I have a replacement phone from T-Mobile that's not getting the update. I have the file. Just need to know where to rename it UPDATE.ZIP so i can install it on Recovery. Anyone?
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure you can do that. Just make sure your bootloader is locked. If it doesn't work, try doing it from the Amaze All In One Kit v5.1 in the Development section.
I don't see any option in Hasoon's kit (screenshot in post 1) for installing an OTA update. Am I missing something?
Bootloader doesn't have to be relocked, BTW, I just updated another Amaze that had it downloaded and ready to install with the bootloader unlocked. Stock recovery image is needed.
Problem is knowing what folder to put the OTA in ... /sdcard/ ? /media/ ? I presume (could be wrong) that the OTA zip file is renamed UPDATE.ZIP and copied somewhere. Looking for some first hand knowledge....
ChromeJob said:
I don't see any option in Hasoon's kit (screenshot in post 1) for installing an OTA update. Am I missing something?
Bootloader doesn't have to be relocked, BTW, I just updated another Amaze that had it downloaded and ready to install with the bootloader unlocked. Stock recovery image is needed.
Problem is knowing what folder to put the OTA in ... /sdcard/ ? /media/ ? I presume (could be wrong) that the OTA zip file is renamed UPDATE.ZIP and copied somewhere. Looking for some first hand knowledge....
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Leave the zip with its original name and put it in the internal sd card in the download folder. That's where it put it when it was pushed to my phone.
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masondoctorjt said:
Leave the zip with its original name and put it in the internal sd card in the download folder. That's where it put it when it was pushed to my phone.
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Thanks but doesn't seem to do anything. "There are no updates available for your phone."
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ChromeJob said:
Thanks but doesn't seem to do anything. "There are no updates available for your phone."
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Did you anyhow try - renaming that 30MB OTA into PH85IMG.ZIP and placing it on your external sd card, then rebooting into Bootloader? And what?
jauhien said:
Did you anyhow try - renaming that 30MB OTA into PH85IMG.ZIP and placing it on your external sd card, then rebooting into Bootloader? And what?
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I did but it didn't work
HTC Amaze 4G
Unlocked bootloader and rooted
S-ON
Flashed latest OTA by sports
Faux v29 kernel
Baseband didn't udpate, still 1.14
siva_rknec said:
I did but it didn't work
HTC Amaze 4G
Unlocked bootloader and rooted
S-ON
Flashed latest OTA by sports
Faux v29 kernel
Baseband didn't udpate, still 1.14
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Apparently it found your custom recovery / root / unlocked boot.. and stopped.
ChromeJob's handheld is the complete stock..
jauhien said:
Did you anyhow try - renaming that 30MB OTA into PH85IMG.ZIP and placing it on your external sd card, then rebooting into Bootloader? And what?
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(edit) Tries it at home. "I'll be damned...." (/edit)
Too much time spent with Nexus devices this year....
jauhien said:
Apparently it found your custom recovery / root / unlocked boot.. and stopped.
ChromeJob's handheld is the complete stock..
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On my defective handset, I determined that you can apply the update with the bootloader unlocked, but you DO need to have stock recovery. The recovery image is in firmware.zip inside the OTA update zip file. Seems to require *NIX to unzip, old WinZIP on Windows reported it corrupted.
jauhien said:
Did you anyhow try - renaming that 30MB OTA into PH85IMG.ZIP and placing it on your external sd card, then rebooting into Bootloader? And what?
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It reads the file, there's a little vertical gas gauge that fills up on the upper right of the screen, then ... nothing. Whut next?
Just an update for those who find this thread. HTC tech support assure me that putting the OTA update in the root of the external SD card (microSDHC) renamed to PH85IMG.ZIP should work. But it never did. I just left the phone on for 10 days, it never automagically alerted me to the update (with regular checks selected/enabled), but a few mornings ago I tapped "Check now" and it found it. Downloaded, installed, etc.
After unlocking again I found that I could boot from CWM recovery externally, make a nandroid backup, etc. So now I can play and restore the system to stock ... after determining if the OTA fixes anything for me.
BIG THANKS to those trying to help. I don't think your suggestions were at fault (though telling me to flash it to an RUU ROM when it was already 100% stock makes no self-evident sense to me), I think HTC hboot, fastboot, and stock recovery are eccentric and faulty.[1] I still learned some tricks and skills from you.... I'm getting better at fastboot and adb on the command line, and understanding how the Android device architecture works.
[1] HTC's own tech support said what I was doing would succeed, but it didn't. Either their information is FU, or the Amaze is FU.
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I need help. Normally I never ask questions I perfer to scan the forum looking for answers but this is my first question.
So we all know by now there is a leaked ICS Rom for the HTC Amaze. Well I downloaded the RUU put it at the root of the external SD and loaded it in hboot. Hboot starts the normal routine of looking for images to flash and dismissing all the missing ones. When it comes to PH85IMG it will stop the sidebar will take a minute to slowly load to full and the following result would say:
Loading...[PH85IMG.zip]
Wrong zipped image!
then it will finish the routine and essentually dismiss. After that all I can do is return to normal use
Phone info:
T-mobile HTC Amaze 4G rooted S-ON
Android 2.3.7/ Sense 3.5
Faux's v009 Kernal
thanks kindly for the help developers.
lamortcroix said:
I need help. Normally I never ask questions I perfer to scan the forum looking for answers but this is my first question.
So we all know by now there is a leaked ICS Rom for the HTC Amaze. Well I downloaded the RUU put it at the root of the external SD and loaded it in hboot. Hboot starts the normal routine of looking for images to flash and dismissing all the missing ones. When it comes to PH85IMG it will stop the sidebar will take a minute to slowly load to full and the following result would say:
Loading...[PH85IMG.zip]
Wrong zipped image!
then it will finish the routine and essentually dismiss. After that all I can do is return to normal use
Phone info:
T-mobile HTC Amaze 4G rooted S-ON
Android 2.3.7/ Sense 3.5
Faux's v009 Kernal
thanks kindly for the help developers.
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I think the only way for someone S-on to install this update is to return the phone back to stock. you have to revert your bootloader back to locked and make the phone stock again.
In that case I guess it's about time to reach S-OFF. To those reading I'll give the result.
lamortcroix said:
In that case I guess it's about time to reach S-OFF. To those reading I'll give the result.
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I just went through the whole s-off procedure and was able to flash the image after that. I didn't revert back to stock. I guess that was my problem too, but everything is working fine with ICS so far.
I relocked the bootloader and was able to get ICS.
kinda sad though im about to root it just to get rid of the bloat apps . Umm I hope others can use this as guide.
Please help!!! cannot flash ics rue
Hey! I have a similar problem. I have relocked the boot loader, NO root, S-ON... basically the only thing I did was unlocking and relocking the bootloader.
I copied the zip file in the ext-sd folder. In Hboot mode it scans the sdcard but a "NO image or wrong zip image" appears... So I reboot normally....
Now a strange thing happens and the zip file i copied onto the sdcard is 0Kb!!!! I tried several times... can sameone help me?
BTW I have a external sd card intalled (actually is one form another phone formatted as fat 32) + the internal memory.
thanks!
juaneto06 said:
Hey! I have a similar problem. I have relocked the boot loader, NO root, S-ON... basically the only thing I did was unlocking and relocking the bootloader.
I copied the zip file in the ext-sd folder. In Hboot mode it scans the sdcard but a "NO image or wrong zip image" appears... So I reboot normally....
Now a strange thing happens and the zip file i copied onto the sdcard is 0Kb!!!! I tried several times... can sameone help me?
BTW I have a external sd card intalled (actually is one form another phone formatted as fat 32) + the internal memory.
thanks!
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Did you renamed the zip to ph85img.zip?
Ray196 said:
Did you renamed the zip to ph85img.zip?
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yes I did.
juaneto06 said:
yes I did.
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Is your phone a Tmobile amaze 4g?
Ray196 said:
Is your phone a Tmobile amaze 4g?
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Yes it is a Tmoblie phone...
juaneto06 said:
Hey! I have a similar problem. I have relocked the boot loader, NO root, S-ON... basically the only thing I did was unlocking and relocking the bootloader.
I copied the zip file in the ext-sd folder. In Hboot mode it scans the sdcard but a "NO image or wrong zip image" appears... So I reboot normally....
Now a strange thing happens and the zip file i copied onto the sdcard is 0Kb!!!! I tried several times... can sameone help me?
BTW I have a external sd card intalled (actually is one form another phone formatted as fat 32) + the internal memory.
thanks!
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I see the proiblem now, the file is suppose to be around 487mb.
Ray196 said:
I see the proiblem now, the file is suppose to be around 487mb.
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Yes it is 487mb, I ment that after I tried t hoot... i rebooted normally and checkd the file.. then it was 0Kb... I'm keep trying but really not understanding why is this not working. thanks!
juaneto06 said:
Yes it is 487mb, I ment that after I tried t hoot... i rebooted normally and checkd the file.. then it was 0Kb... I'm keep trying but really not understanding why is this not working. thanks!
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Make sure the zip you have is good and make sure the SD card is good. strange that you place a 487mb file and it changes to 0kb on its own. try formatting the
SD and try again or try using a different one.
I would re-copy the zip to your sd card again.
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glacierguy said:
I would re-copy the zip to your sd card again.
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Thanks! I will try that when back home.
One thing that maybe matters... my phone is a tmobile one but i am using it nit in the us with a different carrier. I bought it in ebay unlocked for any carrier... maybe that's the issue?
juaneto06 said:
Thanks! I will try that when back home.
One thing that maybe matters... my phone is a tmobile one but i am using it nit in the us with a different carrier. I bought it in ebay unlocked for any carrier... maybe that's the issue?
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Should not be a problem, sim unlock is has nothing to do with it. my phones are sim unlocked too.
brokenwatch said:
The problem was with my sdcard. After formatting it works now. I noticed after mounting the card that the file was always 0 bytes, and after formatting that no longer happens. It's updating now!
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This may be the same issue you been having.
Ray196 said:
Should not be a problem, sim unlock is has nothing to do with it. my phones are sim unlocked too.
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Thanks! I found out that my external micro sdcard is corrupted, so i am trying to find a new one and try again.
Now ı m using ics on my amaze.
This is my folder what ı had ics zip file.
You can compare it what you have.
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Can I just use my phone and Astros to do this ot will I need my laptop?
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Bdix said:
Can I just use my phone and Astros to do this ot will I need my laptop?
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Are you using a custom Rom?
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I'm stuck at the bootloading screen on my Rezound, and I'm lost as to what to do. I was attempting to load the new RUU on my device but obviously, something went wrong. I believe I renamed the wrong file to PH98IMG.zip and screwed something up. I have tried to push the correct RUU file through ADB, but I can't get my device to show up. Is there a way to access my sd card so I can put the correct RUU file on my device?
Micro sd > sd adapter > USB card reader.
Or put your sd card into another phone and download the correct ph98img.zip file
Thanks. I was wondering if there was a way to access the sd card from the bootloader menu, but I guess I'll have to go out and buy a sd card reader tomorrow. Now I just hope I didn't permanently mess anything up by flashing a ROM file as PH98IMG.zip.
If you can get to bootloader it is recoverable
Ok, try this, while connected to a pc. Pull out sd card & battery while in hboot. Go to fastboot and make sure you got fasboot usb showing. Unlock bootloader(unless your on eng hboot or patched jb's hboot), download AmonRA 3.15 renamed to recovery.img, then do "fastboot boot recovery.img", but before pushing enter. Replace battery and sd card.
That will get you to where you can access the external SD card with its USB mounting.
or
You have not run a RUU. There is no RUU for ICS yet. A RUU is a Rom Update UTILITY (meaning, it is in the form of an EXE file run from a PC with the phone connected; and it does quite a bit more than a simply PKxxxx.zip flashover file).
Oddly, if you actually had a RUU, it would probably solve your problem.
jdmba said:
You have not run a RUU. There is no RUU for ICS yet. A RUU is a Rom Update UTILITY (meaning, it is in the form of an EXE file run from a PC with the phone connected; and it does quite a bit more than a simply PKxxxx.zip flashover file).
Oddly, if you actually had a RUU, it would probably solve your problem.
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It's amazing how many people do not know the difference between ruu and bootloader images.....
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Yup
cdexsw said:
It's amazing how many people do not know the difference between ruu and bootloader images.....
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Dealing with one right now!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25638449&postcount=5
jdmba said:
Dealing with one right now!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25638449&postcount=5
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Nice try.
PH98IMG.zip is contained within the RUU.exe....when extracted it is named Rom.zip. this file contains everything found in the PH98IMG.zip we flash in the bootloader.We just rename it it to the ph98img.zip
however, it is still an image file. It needs to be flashed, either the Utility, fastboot, or bootloader.
Without the image the Rom Updater Utility would be useless.
What ever name you want to call a ph98img...is still an image file.
But the post was good reading but still does not mean you proved a point or proved me wrong. or that it is not an image file.
Note: this post is not trying to say anyone is wrong.....
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cdexsw said:
Nice try.
PH98IMG.zip is contained within the RUU.exe....when extracted it is named Rom.zip. this file contains everything found in the PH98IMG.zip we flash in the bootloader.We just rename it it to the ph98img.zip
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I was on your side!!!
Anyway, there are 3, and only 3, RUU's for the Rezound:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c2e320ee1d5c7886
Can't seem to get anyone to understand that; but like I said, its a losing battle.
If there WERE actually a RUU, I would gladly run it, because then that would properly replace all part of my GB install with ICS. Flashing this PHxxxx.zip image, will not do so (hence the need for the "old firmware fix").
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I was on your side!!!
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oops, my bad...lol. sorry. Thanks
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jdmba said:
If there WERE actually a RUU, I would gladly run it, because then that would properly replace all part of my GB install with ICS. Flashing this PHxxxx.zip image, will not do so (hence the need for the "old firmware fix").
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What parts are you saying do not get replaced? I flashed the new leak yesterday specifically to upgrade from the gb firmware and it works fine without a patch. I'm running Nils ICS Business 3.4.
Just wondering.
NilsP said:
If you can get to bootloader it is recoverable
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i am stuck in the bootloader and cant get out. adb wont see it but i can see it in device manager. i f-ed my phone up so i relocked and ran the latest GB ruu and it failed and now i am stuck in the bootloader. it does say fastboot usb. any help would be great
Figure I'd try posting here, rather than start up a new thread. I tried looking for my specific problem but couldn't find it. Anyway, new to HTC and Rezound, coming from a rooted Droid X, so I'm familiar with flashing roms. My Rezound is completely stock.
I downloaded the most current ICS leak, RUU_Vigor_3.14.605.10. I put it on the root of my sd card, renamed it, and held power and down button. The phone loads the PH98IMG.zip for a few minutes, then proceeds to checking the PH98IMG.zip for a few minutes. After this is all done, I'm on the bootloader screen. Where to go from here? I thought the phone should have automatically rebooted? I clicked fastboot, then restart, which just brings me back to GB. I'm obviously missing an easy step here. Do I go into recovery, or somewhere else?
Thanks in advance guys. I hate being the new guy, late to the party.
Seemed to have figured it out. Had to re-download the leak on a different computer, and now my phone is updating itself. Weird. Finally get my hands on ICS.
jdmba said:
I was on your side!!!
Anyway, there are 3, and only 3, RUU's for the Rezound:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c2e320ee1d5c7886
Can't seem to get anyone to understand that; but like I said, its a losing battle.
If there WERE actually a RUU, I would gladly run it, because then that would properly replace all part of my GB install with ICS. Flashing this PHxxxx.zip image, will not do so (hence the need for the "old firmware fix").
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I've flashed a couple PH98IMG.zips and they were for different things on my phone. one was a splashscreen and the other was an update (ICS Update to be exact). now isn't that supposed to be an RUUs job? to update the phone? there are a couple ways to update the phone, one being a new leaked stock rom through recovery, and another through hboot with a PH98IMG file.
I bought the Amaze recently. I didn't like the battery life, so I looked for a remedy from the internet.
My search led me here. I found people changed kernels, disabled bloatware, and controlled CPU speeds. That all sounded great. I found newb-proof articles and tools for GB. [Caution: I'm am fresh off the newb canoe, now entering the Android rapids.]
I tried a few ROMs here. I enjoyed my experience with GB, but ICS was hyped to be so much better.
Once I tried to go to ICS, I found all of the guides didn't work for me.
I have read about a dozen articles here on how to do this process.
The last process I tried to move to ICS from rooted GB goes as follows:
Reset to factory, through bootloader (no backup; is that a problem?)
Put latest OTA file from Football to ext sd directory (not external card, only directory name)
Flash stock recovery
Relock boatloader
Reboot to recovery after taking battery out (to prevent security warning; would that matter?)
See a green refresh symbol then a red triangle (an apparent error)
I am not sure how to do this any better.
The next steps I would take are to unlock (thanks hassoon2000), flash twrp, wipe all cache, install NRG, use either TB or 4ext (suggestions welcome for any other backup program), get go launcher set (suggestions welcome for alternatives), then eat up the fancy sandwich.
If I missed that one post or one detail that you know of, then all the thanks button pushes go to you for your help.
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(Please forgive the double post, I couldn't figure how to edit old posts, now I can't figure how to delete posts.)
Rename ICS ruu from football to "PH85IMG" (u did NOT mention that u did this step) and put the .zip file on the root of your sd. Boot into "relocked" bootloader and push power button to select "bootloader" option.
There are SEVERAL THREADS that explain this.
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I meant to say I did that, too.
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parsjp said:
I meant to say I did that, too.
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Are u tmobile?
If not, search SuperCID thread for your fix
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I read as many as I could find.
I knew I would go to the bad side if I posted this, but I didn't want this to get lost in old posts.
Another point I forgot, I can't find the "root " folder anymore. I had it before I tried ICS OTA (tmo guy caught me off guard when he said to try the OTA ASAP)
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parsjp said:
I read as many as I could find.
I knew I would go to the bad side if I posted this, but I didn't want this to get lost in old posts.
Another point I forgot, I can't find the "root " folder anymore. I had it before I tried ICS OTA (tmo guy caught me off guard when he said to try the OTA ASAP)
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There is no "root" folder... That just means put on your sd card WITHOUT putting it in any folders. U never had a root folder. You need to read more. U obviously have no clue what u are doing. Learning should be do.e before wrecking your $500 phone... Not after
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1. Download the stock ruu from here
2. Lock your bootloader by using the fastboot command "fastboot oem lock"
3. Reboot to system
4. Flash the stock RUU you downloaded by placing it in the root of your external sd card and renaming it PH85IMG.zip and rebooting to bootloader.
5. Once you have the stock rom reinstalled, set the security lock by using fastboot command " fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
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I followed the directions in the link in your sig as closely as I can.
I found I can't reboot into system after relocking the bootloader. I assume that's not expected.
Also, to flash the ruu, I need to boot into bootloader, then select recovery to flash. (the recovery leads to a screen that shows a green sync symbol that turns to a red triangle symbol)
Is that last step inferred?
I don't know if this will help, but I was in a similar situation and could not upgrade to ICS. I had clockworkmod and that seemed to be the issue. I had already restored a previous backup but could not flash a stock ruu. It would load and then return to the hboot menu without ever giving the option to install. The fix was to use hasoon's all in one tool to flash the stock recovery. That's all I did. After that the OTA update installed fine. I never relocked the bootloader.
I tried that out, too.
I have the same problem when my phone is relocked with stock or custom recovery. It never boots into system, only fastboot.
I tried it unlocked. It seemed to ast longer on the green refresh symbol, but still went to the red triangle.
The only difference here is that I don't have a backup to restore to like you did.
parsjp said:
I tried that out, too.
I have the same problem when my phone is relocked with stock or custom recovery. It never boots into system, only fastboot.
I tried it unlocked. It seemed to ast longer on the green refresh symbol, but still went to the red triangle.
The only difference here is that I don't have a backup to restore to like you did.
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Which stock ruu are you trying to install? If it's a stock GB or one of the ICS leaks, rename the file PH85IMG and reboot into bootloader, if it takes you to fastboot volume down to select bootloader and hit power, if it's the stock ICS OTA file, then read my tutorial how to use it on stock recovery.
I used the 2.14.531.3 file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617644&highlight=ics+ota.
[I'll download it again, in case I had a bad download.]
I believe that is the latest OTA file for ICS.
Is the 1.43.531.3 the GB OTA or the ICS RUU?
I followed what you said:
flash stock recovery
relock phone (fastboot oem lock)
flash rom update in bootloader (rename ruu to ph85img.zip, place on sd card and boot to bootloader)
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I do not have a separate mSD card (I have one on order), I used the phone's internal memory.
The other difference I see is I named it PH85IMG.zip.
I downloaded the 2.14.531.3 file again.
Named it ph85img.zip. Put it on the root of the internal memory.
Flashed stock recovery.
Relocked the bootloader.
Took the battery out to remove the security warning found on the bootloader after relocking.
Rebooted to bootloader (vol down + power button).
Selected bootloader, then recovery.
Green refresh symbol then red triangle.
Now it boots only into bootloader.
I am going to unlock then stay in my GB house for now.
[edit] I do not want to S-OFF as of right now, but I'm considering it more so than ever.
You didn't actually add the ".zip" did you? Because that's just the file extension and is already there. Rename to PH85IMG
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I did read about the .zip.zip troubles others had.
I have my extensions displayed, as to avoid that problem.
Fair point though.
Edit:
You don't need the stock recovery to go to stock. Just flash the stock ROM.
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-hassoon2000 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493905&page=29
That started me off in the right direction; details below. Huge thanks to all those that participated here and to NRG and hassoon2000!
DETAILS:
I got the AIO 3.2 tool (had 3.0). Flashed 4ext. Did a Nandroid, system, data and boot.img backup (why not choose all of them?); copied the files to my netbook. Got a 4gb (32 gb in the mail) msd card loaded with ph85img.zip (latest 4.0 RUU for TMo file)and put it in the card.
Used the "boot to bootloader" command. Selected the recovery option.
The phone did what everyone else talked about: the phone went through the update process. Never happened until now.
I didn't lay a brick! Wow, what a relief.
I couldn't find my TiBackup, but there wasn't much on my phone.
Now my NRG'd phone is all set.
Hi,
I am new here and this is my first post so forgive me if starting a new thread for this topic was wrong but I found my own situation slightly different from the others here who had the same problem.
I have a gsm unlocked rezound and was trying to get rid of the unknown sim error message at lock screen. I followed the steps mentioned on this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1882355. I rooted the phone, downloaded the apk. Deleted the .odex file and replaced the existing apk with the downloaded one and rebooted. Now, I am stuck at the lock screen with no icons. But for the other people who faced similiar issue, they were able to open the home screen. I can't. I can see pop ups for sms/mail. I get ring when a call comes in but I cant pick. I tried hard reset. Tried booting without sim/sd card. Still no luck. I tried connecting the phone to my pc but now my pc wont recognise the phone when its connected. I can see icon on top of the phone which says USB connected and I also see sync icon, but it will not go any further. I dont know how to get into the phone's menu now.
I may have bitten more than I can chew, silly me :crying:
If you guys can help me in any way, I would appreciate that a lot.
OS : 4.0.3 ICS Running HTC Sense 3.6.
A quick fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017932
Flash my debloater, choosing the Sense option(will be brought to a widget removal screen if you don' use them all) & AOSP lockscreen. Disadvantage to that though, you will have to unlock to see the caller id when it rings.
Snuzzo said:
A quick fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017932
Flash my debloater, choosing the Sense option(will be brought to a widget removal screen if you don' use them all) & AOSP lockscreen. Disadvantage to that though, you will have to unlock to see the caller id when it rings.
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Thank you for the quick response. I have downloaded the file. I know this sounds stupid but I am a real rookie. I don't know how to do the flashing or how to get to the AOSP lock screen. If you could guide me through the process or maybe give me a link where I can learn it myself, it would be great.
Essentially since you already have rooted, you will(should) also have a custom recovery (TWRP, AmonRa, CWM). Install it as you would a regular rom but without any wipes until after flash of the zip. Dependent on which recovery you will want to look up their FAQ/QnA on how to wipe dalvik/cache.
Once you get inside the script, you will see what I meant by "Choose Sense & AOSP Lockscreen".
Snuzzo said:
Essentially since you already have rooted, you will(should) also have a custom recovery (TWRP, AmonRa, CWM). Install it as you would a regular rom but without any wipes until after flash of the zip. Dependent on which recovery you will want to look up their FAQ/QnA on how to wipe dalvik/cache.
Once you get inside the script, you will see what I meant by "Choose Sense & AOSP Lockscreen".
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Yes the phone was rooted, but I used a rooting software from google apps from the phone. After I downloaded that app, it rooted the phone and brought in an extra icon. I remember it as SU root something, but I didnt do it from the pc. So I dont have any recovery on the pc. I used to sync the phone with htc sync. Unfortunately, right now, my pc wont recognise the phone. I tried root explorer for android from pc, it wont recognise the device. HTC sync too will not. But my phone seems to know when a USB is connected, it brings the usb icon on top but thats about it. ((
Ok, best suggestion at this point is to follow the instruction in the OP for installing TWRP in the Rezound development section.
Snuzzo said:
Ok, best suggestion at this point is to follow the instruction in the OP for installing TWRP in the Rezound development section.
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Could you kindly provide me a link to the right topic. Do you think my phone is beyond repair ? Have I bricked it ?
I am running 4.0.3 ICS on Sense 3.6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1902381
You are far FAR from being bricked. Softbricked yes, hardbricked no.
Snuzzo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1902381
You are far FAR from being bricked. Softbricked yes, hardbricked no.
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Thank you for the help buddy. I am glad you said its not. I dont know what I would have done if it had. This is my first android phone and I took it a week back. I was beginning to miss my iPhone . Unfortunately the link you provided wont help me because I have no way of restarting phone other than by removing battery. Even when in fastboot, the pc does not recognise the device even when device shows fastboot usb. I doubt if I can get past step 1 in that link.
I found that I am on Vigor H Boot 2.27.000 and Radio 2.22.10.0803r with S-ON. I tried to turn S-Off after reading and educating myself on android from this forum till now. But even to S-Off, I need to be able to enable USB in debug mode which I am not able to. Any suggestions ?
Device still not fixed
hi,
I took the phone to a couple of places to check if it can be fixed, No one was able to fix it thus far, Any other advice or suggestions to fix this would be great. Any admins/mods have something to add ? Please, I am desperate to fix this phone. Anyway of doing this ?
Have you tried flashing a different rom?
If he's S-on and locked, he can simply flash the latest RUU can't he(just to get the phone working again). From there someone can help him set up adb, and s-off.
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From what they posted, somehow they don't have a custom recovery even though they are rooted?
Can you put a PH98IMG.zip file of a recovery (either Amon Ra or TWRP) on your SD card and flash it in hboot? Then flash a custom ROM the same way from recovery.
You can take the SD card out and mount it on your pc and use your pc to copy over the recovery PH98IMG.zip file.
And oh yeah, I see what Obaterista... was saying. You should be able to flash the latest RUU from hboot. Here's a link for it:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
That's global too, which seems to be what you'll need.
jon7701 said:
Have you tried flashing a different rom?
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Yes I have vigor, tried AmonRa, that did not work mate. It starts fastboot, gets stuck @ unpacking PH98IMG.diag and then nothing happens.
Obaterista93 said:
If he's S-on and locked, he can simply flash the latest RUU can't he(just to get the phone working again). From there someone can help him set up adb, and s-off.
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The bootloader screen says S-On. On top it says ***Tampered*** and below it ***UNLOCKED***.
feralicious said:
From what they posted, somehow they don't have a custom recovery even though they are rooted?
Can you put a PH98IMG.zip file of a recovery (either Amon Ra or TWRP) on your SD card and flash it in hboot? Then flash a custom ROM the same way from recovery.
You can take the SD card out and mount it on your pc and use your pc to copy over the recovery PH98IMG.zip file.
And oh yeah, I see what Obaterista... was saying. You should be able to flash the latest RUU from hboot. Here's a link for it:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
That's global too, which seems to be what you'll need.
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Yes I rooted from a tool I found on android market. Noob me. So I do not have a recovery. I had downloaded the PH98IMG.zip and put it in my sd card and tried. The recovery starts and then shows a red exclamation and then nothing happens.
I was just trying different pages for help. Someone has mentioned that I should add the PH98IMG.zip as just PH98IMG and I shud not add the .zip. Thats the only thing left to try. I will post what happens when I do that.
lllR2-D2lll said:
Yes I have vigor, tried AmonRa, that did not work mate. It starts fastboot, gets stuck @ unpacking PH98IMG.diag and then nothing happens.
The bootloader screen says S-On. On top it says ***Tampered*** and below it ***UNLOCKED***.
Yes I rooted from a tool I found on android market. Noob me. So I do not have a recovery. I had downloaded the PH98IMG.zip and put it in my sd card and tried. The recovery starts and then shows a red exclamation and then nothing happens.
I was just trying different pages for help. Someone has mentioned that I should add the PH98IMG.zip as just PH98IMG and I shud not add the .zip. Thats the only thing left to try. I will post what happens when I do that.
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What you'll have to do is relock your boot loader, flash the RUU and then unlock again. From there you should be able to flash a recovery and flash a rom.
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My phone is also soft bricked. I relocked the phone and now it just sits in hboot and won't do anything no matter if I yet to flash the ruu zip file or use the exe ruu.
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Believe I am 4.03.605.2 main version, at least that's what the exe file said.
I'm pulling my hair out just trying to any software installed. Help please!
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1967ls2 said:
My phone is also soft bricked. I relocked the phone and now it just sits in hboot and won't do anything no matter if I yet to flash the ruu zip file or use the exe ruu.
Currently
Relocked
Hboot 2.10.0000
Believe I am 4.03.605.2 main version, at least that's what the exe file said.
I'm pulling my hair out just trying to any software installed. Help please!
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Are you trying with the stock ROM ? If ure saving stock ROM as PH98IMG.zip, then try PH98IMG without the .zip typed in.
Obaterista93 said:
What you'll have to do is relock your boot loader, flash the RUU and then unlock again. From there you should be able to flash a recovery and flash a rom.
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Thanks a tonne. That helped. I am back in the menu now. I am so grateful for ure help. But my problems dont seem to end just yet. Now, my htc sync wont detect the phone. The phone is relocked. I will try unlocking and see if it works, but is that the cause ?
lllR2-D2lll said:
Are you trying with the stock ROM ? If ure saving stock ROM as PH98IMG.zip, then try PH98IMG without the .zip typed in.
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I'm trying to install any Rom. I find can of it is ics or gb. Nothing will load.
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1967ls2 said:
I'm trying to install any Rom. I find can of it is ics or gb. Nothing will load.
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I am no expert to give u any suggestions but maybe if you could explain how it got bricked in the first place, someone might be able to give u a better solution mate.
I'm currently using a Macbook Pro and NOT Windows PC. I rooted my Rezound March 2012 with PC at time. Well awhile back I had accidentally deleted some system files from stock gingerbread 2.3.4 ROM. Now i'm not able to update my device to ICS to make use of the global capabilities. I installed Scotts ROM 2.3.4 a copy of it but it never recovered the system files that were missing. I would like to be able to S-Off (couldn't perform wire trick) and flash either CM 10.2 (Jelly Bean 4.3) or CM 11.0 (kitkat 4.4). I've read without being on stock baseband radio (ICS) I'm not able to perform a flash to new ROM. Anyone have any suggestions to proceed further? Thanks!
Well first of all you can use rum runner from the general section to soff with out wire trick. You say that the gingerbread boot loader doesn't support fastboot?
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^^He can't rum run he's on a Mac like I am. there's no files to rum run on Mac.... Only linux and windows... But I can do a dual boot with boot camp... He's just straight Mac ^^
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blu422 said:
Well first of all you can use rum runner from the general section to soff with out wire trick. You say that the gingerbread boot loader doesn't support fastboot?
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I can get into fastboot thru recovery. and no i was told since i have mac i cant use rum runner.
Droid9684 said:
I can get into fastboot thru recovery. and no i was told since i have mac i cant use rum runner.
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ah i see your point well forgot about the mac thing but pc's shouldnt be too scarce maybe use a friend's? cause rumrunner is amazing. and can you not just flash the latest recovery via fastboot and then flash the 4.0.3 stock and then fastboot flash the boot.img then do a system update through settings then root it then install the latest recovery again and then install your rom of your choice and gapps then fastboot flash the boot.img?
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ah i see your point well forgot about the mac thing but pc's shouldnt be too scarce maybe use a friend's? cause rumrunner is amazing. and can you not just flash the latest recovery via fastboot and then flash the 4.0.3 stock and then fastboot flash the boot.img then do a system update through settings then root it then install the latest recovery again and then install your rom of your choice and gapps then fastboot flash the boot.img?
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That's exactly what I was telling pball52998 I had planned on doing. Except with mac it's difficult and without being able to get to ICS with the radio capabilities I can not go that route. I need to obtain stock gingerbread containing ALL system files including the system OTA update file I originally deleted. When i had to re-do my phone over a year ago and re-flash gingerbread because my device was messed up I was NOT able to access files that I had deleted in system. I was supposed to freeze them not uninstall originally. Unless there's an ICS unoffical ROM with all working radios and global capabilities then I'm forever stuck on Stock gingerbread. Do you understand? And using another persons PC is a no go because i have to install software ADB on their computer and I'm 100% sure they would not be ok with it at all. It's getting late here now. so goodnight to you. :good:
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That's exactly what I was telling pball52998 I had planned on doing. Except with mac it's difficult and without being able to get to ICS with the radio capabilities I can not go that route. I need to obtain stock gingerbread containing ALL system files including the system OTA update file I originally deleted. When i had to re-do my phone over a year ago and re-flash gingerbread because my device was messed up I was NOT able to access files that I had deleted in system. I was supposed to freeze them not uninstall originally. Unless there's an ICS unoffical ROM with all working radios and global capabilities then I'm forever stuck on Stock gingerbread. Do you understand? And using another persons PC is a no go because i have to install software ADB on their computer and I'm 100% sure they would not be ok with it at all. It's getting late here now. so goodnight to you. :good:
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yeah well you could flash the stock 2.3.4 again to your phone maybe first just like you would 4.0.3 and then move into 4.0.3 via ota
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That's exactly what I was telling pball52998 I had planned on doing. Except with mac it's difficult and without being able to get to ICS with the radio capabilities I can not go that route. I need to obtain stock gingerbread containing ALL system files including the system OTA update file I originally deleted. When i had to re-do my phone over a year ago and re-flash gingerbread because my device was messed up I was NOT able to access files that I had deleted in system. I was supposed to freeze them not uninstall originally. Unless there's an ICS unoffical ROM with all working radios and global capabilities then I'm forever stuck on Stock gingerbread. Do you understand? And using another persons PC is a no go because i have to install software ADB on their computer and I'm 100% sure they would not be ok with it at all. It's getting late here now. so goodnight to you. :good:
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ADB doesn't need to be installed, you can just drop the files into a temp folder, run what you need and delete them.
As for getting your phone up to ICS, this will wipe your phone (including the Internal SD, back up anything you want off to your computer), upgrade your phone to ICS and the hboot to 2.27 which is sufficient for installing JB/KK roms.
As long as your hboot is 2.27 or older and your bootloader is locked, it should work fine, follow the directions on the page. If none of the mirrors work, Raventech has it posted in a thread here also.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
mjones73 said:
ADB doesn't need to be installed, you can just drop the files into a temp folder, run what you need and delete them.
As for getting your phone up to ICS, this will wipe your phone (including the Internal SD, back up anything you want off to your computer), upgrade your phone to ICS and the hboot to 2.27 which is sufficient for installing JB/KK roms.
As long as your hboot is 2.27 or older and your bootloader is locked, it should work fine, follow the directions on the page. If none of the mirrors work, Raventech has it posted in a thread here also.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
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Great thank you very much. Now I have two importnant questions in regards to this build. First off can I do this off Mac? Secondly how do I re-lock bootloader? It was unlocked on HTC dev website when I bought it March 2012.
Bricked Rezound?
mjones73 said:
ADB doesn't need to be installed, you can just drop the files into a temp folder, run what you need and delete them.
As for getting your phone up to ICS, this will wipe your phone (including the Internal SD, back up anything you want off to your computer), upgrade your phone to ICS and the hboot to 2.27 which is sufficient for installing JB/KK roms.
As long as your hboot is 2.27 or older and your bootloader is locked, it should work fine, follow the directions on the page. If none of the mirrors work, Raventech has it posted in a thread here also.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
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I relocked the bootloader and had put the renamed PH98IMG.zip (mirror 1) file on my internal sd card. It says in Hboot image not found and will not let me boot into recovery or do a factory reset. I'm stuck! Now what do I do to proceed further?
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I relocked the bootloader and had put the renamed PH98IMG.zip (mirror 1) file on my internal sd card. It says in Hboot image not found and will not let me boot into recovery or do a factory reset. I'm stuck! Now what do I do to proceed further?
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It needs to be on your external SD then boot into your bootloader.
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It needs to be on your external SD then boot into your bootloader.
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That's great....Well now I have to wait till after the weekend to do that when my micro sd card reader arrives in the mail. Originally i was installing it on the ext until i thought it was supposed to be on the internal sd. I have no access to the sd cards on my phone right now and cant boot past the ecover screen. Thanks for the help!
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That's great....Well now I have to wait till after the weekend to do that when my micro sd card reader arrives in the mail. Originally i was installing it on the ext until i thought it was supposed to be on the internal sd. I have no access to the sd cards on my phone right now and cant boot past the ecover screen. Thanks for the help!
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The fact you can't get to your hboot is a bigger issue. What hboot did you have installed when you locked it?
mjones73 said:
The fact you can't get to your hboot is a bigger issue. What hboot did you have installed when you locked it?
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2.01 I think.
mjones73 said:
The fact you can't get to your hboot is a bigger issue. What hboot did you have installed when you locked it?
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This is the originall ROM I reverted to when I had to reinstall Gingerbread couple years ago. "Stock Rooted ROM - Vigor - WWE 2.01.605.11.zip"
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2.01 I think.
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You'd need to boot into hboot to get it's version. So pulling the battery then powering on while holding volume down gets you that hboot missing error?
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You'd need to boot into hboot to get it's version. So pulling the battery then powering on while holding volume down gets you that hboot missing error?
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It automatically goes into Hboot and does not recognize any PM98IMG file. To mention the zip extention is not needed. And I put it on the internal sd therefore it can not be read properly by the device. I'll try to take a video of what i'm talking about with my ipod touch. Hold on.
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It automatically goes into Hboot and does not recognize any PM98IMG file. To mention the zip extention is not needed. And I put it on the internal sd therefore it can not be read properly by the device. I'll try to take a video of what i'm talking about with my ipod touch. Hold on.
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Ahh, I thought you meant you couldn't get into hboot before. Can you run any adb from your mac at all? Might be able to push the file to your SD card that way.
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Ahh, I thought you meant you couldn't get into hboot before. Can you run any adb from your mac at all? Might be able to push the file to your SD card that way.
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No it wont connect to the Mac via usb at all and wont show up as device.
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