yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] alexferdean:
The S3 was game changing for Samsung. It surely deserves a good clean 4.4 KitKat update. I agree that it's an old device now, but at least Samsung should release a lag and bloat free official 4.4 for the S3.

Sent from my S3
[Galaxy S III General] onesolo:
And?!? Don't we, 50million S3 buyers (I know that by now, we are not that number), deserve a little more?!? Upgrading from 4.3 to 4.4 is way easier!!!
[Galaxy S III General] blueprism:
can anyone help me to port the original app camera on 4.3? I flash a custom rom but they changed the camera on note 3, something doesn't work :(
[Galaxy S III General] oiej47:
Root

Did anyone try to root after updating to stock 4.3 ??? i've spent the whole day trying to install cwm but odin just doesn't want to, keeps stucking at Res Ok and boots the device, i tried with both cwm and twrp last versions but nothing.

Please forgive me if i'm in the wrong thread.... i don't really know where i should post it though

BTw i'm on GS3 I9300 using stock android 4.3 freshly updated
[Galaxy S III General] arghness:
I think a lot of us have rooted stock 4.3. I used CF-AutoRoot with no problems.
[Galaxy S III General] oiej47:
Thanks, weirdly it did work even if Odin was still blocked in the same position "Res Ok" when the phone reboot, anyway now i have root i can install custom recovery from google play when i need it :D

Thank you again
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_Android:
Hello, guys. I have recently updated to Android 4.3 OTA. Can I root it? Can someone give me the link to download the CF-Auto-Root file and Odin? Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
yes

In original development

STICKYS FAQS and GUIDES

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2344125

UNDERSTAND FIRST

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2362743

Network IMEI EFS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_Android:
Where can I get CF-Auto root that works with 4.3 100% from? Thanks!

Sorry for my English, but I am romanian.
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Same answer
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_Android:
I read the posts from the links you gave me. Is there any risk of losing IMEI by rooting my GT - I9300?
[Galaxy S III General] boomboomer:
Anything you flash carries a risk, but CF auto root has very few.
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/

Download the .tar file from here, choose the i9300 one. Open Odin and connect your GS3 (download mode) to your pc. Put the root file in PDA or AP and wait for your device to be recognized. Press start and wait. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_Android:
Thanks a lot! I am the greatest noob ever(I believe) , but that looks really easy.
[Galaxy S III General] Tuanloc:
Hello everybody.

I'm a new people in here.
[Galaxy S III General] krugerjq:
Hi, Did you flash your phone with the 4.3?
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_Android:
I have a noob question. What option(s) should I mark / brief on Odin for Auto-ROOT CF? Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] cloudx720:
Guys s3 is getting 4.4 :) don't worry http://en.mobi4all.com/when-will-my-android-phone-gets-updated-to-kitkat/
[Galaxy S III General] youssefhf:
Hi guys , my friend has a prob , after we Installed the 4.3 MK6 (Same one I have) His SIM is not readable (Emegebcy Calls Only and Not Registered on Network) The IMEI is fine and the Serial Number is also fine , we tried Everything including flashing modem and Editing Some setting
[Galaxy S III General] goughymachine:
The US variant is spose to be getting it. Since that site is a '.com' site, how do we know it's not only referring to the US model only?

There is only one way the speculation will stop. And that's either maybe when a leak comes out, or the official is released.
[Galaxy S III General] Raulinho7:
'.com' site doesnt mean it's from us.
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Hmm I'd still take that with a pinch of salt, we don't know for sure
[Galaxy S III General] fuddman:
Hi guys/ girls.

I am currently on 4.3 firmware, installed the latest O2 4.3 firmware a couple of weeks back through ODIN. Woke up this morning with the phone asking to install a new update, there were no details of what changes there were but the update was 32mb.

Has anyone else had this update? Or knows what changes there were in the update?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] wangdaning:
What baseband do you have in settings->about device?
[Galaxy S III General] fuddman:
I9300XXUGNA8

The phone is a lot snappier now, lock screen delay is better but still not perfect. Memory management seems a lot better now too, haven't have any re draws yet.
[Galaxy S III General] cloudx720:
N8 is older than N7 btw...
[Galaxy S III General] ashraf sharif:
both na7 and na8 have tues jan 7 as build date. Na7 was released about 5 hours before na8 so technically na7 is older. Na8 has a lower change list than na7 and even na5. Maybe some changes were not regarded as good changes. Who knows they are probably experimenting with different builds . Na7 is in mostly arab countries. Na8 is in uzbekistan and kazakhstan only afaik.

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are you sure that is your baseband? My firmware is i9300xxugna8 but my baseband is i9300xxugmk6. SEEMS THAT THE BASEBAND IS NEW .AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS UPDATED FOR YOU
[Galaxy S III General] fuddman:
Hi,

My baseband is definitely that. My build number is JSS15J.I9300XXUGNA5.
[Galaxy S III General] onesolo:
The problem for the screen lock delay is that zram is enabled on stock rom. Once u use a custom kernel and disable zram, there's absolutely no delay.
[Galaxy S III General] Imaginos.88:
That's not correct. Wake-up lag is same for me regardless of the zRam.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
It may be strange,but I also have a delay with zRam disabled on temasek's kitkat ROM.

Delay was done for battery-saving purposes.
[Galaxy S III General] johan81:
I had wake up delays as well, on Yank kernel too, after having flashed Boeffla's kernel, those are gone for me and my gf's SGS3's.
[Galaxy S III General] onesolo:
I'm with Original rom (one of the latest versions) and with Boeffla's kernel, and have no wake up lag...

Once I test enabling zRam and it was evident that the wakeup lag was present... after I turn it off, no more wakeup lag...
[Galaxy S III General] johan81:
That might be the explanation, I do not use zRam, so, it might be that Boeffla's kernel without zRam solves the wake up lag while (some?) other kernels do not and zRam pretty much always gives wake up lag.
[Galaxy S III General] Imaginos.88:
I also use Boeffla kernel on stock ROM, zRAM makes no differece. Idle modes also don't make any difference.
[Galaxy S III General] felix297:
okay i've found something about the wakelock. If you use an app to create a intentional wakelock, the Wake up Lag is nearly zero. It has to do something with CPU Sleepstates..
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
The exynos cpu wakes up a bit late. Thats it.
[Galaxy S III General] shamyles:
gs3

hi, pls help me how to unlock my samsung galaxy s3 smartphone... bthanks:(
[Galaxy S III General] pepo930:
4.3 still sucks for the S3.

I've tried many different ROMs and 4.1.2 still remains the fastest and smoothest.
[Galaxy S III General] Simonna:
You've tried even AOSP-based roms? I would suggest you to try Resurrection Remix with Boeffla kernel,it was the smoothest combo for me when I was using Samsung Galaxy S3 phone.
[Galaxy S III General] pepo930:
AOSPs' camera and battery suck.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Battery is just about the same and camera is also good enough (ex.: lenovo super came app) , unless you really like all of the gimmicky features of TW camera and use them everyday.
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
You were the one that endlessly complained about the video recording quality on AOSP. :P No offence.

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[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
No offence.

That's why I WAS. Now it's fixed.
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
Ah that's great. :)

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[Galaxy S III General] myahyasb:
just wanted to know if revolutionary s5 rom is better than the stock 4.3 rom..does it lags like the stock rom

thank you :)
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
If you tweak it a bit it will not lag at all.

4.3 is awesome.
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
Stock rom might even be faster in some cases, because it is odexed rather than deodexed. Custom roms however sometimes have full gpu rendering of the ui. Try and sew what you prefer.

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[Galaxy S III General] alexferdean:
I switched to Moto X.

GS3 is a great phone, but it's sad that has many software issues. As the phone that changed everything for Samsung in good and as an "ancestor" for all the phones they launched since then I expected more from Samsung and what I mean is a rock solid rom.

Sent from my Moto X
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
So you:re back to stock 4.3?
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_Android:
I have rooted my S3 MK6 (4.3). I have stock recovery, but I want to install PhillZ. Should I just flash that zip? Can somebody give me the link to the latest version for S3, please? Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] suspect008:
I think its far easy and better and reliable to flash tar.md5 with odin as first custom recovery. download the philz latest.tar from official thread and flash with odin. as you have rooted, I hope you know how to use ODIN. cheers and good luck :)

Main thread - http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/orig-development/i93xx-philz-touch-t2002953

Download goo.im - http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9300
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
Yeah. I dont like AOSP camera and battery.

Battery life in Active usage of AOSP rom is really poor.
[Galaxy S III General] ezekionokia:
I'm also on stock but with yank 4.1c kernel. Best solution if you need the rom to be stable and functional.
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_Android:
Do I need to flash both Recovery mods, or just the one I want to? Sorry for my english.

Thanks a lot for the help.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
What's your final screen time with stock?

I can get 4.10+hrs of screen time with heavy usage on AOSP.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
I get around 4.5 hour screen on time.

I never good battery life on AOSP.
[Galaxy S III General] suspect008:
Sorry I didn't get what you said.

Here z what you want if you are rooted.

Here is the link for philz touch recovery 6.15 tar file which is ODIN flashable. (Thank phil for his remarkable work)

http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9300/philz_touch_6.15.4-i9300.tar.md5

download it.

launch ODIN 1.85.

Click on PDA button and select the downloaded .tar file.

Make sure repartition check box is unticked in ODIN. I repeat, UNTICKED OKAY.

Then just click on start. after 15 sec, you will be on your custom recovery.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
New firmware with old changelist.

Model: GT-I9300

Model name: GALAXY S ?

Country: Poland (Orange)

Version: Android 4.3

Changelist: 2372379

Build date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:28:00 +0000

Product Code: IDE

PDA: I9300XXUGNB5

CSC: I9300IDEGNB1

MODEM: I9300BVUGNB2
[Galaxy S III General] Imaginos.88:
Actually likely the same firmware just built at different date.

N = 2014

B = February

5 = Revision 5
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
It has newer modem. Also newer build is newer firmware its not the same.
[Galaxy S III General] aasimkhan30:
We are going to get android 4.4.2

I have some evidence for it

As you can see galaxy fit is compatible with s3 and samsung says galaxy fit will be comatible with any device with 4.4 kitkat

That means we may receive the update

And I repeat 'we may'.
[Galaxy S III General] ashraf sharif:
Look at the changelist. Same as na8. Maybe the modem could be an upgrade... Strange how na7 , na8 and now nb5 all have a lower changelist than na5.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
I think changelist are no more reliable.
[Galaxy S III General] rodlane:
NA2, NA8 and MB5 all have the same changelist. That can't be right.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
You mean NB5.

I'm also thinking to install NB5 and see if there are any changes.

Changelist cant be same for all of them.
[Galaxy S III General] ashraf sharif:
well i installed just the modem and im seeing better data speeds and connectivity. This rom is carrier branded and vert bloated. About 1.6 gb. I dont think the rom would be any different because of the matching changelist
[Galaxy S III General] rodlane:
Sorry, NB5
[Galaxy S III General] andoceo:
I'm thinking to flash this

However the built date is older than in UAE GNA5 or Turkey, the same GNA ....

Also the changelist is lower
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
Final builds ^^
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
Like i said final builds, last from 4.3...4.4 leaks soon.
[Galaxy S III General] hwjrmrm:
I think so!
[Galaxy S III General] rome786:
Im waiting badly for kitkat

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How do you know
[Galaxy S III General] andoceo:
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/03/13...-galaxy-s3-note-2-and-grand-2-duos-after-all/
[Galaxy S III General] .NetRolller 3D:
"SM-N7100"? Really?
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
They allready leaked for N2, or you doesn't know?
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
Leaked and official is quite different AFAIK
[Galaxy S III General] mihaitosca:
I think the changelist is not important for Samsung .

I saw that all the I9505 (S4) 4.4.2 firmware have the same changelist as the S3 since NA8
[Galaxy S III General] rodlane:
NB6 with same changelist as NA7? What does this mean?
[Galaxy S III General] andoceo:
I'm thinking to flash too a newer version although with the same changelist or build date but I'm wondering if there is any problem if I flash a branded version

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NVMD

Model: GT-I9300

Model name: GALAXY S ?

Country: United Arab Emirates

Version: Android 4.3

Changelist: 2454463

Build date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:30:51 +0000

Product Code: LYS

PDA: I9300XXUGNB6

CSC: I9300OJVGNB3

MODEM: I9300XXUGNA8
[Galaxy S III General] ashraf sharif:
i dont think these nb6 roms are branded, they are 300mb smaller than the polish nb5., flashing now
[Galaxy S III General] andoceo:
I wasn't talking about NB6, I was talking about the other roms from sammobile, those branded
[Galaxy S III General] Vishnu pv:
New firmware

Guys, i just updated my S3 to new firmware that released today...!!! But nothing changed. Do you know guys, what are the changes included in this update?

It took 600-800 MB in Kies...
[Galaxy S III General] andoceo:
Nothing visual, but you can be sure that there are improvements in backoffice
[Galaxy S III General] drelite08:
Are there any decent speedy mirrors up yet for this new firmware? Sammobile's are patheticly slow
[Galaxy S III General] andoceo:
Hey, with that sammobile update, mirrors are actually faster than in the older version.
[Galaxy S III General] jaffa1980:
updating wifes s3

hey all,

i was wondering a couple of things, once i have downloaded from sammobiles i have to unzip and use odin to flash right? does it come with all files or is it just the PDA?

once i flash am i right in thinking it does a clean install so i dont need to worry about formatting, i can just go for root and re install from titanium and freeze knox?

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] drelite08:
They're nowhere near as fast as hotfile was. I was hoping to get a mega mirror as usual does get posted with new firmwares. Things are slipping :( if I could get the firmware easier from sammobile then I'd ilupload them to multiple mirrors myself.
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
NB6 is uploaded to stash, link is in my signature :)
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
Everything you said is correct. But there is no knox on s3.

Also flashing with odin doesnt format system you have to format yourself after flashing for max performance.
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
VNZ got a small update to NB4 today.

No idea what this "new feature" is but now it has Play Movies pre-installed. Nothing else seems to be different.
[Galaxy S III General] andoceo:
Hey Jaffa,

Indeed, download, unzip, open ODIN ( pay attention to close from Task manager : KiesTrayAgent.exe and anything else with Kies ). It comes only with a file, AP file. It doesn't format your phone, you can do a factory reset if you wish ( I haven't )
[Galaxy S III General] Raulinho7:
There is another message, also from Samsung Arabia (posted this morning) saying that there is no plan on updating sgs3 to kitkat.
[Galaxy S III General] szotaa:
Do you guys also have such a slow wifi? I get it on every 4.3 rom (no matter if stock, cm 10.2 or slimbean with 4.3, on cm 11 everything is fine).
[Galaxy S III General] andoceo:
[MENTION=4640017]szotaa[/MENTION], no problem here, maybe is a problem with your wifi router, you should try at a different wireless to see that if you encounter the same problem
[Galaxy S III General] szotaa:
IDK if that helb because on my s2 everything works fine

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[Galaxy S III General] drelite08:
Have you tried using a different modem?
[Galaxy S III General] cloudx720:
Latest B6 firmware is really good, battery usage is awesome compared with NA7.
[Galaxy S III General] manojpy:
I agree. 7 hours on flight mode and 0% drain on stock kernel. Wonder what Sammy has done different in this firmware.

Zephyr™ Lite v4, NB6, 240dpi, with Xposed framework - Galaxy Redefined!
[Galaxy S III General] izsabadianz:
4.3 Roms

Each time i switch to an 4.3 rom my efs folder corrupts and when i switch to 4.2.2 or cm rom i can get my imei and serial number through ARIZA patch, wanted to switch to stock 4.3 rom need help ..
[Galaxy S III General] fabianokbr:
Does B6 have Portuguese (Brazil) among the languages?
[Galaxy S III General] izsabadianz:
IMEI

After installing there is no network plus imei is 00499 and 0000 serial number....
[Galaxy S III General] belabed5:
Anyone to post B6 kernel? Is it better than B5? What about the modem should I also flash it?if so what benefits does it bring about? Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III General] astankov:
I will be happy also if someone post it. I want to try it also.

Actually I just downloaded the whole XXNB6 XSG firmware and I dont know which file in the .tar.md5 archive is actually the kernel image. I came from ACE2 forum and in ace2 firmwares there were a file called kernel.bin.md5 and this was the kernel image. Now in this S3 firmware archive there is file called boot.img - is this the kernel image or I'm wrong? If this is the kernel I will post it and you will be able to flash it with Odin or Mobile Odin.

Edit: Yes actually the file boot.img is the kernel. Just flashed it with Mobile Odin and it worked. Here is the file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6xycg6780y6gp4x/boot.img
[Galaxy S III General] tintin1503:
Yup boot. Img is the kernel file. Let me also look for a mirror for a cwm for stock NB6 kernel.

Edit - here is a drop box link for the CWM Stock NB6 repacked kernel

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f2i35o61f3v3x4w/I9300XXUGNB6_Kernel_StockRepacked.zip
[Galaxy S III General] belabed5:
What does it mean repacked? I want the stock kernel without any changes please.. thanks tintin
[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
No changes, just repacked for easy flash in recovery.
[Galaxy S III General] placimaster:
I updated my phone to this:

Model: GT-I9300

Model name: GALAXY S III

Country: Switzerland

Version: Android 4.3

Changelist: 2429075

Build date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:53:58 +0000

Product Code: AUT

PDA: I9300XXUGNA5

CSC: I9300AUTGNB1

MODEM: I9300XXUGNA8

what do you think about this rom? it seems a little bit faster than the previouos one (I9300XXUGML2)... overall opinion after daily use?
[Galaxy S III General] hwjrmrm:
I have a TGY S3, i want to flash Turkey 4.3,but after flashed Turkey's 4.3 XXUGMK6, the CSC in recovery changed to AFR, so i cant update my system, how to change my CSC to TUR? thanks
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
Flash NB6. Its the best release of 4.3.
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
MK6 is still the best for me.

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[Galaxy S III General] rome786:
Plz provide NB6 fw mega link
[Galaxy S III General] ithunter:
NB6 is far far more more batter :)

Worth Try it and say me Thanks :))))
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
I tried it, otherwise I wouldn't say that I still prefer MK6.

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[Galaxy S III General] dreadlord69:
Which country has NB6 without bloat? Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
UAE- Country code is XSG
[Galaxy S III General] dreadlord69:
Thank you :) I'll give a try.
[Galaxy S III General] rome786:
NB6 mega link plzz
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
Go to perka.zapto.org for fast dl.
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
Model name: GALAXY S III

Country: Brazil (Claro)

Version: Android 4.3

Changelist: 2505561

Build date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:12:50 +0000

Product Code: ZTA

PDA: I9300UBUGNB1

CSC: I9300ZTAUGNA2

MODEM: I9300UBUGMK1
[Galaxy S III General] dreadlord69:
That's really strange. Higher changelist and lower build date...

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[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
Its not strange. Build date refers to when the rom was compiled, it can be compiled at any time. What matters is the changelist, which indicates the changes in the source.
[Galaxy S III General] ashraf sharif:
I think this nb1 brazilian firmware has a higher change list due to it being carrier branded. Probably lots of bloat. If the modem and kernel are not newer than I doubt the firmware would be better. Higher changelist or not. Just my opinion. Btw im pretty sure claro uses a custom boot animation as well.
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
Agreed with you.
[Galaxy S III General] Slim2none4u:
Very broad statements should be avoided. There is Knox on the S3. After root you do need to freeze/uninstall Knox.
[Galaxy S III General] gieffe22:
on gt i9300(the phone of THIS thread) there's NO KNOX...so if you have other s3 variants post in other thread of s3 variant and don't make confusion...
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
No offence. But if you dont know anything dont try to teach others. I know what I'm saying.
[Galaxy S III General] Slim2none4u:
Anytime a sentence starts off with, "no offense" you know it's is going to be offensive.

The topic is Android 4.3 discussion. It's not, by title, split by variant. So maybe this thread is in a specific variant thread. Which is not visible when using tap talk.

Regardless, YOUR statement is still wrong. There is Knox on the s3. Maybe to avoid confusion you could put what variant you are speaking of and not make general statements. You swarm and insult rather than new clear yourself. Of you make a broad statement in a public forum then it is you who chooses to confuse not me.

Don't pretend to be more than you are. That's my general statement.

Forgotten more than you'll ever know! Peace!
[Galaxy S III General] Humayuncool:
Got a 10mb update today anyone else received it ?
[Galaxy S III General] Squall-Leonhart:
This is the Android 4.3 thread relevant to the i9300 and i9305. There is no knox on these versions.

Content of posts in this section is relevant to these models only.
[Galaxy S III General] theronkinator:
Actually the i9305 4.3 DOES have Knox.
[Galaxy S III General] Squall-Leonhart:
Not in any region i have come across.
[Galaxy S III General] theronkinator:
The i9305 has it in every region:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305/discussion-knox-bootloader-t2597774
[Galaxy S III General] belabed5:
Help what's going on with my s3?!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] MMLP2:
It's a value bug no need to worry about
[Galaxy S III General] rodlane:
It will reset when you do a full charge.
[Galaxy S III General] Slim2none4u:
That's where I got my info also. Thank you got sharing with those that "know what they are saying". Lmao

Crow is gooooooood!!!
[Galaxy S III General] drelite08:
Any mirrors for NB6 please?
[Galaxy S III General] rome786:
Try omega file app....

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Or use perka file stash app