Hello there
well I'm having this issue for quite a while now....ok I'm gonna give a lot of details here:
when I acivate mobile data and start transfering data the cellphone,even if its State Of Charge is over 50%, shuts down.When I was on stock rom 2.1 it just shut down,black screen,nothing.when I'm using custom roms,eg minicm7, 9 and 10 a message appears that the phone is shutting down and so it does.well,in this case it "soft" shuts down..but nevertheless it shuts down.when I turn the phone on again soc is very low,below 20% and if I reboot it again it gows up again to a random percentage.
what I only change when I install a rom is to enable the use of only 2G network and disable data and when I want to use the internet I untick it and then enable data so that I use 3G speed.nothing else is changed from system network.
I've tried wiping batt stats too but in vain.
I searched the web and I found others had similar problems too.any ideas anyone?
I have problem like u too bro, on CM10.
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kbit013 said:
I have problem like u too bro, on CM10.
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actually I think I know whats wrong so I'm gonna post it for others to see it:
I use the battery in 2G mode and so it get "used" to it.and when I instantly switch to 3G mode, enable data traffic and begin downloading the battery kinda "hangs" because of the big big difference in its consumption.so,my suggestion is to test it:
*with gsm/hspa mode always on,and enable data only when I need it
*with gsm/hspa mode always on,and data always enabled
I'll check what happens in system stability&battery consumption rate and I'll post again
ok I have managed to fix it and I'll post my method.
first of all I performed the wipe battery stats method:
with phone turned on charge completely(until 100%, do not interrupt the charging)
remove charger and reboot into recovery and then wipe battery statistics
let the phone battery completely drain.make normal phone usage,disable mobile data, don't stream video or don't use wifi at all.Do NOT charge, just use the phone until it shuts down
when the phone shuts down,turn it on again and then charge it immediately again up to 100%.once again do not interrupt the charging
next -unfortunately- you need to take out the battery. See this
Code:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-X10-Mini-E10i-Teardown/3124/1
use caution and do not apply force on anything
you do not need to completely tear down the whole phone, just remove the battery pins.when you do that wait a couple of seconds and then plug in again.that's it reassemble the phone and you should be done.battery stats will be completely reset.
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I noticed that from last night the 2 arrows over H icon in Bionix V is always lit for me. It should be lit only when data transfer is happening, so something is continously sucking data. Battery drains like crazy, phone dead 2 hours after charged!
- I tried rebooting multiple time to see if a stray process is causing this, but no change
- Checked all running services from settings menu and killed them all one by one, but still data always active!
Any help anyone??? I have a phone that dies on 2 hours now
rakeshchn said:
I noticed that from last night the 2 arrows over H icon in Bionix V is always lit for me. It should be lit only when data transfer is happening, so something is continously sucking data. Battery drains like crazy, phone dead 2 hours after charged!
- I tried rebooting multiple time to see if a stray process is causing this, but no change
- Checked all running services from settings menu and killed them all one by one, but still data always active!
Any help anyone??? I have a phone that dies on 2 hours now
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Do you have the super power xda app. If not download it from the market and it will control background data when in sleep mode.
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Thanks, I appreciate your reply (my phone died again in 2 hours after my first post). I have tried the super power app before and it is good. It can switch 3G on/off when phone sleeps. But that is not exactly my issue. If the phone is always hooked to 3G network and no actual data transfer happens (3G symbol will be there, but arrows will be greyed out showing no real activity), we know Vibrants give average 20 hours battery life. For me the arrows over 3G are always lit showing constant data transfer on 3G which is killing the battery. I cannot for my life figure out what process is constantly consuming data. Is there a background process monitoring app which will capture processes that are not reported in "Running apps" under settings menu?
I'm not sure what the problem may be, if it looks like everything has been killed. If you are stock, do a factory reset and failing that contact tech support. If you are rooted and ROM'd, ODIN to stock and/or try a new ROM.
And not to beat a dead horse, but that SuperPower app is the shiz. Unless you specifically specify an app to run while the phone is sleeping it will kill ALL processes that are sucking data. If you have not tried SuperPower since this problem has arisen, I recommend trying it.
Being fed up with the random wakelocks that Dialer produced on my Gingerbread P500, I spent a while searching for the cause. It turned out to be DataTracker-FD (found out using the amazing BetterBatteryStats app - http://www.cri.ch/sven/doku.php/computing/android/betterbatterystats ), which deals with Fast Dormancy (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9191759/Fast_dormancy_to_improve_smartphone_networking_and_battery_performance_ ).
Now, in theory, Fast Dormancy should be a great feature! But, if your network does not support it, DataTracker-FD will still drain a lot of battery through the wakelock. The SGSII secret code for deactivating it doesn't work on the P500, and neither does the nwk_info.db method. Luckily, you can deactivate (or change its timeout) through the LG hidden menu...
1. Dial 3845#*500#.
2. Go to Modem Setting > PDP Setting > [0] Set Fast Dormancy
3. Select your desired timeout (or "Disabled"). You should now be done! (will look at Battery Usage in a little bit, to see if a reboot/Dialer FC is also needed)
Optional step 4. If you still see no difference, set your desired timeout (or "Disabled") a few more times.
Hope it helps.
/* Edit: It doesn't seem to help, we might be back to square one. Does anyone have any idea on how to completely disable Fast Dormancy? We might need a dev to look at the source code of Dialer and make some modifications... Right now, if your phone stays awake after using Data, the only current workaround is FCing Dialer from Applications. */
EDIT 2: A SECOND TEST, USING THE ABOVE METHOD TO DISABLE FAST DORMANCY, YIELDS POSITIVE RESULTS! THE WAKELOCK IS NOT THERE ANYMORE, EVEN AFTER SEVERAL RECONNECTIONS TO HSDPA!
It needs way more testing though, I will reconnect to data and leave the phone idle (screen off), then see what happens, and I will reboot the phone to see if the setting persists.
EDIT 3: Yes, the setting persists, and the wakelock is still not running! The final test will be done after it has completely charged, because there still is a small possibility that the wakelock is so far not active just because the phone was charging.
Edit 4: Straight after unplugging the phone, DataTracker-FD started running, without being connected to HSDPA (I was in a phonecall). In 17 minutes (of mostly talking on the phone) it drained 1% of the battery - so, it should last for about 29 hours with the same usage. Now I have started HSDPA and left the phone idle for 10 minutes, to see how much it drains and how much it drains after I turn data off. It just might be that, while the phone is still awake, it doesn't drain a large amount of battery. If it actually still drains a lot, this tweak definitely only /seems/ to work while charging (maybe BetterBatteryStats was reporting false data or FD just doesnt' work when charging).
Edit 5: Here's a pleasant surprise. Right after connecting to HSDPA and putting the phone to sleep, the Awake bar in Battery Usage faded out. In 5 minutes of idling with data activated, the phone drained another 1% battery - not sure how well that is, since it amounts to 8 hours of data on a full charge, but it's better than 12 hours of idling with no data on a full charge. Currently repeating the test. Just got an email on Yahoo pushed, I'll get to see the influence on awake time of that as well.
Edit 6: After 10 minutes of idling with data ON, a bit over 1% of the battery is gone. This is a fantastic value, and the Awake bar is only dotted in this period of time. DataTracker-FD seems to be running a bit in the background during the data connection, but stopped once I turned it off. It might just be me, though, because aLogCat still can't find any entries for Fast Dormancy. Now leaving the phone idle with no data for a while to look at the evolution of Awake time.
Edit 7: After about 45 minutes of complete idling, the battery went down 2%. This would mean the battery would last for about a day and a half, which is meh, considering I OC'd the phone to 730 and don't really use a task manager.
The conclusion: YES, disabling Fast Dormancy does work using the above method, and it does help battery life!
Edit 8: After another unrelated reboot, DataTracker-FD is once again awake after using data, but this time it draws significantly less battery. The Battery Usage graph shows no difference between sleep times and awake-because-of-FD times.
Edit 9: During the night, the phone drained 30% battery, once again because of some random action of DataTracker-FD. This is still not a definite fix.
"Connection problem or invalid MMI code" when I dial that number..
I remember that long ago I dialed the number and everything was fine.
Well you shouldn't literally call it, just type it in Dialer and it should open the hidden menu.
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Well you shouldn't literally call it, just type it in Dialer and it should open the hidden menu.
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When I just type it in dialer, nothing happens.
I see. It might not work on CM.
Updated the OP a couple of times, you might want to read it.
Considering I am still on Froyo v2.2.2, could this be of interest for me too? There's no abnormal battery drain on my phone, but if I can improve the battery life by tweaking this setting, I'd gladly do it.
masteryx said:
Considering I am still on Froyo v2.2.2, could this be of interest for me too? There's no abnormal battery drain on my phone, but if I can improve the battery life by tweaking this setting, I'd gladly do it.
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I didn't have such problems on Froyo either. It MIGHT help, but as you can see from the numerous edits to the OP, it's not a clear win yet.
So it need to be disabled twice to stop working?
I've been looking for this service since using that Battery App but theres not much information of that in the web.
I'm not sure just how many times, but it took about 3-4 times for me until I was completely sure the wakelock stopped running and the phone went into deep sleep each time I locked it.
Yeah I think I got it doing it twice, FC phone and rebooting, btw maybe you can check system/etc/flex/flex.db and flex.xml there are fast dormancy settings there
@metalboy94 I mailed LG regarding Fast Dormancy and the reply i got was that P500 does not support fast dormancy. My phone does not switch from H to 3G. I tried enabling it many times using secret menu but it does not work.
I asked him if GB ROM/Baseband supports fast dormancy, he replied saying GB hasn't been released for India
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Yeah I think I got it doing it twice, FC phone and rebooting, btw maybe you can check system/etc/flex/flex.db and flex.xml there are fast dormancy settings there
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There are? Thanks a bunch, gonna try those methods as well!
@atulalvenkar: Well, it still draws power from the battery, so at least they could have done something to the Dialer if it's not supported at all.
Edited the OP once again.
Are you guys checking on GB or Froyo ROM ? I can't see flex.db or flex.xml in froyo ? Stock or CM7
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Are you guys checking on GB or Froyo ROM ? I can't see flex.db or flex.xml in froyo ? Stock or CM7
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Stock GB. I found it, but you have to fill in the info for your operator if it's not on that list. Guess which is my situation.
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Stock GB. I found it, but you have to fill in the info for your operator if it's not on that list. Guess which is my situation.
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Yeah my operator isn´t there also (I´m on a custom V20g ROM and I´m not from Romania) but i got the flex files from the Froyo stock so im going to try using that information to replace one of the V20g operators.
Also tried putting the Froyo ones on GB but get a lot of FC
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I tried to change the FD settings in the hidden menu, but the setting does not "stick", so I don't know if it's actually OFF or not.
However, I found that DataTracker-FD only keeps the phone awake when Wifi is on. If I'm always on 3G, FD seems to work and keep the phone asleep. Overnight with wifi off and 3G on, it only drained 2% battery.
I'm on official GB2.3.3 with PaoloM's kernel v5.
Strange.
hey maybe let´s try this:
Code:
ro.ril.disable.fd.plmn.prefix=23402,23410,23411,
have to put that on the build.prop then restart, the values must be changed to your carriers code, you can get that code from adb typing
Code:
adb shell
getprop gsm.operator.numeric
Then the system should show the number
tsuda said:
I tried to change the FD settings in the hidden menu, but the setting does not "stick", so I don't know if it's actually OFF or not.
However, I found that DataTracker-FD only keeps the phone awake when Wifi is on. If I'm always on 3G, FD seems to work and keep the phone asleep. Overnight with wifi off and 3G on, it only drained 2% battery.
I'm on official GB2.3.3 with PaoloM's kernel v5.
Strange.
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But did you see how many MBs the phone used? Cause if it's too much, people will definitely prefer just turning the phone off.
@Roqu3: I think I tried that before and it didn't seem to make a difference.
Worth a shot tho.
I'll try both of your methods if I still have the issue when I get my phone back from the service center.
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Something strange happened to my phone. One night I installed an app that can turn the phone into sleep mode instead of pressing the button at the uppermost right of it. I still have around 70+% battery by that time. The next morning, I was surprised that my battery is already out. I charge it but was stuck at the cyanogen logo. I removed the battery and tried to open it, this time the animation boot happened twice before finishing. I removed the app but noticed that my battery begun draining much faster than before. Just letting it on idle state will reduce it to 40% in 9 hours. The bootup problem is also present every time I boot the phone - it will get stuck at first at the logo,remove the battery, turn it on again where the animation will happen twice before the phone become usable.
Checking the phone usage, mobile standby and phone idle have the largest usage. I read some threads mentioning something about wakelock or something that prevent the phone from going to sleep. Checking the Spare parts battery history, only two things are present - Running (100%) and Screeon on (5.1%).
Any help or tips to know the real problem? Thanks
sinscythex said:
Something strange happened to my phone. One night I installed an app that can turn the phone into sleep mode instead of pressing the button at the uppermost right of it. I still have around 70+% battery by that time. The next morning, I was surprised that my battery is already out. I charge it but was stuck at the cyanogen logo. I removed the battery and tried to open it, this time the animation boot happened twice before finishing. I removed the app but noticed that my battery begun draining much faster than before. Just letting it on idle state will reduce it to 40% in 9 hours. The bootup problem is also present every time I boot the phone - it will get stuck at first at the logo,remove the battery, turn it on again where the animation will happen twice before the phone become usable.
Checking the phone usage, mobile standby and phone idle have the largest usage. I read some threads mentioning something about wakelock or something that prevent the phone from going to sleep. Checking the Spare parts battery history, only two things are present - Running (100%) and Screeon on (5.1%).
Any help or tips to know the real problem? Thanks
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this will happen when install every crappy tweak **** - i'm not understand why users have to install extra apps for buttons
to help you something:
wipe your system, not the data - only if it doesnt work after wiping the caches.
than try to boot ... if its doesnt nrmal booting, reinstall the rom and do a full wipe. sometimes apps installing libraries in system.
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I was thinking of reducing the usage of the hard button so I used it. Will resintallation of the ROM afefct my partition? I have a nandbackup before this problem happened, but I still do not have the partition by that time.
And how do you do it by the way? Just flash again the ROM? Thanks
Edit: Wiping the cache seemed to help. It doesn't stuck at the logo, but the animation still happens twice instead of once. Gonna observe the battery usage. Thanks.
100% running, that means your phone is not in sleep, but only with LCD off. Grab betterbatterystats([email protected]) and check your wakelocks.
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Based on the betterbatterystats, the gpslocationprovider is the culprit. But my gps apps are off and are not running any services. Any idea how can I stop it?
sinscythex said:
Based on the betterbatterystats, the gpslocationprovider is the culprit. But my gps apps are off and are not running any services. Any idea how can I stop it?
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Off GPS ,on only when needed
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I copid a gpa.conf somehere in this forum. I replaced it with the originial and I'm currently observing whether it will return to normal. My gps apps are off, and both wireless and gps sattelites are disabled on my location & security tabs.
I'm planning on doing a restore to at least remove the boot up problem. But my last nandbackup was still before I partitioned my sd card and flashed dark tremor, and configre a2sdgui. If I do the nandrestore, do I have to disable or remove dark tremor and a2sdgui, or remove the partition of my card? Thanks
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I copid a gpa.conf somehere in this forum. I replaced it with the originial and I'm currently observing whether it will return to normal. My gps apps are off, and both wireless and gps sattelites are disabled on my location & security tabs.
I'm planning on doing a restore to at least remove the boot up problem. But my last nandbackup was still before I partitioned my sd card and flashed dark tremor, and configre a2sdgui. If I do the nandrestore, do I have to disable or remove dark tremor and a2sdgui, or remove the partition of my card? Thanks
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I has the same gps wakelock even disabling GPS- reboot and the thing is gone
I changed it, but my phone still doesn't sleep. Although this time, the gpslocationprovider is no longer shown with the betterbatterystats. It just states that my phone is awake for around 47 minutes but my screen is just on for around 4 minutes. I've already rebooted several times and wipe the cache but its still like this. Still trying to find other ways.
When i fall asleep i just place my phone nearby the bed and its on airplane mode,wifi closed,data closed and generally no apps running(i think so).The battery is level (ex)50% and when i wake up,about 7 hours later its always about 15-20%.why this happen?
I checked the battery manager just after i waked up and the first was screen(56%) and after that adobe reader(10%)
Start with Better Battery Stats and read the ten million battery posts on XDA .
jje
chaos748 said:
When i fall asleep i just place my phone nearby the bed and its on airplane mode,wifi closed,data closed and generally no apps running(i think so).The battery is level (ex)50% and when i wake up,about 7 hours later its always about 15-20%.why this happen?
I checked the battery manager just after i waked up and the first was screen(56%) and after that adobe reader(10%)
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Mine drops about 1.5% every hour whenever it's on standby.
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Start with Better Battery Stats and read the ten million battery posts on XDA .
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Better battery stats does not work.dont know why.and i made my own post cause i cannot find the solution of the problem on other posts.try to be more polite to your answers
have you tried downloading the xda version of the better battery stats? if not here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Is your phone rooted? Like others said, try to install the xda-forum version of BBS but it's weird because I did install the one from GPlay.
One of the first lead is the WiFi? Is it always turned on? There's a bug with it. Go into the advanced WiFi settings and set it to 'only if activated' (I don't know the exact spell in English but it's something like that).
But you better have to dl BBS & check the wakelocks.
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which rom are you using?
that should be solved flashing another kernel, try it.
dont use a rom...my phone is just rooted
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what?
Underclock when you're not using your phone.
That will save battery.
If ur using stock TW. Put on power saving mode
PM Me if u want to know more.
Try using an app called easy battery saver and only use the cable and plug that came with your galaxy s3 it works for me, today I had eight hours after charge and using internet with 3g nearly continuously.
You would get much more by leaving it on standby.
Also restrict your background data, turn off your automatic updates at play store andturn off WiFi while screen is asleep.
Follow all these for better battery.
Use any battery investigation apk/widget (I'd recommend battery monitor widget) and look what is causing the drain...
may I guess: cell standby or gpsd?
guys i remember you that the cell phone is on flight mode with wifi,gps and data turned off
and, if you have a soft which contains a bug - you'll have such processes running.
It is up to you to install any apk which will contain more detailed statistics what actually is consuming so much juice.
If you do not want - no one would force you.
chaos748 said:
When i fall asleep i just place my phone nearby the bed and its on airplane mode,wifi closed,data closed and generally no apps running(i think so).The battery is level (ex)50% and when i wake up,about 7 hours later its always about 15-20%.why this happen?
I checked the battery manager just after i waked up and the first was screen(56%) and after that adobe reader(10%)
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I have the exactly same problem,30% drain overnight.That happens after updating to 4.1.1 JellyBean.With ICS never happened.
Go into the battery page, click on the graph and then post a screenshot of the detailed graph here. It is usually an app or process not letting the phone go into standby. Happened to me when I had my phone on ICS out of the box. I fixed that all up through the individual app settings and all was sweet. Then when I went from ICS to JB, the issue came up again and I had to go through the apps again to change the settings back. It seems that by updating from ICS to JB, certain settings get set back to default, which then does not allow the phone to go into standby.
Culprits that I have found are:
Facebook - set to manual refresh interval
Weather (or any weather widget) - manual refresh interval
Google play store - Turn off Google AdMob Ads
Any form of newsreader (I was using Pulse) - Turn off notification when there are new stories
Wifi advanced settings - Set Keep Wifi on during sleep to "Always"
Samsung account - Turn off sync
Samsung app store - Turn off Update Notification, turn off push notification, turn off ad preferences.
chaos748 said:
When i fall asleep i just place my phone nearby the bed and its on airplane mode,wifi closed,data closed and generally no apps running(i think so).The battery is level (ex)50% and when i wake up,about 7 hours later its always about 15-20%.why this happen?
I checked the battery manager just after i waked up and the first was screen(56%) and after that adobe reader(10%)
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Maybe some apps running in background if you are using *viber* delete it
It makes proximity sensor always on.
Try delete apps like that
Thanks
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Guys please keep in mind that keeping the stock os without any custom kernel might be not as effective than using an adequate custom rom...
In addition remember, cooler temperatures cause ur battery to lose its charge faster...
So if ur phone is placed on the window shelf and its getting cold during the night it might cause ur battery to drop fast..
I made this observation with my sgs plus....
Hope i helped.
Hi guys,
I can't seem to find anywhere in this device to force cellular off. I don't want to enable aeroplane mode because I use wifi and GPS.
Also, is there a way to force the device to power down when it's at, say, 8% power? It seems like it powers down when it's totally drained, which causes the device to stop tracking time when it powers back up. I imagine if it could force power down earlier, it would still keep time when I get around to recharging it...
You can enable Airplane mode THEN activate Wifi and GPS ... it's what I'm doing on my truesmart to save battery
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You can enable Airplane mode THEN activate Wifi and GPS ... it's what I'm doing on my truesmart to save battery
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Thanks!
Any way to get the device to shut down based on battery %?
It doesn't matter how much battery is remaining when you turn the watch off. It doesn't keep track of the time when its off unless you have it automatically checking the mobile network for the time. Try it. Turn your watch off before the battery dies, wait 10 minutes, then turn it back on. The time will be the same as when you turned it off. Seems stupid but hopefully it will get fixed in a future update.
Use tasker to do it
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Here's a free app that should do it. I tried it on my phone and it worked great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=AutomateIt.mainPackage
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