[Q] How Safe Is It Flashing Gingerbread? - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm a little hesitant re-flashing Gingerbread because of the little scare we had, but I hear that now just two people got bricked.
So how many of you are back on Gingerbread?

I am. It has always ran really good for me. I'm using gingivitus IX. The only problem I have with this Rom is that the battery takes forever to charge. No other complaints.
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I'm using no-frills CPU to Overclock. I have HTC inspire 4g running coredroid 6.6 what would be a good starting point for my
Min. Clock freq? And my max clock freq? And also what do the freq's do? Help please trying to get the most out.
Also if someone would explain what the governers are....
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And also what is the correct way to use a different kernel than the one that is in the ROM? I have the ext4 wipe. Not used it. I just clear everything from recovery mode.
Basically what's the correct way to flash a new kernel?
Sorry for the double post.
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yatyas2141 said:
And also what is the correct way to use a different kernel than the one that is in the ROM? I have the ext4 wipe. Not used it. I just clear everything from recovery mode.
Basically what's the correct way to flash a new kernel?
Sorry for the double post.
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Wrong forum....
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superchilpil said:
Wrong forum....
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Hahaha, yeah I know seriously.

I'm going in
Flashed GB successfully last night then flashed back to Fro ...on GB now so far so good DAS BAMF rom... HTC Thunderbolt rooted...

Tbolt101 said:
Flashed GB successfully last night then flashed back to Fro ...on GB now so far so good DAS BAMF rom... HTC Thunderbolt rooted...
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I just flashed that and I'm loving BAMF 2.0 Remix.

Is there any news on GB radio causing bricks I would like to try it. The firdt post said it was only two phones that got bricked.

wooddale said:
Is there any news on GB radio causing bricks I would like to try it. The firdt post said it was only two phones that got bricked.
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I heard that it was just two phones out of thousands, but I don't know that's a risk you take every time you flash anything.

wooddale said:
Is there any news on GB radio causing bricks I would like to try it. The firdt post said it was only two phones that got bricked.
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After I flashed GB to my phone my wife left me, dog ran away, and I got pregnant, twice.
Hasn't phased me though. Flashing LiquidGingerSense tonight, just because.
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I was hearing from Jcase that it was more than just a few phones

I heard around 30 were bricked, but considering how many TB's there are out there, not a bad ratio. How many of those 30 were caused by user error?

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Rom recommendations?

i'm a noob to rooting..but did a root last night..and put kaosyo and i really didnt like the look of it...most of it was in chinese..and i wasnt allowed to connect to anything..i later ....through the help of someone i had to download something else to connect to google and other things..
i like the look of the eris..dont mind rooting..but especially want something that runs faster and smoother..anyone recommend anything like this?..i want to overclock it...but being a noob to this..i get confused in the root rom overclock flash conversation..i've been reading a lot of boards and a lot of google searches...till my head starts to spin...
thank you (and sorry if i go against board rules etc)
I suggest EvilEris. It's 2.1 and sense based, so it's not too much different from what you're used to.
as for overclocking, buy SetCPU from the app market(I suggest buying instead of other means because these guys did good work and deserve compensation for it). The only things you really need to know is to make two specific profiles: One for charging/full that goes to about 710MHz(there's a slide bar in it to make this easier) and one that turns on when the screen is off(this can be picked from a drop down box in the profile maker) that has a max speed of like 245MHZ. This will help optimize your battery life. It's a fairly easy app to use also, so you'll get the hang of it pretty quickly.
thank you!..i was looking at evil eris..dont like the red..but its one that a lot of people spoke highly of...
i read about that app...will have to buy it..thanks for the help!
now if i can just figure out how to root again..lol...not sure if all that i did yesterday i will have to do the same...but they usually have installing instructions
For rooting your Eris, look at this thread. Works perfectly.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725096
If you don't like the red from evil eris then I suggest senseable 3.1. Also sense based and very well spoken of also. Currently what I use and is my favorite.
As stated before setcpu is good for overclocking. You can download for free from these forums (search for it). And as always if you like it, its always nice to donate by buying the app from the market
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giggz41 said:
thank you!..i was looking at evil eris..dont like the red..but its one that a lot of people spoke highly of...
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That's just the wallpaper he uses. It starts with the default one. The only major colour changes is that he uses blue instead of green on the battery.
giggz41 said:
thank you!..i was looking at evil eris..dont like the red..but its one that a lot of people spoke highly of...
i read about that app...will have to buy it..thanks for the help!
now if i can just figure out how to root again..lol...not sure if all that i did yesterday i will have to do the same...but they usually have installing instructions
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If you already rooted, you don't need to do it again. When changing ROMs, all you need to do is wipe factory reset, and cache, and nand backup, and then flash your new ROM (zip file).
Look up adb commands for help.
exAusTiN said:
If you already rooted, you don't need to do it again. When changing ROMs, all you need to do is wipe factory reset, and cache, and nand backup, and then flash your new ROM (zip file).
Look up adb commands for help.
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You might wanna nand backup BEFORE you wipe, though.
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Chiggins said:
For rooting your Eris, look at this thread. Works perfectly.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725096
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thank you for this think...but the directions are confusing to me..
thank you everyone for your help..i downloaded the sensable 3.1 its just finished loading up on my eris...i will download setcpu..and play with it and let you all know i how like it...
do love the "blue droid" kinda like he got suffocated...
Yeah I tried evil eris and didn't like the theme much. When it comes to sense based roms, senseable is the tops.
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what in the hell kaos.froyo were you using ??????
DS36 said:
what in the hell kaos.froyo were you using ??????
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not sure specifically...i've been all over the net to many to be specific as to where i got it from..
giggz41 said:
not sure specifically...i've been all over the net to many to be specific as to where i got it from..
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ok if you want a really nice rom try kaos.froyo its here on xda
the only thing is that camera is not working right now but im sure it will
i tried that..it was in chinese lol..no camera..oh no couldnt do that..gotta have my camera feature lol...
i dunno i love the sensable...until now that it wont charge period...
giggz41 said:
i tried that..it was in chinese lol..no camera..oh no couldnt do that..gotta have my camera feature lol...
i dunno i love the sensable...until now that it wont charge period...
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Yeah I agree with the camera thing. Camera magic isn't nearly as good as the stock camera app.
Plus for some reason froyo roms drain my battery like is going out of style. I'm talking I had a full charge, had data wifi bluetooth etc. off. No setcpu either. I had also calibrated the battery. Twenty minutes later after not even turning the screen on it was down almost 10%. And its only on froyo roms. I don't get it.
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Evil Eris 3.0 was my long term every day ROM and I would recomend it, but I would also recomend CM6 in my sig.
orkillakilla said:
Yeah I agree with the camera thing. Camera magic isn't nearly as good as the stock camera app.
Plus for some reason froyo roms drain my battery like is going out of style. I'm talking I had a full charge, had data wifi bluetooth etc. off. No setcpu either. I had also calibrated the battery. Twenty minutes later after not even turning the screen on it was down almost 10%. And its only on froyo roms. I don't get it.
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It's probably because Froyo roms are OC'ed to 710 already. You need setcpu and create profiles to minimize battery drain.
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joshw0000 said:
It's probably because Froyo roms are OC'ed to 710 already. You need setcpu and create profiles to minimize battery drain.
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I had profiles set. Didn't help any. I put the same profiles on senseable (oc'd to 710) and battery life is much better. I was doing some wireless tethering today for over an hour and had less drain than doing nothing with froyo.
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exAusTiN said:
If you already rooted, you don't need to do it again. When changing ROMs, all you need to do is wipe factory reset, and cache, and nand backup, and then flash your new ROM (zip file).
Look up adb commands for help.
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I know its sounds funny but what u just wrote really helped me.. so glad I dont have to do all that again..thank you!!!.. I have KaosFroyo v24 and He has fixes for it so when they say flash this zip file over it.. do I wipe, clear and all that again?? I tried to just flash the zip(in recovery mode).. that I had, and it didnt install.

Sudden shut offs.. not revolts.. shut offs

Hey, lovin my TB! recently after returning from TB back to fresh rooted froyo, everything's been ok. Then I flashed bamf 1.7 fine. Stripped version getting shut offs, not reboots.. I don't notice till I reach in my holster and the HTC logo appears. I thought it might be the rom so I flashed cm7.0.0 RC. Still getting them. Is anyone else getting these? This is serious considering i almost woke up late today after setting my alarm last night only to find my phone is turned off.
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I'd start by checking kernel settings. Too low won't wake. Too high will cause a shut off. Not all processors respond well to extreme over/under clocking and under voting.
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keith.mcintyre26 said:
I'd start by checking kernel settings. Too low won't wake. Too high will cause a shut off. Not all processors respond well to extreme over/under clocking and under voting.
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I actually have not touched the kernel nor the radio.. but I'm wanting Netflix so I'm going to have to flash the gb radio I think. As for the kernel it is the one that came with cm7, the highest clocking is around 1ghz. I guess ill show around for a decent kernel.
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shut off fix worked for me
I was having the exact same problem and I flashed the new cdma radio and the old LTE radio combo and I have not had a problem since.
here is the line to the thread where I got the radios from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045081
alluzzion2o9 said:
I actually have not touched the kernel nor the radio.. but I'm wanting Netflix so I'm going to have to flash the gb radio I think. As for the kernel it is the one that came with cm7, the highest clocking is around 1ghz. I guess ill show around for a decent kernel.
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Most likely the dumb radio then..last couple radio releases have reboot issues depending on the person...seems your an unlucky one too.
n0vemberrain86 said:
I was having the exact same problem and I flashed the new cdma radio and the old LTE radio combo and I have not had a problem since.
here is the line to the thread where I got the radios from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045081
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Ill give it a try. Thanks for the link.
EDIT: as an update. So i reached 24hrs without a single shutdown. I flashed cm7 dream kernel 1.8 and one of the radios from above link.. only question is the types of signals of each combo from the link looks like hyroglyphs to me.. which is the recommended radio running cm7?
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Overclock

The sensation have oc daemon on there 2.3.4 roms. Why don't we or am I missing something.
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Download setcpu and your good to go.
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Download setcpu and your good to go.
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Negative we can't oc 2.3.4 yet
E3D
Has anyone tried the method we used to OC back when all we had was temp root?
Its still a different phone. We don't have kernel source as far as I have read and that means no oc. Be patient and stop whining about the sensation having things first.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212462
If that helped you out hit the thanks button.
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so is that method the only way to overclock?
I'm having a lot of trouble with set cpu and WTSB ROM on my 2.3.4 with 1.5 hboot. It worked for a while but since i went to WTSB it displays 1026mhz as my cpu speed and that's not even teh speed of stock.
I've reflashed twice now with the same luck.
@jeffbinder ....did you noticed the date of that last post??...as of your issue, does your kernel supports oc? i see you are using hboot 1.5, have you followed the ¨Specific¨ way to flash roms with kernels/kernels for us(hb1.5 users)??? what i mean by that is did you used the Image Flash GUI apk or the fastboot method?? because thats the only way(that i know of) hb1.5 htc unlock users can flash kernels...
jeffbinder said:
so is that method the only way to overclock?
I'm having a lot of trouble with set cpu and WTSB ROM on my 2.3.4 with 1.5 hboot. It worked for a while but since i went to WTSB it displays 1026mhz as my cpu speed and that's not even teh speed of stock.
I've reflashed twice now with the same luck.
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[email protected] whole thing u b trollin methinks
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@jeffbinder ....did you noticed the date of that last post??...as of your issue, does your kernel supports oc? i see you are using hboot 1.5, have you followed the ¨Specific¨ way to flash roms with kernels/kernels for us(hb1.5 users)??? what i mean by that is did you used the Image Flash GUI apk or the fastboot method?? because thats the only way(that i know of) hb1.5 htc unlock users can flash kernels...
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I use fastboot on the computer. The rom flashed over fine and everything runs but now my speed just isn't up to stock anymore. It's so weird. The phone acts normal so i'm thinking maybe a bug in set cpu? I've tried uninstalling and re-installing it a few times.
I put it back to stock and everything is fine so i know my flash is good. This isn't my first rodeo with rooting. i do all my friends' devices and i never seem to run into any issues from samsung, motorola or htc until this new evo 3d i just bought. My old evo worked great.
BTW, the last post is only 6 months old. That's not "ancient" in the history of forums by anymeans. It was one of 3 threads in the last year about set cpu.
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[email protected] whole thing u b trollin methinks
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i wish i was trolling. I've been a member for just shy of a year but no need to post since none of this is all that complicated and i never ran into issues. I didn't have enough posts to reply in the ROM thread but i do now so i posted it to see if someone there might know what's up.
@jeffbinder
Got to SetCPU clear all and uninstall, reboot, install ¨SystemTuner¨, try that app for OC. See if that works better, most roms/kernels have been using a script for OC called OCDaemon(or something like that...am kinda of new to these terms/info).
Edit: Don't multi thread for the same issue, so it is easier to provide you with help.
thanks!
i installed that program, it showed my cpu was set lower so i increased it to 1188mhz then i uninstalled that program and reinstalled set cpu. Now set cpu shows my 1188mhz speed.
I normally don't multipost but after almost a year i didn't have enough posts to post my problem in the dev forums for that ROM. sorry

Frequent SOD's on different roms!

I cant pinpoint at all whats going on. I get at least 5 screens of death each day. I full wipe and everything before I flash a rom on my phone. I'm currently on Turkbey v7. Someone please help me out
Return to stock, if it happens still probably best to return it if you can.
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Return to stock, if it happens still probably best to return it if you can.
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oh no... i just got a replacement a few weeks ago..
Did you mess with clocks/voltage at one point? There may be an init.d script or some other kernel settings leftover from those that you gotta get rid of. Flashing back to stock should fix that if I'm not mistaken.
Can you still return your replacement?
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oh no... i just got a replacement a few weeks ago..
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that jus tmeans you'll need another
Did you clean out the kernal settings between ROMs/Kernals?
No I didn't mess with any overclock or voltage settings.
I can still get another replacement phone until a year has passed since this phone has been released since thats when I got the first phone.
And tomorrow I'll try flashing back to stock and then flashing a rom afterwards. I have to study for my summer class tonight.
Thanks alot everybody!
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oh no... i just got a replacement a few weeks ago..
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well replacements are usually refurbished, if im not mistaken. Theres probably a higher chance that something is wrong with a refurbished phone over a brand new phone. So maybe not that unexpected that something will go wrong, especially with custom software
I would try running the kernel cleaning script and flashing a new kernel. I known NEAK didn't like me and locked up several times a day. But its so darn fast....just giving an example. What kernel r u running now?
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Phalanx7621 said:
I would try running the kernel cleaning script and flashing a new kernel. I known NEAK didn't like me and locked up several times a day. But its so darn fast....just giving an example. What kernel r u running now?
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NEAK...
NEAK is working great here with UCLD4. I used to have tons of SoDs with LD3 on the stock kernel, just about every time I turned the phone off it would SoD within a couple minutes.
So because I felt too lazy to go to stock, I found the kernel cleaning script and wiped everything off my phone and flashed the script. Then I reflashed the Turkbey rom since I just like it and so far I haven't gotten any SODs as of yet.
afrojoc said:
So because I felt too lazy to go to stock, I found the kernel cleaning script and wiped everything off my phone and flashed the script. Then I reflashed the Turkbey rom since I just like it and so far I haven't gotten any SODs as of yet.
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Yayz! If I wasn't such a fanboy of AOKP I'd try it. I just totally fell in love with this ROM. maybe one day....glad things are working for ya.
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Yayz! If I wasn't such a fanboy of AOKP I'd try it. I just totally fell in love with this ROM. maybe one day....glad things are working for ya.
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Its not bad. Im mostly on it cause i thought i got the least amount of SODs on here hehe. Its my safe zone to be at.
But anyway thanks for your help and everyone else who spent time and effort to help me solve this stupid problem! I love this forum..
Voltage
Min volts may be set too low. Bring first step up to 200. Allot of times its too much deep sleep.

Problem running any custom kernels, rooted etc.

Title pretty much says it but just wondering if anyone has not been able to run custom kernels. It started with my attempt with Komodo etc., but I always get some form of screen flashes or massive FCs. Im am rooted with original 1.12 hboot. I have been able to successully load and run ROMs from Viper to AOKP, even CM10.1 but never able to run a custom kernel. I have wiped clean, reset and still no go. I am using the 2.2.1 TWRP so wondering if the newest TWRP would fix that ability? I know some of the EVO LTEs just wont run with a custom kernel but figured I would try.
Thanks in advance for any input.
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Are you S-Off or S-On. I would flash the latest recovery just to be safe.
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I've had the same issue with Komodo. I'm S-OFF 1.19. I tried on the latest twrp, 2.3.3, and even on a tip re-flashed 2.3.1
I was able to boot after flashing with 2.3.1, sometimes...but it really wasn't stable enough to even try to use. Constant reboots, FC's, bootloops, etc
The device I'm having this issue on is an insurance replacement from asurion, the 4th one to be exact. i never had this issue on any of the previous devices...my first was new via preorder, that was stolen, and the first 2 refurbs were returned due to other hardware defects, although at least they could run a custom f***ing kernel.
as far as I've been able to tell nobody has found the issue that makes some devices not take to a custom kernel.
Did any of Ye try the voltage stabilizer
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Did any of Ye try the voltage stabilizer
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Thanks for the replies. I am S-OFF, current baseband etc. I haven't tried the voltage mod, but will look into that and come back for questions if necessary. If you have any tips on the voltage mods etc, feel free to pass them on. I have tried to use Goo Manager to download the newest TWRP but kept getting errors but haven't tried today. Will try to get the most recent on and look at voltage mods. Its not a huge deal, I get great battery life and its fast enough but I wanted to at least see if there was something specific that I have been missing to run the kernels. Thanks for all the replies!
The Komodo kernel worked only after updating TWRP to newest and I also had to use the voltage mod as neither would load without it. Great advice and for first time I am running custom kernel on top of PACMAN ROM. I tried capped at 1.7 then 2.1 both work but the 2.1 started to indicate some weird results within minutes of loading. I backed down to 1.9/384 and looks to be the sweet spot. Thanks again!
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Did any of Ye try the voltage stabilizer
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I have tried that and it hasn't made any improvements for me.
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I have tried that and it hasn't made any improvements for me.
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I don't know if it makes any difference but I flash the voltage zip before and after flashing the kernel. Also make sure your downloading the s-on if that's what you need
Edit just saw your s-off in your sig
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I haven't tried flashing post install since it worked loading pre-install for me but will if I have any additional issues. Thanks for the tips!
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