I maintain a ROM for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus and wanted to see if I could do anything for VZW users who have MMS issues. Try the following methods in order until you can (hopefully) send/receive MMS.
Disclaimer:
I'm not responsible for your device blowing up, yadda yadda yadda. Also I'm on Sprint, so I can only do so much to help.
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Method 1:
Flash SlimKat's Verizon APNs
Reboot to recovery and flash SLIM_APNS.zip.
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Method 2:
Reset APNs
Go to Settings - Mobile Networks - Access Point Names - 3 dot menu in the upper right - select Reset To Default.
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Method 3:
Flash Phone Number-specific APNs
This script I created will add your phone number to the APNs file and create a flashable zip for you. The APNs file is from LiquidSmooth and the magic line has been moved up to the top so that you don't need to hunt for it.
Instructions:
1) Ensure you have a zip binary, likely located at /system/xbin. If not, flash zip_binary_flashable.zip from recovery.
2) Ensure you have busybox. Stericson's 1.22.1 definitely works: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox. Others may not, try Stericson's before reporting problems.
3) Unzip the vzw_apn_patch zip to an empty folder on your sdcard
4) Edit phone.txt with your 10-digit phone number (no dashes, no "1" at the beginning)
5) Open an Android Terminal
6) Run "cd /sdcard/your_folder"
7) Run "sh patch.sh"
8) Reboot to recovery and flash PATCHED_APNS.zip
Source for idea: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50958379&postcount=86
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My other projects:
LiquidSmooth-OFFICIAL for maguro: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...m-official-liquidsmooth-kitkat-4-4-3-t2667078
LiquidSmooth-OFFICIAL for toro: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...m-liquidsmooth-v3-1-kitkat4-4-3-toro-t2575560
LiquidSmooth-OFFICIAL for toroplus: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...m-official-liquidsmooth-kitkat-4-4-3-t2672510
LiquidSmooth-UNOFFICIAL for maguro: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...aguro-toro-t2793275/post53641446#post53641446
LiquidSmooth-UNOFFICIAL for toro: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/verizon-develop/rom-liquidsmooth-v3-1-toro-t2793284
LiquidSmooth-UNOFFICIAL for toroplus: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/sprint-develop/rom-liquidsmooth-v3-1-toroplus-t2793281
LiquidSmooth-UNOFFICIAL for grouper: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2709385
F2FS Converter tools for Galaxy Nexus ROMs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/development/tool-galaxy-nexus-ext4-to-f2fs-rom-t2794702
F2FS Converter tools for grouper ROMs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-7/development/tool-grouper-ext4-to-f2fs-rom-converter-t2801653
Ting APNs to fix LTE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/ting-flashable-zip-fixed-lte-android-4-t2428999
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poo706 said:
I maintain a ROM for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus and was alerted to this APN modification that fixes MMS issues which seem to plague many toro users: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50958379&postcount=86 . So I decided to whip up a quick script for the Android terminal that will add your phone number to the APNs file and place it on /system/etc for you. The APNs file is from LiquidSmooth and the magic line has been moved up to the top so that you don't need to hunt for it.
Instructions:
1) Unzip vzw_apn_patch.zip to an empty folder on your sdcard
2) Edit phone.txt with your phone number (no dashes)
3) Open an Android Terminal
4) Run "su"
5) Run "cd /sdcard/<your folder>"
6) Run "sh patch.sh"
Let's start with this for now. I can add Windows and Linux/Mac versions if anyone would want that. I can also have my script create a flashable zip for the APNs file.
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A flashable APN zip would be really nice.
Thanks for getting this out there for us!
DR3W5K1 said:
A flashable APN zip would be really nice.
Thanks for getting this out there for us!
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Can do! I'll see what I can do tomorrow.
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hmm i'm failing some where probably
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Can do! I'll see what I can do tomorrow.
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so i tried this, thanks for the fix btw.
I put in the number with no dashes or 1 at the begining (i tried with the 1 at first and it wasn't working(all the run commands etc went through but after reboot, mms on 3g still not sending
so after taking out the 1 at begining of the number in the phone.txt file.. running the steps of commands and seeing poo's script(?) do it's thing in the terminal: after another reboot when terminal requested the mms on 3g still would not send, using 8sms app, hmmm any ideas what might be going wrong?
I am using latest clean install version of cmremix.. toro gnexus, THANKS!
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so i tried this, thanks for the fix btw.
I put in the number with no dashes or 1 at the begining (i tried with the 1 at first and it wasn't working(all the run commands etc went through but after reboot, mms on 3g still not sending
so after taking out the 1 at begining of the number in the phone.txt file.. running the steps of commands and seeing poo's script(?) do it's thing in the terminal: after another reboot when terminal requested the mms on 3g still would not send, using 8sms app, hmmm any ideas what might be going wrong?
I am using latest clean install version of cmremix.. toro gnexus, THANKS!
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So you ended up running the script twice, first with a "1" at the beginning, then without? And you didn't delete everything in the folder before trying the second time? Not saying that you necessarily should have, I'm just not sure how my rather simple script would handle such a case.
Take a look at /system/etc/apns-conf.xml. Does the first APN line correctly match:
<apn carrier="LTE - Verizon Internet" mcc="311" mnc="480" apn="VZWINTERNET" type="default,supl,mms,dun" user="your number[/B][/U]@vzwpix.com" password="null" server="null" mmsc="http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms?X-VZW-MDN=your number" protocol="IPV4V6" roaming_protocol="IPV4V6" bearer="14" />
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So you ended up running the script twice, first with a "1" at the beginning, then without? And you didn't delete everything in the folder before trying the second time? Not saying that you necessarily should have, I'm just not sure how my rather simple script would handle such a case.
Take a look at /system/etc/apns-conf.xml. Does the first APN line correctly match:
<apn carrier="LTE - Verizon Internet" mcc="311" mnc="480" apn="VZWINTERNET" type="default,supl,mms,dun" user="your number[/B][/U]@vzwpix.com" password="null" server="null" mmsc="http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms?X-VZW-MDN=your number" protocol="IPV4V6" roaming_protocol="IPV4V6" bearer="14" />
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great reply! so i checked and the 1 is still in there in the number(in the xml file you had me check), I must have messed up the process or something, can I fix it? I tried to re-run the first time and it confirmed that it worked and prompted reboot etc, you think I should try again or did I miff it up by doing something i shouldn't have in the first place:/ ha sorry for the hassle!
To be clear when I went back into the phone.text file on the sd card in the folder, I was unable to edit from the phone(rookie move probably) so I plugged into laptop and still couldn't edit it so I deleted the file directly off the (phone.txt) then created a new phone.txt file on the desktop put in correct number no 1 this time or dashes of course. hmmmmm
Then put file in folder and reran scripts in terminal and rebooted and here we are hmmm
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great reply! so i checked and the 1 is still in there in the number(in the xml file you had me check), I must have messed up the process or something, can I fix it? I tried to re-run the first time and it confirmed that it worked and prompted reboot etc, you think I should try again or did I miff it up by doing something i shouldn't have in the first place:/ ha sorry for the hassle!
To be clear when I went back into the phone.text file on the sd card in the folder, I was unable to edit from the phone(rookie move probably) so I plugged into laptop and still couldn't edit it so I deleted the file directly off the (phone.txt) then created a new phone.txt file on the desktop put in correct number no 1 this time or dashes of course. hmmmmm
Then put file in folder and reran scripts in terminal and rebooted and here we are hmmm
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When you run the script, it takes the template xml, adds in your phone number, and renames it to apns-conf.xml. Then this gets copied over to /system/etc which is where it needs to be. But my script doesn't delete that apns-conf.xml from your sdcard. So when you reran it the second time, it may have not created the new apns-conf.xml because the old one was still there. And then the script just recopied the old one to /system/etc. I think if you delete apns-conf.xml from the sdcard and start over, you'll probably get it this time.
Clearly I still have some tweaking to do. Thank you very much for the feedback by the way.
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poo706 said:
When you run the script, it takes the template xml, adds in your phone number, and renames it to apns-conf.xml. Then this gets copied over to /system/etc which is where it needs to be. But my script doesn't delete that apns-conf.xml from your sdcard. So when you reran it the second time, it may have not created the new apns-conf.xml because the old one was still there. And then the script just recopied the old one to /system/etc. I think if you delete apns-conf.xml from the sdcard and start over, you'll probably get it this time.
Clearly I still have some tweaking to do. Thank you very much for the feedback by the way.
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Sweet, thanks so much! I'm gonna see if I can get it done now ehe. I will report back, if it works and if not I can always restore nandroid:good:
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Sweet, thanks so much! I'm gonna see if I can get it done now ehe. I will report back, if it works and if not I can always restore nandroid:good:
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Reflashing your ROM would work too.
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Reflashing your ROM would work too.
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hah didn't think of that, perfect!
So i reran the script after deleteing the apn file and confirming it was gone etc, now looking at the html file as before i see the 1 is in fact not there so yay, but mms isn't sending, well it says still sending, although sms does work hmm
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i tried with stock messaging at that last time, I will try with 8sms now
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K, so the verdict is it's not sending I can add myself to the mms (group) message or whatever and I receive it but the other people do not hmm, I would love to be able to use mms and 3g instead of only 4g on a lot of these ROMS:highfive:
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hah didn't think of that, perfect!
So i reran the script after deleteing the apn file and confirming it was gone etc, now looking at the html file as before i see the 1 is in fact not there so yay, but mms isn't sending, well it says still sending, although sms does work hmm
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i tried with stock messaging at that last time, I will try with 8sms now
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This all started with @swarlesbarkely: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54464793&postcount=57. You might want to contact him, I'm actually on sprint not verizon. I know that he did say in that link that 8sms worked for him.
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Edit: Actually, it looks like he said he got 8 mms messages...
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This all started with @swarlesbarkely: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54464793&postcount=57. You might want to contact him, I'm actually on sprint not verizon. I know that he did say in that link that 8sms worked for him.
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Edit: Actually, it looks like he said he got 8 mms messages...
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cool cool! thanks for the info and efforts! If figure out what I'm doing wrong or anything I'll make a post
New version of the tool added to the OP. It's much more elegant now. It'll remove old files that will conflict first if they exist, put your phone number in the APNs file, create a flashable zip, and output the APN line in question so that you can verify that it was substituted correctly. The script will NOT go ahead and replace your APNs on /system like the last one did, you need to flash the zip from recovery. Make sure to read the updated instructions in the OP.
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I don't know if this will help, but I was one of those Toro users who was having MMS issues on Liquid's KK roms. MMS would send/receive on 4g but not on 3g (or lower). This was particularly vexing and noticeable to me because I spend a large amount of time in marginal data areas and deal with a sizable number of group texts. (And before I get jumped on, I understand not every user has the issue). I tried every suggestion I saw to get MMS to function but nothing worked (assorted text clients, playing with APNs, etc). Based on a suggestion in one of the threads, I switched over to the SlimKat rom. I haven't had any MMS issues on 5.9 or 6.6 (the only two I have tried thus far).
Slim uses a proprietary gapps set, Liquid points you to the standard PA gapps. I would not think that is a factor, but I mention it just in case.
I say this not to praise one rom over another, but if one of you master coders could figure out what Slim is doing vs. what Liquid is doing, it may help get to the bottom of the issue.
GherkinSavorus said:
I don't know if this will help, but I was one of those Toro users who was having MMS issues on Liquid's KK roms. MMS would send/receive on 4g but not on 3g (or lower). This was particularly vexing and noticeable to me because I spend a large amount of time in marginal data areas and deal with a sizable number of group texts. (And before I get jumped on, I understand not every user has the issue). I tried every suggestion I saw to get MMS to function but nothing worked (assorted text clients, playing with APNs, etc). Based on a suggestion in one of the threads, I switched over to the SlimKat rom. I haven't had any MMS issues on 5.9 or 6.6 (the only two I have tried thus far).
Slim uses a proprietary gapps set, Liquid points you to the standard PA gapps. I would not think that is a factor, but I mention it just in case.
I say this not to praise one rom over another, but if one of you master coders could figure out what Slim is doing vs. what Liquid is doing, it may help get to the bottom of the issue.
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My gut tells me that this is not a gapps issue and that it's an APN problem. I downloaded slim's latest toro build and looked at their APNs and they are significantly different than LS's.
So let's try this... I put Slim's APNs file into a flashable zip. Those of you that have MMS problems, try flashing the attached zip and see what happens.
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poo706 said:
So let's try this... I put Slim's APNs file into a flashable zip. Those of you that have MMS problems, try flashing the attached zip and see what happens.
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testing slims now.. will report back..
ive attached the verizon section of the apn file from my rom. if you compare, you can see that slims is quite similar, but adds more duplicate entries with different "bearers." hmm..
HOLY PISS BALLS IT WORKS. skjehkzdjrgblidurgdlirgb WOOT. AND it even worked WITH wifi connected,
gohamstergo said:
testing slims now.. will report back..
ive attached the verizon section of the apn file from my rom. if you compare, you can see that slims is quite similar, but adds more duplicate entries with different "bearers." hmm..
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Do you have working MMS on your ROM and what ROM are you talking about?
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Do you have working MMS on your ROM and what ROM are you talking about?
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MMS was previously NOT working for me at home on the east coast. i mention this because it DID work in alaska, which makes me suspect that Verizon changed their APNs at some point and the 3rd party carrier in alaska (alaska communications) still uses the older APNs.
ROM in sig: CM-REMIX on toro. Now, tested multiple times and working, even with Wifi on.
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MMS was previously NOT working for me at home on the east coast. i mention this because it DID work in alaska, which makes me suspect that Verizon changed their APNs at some point and the 3rd party carrier in alaska (alaska communications) still uses the older APNs.
ROM in sig: CM-REMIX on toro. Now, tested multiple times and working, even with Wifi on.
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Well I'll be damned. Who knew that getting past this vzw mms bug was just a matter of using slim's apns?!?! If we could get a few more people to confirm this, I think we can run with it!
NOOICE key and peele reference by the way. I just texted "nooice" to my gf yesterday.
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Well I'll be damned. Who knew that getting past this vzw mms bug was just a matter of using slim's apns?!?! If we could get a few more people to confirm this, I think we can run with it!
NOOICE key and peele reference by the way. I just texted "nooice" to my gf yesterday.
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Ya, I had no idea it was such a simple fix afterall! haha. I really do hope it works for people and they find this thread. I've been spreading it around in threads I remember people having issues.
and heck ya, key and peele are hilarious
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well after talkin to htc and verizon for a few hours , i found out y the mms messeges werent being sent,, its cuz when we ported the sprint roms it changed the MMSC URL
to sprintpcsmms it should be http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms"
so its tryin to send them through sprint
the problem is tryin to edit it , but im sure there are people here who can figure it out
we need the url for verizon http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms
if u have stock mms apk u can see this in settings /connections
im wondering if we take out the apn from the rom we are porting put ours in its place ,resign the rom , then port if it will work, has anyone tried this ?
sorry just my two cent on this
already tried it, but heres the info on how to change it. i couldnt tell if it actually worked, the only people i waS ABLE TO test with was the same people who i had no issues with mms
Code:
adb shell
cd /data/data/com*telephony/databases
sqlite3 telephony.db
update carriers set
mmsc='http://mms.sprintpcs.com?X-MDN=YOUR11DIGITNUMBER'
<http://mms.vtext.com/serverlets/mms?X-MDN=YOUR11DIGITNUMBER%27> where
name='Production'
*input your phone number example 13303214294 dont
forget the'*
adb reboot
anonomouse said:
already tried it, but heres the info on how to change it. i couldnt tell if it actually worked, the only people i waS ABLE TO test with was the same people who i had no issues with mms
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adb shell
cd /data/data/com*telephony/databases
sqlite3 telephony.db
update carriers set
mmsc='http://mms.sprintpcs.com?X-MDN=YOUR11DIGITNUMBER'
<http://mms.vtext.com/serverlets/mms?X-MDN=YOUR11DIGITNUMBER%27> where
name='Production'
*input your phone number example 13303214294 dont
forget the'*
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ok my bad i thought they told me something new
nah, its been tried by me a few times, but like i said, feel free to try it. maybe your results will be different
I have tried to send a mms on CyanogenEris and ELB 2.5 Cyanogen, both do not work. I just loaded up ZenEXP-v7 and tried sending one, worked fine. But it has the "HTC" message app not the AOSP one. I think we need to find out what the diffences are.
That connections info is EXACTLY what the APN trick fixes.
It's how I got the first Eris to send a mms msg on Cricket, if you do the apn restore of a verizon ROM, that gets fixed.
pkopalek said:
That connections info is EXACTLY what the APN trick fixes.
It's how I got the first Eris to send a mms msg on Cricket, if you do the apn restore of a verizon ROM, that gets fixed.
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i know how to patch it ,, i used mmszap , i was lookin for a way to fix it and make it stick in a rom
change the apns-conf.xml under settings/etc
anonomouse said:
change the apns-conf.xml under settings/etc
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The fix above fixes sprint sense ROMs.
AOSP roms such as ELB need a source code change, not a APN change. Possibly permissions. I suggest we look at koush's work on the Moto Droid's port of CE for clues.
Ok if I am going to try to use MMSZap what do I need to fill in besides the MMSC url
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Ok if I am going to try to use MMSZap what do I need to fill in besides the MMSC url
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thats it only mmsc i did it and it works
well thats what id did then i exited and it said could not save settings
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well thats what id did then i exited and it said could not save settings
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thats weird it worked for me all i did was put in verizons url
iloveandroid said:
well thats what id did then i exited and it said could not save settings
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go to ur browser, hit menu
choose other scroll to bottom
choose settings
scroll to bottom
choose reset to default
it will clear ur mms setting
u still may need to use apn restore
i just did it and made a back up
now to see if it works on a cooked rom
sorry im just tryin to figure this mms thing out
For those who have AT&T tablets and have issue with using mediahub (it keeps prompting you that there is an update but when clicking OK, Market can't find the update), the trick is to put in your AT&T SIM card (the one that comes with the tab). Market will not find the update until you do so. Even though your original SIM card is not activated, it will still work. Once it finds the update, turn on Wifi and update as usual.
I've also noticed that AT&T tab will appear under Market once you insert the original AT&T SIM (even though it is not activated) and you could access all the AT&T software there.
This doesn't seem to work once you've flashed a Euro rom. I've tried messing with the build prop signature, but I can't get any ATT-specific stuff working, other than the data counter widget.
Now that you have the updated mediahub from AT&T, can you pull the APK off and post it please?
I'm running JMEv4 and I just ripped the MediaHub.apk from the stock ROM. Installed fine, but whenever I try to sign-up, it gives me a location can't be used.
EDIT: Yeah, there's definitely something buggy about it. It's not even loading the thumbnails of movies. And that location error is "Your location is not known or supported." Looks like OP is going to have to upload that updated apk.
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This doesn't seem to work once you've flashed a Euro rom. I've tried messing with the build prop signature, but I can't get any ATT-specific stuff working, other than the data counter widget.
Now that you have the updated mediahub from AT&T, can you pull the APK off and post it please?
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Good to know..Have you tried changing sales_code.dat to ATT? It is the current value on origin AT&T tab. You will also need to Clear data under Market, MediaHub and Media storage. Not sure if you need to reboot.
Dunno which version this one is but it is from the most recent AT&T tablet and it's working (this is after the update prompt from market).
Here is build.prop that works with the above MediaHub.apk
Cool! I'll give it a try!
EDIT: Same issue as I had with my APK. Gotta be some other setting. I even changed the sales_code.dat to ATT from KOR.
What is ATT MediaHub? can someone please explain.
Thanks
dg5976 said:
What is ATT MediaHub? can someone please explain.
Thanks
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It is like itunes for the tab. The reason everyone wants to get this to work is because ATT tabs came with a $50 credit towards movie rentals.
The problem is that once you flash your rom you can't update Media Hub and you can't sign into media hub anymore.
There is a nice group of us that have this $50 credit and can't use it. Kind of pissing me off personally. Still trying to find a fix for this.
Thanks everyone who is trying.
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Dunno which version this one is but it is from the most recent AT&T tablet and it's working (this is after the update prompt from market).
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Just tried this APK and it still prompts for an update from the market (of which it can't find). This is with the build.prop that was posted as well. TiBu shows this MediaHub as version 108.
silversubie said:
Dunno which version this one is but it is from the most recent AT&T tablet and it's working (this is after the update prompt from market).
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Where did you pull that from (out of curiousity)?
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Where did you pull that from (out of curiousity)?
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From the virgin AT&T tab /system/app/ after I upgraded MediaHub when was prompted.
agentdr8 said:
This doesn't seem to work once you've flashed a Euro rom. I've tried messing with the build prop signature, but I can't get any ATT-specific stuff working, other than the data counter widget.
Now that you have the updated mediahub from AT&T, can you pull the APK off and post it please?
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I'm using JME and the attached MediaHub and build.prop. I can't update but I could use MediaHub. The trick is turn off Wifi (so it won't prompt you for update), launch MH, turn Wifi back on and enjoy
Hm. Do you happen to see another MH.apk inside /data/app?
Did you install the build.prop into the system directory on JME firmware? What do I need to do to get it to work on JME firmware?
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Hm. Do you happen to see another MH.apk inside /data/app?
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Here we go...unzip and drop it into/replace the one in /data/app/
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Here we go...unzip and drop it into/replace the one in /data/app/
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Hm. Still having the same problem I was originally having.
Anyone else have luck with the JME rom?
Here are the steps for me on JME v4
1. Install MediaHub posted by OP
2. Replace builds.prop with OP's
3. Update sales_code.dat to ATT (not sure if this is needed but I did it)
4. Clear data/cache for MediaHub, Market and Media Storage
5. Replace /data/app/com.sdgtl.mediahub.p1.att-1.apk with OP's
6. Start MH
It is no longer prompt me to update. I haven't bought anything but I could watch preview clip fine.
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Here are the steps for me on JME v4
1. Install MediaHub posted by OP
2. Replace builds.prop with OP's
3. Update sales_code.dat to ATT (not sure if this is needed but I did it)
4. Clear data/cache for MediaHub, Market and Media Storage
5. Replace /data/app/com.sdgtl.mediahub.p1.att-1.apk with OP's
6. Start MH
It is no longer prompt me to update. I haven't bought anything but I could watch preview clip fine.
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Wow! That actually worked! Thanks both of you guys!
Couple of quick questions for those of us who don't know the file structure yet:
Where do I put the builds.prop file?
How do you update the sales_code.dat file?
Thanks,
Richard
I am starting this because there is not a lot of support for the Cricket Epics..
So I will start one with all the things I have learned from having to do this all myself.. I am aware there is some major differences when dealing with a flashed phone. So we as Cricket users no what to do. Thanks I hope everyone enjoys.
First post mms.
This is all from n8dogg4life and I take no creidet at all for it!
Just like all the other threads, I am not responsible for what you do with your phone, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
So after not having MMS for around 7 months, I am now able to send and recieve MMS thanks to some help from jpond83 over at cricketusers.com where he/she uploaded a CWM backup of his setup. Here is the link http://www.cricketusers.com/sprint-s...#axzz1dtgugG00
And his post is #88.
As soon as I restored his backup, I tested MMS and everything worked flawlessly. I on the other hand like the CleanGB rom by toadlife so I extracted some files from jpond83's "Cricket rom" and implemented it into my CleanGB setup and it still works great. So lets get started.
Please note I have tested this on my Epic 4g twice going through these steps exactly and it has work both times, I am using CleanGB rom so experience may differ with other roms/Android versions. Let me know if this works for you.
UPDATE: I have recently found out the Pictures are sent just fine, Sounds on the other hand are causing this fix to break completely even if you redo the steps, you must restore your backup and perform them again.
Prerequisites:
Make a backup within CWM just in case
An Epic 4g with root and your choice of GB EI22
A way to access system files ie. Root Explorer
APN Backup & Restore from the Android Market
Download the attached ZIP onto SDcard (Contains required files)
Step 1) Open APN Backup & Restore and create a backup of your APN setup.
Step 2) Copy cricketapns-20111115203127.xml from the download folder into the ApnBackupRestore folder on your SDcard. APN Backup & Restore should create this folder.
Step 3) Open APN Backup & Restore and restore cricketapns-20111115203127.xml
The following 3 steps were performed in Root Explorer.
Step 4) Next, rename three files by adding ".XXX" without quotes to the end of each file located in this directory.
/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/
These are the files you are looking for.
cdmatelephony.db
mmssms.db
telephony.db
Step 5) In the downloaded folder, there are 3 files with the same names, copy these files to the same directory since we are replacing them but keeping the old ones just in case.
Step 4) Rename Mms.apk to Mms.apk.XXX located in the following directory.
/system/app/
Step 6) Copy over the Mms.apk from the download into the same directory.
/system/app/
Step 7) Install autostart.apk
Step 8) Reboot your Epic 4g and enjoy (hopefully) sending MMS’s.
I want to thank jpond83 again for his upload and toadlife for the rom. Dont forget to click thanks
Second post Youtube.
I heve had some issues with the Youtube playback over network.
It will work fine over WiFi but not at all over Network, So after lots of frustrating attempts I figured this out..
1 On the phone dial ##3282##
2 Pick "Edit"... It will ask for your msl lock code. Pick "Others" and then "Multimedia"
3 RTSP Proxy Address needs to be 0.0.0.0
4 RTSP Proxy Port needs to be 0
5 HTTPPD Proxy Address needs to be 0.0.0.0
6 HTTPPD Proxy Prot need to be 0
Restart the phone and all is good and working right..
if you are on 2.3.3 (gingerbread)
try 254.254.254.254
0
254.254.254.254
0
you are good to go. or should be
The only things needed to change a rom to cricket is the proper prl
the mms.apk file that i created
phone programmed via QPST
the correct apn settings
the multimedia settings
You can flash any gingerbread rom and use the mms.apk i supplied you just need to make sure the apn settings are correct.
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Also does anyone know if cricket stopped using a proxy because i get full 3g without messing with proxy settings
i get full 3g and mms
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does anyone know if cricket stopped using a proxy because i get full 3g without messing with proxy settings
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There is no proxy needed on the $55 android plan, but as far as I know it is still required for all the other plans
jpond83 said:
The only things needed to change a rom to cricket is the proper prl
the mms.apk file that i created
phone programmed via QPST
the correct apn settings
the multimedia settings
You can flash any gingerbread rom and use the mms.apk i supplied you just need to make sure the apn settings are correct.
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Also does anyone know if cricket stopped using a proxy because i get full 3g without messing with proxy settings
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Which PRL are you using? Also does sending audio clips work for you?
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Which PRL are you using? Also does sending audio clips work for you?
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i will look as soon as i get home. i have not tryed to send audio but can send video
ran into an problem with urban persision (copkids new rom). really nice rom but unable to use ##3282## to edit data setting. i am looking for a fix and will let you no what i find out..
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I am using PRL 35513
i have been running into some of the roms that wont allow changing of the proxy settings, witch you need to do for youtube to work..
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i have been running into some of the roms that wont allow changing of the proxy settings, witch you need to do for youtube to work..
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dose anyone know how to set up an cs rom on a evo 4g work w/ metrpcs mms sending and receiving ! please help i would really like to get this setup asap !
I need the same for Droid 3 running cm9 nightly.. can't install metroff cause its not signed.. metroff 1.3 works on gingerbread
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Disregard..... for some reason theres a metroff 1.3 thats is buggy. i found another metroff 1.3 online that installs fine on gingerbread and ics.. but your ics will still not work but please follow my guide... keep reading this posts and you will find a full working guide. the metroff file that you download should include a mms.apk of 713,586 bytes or 696.86K.
yeah
i got a solution i am working on a guide i will post it when im done with it...
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i got a solution i am working on a guide i will post it when im done with it...
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Really?! Fantastic! Looking forward to that guide!
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MetroPCS MMS Guide On Ice Cream Sandwich
Guide for MetroPCS MMS on IceCreamSandwich written 4/4/2012 blazinbear82 last updated 4/29/2012
There are similar guides to this but nothing written for the ICS and no developers making a Metroff ICS so here is the first ICS guide.
Credit to the Metroff Team. I Just took their files and inserted them directly into the rom.
Confirmed Working Phones and Roms
Droid 3
...Hashcodes Cyanogenmod 9
...Hashcodes [SELFKANG ICS AOSP ROM] "AOKP" (Android Open KANG Project)
Maverick 4.0 (Gingerbread) only sends mms on mms.apk receives on any
HTC Evo 4G
...Decks ICS PB14 Rom
Preface
Have phone flashed to Metropcs with internet and have it rooted.
Needed
1.) Metroff 1.3.zip Download here http://www.mediafire.com/?q83m25ls8p5vnvi.
2.) Rootexplorer.apk I will not post a link for it because its a paid app but i will suggest you go search 4shared
3.) Systemappremover.apk look in 4shared again
4.) Go to the Market and download GoSMS on your phone.
5.) A Good Working Brain
6.) And Some time
Instructions:
Step 1.) Install systemappremover... open... choose system apps... find the stock mms app and remove. This is necessary.
Step 2.) Download Metroff.zip (look at the link above.)
Step 3.) Boot using safestrap... should also work with other recoveries like clockwork
Step 4.) Install zip from sdcard..(choose metroff 1.3 zip file)
At this point if you reboot and your mms is working than you are golden. The Metroff.zip file works as it should for your rom. You may stop reading and enjoy your mms. Thanks Metroff team. If not continue with the guide.
If it did not work for you than at this point you will probably only get a starting run on build.prop (one of the files that needs to get modified).
Step 5.) Boot your phone up and download rootexplorer.apk and install and open i think (u might find it using 4shared perhaps).
Step 6.) Extract the Metroff 1.3 zip file (the one you downloaded earlier and ran in safestrap/clockwork. It will probably be under your download directory in your internal sdcard i would look under /sdcard/downloads.) Extract by holding the file for a couple seconds to bring up options. Choose extract it will then download to your internal sdcard under /sdcard/extracted.
Step 7.) You will be moving the files from Metroff.zip into the root of your system file. click the mount r/w if you need to write to your root. its the button that sits on top of the root explorer at all times.
Step 8.)Once you have found the extracted files start by going to the data folder find eri.xml and and mpcs.sql
move those to the /data folder of your root. do not go back yet to get the other files stop here. hold a file for couple sec to bring up options and choose permissions check off all the checks. (to be honest i am not sure which files need what permissions so i just gave permissions to all the files included in the metroff zip file)
You may skip the folder called META-INF and the file mpcs.sh (for now) these seem to be files created to make the zip install under recovery. so ignore those. Do install the the mms.apk it is needed, although you will be using gosms which works a whole lot better.
Step 9.) Go to the xbin and pull sqlite3 and replace the sqlite3 that is on the root of your device under system xbin and give full permissions as well.
Step 10.) Go to /system and find build.prop.. hold the file and click open in text editor.
You must edit the following... if its not already named than match it..
ro.product.brand = metropcs
ro.telephony.default network=4
ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric = 310027
ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha = MetroPCS
before exiting hit the menu and save
Step 11.) Notice this wasnt here its a big edit.. go back to the extracted folder find mpcs.sh click it and hit execute..
Step 12.) Go to root/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony find databases folder find telephony.db
this is crucial.. hit view. hit the carriers. you should see a table with different carriers.. somewhere on this list you shoud find numeric 310027
with metropcs information in case for some reason metropcs informaion. if you already have the metropcs information leave it as is. if not you will have to download sqlite editor not free in the market (try 4shared).. and create new record with the following
id.. last in your list or whatever number you wish to give it
name .. MetroPCS
numeric 310027
mcc 310
mnc 027
apn internet
user *
server *
password *
proxy blank
port blank
mmsproxy blank
mmsport blank
mmsc http://mms.metropcs.net/mmsc
mmsc2 blank
authtype -1
type blank
inactivetimer blank
enabled.. 1
iptype blank
class blank
current 1 should change when build prop matches this
spn blank
protocol ip
roaming protocol ip
preloaded true
you should come back to this file after reboot and verify that this is active you will have a 1 in front of current and you should not have a 1 on any other carriers for example verizon in current because your prop.build is saying to use numeric 310027
Step 13.) Download GoSMS from the Playstore (Market).
Open the advance settings tab of GoSMS and choose maximum mms size and choose 500k. (needed)
Again Under GoSMS advanced settings find send settings and check split large messages. (needed)
Step 14.) reboot now.
Test/Troubleshoot
Recheck all the files make sure everyone of those files has permissions at full including the build.prop and make sure the files are where they should be.
I also gave a couple of folders full permissions which were /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony and everything inside of that full permissions.
also data/data/com.android.mms and everything under that full permissions.
Notes
1.) You may edit the /data/eri.xml file after EriText="MetroPCS" or whatever you like this is the text you will see when you do the pull down the window.
2.) I recommend u get the ics theme for gosms to fulfill the ics experience.
3.) The stock mms.apk that you install doesnt seem to work but the gosms does. Stick to that although some mms sometimes go through mms.apk from the metroff file.
3.) Remember to give thanks.
4.) Follow up with me... Tell me what worked for u what didnt work for you so that i can get all the right settings included... I might of missed something. I will comeback and edit. Remember i just played around with the metroff.zip files
5.) If This Worked for you ask for this to be sticky.
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Haven't tried it yet. Does it not work?
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check out my original post .... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1541738..... its just my first thanks from someone else... so yes it works.. i just been working out the quirks of the guide. make it easy for all those who take their time to read.
metroff 1.3
metroff v1.3 does not contain mpcs.sql file what do i do?
use the one in v1.2?
thanks
edit: ive also notice the mmsc address is a little different all prev. ones ive seen include the proxy
MetroPCS APN Settings Guide: from metroprl.blogspot
mmsc includes proxy 3128 and mnc=004
not that this has worked for me ive just done your instructions so ill post results
thanks for the great rom this is a daily driver
edit: just reboote from ruinnig your instruct and the apn i manually configured dissapeared and my wifi is acting scetchy when it was fine.. more to come.
hmmm
please post ur rom and phone u are running I assure u metroff has the mpcs.SQL file which tells me u are not doing something right. when u extract the zip file u should find the files under ur sdcard/extracted...
sorry my typo i meant the eri.xml file i could not find but ive since figured it out my bad
i have an evo 4g hw ver. 004 on metropcs running ics pb22
im in the fort lauderdale fl area
karmakid
Does anyone knows if this will work with nexus s 4g phone is flashed with internet running ICS. Only picture messaging does not work. Also 3G notifi. went away since upgrade. hlp plz
ics on metro
still cant get mms goin ive tried pb14 pb22 and pb23 not sure what im doing wrong.
Q:do i also have to create an apn for this guide to work? once i follow the entire guide i have then been creating an APN according to the settings in metroprl.blogspot. please let me know if this is actualy necessary
i access APN settings by going to voice dialer and saying,"open APNs" and the menu comes up
any suggestions guys? i really wanna use this rom but i need my mms i dont wanna go back to shooter much appreciate any help
i get a random reboot occasionaly otherwise the rom rocks everything els works great
karmakid
edit: THANKS DUUUUDE
no do not create apn
dude dont create apn at all. thats old school when proxy and apn was the way to get internet and mms to work. metropcs no longer works like that. follow my instructions step by step. i recommend u do a data wipe so u get a clean slate to work off of. where in my guide did i post to go use metro blogspot. no where. this is metroff.zip work around pm me if u need help. u got instructions bro.
or even better pm jstlouis1993 he got his pb14 rom working using this method look at the end http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1541738 this thread . his in ur area florida by the way.
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gemgoon said:
Does anyone knows if this will work with nexus s 4g phone is flashed with internet running ICS. Only picture messaging does not work. Also 3G notifi. went away since upgrade. hlp plz
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i guess u will be the first to try it out. let us know. can i ask who flashed it to metro. u or someone else.. if u didnt do it i ask why not... if u wanna learn u got to do stuff urself u only learn by trial and error.
3g is not real in metropcs most places. ur stock rom prolly dosent include a 1x icon so it reverts to the 3g one. the ics rom has a 1x so u will get that instead. i might be wrong but this is very real i know in cali i have no 3g from metro but know that florida texas and new york metro supports 3g so if u were in a real 3g supported area ur icon would go from one 1x to 3g.
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i might be wrong but this is very real i know in cali i have no 3g from metro but know that florida texas and new york metro supports 3g so if u were in a real 3g supported area ur icon would go from one 1x to 3g.
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Atlanta ga too
I had someone at my metro store do a simple flash. They basically changed the esn to the metro network. I followed bloody tut for QPST to get the internet and 3G. I got 3G working. It is available in ATL. apparently ICS will connect to 3g towers if available. Evrything is going except for MMS. any suggestions. if any1 needs help getting any Samsung droid to this point I can help. But I need help with MMS. plz any1.
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blazinbear82 - i did try to use the metroff.zip. at first it would not flash, after some tweaks i got it to flash but still no mms.
To gemgoon http://metropcsflash.blogspot.com/p/samsun-galaxy-s2-metropcs-full-flash.html thats the samsung 4g full flash to metro... i dont want to get to off topic. Guys when u ask for help provide info what phone and rom are u using i want all our phones to be able to use mms. Did u try my metroff manual method not just the flash.. my droid 3 maverick(gingerbread)only sends mms with the mms.apk in the metroff file if i use gosms to send a pic i break the mms and have to reinstall the included mms.apk.. is it possible u are inder froyo still.. in wich case u would of had to use metroff 1.2..
well hello everyone im not sure if this should go here but i found this and noticed it worked right away and i did not find this so thanks to who ever did and thank you so much :laugh:
1st: you will need cm 6.1.1 and the latest cm7 get them here ----> download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=espresso
2ed: Open both cm6.1.1 and cm7 then in Cm6.1.1 find system folder click it, then find etc click it, then find wifi click it then find tiwlan.ini
3ed: Replace your Cm7 tiwlan.ini with Cm6.1.1 tiwlan.ini
4th: Your Cm7's tiwlan.ini should have these numbers Size - 11,232 and Packed - 3,609 make sure its still in zip format
5th: put the fixed cm7 on your root of sd card and then boot in to your recovery make sure you do a back up if you dont have one already
6th: wipe data then go to advance the wipe dalvk cache <----- or how ever you spell it lol
7th: then flash the new cm7 with the wifi fix then reboot and this worked for me
ITS NOT MY FALUT IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM lol
and if it gets to hard for some people i might be able to post the cm7 with the wifi fix but just maybe lol
Shorty, it would be great if you are able to post the cm7 with the fix. i am currently on holiday's and my wifi has all of a sudden decided to act up. I have the CM7 07032011 nightly which was working great, out of the blue it just started to randomly work.
I know the instructions are simply (detailed for noobs which is great) but being on vacation it makes it a bit hard to do so.
Cheers!
cm7 with the wifi fix
well i understand how that is and i hope you are haveing fun on your va-k but here it is its cm7.2.0 and so you know i will have a cm7 build up soon that will look like ics
go to this site -------> http://www.4shared.com/zip/3zVciXz5/cm-720-espresso.html?refurl=d1url
i cant upload it to xda, if it wont download pm me with your email and i will send it to you :angel:
its up for you now and if it works for you please thanks
It is telling me "no file found"
Sending you a PM =)
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It is telling me "no file found"
Sending you a PM =)
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ok well it works for me so try it again i think i have to be signed in and if it still wont work i will send it to you:silly:
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ok well it works for me so try it again i think i have to be signed in and if it still wont work i will send it to you:silly:
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This time, it asked me to register. So I have just registered and downloaded the file w/o a problem. Thanks for that
So I basically follow the above instructions to swap roms right? I changed roms a year ago and it was pretty easy as I just chose CM7 from Rom Manager lol I can't remember exactly how to do it manually
arcybarrios said:
This time, it asked me to register. So I have just registered and downloaded the file w/o a problem. Thanks for that
So I basically follow the above instructions to swap roms right? I changed roms a year ago and it was pretty easy as I just chose CM7 from Rom Manager lol I can't remember exactly how to do it manually
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from step 5 to 7 and make sure you have a backup