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Hi All,
I used unrevoked to root my Aria but it looks like my default.prop still has ro.secure=1. This means that I can't use adb to enable install_non_market_apps under settings.db. Adb apparently won't run as root unless I have ro.secure=0.
It seems like setting ro.secure=0 is quite a complex process that involves recreating my boot img file, so I'd prefer to avoid this if possible...
Just started learning about all this stuff, this is my first android phone. Any help is most appreciated, thanks!
another way to edit settings.db
If you have SQlite Administrator (http://sqliteadmin.orbmu2k.de/) Windows link attached, you can just edit the settings.db file like any other database. Pretty easy to do and minimizes the effect of fat fingers..
Cool, thanks for the link. I'm assuming I need to get the file off the phone first though, right? No way to edit it directly?
Correct, follow the instructions in Workaround for Fixing 'Unsupported Sources', but use SQlite instead of the dos commands.
Thanks again, this all worked great! If anybody has trouble copying settings.db, I managed to browse to and copy the file using Root Explorer.
guido.rosso said:
Thanks again, this all worked great! If anybody has trouble copying settings.db, I managed to browse to and copy the file using Root Explorer.
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Can you tell me the location of settings.db using Root Explorer?
Check out the "workaround for unsupported sources" thread in this forum. Sorry, would give you a link but I'm using the XDA app and can't find a way to link to threads...
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Can you tell me the location of settings.db using Root Explorer?
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/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/
That's on a Galaxy Nexus, might be different on the Aria.
android commander works with nc, was able to install and uninstall apps, pull & & push files.
still needed to chmod the hosts file in terminal to get adfree working, would not delete otherwise had to replace.
http://androidcommander.com/
p.s. i am in no way related or beholding to the developer, i just like it. works in 64bit unlike droid explorer.
b.g.
whgarner said:
p.s. i am in no way related or beholding to the developer, i just like it. works in 64bit unlike droid explorer.
b.g.
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Nice try, androidcommander developer...
gormly said:
Nice try, androidcommander developer...
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whatever
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Wow, slick tool. Never heard of it before. I've use Droid Explorer before on my android phone and it's 'ok', will have to give this a try.
Hi everyone! I'm still relatively new to all these customizations that can be made on these phones, and I am curious about all these .apk files I keep seeing around. Everyone time one is posted, it says to push it to your phone to replace whatever file is there... The thing is, every time I read about it I find a new way of doing it. Some say to use root explorer, some say SGS tools app, some say to use easy installer, and I think I've even read to use ADB? I just was wondering what's the best method? Easiest method? Can you screw your phone up by replacing these files? I keep reading things like if you want to switch a camera in your ROM to a different version, just install the .apk! Or, if you want to use live wallpapers in a ROM that doesn't come with it, here is the .apk for that!
Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks guys!
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Hi everyone! I'm still relatively new to all these customizations that can be made on these phones, and I am curious about all these .apk files I keep seeing around. Everyone time one is posted, it says to push it to your phone to replace whatever file is there... The thing is, every time I read about it I find a new way of doing it. Some say to use root explorer, some say SGS tools app, some say to use easy installer, and I think I've even read to use ADB? I just was wondering what's the best method? Easiest method? Can you screw your phone up by replacing these files? I keep reading things like if you want to switch a camera in your ROM to a different version, just install the .apk! Or, if you want to use live wallpapers in a ROM that doesn't come with it, here is the .apk for that!
Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks guys!
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You CAN screw your phone up if you do it to the wrong APK (like /system/framework/framework-res.apk, if you install a bad one, your phone won't boot, but there is an easy fix, nandroid!).
Basically all the methods do the same thing. In Android "Installing" an app is as easy as moving it to the correct location. All of these methods do just that.
The easiest way IS to probably use Root Explorer because you can rename the old one just in case, and it will handle the system read/write mounting for you. Plus GUIs are always easier.
So here's how it works: user apps go in /data/app, and system apps go in/system/app. User apps can't really mess anything up, but be careful with System ones. Live wallpapers, things of that nature usually don't hurt. Camera is ok to mess around with, too.
Edit: my ramblings are probably confusing, don't hesitate to ask me to clear something up
usually most apk files can be installed easily by transferring the file to the root of your internal sd card then go to MY FILES locate the apk file and click on it and it will ask you to install. Thats it. You can also root explorer and just place it in the system/app folder then reboot. I install all of my apks through the first way I mentioned. On my wife's Mytouch4g there is no my files so use Astro file manager. Come to think of it any file manager from the market will do. Good luck...
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Hi everyone! I'm still relatively new to all these customizations that can be made on these phones, and I am curious about all these .apk files I keep seeing around. Everyone time one is posted, it says to push it to your phone to replace whatever file is there... The thing is, every time I read about it I find a new way of doing it. Some say to use root explorer, some say SGS tools app, some say to use easy installer, and I think I've even read to use ADB? I just was wondering what's the best method? Easiest method? Can you screw your phone up by replacing these files? I keep reading things like if you want to switch a camera in your ROM to a different version, just install the .apk! Or, if you want to use live wallpapers in a ROM that doesn't come with it, here is the .apk for that!
Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks guys!
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An apk is a specialized application file used by android (uses the same file headers as .zip files).
You are correct that there are various methods to push or move apk's to appropriate directories with in the phone. now as to which is easier or best, all methods work about the same, though there are minute differences.
If you want to move apk's into a certain directory while using a phone i find it easiest to use a file manager like root explorer that has root permissions to move apks around. keep in mind that when moving system files most often you will have to reboot for the changes to take effect with out bugs.
If instead you want to use a computer personally i find ADB to be the easiest. After installing the android sdk you will have to navigate into the android sdk directory then to the platform-tools directory within the android sdk folder. then in command prompt type " adb push <directory of file on your computer> /<directory of where you want it on your phone> hit enter and all is gravy. keep in mind that pushing/moving files to your phone using adb works the best when in recovery mode.
as to which of these operations is the best is a personal decision personally i like to use adb to move around system files and root explorer for applications.
hope this helps
Thanks guys!! Ok, so just to be sure. I'm currently running the Malice rom, and somewhere in the threads is the LiveWallpaperPicker.apk
So all I have to do is download this, place it on the root of my internal SD card, go into file manager and find it, click on it, and it will ask me to install it? It's really that easy??
Or, should I download root explorer and copy and paste it to a specific place?
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Thanks guys!! Ok, so just to be sure. I'm currently running the Malice rom, and somewhere in the threads is the LiveWallpaperPicker.apk
So all I have to do is download this, place it on the root of my internal SD card, go into file manager and find it, click on it, and it will ask me to install it? It's really that easy??
Or, should I download root explorer and copy and paste it to a specific place?
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For that file you will need to place it in /system/app (it can't be installed normally because it's a system app). So you need something like Root Explorer
I think EStrongs File explorer is a decent free alternative, but when I tried it a couple months ago I had no luck with it so I just bought Root Explorer (good investment)
The guide in my signature touches on this, but BT has you covered. I am also a huge advocate of Root Explorer.
Just take the .apk, move it to system/apps and I reboot, but it may not be necessary... no need to click on it and select install, as BT referenced.
Thanks so much everyone! Just purchased root explorer and will try this out.
IT WORKED IT WORKED IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After I rebooted, none of my widgets could load, but I have live wallpapers again! I love learning new stuff! Thanks sooooooooooooooooo much! You guys are the BEST!!!
Odd about the widgets. Were you able to just remove them and re-add them back?
Yep, just deleted them off my home screen and added them back again. All of them had errors saying widget could not load
I found a fix on XDA forums right here. Instead of 'asia' I input north-american into the gps.conf file. For those of you that don't want tolook for the file, I have supplied the gps.conf file for you to download right here. Post responses with how well this works. Works 100% of the time for me nearly instant locks on all gingerbread ROM's I put on my device.
If you are downloading my file, simply use adb to push it to /system/etc/ and you are golden.
**Warning|Disclaimer|Blah Blah**
If you brick your phone I am not responsible ... yadda yadda, ya'll know the drill.
thank you! that did solve the problems i've been having with the latest cm builds.
Wow! Thank you so much! I went from a 2+ minute lock to a <20 second lock.
I did find a method to make this adjustment simpler. I used root explorer, available in the market, then simply copied your 'gps.text' file to system/etc. I then deleted the gps.conf file and renamed gps.text to gps.conf. Finally, I rebooted and opened maps, enabled gps, and waited for a lock. Then, after I was locked I did one final reboot and behold, locked in less than 20 seconds.
So, maybe not simpler but it can all be done without adb, straight from the phone.
Nevertheless, thank you, thank you, annnnnd thank you!
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Did you guys use his file or make your own? Mine already said North America but was missing the extra servers.
skulnik, is your phone s-off? I can never make that kind of change with root explorer. It acts like it did something, but it doesn't. Same with ADB if the phone is on.
I read on another thread that apparently if you are s-off, you need to go into recovery, mount system and then use adb to push the files.
I am not sure this worked for me though, once I got the file in there, nothing much changed. I used the old fix which involved putting the cm6 gpslib.so file into the system/etc folder. Using both, I seemed to get a quick lock.
I made flashable fix for myself that includes both fixes and the wifi fix (just in case) and things seem better on both CM7 and the xm rom based on CM7.
The extra servers is what made the difference for me. Glad that this is helping. I stopped using cm7 for the longest time because GPS wouldn't lock for me. I loaded the xm7 and is was so awesome I just HAD to find something to make GPS work because I rely on it all the time. Downtown San Antonio is very easy for me to get lost in and MapQuest was never reliable.
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I used a different file after reading his method. However same concept of replacing the config file. I'm just rooted without s off. Another method to replace the file is to mount via clockwork and use android commander to push the file. FYI after this i now I get an accurate gps lock in under 10 seconds.
WhoWhere said:
I used a different file after reading his method... after this i now I get an accurate gps lock in under 10 seconds.
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What file did you use or what did your file contain? Locks are still taking around a 1 min for me.
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What file did you use or what did your file contain? Locks are still taking around a 1 min for me.
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I used the gps.conf file for the us midwest file on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953630
WhoWhere said:
I used the gps.conf file for the us midwest file on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953630
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Thanks a ton. Instant locks!
WhoWhere said:
I used the gps.conf file for the us midwest file on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953630
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You just used the gps.conf file right? Nothing else?
jacewt said:
You just used the gps.conf file right? Nothing else?
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Yep thats all I did. But you may want to use a different file based off your location if you aren't in that area of the us
WhoWhere said:
Yep thats all I did. But you may want to use a different file based off your location if you aren't in that area of the us
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Thanks! I used the southwest file and I am getting real fast locks, even indoors. I wonder if I need to keep a northeast file for when I travel east.
Just want to make sure i get the steps right, all i have to do is unzip the .zip file, put gps.conf in platform-tools folder for android sdk, run adb and type "adb push gps.conf /system/etc/" right? It's been a while since i did any sort of work with adb, so i don't want any major goof-up.
txdeathray said:
Just want to make sure i get the steps right, all i have to do is unzip the .zip file, put gps.conf in platform-tools folder for android sdk, run adb and type "adb push gps.conf /system/etc/" right? It's been a while since i did any sort of work with adb, so i don't want any major goof-up.
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You could do that or a more foul proof method would be to use android commander. Just mount the system in clockwork plug your phone in "assuming you already have adb, jdk etc. Installed" and push it that way. Android commander is pretty much a gui for adb... also could push it in terminal emulator if you were feeling adventurus. hope this helps. Android commander is most likely going to be the safest method for you. That way you can easily do a backup of the file. Though I would do a nandroid backup just to be safe.
WhoWhere said:
You could do that or a more foul proof method would be to use android commander. Just mount the system in clockwork plug your phone in "assuming you already have adb, jdk etc. Installed" and push it that way. Android commander is pretty much a gui for adb... also could push it in terminal emulator if you were feeling adventurus. hope this helps. Android commander is most likely going to be the safest method for you. That way you can easily do a backup of the file. Though I would do a nandroid backup just to be safe.
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Haha thanks, definitely gonna give Android commander a try. And definitely gonna remember that nandroid backup (lol, learned it the hard way today).
txdeathray said:
Haha thanks, definitely gonna give Android commander a try. And definitely gonna remember that nandroid backup (lol, learned it the hard way today).
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Sorry guys, no dice for me, same performance as before.... dunno why...
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Ekorshus said:
Sorry guys, no dice for me, same performance as before.... dunno why...
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hmm can't imagine why it would be different for you. Did you push the correct GPS file for your location & confirm that it took the change /view the file after you pushed the file/rebooted your phone?
Yeah, took the midwest file & moved it to the system/etc folder & removed the old file., did it all w/ root explorer rebooted the phone & everything... got the same performance as I did before, 2 min or so for a lock. Then consecutive, immediate locks as long as I didn't leave the maps app alone for too long.. @ one point I wound up using gpsfix to actually get a damn lock, it was so bad....
I'll just have to settle for slow locks.
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Ekorshus said:
Yeah, took the midwest file & moved it to the system/etc folder & removed the old file., did it all w/ root explorer rebooted the phone & everything... got the same performance as I did before, 2 min or so for a lock. Then consecutive, immediate locks as long as I didn't leave the maps app alone for too long.. @ one point I wound up using gpsfix to actually get a damn lock, it was so bad....
I'll just have to settle for slow locks.
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Hmm. I wonder if it's a hardware or driver problem. One thing I did want to note; I had tried using the latest version of root explorer to replace the file, mounting the system as write, etc prior to using adb. The result showed the file as being replaced however after rebooting to confirm changes the file was back to default. It might be worth double checking the file to confirm that the replacement actually took. If not possibly mount the system in clockwork and push the file using adb.
Hmmmmm, good call, I DID make sure to mount the system as r/w as opposed to r/o but I didn't chk to see if the file got overwritten by the system on restart (if I'm understanding you correctly?).
I'll try it again, this time using adb...
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Optimus L9 APK Push Tool!!
First, all credit goes to kevev for putting this all together, and saving me from pulling my hair out
Instructions via kevev readme!
This script will automatically push apk files along with a shell script to your device
under /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/APKs. It will then run the shell script which will copy
the apk files to /system/app/ and change the file permissions to 644.
No warranty included!!
Use at your own risk!!
1.) Place all apk files in the "APKs" folder that you want installed in the /system/app/ folder on your rooted device.
2.) Connect device to your computer after installing the correct adb drivers.
3.) Enable "USB Debugging" on the device and wait for the driver to install.
4.) Run "PushAPKs.bat" and reboot your device when it finishes only if there are "NO" errors.
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Now go thank kevev
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"I am not responsible if your phone does the following" ..
bricks - blows up - runs away to france
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iB4STiD said:
1. if you own a 769BK click here to download 10e system apps backup
(if you own a p760 etc.. ask some nice person on this forum for that missing apk!)
2. next click here to download the optimusl9 zip and unzip this on your desktop!
3. take out your removable sdcard from your phone
4. place missing apk into the root of your removable sdcard and replace sdcard back into phone
5. get your usb cable and plug your phone into pc
6. on your computer open command prompt and type this
** type the following, one line at a time, followed by hitting the enter key! **
Code:
cd desktop
cd optimusl9
7. next adb time! fun huh?
** type the following, one line at a time, followed by hitting the enter key! **
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adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
cat /sdcard/external_sd/LGHome3.apk > /system/app/LGHome3.apk
chmod 644 /system/app/LGHome3.apk
reboot
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bricks - blows up - runs away to france - leaves you for another owner
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Good tutorial, though not required by me as yet. :good: Even easy for noobs. Liked the last warning too. :laugh:
cmahendra said:
Good tutorial, though not required by me as yet. :good: Even easy for noobs. Liked the last warning too. :laugh:
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thanks .. lol
Great...it works with framework-res too
I changed dafault green smiles with smiles from SE Xperia...and everything works...when I tried it with file manager, everything was fine, but I can't set permissions, because I had always popup with errors And I had reinstall system...but this works super Thanks
Will this work on P765 too? Someone tried yet?
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Great...it works with framework-res too
I changed dafault green smiles with smiles from SE Xperia...and everything works...when I tried it with file manager, everything was fine, but I can't set permissions, because I had always popup with errors And I had reinstall system...but this works super Thanks
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Glad it helped!
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Will this work on P765 too? Someone tried yet?
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yup this will
working on an even easier way to do this
i have a questions..
how about deleting everything from system/app folder for example? what should i type?
i already deodex system/app and system/framework...so i want to replace all with deodex apk and remove the odex file..
hope that you can guide me..
bramprasetyo said:
i have a questions..
how about deleting everything from system/app folder for example? what should i type?
i already deodex system/app and system/framework...so i want to replace all and remove the odex file..
hope that you can guide me..
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thats what im working on, make a batch file in a dir along with a folder that you can place all apks in, click the bat and it does the rest, i asked around just waiting, i have it working for my themes in the theme section, i just want an easy way not to have to type out all that code
for every apk an odex file. a couple of lines is one thing but being able to drag anything into a folder no mater what the name, would be easy for us all!!
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thats what im working on, make a batch file in a dir along with a folder that you can place all apks in, click the bat and it does the rest, i asked around just waiting, i have it working for my themes in the theme section, i just want an easy way not to have to type out all that code
for every apk an odex file. a couple of lines is one thing but being able to drag anything into a folder no mater what the name would be easy for us all!!
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sorry for my english.. sometime it hard for me to understand.
you are working on a project that can make us easy to do that right?
so.. as for my question, do you mean that i should type for all that apk and odex? cant do with for example "*.apk" ?
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sorry for my english.. sometime it hard for me to understand.
you are working on a project that can make us easy to do that right?
so.. as for my question, do you mean that i should type for all that apk and odex? cant do with for example "*.apk" ?
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ya, hoping i can get help to figure it out, and yes for every .apk and odex file you would have to type it out, if your deodex a rom then it would be just .apks for the system, apks and jar files for the framework
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ya, hoping i can get help to figure it out, and yes for every .apk and odex file you would have to type it out, if your deodex a rom then it would be just .apks for the system, apks and jar files for the framework
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ok than...
good luck with your project..
thanks
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ok than...
good luck with your project..
thanks
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no prob!
Update coming
working on a easier way to do this, almost done..
HOwdy!
I hope I didn't steal your thunder.
Here is an automated way to push APKs to /system/app/ .
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x264413ck099yv4/optimusl9 APK Push.zip
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I hope I didn't steal your thunder.
Here is an automated way to push APKs to /system/app/ .
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x264413ck099yv4/optimusl9 APK Push.zip
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lol, very nice... now heres my question what you did in the sh script could that be done in just a bat file?
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lol, very nice... now heres my question what you did in the sh script could that be done in just a bat file?
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I guess everything could have been done from the batch script. It was just starting to look messy and I am more comfortable with shell.
To tell the truth, I am very rusty with batch scripting. I haven't messed with DOS in ages. Unix all the way!
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I guess everything could have been done from the batch script. It was just starting to look messy and I am more comfortable with shell.
To tell the truth, I am very rusty with batch scripting. I haven't messed with DOS in ages. Unix all the way!
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well, you did a great job... want me to post this is main op of this thread?
and btw talk about messy you should see what i was making lol
also b4 i forget if you do want me to post this is it ok its tied to your dropbox?, you could throw it up on dev host or if you want i could, up to you
iB4STiD said:
well, you did a great job... want me to post this is main op of this thread?
and btw talk about messy you should see what i was making lol
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haha! If you could see some of my other scripts I think your eyes would cross and never go back to normal.
Sure, go ahead and post it. It is free code. No license necessary.
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haha! If you could see some of my other scripts I think your eyes would cross and never go back to normal.
Sure, go ahead and post it. It is free code. No license necessary.
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K, thanks again ! brb