As the title says, I just got an Eris as an off contract phone since I am moving over to Verizon in the next few weeks.
I have already rooted it and gone through a few roms.
What I would really like to know about though is if there are any problems or suggestions that I should know about to get this thing going any faster. I understand that the phone is old and limited in size and speed though.
Also, I am a Sense junky so if you have any suggestions for a good quick rom I would like to hear about it.
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++++++++++++1 for XTRSense for Sense junkies.
Thank you very much. Any tips on increasing the performance?
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tobiascrystal said:
Thank you very much. Any tips on increasing the performance?
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xtrSENSE (and a lot of ROMs here) come already some overclocked, and you can increase (or decrease) the overclock after using built-in tools. I can overclock mine to 806 MHz. Most people top out at 767 or maybe even 748 from what I've read in the past, and I think some have even gone over 806 MHz.
Just, if you increase your overclock speed, make sure and uncheck any option to set that speed at boot, so that if it crashes, when it reboots it'll not be overclocked and you'll be able to set a lower setting to try, or one that you know worked.
Other than that, I don't know how the V6 Supercharger script works with xtrSENSE, or even if you would want to. Almost any other ROM, especially Froyo (2.2) based or higher, I would say try the V6 Supercharge script (use XDA's forum search, or google it and you'll find it on XDA), but xtrSENSE is already very well scripted and modified as far as performance is concerned, so it might do more harm than good so if you try the V6, do a nandroid first.
Otherwise - I perform a fresh nandroid at least a couple times a month, usually after updating apps, just in case.
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jae480 said:
Hey I have a Droid Eris as well that I have almost had for nearly three years. I stopped using it about 2 years ago but I now want to install custom Roms on it and CWM and stuff. I have Android 2.1 on my Droid Eris. Do you think you can point me in the right direction as to where I can find instructions on how to root it and also how to restore it to back to Android 2.1 after I install Roms and stuff.
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In addition to the above, this is how to flash it back to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9867128&postcount=83
The Flashback_21v2 removes any custom recovery and reinstalls the latest stock firmware.
Also, stay away from ClockworkMod Recovery on the Eris. Several people have bricked their phones (most recoverable with a lot of work) with Clockwork as the default Recovery. Amon_RA recovery is safe on the Eris.
The best instructions for rooting and installing a AMON_RA and a custom ROM are here: http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/127861-universal-eris-root-dummies.html
The best 2.1 based ROM is xtrSENSE5.0.1. There is a post here about it, but I think that the link for the actual ROM is down. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726467 I have the download in my Dropbox, though: https://www.dropbox.com/s/57hivjeuaulvqx5/xtrSENSE5.0.1.zip
There are several good Gingerbread ROMs here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=554 - GSB, CondemnedSoul's SM7, Evervolv.
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Getting ready to root my phone and i'm wondering which ROM to use? Been looking at evil Eris but I feel that there are too many things that don't work. Also been looking at ivan's but its not really updated often. What would you guys recommend?
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If you want THE fastest Sense ROM, xtrSense3.1 is the one you want. Just be sure to turn on JIT. I have tried all the Sense ROMs and this one scores the highest in quadrant and is easily the fastest interface experience. Just be sure to wipe, install the ROM, do a full boot and setup, then go back and flash the other zip files you want.
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If you want THE fastest Sense ROM, xtrSense3.1 is the one you want. Just be sure to turn on JIT. I have tried all the Sense ROMs and this one scores the highest in quadrant and is easily the fastest interface experience. Just be sure to wipe, install the ROM, do a full boot and setup, then go back and flash the other zip files you want.
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Is there lag when dialing out like every other Sense 2.1 ROMS? This lag in the dialer is just a killer for me. I'd rather use a Froyo ROM with no camera than have lag in my dialer even though I use my camera A LOT.
I've used xtrSense3.1 and have had zero issues with dial lag. as stated. it's the fastest of the Sense ROM's. Evil Eris 3.0 and even 4.0 are good, but for me, xtrSense is the definite keeper for me.
There will always be dialer lag with any Sense ROM. But with xtrSense, it's as minimal as you're gonna get. It's really not very noticeable, nearly non-existant. Just remember to overclock to at least 710 Mhz and turn on JIT.
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I fully recommend cyanogen tazz. Blazing fast for me, good battery life, and absolutely no dialer lag.
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Cyanogen tazz is beastly fast for me.
I have been using Conaps ROMS ErisLightningBolt 2.8 CM5.08 and he's been doing a great job keeping them stripped down and stable. So for now until they have the camera working in the Froyo ROMS go with ErisLightningBolt 2.8 CM5.08 build from Conap. It's just a matter of time until they get the Froyo ROMS dialed in.
Oh and fyi this isn't the place to ask this question. Try general next time. And in fact I believe there is already a topic about the "best" ROMs so try searching as well next time.
I've been using Plain Jane T2 for weeks and have no complaints. I haven't tried xtrsense but am tempted to try it.
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Really it comes down to what you need.
Cyanogen Tazz. The battery life is insane compared to 2.1 roms.
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I've used xtrSense3.1 and have had zero issues with dial lag. as stated. it's the fastest of the Sense ROM's. Evil Eris 3.0 and even 4.0 are good, but for me, xtrSense is the definite keeper for me.
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There will always be dialer lag with any Sense ROM. But with xtrSense, it's as minimal as you're gonna get. It's really not very noticeable, nearly non-existant. Just remember to overclock to at least 710 Mhz and turn on JIT.
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I fully recommend cyanogen tazz. Blazing fast for me, good battery life, and absolutely no dialer lag.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Seriously, the dialer lag will keep me from installing any ROM. I really want my camera back =P Don't get me wrong, 2.2 is awesome. I'll flash over to this ROM here in the next few days. If there is this "dialer lag", you guys are going to get it!!!
Another question; may or may not be possible to answer: Why is there dial lag on Sense 2.1 ROMS on the Eris????
I'm gonna have to say xtrSENSE or Evil Eris, however i think xtr is probably faster...
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I've been using Plain Jane T2 for weeks and have no complaints. I haven't tried xtrsense but am tempted to try it.
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xtrSense is Plain Jane v2 on steroids. That is what I was running until I discovered xtrSense. My wife is still on Plain Jane v2, I haven't had time to move her to xtrSense.
xtrSense
Been using xtrSense 4.0.6 for a week (Radio 2.42.01.04.27; kernel 2.6.29-8 ; software number 2.37.605.4). Fast (CPU @ 710MHz / sleep @ 245 MHz). Pretty stable. Got it to reboot randomly once or twice.
Biggest hurdle is battery life. Can't get to figure out why my battery doesn't last a day on this ROM or others... (different topic though).
Very tempted to flash CELB Froyo 2.2MB.
I was just wondering what is the best froyo Rom for the Eris? And are there any I don't have to do a wipe to install? The idea of wiping makes me nervous.
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I was just wondering what is the best froyo Rom for the Eris? And are there any I don't have to do a wipe to install? The idea of wiping makes me nervous.
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you have a lot of reading to do
you have to read the rules and the info you need are all at the top
epically where it says to "read first"
im not trying to be mean but i read when i was a newbie
You must always wipe between roms. You don't want any nasty clingy bits from other roms.
Also my favorite flavour of froyo is Kaos.
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Yeah....im pretty sold on kaosfroyo! I've tried them all but it is what suits me. Truthfully its all about what fits you. Just gotta try em out.
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Always wipe between flashes of different ROMs. I use Charmin for maximum comfort.
There isn't really a "best" Froyo ROM, they all have their "features."
KaosFroyo is not themed, but he does add in little bits of his own flavor to the ROM (he includes AutoKiller, last I checked, and the Droid X keyboard, among other things).
CELBFroyo is as stock CyanogenMod 6 (Froyo, but better, also called CM6) as you're gonna get. He likes to leave his ROM with a pure Vanilla taste and leave customization up to the users.
Nonsensikal and CyanogenTazz both offer pre-themed versions of CM6 (I THINK Cyanogen Tazz still offers themes) and, as far as I know, pretty close to stock CM6 beyond that (you'll have to read those threads to find out more).
As a footnote, please, just read the threads. It makes everybody happy, and you'll probably understand things in the Android dev world better for discovering and reading the material for yourself.
Thanks guys. If I have to wipe do you recommend a way to back up my apps and settings then restore them after I flash the froyo rom? Also are any of the Roms that were mentioned more stable than the others as of now?
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Titanium backup can be used to backup/restore apps. As for stable all frayo roms are very stable, I run kaos Frayo
I always go back to CELB. Solid performance and stable everyday rom. The only issues I have come across are known issues with all Eris Froyos. Current 2.6 release, the only issue I know of is the camera to gallery back to camera issue which I've been able to work around by replacing the 3D gallery with the old 2D gallery. (Note: the little preview box shortcut does not work with 2D, but menu shortcut works fine, coming and going)
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Wrong section! Read the "read first" stickie please
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Haha.... so many "flamers"
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api1996 said:
Thanks guys. If I have to wipe do you recommend a way to back up my apps and settings then restore them after I flash the froyo rom? Also are any of the Roms that were mentioned more stable than the others as of now?
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I use App Brain to sync my apps, and then after I wipe and flash a new ROM, I just install App Brain first and it pretty much does the rest of the work for me. The biggest pain after that is just signing into everything the first time; that alone takes me another half hour.
And you do want to wipe, especially if you're changing ROMs, not just moving to the next version. Not doing so is just asking for trouble.
You have to wipe, from my understanding.I flashed KaosFroyo v34 on my Eris and when I went into recovery, I just installed the .zip. It finished and rebooted. The screen was loading and I saw the "Android" across the screen. For 20 Minutes. I figured It froze so I just took the battery out and then booted again. Same thing. So I booted back into recovery, Wiped (I was a little nervous to, Always nervous with your first! ) So all the data cleared and I re-flashed the rom. It rebooted and VIOLA!! Worked like a champ. My interpretation is that if you do not wipe completely, there are still some saved data for your stock firmware, and it loops. So yes, wipe.
In my opinion, I think KaosFroyo v34 is the best. Again, that is my opinion, and If you happen to want to jailbreak a PS3, well, that is the rom that those DEV's used. Its faster than 2.1, has better battery life (make sure you clear battery data), and it comes preloaded with a bunch of goodies!!
Lets say we get an unlocked bootloader . . . What can we do to the phone? What kind of updates in the future will our phone beable to get? Will we get better drivers for the things our phone has?
See I posted something similar but while 200 people looked at it nobody had a reply.
The new moto phones all have locked bootloaders, now while this sucks it doesn't hinder the device too much.
On the motorola defy they have deblurred roms as well as a fully working htc sense port.
They use nandroid restores as a way of flashing roms.
I don't see a valid reason something similar can't be done here.
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Obviously you'd probably get the basic benefits of most phones, but I don't think you'll really get much of an answer until it actually happens.
i think the benefit would be to be install customs kernel, and roms like cyanogen with most recent andoird updates...
Custom kernals allow for overclocking and undervolting, as well as performance and battery saving cpu governers.
A full recovery flash means if you f***ed up, you can do a nand restore without having to sbf restore.
Also it allows for a complete ripout of the phones system and files and replacing them with another, usually a port of another rom or Cm7.
I would love sense or cm7.
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A custom Kernel is Not necessary for overclocking, you can also overclock and undervolt without it. And we also have CM7 Sitz 2nd init like on The milestone.
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A custom Kernel is Not necessary for overclocking, you can also overclock and undervolt without it. And we also have CM7 Sitz 2nd init like on The milestone.
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We can't use milestone overclock because we don't have the msm processor, we have to have a custom kernal that allows for greater frequencies
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Oh, okay, I didn't know that.
What's up guys. I need some help picking the best ROM for me. I know there's tons of them on here, by I'm a novice to Android, and honestly don't even really get te difference between firmware and a ROM. I want some very specific feature which is also why I made this thread seeking your help.
I'm an old iPhone user.. did all the jailbreaking and all myself and even though I think the TB is better than my old iPhone I would love to incorporate some of the "fluidity" it had. Specifically I'm looking a ROM that wouldn't interrupt my music when I get a text to play to notification sound, instead play it on top of the song playing at the moment. I would also like to initiate access the play/pause skip buttons without having to unlock my TB, like double pressing the home button on an iPhone and the play buttons pop up even if you weren't playing any music.
The last and most important to me would be this one: on the iPhone there is a security option that if you have a password set and let's say the phone is stolen and someone tries unlocking the phone more than an allowed number of times(set by the user) it erases EVERYTHING on the phone. These are all I can think off right now. Like I said, I'm a novice to Android and I will appreciate any help and advice I can get. I already had my TB rooted but I just updated the verizon firmware on my TB not knowing that it would un-root it.. so I'm trying to find a ROM ASAP.
Thanks
Edit: I would also like to make my TB run on gingerbread and improve the battery life.
I suggest BAMF roms. I'd give you the website link but I may get banned for it.
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Why do you say so?
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Why do you say so?
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It's really about trying them out for yourself. Alot of what you want is available through apps. Not even sure you need to root.
As far as bamf ROMs, they decided to leave xda but if you google them, you should find them.
XDA does not like you linking other sites that do the same thing.
I suggest them because they ate always updating their roms, they have a good group of people happy to assist you, and the roms are just really well done. Chingy does great work too. But apparently posting to another forum gets you banned these days. Google "Team BAMF". :-]
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I suggest them because they ate always updating their roms, they have a good group of people happy to assist you, and the roms are just really well done. Chingy does great work too. But apparently posting to another forum gets you banned these days. Google "Team BAMF". :-]
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it is against the rules on xda, and its their site.
OP, I've been using gingertheory, which is a gb rom with a hybrid sense of 3.0 and 2.1. Very smooth and fast. The same dev also makes a senseless version of GB that is very light and you can add custom lockscreen to that can have audio controls.
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Since when did they start enforcing all the rules. I forgot... They cherry pick them. Back on topic, cm7 rc1.2 is good. If you aren't into sense, it is definitely my #1 suggestion.
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every tech forum I have used over the years will ban someone for advertising their new site. Guess trying to protect the site.
You seem to really have a problem with this. Why not just move on instead of complaining in every thread.
Eh, dont waste your time with bamf. Synergy is where its at IMO. If youre still kinda new, Droid Theory does awesome support. Hes one of the nicest people Ive seen on the boards, but he doesnt consider himself a Dev. lol. Ive heard CM7 is real nice too though if you arent so much of a sense fan.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081930 Start here.
Loving CM7.... I've used the following ROMS :
Bamf
Gingeritis
Virus
Liquid
Teslacoil
thunder
Found that CM7 is amazing on battery life...even when OCed to 1.8Ghz
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I tried CM7 but it wouldn't let me log into my google account!! Any reasons why?
Did you flash gapps?
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Did you flash gapps?
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Nope! LOL what's that??
Google apps.
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The one that fits your needs the best, which may or may not reflect the opinions of those in the thread. In short, you need to research and/or try many different ones. The lazy way of asking others won't give you the best results.
Synergy is my favorite. I've tried CM7, BAMF 3.0, Gingertheory, Injectedtheory, and Tesla Coil.
CM7 was my second fav, but Synergy was just farther ahead in development. They are doing nightlys now and things are very smooth. Running on the newest leaked GB base and radio, and it runs on ziggys kernel, which seems to be second to none.
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Nope! LOL what's that??
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Patience, grasshopper. Read a little about CM7 before flashing it (a few pages in the development thread itself) and you will be enlightened
Non-wordy sans tao-like answer: What the other guy (ddgarcia05) said. ↑↑
where can I find cm7? I've looked for it all after noon unsuccessfully... all I was able to find is this updated which just made my phone booth the cm7 intro/launch thing loop endlessly on my phone.
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where can I find cm7? I've looked for it all after noon unsuccessfully... all I was able to find is this updated which just made my phone booth the cm7 intro/launch thing loop endlessly on my phone.
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In the development thread? Its one of the most posted in threads in there. I dont know how you could possibly missed it. It never leaves the first page.
Now that Netflix has officially come out for the Thunderbolt, I am sticking with the official MR2 ROM that is the same as stock but rooted and deodexed. All of the apps I want to run work fine plus I have root for things like Titanium, LBE Privacy Guard, SetCPU and VNC so I see no reason to change. I was considering it for Netflix but since that works fine there is no need to. Perhaps when the other roms have stable releases rather than just nightlies/betas/RCs I will switch to a custom rom.
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Now that Netflix has officially come out for the Thunderbolt, I am sticking with the official MR2 ROM that is the same as stock but rooted and deodexed. All of the apps I want to run work fine plus I have root for things like Titanium, LBE Privacy Guard, SetCPU and VNC so I see no reason to change. I was considering it for Netflix but since that works fine there is no need to. Perhaps when the other roms have stable releases rather than just nightlies/betas/RCs I will switch to a custom rom.
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Better battery life would be the biggest reason to run a custom Rom imo.
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I was just trying to get some good suggestions on which rims are good to use with my Motorola ATRIX
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They are all great and stable. Read through the DEV section and do some research. Find one that suits your needs, then flash away. Just make sure you are unlocked and using the correct recovery. Good luck!
ROMs are like pokemons - you need to try them all yourself.
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ROMs are like pokemons - you need to try them all yourself.
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Except magicarp, nobody likes magicarp.
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Except magicarp, nobody likes magicarp.
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Until it evolves and becomes a beast
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This is no diss to the developers because I very much appreciate their work!
And I haven't tried all the ROMs
Still, for my suite of apps, for the smoothest and most reliable op of the phone and for the longest battery life..I am back to stock. I have frozen apps, I am running the .97 radio (which has made a huge difference to me in reliability and throughput) but I am stock. Mainly, I had issue with the various incarnations of the Faux kernel and always wound up with lost widgets (I like my widgets I tried all the suggestions and still, at some point I would lose widgets with the kernel. Since this is the basis of most ROMs that did it for me (and it has to be the kernel since I had the problem on the stock ROM with the kernel).
Good luck...it is easy to go back to stock if you don't like the various ROMs.
I intend to try CM7 later on when the Faux kernel and the integration with Setcpu (both cores) is resolved and CM7 has webtop integration (I use the lapdock every day).
I've used a few of the ROM's out there and right now I am on HomeBase version 2 with Faux's latest kernel. I will say that the version of HomeBase is pretty close to stock but it has a bunch of enhancements (zipalign, memory tweaks, etc). My suggestion is to get to flashing and see what suits you. What I like you may hate. CM7 is worth a try as well and I may switch over when it become official (or I may wait for MIUI).
As for the widget issue...fix permissions fixed it for me, hundreds of restarts and I still have my widgets.
You should check out the dev section...good ROM's and good reading!!!
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I was just trying to get some good suggestions on which rims are good to use with my Motorola ATRIX
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HomeBase: Blue Chronicis the best rom I have ever used. I
I tried the home base blue cronic and I love it the only problem I have is that you cant really get your motoblur accounts and I have all my numbers and facebook accounts on motoblur...is there a way to get your accounts back?
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I recommend 22 inch chrome rims depending on what you like.
If you are looking form suggestions for ROMs I'd suggest CM7.
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