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Hey guys,
Do any of you know how I can place my rom, and push it as an OTA Update like Sprint. What files do I need to accomplish this? I have already looked at OTA update center and its great, I would just like to push them without my people having to root. I have a server set up, just don't know how to have everything point to the right place. I'm familiar with the boot_delta.bin and android_delta.bin files along with others needed for an OTA Update. Also, i know you have to edit things in the build.prop as well. I hope someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks
I want it too, I think it's a great idea.
You wan't to add it to your custom rom which is not even rooted? WHAT???
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lokeshsaini94 said:
You wan't to add it to your custom rom which is not even rooted? WHAT???
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My custom rom is rooted, but I am wanting people who get the device from a specific company to not have to go through the rooting process and just push my Rom OTA to their device using a server just like Sprint does. Hope this makes some sense, thanks
jd3107 said:
My custom rom is rooted, but I am wanting people who get the device from a specific company to not have to go through the rooting process and just push my Rom OTA to their device using a server just like Sprint does. Hope this makes some sense, thanks
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Not possible....the way sprint or other carriers are able to do it is because they pass the security/verification checks...unless you can figure out an exploit/hack its not possible
Basically you would need to figure out how to first root the phone, and then get a custom recovery...there have been some apps in the past that can achieve root...but most phones have those patched by now...so it definitely is possible, just not probable
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You can take a look at goo.im the users will still have to have a custom recovery to flash the ROM
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mg2195 said:
Not possible....the way sprint or other carriers are able to do it is because they pass the security/verification checks...unless you can figure out an exploit/hack its not possible
Basically you would need to figure out how to first root the phone, and then get a custom recovery...there have been some apps in the past that can achieve root...but most phones have those patched by now...so it definitely is possible, just not probable
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Thanks, by any chance do you think this will work?
http://www.igottadroid.com/ModMarke...746F6D20726F6D73207B44455653204F4E4C597D.html
C0D3N1N3R said:
You can take a look at goo.im the users will still have to have a custom recovery to flash the ROM
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Thanks, I already have a custom recovery I have made, I just wanted to try to push my custom roms with an OTA without having people need root or a recovery. Just like Sprint and Verizon. Thanks
jd3107 said:
Thanks, I already have a custom recovery I have made, I just wanted to try to push my custom roms with an OTA without having people need root or a recovery. Just like Sprint and Verizon. Thanks
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You can't bro, get over it. THEY need too root, THEY need to flash it. Period.
lithid-cm said:
You can't bro, get over it. THEY need too root, THEY need to flash it. Period.
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Thanks man, I appreciate your answer. I was hoping their was a way but I guess not.
jd3107 said:
Thanks man, I appreciate your answer. I was hoping their was a way but I guess not.
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Well, with a custom recovery it IS possible without root.
What you also could do is make an app who's exploiting a bug in the Android system to gain root. Do this with the permission of your users. If you execute the exploit, you have a root prompt, you could fetch the device name, and download a suitable recovery for it. Let the user confirm this, and download it.
I recommend to wrap it in a nice UI, like this.
- Get root
- Fetch recovery (menu to choose device)
- Flash recovery
From there, you CAN execute your OTA updater app. Note this only works on devices where all partitions are writable with root. For example my phone's (i9300) recovery partition is writable with root.
Hope this helps,
CodeOMG
CodeOMG said:
Well, with a custom recovery it IS possible without root.
What you also could do is make an app who's exploiting a bug in the Android system to gain root. Do this with the permission of your users. If you execute the exploit, you have a root prompt, you could fetch the device name, and download a suitable recovery for it. Let the user confirm this, and download it.
I recommend to wrap it in a nice UI, like this.
- Get root
- Fetch recovery (menu to choose device)
- Flash recovery
From there, you CAN execute your OTA updater app. Note this only works on devices where all partitions are writable with root. For example my phone's (i9300) recovery partition is writable with root.
Hope this helps,
CodeOMG
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Very cool, you come up with that idea all by yourself? Reguardless, there is user intervention required. Whether it be for the custom recovery, bootloader unlock, root. Nothing, when it comes to this comes that easy. ****, even the Nexus phones you need to reboot into the bootloader, no app from the device can do it all sorry.
Anyone know where I can find the AT&T Factory ROM i forgot to do a backup and need to put this ROM back on the device.
i can not find it.maybe few months later,you can get it here.
Is it weird that there's no RUU? It's been a while since I had an GTC phone so I don't remember how long it took to have one on a new phone.
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Is it weird that there's no RUU? It's been a while since I had an GTC phone so I don't remember how long it took to have one on a new phone.
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I feel like it is weird, though the One is the only device I got close to release. My Vivid and Inspire were both purchased a few months after release, and iirc the ATT RUUs were available when I got it, but I guess that doesn't mean they were available at release.
Wasuhz said:
Anyone know where I can find the AT&T Factory ROM i forgot to do a backup and need to put this ROM back on the device.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242319&highlight=stock
I flashed the odex version and returned it to AT&T. Worked like a charm. Unfortunately no one has posted the stock AT&T recovery but I used the stock international version. You can find that here:
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/p/android-revolution-hd-mirror-site-var.html
Actually, this leads to a nagging question I have as a first time rooter. I want to use the stock ATT Rom, but root the phone so I can install apps than requre root access and am all about taking back total contole of my device.
SO If I want to keep the stock rom and just root it, I would need to back up the device?
So if someone could throw me a bone How would I gain root access to the device whilst keeping the stock ROM?
I plan on using Hasoon's Tool kit.
android_lurker said:
Actually, this leads to a nagging question I have as a first time rooter. I want to use the stock ATT Rom, but root the phone so I can install apps than requre root access and am all about taking back total contole of my device.
SO If I want to keep the stock rom and just root it, I would need to back up the device?
So if someone could throw me a bone How would I gain root access to the device whilst keeping the stock ROM?
I plan on using Hasoon's Tool kit.
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flash the stock rom through recovery and then flash superuser.zip in recovery. boom. rooted on stock
If you are completely stock then Once you unlock your bootloader flash twrp recovery. Then boot to recovery. Then reboot from recovery. Twrp is smart enough to recognize you don't have root and prompt you to install superuser and binaries. After that I found a busybox flashable zip via google, as the busybox installer from the market wouldn't work for me. This leaves you on a stock odexed Rom with root. Note that unlocking your bootloader will wipe data..so backup anything important first
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sk8erwitskil said:
flash the stock rom through recovery and then flash superuser.zip in recovery. boom. rooted on stock
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oh hell yes thank you for the assistance.
so I will flash the stock rom instead of say CWM then flash supersu after that? Where do I like "get" the stock rom from? will it already be on the sd card?
Delete me..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242319&highlight=stock
I flashed the odex version and returned it to AT&T. Worked like a charm. Unfortunately no one has posted the stock AT&T recovery but I used the stock international version. You can find that here:
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/p/android-revolution-hd-mirror-site-var.html
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Hi i just want to know how do you flash the stock odex?
BADBOY1412 said:
Hi i just want to know how do you flash the stock odex?
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i just used twrp. after that i flashed the stock recovery back using fastboot.
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i just used twrp. after that i flashed the stock recovery back using fastboot.
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If you're talking about the ATT stock recovery, Can you please post it....I been looking for that
android_lurker said:
oh hell yes thank you for the assistance.
so I will flash the stock rom instead of say CWM then flash supersu after that? Where do I like "get" the stock rom from? will it already be on the sd card?
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1) unlock bootloader
2) fastboot flash cwm (you can use the shiny new one i just posted in the orig dev section )
3) boot to recovery and make a backup
4) flash the pre-rooted stock rom here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242319
5) reboot and enjoy
grukko said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242319&highlight=stock
I flashed the odex version and returned it to AT&T. Worked like a charm. Unfortunately no one has posted the stock AT&T recovery but I used the stock international version. You can find that here:
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/p/android-revolution-hd-mirror-site-var.html
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did the international stock recovery work for you ? i was able to flash it but when i try to go into recovery its just black screen no recovery. Your reply appreciated
Thanks
If you flash stock recovery successfully and you try to boot to said recovery, you won't have any options to do anything. I never cared to look at it on this device but usually all you'll see is a triangle with an exclamation point. That's stock recovery. If you want to flash anything, you can't use stock
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Not sure what's up but I have been searching all over the work pc's for a HTC one ruu with no damn luck even talked to a few buddies in tech support and they have not seen one as of yet
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homeslice976 said:
If you flash stock recovery successfully and you try to boot to said recovery, you won't have any options to do anything. I never cared to look at it on this device but usually all you'll see is a triangle with an exclamation point. That's stock recovery. If you want to flash anything, you can't use stock
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cool , i was confused because i have only used samsung phones before and their stock recovery has some menu options to do factory reset etc.
Stock recovery has a menu, just press volume up.
grukko said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242319&highlight=stock
I flashed the odex version and returned it to AT&T. Worked like a charm. Unfortunately no one has posted the stock AT&T recovery but I used the stock international version. You can find that here:
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/p/android-revolution-hd-mirror-site-var.html
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I don't think anyone's still following this thread, but did you relock the bootloader before returning it? i was thinking of just flashing recovery back. I don't think anyone at the store would bother to look at that anyway. Whenever I go there, the employees seem to know less than nothing about phones lol.
I can only get to Downloading Mode and Recovery Mode. Can somebody tell me what I can flash in Odin to get my device just back to fully stock with everything on it so I can just start completely over? I've tried 3 different things and it's just all gone to crap now. I don't know how to use Odin for the most part so I'll need step by step instructions. I'll pay whatever. I need my phone up and running.
Christogq said:
I can only get to Downloading Mode and Recovery Mode. I need my phone up and running.
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you'll have to wait for a .tar file made for our phone
I think you can still recover it to stock by resetting it
get to recovery mode and chose wipe data do that at least 3 times
after that do a restart and it should be fine
latinohot said:
you'll have to wait for a .tar file made for our phone
I think you can still recover it to stock by resetting it
get to recovery mode and chose wipe data do that at least 3 times
after that do a restart and it should be fine
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I can speak as somebody in the same boat, wipe data doesn't work. I tried changing my dpi, so the build.prop is only modified file and that option does not work.
OP, did you modify something, or remove apps, or what? If you are down an app, get the sys dump from the other thread, pull it apart, and sideload through adb. might work, but adb does not mount system, so it might be an exercise in futility.
So there isn't even a stock rom available? What about flashing one for AT&T?
Here: Download the right Firmware for your carrier. Then flash with ODIN. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2461203
Unfortunately us I527 users will have to put up with stock ROM with Root until a dev chooses to support us.
cbass said:
I can speak as somebody in the same boat, wipe data doesn't work. I tried changing my dpi, so the build.prop is only modified file and that option does not work.
OP, did you modify something, or remove apps, or what? If you are down an app, get the sys dump from the other thread, pull it apart, and sideload through adb. might work, but adb does not mount system, so it might be an exercise in futility.
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I removed a bunch of apps then I added them back plus others and when I did it my device shut off and won't load up anymore
Monkeywoman said:
So there isn't even a stock rom available? What about flashing one for AT&T?
Here: Download the right Firmware for your carrier. Then flash with ODIN. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2461203
Unfortunately us I527 users will have to put up with stock ROM with Root until a dev chooses to support us.
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Sad part is that none of those are for our device. I just need somebody to get me the stock firmware for our version and hopefully that's all I'll need.
well i see no official stock roms for i527 so maybe look at the few custom ones there are. thats only way to get your system partition restore and the core apps replaced that you removed.
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well i see no official stock roms for i527 so maybe look at the few custom ones there are. thats only way to get your system partition restore and the core apps replaced that you removed.
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Do you think one of the other ones would work on my device? Hell I might as well try it since it's bricked lol.
Christogq said:
Do you think one of the other ones would work on my device? Hell I might as well try it since it's bricked lol.
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i wouldnt suggest that mate and no its not bricked. just a soft brick easily repaired with right firmware.........the roms on there i see are for the 9205 and wont work properly on your model. may not even flash much less boot!
maybe try spoof warranty
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i wouldnt suggest that mate and no its not bricked. just a soft brick easily repaired with right firmware.........the roms on there i see are for the 9205 and wont work properly on your model. may not even flash much less boot!
maybe try spoof warranty
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So then could somebody just post a copy of our original firmware and I'll be on my way right?
Christogq said:
So then could somebody just post a copy of our original firmware and I'll be on my way right?
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Or even a backup then you could restore that and be on your way
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shingers5 said:
Or even a backup then you could restore that and be on your way
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The thing is that I can't do anything with a back up. I can only get to Recovery, but can't add anything or Download mode to flash something in Odin. I don't know how to do a restore.
Christogq said:
The thing is that I can't do anything with a back up. I can only get to Recovery, but can't add anything or Download mode to flash something in Odin. I don't know how to do a restore.
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Oh you don't have a custom recovery like twrp or cwm? Now that sucks but they can still be flashed via Odin if needs be man. Restore is pretty straight fwd once you have the backup on your sdcard
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Oh you don't have a custom recovery like twrp or cwm? Now that sucks but they can still be flashed via Odin if needs be man. Restore is pretty straight fwd once you have the backup on your sdcard
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NEED FIRMWARE build number KOT49H.I527UCUBNE7 SAMSUNG I 527 IF SOME UPLOAD PLZ
I really like the way my OneMax w/verizon is and am not really interested in updating. The automatic firmware downloads is eating up my data daily. I just accepted to install it so it would stop, but it won't install due to error (it's a rooted device). I have S-Off on the phone right now and used the SuperSu unroot feature to try and let the update do it's thing just so it would stop downloading. Now, the root checker apps say I'm not rooted (but i think i still am). I tried the virtuous manual stock update but it gives me a installation aborted message while in recovery mode. Any help would be appreciated!
I think you need to have stock recovery & stock rom installed to accept the ota.
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I think you need to have stock recovery & stock rom installed to accept the ota.
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so i have to fully unroot, update my phone then root again?
FrankieTheSqueeler said:
so i have to fully unroot, update my phone then root again?
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Yes, if you want the update you will.
one last question, my device won't pop up on ABD devices on my PC anymore. Am I still rooted?
FrankieTheSqueeler said:
one last question, my device won't pop up on ABD devices on my PC anymore. Am I still rooted?
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you only need to have stock recovery installed AND 100% stock system files. no system mods whatsoever.
assuming you enabled USB debugging under the developer options on the phone....you may need to update your version of adb/fastboot.
The root question....are you s off? If so that question is irrelevant as you only need to flash a custom recovery and flash the latest su zip from there to root any ROM...even the stock ota.
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dottat said:
you only need to have stock recovery installed AND 100% stock system files. no system mods whatsoever.
assuming you enabled USB debugging under the developer options on the phone....you may need to update your version of adb/fastboot.
The root question....are you s off? If so that question is irrelevant as you only need to flash a custom recovery and flash the latest su zip from there to root any ROM...even the stock ota.
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Thanks for the reply!
Yeah I have S-off on the phone. I will update the ADB version and retry. I don't know why I thought the su would be able to do a one-click unroot. All it ended up doing was just confusing me. I'm new to rooting and flashing, and it's fun figuring these things out. You guys are really helpful around here. I'll look for a tutorial on how to flash a custom recovery.
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Command should be "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p40 of=/external_sd/boot.img" then, and don't forget to mount micro sd in twrp first.
Ofc it works fine to execute command from adb shell when booted to twrp, which makes it a bit easier to type.
When I try to boot from patched image, phone is stuck on 'Android One' logo.
I'm on firmware version OPENEU_9.0_PPK29.68-16-21. I guess this firmware version isn't rootable .
Well, I'll wait for some custom ROM to enjoy rooted phone (maybe that Ressurection Remix ROM which was announced few days ago) .
gregory678 said:
When I try to boot from patched image, phone is stuck on 'Android One' logo.
I'm on firmware version OPENEU_9.0_PPK29.68-16-21. I guess this firmware version isn't rootable .
Well, I'll wait for some custom ROM to enjoy rooted phone (maybe that Ressurection Remix ROM which was announced few days ago) .
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Propably you patch wrong boot image, try to extract from your device stock
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Command should be "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p40 of=/external_sd/boot.img" then, and don't forget to mount micro sd in twrp first.
Ofc it works fine to execute command from adb shell when booted to twrp, which makes it a bit easier to type.
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It's not universal path so i BOLD the path to change
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It's not universal path so i BOLD the path to change
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That's understood, but if you're booted to twrp, then "of=/external_sd/boot.img"" is pretty much your only option since internal is encrypted.
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That's understood, but if you're booted to twrp, then "of=/external_sd/boot.img"" is pretty much your only option since internal is encrypted.
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Propably you patch wrong boot image, try to extract from your device stock
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That didn't help as well. Now I'm sure that only some custom ROM will be my way to enjoy root. I will not flash any other stock ROM, I'm not that desperate (I'm also a bit afraid of doing so) .
gregory678 said:
That didn't help as well. Now I'm sure that only some custom ROM will be my way to enjoy root. I will not flash any other stock ROM, I'm not that desperate (I'm also a bit afraid of doing so) .
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Okay, contact me on Telegram @Zmianek, and be a Tester of RessuectionRemix ! I always need to wait till the weekend with tests that slow's down development speed
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That didn't help as well. Now I'm sure that only some custom ROM will be my way to enjoy root. I will not flash any other stock ROM, I'm not that desperate (I'm also a bit afraid of doing so) .
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It should work. I've patched boot after every update without problems.
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Okay, contact me on Telegram @Zmianek, and be a Tester of RessuectionRemix ! I always need to wait till the weekend with tests that slow's down development speed
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I would like to, but is there some way of backing up stock ROM? I know that current version of TWRP has some issues with /data partition, that's why I ask .
And what about installing this ROM? Would I need to use that TWRP we have now? Is it safe?
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It should work. I've patched boot after every update without problems.
XT1941-4
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Well, you have different software channel, I think that's the only reason why it works for you and it doesn't work for me . OPENEU seems to be bulletproof. (I have XT1941-4 too)
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, maybe for someone with OPENEU it does work.
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