My phone hanged in the morning. I removed the battery and then tried to restart it. The phone stuck in boot screen. It was not going ahead. I was able to go to download mode but not i recovery mode. So i tried flashing it with official rom via odin. It was successful but on reboot it was still stuck on boot loop. Then i re-partitioned it. For re-partitioning i by mistakenly used the pit file for i9100g. Now my phone is not even booting.
Plz help wat can be done.
rishap.shah said:
My phone hanged in the morning. I removed the battery and then tried to restart it. The phone stuck in boot screen. It was not going ahead. I was able to go to download mode but not i recovery mode. So i tried flashing it with official rom via odin. It was successful but on reboot it was still stuck on boot loop. Then i re-partitioned it. For re-partitioning i by mistakenly used the pit file for i9100g. Now my phone is not even booting.
Plz help wat can be done.
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If you used a .pit for the i9100G on your i9100, then I think you'll either need to JTag it (cheaper) or send it to Samsung to fix (MIGHT be covered by warranty, but doubtful... and if not, more expensive than JTag).
ctomgee said:
If you used a .pit for the i9100G on your i9100, then I think you'll either need to JTag it (cheaper) or send it to Samsung to fix (MIGHT be covered by warranty, but doubtful... and if not, more expensive than JTag).
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Can you show a procedure or give me a link as to how can i JTag.
rishap.shah said:
Can you show a procedure or give me a link as to how can i JTag.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=jtag+i9100
JTag is not something you can do yourself unless you buy expensive equipment. (Riff box)
You'll need to google a mobile phone repair shop near you that has the necessary equipment.
rishap.shah said:
My phone hanged in the morning. I removed the battery and then tried to restart it. The phone stuck in boot screen. It was not going ahead. I was able to go to download mode but not i recovery mode. So i tried flashing it with official rom via odin. It was successful but on reboot it was still stuck on boot loop. Then i re-partitioned it. For re-partitioning i by mistakenly used the pit file for i9100g. Now my phone is not even booting.
Plz help wat can be done.
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Did you try using a USB jig to reboot into download mode? I doubt that will work, but if you have easy access to it, its worth a try. For future, never ever play with .pit files and never repartition unless you're a dev and know what you're doing. Hope you revive your device soon
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rishap.shah said:
My phone hanged in the morning. I removed the battery and then tried to restart it. The phone stuck in boot screen. It was not going ahead. I was able to go to download mode but not i recovery mode. So i tried flashing it with official rom via odin. It was successful but on reboot it was still stuck on boot loop. Then i re-partitioned it. For re-partitioning i by mistakenly used the pit file for i9100g. Now my phone is not even booting.
Plz help wat can be done.
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if u have flashed pit for i9100g
then basically u bricked it
if u have a warraanty then give it to them they will propably replace the motherboard
When i try to charge my phone the area near the camera starts heating up. Can anything be said on the status of my phone from this.
rishap.shah said:
When i try to charge my phone the area near the camera starts heating up. Can anything be said on the status of my phone from this.
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1: if u flash pit for i9100g in i9100 then ur phone i dead
2: as ur said the camera portion heating up tthis confirmds it
ur phone is bricked / DEAD
Pm me for more details
got it checked at service centre they said 2 ic wer burnt need to change the motherboard. Is there any way the data on the internal memory card can be retrieved. The service centre people saying no for it.
rishap.shah said:
got it checked at service centre they said 2 ic wer burnt need to change the motherboard. Is there any way the data on the internal memory card can be retrieved. The service centre people saying no for it.
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unfortunatly no
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Hey,, I recently got my galaxy s2 and im new in the android thing,, i want to flash my phone to litening rom but im worried that i might brick it,, what are the chances that i may brick my phone? tnx and more power
The risk is very small as long as you follow the instructions to the letter. Read from start to finish a few times before doing anything and double check everything. It's actually all very easy and straightforward
Edit: and have a look at the thread about backing up your EFS folder before flashing (you'll need root) it's in the dev section somewhere.
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99% chance of no problem rising to 100% chance of a brick if not following instructions .
Recover from a bricked phone = 99% success rate .
jje
JJEgan said:
99% chance of no problem rising to 100% chance of a brick if not following instructions .
Recover from a bricked phone = 99% success rate .
jje
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS
But how hard is it to really brick a SGS2 ?
I think i read about 1 person who couldnt get his phone up and running again .
SGS2 i belive is really hard to brick.
Sorry for my bad english
There are enough who totally brick a phone in the course of a year . But its hard to do plenty of oh hell moments but recovered flashing stock rom .
Brick tends to be a misused term SGS brick means it should work after flashing stock rom via odin . Other phones brick means dead phone return to factory no hope .
jje
As long as you never tick "Re-Partition" and insert the PIT in Odin its almost imposable to brick unless you somehow nuke the bootloader(which you shouldn't be able todo via flashing custom roms).
I dont even think theres much of a chance of radio bricks, worst that happens is that you have to re-flash.
veyka said:
As long as you never tick "Re-Partition" and insert the PIT in Odin its almost imposable to brick unless you somehow nuke the bootloader(which you shouldn't be able todo via flashing custom roms).
I dont even think theres much of a chance of radio bricks, worst that happens is that you have to re-flash.
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I think once the radio is corrupted a new flash is impossible, well it is on HTC devices
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tnx guys for the reply,, will follow the instruction carefully,, hope everything will be ok,,
Is it possible to recover from a bricked phone?
svj1187 said:
Is it possible to recover from a bricked phone?
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As long as one of the (secondary) bootloaders is still intact and you can get into download-mode (maybe by using the USB jig), then yes.
JupiterdroidXDA said:
I think once the radio is corrupted a new flash is impossible, well it is on HTC devices
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Nah, just flash the modem and all is good.
sadly,am new to android !! I read a forum in d web tat asked to load a file in pit for lightening rom and i bricked d device. Now its in service centre,hope it comes back alive
santhoshkcsk said:
sadly,am new to android !! I read a forum in d web tat asked to load a file in pit for lightening rom and i bricked d device. Now its in service centre,hope it comes back alive
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If the service centre can't fix (when I sent mine to one they told me it was beyond economic repair) don't lose hope as this guy will probably be able to repair it for you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1602851
Ended up being cheaper than if my local service centre had been able to repair it too.
Being new to flashing I was also very scared at the start. I was pulling my hair out when the first time I flashed a new rom and got stuck in a boot loop. Luckily I backed up the entire system and I was able to restore.
Make sure you do a back up of your system first.
The first time its scary, I had no nails after the first flash lol. But after that its fun, just make sure to read everything and follow the instructions to the letter.
Good Luck!!
Sim card not recognized
I have rooted by galaxy s2 and my phone fails to recognize the sim card and unfortunately I didn't backup my original rom to restore the previous settings
I tried various things: hard reset, install alternative (custom) roms all seem to have no effect on the sim card.
I am getting quite frustrtated with this, is there an original ROM for my location (GREECE, VODAFONE) to try with odin ? I should note that my mobile seems not to connect with the PC when I try to connect it via kies (odin works instead)
Is there a possibility that the phone's card sensors are physically damaged, thus return it for repairs ?
Thanks for your time
Hi,
I have a Galaxy S2 i9100.
I was using ODIN to update de OS but I left checked the RE-PARTITION
box and now it´s dead.
I think that I erased the main memory so I can´t turn it on, no
charge, no nothing.
I couldn´t even enter in Download mode.
So I think it needs a hard reset... can you help me?
same problem if some one can answer this i will be happy
rocholaroca said:
Hi,
I have a Galaxy S2 i9100.
I was using ODIN to update de OS but I left checked the RE-PARTITION
box and now it´s dead.
I think that I erased the main memory so I can´t turn it on, no
charge, no nothing.
I couldn´t even enter in Download mode.
So I think it needs a hard reset... can you help me?
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was using odin with checked re-partition and now its dead
is there any way to fix it?
the phone is 2 days old i dont think the store will take it back becasue of the rooting and rom changing
A JTAG repair is the only thing that can fix it I believe.
SGS2 - Download mode but no recovery
Hi!
I have a bit of a problem here as well when i was trying to flash back to the stock firmware. Now when I try to get to the clockwork recovery mod, I get the famous dead screen with symbols of mobile phone, exclamation point and a pc. I have been searching solution to this problem for hours now, and still I don't want to quit.
My previous custom rom was installed in with no problems. Litening rom 3.0.
Now, with usb jig i can get into the download mode, no problem there. It just seems that the traffic is just jammed.
Download mode works but Odin doesn't transfer anything. Gets stuck on the factoryfs.img while i'm trying to flash. Kies doesn't recognize the phone but pc recognizes the USB device with no problem. Original stock firmware doesn't load on the phone. Odin just stops transferring.
Things I've tried so far.
-Reflash (both litening rom again and stock firmware) with odin (Kies is not on while I do this, I checked)
-Kies (doesn't work)
-Download mode does work but it seems that phone doesn't accept any files.
-I tried the one-click unbrick which seemed to do something god but failed at the end.
What could I still try? I'm running out of options now.
I apologize for my bad english.
Hi, I've gone through all search engines and am slightly confused whats going on.
I was trying to flash my sg2 today and it was at analyzing part of in my odin and was stuck at do not turn off warning, after waiting for 5 minutes, nothing happened. Googled it up. various places (including this) suggested removing the battery and restart. However I pressed the power button first to power it down.... removed battery, poped everything back in. no response on phone, tried hard reset combo, nothing, removed battery couple of times, just no response. I take the phone is bricked?
However what really makes me doupt is, I plugged phone into charger. phone was hot at that point. So I left it for another half hour, came back. It was still quite hot - i mean the cpu must be working to generate that kind of heat. So I am just wondering, is it still def bricked or since cpu is working there could be a way to it?
P.s. I know its carrier specific, but if I have insurance, will self flashing/upgrading ur phone without official release void the warranty?
small update, I removed battery for 15 minutes, to let it cool down, touched it, it was all cool, put the battery back in - and 5 mins later, the cpu area is all hot.....yet no buttons are working... at least the hard reset is not responding....
jtgizmo said:
Hi, I've gone through all search engines and am slightly confused whats going on.
I was trying to flash my sg2 today and it was at analyzing part of in my odin and was stuck at do not turn off warning, after waiting for 5 minutes, nothing happened.
REFLASH. usual fix .
Recovery Mode
Download mode ???
P.s. I know its carrier specific, but if I have insurance, will self flashing/upgrading ur phone without official release void the warranty?
Flashing stock Samsung rom may void sellers warranty but Not Samsung warranty .
Custom roms or rooting voids all warranty .
Flashing wrong rom may void warranty .
I would presume any flashing voids any insurance .
jje
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JJEgan said:
jtgizmo said:
Hi, I've gone through all search engines and am slightly confused whats going on.
I was trying to flash my sg2 today and it was at analyzing part of in my odin and was stuck at do not turn off warning, after waiting for 5 minutes, nothing happened.
REFLASH. usual fix .
Recovery Mode
Download mode ???
P.s. I know its carrier specific, but if I have insurance, will self flashing/upgrading ur phone without official release void the warranty?
Flashing stock Samsung rom may void sellers warranty but Not Samsung warranty .
Custom roms or rooting voids all warranty .
Flashing wrong rom may void warranty .
I would presume any flashing voids any insurance .
jje
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I cant get into download or recovery mode, since its not responding to any button combination nor is it recognized by pc when trying to use usb connection.
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I should also clarify, it all went fubar after following these instructions for DarkyRom:
Unzip the BASE ROM into one folder. It should have a file PDA. Open ODIN now (I use 1.7), in the PIT file option, select the pit 512 file. This should automatically tick the repartition option in ODIN 1.7 (if not, make sure it's ticked). Select the PDA file in the PDA Box. Connect your phone to the PC, make sure it's connected. Click start, wait for it to finish. Close ODIN, let your phone Reboot.
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you may need to try using the usb jig which typically forces it into download mode again. search "Samsung USB Jig" on ebay
jtgizmo said:
I should also clarify, it all went fubar after following these instructions for DarkyRom:
Unzip the BASE ROM into one folder. It should have a file PDA. Open ODIN now (I use 1.7), in the PIT file option, select the pit 512 file. This should automatically tick the repartition option in ODIN 1.7 (if not, make sure it's ticked). Select the PDA file in the PDA Box. Connect your phone to the PC, make sure it's connected. Click start, wait for it to finish. Close ODIN, let your phone Reboot.
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Did you get the above instructions from This Link?
achillies400 said:
Did you get the above instructions from "This Link"?
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Yes, thats the one
P.S. cant post links as new user, so edited ur quote
jtgizmo said:
Yes, thats the one
P.S. cant post links as new user, so edited ur quote
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Dude you messed up, that ROM is not for the SGS2 and neither are the instructions, You need a Samsung service center or a de-bricking service
what?
Damn I cant post links, well I got to it via samsware 2.3.5 leak announcement, there was a link to darkys custom rom, from there there was at top Beta noob guide, I clicked english version, I landed on the page that was called: Beginners/noob friendly guide to flash any BETA release and from there I ended up on the ...Final v10.2 - Official DarkyROM - Gingerbread (JVQ 2.3.4) - Noob-Friendly...
sigh, i didn't see it mentioning not being for sgs2, and since I got there by starting from sgs2 article, I thought they are all linked....
I've sent it to service...
where did I go wrong....
When you go to return it, do not tell them you flashed it. Always worked for me just playing dumb.
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yep, did that, I just said it froze and then stopped responding. They didn't ask anything just sent it off
hello experts
i had followed steps to root my galaxy s2 using odin flashing and it was success, and unlocked.
The phone started well with a yellow Exclamation.
and the phone was unlocked.
after a few minutes the phone was very slow and got stuck. i restarted it.
again stuck, restarted but it dint start again. i thought battry was low and put to charge.
but it dint charge as well.
So i showed the phone to a repairing center and they said its dead.
Any help that i can start my phone again ??
Thanks in advance guys :'(
Try reverting back to the stock unrooted rom.
Go to Sam firmware.com and download the stock from ..flash it via Odin.. search ..google is ur friend..Don't ask the repairing shop again for advice (phone is dead...duh)
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mmmsabeel said:
hello experts
i had followed steps to root my galaxy s2 using odin flashing and it was success, and unlocked.
The phone started well with a yellow Exclamation.
As the instructions say it will .
and the phone was unlocked.
after a few minutes the phone was very slow and got stuck. i restarted it.
again stuck, restarted but it dint start again. i thought battry was low and put to charge.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
but it dint charge as well.
Can you get to download or recovery mode is the first question .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134290
If you cannot get to download mode a USB recovery jig may help .
jje
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Hello guys
hi,
i have tried everything above but still its the same, just screen is black, no indications. getting heat behind only wen put to charge.
usb jig does nothing.
best regards
sabeel
mmmsabeel said:
hi,
i have tried everything above but still its the same, just screen is black, no indications. getting heat behind only wen put to charge.
usb jig does nothing.
best regards
sabeel
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If you have an official stock ROM with official firmware on it, the repair centre should change your mainboard and basically making your phone brand new.
mmmsabeel said:
hi,
i have tried everything above but still its the same, just screen is black, no indications. getting heat behind only wen put to charge.
usb jig does nothing.
best regards
sabeel
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Warranty time.
mmmsabeel said:
hi,
i have tried everything above but still its the same, just screen is black, no indications. getting heat behind only wen put to charge.
usb jig does nothing.
best regards
sabeel
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which version were you on? Are you sure the rooting went okay?
The USB-Jig must work. especially on GB. it even works fot me on ICS.
When you can not get into download-mode (odin mode) ór recovery you can't flash anything..
Hope for you that your battery is broke. or maybe one of the processors... Still got warrenty?
Vreestyle said:
The USB-Jig must work. especially on GB. i
Not true at all .
When you can not get into download-mode (odin mode) ór recovery you can't flash anything..
Not strictly true either Mobile Odin .
jje
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Hi you cant do anything unless you have download mode on you device,
if you have JTAG box you can repair your device using this.
Its normal device getting heat near charging/USB component. This is not HW problem.
Farshard
JJEgan said:
Not strictly true either Mobile Odin .
jje
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he just got root. and his phone won't boot....
Maybe, recovery-mode?
Vreestyle said:
he just got root. and his phone won't boot....
Maybe, recovery-mode?
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He already said it won't boot normally, to recovery, or to download mode. JTag or warranty are his only options.
[A] Galaxy s2 bricked
You have to know smthng:
- It is always possible to get to download mode, if not through the button combo (home+power+Volume_DOWN), then through the USB Jig
- If your phone is bricked, the download mode might not announce itself through the android robot: the exclamation mark will persist in some cases. One indication is that ODIN will be recognizing your phone on the COM port (USB that is).
Notify me if you needed further assistance
Which instructions did you follow?
If those are wrong hopefully somebody else will see this and avoid those instructions.
After Flashing Latest CM10.1 to my S3 and using it for a while, I wanted to go back to stock. I flashed stock 4.1.2, rooted it and installed CWM successfully. After a while I noticed that CWM can not mount internal SD card, or recover a nandroid backup from it. I thought it is a partition issue, so i have decided to flash GT-I9300_mx_20120220.pit to my S3 with re-paration checked. ODIN started the process, Pass appeared with green background. Since then, the device wont start in any mode. I tried every key combination with no luck. Tried to connect the device to pc, same result; device is dead. Pulling battery also did not work.Anything I can do to turn on the device in to download mode at least? Please help me. I do not have warranty.
if the thing won't boot up at all the motherboard is dead and since u don't have warranty time to get generous with your pocket rhese things ain't cheap
Blackwolf10 said:
if the thing won't boot up at all the motherboard is dead and since u don't have warranty time to get generous with your pocket rhese things ain't cheap
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is a usb jig fix it up ???
rabea-abo-awad said:
is a usb jig fix it up ???
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don't think so since the phone is totally dead it's not a bootloop
Today Evening i went out with my friends, and we took few photos on my mobile.. After that my friend gave my mobile by stating it got stucked. I looked into it, yes it got stucked.. Then i forced it to restart.. it could not start, stucked on bootscreen. so i simply removed the battery and put the mobile into my pocket. once after i reached my home, i started the mobile.. again it got stucked in bootscreen. Then i gone into recovery mode and flashed the same rom (neatrom v4.7) on it from my sd card. Then it got booted, after sometime again it restarted automatcally and stucked on bootscreen. This time i could not even get into recovery mode.. so i downloaded the official stock firmware to install via download mode. Then i tried to flash through odin. it did not got flashed or anything happened for nearly half an hour. so i removed the usb cable from the laptop, immediately phone screen got off.. when i tried to switch on or get into download mode.. my phone does not responds, it is dead. i tried many ways like removing battery and inserting charger while pressing on power button then inserting the battery at the same time. what did i wrong? help me plzzz friends.. what should i do now to get back my mobile?
You plugged out your phone from PC while downloading from Odin?!?!?You completely bricked your device now.Maybe it couldn't flash the kernel or the firmware...Now phone is of course dead.You need to buy a new motherboard.BTW,what firmware did you flash?Do you have I9100 or other variant?
When you flashed a stock ROM, did you flash a pit file as well?
If no, get a jig so you can get to Download mode.
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GamingDj said:
You plugged out your phone from PC while downloading from Odin?!?!?You completely bricked your device now.Maybe it couldn't flash the kernel or the firmware...Now phone is of course dead.You need to buy a new motherboard.BTW,what firmware did you flash?Do you have I9100 or other variant?
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I tried to flash this firmware "Base Firmware: I9100XWLSS (4.1.2)" from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
i have I9100
gastonw said:
When you flashed a stock ROM, did you flash a pit file as well?
If no, get a jig so you can get to Download mode.
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no bro i did not flash a pit file.. i just flashed the md5 file from the firmware zip on pda. the flashing did not occur, it was got stopped in cache.img step.. i have waited for long.. it was showing same status. that's y i removed the cable from it.
Kumarankav said:
no bro i did not flash a pit file.. i just flashed the md5 file from the firmware zip on pda. the flashing did not occur, it was got stopped in cache.img step.. i have waited for long.. it was showing same status. that's y i removed the cable from it.
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Your initial problem of bootloop could have been easily solved, I don't know what the other people do but when I gave my custom rom installed phone to my brother for a couple of days his friends played with it walla.. Bootloop.. Fix as usual was easy, a cache and dalvik wipe fixed it otherwise a nuke script and a flash would have worked.
But pulling the cable out before flashing is completed or unless terminated by the app itself is a bad thing to do, really bad...
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Service centre. You're paying.
I took my mobile to samsung service center, they checked and told that i need to change the motherboard.. which costs Rs.8500..
Kumarankav said:
I took my mobile to samsung service center, they checked and told that i need to change the motherboard.. which costs Rs.8500..
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Maybe you can buy another on eBay,then you'll just give it to them to replace.Or change it yourself.Both ways you'll save money
Just get a jig and try.
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