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Andrew T. ♦
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Whether the file is on mediafireMediaFire or xdaXDA, you still run the risk of a user putting up a bad file (whether maliciously or incompetently). You have to trust someone unless you decide to make your own romROM from scratch.

You could always open the update.zipupdate.zip file and do a cursory look at its contents. And if the poster has a good history, that gives points in their favor. Many posters on xdaXDA host their files on external download tools like mediafire;MediaFire; it doesn't inherently make the file more suspicious.

Whether the file is on mediafire or xda, you still run the risk of a user putting up a bad file (whether maliciously or incompetently). You have to trust someone unless you decide to make your own rom from scratch.

You could always open the update.zip file and do a cursory look at its contents. And if the poster has a good history, that gives points in their favor. Many posters on xda host their files on external download tools like mediafire; it doesn't inherently make the file more suspicious.

Whether the file is on MediaFire or XDA, you still run the risk of a user putting up a bad file (whether maliciously or incompetently). You have to trust someone unless you decide to make your own ROM from scratch.

You could always open the update.zip file and do a cursory look at its contents. And if the poster has a good history, that gives points in their favor. Many posters on XDA host their files on external download tools like MediaFire; it doesn't inherently make the file more suspicious.

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Stephen S
Stephen S
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Whether the file is on mediafire or xda, you still run the risk of a user putting up a bad file (whether maliciously or incompetently). You have to trust someone unless you decide to make your own rom from scratch.

You could always open the update.zip file and do a cursory look at its contents. And if the poster has a good history, that gives points in their favor. Many posters on xda host their files on external download tools like mediafire; it doesn't inherently make the file more suspicious.