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I give up - no usb debug in ucuamdl?

I hate to post this, but cannot research an answer: I have rooted my last 2 Galaxy devices, but am FRUSTRATED my new s4 running UCUAMDL out of the box. I am unable to access developer options or usb debugging. I have gone to "about phone," tapped on the build (more than 7 times), and get nothing. Surely there is a way to do this? Am wanting to use an Odin one click for root, and need usb debugging. Thanks for any help.

That's how it is done... There is no other way.
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graydiggy said:
That's how it is done... There is no other way.
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I guess I will have to figure out a way to return the phone and try another one, because no matter how many times I tap, or how rapidly/slowly I tap, I cannot access dev options on this device. Very, very unhappy. I searched for a ucuamdl device, found one, and now this relatively simple, stupid roadblock. Thanks for your help.
EDIT: Is it this simple - do I need to have the sim in the device to access dev options? I am afraid that the device will auto-update.

Just go to settings, about phone, tap build number 10 times, you should get a small message that Dev options are enabled. Go back to settings and scroll down. It appears next to about phome .
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m0r0n3s said:
Just go to settings, about phone, tap build number 10 times, you should get a small message that Dev options are enabled. Go back to settings and scroll down. It appears next to about phome .
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That's how it should work, all right. Does not work on my phone. Yet. I am taking a break & using my s2 while out for a bit. When I try it again, Iwill wipe/factory reset. & will go ahead & insert a sim, log in to Google, tell the phone who I am, etc. I had not done these things, to avoid the mf3 update possibly auto-starting. Maybe this will make a difference. I will post the results. Thanks for your response.
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You don't need the SIM in the phone. I rooted and put a custom ROM on my device the day before I even activated.
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chaplain said:
That's how it should work, all right. Does not work on my phone. Yet. I am taking a break & using my s2 while out for a bit. When I try it again, Iwill wipe/factory reset. & will go ahead & insert a sim, log in to Google, tell the phone who I am, etc. I had not done these things, to avoid the mf3 update possibly auto-starting. Maybe this will make a difference. I will post the results. Thanks for your response.
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Perhaps you can download a debugging on off toggle in the playstore
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Sounds like you are doing it right. Just go to SETTINGS, MORE, ABOUT DEVICE, click on BUILD NUMBER, (I always started off fast clicking until I would see a little popup that says something like your are 7 away from being a developer), then click it until it says developer mode or you are now a developer or something like this. Now EXIT back out of the setting tabs until your at the MORE tab again and NIW there should be a DEVELOPER OPTIONS, click on it to open and choose USB DEBUGGING.
Replied to your on as well.
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graydiggy said:
You don't need the SIM in the phone. I rooted and put a custom ROM on my device the day before I even activated.
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nthknd said:
Perhaps you can download a debugging on off toggle in the playstore
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RockRatt said:
Sounds like you are doing it right. Just go to SETTINGS, MORE, ABOUT DEVICE, click on BUILD NUMBER, (I always started off fast clicking until I would see a little popup that says something like your are 7 away from being a developer), then click it until it says developer mode or you are now a developer or something like this. Now EXIT back out of the setting tabs until your at the MORE tab again and NIW there should be a DEVELOPER OPTIONS, click on it to open and choose USB DEBUGGING.
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Thanks to everyone who replied. Is this the dumbest thing you have seen w/an android device? It is simple - tap the build in "about phone" - there's even a video on xda on how to tap on the phone . . . No matter how fast/slow or many/few times I do this, I get nothing. Zip. I wish we had one of the old Odin root methods, where I could just boot into download mode and plug it into Odin. I guess I have no choice but to take it to an ATT Device Support Center and tell them that I need USB debugging to be able to transfer files other than media, and see if they can get it working. The phone is still stock, for sure, so that should not be a problem. The USB toggle apps on the market require root or installation as a system app, which I can't do on stock.
EDIT: I downloaded & Odin'd a fresh install of UCUAMDL. All is well now. Dev options enabled; ready to root and flash.

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Thanks to everyone who replied. Is this the dumbest thing you have seen w/an android device? It is simple - tap the build in "about phone" - there's even a video on xda on how to tap on the phone . . . No matter how fast/slow or many/few times I do this, I get nothing. Zip.//cut// EDIT: I downloaded & Odin'd a fresh install of UCUAMDL. All is well now. Dev options enabled; ready to root and flash.
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Good work. . . I wonder why the older copy of MDL did not respond? That was strange, but you're good to go now and that is what counts! -happy flashing!

[Q] BOC5 Lollipop - No Phone Shortcut on Lockscreen, how do I get it back?

I flashed alexndrs BOC5 rom and don't have a Phone Shortcut now available for the Lockscreen. How do I get it back?
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i'm missing this on a stock N910C... i had it on the AT&T version (N910A) where is this option??

Its Present But You Have To Lock.....
xPr0metheus said:
I flashed alexndrs BOC5 rom and don't have a Phone Shortcut now available for the Lockscreen. How do I get it back?
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@pmpntl
It's Present But If You Have selected Swipe Option Than The Only Camera Shorcut Will Appear .....
In Case You Want To Phone Shorcut You have to Enable any Screen Lock Option....Like Pattern,Pin, Password Or fingerPrint option From Setting>Lock Screen>Screen Security....

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It's Present But If You Have selected Swipe Option Than The Only Camera Shorcut Will Appear .....
In Case You Want To Phone Shorcut You have to Enable any Screen Lock Option....Like Pattern,Pin, Password Or fingerPrint option From Setting>Lock Screen>Screen Security....
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What you mean is only for emergency call. But there are some roms and versions who have a real phone shortcut enabled

It is not present... i have fingerprint lock on and i even tried using just swipe as the lockscreen... i am running completely stock unrooted. I do notice that the emergency phone icon appears when i have to unlock via fingerprint, but it's gone for regular phone use.

[Guide]How To Tether With No Root?

Step 0. Download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
And once installed search for "tether" and disable "tetheringprovision"
Step 1.You don't need this but it's safer to have it.
Download Foxfi http://foxfi.com and the license and once have all of that turn on hide tether usage.
(Once you get your tether going this will activate to hide your tether from the network providers)
Step 2. You don't need Internet but you need something that will showup as a wifi network such as a PS4 , Direct TV receiver, chromecast, a printer and more. Once you have these plugged in and running go to step 3.
Step 3. Go to your wifi enabler on phone and turn on the toggle for it to scan for wifi.
Step 4.Locate one wifi signal and press connect if ask for a password do a random pass and press connect
(Like on the PS4 signal it will popup saying wrong password and that's fine)
Step 5.Now that you set that random password it will try to connect as soon as you turn wifi on again so turn off wifi now and follow next step.
Step 6.Go into your mobile hotspot app and setup the name and password if so desire.
Now when ready toggle wifi direct to on and then quickly go up and toggle wifi on and keep pressing toggle hotspot on. And if done right it will come on.
Step 7.Enjoy mobile data hotspot! !
Don't turn off the wifi or wifi sharing or else it turns off the hotspot too… which im trying to find a work around for it…
Id be grateful if others could help research too.
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Ive tried everything that I could think of to make a fake wifi signal but it all needs root which we don't have so.. O well then I'm still happy it works even though it is tedious.
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A new find(I tested this and didnt work for me)
jtracker said:
Hey guys, just got an s8+ today and found out that the native hotspot will work if you pop sim tray out, it will then take you to lock screen, pull down tray and turn on hotspot. You may get an error saying no sim installed but just keep pushing hotspot button until it turns on. It is working on mine now.
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Okay here's another way to get it to work but you need two phones and the one you use for this must have internet.
Okay so now I finally figured out how this works so here what you do:
Download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kha.prog.mikrotik
1.To the phone you aren't using (turning this on the phone you're not using creates a wifi signal to the phone you want the hotspot app to work on)
2.Go on the phone now that you want to use the hotspot with and turn on wifi and search for the wifi signal that the phone used to create the signal.
3.type in a WRONG password and connect to it. (It will say wrong password which is fine now just click ok or cancel)
4.Turn off wifi and go to your hotspot app and turn on wifi sharing and quickly turn on wifi then start pressing the hotspot toggle until it connects.
5.Now you have the hotspot app on so you can turn the netshare off on the other phone and you should also be able to turn off wifi and wifi sharing and still have hotspot on!!
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Sweet thanks!!
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app listed in edit 3 worked for me

Another thing you can do is flash your phone with the Canadian firmware. I just did that and it removed all the att bloat and wifi tethering works with no modifications plus you have a bloat free rom. Lemme tell you, this is how the phone should have came, smooth buttery and no restrictions on basic functions.
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Quickvic30 said:
Another thing you can do is flash your phone with the Canadian firmware. I just did that and it removed all the att bloat and wifi tethering works with no modifications plus you have a bloat free rom. Lemme tell you, this is how the phone should have came, smooth buttery and no restrictions on basic functions.
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But does this trip knox? Does this allow you to change the coloring of the edge lighting too?

Quickvic30 said:
Another thing you can do is flash your phone with the Canadian firmware. I just did that and it removed all the att bloat and wifi tethering works with no modifications plus you have a bloat free rom. Lemme tell you, this is how the phone should have came, smooth buttery and no restrictions on basic functions.
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Ill look into this thanks!

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But does this trip knox? Does this allow you to change the coloring of the edge lighting too?
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It does not trip Knox. I didn't even know you could change the color of the edge lighting, I looked quick but I didn't see any color options but I didn't ever check the ATT software either so not sure if you can change it or not.
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AngelRyu said:
Ill look into this thanks!
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Most definitely! Someone should make a post on this! I read about it over on the regular s8 forums in the SD research and development thread.
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Quickvic30 said:
It does not trip Knox. I didn't even know you could change the color of the edge lighting, I looked quick but I didn't see any color options but I didn't ever check the ATT software either so not sure if you can change it or not.
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Most definitely! Someone should make a post on this! I read about it over on the regular s8 forums in the SD research and development thread.
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ok sweet. Apparently you can in samsungs stock unmodified touchwiz but us carriers except for sprint removed the feature no idea why
I'll have to go check that out

Guitarboarder28 said:
ok sweet. Apparently you can in samsungs stock unmodified touchwiz but us carriers except for sprint removed the feature no idea why
I'll have to go check that out
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I did notice it does change color when you change live wallpapers, I switched to the orange/purple live wallpapers and it switched the edge lighting to orange, it was blue with the blue live wallpaper.

Quickvic30 said:
Another thing you can do is flash your phone with the Canadian firmware. I just did that and it removed all the att bloat and wifi tethering works with no modifications plus you have a bloat free rom. Lemme tell you, this is how the phone should have came, smooth buttery and no restrictions on basic functions.
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Hi Quickvic30,
Do you mind share how to flash Canadian firmware to AT&T S8 plus (SM-G955U)? Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help.

ericzhf said:
Hi Quickvic30,
Do you mind share how to flash Canadian firmware to AT&T S8 plus (SM-G955U)? Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help.
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Hello,
You have to use a modified version of Odin, it's called princecomsy version and that can be found with a quick Google search or a search on here. Download it and install it with admin rights.
You download the firmware which will be in a zip file. Creat a new folder and move zip to folder and extract the zip. Once extracted you will see 5 files. AP, BL, CP, CSC and CSC home. CSC file will wipe your phones data, if you use the HOME CSC you will retain your data but it's also considered a dirty flash, wiping everything and clean flash is always best.
Double click Odin to open it, you will see 4 slots with the same letters as the firmware you just extracted. Put each file in it's matching slot. The AP file takes a while to confirm once you put it in the slot so be patient.
Put your phone in download mode and then plug it into the computer with your USB cable. You will see device added and blue color rectangle with a port #, that means Odin is connected to your phone. Hit the start button and sit back, it takes a while to flash. Once it's done it will say pass and your phone will re boot to recovery then boot normally, first boot can take up to 5 mins (which seems like an eternity lol). Set your phone up and enjoy!
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Quickvic30 said:
Hello,
You have to use a modified version of Odin, it's called princecomsy version and that can be found with a quick Google search or a search on here. Download it and install it with admin rights.
You download the firmware which will be in a zip file. Creat a new folder and move zip to folder and extract the zip. Once extracted you will see 5 files. AP, BL, CP, CSC and CSC home. CSC file will wipe your phones data, if you use the HOME CSC you will retain your data but it's also considered a dirty flash, wiping everything and clean flash is always best.
Double click Odin to open it, you will see 4 slots with the same letters as the firmware you just extracted. Put each file in it's matching slot. The AP file takes a while to confirm once you put it in the slot so be patient.
Put your phone in download mode and then plug it into the computer with your USB cable. You will see device added and blue color rectangle with a port #, that means Odin is connected to your phone. Hit the start button and sit back, it takes a while to flash. Once it's done it will say pass and your phone will re boot to recovery then boot normally, first boot can take up to 5 mins (which seems like an eternity lol). Set your phone up and enjoy!
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Thank you for the instruction, I will try to flash it tonight. But I have two more question:
First one is: which carrier's firmware I should use? I found the G955W firmware at https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/SM-G955W/, which one are you using?
Second question is: Is there any functional difference between this two firmware? will I able to go back to AT&T firmware if something goes wrong?
Again, thank you for your help:good::good::good:

You want the XAC firmware. You should download it from update.com as they're DL speeds are way faster than sammobile.
Yes you will be able to go back to ATT firmware. Only thing I've noticed is no video calling, volte and that's about it. You can get those things working but let's just get the firmware flashed for now :good:
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Quickvic30 said:
You want the XAC firmware. You should download it from update.com as they're DL speeds are way faster than sammobile.
Yes you will be able to go back to ATT firmware. Only thing I've noticed is no video calling, volte and that's about it. You can get those things working but let's just get the firmware flashed for now :good:
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I didn't notice the download speed...both are pretty slow, but I think I should be able to finish the download in one hour.
Edit...you are saying updato.com and I thought it's samsung-updates.com, I can download from updato.com with full speed! which only took me 7 mins.

Samsung pay problem
I've been running the Canadian rom on a at t 8+ it has been flawless. I'm trying to set up my gear s3 and Samsung pay. I'm getting a message unable to continue does not support your version on gear. It's a s3 and did work before I went Canadian. Any suggestions? I like the caller I'd but should I flash the us rom?
Thanks

nofearpi said:
I've been running the Canadian rom on a at t 8+ it has been flawless. I'm trying to set up my gear s3 and Samsung pay. I'm getting a message unable to continue does not support your version on gear. It's a s3 and did work before I went Canadian. Any suggestions? I like the caller I'd but should I flash the us rom?
Thanks
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I have no idea how to help because I didn't ever flash it because I didn't see that much that I would favor in, but maybe someone will be able to help you.

nofearpi said:
I've been running the Canadian rom on a at t 8+ it has been flawless. I'm trying to set up my gear s3 and Samsung pay. I'm getting a message unable to continue does not support your version on gear. It's a s3 and did work before I went Canadian. Any suggestions? I like the caller I'd but should I flash the us rom?
Thanks
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Have you tried clearing the app data and reinstalling the latest version? Or you could also uninstall the app, reboot and reinstall latest version.
XAC and XAA are pretty similar if ya ask me, they both run smooth, fast and battery life is great!
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Does the Canadian fw have mobile hotspot? The hotspot that lets you draw off your regular data plan instead of the Wi-Fi hotspot that requires you to have home Wi-Fi network?

This stopped working from me since the last ATT update. Can someone confirm if this is still working?

gaganit said:
This stopped working from me since the last ATT update. Can someone confirm if this is still working?
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I flashed the TMO firmware on my AT&T S8+. Then I used BK Disabler Pro and disabled all bloat plus com.qualcom.qti.tetherservice and Tethering.Automation. i then downloaded Nova Launcher and made sure enhanced LTE services was enabled and HD Voice Settings were enabled. Running AT&T SIM with unlimited plan , tethering working just fine but I had to manually ADB the toggle into quick settings as well as the MobileData toggle. I can't find Wifi calling anywhere but I am sure I can use Google Dialer/Voice to place calls over data. I have DirectTV and was able to watch Live TV in full HD no issue. I am pretty sure that there is no tethering provision from AT&T so with the exception of V4A, I pretty much have everything I want without root. Battery charges to 100% and lasts way longer than it did on SAMPWND with root charging to 80%. Anyway, just my experience.
My firmware version is G955WVLU2AQK7 which I got from Sammobile.
I just turned off Mobile Data and placed a call with Google Hangouts Dialer and another with Facebook Messenger over Wifi and both worked beautifully.

Service mode disabled *#2683662#

Hello
I have a BTU version of the international S8. Looks like the last update disabled the service mode for the phone. Has anybody gone around this? Trying to access the band selection menu.
*#2263# is also disabled.

chungdae said:
Hello
I have a BTU version of the international S8. Looks like the last update disabled the service mode for the phone. Has anybody gone around this? Trying to access the band selection menu.
*#2263# is also disabled.
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What's service mode?
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Service mode is a hidden menu settings that's only accessed through the dialer code by putting in the above numbers. It's used to make changes to the phone. It's not recommended tinkering with it unless you know what you're doing since it can completely brick your phone.

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Service mode is a hidden menu settings that's only accessed through the dialer code by putting in the above numbers. It's used to make changes to the phone. It's not recommended tinkering with it unless you know what you're doing since it can completely brick your phone.
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Thanks mate. I have never used it. When did you get the update?
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About a week ago now

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About a week ago now
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I guess I also got that update
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Works on latest update for the SM-G955FD in the XSG CSC (UAE)
EDIT: Attempt to use *#0011#

Yes that code work. However that can't change the band selection which I'm trying to get access to

chungdae said:
Yes that code work. However that can't change the band selection which I'm trying to get access to
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No idea then, original code works here.

I had the same problem. But I flashed older firmware and now its working. Only on new bootloader AQG5 is not working.

Same here, downgraded to june update to get service mode back.

Can you guys share how you downgraded to the June update

Flash older firmware than AQG5. That's all.
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chungdae said:
Hello
I have a BTU version of the international S8. Looks like the last update disabled the service mode for the phone. Has anybody gone around this? Trying to access the band selection menu.
*#2263# is also disabled.
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Hi,
I faced the same issue, Can you please tell me that how u resolve that issue.?

It's been completely disabled. I was unable to find a work around.

Raz! said:
Hi,
I faced the same issue, Can you please tell me that how u resolve that issue.?
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chungdae said:
It's been completely disabled. I was unable to find a work around.
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I don't know if it's a thing but have you guys looked into build prop and see if hidden menus are disabled? Or quick shorcutmaker or shortcutmaster.

Here's are some possible workarounds
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=81255593&postcount=4

Edge panel download button dont do anything

I have weird problem. Before i can download new edge screen but suddenly from tonight button download from edge panel dont work. Do i disable something?
Someone with same problem?
P.S. Is not rooted, s8 G950F
Im so dumb, i disabled galaxy apps. After enable everything work.
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zelenko said:
I have weird problem. Before i can download new edge screen but suddenly from tonight button download from edge panel dont work. Do i disable something?
Someone with same problem?
P.S. Is not rooted, s8 G950F
Im so dumb, i disabled galaxy apps. After enable everything work.
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Can you share this apk? I have deleted it