@twobob: :P
@diba: Yep, tweaked my wording a bit. I was aiming at the 'let's do a factory reset just to install an official update' crowd; it does, of course, have its use if you know what you're doing and what it entails

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I'm not familiar with the inner workings of the localization patches, but, unless you have a shell access, yep, that might be your easiest way out

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