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G2X - Great Phone or Hype?

Read this review and it says the G2x is the best android device around, what do yo think?

I absolutely love mine. I've never had reboot or battery problems like some other people. Just some light bleed that's only visible in a dark room with screen brightness >50%
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I'm loving mine too. I haven't had any problems with mine. No reboots, no horrible battery drain, no horrible bleeding etc.

I love mine too. The best electronic device I've ever owned, bar none. Convergence baby!
Edit: I posted that before I read his review. That has to be the lamest, shallowest, most pitiful review I have ever seen.

I live mine as well
The only good reviews still around is gsmarena. I just love reading them!

That "review" was pretty pathetic.

Same here love the device. Speedy and slick and with a real gingerbread release coming soon, it can only get better. I say real because the leaked gingerbread lacks full driver and kernel support for the device, and on my device make it less stable.
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The G2x is the best phone I have owned to date and I've owned about 30 cellphones in my lifetime. Aside from a small amount of light bleeding, I have no complaints whatsoever. G2x = sleeper phone of the year imo.

I would probably agree, even though i had the horrible battery drain issue.
I cant wait to get another one tomorrow.

It's definitely a good phone.

I LOVE this phone! The salesman at T-Mobile almost had me talked into waiting for an HTC Sensation but after coming home and doing some research, I picked the G2x. Couldn't be happier.
I've spent the last two weeks on my phone more than I have my PC, and I have a BEAST of a PC, i7 @ 4.2GHz, GTX470 @ 900MHz, 6GB DDR3-2000, OCZ 60GB SSD, and full custom water loop!

Best phone I've ever had. There have definitely been some software/quality control issues reported, but if you're not unlucky and get a fully working one, it's a fantastic device and the first phone I've used that shows Android's full potential.

Lol.. this guy is just promoting his own article and we fell for it. You could have just said you wrote a review and we should check it out.
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kangxi said:
Lol.. this guy is just promoting his own article and we fell for it. You could have just said you wrote a review and we should check it out.
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Good eye! I totally missed that....

brett_day said:
Read this review and it says the G2x is the best android device around, what do yo think?
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Douche bag
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I agree most of the day until this PoS just starts freezing up on me and rebooting and dying while the battery is saying 69%

blestsol said:
I agree most of the day until this PoS just starts freezing up on me and rebooting and dying while the battery is saying 69%
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If you are running stock you need Paul's patch cause there is a memory leak. Or man up and flash a sweet CM gingerbread rom.
G2x CM7.1 style - Android 2.3.4

player911 said:
If you are running stock you need Paul's patch cause there is a memory leak. Or man up and flash a sweet CM gingerbread rom.
G2x CM7.1 style - Android 2.3.4
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I'm not seeing where maning up would be CM but thanks for the tip about Paul fix.
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Dude!?

Now Krylon is thinking of jumping ship and getting a sensation?!
Are we fighting a losing battle? Or is the g2x going to come back stronger than ever?
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BobbyDukes707 said:
Now Krylon is thinking of jumping ship and getting a sensation?!
Are we fighting a losing battle? Or is the g2x going to come back stronger than ever?
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Well, that does it, g2x is going on craigslist and getting a sensation..
The cm7 was supposed to be ironed out in this build but it want..
Now my favorite vibrant dev is leaving...
So my friends who will not get a update for another month..... Peace out.. Cl now

Whitehawkx and I are coming over.
Mine is supposed to be shipped tomorrow, and White is selling his Vibrants to buy one I believe.
And I don't think Krylon is leaving just yet

Seriously?! Awesome! Welcome!
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birgertime said:
Whitehawkx and I are coming over.
Mine is supposed to be shipped tomorrow, and White is selling his Vibrants to buy one I believe.
And I don't think Krylon is leaving just yet
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And I'm back lmfaooooo thank god guys... Please help us..

Hell yeah! Just another reason why the development for this phone will get better.
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Lol, Krylon leaving? I do not think so bud.
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Sorry, I may have jumped to conclusions after reading his twitter. It just feels like everyone is bailing on the g2x...
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I hope that devs come over to G2x land. LG can't work out its problems, T-Mobile can't work out its problems. Maybe the smart developers can work it out.
Praying for a rainstorm of developers!

I think it would be a mistake for anyone to jump ship unless they just really wanted something else. The G2x has an awesome screen (despite screen bleed), great hardware, and great form factor. The only thing wrong with it is software related, which is fixable. You can't fix poor hardware, which some newer phones do have.
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Thinking and doing are 2 different things. I could easily sell one of my 7 devices and get the sense and still keep the g2x. Some people read to far into things.
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krylon360 said:
Thinking and doing are 2 different things. I could easily sell one of my 7 devices and get the sense and still keep the g2x. Some people read to far into things.
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Thanks for making me sound like a ****...Thinking and doing are two DIFFERENT things? Mind=blown...
I believe I did say "thinking" in the OP. I was only trying to point out that it seems as though a lot of people are switching to the sensation... And your update didn't say "thinking of selling one of my seven devices" it said "thinking of selling my g2x".
I wasn't trying to read too much into things. Just don't want a mass exodus...
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I hope this gingerbread update irons out everything so development speeds up.
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SyntekSystems said:
I hope this gingerbread update irons out everything so development speeds up.
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Me too.
CM7 already has the battery driver ironed out and a pretty stable release of 2.3.4. The phone itself is awesome and I'm loving the Tegra games.
I think I would be seriously disappointed if I were to switch to another phone right now.
I think my next phone won't be until Tegra 3's are out.

BobbyDukes707 said:
Thanks for making me sound like a ****...Thinking and doing are two DIFFERENT things? Mind=blown...
I believe I did say "thinking" in the OP. I was only trying to point out that it seems as though a lot of people are switching to the sensation... And your update didn't say "thinking of selling one of my seven devices" it said "thinking of selling my g2x".
I wasn't trying to read too much into things. Just don't want a mass exodus...
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Don't worry man, it was just an assumption you had. We love you
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player911 said:
Me too.
CM7 already has the battery driver ironed out and a pretty stable release of 2.3.4. The phone itself is awesome and I'm loving the Tegra games.
I think I would be seriously disappointed if I were to switch to another phone right now.
I think my next phone won't be until Tegra 3's are out.
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u hit it on the head player911, im effin loving my phone it is a beautiful piece i actually took my screen protector off and wow this screen is amazingly beautiful, ill tell u what those tmobile anti smear protectors suck! anyways the screen doesnt have one scratch id figure i would just keep one off because of the gorilla glass it has been about a week and not one scratch, and i think im just gonna stay with this phone for a while, i love the way this phone plays games, u have to check out galaxy on fire 2. great game....and now that cm7 is on its way to stable im not even worried about that official gingerbread release because it really wont do nothing special to our phones, we need the drivers from nvidia! as far as battery and etc., but like i said cm handled that......sorry a little off subject

New G2x owner

Just upgraded my Droid Eris and got the G2x
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lanlee212 said:
Just upgraded my Droid Eris and got the G2x
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welcome to the club.

lanlee212 said:
Just upgraded my Droid Eris and got the G2x
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Welcome to our club.

Also just picked up a G2x off of Craigslist, as well as a T-Mob Nexus S. Playing with both of them to see which one I'll keep. Have you put a ROM on the G2x yet? It's a little bit more involved than using the One-Click app.
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bjlefebvre said:
Also just picked up a G2x off of Craigslist, as well as a T-Mob Nexus S. Playing with both of them to see which one I'll keep. Have you put a ROM on the G2x yet? It's a little bit more involved than using the One-Click app.
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I've tried out most of them. I prefer the CM7 nightlies so far (although I'm running the latest KANG atm).

I'm on AOSP and liking it, prolly move to CM nightly soon. Between this and the Nexus S, having a hard time deciding which I prefer - whichever one I happen to be using at the moment is the one I like better. Just worried about whether devs will bring a decent ICS to the G2x.
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i'm upgrading from a g1 to a g2x and it should be here on monday. it will be a huge difference for me!

tokimaromi said:
i'm upgrading from a g1 to a g2x and it should be here on monday. it will be a huge difference for me!
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LOL, that is a HUGEEE upgrade

scrizz said:
LOL, that is a HUGEEE upgrade
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haha you're telling me! i have been more than ready for over a year to throw my g1 out the window

I upgraded from a MyTouch 3G 32B...

Enjoy you're New phone.
Had a G1 before this.
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JaiaV said:
I've tried out most of them. I prefer the CM7 nightlies so far (although I'm running the latest KANG atm).
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Does CM7 have the issue of constantly turning wifi off when screen shuts off, even though settings are fixed to prevent wifi shut off? I was using Eagle's Blood, which is supposed to be based on CM, and my wifi would not stay on and was causing my data radios to kill my battery. I'm now on Weapon G2x and the problem stopped (saw this solution in other forums), but I'd like to try other ROMs and I'm wonder if you or anyone else has seen this issue in their ROM of choice. Thanks!

Thanks this phone is fast I can play angry birds and ninja fruit with no lag
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KRAZYADROIDMASTER said:
Enjoy you're New phone.
Had a G1 before this.
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it is encouraging to see someone else do the same drastic upgrade! i am a little afraid i'll miss my keyboard but i think that will fade quickly

Yea this is a nice phone. Something about the hardware I like most is the feel of the screen, it feels just like glass so your fingers glides with ease lol
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I thought I was going to miss the keyboard on the blackberry. I was over of in a day.
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Also forgot to mention I came from a Motorola backflip. Its slower then the g1 cuz of motoblur. I was happy to throw it up in the air about 70 feet in the air once I got this phone. Surprisingly it didn't crack. It broke though. Anyways Congrats on the g2x
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moeahmad1995 said:
I thought I was going to miss the keyboard on the blackberry. I was over of in a day.
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that is good news to hear then i've had keyboard phones for six years and was going to upgrade to the sidekick 4g but after doing all my research i decided the g2x was obviously a much better phone, it will just be a bit of an adjustment for me

I also came from a g1 and sold that and got the mt4g with some cash. It was and still is a beast of a phone but I needed a g2x so I traded for one on craigslist. Honestly as nice as that g1 keyboard was I have gotten over it with smartkeyboard pro which IMHO is the best on-screen keyboard out there. Best part is I'm still due for an upgrade since this past August and I already got this sick ass g2x I was drooling for back when I had the og g1 lollol
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Have fun
I used to have the G1, then Mytouch 3G, now G2x, it's a great phone! Way fast and now that most of the bugs are worked out it runs awesome. Now I just need to figure out how to root the thing and I'll be all set!

Tmobile has set me free

By finally offering me a HTC sensation exchange. I tried to love this phone...

Came from sensation. Screen resoultion, size is amazing. But I must say color on LG g2x is way better even though mine have light leak problem. I don't mind.
I hope u get the good one. Sensation have 2 types of screen. One is good one is washed out. And I hope yours doesn't have dusts under the screen. Oh and I hope the you get the good digiziter too. Lots of sensation comes with touch screen problem. Like being unresponsive. Oh and don't break the phone digitizer. You can't fix it by local shop cause after you fix it the digitizer becomes unreponsive ffor 15 sec everytime you turn on the screen. Yes, I'm a troll. Trololololololol
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Ur loss. good luck with Jr sensation.
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If someone has a problem with the G2x, it is probably because the G2x has a problem with the person.
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bhowanidin said:
If someone has a problem with the G2x, it is probably because the G2x has a problem with the person.
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Quoted for truth

1st G2X would freeze charging and reboot all the time in my pocket.
2nd G2X would freeze charging also and I'd find it black screened in my pocket every few days.
3rd G2X would reboot and have issues switching from data to wifi. It would show both but default to mobile data which has the worst signal at home.
Went through 3 batteries also.
I use my phone as a HTPC remote and alarm clock so these issues were pretty annoying. CM7 fixed most issues but there was still the APN issue. Looks like it's fixed now but oh well, the Sensation has been great thus far.
Based on what I've seen LG's QA process is utter ****.

Cool Story Bro

try the weapon rom. running it is like having a brand new stable phone

bhowanidin said:
If someone has a problem with the G2x, it is probably because the G2x has a problem with the person.
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+1 for that. Truth hurts sometimes lol.
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Tattooed5150 said:
+1 for that. Truth hurts sometimes lol.
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G2x > HTC Sensation

This thread is funny. Reminds me of Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris doesn't call the wrong number. You answer the wrong phone.
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The G2x is a sweet phone. I'd imagine it only gets better. Pair it with descent software and it'll amaze.
You can't get rid of your G2x... it gets rid of you.
LG G2x - 2.3.5 MIUI
Asus Transformer - 3.2 Revolver

G2x doesn't freeze, it gives you time to think to enjoy whatever screen you're on.
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blestsol said:
G2x doesn't freeze, it gives you time to think to enjoy whatever screen you're on.
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Well I've definitely had a couple of those today with my g2x at a time when I didn't need to think :/
Geah!

princeasi said:
Well I've definitely had a couple of those today with my g2x at a time when I didn't need to think :/
Geah!
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That's what we need our g2xs for, they keep us thinking, could be hard at the beginning but thx to our phones we getting better and better
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sidezero said:
1st G2X would freeze charging and reboot all the time in my pocket.
2nd G2X would freeze charging also and I'd find it black screened in my pocket every few days.
3rd G2X would reboot and have issues switching from data to wifi. It would show both but default to mobile data which has the worst signal at home.
Went through 3 batteries also.
I use my phone as a HTPC remote and alarm clock so these issues were pretty annoying. CM7 fixed most issues but there was still the APN issue. Looks like it's fixed now but oh well, the Sensation has been great thus far.
Based on what I've seen LG's QA process is utter ****.
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Same for me. All of these.. last option for me is reverting back to froyo, and its looking good so far. I never stood on froyo for more than half a day when I got it. Rooted it right away and updated. So, if it happens with froyo again, I'm selling it with no regrets..
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sidezero said:
By finally offering me a HTC sensation exchange. I tried to love this phone...
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Why are you posting this here? Go post in the HTC Sensation forum about how lucky you are. We could care less. The only explanation for your OP is troll bait.

jboxer said:
Why are you posting this here? Go post in the HTC Sensation forum about how lucky you are. We could care less. The only explanation for your OP is troll bait.
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Bahahaha he said troll bait, hey man u using small or large hooks?

Anyone in need of some dead link materials?

Hey everyone! Most of you won't remember me, but I am back!
My kernel thread will be beyond repair to try and fix all the broken/dead links.
But....I have a CRAP TON of kernels and ROMs for the G2x stored on my laptop. Basically everything CM7 related kernels and ROMs, and some CM9 kernels and ROMs.
If there is something your in need of, let me know and I'll get it uploaded for you to download.
I'm still rocking the G2x for a little longer so I'll try to help anyway I can.
EDIT: Just did some checking on my kernel thread, seems the only dead links are Mazout360's. I can upload and share the Mazout kernels I have, although I believe the highest I have is v323OC but I'll fix up the kernel thread with new links since the rest are working.
Still, if there is something you need, contact me.

I remember!!! Missed ya man. Hope things are good. Glad you're back!!
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Pain-N-Panic said:
I remember!!! Missed ya man. Hope things are good. Glad you're back!!
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Things are much, much better now.
Glad to see someone I know is still around here!
I see we are at the same point as when I left like 7 months ago with this phone. That's sad. I'm still using vanilla CM7, what's funny is my G2x still puts some of my friends pre-paid ICS android phones to shame in speed/camera/gaming etc. lol

Glad things are looking up bro! After you disappeared a lot of the other gurus started fading out also to other forums and better phones. It's very sad about the dev issues man =( After you got me rolling with CM7 I became a flash-addict. I've flashed every ROM I could find for this device. Even made a few ports for personal use but none were that great. I have used every ICS hackfest and have tried most of the jelly bean hack fests.....if it wasn't for the damn ril wakelock the JB hackfests would be awesome. But they average around 4-5 hours of battery life and that's just awful lol. I'm currently on eaglesblood 4.0.4 but always have a CM7 nandroid handy whenever I feel like going to back. Picking up the Nexus 5 in a few weeks, you decide on your next rig yet?

Pain-N-Panic said:
Glad things are looking up bro! After you disappeared a lot of the other gurus started fading out also to other forums and better phones. It's very sad about the dev issues man =( After you got me rolling with CM7 I became a flash-addict. I've flashed every ROM I could find for this device. Even made a few ports for personal use but none were that great. I have used every ICS hackfest and have tried most of the jelly bean hack fests.....if it wasn't for the damn ril wakelock the JB hackfests would be awesome. But they average around 4-5 hours of battery life and that's just awful lol. I'm currently on eaglesblood 4.0.4 but always have a CM7 nandroid handy whenever I feel like going to back. Picking up the Nexus 5 in a few weeks, you decide on your next rig yet?
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Lol Im prob going to be stuck with this G2x for a bit longer, no money for an upgrade.
If I did pick something, I'd be looking at the LG G2, it's sweet, and being a non-nVidia device this time will make custom modding alot better as there's no proprietary drivers involved like with the G2x.

G2 is really sweet....but there doesn't seem to be a lot of development for it right now which is making me lean toward the nexus 5
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Pain-N-Panic said:
G2 is really sweet....but there doesn't seem to be a lot of development for it right now which is making me lean toward the nexus 5
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It will in due time. It just came out not too long ago.

If development picks up I might sway that way...Hopefully LG doesn't abandon it like they did this device though

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It will in due time. It just came out not too long ago.
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I only partially blame LG for the lack of development, nVidia played a huge role in the G2x's demise as well. The G2 has a Snapdragon and from what I've read, development on a Snapdragon device is pretty good on the mod scene.
I can only hope. But like I said, I have no money so I'll prob get stuck with an older model like the HTC One. Whatever Tmo is offering for free or discount on a plan renewal.
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T-Mobile is offering nexus 5's for $0 down and like $17 a month. I think I put up $70 or so for this thing. Actually I think they have this deal on all galaxy devices right now too. Anyway great to see you back dude and glad to hear things are better for you! My kid killed my g2x so I finally decided to upgrade.
Oh and Merry Christmas!
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You have the N5, Twitch?

Pain-N-Panic said:
You have the N5, Twitch?
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I do. It is amazing! And there is so much development for it I can't keep up with all of it. Literally I can't finish reading one rom thread before the next one pops up with an update. I haven't slept in weeks... Lol
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Lmao that's awesome!
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