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CM7 to CoreDroid help

I was thinking about trying coredroid, but am unsure what i need to do to go from cm7.
In ROM manager coredroid is listed under downloadable roms.
Can I just download, wipe and flash like i do the cm7 updates or is there more too it ?
Looks like i might could start with coredroid 4.6 and the update from there.
Thanks

Yeah in recovery I would flash the full wipe.zip then flash the coredroid. Clear catche and dalvik under advanced settings. Should work
david032766 said:
I was thinking about trying coredroid, but am unsure what i need to do to go from cm7.
In ROM manager coredroid is listed under downloadable roms.
Can I just download, wipe and flash like i do the cm7 updates or is there more too it ?
Looks like i might could start with coredroid 4.6 and the update from there.
Thanks
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Is this the wipe zip you're talking about?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868720
Is that all that's required as far as flashing new roms on the Inspire? First Android phone was the Captivate and I'm used to having to flash back to the stock rom before flashing something new.

Yes just flash the full wipe then flash your Rom...then clear dalvik and catche. DO NANDROID BACKUP!!!!
mjgunn said:
Is this the wipe zip you're talking about?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868720
Is that all that's required as far as flashing new roms on the Inspire? First Android phone was the Captivate and I'm used to having to flash back to the stock rom before flashing something new.
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Problems after updating to the latest ICS firmware??!!

I have always liked making changes to my phone and after seeing the latest ICS released I thought why not... as we were being told it was backwards compatible
So I updated my firmware and played about in ICS for a bit but then decided it's not ready for me yet and I rolled back to my backup of HyperSensation
When it finished restoring I was greeted by the white HTC screen and that's all, it will now no longer boot my backup... "I have restored from this backup many times"
I then downloaded Android Revolution 3.6.11 and installed and it booted ok but I always have a problem with the kernel so flushed bricked as I always do and it stopped booting again with the HTC screen, I then re-flashed faux123 kernel on it again, and again it would not boot... stuck at the HTC screen
The firmware update seems to have messed up the ability to change kernels at all.. or roll back to an old backup, but new installs worked ok as long as i didn't change the kernel..
I then restored the H3G Ruu exe to my phone and that loaded ok and booted fine, I then tried to restore my backup that uses bricked 1.6 kernel and this time it booted
I then tried to re-flash the kernel and again I'm greeted by the HTC screen and it never loads
This firmware update has changed my phone and not for the good... even restoring the Ruu didn't fix it completely...
Anyone else have a similar problem with the new firmware

M pro said:
This firmware update has changed my phone and not for the good... even restoring the Ruu didn't fix it completely...
Anyone else have a similar problem with the new firmware
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The partition layout for the 3.12.401.2/102 firmware is different, as explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618

Indeed, but then restoring to an older Ruu should remove the changes right?
As the Ruu has the firmware in the update?

M pro said:
Indeed, but then restoring to an older Ruu should remove the changes right?
As the Ruu has the firmware in the update?
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It should do
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That's the problem as the changes seem to stay even after I returned it to the stock Ruu

thats impossible. give us your hboot, radio etc details

dexter93 said:
thats impossible. give us your hboot, radio etc details
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Yep I'm thinking the same thing too
Hboot 1.17.0011
radio 10.43a.9007.00p_10.51.9007.27.m3
but all I know now is I'm unable to change kernels anymore or even reflash the same kernel over the top of itself..

What's your recovery?
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I can see no reason why your kernel updates are failing. Check your downloads to have the correct md5 and if you still have issues try an alternate recovery(which I highly doubt to be a problem but anyway). Also check that you are downloading kernels compatible with your Rom, otherwise they won't work. Another tip when flashing kernels is to wipe cache after flashing. Good luck
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After installing a stock RUU you need to install Superuser to root the stock ROM, and update the binary and busybox. Then you can flash kernels.

Jedi2011 said:
After installing a stock RUU you need to install Superuser to root the stock ROM, and update the binary and busybox. Then you can flash kernels.
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Hmmm.... Hypersensation? Bricked kernel? These sound like he is rooted... but thank you anyway captain obvious
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I had a similar problem with mine;I restored GB 2.3.5 backup, reflashed original ROM on top, and booted up fine. After it booted just fine I did a reboot and it wouldn't go past the first HTC screen. So, I flashed my 1.45 firmware (inc. hboot 1.18 & Clockwork 5.0.2) and still stuck at the same spot.
Finally, I flashed back the firmware from ICS 3.12, reflashed my 2.3.5 ROM, wiped cache & dalvic, fixed permissions, and rebooted... Strange enough, I booted to the setup screen, which I went through that to find my data gone. SO, I super-wiped and restored my backup, which booted & rebooted fine, and proceeded to reflash the original ROM again. Now I'm good.
Observation(s):
1. Reverting to Firmware to 1.45 causes bootloops that can only be broken by restoring ICS Firmware 3.12.
2. Even after reverting (1.) device will not be stable until you super-wipe. From there on, you can restore backups and flash a ROM as usual.
Hope this helps,
Cheers

no problems with the new firmware and old miui here in the moment
didnt test my virtuos and hyper nonsense backup.. should i ?

Does the new HBoot1.23 make GB faster? Just want to know from users.
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dest4b said:
no problems with the new firmware and old miui here in the moment
didnt test my virtuos and hyper nonsense backup.. should i ?
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I keep getting reboots with latest Miui.us

Help, phone doesn't start up after firmware update

I have HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile) and downloaded the 3.2 firmware here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
I used T-Mobile one, though I guess it didn't matter because I have superCID. When I turn my phone on it keeps restarting at the white HTC screen, vibrates, then HTC screen again. Can't start up my phone.
Don't think it matters..but I did delete "su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed" a while back.

Just put the correct PG58IMG on ur SD card and let the bootloader do the update once again ..

Remember also to remove the pg58img file from the sd card after the installation of the firmware
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Find my post in general
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Do you guys know if there's an work towards a new firmware that will allow us with the boot loop to flash ROMs? I'd really like an AOSP ROM the only fix known is with HTC Sense.

mohameddegheidy said:
Just put the correct PG58IMG on ur SD card and let the bootloader do the update once again ..
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Just follow this advice, then your device will boot and you can wipe it and flash any from you like
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Chained90 said:
I have HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile) and downloaded the 3.2 firmware here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
I used T-Mobile one, though I guess it didn't matter because I have superCID. When I turn my phone on it keeps restarting at the white HTC screen, vibrates, then HTC screen again. Can't start up my phone.
Don't think it matters..but I did delete "su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed" a while back.
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Also keep in mind that when you install new firmware you have to wipe and reinstall your ROM. A lot of times the Cache and sometimes the Data partitions will corrupt when you install new firmware, so you will need to grab a flash-able ZIP of your current ROM (or Android Revolution HD, it's nice as well!).
Go into recovery mode, wipe everything but your SD card (of course) then install your ROM again from your SD card.

Azothyran said:
Also keep in mind that when you install new firmware you have to wipe and reinstall your ROM. A lot of times the Cache and sometimes the Data partitions will corrupt when you install new firmware, so you will need to grab a flash-able ZIP of your current ROM (or Android Revolution HD, it's nice as well!).
Go into recovery mode, wipe everything but your SD card (of course) then install your ROM again from your SD card.
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Oh wow. Firmware 3.32 only works with ICS ROMs, right? I didn't wipe and flash a new ROM, just ran the same Gingerbread HTC sense that came with the phone. That would probably be the reason why I bootloop?

Find my post in general going to bump it will help out
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Chained90 said:
Oh wow. Firmware 3.32 only works with ICS ROMs, right? I didn't wipe and flash a new ROM, just ran the same Gingerbread HTC sense that came with the phone. That would probably be the reason why I bootloop?
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Yeah, it's for ICS ROMs, but I would think it would still work with Gingerbread. I'm not sure. I know from experience that if you flash a new Radio, RIL, Firmware, etc it is recommended to reflash your ROM, no matter what ROM you're on. Since the OS relies on the firmware, RIL, and Radio that you were using before, it can't load the new package without a wipe.
The situation is kind of like switching ROMs and then dumping the Data and Cache partitions from your OLD ROM onto the new ROM before it even boots. In most cases, it won't boot.

[ROM] ICS Stock Rooted Full Bloat (AT&T OR ROGERS)

ATT-ICS-STOCK-FULL BLOAT /w ROOT
MADE FROM dd SYSTEM.img DUMPS NOT FROM NANDROID BACKUPS
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Features ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Android ICS 4.0.3
AT&T UCLA4 Base Files from ODIN Leak
Stock Kernel 3.0.8 unsecured -- thx romracer
Superuser/ Rooted
BusyBox installed
Rom Manager & Titanium Backup Preloaded
Deodexed and ZipAligned
Rom sym link Modem Fixes to ensure Modem Works on Rogers & AT&T
This is a FULL WIPE, Flash at your own risk & backup your data.
INSTALL HOW TO: (read step 10 first)
The only people who have a hard time flashing are Gingerbread users. Its hit or miss. I dont know what else to do. Most people who cant flash find that Darkside SuperWIPE fixes it and the ROM will flash! (DONT FORGET put on your sdcard before your WIPE)
Reboot to Recovery
Flash MODEM (ONLY IF YOUR ON GINGERBREAD)
Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Under "Mounts and Storage" Format /system
Under Advanced "Wipe Dalvic Cache"
Flash ROM
Flash KERNEL (ONLY IF YOUR ON GINGERBREAD)
Reboot- FIRST boot will take up to 5mins to start.
If you have any trouble with your home button not working or reboot/shutdown hangs, just pull battery and reboot.
If for any reason, you have trouble ROGERS or Gingerbread users, Repeat the install process 3 times. Sometimes the kernel doesnt want to flash with this ROM and its the main reason why there has been so many problems.
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
ULCA4 Modem/Radio
ROM: ICS-STOCK FULL BLOAT WITH ROOT
Romracer KERNEL

It works like a charm. Wait for the att boot screen, takes awhile. Enjoy guys! =]

Here it goes!!!!!! ICS development!!!!!!! Good job bud!

I'll try this tomorrow, going from mhx 3.1, and let you know how it goes. I probably won't be able to post until tomorrow night so if anyone else is brave enough, feel free to beat me to the punch.
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Is there a difference between this rom and the recovery you have posted? Other then flashing wise?
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Just installed your recovery! But I am having issues with root not working properly, cant move files into /system/app so I might try this instead.

Just flashed this and it installed with no issues at all. Can't wait to start working on this since my first rom became null and void once ICS leaked lol Great work MHX and everyone else involved

Pulling 6500-6600 consistently on Antutu with this and romracers unsecure kernel. The real world performance is better than CM7 AND MHX Superlite I ran previously. Thanks again so much man.
Galaxy S2 Skyrocket - MHX Stock ICS 4.0.3 - Romracer ICS Kernel - UCALC4 Modem

I can confirm it works coming from stock Rogers to ICS so far no issues I run into any i will post have to leaven for work so i will be a few hours
I am finding that system ui is showing up in task manager not sure if this is normal it didn't in the nandroid back up
And this is new

Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Under Advanced "Wipe Dalvic Cache"
Under "Mounts and Storage" Format /system
Under "Mounts and Storage" Format /data
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Can we use darksides wipe to do this?

Play keeps fc-ing on me =\

sparker366 said:
Can we use darksides wipe to do this?
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It's quicker and easier to just do so through clockwork
Galaxy S2 Skyrocket - MHX Stock ICS 4.0.3 - Romracer ICS Kernel - UCALC4 Modem

I cannot get Wifi hotspot or USB tethering to work with this. Settings force closes everytime I try to initiate it.
Any help?

32dave said:
I can confirm it works coming from stock Rogers to ICS so far no issues I run into any i will post have to leaven for work so i will be a few hours
I am finding that system ui is showing up in task manager not sure if this is normal it didn't in the nandroid back up
And this is new
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Yeah came with the new radio
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norcalsfinest said:
It's quicker and easier to just do so through clockwork
Galaxy S2 Skyrocket - MHX Stock ICS 4.0.3 - Romracer ICS Kernel - UCALC4 Modem
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I hazard a guess that its about the same. You are clicking 4 times with your way and 2 times with mine. I wipe dalvik first and then run darkside. Its pretty damn fast way to wipe phone. I will stick with it. Worked great when installing this.

This thing is smooth as silk. Anyone had the guts to try the 14 toggle mod? I'm pretty sure it won't work since its based off different firmware.
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MikeySmikey said:
This thing is smooth as silk. Anyone had the guts to try the 14 toggle mod? I'm pretty sure it won't work since its based off different firmware.
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I tried that on stock ics as its indicated that it can be applied. I borked the hell out of my phone lol. No nandroid so it was a fresh install to recover. I have since done nandroids and titbu's to avoid fresh installs.

Ok so i am back from work i have found a couple of issues i cannot restart the phone with quick reboot it just hangs and its a little laggy (i am guessing because of TW) and the camera seems to hang for a half a second not sure if this is normal as it did it on the nandroid back up as well

Any advantage to flashing this if I already have the mhx cwm backup installed?
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Flashing from GB DID NOT work for me. It installed, but kept freezing at the boot screen then would shut off.

[mod]TMOUS APN unlock for tethering

Gone fishing...

Thats awesome dude, thanks!

So this works on a complete stock TMobileUS Rom?
Swyped on HTC Sensation 4G

Very nice. Thanks Grogg! When dev-host decides to actually let me download the file, I'll give this a try on my stock ROM.

fmedrano1977 said:
So this works on a complete stock TMobileUS Rom?
Swyped on HTC Sensation 4G
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Yes sir!

These won't work on any other ROM besides stock and steve0007's roms?
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valefour said:
These won't work on any other ROM besides stock and steve0007's roms?
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GROGG can post to tell for sure but the deodexed version is for custom ROMs so in theory it should work on AOSP and AOKP ROMS as well. A stock ROM will be odexed, but custom ROMs are usually deodexed.

valefour said:
These won't work on any other ROM besides stock and steve0007's roms?
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The odexed version will work on a factory 3.32.531.14 rom. It will also work on any stock based rom that are NOT deodexed (I don't know of any).
The deodexed version will work on any deodexed factory based 3.32.531.14 rom. This will include Steve0007's deodexed stock rom, and it should also work on ARHD 1.1/1.2... It could also work on others, but if any mods or themes have been applied to the framework it will wipe them out!
I have submitted this for the add-on section of ARHD...

I'm on elegancia 3.0.0.. Do I just flash this in recovery? It saids to do factory reset. If someone could post the steps I would appreciate it alot.. Thanks
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In the changelog for Elegancia it says APNs were unlocked at version 2.0.0. Is this mod any different to what Steve has already done in his ROM?

whats the difference between your MOD and the APN unlock already built-in to a few ROMs, I see that you plainly elaborated the NO, they are not the same, but was unwilling to further distinguish them in the elegancia thread.
If happen to have a moment, I would greatly appreciate any information your willing to discuss on your own thread.
EDIT: Originally Posted by design12
I know that elegancia 3.0.0 has unlocked APN but is it it the same as this mod? http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1691633 This one supposedly patches hidden apns upon reboot for tethering... Just curious. Thanks
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GROGG88 said:
Since that's my link I'll pitch in...
Simple answer is NO. I will not discuss it any further in this thread as it's not the place...
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that's the post that has prompted my curiosity.

Alright here's what I did. Some info first:
Elegancia 3.0.0 (TMOUS Version)
Stock kernel
Proper Firmware
1. Made a backup of the Data partition because I don't want to have to re-setup everything again
2. Placed the .zip on my SDCard
3. Reboot into recovery and performed Factory Reset
4. Wiped Dalvik/Cache (even though reset wiped cache)
5. Installed .zip
6. Wiped cache again (could have probably waited until this step, but Grogg's instructions said to, and I must abide)
7. Restored Data from previous backup
8. Rebooted
Everything is set up exactly as it was before. Just thought I'd share what I did.

kypeth said:
whats the difference between your MOD and the APN unlock already built-in to a few ROMs, I see that you plainly elaborated the NO, they are not the same, but was unwilling to further distinguish them in the elegancia thread.
If happen to have a moment, I would greatly appreciate any information your willing to discuss on your own thread.
EDIT: Originally Posted by design12
I know that elegancia 3.0.0 has unlocked APN but is it it the same as this mod? http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1691633 This one supposedly patches hidden apns upon reboot for tethering... Just curious. Thanks
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that's the post that has prompted my curiosity.
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I will gladly discuss it here... Both Elegancia 3.0.0 and version B of my rom are using resources from 3.32.401.105 in order to achieve two functions:
1. Unlock APNs
2. Provide leedroid tweak compatibility
The only problem with this is the fact that they are no longer "true tmous builds". I refer to them as "franken-builds"... I have not gone through all the differences between framework-res, systemui, framework.jar, services.jar, etc... but I can tell you that certain small bugs have been reported with the xe build that others have reported as fixed in the official tmous version.
The APNs are written to apns.xml within the framework-res.apk. This is why we used XE components to unlock the APNs at first. You can distinguish what roms are built this way by the framework version:
TMOUS: 20120412.202737
XE: 20120321.232857
My unlocking mod is the stock TMOUS framework-res.apk, but it has the apns.xml from XE. This ensures that the rest of the rom stays in tact and that no bugs will be induced by mixed resources... I've also included this mod as an option during install on version A of my rom.

Jimmah555 said:
Alright here's what I did. Some info first:
6. Wiped cache again (could have probably waited until this step, but Grogg's instructions said to, and I must abide)
Everything is set up exactly as it was before. Just thought I'd share what I did.
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Ya, I had that line in the updater-script on my test version and forgot to remove it.

Does anybody else's bootloader get replaced with the shimmering android bootloader?

GuerillaTech said:
Does anybody else's bootloader get replaced with the shimmering android bootloader?
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That's because your bootanimation is in /data/local and when you perform a factory reset you wipe your /data partition...

Jimmah555 said:
Alright here's what I did. Some info first:
Elegancia 3.0.0 (TMOUS Version)
Stock kernel
Proper Firmware
1. Made a backup of the Data partition because I don't want to have to re-setup everything again
2. Placed the .zip on my SDCard
3. Reboot into recovery and performed Factory Reset
4. Wiped Dalvik/Cache (even though reset wiped cache)
5. Installed .zip
6. Wiped cache again (could have probably waited until this step, but Grogg's instructions said to, and I must abide)
7. Restored Data from previous backup
8. Rebooted
Everything is set up exactly as it was before. Just thought I'd share what I did.
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Just so everyone knows, Elegancia 3.0.0 already has the APN's unlocked. If you do this with the Stock Tmobile US rom and then restore your Data from the backup, it will put the locked APN's right back out there.

Paten said:
Just so everyone knows, Elegancia 3.0.0 already has the APN's unlocked. If you do this with the Stock Tmobile US rom and then restore your Data from the backup, it will put the locked APN's right back out there.
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Call me crazy, but the mod involved the system partition, not data.
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Paten said:
Just so everyone knows, Elegancia 3.0.0 already has the APN's unlocked.
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It's using the XE framework... It's not full TMOUS. This mod does not apply to it.
Jimmah555 said:
Call me crazy, but the mod involved the system partition, not data.
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OK, Hi crazy... This replaces the framework-res.apk in /system, but a factory reset must be performed for changes to take effect because the APNs are written to /data on first boot. If you shortcut and restore your data partition then you're just re-writing the original locked APNs...
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GROGG88 said:
OK, Hi crazy... This replaces the framework-res.apk in /system, but a factory reset must be performed for changes to take effect because the APNs are written to /data on first boot. If you shortcut and restore your data partition then you're just re-writing the original locked APNs...
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Never knew that. Thanks for the education dude!
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