Hi Folks,
i guess my Xperia Pro (= Xperia Neo + keyboard, Android 2.3.4) is dying on me, it doesn't start anymore. I am actually not quite sure if this thread should really be here, as this may well be a general problem with SONY Xperia's, mods feel free to move it if so.
Here is what is happening:
Before, when i shut down the phone and connected it to the charger, a kind of BIOS screen flashed up shortly after that, showing 'SONY Ericsson' and then some simple graphics displaying the loading status of the battery.
Now, if i shut down the phone normally, these BIOS screens are not there anymore, and subsequently the phone can also not be started. Here is what i have to do get it working again:
- pull the battery
- wait for 5 - 10 mins
- connect the phone to the charger with NO battery inserted
- wait for the 'SONY Ericsson' screen, then insert the battery quickly
The phone will then startup normally. The following potential problems were checked:
- battery is fully loaded
- SD card removed, to no avail
- SIM card removed, to no avail
Phone is rooted, and has a 1 GB EXT3 partition on the SD card as ROM extension (SD Link).
Strange enough, the phone is also sometimes not correctly recognized on my laptop. If that happens, also SONY's support program for Windows, called 'PC Companion 2.0', is unable to connect to the phone when on USB.
What could that be ? Is my battery dying on me ? That's highly unlikely, because the phone is only 3 months old and i can run the phone for 3 days without recharging, if necessary (Thanks to root, removing facebook and the like, and the app 'SetXperia').
On the other side, the missing recognition from my Laptop would most likely indicate a problem with that BIOS being loaded from the ROM, no ? Do ANDROID phones even have something like a BIOS ? If so, is it made by the phone manufacturers ?
Thank you for helping me out, as i have rooted the phone i can not easily send it to service.
Regards
Christian
ADDENDUM / 0% battery problem related :
It may so happen that my problem is somehow related to the fuel gauge problem reported in this thread here, but i never experience a 0% loading state ? My batter never goes lower than 30% typically, and the restart problem will also happen if the battery status was showing 98% when i am shutting it down. However, it seems that the guys suffering from this do have a similar problem, i.e. the KERNEL not booting when they try to switch on the phone ?
Is it possible that some hardware part in the phone checks the status of the battery, detects it as too low and refuses to start-up, even though the battery is actually full ? But then, why doesn't it start with battery inserted when i connect it to the charger ? I first have to pull the battery, then it will start ?
ADDENDUM 2 / Power Saving App SetXperia messing with CPU clock:
As mentioned above, i am using the app 'SetXperia' to save battery. In 'default' mode it will constantly vary the CPU clock according to real need, in order to save on battery. Can this app confuse the fuel gauge, and my battery show it is fully loaded, while in reality it is almost down ?
Sounds to me like you removed an app that you shouldn't have. This happened to me the first time I rooted my Xperia Pro. Ended up in an endless boot loop.
The fix? Factory reset of the phone via PC Companion. There's information on exactly how to do it in PC Companion.
After it's reset, you can re-root it. Then be more careful about what you remove.
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phoenix_rizzen said:
Sounds to me like you removed an app that you shouldn't have. This happened to me the first time I rooted my Xperia Pro. Ended up in an endless boot loop.
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Hi, thanks for the input, but i am pretty sure this is not the case. Here is what i removed, using Titanium Backup:
SONY Sales Demo
Facebook 1.7.1
Facebook Setup 2.0.A.0.2
Facebook Calendar Sync
Facebook Extension 2.0.13
Facebook Notification Publisher 1.0
Facebook Post Viewer 1.0.A.0.3
Fun & Downloads 2.2.3
Moxier Pro 2.4.0
Music Unlimited 1.0.2
SEMC Facebook Proxy 1.0.A.0.7
Games and Applications 1.0.A.0.6
Street View 1.7.0.4
Twitter Extension 2.0.9
UEFA.com 1.0.0
Video Unlimited 1.2.0
Xperia HotShots 0.1.1
Anyhow, i have made a backup of all of them in Titanium before de-installation, so i could restore them if you really think that any of them could have an influence on whether the KERNEL (BIOS) will start after being shut down ?
moving posts here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471928&page=2
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Hi, everybody. I'm new in here...
So, here is my (first) question: here is what I did:
- I have rooted my X10 Mini Pro (using z4root)
- removed some apps in the phone (mainly pre-installed games)
- removed the stock calendar app, and replaced with the default "google" one, using the suggestions in this forum (thanks!)
Now, I noticed that my battery is always recharging to 100%. I know this is not "normal", since the manual states that the battery will start un-charging as soon as it is fully charged, so it is normal to find it below 100%... and this is the way I found it before rooting...
So, is there some issue with my phone? Did I uninstalled "something" useful to manage the battery charging (is there an app for that, anyhow??)
Thanks for any help
Marco
Hey, I don't know if it really always has to be less then 100%. I've used my phone a while before rooting, and then the phone charged till 100% also. I've configured it close to what you have and easily get 3 days. But mostly I recharge after 2 days.
See more info about battery on the wiki:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Xperia_X10_Mini_Battery#Save_battery
my 2.1 is also rooted, when it gets to 100% it normally beeps. I haven't noticed it go down after that but I normally unplug it straight away so probably haven't paid much attention...
Novama, i want to do just what you did: root the phone, remove apps change calendar. But, i have a problem.
I used both z4root and superoneclick and they both state that they have rooted my phone (Xperia mini pro, 2.1) and i have 'superuser' app but phone is not rooted? Fot example, when i connect with android commander it says 'not rooted'.
What am i missing?
Thanks in advance.
ppirate and projectsome: thanks for your answers. Actually I usually recharge overnight, so I can't know the exact time when it's fully charged. But, in the morning, i find it at 100%.
pericamikica: not sure I'm able to help you, as I'm quite new in here... What I did is installing z4root, and using it to root the phone. Then I installed Titanium backup, that worked fine....
Software specifications in my signiture for ur reference! however i dont think it is quite related to ROM/kernel/scripts etc...
My phone is about 1 year old, and as well as its accessories except sd card which is bought 2 months ago.
also, i am very sure that the combination of mik6.6.1 and francos 1.1 newest, would NOT cause this problem. also, i am very sure that i installed them carefully and correctly from recovery
Recently, my phone is experiencing random shutdowns at random moments. (keyboard using / web browsing / music playing as the most often)
screen blackens suddenly (with a few electric beams at the top of the screen) and is shut down.
if external power is unplugged, it can be normally and stably powered up using power button.
if external power is plugged, phone will normally and stably power up by itself since receiving external power.
after power on, everything is stable and normal even the shutdown occured during apps download/update from android market.
note: there is NO SIGNS of kernel panics and i am sure it is not.
information from own knowledge and internet
Phones from different manufacturers (including LG, Samsung, HTC) is possible to face this problem and it is mostly not related to software. (ROM, kernel, etc)
It is possibly related to:
- internal hardware of the phone
- phone battery
- external SD card itself
- SD card reader of the phone
on oct 1 i plugged my SD card to windows and ran a "partition repair", windows kind of repaired my card and it was all normal.
however today justnow it happened again and i can say that i would firstly ignore the possibility that my card is the cause of the problem. it is pretty new, too.
4/10/2011
problem re-occured
boot time: ~3 hours
network usage: HSDPA
doing: market browsing
recent system related activity:
fix_permissions
recent user app activity:
updated camera360 ultimate v2.5.5
now i hv 3 questions to ask:
1) for the purpose of using darktremor stably, 05mountsd in /system/etc/init.d is removed. is this any related?
2) for the other 3 hardware possibilities, which one do u think is the most possible to happen?
the battery ITSELF? (i am abit suspecting this as my battery deplets faster than those reported times in kernel thread, eg they got 70% left when normal 10 hrs usage with 3g on while i got only 20% left of the same situation)
or would there be any problems on those wires connecting the battery?
3) is this mostly happen when sd card is "suddenly physically unmounted"? any experiences? so should i repartition my sd card? (takes a long time )
please as my school work is very busy i dont have enough time to try everything possible
if you have experienced any similar things before please tell me or please help me if you got any idea!!! thank you!!
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I've had my phone for only about a month, and this problem started for me about four days ago. There are older threads about this issue, but I couldn't find an answer as to what is causing the problem. The only major change that I made around the time that this started is that I began using S2E (for apps and dalvik cache). Previously, I had not been using any method of apps2sd beyond what is possible in CM7. Could the problem be connected to that?
I have exactly the same problem.
But with me, all the buttons flicker the times and sometime the display shows weird text..
Anyway,i am using miks 6.5.7 with goldenleaf franco 19.4 v18a gbs cfs
I thought it was not on Francos..
I think I am going to install a catlog to see what is happening. My problem appeared first after flashing dt on mik I think. But have fully whiped, reflashed and etc.
If you have a solution, please tell
Greets
mDroid
ROM: void #forever
Kernel: franco gbs cfs
Miasmic said:
Software specifications in my signiture for ur reference! however i dont think it is quite related to ROM/kernel/scripts etc...
My phone is about 1 year old, and as well as its accessories except sd card which is bought 2 months ago.
also, i am very sure that the combination of mik6.6.1 and francos 1.1 newest, would NOT cause this problem. also, i am very sure that i installed them carefully and correctly from recovery
Recently, my phone is experiencing random shutdowns at random moments. (keyboard using / web browsing / music playing as the most often)
screen blackens suddenly (with a few electric beams at the top of the screen) and is shut down.
if external power is unplugged, it can be normally and stably powered up using power button.
if external power is plugged, phone will normally and stably power up by itself since receiving external power.
after power on, everything is stable and normal even the shutdown occured during apps download/update from android market.
note: there is NO SIGNS of kernel panics and i am sure it is not.
information from own knowledge and internet
Phones from different manufacturers (including LG, Samsung, HTC) is possible to face this problem and it is mostly not related to software. (ROM, kernel, etc)
It is possibly related to:
- internal hardware of the phone
- phone battery
- external SD card itself
- SD card reader of the phone
on oct 1 i plugged my SD card to windows and ran a "partition repair", windows kind of repaired my card and it was all normal.
however today justnow it happened again and i can say that i would firstly ignore the possibility that my card is the cause of the problem. it is pretty new, too.
4/10/2011
problem re-occured
boot time: ~3 hours
network usage: HSDPA
doing: market browsing
recent system related activity:
fix_permissions
recent user app activity:
updated camera360 ultimate v2.5.5
now i hv 3 questions to ask:
1) for the purpose of using darktremor stably, 05mountsd in /system/etc/init.d is removed. is this any related?
2) for the other 3 hardware possibilities, which one do u think is the most possible to happen?
the battery ITSELF? (i am abit suspecting this as my battery deplets faster than those reported times in kernel thread, eg they got 70% left when normal 10 hrs usage with 3g on while i got only 20% left of the same situation)
or would there be any problems on those wires connecting the battery?
3) is this mostly happen when sd card is "suddenly physically unmounted"? any experiences? so should i repartition my sd card? (takes a long time )
please as my school work is very busy i dont have enough time to try everything possible
if you have experienced any similar things before please tell me or please help me if you got any idea!!! thank you!!
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA Premium App
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hopefully you are using moderate cpu settings and yes darktremor does causes issues like sd card not mounting,phone hanging sometimes and rebooting.
so the ultimate solution use s2e and check ur overclock settings.
if not, than do a clean install and use s2e for cm7 rom which works wonders,remember s2e only works with cm7 rom
I'm using S2E, and this has nothing to do with overclocking. This is happening when the phone is in standby, at any clock speed.
Hello!
My problem: I push the power button short on my Galaxy S2 to go sleep mode. The screen is goes black, the phone went sleep mode. I leave it on the table and I see the display is light up for 1-2 seconds and then off. This happening for 4-5 times then the sleeping continues for a long period.
What causes this problem? What can I do against it?
I've ben uninstalled almost all later installed programs, stay only stock apps +Titanium Backup, SPB Shell 3D, Dropbox, iGO, Adobe Reader, LogMeIn and Superuser (packaged in DoomLord's Easy rooting toolkit - that I've ben used to rooting my phone). Factory unlocked, rooted phone. All mobile data connection disabled - aviabled network connections are wifi and USB. I'm not using live wallpaper.
I think one of the apps try connectint to internet at this time, because when I turn on the wifi I get an application advise.
Android version: 2.3.4 Gingerbread
Build: GINGERBREAD.XWKI4
Any solution, suggestion?
(sorry my bad english)
Georgie9117 said:
Hello!
My problem: I push the power button short on my Galaxy S2 to go sleep mode. The screen is goes black, the phone went sleep mode. I leave it on the table and I see the display is light up for 1-2 seconds and then off. This happening for 4-5 times then the sleeping continues for a long period.
What causes this problem? What can I do against it?
I've ben uninstalled almost all later installed programs, stay only stock apps +Titanium Backup, SPB Shell 3D, Dropbox, iGO, Adobe Reader, LogMeIn and Superuser (packaged in DoomLord's Easy rooting toolkit - that I've ben used to rooting my phone). Factory unlocked, rooted phone. All mobile data connection disabled - aviabled network connections are wifi and USB. I'm not using live wallpaper.
I think one of the apps try connectint to internet at this time, because when I turn on the wifi I get an application advise.
Android version: 2.3.4 Gingerbread
Build: GINGERBREAD.XWKI4
Any solution, suggestion?
(sorry my bad english)
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Same problem here. Sometimes when i put the phone to sleep, after a short period of time the screen turns on, and stays so until i put it again to sleep or wait until the timer (i use 15 seconds here) to power the screen off. This happens with or without wifi/3g so i think that's not a problem with an app trying to access internet.
Other annoying issue is when i'm charging the phone, sometimes when it reaches 100%, the screen turns on to say that's full charged, and continues on like.... forever. I noticed that when i put the phone to charge before sleeping and mornings when i go take the phone off the charge, the screen is already on for a long time.
Im using Stock Frankestein ROM 2.3.6 XWKK5 with CF "stock" root Kernel, with out Set CPU or any other Governor. Also using stock launcher.
84tdan said:
Same problem here. Sometimes when i put the phone to sleep, after a short period of time the screen turns on, and stays so until i put it again to sleep or wait until the timer (i use 15 seconds here) to power the screen off. This happens with or without wifi/3g so i think that's not a problem with an app trying to access internet.
Other annoying issue is when i'm charging the phone, sometimes when it reaches 100%, the screen turns on to say that's full charged, and continues on like.... forever. I noticed that when i put the phone to charge before sleeping and mornings when i go take the phone off the charge, the screen is already on for a long time.
Im using Stock Frankestein ROM 2.3.6 XWKK5 with CF "stock" root Kernel, with out Set CPU or any other Governor. Also using stock launcher.
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i have a similar issue , opened a thread here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405606
also added logcat , you can see the process thats trying to run multiple times , and wont stop until i press something .
this is very bad .if this happens at night , your phone might stay with screen on for hours , with the same image , the image will burn onto the screen eventually .
i'm running 2.3.6 KK5, siyah kernel , go launcher ,pattern lockscreen .
Thank you for hints guys!
I think I find it! I use SPB Shell 3D launcher. In the settings of this app checked the 'using mobile data network to download weather informations' (or something like). I unchecked it and this effect was gone - at least last evening... Now I using wifi and reinstalled all applications like before and now no ads.
But this means I think well - an application try to access internet (with GSM data connection) but the service provider denied, beause I've no subscribe.
So I advocate for you to search something settings like this in your apps.
i have that issue as well..i tried few different roms and kernels but no luck. so its hardware issue i think.. .
Used to happen to me a lot,until i installed Go launcher and Go locker.I know its not exactly a solution but at least its working,plus anything else than the stock samsung lock screen is soooo much better.
And the end... Uninstall all apps which are using ads whit AirPush technology. How do you know which are they? The AirPush Detector helps you find them - search on Google Play it's free!
Thanks for your attention!
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hackinistrator said:
i have a similar issue , opened a thread here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405606
also added logcat , you can see the process thats trying to run multiple times , and wont stop until i press something .
this is very bad .if this happens at night , your phone might stay with screen on for hours , with the same image , the image will burn onto the screen eventually .
i'm running 2.3.6 KK5, siyah kernel , go launcher ,pattern lockscreen .
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thanks. you can see the process thats trying to run multiple times , and wont stop until i press something .
this is very bad . Pasta tarifleri
Hey guys,
I've been reading the forums for the past few weeks and have been enjoying the discussions here, yet not having too much to add (constructively). Apologies if there is a thread on this already. I have done a couple of quick searches but nothing came up that seemed to fit the bill.
I got in this evening and took my S2 out of my pocket to find something wrong with it. I'll explain below. First of all software details:
Baseband Version:
I9100XXKI4 (up to date as far as Kies is concerned - stock ROM)
Apologies in advance if I'm missing any important information (I'm trying to sift through and try pick what I think are the relevant points).
Issue:
I felt my phone vibrate twice and took it out of my pocket (expecting a text). Instead I found the "Desk Clock" part of the stock "Clock" app flashing on and off the screen. When I tried to close it I came to the lock screen, unlocked it and then the desk clock opened again. It reloaded every time I attempted to close it. I tried to end it using the task manager but it didn't show up on the active applications list. I restarted the phone.
When I restarted it didn't seem to load properly with app icons all over the screen and the home screen numbers in the middle of the screen. I have a screenshot which I'll try to upload later. I restarted again.
This solved the arrangement issue but didn't stop the desk clock popping up. I also became aware of another problem. The battery was showing 12% (down from ~35% it was showing before - when checking battery usage). I plugged it into my laptop via the USB lead I have (which I had used earlier in the day to charge it). It didn't recognise immediately that it was charging. I swapped to AC, it started charging.
It then started showing "driving mode activated" and asked me whether I wanted to complete the task with UlysseSpeedometer or Voice Talk. I didn't press anything. When I pressed back it then asked me again a few seconds later. I restarted the phone again.
This time it showed 37% battery! I switched to the USB charger to try to back the phone up. It had trouble connecting but did eventually. I left it perfectly still as it tried to back up but failed twice partway through doing so.
Recent changes:
Only real changes are installing Super Compass today, which when (re)reading reviews didn't seem suspicious. I have uninstalled just in case.
Additional information:
I updated to 2.3.5 through Kies about a month ago (the first time it was available for me after checking for updates every few weeks - I have friends with the same phone on 2.3.4 and 2.3.3). Since then the countdown timer on the clock app sometimes shows the preprogrammed 1 minute countdown even when I have a timer running. The timer alarm still goes off at about the right time (haven't tested it properly) though.
In addition to this I have customised the apps that stay at the bottom (can't think of the terminology at this time of night) by swapping the Phone for GMail. Every time I restart the phone the GMail app is removed but the Phone app doesn't replace it. On a similar note I keep getting asked to choose my default PDF reader after ticking the box to select it multiple times.
My thoughts:
It appears to be a software issue to me. It's late now but tomorrow I plan to attempt to back up again (perhaps just by copying all the files on the phone using Windows Explorer if need be) and attempting to reinstall the firmware through Kies. If that doesn't work I'll do a factory reboot. After that I'll contact my carrier (O2 UK) to get some support.
Question:
I was wondering whether anyone has any insight, has experienced similar problems, or has any other advice regarding this?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer
Regards
T
It sounds like it might actually be a hardware fault - basically what's happening is that something on the phone (whether hardware or software related) is triggering it to think it's being connected to a dock. The desk clock is what pops up as soon as you put the phone in a Samsung desktop dock and car mode similarly pops up when you use the vehicle dock, so there may be something funny going on with your phone's connecter that leads it to think these events are happening. (The weirdly arranged home screens tie in to this, as they can be a slightly buggy result of unplugging the phone from the one of the docks while in landscape mode - the launcher tries to load the home screens in landscape and just makes a mess.)
As a bit of a bodge-job fix you can install an app from the market called 'NoDock' if you're rooted, as this stops the phone ever being triggered in to dock mode, but to be honest id say your best bet is to speak to O2 or a Samsung service centre about getting it fixed or replaced!
Anyway, I hope this helps and you manage to get it sorted - I don't know what I'd do without my Galaxy S2!
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Hello, quite a late night here as well but I'll try to give you my insight (and then slam myself to the bed )
It seems that the widget in your device went corrupt and perhaps then some more... I recommend backing up your data and then doing a factory reset and eventually re-flashing thru kies (come to think of it, i don't really know if KIES supports full-wipe reflash ). Also, for customizing the quicklaunch bar, use GO Launcher EX (free from the market) - its customizability far surpasses that one of the TouchWiz
If a factory reset doesn't help, you can help yourself by reflashing the original firmware by yourself via ODIN (but be sure to read tutorials and know your firmware first!), you'll find all the needed information here
Hope you get your problem resolved
TUnit said:
Hey guys,
I've been reading the forums for the past few weeks and have been enjoying the discussions here, yet not having too much to add (constructively). Apologies if there is a thread on this already. I have done a couple of quick searches but nothing came up that seemed to fit the bill.
ITS a question = Q&A so well done that man for posting in the right section .
I got in this evening and took my S2 out of my pocket to find something wrong with it. I'll explain below. First of all software details:
Baseband Version:
I9100XXKI4 (up to date as far as Kies is concerned - stock ROM)
Thats the modem not the firmware .
Issue:
When I restarted it didn't seem to load properly with app icons all over the screen and the home screen numbers in the middle of the screen. I have a screenshot which I'll try to upload later. I restarted again.
My thoughts:
It appears to be a software issue to me. It's late now but tomorrow I plan to attempt to back up again (perhaps just by copying all the files on the phone using Windows Explorer if need be) and attempting to reinstall the firmware through Kies. If that doesn't work I'll do a factory reboot. After that I'll contact my carrier (O2 UK) to get some support.
Rule one is backup data and factory reset the phone then test .
Follow that with a Kies upgrade if available .
jje
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Hello.
First of I'm a fan of this forum for a couple of years now but never had a chance to have an account until now (Still a total newbie), anyhow I tried to fix it myself for weeks now searching and looking for almost everything I can both Google and here but no avail. desperate as I'm now I decided to start this thread.
My phone is Sony Xperia XZ1 G8342, the problem is boot looping as I stated the possible reason I think it's because of low internal storage (64GB) I used around 90%, and yes I did clean up the cache from time to time but its keep building up back again. I have had experience with this problem before (only once) around 5 months back it kept looping so I force shut down > turn it on again repeat this process for the whole morning and suddenly it's back to normal.
How it started.
I charge the phone and Google play probably automatically updates all the apps, which is really dumb of me to turn this function on, then it freezes and starts restarting.
My goal.
I know people will tell me just be done with it and re-flashing or use a Sony PC companion. but in this phone, there's a data that hold dear to me, I know this sounds stupid in some aspects and yes it's totally my fault for not backing up some of these data and still relying on a 5-year-old phone. But I hope to fix it without losing all of these data and at least be able to access it for backing up.
More info on my phones.
None root.
The phone can turn it on normally but it's will restart itself once it reaches the Xperia logo (FYI: booting > Sony logo > Xperia logo)
When connecting to the PC and holding volume up the led light will turn blue (I'm not sure if this is Fastboot mode or something else) PC will detect as Android devices when checked on Device Manager.
When holding volume down + power then keep holding volume down the phone will vibrate after reaching the Xperia logo but still to no avail.
Sim card and Sd card are removed, same result.
The battery is replaced about 2 months ago.
All other parts except the battery are original.
It can charge normally.
USB debug mode is off. (very unfortunate)
I don't think XZ1 has recovery mode which really sucks since older models have it and newer ones also have it.
Any solution or suggestion is very welcome here, I'm not a native speaker my apologies for that.
I don't want to list what I have done so far because the way I have tried might not be correct, I might miss some tiny details or maybe I could try it again if you guys suggest.
Regards.