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So currently I'm using google maps for my navigation, however I hate its long time searching. It takes almost 10 min for it to find me but once I'm found it stays on while it runs. However I would like to know if there is something better than this?
gps
I think google is one of the best, they are on top of there game, imo. Hopefully you find something else that suites your phone.
Google...Sprint Nav...
Google maps is great... I have to say (my opinion though) that the new version of Sprint GPS is pretty good too. (but u have to have sprint).
I say both are very average compare to other software: Iguidance, Garmin XT, Tomtom, IGO.....paid but much better, 10 minutes isn't normal Eclipse, you may wanna eclipse Google and try something new...plenty or resources out there
If you just want to know where you are and want to find businesses close to where you are at then google is nice.
If you want to use your GPS for driving directions get a true turn-by-turn app like igo, tomtom, Garmin, CoPilot, etc.. Not to mention you don't need a data play for these apps. Maps are loaded on the phone.
I've got garmin XT and I love it.
I agree with above.. sure the google one is cool for what it does.. so is the new one in Bing for that matter... but really, nothing beats TomTom... it will work even if you have no internet connection...... (assuming you have a map of your entire country on an SD card).... But the voices are cool, the diffrent options for a car icon is cool.... the layout is cool... and the "show off" effect is cool...
"Oh, your phone has AT&T Navigator that only works where you have coverage?, Well, my phone has real TomTom, just like the ones you buy at Best Buy for $200, and it works everywhere"..
lol... sorry, but it is fun... And if you you do have an unlimited data plan, and are willing to pay hte monthly fee, you can access TomTom Plus which offers live traffic (and it can auto-reroute you if it is faster another way), along with gas prices, weather, etc....
That is my 2 cents...
The reason why I hate google maps is because it takes a long long time for it to locate me... takes a good 5-10 mins till it finds me. I want to know what app or what I need to do so that I can use a gps that will pick me fast. What do I do ?
does tomtom locate fast? and is it free?
I have started using Waze with my TP. I love it. Its user based so if there is someone stuck in traffic, they report it and you get updated. Im a huge fan.
tom tom locates very fast but is not free. my google maps takes a few seconds to locate me. i would try changing your radio. also use quick gps it makes google locate faster.
Garmin XT
Run it on my Fuze and it works great! It's not free but I was part of www.lg-incite.com forum before getting my Fuze and they have a thread over there dedicated to Garmin GPS. If you have a data plan, you get live traffic and can search a business in your area using the built in Google Search.
Quick GPS
Hey Eclipse I would reccommend trying quick GPS, it updates satellite info from the internet so beware but attains a much faster lock on once it has run the update, it DOES use the internet so unlimited data is reccommended.
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Hey Eclipse I would reccommend trying quick GPS, it updates satellite info from the internet so beware but attains a much faster lock on once it has run the update, it DOES use the internet so unlimited data is reccommended.
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Yea I usually do update the quick gps. However it still takes awhile.
where can I get the latest sprint nav?
Off topic but here, read
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=362745
EclipseTouchPro said:
The reason why I hate google maps is because it takes a long long time for it to locate me... takes a good 5-10 mins till it finds me. I want to know what app or what I need to do so that I can use a gps that will pick me fast. What do I do ?
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This is not an application issue. This is a phone GPS issue. You will have this same issue with every GPS application until you resolve the GPS acquisition issue.
I have an issue with the GPS device every few months. Some bad data corrupts the memory location and won't find satellites. To fix it I change some settings and it seems to force overwrite the nonvolatile memory files.
1. Open Quick GPS
2. Tap Menu at the bottom
3. Tap Options
4. Uncheck "Auto download when connected to PC via ActiveSync"
5. Tap OK
6. Close out of Quick GPS and quit the application
Now it may take 30 seconds to acquire satellites for the first time. Each time after you should acquire satellites very quickly.
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Glad to be here today (after 2 days! )
My dear Streaker is here!!
As the norm is, I have been busy tinkering with the stock material for couple o days, and I will continue to do so for some more time!
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Query: There are too many apps running (background) all the time!! I kill them, they resurrect!, How to do away with that?
Solution applied: Used Advanced task killer (but, apps resurrect!)
Another Solution tried: In Settings>Account & Sync settings> Unchecked Background data and Auto sync options. (Now, they dont connect to the net, but, they still restart!!)
Another Solution: Force close (from Manage apps) .. (Still same issue!)
Now, How can I tell the apps to come up only when I call them!?
(And some other apps I want to schedule them to come up every hour or so.. like my Gmail/FB)
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Digging up all old posts to read some problems faced by new users..
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Welcome to the cool kids club! I'm in a somewhat similar situation, I got my streak just before the massive snowstorm hit. Some of those apps need to be running... if you close some of them you may not get updates/notifications, or you can shut down your phone/data connection, or lose the use of multitouch.
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from what i understand, froyo is really good with resource management and there is no need to constantly kill processes or apps, its best to just leave them unless your streak is slow like a snail
Telal said:
Welcome to the cool kids club! I'm in a somewhat similar situation, I got my streak just before the massive snowstorm hit. Some of those apps need to be running... if you close some of them you may not get updates/notifications, or you can shut down your phone/data connection, or lose the use of multitouch.
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Lose multi touch!
How?
@rptw
So, It wouldnt really matter if there are apps running in the BG, and they start by themselves too!?
care,
Sony.
well in terms of the laws of nature (in most cases) stuff doesnt happen spontaneously so i think its safe to assume that your app that "started by themselves" were probably opened somehow either by you directly or indirectly by something else. if, however, you have a large number of apps that have started that you dont recall opening, maybe something is wrong with your software and you shouldnt try to cover the problem with a task killer.
So, what next!?
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well in terms of the laws of nature (in most cases) stuff doesnt happen spontaneously so i think its safe to assume that your app that "started by themselves" were probably opened somehow either by you directly or indirectly by something else. if, however, you have a large number of apps that have started that you dont recall opening, maybe something is wrong with your software and you shouldnt try to cover the problem with a task killer.
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So, Now, can you or other guys here please suggest how to go to the "root" of this problem!?
Ok.
Look, these apps are open right now!
Voice Search
Email
Messaging
Maps
Astro
Assistant free
I use the Adv Task Killer free.
(It says 7 apps killed and 180 MB free)
I open Adv task killer after 5 seconds.
and these apps are running!
Email
astro
Voice Search
Assistant Free
and I am sure, If I wait for some more time, the other apps will join in too!
(Now it says, 3 Apps killed, 171 MB free!!)
care,
Sony.
have you tried using the stock app manager and killing the apps there? i just checked my phone and i have the same apps under the running tab using the stock manager, i think email and messaging are always running since you have push features on them, in terms of the others im not sure. whats so bad about email and messaging running anyways? im sure you use them often enough to not want to have to open and close them right?
Hey, you posted the same question over at Pocketables forum.
As stated earlier, 2.2 is really good at managing back ground tasks.
I can tell you if you use a task killer and you have a problem with an APP, which currently you do not, the programmer for the app probably will not help you till you remove the APP killer program.
What you might try to do is run though your menus and see what you have selected to run, such as locations and sync services and disable what you can. Also if you do not want some thing running, you may want to just uninstall it. I do understand that you want some programs but you only want them to run when you ask, not sure how to tell you to handle that.
But, are you seeing any difference when you have the background tasks disabled. Try to find the APK for the programs and rename them just to see if you have any issues.
Hello everyone.
The Google plus is great. I installed the native app on my NC running n118+300611 OC kernel.
It partially works. Whenever i click the icons at the upper right (make a post/upload photos), the app force close.
Already tried fixing permission but it didn't help/
I wonder if you guys experience the same problem?
is there a workaround to fix this?
I am experiencing the same issue. Nightly 116, OCd 1.3ghz.
Same issue here on 7.1RC1 w/ stock kernel. Report to Google.
Same here, CM7.1 RC1 with latest Dalingrin OC kernel
logcat to the rescue... It's trying to grab location, which crashes a lot of apps the same way.
Workaround.. Tether GPS Lite or some other things. Sucks though.
Google Maps never crashes, but some other random apps do.
This is the same issue that WeatherBug has when it tries to find your location. We probably need some sort of a connection between the WiFi location and the GPS to spoof the GPS with the WiFi location and then stop crashing apps
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This is the same issue that WeatherBug has when it tries to find your location. We probably need some sort of a connection between the WiFi location and the GPS to spoof the GPS with the WiFi location and then stop crashing apps
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Soo, like, Tether GPS Lite, or some other apps like Fake GPS, even Bluetooth GPS Provider without a BT GPS nearby works I believe. Anything that pretends to be a GPS.
IMO these apps are buggy. You can't crash Google Maps the same way, nor a few other apps, but lots of (buggy) apps will. I suspect there's some sort of API call to see if there's hardware GPS data before trying to initialize it in the case of Google Maps or other apps which don't crash.
FIX-io! Fake GPS Lite, done. Working. Nice - thanks all!
Yeah I'm thinking Google needs to put out an update for g+. I don't want to have to open another program all the time just to do a quick post. If Maps doesn't crash then g+ shouldn't either.
I'm running CM7 7.0.3 and to get Google + to not FC all I did was enable my GPS and enabled TetherGPS.
late,
Coz
Just tried your method. Worked for me too.
What about doing something like setting up Tasker, Locale, etc to start GPS Tether any time Wi-Fi is on? I figure this would work pretty well, no? Yes, it's a workaround, but a necessary one due to platform limitations.
I also was having FC issues with the app and CM7. I have since gone back to stock 1.2 MN for the moment and the google+ app is working appropriately without any work arounds. It is interesting that a work around is required in CM7 but not with rooted stock 1.2. Why would an AOSP build bork the app?
Its seems since the last ota ,every time i check my apps tab i see Google maps running, i close it out an 5 mins later it's there again , i have no other mapping software installed and only ran it once when i first got the tablet to see how my gps was working, i checked to see if some other app is calling it up, but for the life of me i couldn't see any of my installed apps needing it , i run a fairly lean system with maybe 12 apps installed beyond stock . Most of these being rss readers comic readers and a few various off line games and work tools , I'm not around wifi often so I'm a big fan of apps that store the data as opposed to just refreshing links. No Facebook apps or location check in style apps either, maybe my browser settings for searching local, but i would think that uses wifi info to establish that....
I've been using android since its inception but am a first time tablet owner barring a returned ipad 1 when those launched and a complete moron when compared to the level of knowledge displayed on this forum, so any ideas would be appreciated.
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Read the thread title, any idea why constantly run? thnx
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My guess is it has to do with location tracking, like if you gave google permission to use your location for whatever. I couldn't tell you how to disable it as it was an option that came up when first setting up the device...it also came up once when I signed into my google account on the google.com home page in the browser.
This is simply me guessing but I would try disabling anything that tracks your location and see if that helps. Maps is always running on my phone as well.
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Its seems since the last ota ,every time i check my apps tab i see Google maps running, i close it out an 5 mins later it's there again , i have no other mapping software installed and only ran it once when i first got the tablet to see how my gps was working, i checked to see if some other app is calling it up, but for the life of me i couldn't see any of my installed apps needing it , i run a fairly lean system with maybe 12 apps installed beyond stock . Most of these being rss readers comic readers and a few various off line games and work tools , I'm not around wifi often so I'm a big fan of apps that store the data as opposed to just refreshing links. No Facebook apps or location check in style apps either, maybe my browser settings for searching local, but i would think that uses wifi info to establish that....
I've been using android since its inception but am a first time tablet owner barring a returned ipad 1 when those launched and a complete moron when compared to the level of knowledge displayed on this forum, so any ideas would be appreciated.
Tl;dr ver.
Read the thread title, any idea why constantly run? thnx
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Google tracks location using the maps app on all devices with the Android market. The use it for delivering relevant ads and also for their traffic data. Remember, if something is free then you are the product.
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Don't keep trying to close it. It will keep coming back automatically and you actually making the prime work a lil but harder by it having to relaunch it everytime. That will lead to faster battery drain. Just try cutting off Google locations in setting and see if that remedies it. Of not there's nothing you can do. If you try to disable it or get rid of it. It might cause issues with other apps.
Hi,
I have tryed on my rooted S6 Edge to install 3 diffrent GPS spoofers as system apps, but cant get it to work.
They disapear and i have to reinstall the apps and then they install in Data/apps again.
Have tryed move the folder from data/apps to system/apps and restart, but dosent help.
Tryed useing Link2SD to move and same there.
Anyone know how to get a GPS spoofer app to install as a system app?
I dont wanna use mock location.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Android: 6.0.1 with chainfire auto-root
Thanks,
Sadly I'm having the same problem. I can't move anything to system apps on this device. Once moved, it no longer lists as being installed anymore.
I used CF-Auto Root. I'm curious if a different kernel and/or rom would give different results, as it's feeling like Samsung maybe blocking this for some reason.
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When moving to system app ect.. have you set the correct permissions?
Im a noob when it comes to stuff like this but its just a idea
Ahh let me guess, going to use it for pokemon Go! ?
Make sure you don't install it like you would normally. Just use the Apk downloaded.
I got mine to work, download the Fake GPS Location apk, copy the Apk to /System/App/Fake GPS. You will need to make the folder "Fake GPS". Just use root Explorer for this, go back to system/app and set permissions as rwxr-xr-x for the Fake GPS folder.
Then change the Apk permissions to rw-r-r.
Reboot and that should be it, you'll still need to enable mock location app but pokemon won't detect it being in use.
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Valkiry said:
Ahh let me guess, going to use it for pokemon Go! ?[emoji14]Make sure you don't install it like you would normally. Just use the Apk downloaded.
I got mine to work, download the Fake GPS Location apk, copy the Apk to /System/App/Fake GPS. You will need to make the folder "Fake GPS". Just use root Explorer for this, go back to system/app and set permissions as rwxr-xr-x for the Fake GPS folder.
Then change the Apk permissions to rw-r-r.
Reboot and that should be it, you'll still need to enable mock location app but pokemon won't detect it being in use.
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Thanks for the advice. Allowed to successfully set a Fake GPS app as a system app. Sadly though, it's still not working for me with Pokemon Go. Just comes up with Failed to Find Location or whatever the error is. The map shows I'm in the location I set, but no poke stops etc load in the area.
I'm guessing I've still got something else not set up right for this one. I'm on stock 6.0.1 with root via CF-Auto Root. I don't know if any of that would be affecting this or not? But somehow, the game still knows I have the mock location set as it's the exact same error as if I just set it without it being a system app.
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Edit: Sadly, I feel like they've patched all of this. As it's not working for me at all. I moved a different paid GPS spoofing app to system apps, and it appears to work fine. However, spinning a poke stop doesn't release any items. Every Pokemon escapes the ball, and flees, and gyms say they are too far away. This is using a paid GPS app, that has an "expert" mode.
The app mentioned above currently just results in a blank map.
SkinBintin said:
Thanks for the advice. Allowed to successfully set a Fake GPS app as a system app. Sadly though, it's still not working for me with Pokemon Go. Just comes up with Failed to Find Location or whatever the error is. The map shows I'm in the location I set, but no poke stops etc load in the area.
I'm guessing I've still got something else not set up right for this one. I'm on stock 6.0.1 with root via CF-Auto Root. I don't know if any of that would be affecting this or not? But somehow, the game still knows I have the mock location set as it's the exact same error as if I just set it without it being a system app.
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Edit: Sadly, I feel like they've patched all of this. As it's not working for me at all. I moved a different paid GPS spoofing app to system apps, and it appears to work fine. However, spinning a poke stop doesn't release any items. Every Pokemon escapes the ball, and flees, and gyms say they are too far away. This is using a paid GPS app, that has an "expert" mode.
The app mentioned above currently just results in a blank map.
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I don't think it's patched, it still works for me in Australia. Plus they can't patch it if they can't detect it (system apps are private and arnt installed like a normal apk would be). Try to turn it off, use your real location for 5-10min, swap GPS to the Fake one and place the pin near you and move around from there. Don't place a pin on the other side of the state as it won't load and know you can't travel that distance from last time you loged in. When I drop a pin in the middle of Melbourne it doesn't load no matter what I do. So I just use it around my area to get stuff. Just remember that the Fake GPs isn't going to work flawlessly with pokemon go! As niantic encountered players doing this on ingress, they developed algorithms to make it harder to do so freely. Also servers are unstable atm so drop outs and freezing is common.
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Valkiry said:
I don't think it's patched, it still works for me in Australia. Plus they can't patch it if they can't detect it (system apps are private and arnt installed like a normal apk would be). Try to turn it off, use your real location for 5-10min, swap GPS to the Fake one and place the pin near you and move around from there. Don't place a pin on the other side of the state as it won't load and know you can't travel that distance from last time you loged in. When I drop a pin in the middle of Melbourne it doesn't load no matter what I do. So I just use it around my area to get stuff. Just remember that the Fake GPs isn't going to work flawlessly with pokemon go! As niantic encountered players doing this on ingress, they developed algorithms to make it harder to do so freely. Also servers are unstable atm so drop outs and freezing is common.
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You're right. It appeared to be a soft ban like on Ingress. I should have thought about that before suddenly moving cities. Only lasted a few hours, so not too big a deal. Im curious though if I do it too often, if ill get a permanent ban. As I have an urge to go explore somewhere overseas. I guess best option would be to log out for a day or two before making a drastic jump overseas.
The main problem I'm having now, is trying to repeat your advice. I want to try a gps app with waypoints... so I can set a journey and walk along it. Presumably helping me hatch eggs. Secondly, trying to replicate what I've done on my phone on my GF's phone... neither are installing post reboot. Getting frustrated.
Cheers for the help. Not a regular here on XDA. I'll hit that button now.
Edit: OK, I was doing it wrong. Whoops.
For anyone else confused, below is the process I'm using.
I'm using the paid version FakeGPS as it allows system app installation without having to select the app in mock locations. However just today it's started regularly leaking my real location, making me jump back and forth all the time. Not sure how to solve that one just yet.
So, I install FakeGPS.
Use APK Extractor to save the APK (to storage/emulated/0/apk extract)
Use Root Explorer to make a folder named FakeGPS in /system/app
Use Root Explorer to copy the APK from storage. Paste it into the folder created earlier.
Set APK premissions to rw-r--r
Set folder permissions to rwxr-xr-r
Reboot phone.
Once rebooted, launch FakeGPS and turn Expert Mobe on in settings.
From there, youre good to go.
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If your on wifi turn off the wifi spoofing, apparently it can make you rubber band sometimes. I don't have an issue with WiFi or 4g, I just set my location and off I go
Yeah obviously it's not a smart idea to just jump from one country to the next, your account will get flagged and next time you do it someone will be watching your position and then bam permanent ban hammer comes down, maybe even a device block or ip block included.
Personally i just use it when I'm at home and can't go anywhere (it's winter here so it's damn cold in Victoria). Other than that I don't use it to abuse gyms and flood the town of RED gyms. That would be malicious and not so fun. I do it for leveling up a whole bunch of pokemon and getting stocks back up. Then just free roam 5m at a time for pokemon
i can't turn expert mode on. it's greyed out. I got it installed as System App using your instructions. Any ideas?
edit: ok now it is working. Had to put the extracted app in the priv-app folder. Actually it's working great.. my character doesn't jump back and I can catch Pokemom without having any problems..
Hi
i cant set te folder to rwxr-xr-r only to rwxr-xr--
i rebooted the phone it works in the game is says failes to detect location.
what have i done wronge
thx
it wont work anyway cuz pokemon go detects if u using apps to mock ur location
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it wont work anyway cuz pokemon go detects if u using apps to mock ur location
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wrong.. still using it without getting banned. It only checks if you have 'mock location' enabled in your developer settings. Just run fake GPS as a system app, don't move too fast and stay on the roads.
SkinBintin said:
You're right. It appeared to be a soft ban like on Ingress. I should have thought about that before suddenly moving cities. Only lasted a few hours, so not too big a deal. Im curious though if I do it too often, if ill get a permanent ban. As I have an urge to go explore somewhere overseas. I guess best option would be to log out for a day or two before making a drastic jump overseas.
The main problem I'm having now, is trying to repeat your advice. I want to try a gps app with waypoints... so I can set a journey and walk along it. Presumably helping me hatch eggs. Secondly, trying to replicate what I've done on my phone on my GF's phone... neither are installing post reboot. Getting frustrated.
Cheers for the help. Not a regular here on XDA. I'll hit that button now.
Edit: OK, I was doing it wrong. Whoops.
For anyone else confused, below is the process I'm using.
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I am using a CF rooted Samsung S6 Edge 6.0.1
I installed Root Explorer
I downloaded Fake_GPS_Location_Spoofer_v4.0_(Paid_Cracked).apk
I Used Root Explorer to make a folder named Fake GPS in /system/app
I used Root Explorer to move the APK from storage to the /system/app/Fake Gps
I Set APK premissions to rw-r--r
I Set folder permissions to rwxr-xr-r
I Rebooted phone.
Once rebooted, I launched FakeGPS and turned Expert Mode on in settings.
I then open FakeGPS and set a nearby location (has a pokestop) and Fake location engaged appears.
I then open Pokemon Go and it loads my current location (not the location I selected above), It does not move from my physical location and works as normal.
Settings I have on:
Mock locations is off (Fake GPS is not selected)
High accuracy GPS is on (GPS, Wi-Fi, and Mobile Networks)
Improve Accuracy has both Wi-Fi scanning on and Bluetooth scanning on
Expert mode on in Fake GPS
How can I fix this? thanks in advance.
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High accuracy GPS is on (GPS, Wi-Fi, and Mobile Networks)
Improve Accuracy has both Wi-Fi scanning on and Bluetooth scanning on
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Try setting GPS to GPS only (no wifi/mobile)
Turn off Wi-Fi and bluetooh scanning.
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