diff --git a/module/common_func.sh b/module/common_func.sh
index 8c4fa70..7eb0de5 100644
--- a/module/common_func.sh
+++ b/module/common_func.sh
@@ -1,43 +1,10 @@
-# resetprop_hexpatch [-f|--force] <prop name> <new value>
-resetprop_hexpatch() {
-    case "$1" in
-        -f|--force) local FORCE=1; shift;;
-    esac 
-
-    local NAME="$1"
-    local NEWVALUE="$2"
-    local CURVALUE="$(resetprop "$NAME")"
-
-    [ ! "$NEWVALUE" -o ! "$CURVALUE" ] && return 1
-    [ "$NEWVALUE" = "$CURVALUE" -a ! "$FORCE" ] && return 2
-
-    local NEWLEN=${#NEWVALUE}
-    if [ -f /dev/__properties__ ]; then
-        local PROPFILE=/dev/__properties__
-    else
-        local PROPFILE="/dev/__properties__/$(resetprop -Z "$NAME")"
-    fi
-    [ ! -f "$PROPFILE" ] && return 3
-    local NAMEOFFSET=$(echo $(strings -t d "$PROPFILE" | grep "$NAME") | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
-
-    #<hex 2-byte change counter><flags byte><hex length of prop value><prop value + nul padding to 92 bytes><prop name>
-    local NEWHEX="$(printf '%02x' "$NEWLEN")$(printf "$NEWVALUE" | od -A n -t x1 -v | tr -d ' \n')$(printf "%$((92-NEWLEN))s" | sed 's/ /00/g')"
-
-    printf "Patch '$NAME' to '$NEWVALUE' in '$PROPFILE' @ 0x%08x -> \n[0000??$NEWHEX]\n" $((NAMEOFFSET-96))
-
-    echo -ne "\x00\x00" \
-        | dd obs=1 count=2 seek=$((NAMEOFFSET-96)) conv=notrunc of="$PROPFILE"
-    echo -ne "$(printf "$NEWHEX" | sed -e 's/.\{2\}/&\\x/g' -e 's/^/\\x/' -e 's/\\x$//')" \
-        | dd obs=1 count=93 seek=$((NAMEOFFSET-93)) conv=notrunc of="$PROPFILE"
-}
-
 # resetprop_if_diff <prop name> <expected value>
 resetprop_if_diff() {
     local NAME="$1"
     local EXPECTED="$2"
     local CURRENT="$(resetprop "$NAME")"
 
-    [ -z "$CURRENT" ] || [ "$CURRENT" = "$EXPECTED" ] || resetprop_hexpatch "$NAME" "$EXPECTED"
+    [ -z "$CURRENT" ] || [ "$CURRENT" = "$EXPECTED" ] || resetprop "$NAME" "$EXPECTED"
 }
 
 # resetprop_if_match <prop name> <value match string> <new value>
@@ -46,7 +13,7 @@ resetprop_if_match() {
     local CONTAINS="$2"
     local VALUE="$3"
 
-    [[ "$(resetprop "$NAME")" = *"$CONTAINS"* ]] && resetprop_hexpatch "$NAME" "$VALUE"
+    [[ "$(resetprop "$NAME")" = *"$CONTAINS"* ]] && resetprop "$NAME" "$VALUE"
 }
 
 # stub for boot-time