GPS Issues - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am having a very weird issue. I have 6 android devices note 3, note 10.1 2014 (2), note 4, Tab S, S4, and HTC Desire. Some devices are rooted and some not. Some are WiFi only and some are LTE devices. On all of them, Google maps gets stuck on "searching for GPS", irrespective of location (indoor, outdoor, different zip code).
I have tried everything from clearing cache for apps to factory resets, but haven't been successful in fixing the issue. I have also tried the device specific information I could get from other XDA threads, but those didn't work either .
Any help would be appreciated.

sandibhatt said:
I am having a very weird issue. I have 6 android devices note 3, note 10.1 2014 (2), note 4, Tab S, S4, and HTC Desire. Some devices are rooted and some not. Some are WiFi only and some are LTE devices. On all of them, Google maps gets stuck on "searching for GPS", irrespective of location (indoor, outdoor, different zip code).
I have tried everything from clearing cache for apps to factory resets, but haven't been successful in fixing the issue. I have also tried the device specific information I could get from other XDA threads, but those didn't work either .
Any help would be appreciated.
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Truly a bizarre problem. Have you tried signing into a different Google account and seeing if that fixes the problem? Let me know how it goes I'll he happy to keep thinking of possibilities.

All the testing and you skipped the first step which is a logcat.

shimp208 said:
Truly a bizarre problem. Have you tried signing into a different Google account and seeing if that fixes the problem? Let me know how it goes I'll he happy to keep thinking of possibilities.
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Using a different Google Account solves the issue (i.e. I am able to get turn-by-turn directions). Thanks for the suggestion . It's still a weird issue though

sandibhatt said:
Using a different Google Account solves the issue (i.e. I am able to get turn-by-turn directions). Thanks for the suggestion . It's still a weird issue though
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Glad you could find a temporary work around, but as mentioned by the great zelendel would you mind posting a logcat of what happens when you login with your usual account. I will look then at the log file and see if I can determine any causes .

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shimp208 said:
Glad you could find a temporary work around, but as mentioned by the great zelendel would you mind posting a logcat of what happens when you login with your usual account. I will look then at the log file and see if I can determine any causes .
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Will do as soon as I am able. I broke my foot and am scheduled for surgery this week ?

sandibhatt said:
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Will do as soon as I am able. I broke my foot and am scheduled for surgery this week
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Good luck with your surgery wish you a speed recovery !

shimp208 said:
Good luck with your surgery wish you a speed recovery !
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The logcat file is too big to upload. Here is a link for the file. Thanks for all your help...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8txr3fq5d2fhpdl/2016-07-13-10-54-57.txt?dl=0

sandibhatt said:
The logcat file is too big to upload. Here is a link for the file. Thanks for all your help...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8txr3fq5d2fhpdl/2016-07-13-10-54-57.txt?dl=0
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Hey man I haven't forgot about you! My grandfather ended up passing away this past week so my mind and time as can be expected have been else where recently. In the morning I will re-analyze the log file and let you know what I find .

shimp208 said:
Hey man I haven't forgot about you! My grandfather ended up passing away this past week so my mind and time as can be expected have been else where recently. In the morning I will re-analyze the log file and let you know what I find .
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I am very sorry to hear that brother... He's in a better place now...
Don't worry about it and take your time... My thoughts are with you and your family.

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[SOLUTION] Amazon App Store "Temporary error" login

If you are getting a login error for the Amazon App Store, go here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/your-account/myapps?ie=UTF8&ref_=ya_83&
...and deregister some of your devices.
It's got a soft-limit of around 20 or so, and I hit it installing CM7. Couldn't log in.
Deregistered some of the 23+ devices in my list (so I flash a lot of roms...who here doesn't?) and the problem was fixed.
Hope this helps someone.
PhoenixPath said:
If you are getting a login error for the Amazon App Store, go here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/your-account/myapps?ie=UTF8&ref_=ya_83&
...and deregister some of your devices.
It's got a soft-limit of around 20 or so, and I hit it installing CM7. Couldn't log in.
Deregistered some of the 23+ devices in my list (so I flash a lot of roms...who here doesn't?) and the problem was fixed.
Hope this helps someone.
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I could not figure this out for the life of me..... Until I googled it and found you!.
Thanks man! I had like 50 evo's registered and it doesn't differentiate the 3D.
Yeah, this stumped me until someone told me on the CM7 thread. Maybe it was you, huh? LOL
AOSP MIUI FascinateMTD
Haha I too ran into this issue. Thanks for posting this!
Omg dude you are the **** this is why it wont work on my phone i googled this and foind you
Cannot for the life of me remember how I figured this out in the first place, but thanks. Glad it has helped others.
PhoenixPath said:
If you are getting a login error for the Amazon App Store, go here:
...and deregister some of your devices.
It's got a soft-limit of around 20 or so, and I hit it installing CM7. Couldn't log in.
Deregistered some of the 23+ devices in my list (so I flash a lot of roms...who here doesn't?) and the problem was fixed.
Hope this helps someone.
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I have two listed for my Fascinate. I can see the original device and then I have Samsung Fascinate 1 for my CM7. Which is the safe one to remove? Does it matter? I'd hate to lose any of the paid licenses I have.
Just got the temp login error with my thunderbolt. I went to the link in the op and had 24 various devices that were related to the TB plus one for the captivate. I cleared all of them out and signed in again. Thank you!

NFL Mobile

Is anyone else having issues logging into the NFL Mobile app? It says my username and password or wrong, but I know for a fact that this is not the case.
I know there was a similar problem with the Thunderbolt and I tried that workout around to get it to work on the Rezound, but without any luck.
I had this issue on Newts XxX ROM but on viper Rez it worked the first time.
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TCM55 said:
Is anyone else having issues logging into the NFL Mobile app? It says my username and password or wrong, but I know for a fact that this is not the case.
I know there was a similar problem with the Thunderbolt and I tried that workout around to get it to work on the Rezound, but without any luck.
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depends on the ROM. Some roms have necessary files for the verizon sso removed.
Works on ViperRez
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nrfitchett4 said:
depends on the ROM. Some roms have necessary files for the verizon sso removed.
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Ah alright. I am switching Roms real soon to Vigor360, so I'll see if it works on that one.
TCM55 said:
Is anyone else having issues logging into the NFL Mobile app? It says my username and password or wrong, but I know for a fact that this is not the case.
I know there was a similar problem with the Thunderbolt and I tried that workout around to get it to work on the Rezound, but without any luck.
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I don't know if your issue is in any way similar to mine other than the username and password not matching error but I have been dealing with this since march without any results or responses. What I finally found out last week with a very helpful VZW rep was that there are two rezounds associated with my account and prior to this year both phones were able to log on with the account user name and password without any problem. In March of 2012 I noticed I was getting this error and I associated it to the many Roms I was trying out. Long story short the rep asked me to create an account associated to this phone only and everything worked perfectly. In my opinion this is another one of those times whem VZW makes changes to the process without informing there users or reps for that matter.
Hope this helps......
ram911 said:
I don't know if your issue is in any way similar to mine other than the username and password not matching error but I have been dealing with this since march without any results or responses. What I finally found out last week with a very helpful VZW rep was that there are two rezounds associated with my account and prior to this year both phones were able to log on with the account user name and password without any problem. In March of 2012 I noticed I was getting this error and I associated it to the many Roms I was trying out. Long story short the rep asked me to create an account associated to this phone only and everything worked perfectly. In my opinion this is another one of those times whem VZW makes changes to the process without informing there users or reps for that matter.
Hope this helps......
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This actually did the trick! Thanks:good:
TCM55 said:
This actually did the trick! Thanks:good:
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Good deal ........
I know it was driving me crazy
TCM55 said:
Ah alright. I am switching Roms real soon to Vigor360, so I'll see if it works on that one.
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It does. Was watching nfl network last night on it.
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Issues with Ingress

Has anyone had trouble with Ingress on the HTC One? I keep getting nothing but a blank map. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app and resyncing several times, all to no avail. Apparently it's a "known issue":
Some agents have reported seeing a blank or black map on their Scanners. We're currently investigating a fix for this issue. In the meantime, some agents have reported that disabling Wi-Fi and forcing your device into 3G or data-only mode resolves this problem. Please refer to your mobile phone's manual for the exact instructions on doing this for your device. Note that you may incur extra data charges for doing this since you'll no longer using a Wi-Fi connection.
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I managed to get the map to show up once, but since then, no luck. It's a damn shame, because the game runs quite well on the One.
Silellak said:
Has anyone had trouble with Ingress on the HTC One? I keep getting nothing but a blank map. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app and resyncing several times, all to no avail. Apparently it's a "known issue":
I managed to get the map to show up once, but since then, no luck. It's a damn shame, because the game runs quite well on the One.
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I am not having any trouble -- the game runs substantially faster and better than on every other device I've owned.
Silellak said:
Has anyone had trouble with Ingress on the HTC One? I keep getting nothing but a blank map. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app and resyncing several times, all to no avail. Apparently it's a "known issue":
I managed to get the map to show up once, but since then, no luck. It's a damn shame, because the game runs quite well on the One.
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Hello fellow agent. Have same problem it has to do with LTE. If you launch the game the initial scan doesn't always work when on LTE. If I go into Network settings and turn off LTE by choosing WCDMA and go back to Ingress it will load fine. Then I can go back and use LTE as long as app stays running. It's flaky but this has worked every time.
I'd like to report this to Niantic. Do you have a thread going on this or is it on G+?
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2
mobilehavoc said:
Hello fellow agent. Have same problem it has to do with LTE. If you launch the game the initial scan doesn't always work when on LTE. If I go into Network settings and turn off LTE by choosing WCDMA and go back to Ingress it will load fine. Then I can go back and use LTE as long as app stays running. It's flaky but this has worked every time.
I'd like to report this to Niantic. Do you have a thread going on this or is it on G+?
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2
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Yeah, I reported it in a Google Group.
Thanks for the tip, I'll give that a shot.
EDIT:
Yup, I just checked, and AT&T LTE is the culprit. Seems to work fine when it's disabled. I really hope Niantic gets this resolved - I'll add this information to the post I made.
Silellak said:
Yeah, I reported it in a Google Group.
Thanks for the tip, I'll give that a shot.
EDIT:
Yup, I just checked, and AT&T LTE is the culprit. Seems to work fine when it's disabled. I really hope Niantic gets this resolved - I'll add this information to the post I made.
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Can you give me the link? I'd like to post I'm having the same issue. What's odd is it's only the initial scan. When the app is running and you're on LTE it appears to work fine. Hope they fix it soon too. My guess is when the app starts it doesn't detect the LTE connection properly or something.
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mobilehavoc said:
Can you give me the link? I'd like to post I'm having the same issue. What's odd is it's only the initial scan. When the app is running and you're on LTE it appears to work fine. Hope they fix it soon too. My guess is when the app starts it doesn't detect the LTE connection properly or something.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2
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Sure, here you go:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/ingress-discuss/1t_6XED1EwA/ALtA7T-GAegJ

Need help with Galaxy GT-S7262 phone

I googled solutions to fix "Your device is not compatible with this version" when downloading new apps, and followed the directions on this video. My phone started having the issue described (reboot loop), so I attempted to follow the accompanying video, but could not get it to work. I figured if I did a factory reset, it would put my phone back to how it was, erasing the changes I tried to make. However, it did not fix the issue.
I just bought this phone 3 weeks ago and now I can't use it. I'm on a fixed income (Peace Corps volunteer on a living stipend) and spent nearly my whole month's allowance to get this phone. Right now I can't afford to take it to a Samsung store to fix it, and I'd prefer not taking it there anyway as I'm in a city that I don't live in right now which is clear across the country from my home, so if I take it there, I may have to leave before they are able to fix it.
Is there someone here who would be willing to skype-walk me through trying to fix the phone on my own? Apparently I'm not capable of doing it myself, and I really want my phone fixed.
Thanks!
arumberg said:
I googled solutions to fix "Your device is not compatible with this version" when downloading new apps, and followed the directions on this video. My phone started having the issue described (reboot loop), so I attempted to follow the accompanying video, but could not get it to work. I figured if I did a factory reset, it would put my phone back to how it was, erasing the changes I tried to make. However, it did not fix the issue.
I just bought this phone 3 weeks ago and now I can't use it. I'm on a fixed income (Peace Corps volunteer on a living stipend) and spent nearly my whole month's allowance to get this phone. Right now I can't afford to take it to a Samsung store to fix it, and I'd prefer not taking it there anyway as I'm in a city that I don't live in right now which is clear across the country from my home, so if I take it there, I may have to leave before they are able to fix it.
Is there someone here who would be willing to skype-walk me through trying to fix the phone on my own? Apparently I'm not capable of doing it myself, and I really want my phone fixed.
Thanks!
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Can I get the link of the video that you saw ?
You probably can flash the phone with Odin.
Sorry, I can't use Skype to talk to a stranger as I'm 13
So we can talk here freely.
Yousef Mohamed said:
Can I get the link of the video that you saw ?
You probably can flash the phone with Odin.
Sorry, I can't use Skype to talk to a stranger as I'm 13
So we can talk here freely.
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Sorry, I copy/pasted the post from another forum and forgot to link the video.
Since I am a new user, it won't allow me to add links. But if you google "Your device isn't compatible with this version fix solution" by Andriod Savior, you'll find the video I followed.
arumberg said:
Sorry, I copy/pasted the post from another forum and forgot to link the video.
Since I am a new user, it won't allow me to add links. But if you google "Your device isn't compatible with this version fix solution" by Andriod Savior, you'll find the video I followed.
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Hey, Can you tell me from where did you get the mobile ( country ) ?
So i can get you the right firmware version
Yousef Mohamed said:
Hey, Can you tell me from where did you get the mobile ( country ) ?
So i can get you the right firmware version
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Ghana, about 3 weeks ago.
arumberg said:
Ghana, about 3 weeks ago.
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http://rapidgator.net/file/e6cc7547881219c0bd8a5cc447486d44
Download This
I couldn't find Ghana Firmware, So i got South Africa's one
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I couldn't find Ghana Firmware, So i got South Africa's one[/QUOTE]
Thanks. In case you couldn't tell, I'm very much a techno-noob. I really shouldn't have tried messing with the phone on my own.
What will this download do for my phone, and is it complicated for a noob to operate? I really don't want to mess my phone up any more than I already have.
arumberg said:
I couldn't find Ghana Firmware, So i got South Africa's one
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Thanks. In case you couldn't tell, I'm very much a techno-noob. I really shouldn't have tried messing with the phone on my own.
What will this download do for my phone, and is it complicated for a noob to operate? I really don't want to mess my phone up any more than I already have.
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no its for noobs don't worry about it
Only a single Problem
Your Data may get deleted
Did you download the file ?
Yousef Mohamed said:
no its for noobs don't worry about it
Only a single Problem
Your Data may get deleted
Did you download the file ?
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I haven't yet. I'm on public computers right now. When I get wifi to download it on my own computer, I will and let you know how it works. I hope that will happen soon.
arumberg said:
I haven't yet. I'm on public computers right now. When I get wifi to download it on my own computer, I will and let you know how it works. I hope that will happen soon.
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Don't worry We will fixed it soon
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XDA Malware

Not sure what is going on, but I've noticed that whenever I visit XDA my browser will automatically start downloading PDFs
Specifically they are various chicken recipes and each file is about 500kb give or take. This will happen every time I visit XDA.
Has anyone else been experiencing this recently?
Nope... Although if you got some good chicken cooking recipes ... Please share :laugh:
NascentesMorimur said:
Not sure what is going on, but I've noticed that whenever I visit XDA my browser will automatically start downloading PDFs
Specifically they are various chicken recipes and each file is about 500kb give or take. This will happen every time I visit XDA.
Has anyone else been experiencing this recently?
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Pretty sure xda's not your issue. Does it only happen on one device (6p)? What browser? Try different ones for both and see if it still happens.
happened to me on xda also without ad blocker. Internet is a dangerous place without adblocker.
KLit75 said:
Pretty sure xda's not your issue. Does it only happen on one device (6p)? What browser? Try different ones for both and see if it still happens.
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Just tried with Snapdragon browser and I still get those download requests.
BoboBrazil said:
happened to me on xda also without ad blocker. Internet is a dangerous place without adblocker.
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Yeah this is one of my first times surfing without using AdAway in a very long time since I was not able to get it running on Benzo.
Didn't bother with it as Pure Nexus N is imminent at this point.
NascentesMorimur said:
Yeah this is one of my first times surfing without using AdAway in a very long time since I was not able to get it running on Benzo.
Didn't bother with it as Pure Nexus N is imminent at this point.
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The bad thing is it auto downloads. I didn't even think that was possible on an android phone without some kind of prompt.
That is sketchy would full wipe then flash factory images and then get it ready for pn7 id est nougat radio, vendor, bootloader, twrp, etc all in your emmc.
This is scary. I use the XDA app almost exclusively so this never happens for me.
I agree that your first course of action should be to make a backup and do a full wipe of the phone, including the internal storage (make sure you move your backup and any other important files to your computer before you wipe)
I'll start using XDA in browser without AdBlock for a bit to see if I can get it to happen to me too. I'm extremely curious.
I will be contacting The Forum Server Admins with regards to this issue. Will post back if needed.
Perseus said:
I will be contacting The Forum Server Admins with regards to this issue. Will post back if needed.
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Can we at least get some more variety with the recipes? Not nuch if a chicken fan myself...
So, I went and talked to "Those Guys". What I have been given to understand that the issue is being looked at ever since it was reported in last day or two. Also the issue is going to be fixed here shortly. Please report back here if you do still see this. Also I am assuming this didn't happen due to accidentally clicking some ad. Is that right ?
To me, it appears to be limited to Mobile version of the site and not on PC.
AdBlock has its own browser. Just fyi..
I've got the exact same "recipe" but was switching tabs so much I didn't see who was doing this. But I got 3 of the same exact named Southwestern Rice and Smoked Chicken Skillet.pdf . Me no likey this. Edit: I wanted to clarify that I did not click any ads, either of the 3 times the download initiated.
Perseus said:
So, I went and talked to "Those Guys". What I have been given to understand that the issue is being looked at ever since it was reported in last day or two. Also the issue is going to be fixed here shortly. Please report back here if you do still see this. Also I am assuming this didn't happen due to accidentally clicking some ad. Is that right ?
To me, it appears to be limited to Mobile version of the site and not on PC.
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Only when browsing the site with Mobile browser.
Thank you for looking into it.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
shag_on_e said:
I've got the exact same "recipe" but was switching tabs so much I didn't see who was doing this. But I got 3 of the same exact named Southwestern Rice and Smoked Chicken Skillet.pdf . Me no likey this. Edit: I wanted to clarify that I did not click any ads, either of the 3 times the download initiated.
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Please can you clear your browser, history & Cookies. Then try again for me ? If it repeats, then Post a screenshot here if possible or any particular forum link you had.
Perseus said:
Please can you clear your browser, history & Cookies. Then try again for me ? If it repeats, then Post a screenshot here if possible or any particular forum link you had.
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i get this without an adblocker as well. are there any logs i can provide?
640k said:
i get this without an adblocker as well. are there any logs i can provide?
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Was this after I posted above ? If so, I'd like to have the following.
The precise Page Link where this happened.
Your Browser name and version or App version.
The complete name of the file that got downloaded.
Date and Time when this happened. Also your timezone, if you are comfortable in sharing that. Or else you can convert the date and time to GMT Timezone and provide that.
Perseus said:
I will be contacting The Forum Server Admins with regards to this issue. Will post back if needed.
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Chicken recipe PDF was also downloaded onto my phone. It downloads automatically when loading a page with the chicken recipie ad. You could be spammed dozens of times if you lurk heavily.
Has anyone opened up the file?
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