I'm not exactly sure if it's just me, but after the 2.3.4 update which I received today the colors on the screen look really bad. By bad I mean, worse than a traditional LCD. It was most noticeable when I looked at the galaxy live wallpaper the phone comes with. I could clearly see some sort of strangle blurry outline and a random dividing line. I think Google might have made the color quality worse. Like taking it from 32 bit color to 24 or 16. Also, color transitions on gradients are anything but smooth. Wtf happened, Google?
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Follow-up: video quality on YouTube is also a lot worse. I can't tell if this is because of the screen or if it's some software issue.
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Is this one the SAMOLED or the SLCD version?
Because i can't see any difference from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 on my SLCD Nexus S
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SAMOLED. I probably should've mentioned that I never received 2.3.3. I went from 2.3.2
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fruitpunch36 said:
SAMOLED. I probably should've mentioned that I never received 2.3.3. I went from 2.3.2
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There was a color change update in 2.3.3. You can use a voodoo-based kernel like netarchy to modify the color settings.
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There was a color change update in 2.3.3. You can use a voodoo-based kernel like netarchy to modify the color settings.
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Can you post the link on the " how to" ?
Not to sound like an ass but try using search function
kernels are in dev section were they should be FYI the one you are looking for is on first p[age
also tutorials stickied in every sub forum
like said earlier its software not hardware the screen is fine use voodoo
also countless threads that discuss this
You can join me and many others here: http://www.google.com/support/forum...ad?fid=3812c1acf93b482f0004a2ae2fe5495c&hl=en
And here: http://www.google.com/support/forum...ad?fid=4a47e3ae5f5a87fd0004a2b017d79b65&hl=en And here: http://www.google.com/support/forum...ad?fid=26fa0683976754c40004a2b078993810&hl=en
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And yes Google trained wrecked the colors....
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I went from 2.3.2 to 2.3.4 yesterday and totally hate the look of the new colors on my Nexus S screen. I could care less if it is more accurate color scheme because I'm not using this device to edit photos.
The Nexus S screen just doesn't pop like it did before.
My LCD TV at home is tweaked so it is visually stimulating for movies and games at home which is probably not accurate to real life but makes viewing more pleasant.
I personally like a cooler color scheme myself, but now on my Nexus S, I'm stuck with this boring washed out warmer color scheme unless I root.
I guess I need to just bite the bullet and root my phone since I'm sure Google won't be changing this back.
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I went from 2.3.2 to 2.3.4 yesterday and totally hate the look of the new colors on my Nexus S screen. I could care less if it is more accurate color scheme because I'm not using this device to edit photos.
The Nexus S screen just doesn't pop like it did before.
My LCD TV at home is tweaked so it is visually stimulating for movies and games at home which is probably not accurate to real life but makes viewing more pleasant.
I personally like a cooler color scheme myself, but now on my Nexus S, I'm stuck with this boring washed out warmer color scheme unless I root.
I guess I need to just bite the bullet and root my phone since I'm sure Google won't be changing this back.
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If you don't want to root your phone, you can just install a modified kernel that allows for Voodoo Controls.
I upgraded my nexus by installing the 2.3.3 update, then 2 seconds later installed the 2.3.4 update. My colores were good on 2.3.2, dull on 2.3.3 and then good again with 2.3.4..
My buddy on the other hand went from 2.3.2 to 2.3.4 and his colors are off and dull.. We downgraded back to 2.3.2, followed my upgrade path and then his colors were good..
I'm assuming for those who never got 2.3.3, that when they installed 2.3.4, the color correction want needed, in turn, screwing up the colors..
Just my .02¢
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mylexon20s said:
I upgraded my nexus by installing the 2.3.3 update, then 2 seconds later installed the 2.3.4 update. My colores were good on 2.3.2, dull on 2.3.3 and then good again with 2.3.4..
My buddy on the other hand went from 2.3.2 to 2.3.4 and his colors are off and dull.. We downgraded back to 2.3.2, followed my upgrade path and then his colors were good..
I'm assuming for those who never got 2.3.3, that when they installed 2.3.4, the color correction want needed, in turn, screwing up the colors..
Just my .02¢
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not the case. my SAMOLED Nexus S got the 2.3.2 update, and the 2.3.3 update and the 2.3.4 update. colours went to crap with the 2.3.2 update and have continued being crap on 2.3.4.
Google updated the display drivers and changed the color temp in 2.3.3 update. That is the only time colors have changed.
DOWNGRADED,absolutely horrible ...
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Colors are really too ugly. I understand not Google.
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Any ideas why this might be happening?
I've compared it several new smartphones and the whites are definitely way off. Blue tint kind of thing.
its the only problem to the amoled display.. try using a voodoo kernel, they seem to fix some color issues
young_shane said:
its the only problem to the amoled display.. try using a voodoo kernel, they seem to fix some color issues
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I've compared it to a blank Web browser on an iPhone 4 and the brightness and clearness of the whites don't even come close on this Mesmerize but I know the Galaxy S's screen is just as bright as the iPhone 4 screen, so I doubt it's an AMOLED issue. I feel it's a software issue.
I've made sure the brightness is up full so I believe I'm doing all I can in that respect.
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I've compared it to a blank Web browser on an iPhone 4 and the brightness and clearness of the whites don't even come close on this Mesmerize but I know the Galaxy S's screen is just as bright as the iPhone 4 screen, so I doubt it's an AMOLED issue. I feel it's a software issue.
I've made sure the brightness is up full so I believe I'm doing all I can in that respect.
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Research voodoo color. You will see it's a known issue on some screens. Personally I don't see it.
akellar said:
Research voodoo color. You will see it's a known issue on some screens. Personally I don't see it.
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I don't see a version available for the Mesmerize.
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Of you already know the voodoo kernels have a fix for this them what's your point? Get a voodoo kernel, follow the instructions, and move along.
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I only knew about the Color thing after you mentioned it and I then said it doesn't appear available for the Mesmerize.
This is ridiculous.
Just cleaned up a few posts here. Please avoid, trolling type posts.
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I only knew about the Color thing after you mentioned it and I then said it doesn't appear available for the Mesmerize.
This is ridiculous.
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There are roughly 5 different voodoo kernels available for froyo. A good place to start would be the stickied thread about kernels in the dev forum.
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OTB has voodoo color.
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The CM7 rom has color correction options that might fix the problem for you.
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Closing thread. Unbelievable....
Why does everyone always ***** about gingerbread? My phone got it recently and nothing has changed except for the fact that I can say I have gingerbead.I don't even have the cool screen off animation that would totally be worth it because HTC sucks. If you want gingerbread so badly then root your phone and shut up. And Im talking to all the people on Android blog's who complain about not getting gingerbread yet. If it was ics then people would have a reason to complain but since its not even a good upgrade.
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Makes your phone run faster
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It's not noticeable.
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Gingerbread brings many advancements under the hood you don't grasp - such as improved Dalvik garbage collection and better power management.
As far as the screen off animation - did you bother to even see if you could enable it in display options? It's typically disabled by default.
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Why does everyone always ***** about gingerbread? My phone got it recently and nothing has changed except for the fact that I can say I have gingerbead.I don't even have the cool screen off animation that would totally be worth it because HTC sucks. If you want gingerbread so badly then root your phone and shut up. And Im talking to all the people on Android blog's who complain about not getting gingerbread yet. If it was ics then people would have a reason to complain but since its not even a good upgrade.
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1. gingerbread outperforms froyo (especially custom roms using gb); you dont like gb go back to froyo
2. you want the cool screen off animation, flash cm7, not htc's fault dont blame them
3. maybe those people that are complaining want official gb, not some unofficial, buggy custom rom
4. did you really make this thread to rant? i see no point in you making this thread unless you're trying to hit 10 posts
I am using NSCollab 1.0.39 on my Nexus S I9020
I have a Matr1x kernel which supports Voodoo sound and colour
But when I check the Voodoo control app there is no option for colour
I know other people have had the same problem but I spent the last few hours searching and finally found nothing :/
Help?
Thanks in advance
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Does the kernel you have already include the pre 2.2.3 colors? If so, you do not get the sliders to manually adjust colors as it is set to a specific color setting already.
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I don't know actually... I thought I could change the setting... hmm
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falconrulz said:
I don't know actually... I thought I could change the setting... hmm
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If you can't adjust any sliders you probably have a kernel with 2.3.2 color drivers. The color sliders are for users to correct the mess 2.3.3 made. Personally, I'd take that as a win
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Are you using an slcd phone? Its only for samoled
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1 You sure your phone has S-AMOLED
2 New NScollab is out ^_^
Yeah its I9020 with S-AMOLED
Thanks for letting me know about the update... I'll update and check
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So as it turns out I will try my hand at making a theme. I'm pretty get a photo editing and graphics but I want to know is there a theme out there that most people would like but isn't available.
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For infinity ive always wanted a stock gingerbread AOSP theme. There are no good preforming roms that have an AOSP look. Just a thought. Good luck with your themeing
Just start themeing for TweakStock. Infinity is going to die since Imnuts' has stopped development on it until ICS is finished. At its current state its pretty buggy and can often be laggy too.
If you do theme just do it for Tweak since its our only ROM currently being developed, and its the most popular so your themes would get more attention anyway.
Yeah I guess that is true.
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blarrick said:
Just start themeing for TweakStock. Infinity is going to die since Imnuts' has stopped development on it until ICS is finished. At its current state its pretty buggy and can often be laggy too.
If you do theme just do it for Tweak since its our only ROM currently being developed, and its the most popular so your themes would get more attention anyway.
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What about it is buggy? Has development stopped on it? Yes. Has anyone submitted a bug report with needed information? No. The only problem that remains that isn't fixed is the issue with Email for non-Gmail/Google accounts, and I'm not completely sure on how to fix it, but I don't know of any other major bugs.
As for lag, I never had any lag while using it, and no one ever provided any details other than "it lags after using it for a little bit," which is like saying my car gets dirty. 800 different possible causes, but no way to tell what the root issue is if people don't monitor when it's laggy.
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What about it is buggy? Has development stopped on it? Yes. Has anyone submitted a bug report with needed information? No. The only problem that remains that isn't fixed is the issue with Email for non-Gmail/Google accounts, and I'm not completely sure on how to fix it, but I don't know of any other major bugs.
As for lag, I never had any lag while using it, and no one ever provided any details other than "it lags after using it for a little bit," which is like saying my car gets dirty. 800 different possible causes, but no way to tell what the root issue is if people don't monitor when it's laggy.
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Yeah. Ive never really noticed any bugs to speak of. The lag isnt bag even after a few weeks. Its bit laggier but its not a big deal. Hater gonna hate i guess
imnuts said:
What about it is buggy? Has development stopped on it? Yes. Has anyone submitted a bug report with needed information? No. The only problem that remains that isn't fixed is the issue with Email for non-Gmail/Google accounts, and I'm not completely sure on how to fix it, but I don't know of any other major bugs.
As for lag, I never had any lag while using it, and no one ever provided any details other than "it lags after using it for a little bit," which is like saying my car gets dirty. 800 different possible causes, but no way to tell what the root issue is if people don't monitor when it's laggy.
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I've never had lag while running it, a little over a month since the 12/11 version came out... no issues whatsoever for me except the TSM parts not working, no force closes or lag or hotboots... nothing
Imnuts is only one guy trying to do 2 huge projects at once (Infinity and ICS) as well as having a life and another phone (which I'm totally jealous of lol) so give the guy a break and don't complain about the rom
edit: also in keeping on topic I'd like to see a Sense theme (or Sense-ish at least, I IMO think it's a smooth looking polished UI)
I vote for a vanilla gingerbread theme... green and charcoal (take note of the Stratosphere's color scheme)
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the AOSP GB theme is the one that people ask me for the most, if that is any hint. My personal favorite is TW4 or ICS themed
I like the tw4 but a gingerbread would be nice too
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Sense theme would be cool.
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Or a tw4 theme for tweakstock
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I vote Gingerbread theme!
Edit: sense wouldn't be too bad either
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Steel Bluee MNML Hybryd!!!
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sasquatch080 said:
Steel Bluee MNML Hybryd!!!
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yessssss a blue minimal would be sweet
also I know its probably unfeasible but something like what Gummy did, an AOSP-ish theme in standard green or something with different flashable zips for same theme but different colors (maybe a poll to pick say 3 or 4 popular colors)
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I actually think that an orange colored theme would be pretty nice.
I think that the orange cwm looks pretty cool. it could be like a higher contrast Charged (red) theme. also, it could have a Halloween appeal. I personally am bored of blue and green themes...
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I have actually been wanting to do the tweaked mnml on mine so that sound like where I will start. Thanks for the input guys.
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xdadevnube said:
I actually think that an orange colored theme would be pretty nice.
I think that the orange cwm looks pretty cool. it could be like a higher contrast Charged (red) theme. also, it could have a Halloween appeal. I personally am bored of blue and green themes...
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Agreed. Blue and green are getting kind off boring
A red/white theme sounds appealing.
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Now i know LG abandoned this ship. I'm just as pissed off as the next guy about that one. I wouldn't mind an official jb or at least an ics update. But either way, I'm honestly quite satisfied with this phone and its performance. I'm running standard cm7 nightlies (latest) with Trinity t15 kernel and wolf script mod. Battery life is decent and bad when i whore wifi but that's the biggest iissue with my g2x. With all the hate threads around this forum there have to be others who have positive experiences with this device.
This phone is awesome. Since I started carrying around my portable nuclear power plant all my battery issues are gone.
Seriously though, if you use the phone the battery will drop. That is a law of physics you can't avoid. My problem with this phone was that with stock ROM the battery dropped a lot even when I did absolutely nothing. CM7 solved that, so I am happy.
I still don't get sufficient standby life so I am working on fixing an old HTC amaze (fixed bootloop, now waiting for screen to arrive). My wife's amaze can get over 4 days of standby and I just noticed that she has not rebooted it in close to 400 hours.
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4 days of standby time? Sorry this is the g2x forum I don't know what that means.
Lol that's crazy!
I have about six months left until I'm available for an upgrade. Thinking the new s4, razor or nexus.
I agree this is still a pretty slick phone. I'm loving the dual boot setup with CM7/Trinity ELP as my runner and CM10.1 as my gaming/test platform. I'd probably be way more disappointed with the phone if I was stuck with stock software, but thanks to the awesome devs and their work I'm very happy with this phone.
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For sure, if it weren't for the devs, we'd be screwed lol
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4 days of standby time? Sorry this is the g2x forum I don't know what that means.
Lol that's crazy!
I have about six months left until I'm available for an upgrade. Thinking the new s4, razor or nexus.
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I will try to take a snapshot and post it here for the disbelievers ... lol.
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I am currently running cm7 with Mazout360's kernel and wolfscript. I have themed my phone to be as similar to ICS/JB as possible, as that was the only way I could return to GB. I am very content with how it turned out.
In the end, I have accepted that I will probably never have fully functioning ICS or JB on this phone. But, I guess all that I was really looking for was that updated look and crisp feel, which I have since obtained!
Although I will move on to some sort of Nexus when I have better funding, I am satisfied with the g2x.
The only problem I seem to have with cm7 is this noticeable static flicker that appears very quickly after turning on the display. It only seems to do that with cm7 roms.
EricTheLuminant said:
I am currently running cm7 with Mazout360's kernel and wolfscript. I have themed my phone to be as similar to ICS/JB as possible, as that was the only way I could return to GB. I am very content with how it turned out.
In the end, I have accepted that I will probably never have fully functioning ICS or JB on this phone. But, I guess all that I was really looking for was that updated look and crisp feel, which I have since obtained!
Although I will move on to some sort of Nexus when I have better funding, I am satisfied with the g2x.
The only problem I seem to have with cm7 is this noticeable static flicker that appears very quickly after turning on the display. It only seems to do that with cm7 roms.
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Not trying to hijack the thread, but is it possible to get the jellybean notification bar on gingerbread? Like with notifications you can swipe away and quick message replies to texts and all that. That might be the only thing keeping me on jellybean right now because I love the way it feels so intuitive and such.
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I can swipe away notifications, that's something GB can do already I think. As for quick replys to messages and emails and such, I don't think so.
At least as far as I know.
I miss those features too, but I guess we can't have everything.
There are apps for pop up notifications though.
I can also swipe away notifications. Actually i found that out on mistake, had a few too many whisky cokes and tried responding to a text and swiped it away lol
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I can also swipe away notifications. Actually i found that out on mistake, had a few too many whisky cokes and tried responding to a text and swiped it away lol
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Oh I went straight from Froyo on my old Optimus V to Jellybean on the G2X (I rooted and installed Paranoid Android right away) so I thought swipe notifications was a Jellybean thing. I'll install a Gingerbread ROM when I get back from work and try to make it look and feel like JB.
On topic, yes I'm very satisfied with my G2X, but that might also be because I wasnt expecting a high end phone when I bought it from eBay a few months ago. Also I have a Nexus 7 for any apps that I use that require a hardware accelerated jellybean.
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AFAIK swipe notifications is a CM7 thing in GB ROMs.
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The g2x works best if you chant "humba lumba humba" while standing on one leg!
I though problems would be fixed by updates.
And once rooted and a with custom rom
Everything was going to be working good like the days of the HTC G1.
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Can't wait till the Nexus 5 comes out. I'm gonna buy it and forget about this phone.
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Can't wait till the Nexus 5 comes out. I'm gonna buy it and forget about this phone.
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I'm saving up
I'm wanting to get the new blackberry q10. That thing looks sick. Waiting until tmobile has it.
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For those of you who are content with cm7, even though it is old software, I am working on my "Speedster" rom. It is still quite alpha but my goals is to optimize CM7 for our G2xs. I am also doing a bunch of software updates inside and using Mazkrnl to have speed and stability. I use the latest ADW launcher in it and JB sounds so it really gives CM7 new life and gives it a great CM10 feel. I can't do anything about play store, still limited to 2.3 aps. No google keep/now
Pie, I'm willing to flash your rom whenever its out of the alpha stage. Or let me know if you need a tester
I use this for the theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2003484
And this guide for everything else.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19705898#post19705898
Are any of you good themers because I would like some help with that so I can focus on software and hardware optimization.
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