, and I've attempted to load up this modified services.jar file here, using both methods. I'm technical myself, so I tried the manual way first. Followed the steps exactly, and when I rebooted, I never (well, at least not for about 10 minutes that I waited!) got past the flying blocks of color boot screen for Audacity. Seemed to be stuck.
So I tried the CWM zip install method as well, same result. /Sigh. I really didn't expect this to be where I got stuck! Anybody have any thoughts as to what possibly is going on?
The only way I can get back to a working phone is to re-flash Audacity B2, then it will boot. Really wanting to try out V6 Supercharger, but can't get past this first step, which should be the easy one.
Thanks for any insight.
I had this issue today too. I reflashed B2 and gapps, booted, set up google account and apps, flashed new services.jar and after that everything works.
Interesting! So by "flashed new services.jar", I take that to mean you used the zip install via recovery, not manually moving the file?
I'll give that a shot and see what happens....
Thanks!
If you manually move the file make sure you set the proper permissions and ownerships. Also make sure you check the MD5sum of each download with what the site reports.
Either of those may cause issues that will likely boot loop you.
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[Q] Freegs4 issues

So i just installed the freegs4 rom and i have done everything according to the forums including reverting my twrp installer and it installs and works just fine until i have to restart the device. As soon as the device is restarted it freezes at the samsung splash screen and i have to wipe the rom again and reinstall. Ii can use it until i have to reboot then it same thing all over again
bigdaddybx2 said:
So i just installed the freegs4 rom and i have done everything according to the forums including reverting my twrp installer and it installs and works just fine until i have to restart the device. As soon as the device is restarted it freezes at the samsung splash screen and i have to wipe the rom again and reinstall. Ii can use it until i have to reboot then it same thing all over again
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Make sure you dont have a bad download. Also try flashing a different kernel. Btw this goes in the question section
ROMANTiC KiD said:
Make sure you dont have a bad download. Also try flashing a different kernel. Btw this goes in the question section
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I have tried different downloads and when i use a different kernel the wifi will not turn on, i have also done the md5 validation on the rom and its fine. sorry about posting in the wrong area im new to this.
Sounds like your phone might be in factory mode.. Did you wipe EFS in recovery?
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bigdaddybx2 said:
So i just installed the freegs4 rom and i have done everything according to the forums including reverting my twrp installer and it installs and works just fine until i have to restart the device. As soon as the device is restarted it freezes at the samsung splash screen and i have to wipe the rom again and reinstall. Ii can use it until i have to reboot then it same thing all over again
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When it freezes on that first reboot, try a battery pull and see if it will boot. If it doesn't, try another battery pull.
Mine actually did that a few times too (freeze on the SAMSUNG screen after first reboot).
freegs4
i have a question i had 2.0 working great.
i have tryed to update to 3.0 multible times.
i went from stock md5 right to 3.0 and have issues with the phone rebooting it works ok but once restarted it will not start back up. i also cant get wifi to work.
i have even downgraded to twrp 5.0.2.
i have flashed my phone back to stock md5, than root than wipe everthing than 3.0 and same issues.
i flashed back to stock md5, than root than stock md9 than wipe than 3.0 still issues
i flashed to rooted and odexed md9 wipe than 3.0 still issues.
i have download both direct and torrent and still stumped why the phone freezes after it reboots and no wifi at all after installation.
anyone have any clues?
tabodt said:
i have a question i had 2.0 working great.
i have tryed to update to 3.0 multible times.
i went from stock md5 right to 3.0 and have issues with the phone rebooting it works ok but once restarted it will not start back up. i also cant get wifi to work.
i have even downgraded to twrp 5.0.2.
i have flashed my phone back to stock md5, than root than wipe everthing than 3.0 and same issues.
i flashed back to stock md5, than root than stock md9 than wipe than 3.0 still issues
i flashed to rooted and odexed md9 wipe than 3.0 still issues.
i have download both direct and torrent and still stumped why the phone freezes after it reboots and no wifi at all after installation.
anyone have any clues?
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Try a different kernel
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So i got my phone replaced and installed the software on it and im no longer having the issue i stated above but i do have a new issue with the call recording. I installed it through the aroma installer and then used update me to install it manually like i was reading in the thread. Everytime I try to make a call (with out even pressing the record button) the screen goes black and there is some call recording icon in the left hand side of the status bar. soon after this i get an error that says com.android.phone has stopped. I have tried to reinstall stock with out call recording but it keeps doing it as if the call recording is there. Am i forced to reset and reinstall the rom?
You might want to give Highway55's MF9 ROM a shot. It has the wifi hot spot mod *and* the status bar toggle already built in. I wrote lengthy post on 9/26 detailing my experience with Highway55 along with the simple steps I took to implement the additional mods that I wanted (including call recording).
ROMANTiC KiD said:
Try a different kernel
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Make sure you dont have a bad download. Also try flashing a different kernel. Btw this goes in the question section
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I think the FreeGS4 ROM has its own AGAT custom kernel. So I don't think you want to do that...
And I've had a few issues with V3.0.0 myself. I just downgraded back to V2.0.0
Salil999 said:
I think the FreeGS4 ROM has its own AGAT custom kernel. So I don't think you want to do that...
And I've had a few issues with V3.0.0 myself. I just downgraded back to V2.0.0
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Ive had everything running good with chronic kernel and also tested with the kernel it comes with. No problems really.
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I loved the built in ad-blocker, but noticed it interfered with hulu plus, watch ESPN, and sometimes xfinity player. I've since removed the ad blocker, but was wondering if there was a work around so that I could keep the ad blocker, but have it not block ads for these apps? Or is there a way to get these apps to work with the ad-blocker in place?

[Q] Change Boot Animation

Ok, I'm still a noob when it comes to Android.
I have a rooted Sprint S4 on the OTA MJA update and TWRP Recovery 2.6.3.0.
I want to know how to get ROM Toolbox to perform the randomly selected boot animations I have downloaded from ROM Toolbox application itself.
What do I need to do get the random boot animations to work when the phone reboots because it is still showing the same Samsung/Sprint boot animations?
Cookbook instructions please.
TIA
I thought xda was supposed to be the place to go for help, even for noobs, guess I was wrong...not a single reply. :'(
mrrsquared1979 said:
I thought xda was supposed to be the place to go for help, even for noobs, guess I was wrong...not a single reply. :'(
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XDA favors those who search. It's NOT a support/help site. Though most go out of their way to help those that help themselves.
Okay </preach>
So you can try starting here. This enabled me to use my cutom boot animation zips. One thing to make sure is that you have the right screen size on any images (1080 1920) you are planning on using for this device - wrong screen size can send you into a bootloop that requires a nandroid restore.
And here.
With the stock (Odexed) ROMs it is often more difficult to use custom boot animations they might not always work (or you'll have to delete the qmg files first)
leaderbuilder said:
XDA favors those who search. It's NOT a support/help site. Though most go out of their way to help those that help themselves.
Okay </preach>
So you can try starting here. This enabled me to use my cutom boot animation zips. One thing to make sure is that you have the right screen size on any images (1080 1920) you are planning on using for this device - wrong screen size can send you into a bootloop that requires a nandroid restore.
And here.
With the stock (Odexed) ROMs it is often more difficult to use custom boot animations they might not always work (or you'll have to delete the qmg files first)
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Seems I am getting farther down the rabbit hole, now running TriForceROM 5.0 and that has proved to have an improved battery life.
mrrsquared1979 said:
Seems I am getting farther down the rabbit hole, now running TriForceROM 5.0 and that has proved to have an improved battery life.
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You may need the ktoonsez kernel from the TF5.0 aroma. Then download the boot animation you want from your Rom Manager then install through your recovery, wipe cache and dalvik and fix permissions, reboot.
Haven't done this yet on TF5.0 but that's exactly how I did it on the last release. Went with the golden skull and bones. Not sure if you can get it to toss up a random one on each reboot though on the S4. Think RM was focused on a different set of phones altogether so maybe all the options in it won't play nice with the S4, just thinking out loud.
Or do what leaderbuilder said
I'm still trying to make my own, have to make time though. A lot of it.
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I seem to really like the one where the android is urinating on the Apple.

[q] possible brick? Error loop

Hi guys!
Yesterday, i used towelroot to root my phone, and installed Safestrap with TWRP as my recovery.
I booted my phone after everything was done, and it worked fine. This is where i screw up... I installed Softkeyz (I thought it might work for the Note 3, but...)
After i installed Softkeyz, and rebooted the phone, my status bar was gone, the background was blue and my task manager didnt work. I went back into the softkeyz app and clicked the "backup" button, wich is said to revert everything back to normal. It didnt.
When i booted my phone after the backup, I still had the same problem.
I then did a Titanium Backup, and went into recovery to factory-reset. it seemed to work, but when my phone boots, I get to the languane selection screen, and then this pops up: "KeyguardTestActivity has stopped". If I click 'OK', the same message pops up and im unable to click "next" or select a language.
I went back into recovey, wiped dalvik, wiped cache, I event formated /data in case there was any virus or anything I had downloaded, did a factory reset, and it stil doesnt work....
I had a ROM on my phone, but it used AROMA so that doesnt work with Safetrap... Now my memory is clean, my phone wont boot, and I cant move any files to the SD-card through regular MTP. I guess I have to use ADB (safetrap can sideload ADB) but I have no idea how to use that, and I have no idea what ROM to use, to get my phone up and running.
I use my phone for work and for studies, and the only reason I wanted to root was for AD-blocker and better batterylife...Now I've messed up..
I've tried searching google and the forums, but cant seem to find any fix. Can anyone out there help me? Please?
EDIT: If i boot the phone WITHOUT the simcard, the error message is gone, but if the screen locks, then in wont unlock. Taskmanager still doesnt work. I managed to get to phone running though, but without taskamanager and a working lock-button.... any help?
EDIT2: after rebooting without the simcard, the same error shows...
ipwngeek said:
Hi guys!
Yesterday, i used towelroot to root my phone, and installed Safestrap with TWRP as my recovery.
I booted my phone after everything was done, and it worked fine. This is where i screw up... I installed Softkeyz (I thought it might work for the Note 3, but...)
After i installed Softkeyz, and rebooted the phone, my status bar was gone, the background was blue and my task manager didnt work. I went back into the softkeyz app and clicked the "backup" button, wich is said to revert everything back to normal. It didnt.
When i booted my phone after the backup, I still had the same problem.
I then did a Titanium Backup, and went into recovery to factory-reset. it seemed to work, but when my phone boots, I get to the languane selection screen, and then this pops up: "KeyguardTestActivity has stopped". If I click 'OK', the same message pops up and im unable to click "next" or select a language.
I went back into recovey, wiped dalvik, wiped cache, I event formated /data in case there was any virus or anything I had downloaded, did a factory reset, and it stil doesnt work....
I had a ROM on my phone, but it used AROMA so that doesnt work with Safetrap... Now my memory is clean, my phone wont boot, and I cant move any files to the SD-card through regular MTP. I guess I have to use ADB (safetrap can sideload ADB) but I have no idea how to use that, and I have no idea what ROM to use, to get my phone up and running.
I use my phone for work and for studies, and the only reason I wanted to root was for AD-blocker and better batterylife...Now I've messed up..
I've tried searching google and the forums, but cant seem to find any fix. Can anyone out there help me? Please?
EDIT: If i boot the phone WITHOUT the simcard, the error message is gone, but if the screen locks, then in wont unlock. Taskmanager still doesnt work. I managed to get to phone running though, but without taskamanager and a working lock-button.... any help?
EDIT2: after rebooting without the simcard, the same error shows...
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Hello again ok so I don't know a great deal about the note 3 or safestrap. But you have a few options here.
if I'm not mistaken the note 3 takes an external SDcard? can you not copy a compatible Rom using a card reader and install from recovery?
I also believe Fastboot works with note3 but not sure how. you could use this to flash a recovery that will work with the Rom on the phone.
or as drastic measure you could adb pull your data and flash it with Odin. flashing with Odin will wipe everything and return you note3 to out of the box condition.
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Danny201281 said:
Hello again ok so I don't know a great deal about the note 3 or safestrap. But you have a few options here.
if I'm not mistaken the note 3 takes an external SDcard? can you not copy a compatible Rom using a card reader and install from recovery?
I also believe Fastboot works with note3 but not sure how. you could use this to flash a recovery that will work with the Rom on the phone.
or as drastic measure you could adb pull your data and flash it with Odin. flashing with Odin will wipe everything and return you note3 to out of the box condition.
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Hey man!
I'm so embarassed I didn't think of the SD card... Now my only problem is that I cant seem to find a ROM that will work... I tried the heisenberg one, but it says "failed" when trying to flash it...
EDIT2: It seems as its my lockscreen that is broken. would that be assosiated with the Kernal? I got a ROM, and it worked, but the same error still occurs..I'm thinking that the Softkeyz-app messed with my kernel, and now killed the phoes lockscreen/kernal. Need a new kernel I guess... but thats messing with something I've never done... any stock kernel?
Danny201281 said:
Hello again ok so I don't know a great deal about the note 3 or safestrap. But you have a few options here.
if I'm not mistaken the note 3 takes an external SDcard? can you not copy a compatible Rom using a card reader and install from recovery?
I also believe Fastboot works with note3 but not sure how. you could use this to flash a recovery that will work with the Rom on the phone.
or as drastic measure you could adb pull your data and flash it with Odin. flashing with Odin will wipe everything and return you note3 to out of the box condition.
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Greeeat... I tried flashing the Pacman rom, everything seemed ok, but now i can only boot into the safestrap recovery, and when trying to boot into the system, both with pacman and after trying to wipe everything, it just goes into a black screen...
ipwngeek said:
Greeeat... I tried flashing the Pacman rom, everything seemed ok, but now i can only boot into the safestrap recovery, and when trying to boot into the system, both with pacman and after trying to wipe everything, it just goes into a black screen...
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sorry dude don't know what to suggest, I don't know safestrap, is it necessary to use or can you use a normal recovery? Safestrap seems very different compared with a normal recovery as it bypasses locked bootloaders and allows for multibooting roms. Are you sure you set it up correctly? Did you make a recovery backup before you started flashing anything?
personally best answer I can give you right now is flash an ruu with Odin to get your phone working, then try rooting again after you've researched it a bit.
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The link below has a list of stock firmware. Find the correct one for your phone model and download it. At the bottom of the page there is also a link to download Odin and the phone drivers if you need them. As long as you can boot to download mode you can unbrick from pritty much anything with this.
http://www.androidrootz.com/p/galaxy-note-3-stock-firmwares.html?m=1
You can also use Odin to root and install CWM recovery. There's a guide in the link below for this
http://wccftech.com/how-to-root-and-install-cwm-on-galaxy-note-3-sm-900/
Good luck man
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Danny201281 said:
sorry dude don't know what to suggest, I don't know safestrap, is it necessary to use or can you use a normal recovery? Safestrap seems very different compared with a normal recovery as it bypasses locked bootloaders and allows for multibooting roms. Are you sure you set it up correctly? Did you make a recovery backup before you started flashing anything?
personally best answer I can give you right now is flash an ruu with Odin to get your phone working, then try rooting again after you've researched it a bit.
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The link below has a list of stock firmware. Find the correct one for your phone model and download it. At the bottom of the page there is also a link to download Odin and the phone drivers if you need them. As long as you can boot to download mode you can unbrick from pritty much anything with this.
http://www.androidrootz.com/p/galaxy-note-3-stock-firmwares.html?m=1
You can also use Odin to root and install CWM recovery. There's a guide in the link below for this
http://wccftech.com/how-to-root-and-install-cwm-on-galaxy-note-3-sm-900/
Good luck man
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I'm working on a Odin now... lets hope it works... ghaa...
ipwngeek said:
I'm working on a Odin now... lets hope it works... ghaa...
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As long as you have correct firmware should be fine, wrong firmware won't flash though so don't panick about that
also make sure you run Odin as administrator and use default options don't tick any boxes manually
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ipwngeek said:
I'm working on a Odin now... lets hope it works... ghaa...
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and the verdict?
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Danny201281 said:
and the verdict?
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I'm the worst guy ever,... totally forgot to answer (to be honest, I thought I replied, but my phone didnt actually send the message!)
It worked well! I now just got a LG G3 though, so yaay!

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