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[Q] Infuse Bricked even after GTG method!

Hey guys so what happened was that I was trying to root my phone through Gingerbread and Odin (as my infuse is Rogers). But I forgot to put in a SD card so now my phone is stuck in reboot loop! I have tried everything you guys have mentioned online! I cleared the user data but no avail. I inserted a SD card, even put on the SGHI997 rom, inserted the folders voodoo and disable-lagfix and still didnt work. I tried unbricking it via GTG but instead my rogers is gone and now I have AT&T and still in a loop! HELP!

Did you look at this post to see if it helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205381

yup i did. It was the GTG process i mentioned that i tired before. the bootlooping has stopped but know is stuck on the samsung screen :S i left at the screen for 30 mins now still nothing. i cant even enter recovery mode anymore

u can not get into download mode??

yeah i still can

Were you able Odin back to stock?

not really, these are the results of odin:
GTG odin process: stuck at samsung screen. Cannot enter recovery mode.
Gingerbread process: goes to clockwordmod recovery (red txt). I wipe sd, wipe data/factory reset, enters bootloop. However can enter recovery mode.
Rogers stock: goes to andriod recovery mode (blue txt). I wipe sd, wipe data/factory reset, enters bootloop. However can enter recovery mode.
so no phone does not go back normal functioning self

sharkray said:
not really, these are the results of odin:
GTG odin process: stuck at samsung screen. Cannot enter recovery mode.
Gingerbread process: goes to clockwordmod recovery (red txt). I wipe sd, wipe data/factory reset, enters bootloop. However can enter recovery mode.
Rogers stock: goes to andriod recovery mode (blue txt). I wipe sd, wipe data/factory reset, enters bootloop. However can enter recovery mode.
so no phone does not go back normal functioning self
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What Rom were using?
Try checking repartion when you use Odin.

Corvette Dave said:
What Rom were using?
Try checking repartion when you use Odin.
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From recovery you should be able to get to download.
Try this link with the option to get root & 3e recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
It sounds like you do not have modified 3e installed so it will check for sig?
from there if you install packages 2X you can get to CWM and flash what you will.....
EDIT: Sorry, I see you are able to get to CWM
can you not put a new rom on the SD and flash it? Or start over again with a fresh stock in case there was a glitch in the first install?

I am in the same situation and have the same problem too, i"ve looked lots of post and tried different method,,
even GTG's method it still in boot loop!!!!T^T
can anyone help

Corvette Dave said:
What Rom were using?
Try checking repartion when you use Odin.
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Hey when you say rom is assume you mean pda kernal files that come with odin and such? Then those would be PDA_ROGERS_UXKG3.tar.md5, PDA_Infuse_Gingerbread.tar.md5, the files the come in GTG unbrick.
I have also did repartion, but it did nothing.
I you mean rom by the SGHI997 rom i tried that too
Edit: Okay so I have been searching online and discovered you need put the room onto the internal sd card. But i dont see how i can do that considering my phone goes to recovery mode straight away
SNadler said:
From recovery you should be able to get to download.
Try this link with the option to get root & 3e recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
It sounds like you do not have modified 3e installed so it will check for sig?
from there if you install packages 2X you can get to CWM and flash what you will.....
EDIT: Sorry, I see you are able to get to CWM
can you not put a new rom on the SD and flash it? Or start over again with a fresh stock in case there was a glitch in the first install?
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Okay so I have been searching online and discovered you need put the room onto the internal sd card. But i dont see how i can do that considering my phone goes to recovery mode straight away. Even using odin to flash a fresh stock gives same problem

I'd like to bring the UnBrickable mod to this platform which will allow us to flash bootloaders to UnBrickably modded devices.. and seriously mod the crap out of the firmware... If you decide to turn it in for repair, consider PMing me so I can do some reverse engineering on it and then you can turn it in for not being able to turn on
Your device likey requires a PIT flash just so you know.

sharkray said:
Okay so I have been searching online and discovered you need put the room onto the internal sd card. But i dont see how i can do that considering my phone goes to recovery mode straight away. Even using odin to flash a fresh stock gives same problem
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In CWM (red) under "mounts and Storage, select "Mount USB". Of course you are connect to your computer when you do this and in windows an external drive should become available. Place the zip file on the root of that drive.
Once copied, disconnect from windows first then unmout in CWM. from here you can go directly to and install from zip.
Hope that makes sense.
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hey i tired what you said. i did a few times nothing came. then on my 4th try the driver showed up on my computer but it said 'please insert drive.' i reset and tried again the drive didnt show up

Remove the sim card and try again. Also,you can always copy a rom to an sdcard and install that in your Infuse.
Cranky...

hey i tried what you said but same result. i cant put on rom on because they mass storage does not show on my pc :S after the odd time of resetting and entering recovery mode, it connects but it says 'insert drive'

follow this link,, i recoverd my infuse 4G using this rom!!!!!!!
THX GTG very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193927

AdamOutler said:
I'd like to bring the UnBrickable mod to this platform which will allow us to flash bootloaders to UnBrickably modded devices.. and seriously mod the crap out of the firmware... If you decide to turn it in for repair, consider PMing me so I can do some reverse engineering on it and then you can turn it in for not being able to turn on
Your device likey requires a PIT flash just so you know.
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yes try a pit flash with repartition selected, it might fix it. theses types of bricks have been rare on the infuse and many people dont have experience with them. the available pit is packaged with the att ultimate unbrick but you should probably use it with the rogers odin firmware.

001100 said:
follow this link,, i recoverd my infuse 4G using this rom!!!!!!!
THX GTG very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193927
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OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG YOU ROCK!!!! DUDE! IT works fine and its rooted! Thank you so much!
And thank you everyone else for taking the time to help me out and which ever way you could! This forum is pretty awesome thanks guys!

sharkray said:
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG YOU ROCK!!!! DUDE! IT works fine and its rooted! Thank you so much!
And thank you everyone else for taking the time to help me out and which ever way you could! This forum is pretty awesome thanks guys!
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Sorry it took so long. I'll try to get in touch with GTG to make sure that his unbrick threads are more clear as to which device they are appropriate for.
UCKD5/E3 unbricks will only work on AT&T Infuses
UXKG3 will only work on Rogers Infuses
Custom Gingerbread ROMs will work on both, but there are no Odin-flashable packages for these.

[Q]Get into recovery but freeze on boot. 2+ hours searching

I've looked for 2hours and cant find an answer to my problem seen bricks where it wouldnt turn on at all or diff soft bricks but nothing quite like mine. If some one can help me out I'd be a nice guy and pay pal them a few beers
Today got a new Nexus S 4G. Rooted it with OneClickRoot from here
downloaded rom manager and updated recovery to version 5.0.2(I think)
did a back up
Then installed [NS4G] gingerbread-deck rom from here
it had no market app and a few others missing so I decided to go back to original until I found something else.
Stupid me thought you held down vol + power to get into bootloader as on other phones I've had in the past so when it wouldnt get me in I stupidly(again :/) ran the oneClick method my thinking being it would gain me temp root access to recovery well it downgraded recovery back to 3.0.2.4 and when I went to restore my back up it skipped a few things saying "system.img,data.img and cache.img not found" then restore complete.
So phone hung during boot with that so I then went to reinstall the deck rom thinking i could send a new rom to the phones storage via USB with that and get back to recovery now that i knew vol up + power would get me into bootloader.
trying that gave a variety of errors the last saying
E:Error in /sdcard/rom.zip
status 7
installation aborted
so i can get into boot loader and recovery but that is it
Any help is greatly appreciated

Definitely not as bad as you think it is.
Have a working fastboot setup on your computer.
Use fastboot to flash the latest CWM recovery (5.0.2.0) instead of ages old 3.0.2.4
From there flash any custom ROM.
Read this to learn how to use fastboot
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot
Get the latest CWM recovery from your phone here
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
Read this to learn about the mount function of CWM recovery and get a ROM on your memory even if you don't have a ROM installed
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...-and-how-to-use-it-on-android-complete-guide/

Tried going into Mount/Unmount and selecting Mount USB Storage but Under windows 7 I get no drive to transfer things to.
Thanks for the other tips I'll read up on those.

mysongranhills said:
Tried going into Mount/Unmount and selecting Mount USB Storage but Under windows 7 I get no drive to transfer things to.
Thanks for the other tips I'll read up on those.
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You just need to do mount USB storage. Then unplug and replug your phone to make it detect. That will mount your internal memory used as SD card.

Tried that. it still won't pull up under My computer. Maybe after I update clcok work???
I'll try. Thanks!

[Q] ClockworkMod 5.8.1.8 doesn't see sdcard

Hi!
I'm im trouble. I've bricked my TF101 in very dumb way: I've locked it between "blind" CWM and broken OS.
Short history:
I tried to install Android Revolution HD.
To do that I installer some CWM by using OneclickrecoveryV0.4. It installed OK with no problem.
So I took Revolution HD Super Wipe Full zip, copied it to card, put it to sd card, volume down, volume up... So I flashed it.
But pad didn't boot. It remains on Asus logo boot screen.
OK, I'm smart, I decided to flash "correct" CWM. ClockworkMod Recovery 3.2.0.1 by Roach2010. So I chose Touch Recovery v5.8.1.8. Why?Because when you click on that link, you find two options: Touch Recovery v5.8.1.8 and ClockworkMod Recovery v5.5.0.4 roach-tf101-r2. And somehow I decided that touch version is better for me. =)
After I installed that, I received ClockworkMod 5.8.1.8. But it doesn't see my card. It see *some* sdcard. I can even fomat it from menu. I can copy error log there. I see a folder named "clockworkmod" on that sdcard. But it is not the real external card.
So I'm stuck with not booting OS and CWM not reading /sdcard.
Any advise?

Use Nvflash to flash stock ICS again and start from there. Check in the stickies around the thread and you should know where to go. Of course you would need a PC to revive your TF101.

Once you get it back to life, instead of using CWM try installing goo manager from the play store, and install TWRP recovery. I've found from reading several different posts that TWRP plays a little better with the TF101 then it does with the CWM.
Once you get TWRP installed and it can see your external card, make a FULL back up to the sd card, or a Spare sd card like I do, so that when (no longer if) I goof something up, I can swap out and reinstall from last known good configuration. I also keep a copy of the sd card on both my home and work computers, just in case.
I'm not 100% nailed down on exactly what it is with CWM and the TF101 not wanting to play nicely in the sandbox together, but there are several at length posts about it. Of course I tried the same thing that you did, and got hosed for an hour or so while I read the posts. And above all, DO NOT use ROM Manager, if you think this is bad wait until you try that one.

Thanks farsight73, thanks MasterDecker!
But I did mistake describing a problem... Device is TF101G, so nvflash is not a solution AFAIK. Serial is B80.
It doesnt boot to ADB, but boots to NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery device and to ASUS Android MTP Device though.
I'll search more for solution on forum, but still any advice =) is gratefully accepted.
Thanks.

[Q] 4ext recovery error causes reboot?

I just wanted to install the clockmod recovery in order to flash a new rom. (My phone wont download anything I thought the version is too old)
Since my phone was rooted, I just went straight to download the 4 ext recovery and installed it as the video showed on Youtube.
everything was OK until the very last step, which is restarting the phone and get into to boot loader? I forgot to uncheck the fast boot, so repeated to run 4ext and restart the phone many times. after unckecked the the fastboot first time, I successfully got into the boot loader but it didn't allow me to make the recovery there is only one option, (hit the power to something I cant remember) so nothing changed this time. Then I repeated it once more, this time it turns out two option, to update or not, then I hit the update, finally it shows me to hit power to reboot.. everything in my phone is gone now except the rom manager and super user apps.
But everything in sd card is still there, just the phone couldnt recognized the card now....
What can I do now???

you could try taking loading your sd card to a computer, copy everything off and reformat and try. You try to load another ROM. What happens if you start the phone without a SD Card in the phone?

Duffmantp said:
you could try taking loading your sd card to a computer, copy everything off and reformat and try. You try to load another ROM. What happens if you start the phone without a SD Card in the phone?
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You meant to reformat my sdcard then flash the new rom? But I still need to install the 4ext recovery before flashing the new rom, right?

Yes you could do that, you guy try using Clock work mod. Works the same way, minus the touch feature. The only reason i say reformat your sd card is because you said it was not being recognized by the phone.
What happens if you power up your phone with no sd card installed?

Duffmantp said:
Yes you could do that, you guy try using Clock work mod. Works the same way, minus the touch feature. The only reason i say reformat your sd card is because you said it was not being recognized by the phone.
What happens if you power up your phone with no sd card installed?
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Nothing happened when I uninstalled the sdcard, but when I reinstalled it and powered up, it did show preparing the sd card on top...
But all the old apps and contacts are still missing, did I just wipe them all??? Is there anyway to recover them??

If I did wipe everything, how come it doesn't change anything when I open the "removable disk" in my computer

if you are using a Google account. then you just have to resync your account and you will get your contacts back. The apps are gone and will have to be redownloaded unless you made a backup. Like coping the sd card contents to your computer and then putting them back on your card. If you redownload the apps, your data should still be there to use.

dylan5188 said:
I just wanted to install the clockmod recovery in order to flash a new rom. (My phone wont download anything I thought the version is too old)
Since my phone was rooted, I just went straight to download the 4 ext recovery and installed it as the video showed on Youtube.
everything was OK until the very last step, which is restarting the phone and get into to boot loader? I forgot to uncheck the fast boot, so repeated to run 4ext and restart the phone many times. after unckecked the the fastboot first time, I successfully got into the boot loader but it didn't allow me to make the recovery there is only one option, (hit the power to something I cant remember) so nothing changed this time. Then I repeated it once more, this time it turns out two option, to update or not, then I hit the update, finally it shows me to hit power to reboot.. everything in my phone is gone now except the rom manager and super user apps.
But everything in sd card is still there, just the phone couldnt recognized the card now....
What can I do now???
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I'm confused. You wanted CWM so you installed 4ext? Step by step, exactly what did you do?

Duffmantp said:
if you are using a Google account. then you just have to resync your account and you will get your contacts back. The apps are gone and will have to be redownloaded unless you made a backup. Like coping the sd card contents to your computer and then putting them back on your card. If you redownload the apps, your data should still be there to use.
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I'll try that, thanks, but for now, I still want to flash a new rom. How can I do that if I cant install the clockworkmod recovery?

bananagranola said:
I'm confused. You wanted CWM so you installed 4ext? Step by step, exactly what did you do?
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Sry being a noob, isn't 4ext a CWM software? I just follow a guy who made a tutorial to install codefireX Builds rom on youtube, he said before flash the rom, I need to root my phone which I already did, and install clockwork recovery mod, which 4ext is good for it.

dylan5188 said:
Sry being a noob, isn't 4ext a CWM software? I just follow a guy who made a tutorial to install codefireX Builds rom on youtube, he said before flash the rom, I need to root my phone which I already did, and install clockwork recovery mod, which 4ext is good for it.
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1. CWM and 4ext are both recoveries. Though 4ext was based on CWM at some point, they are separate recoveries.
2. What, exactly, step by step, did this video have you do?
3. For future reference, I don't advise using videos. They can be outdated and/or just plain inaccurate, and fewer people view them, so problems aren't pointed out as quickly.

dylan5188 said:
I just wanted to install the clockmod recovery in order to flash a new rom. (My phone wont download anything I thought the version is too old)
Since my phone was rooted, I just went straight to download the 4 ext recovery and installed it as the video showed on Youtube.
everything was OK until the very last step, which is restarting the phone and get into to boot loader? I forgot to uncheck the fast boot, so repeated to run 4ext and restart the phone many times. after unckecked the the fastboot first time, I successfully got into the boot loader but it didn't allow me to make the recovery there is only one option, (hit the power to something I cant remember) so nothing changed this time. Then I repeated it once more, this time it turns out two option, to update or not, then I hit the update, finally it shows me to hit power to reboot.. everything in my phone is gone now except the rom manager and super user apps.
But everything in sd card is still there, just the phone couldnt recognized the card now....
What can I do now???
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Where is the file that you wanted to flashed?? how were you trying to flash CWM? What for? 4ext is a custom recovery as CWM, so you just needed to flash a custom rom from there...

bananagranola said:
1. CWM and 4ext are both recoveries. Though 4ext was based on CWM at some point, they are separate recoveries.
2. What, exactly, step by step, did this video have you do?
3. For future reference, I don't advise using videos. They can be outdated and/or just plain inaccurate, and fewer people view them, so problems aren't pointed out as quickly.
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I just downloaded the 4ext free version and installed it, after that, it told me to enter the hboot (press volume down and power button), which caused my problem. It supposed to have the option to hit the recovery button, but mine just require me to update and reboot... After reboot, everything was wiped...
I just thought video was more convenient.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih5orslc-4M

glevitan said:
Where is the file that you wanted to flashed?? how were you trying to flash CWM? What for? 4ext is a custom recovery as CWM, so you just needed to flash a custom rom from there...
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this is the video I was watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFTPMr0v_A
He said I need to root and install recovery before flash the rom, so I was just trying to install the recovery.

Sorry, man, but I'm not going to sit through a video...exactly what did you do and where did you get the files?

dylan5188 said:
I just wanted to install the clockmod recovery in order to flash a new rom. (My phone wont download anything I thought the version is too old)
Since my phone was rooted, I just went straight to download the 4 ext recovery and installed it as the video showed on Youtube.
everything was OK until the very last step, which is restarting the phone and get into to boot loader? I forgot to uncheck the fast boot, so repeated to run 4ext and restart the phone many times. after unckecked the the fastboot first time, I successfully got into the boot loader but it didn't allow me to make the recovery there is only one option, (hit the power to something I cant remember) so nothing changed this time. Then I repeated it once more, this time it turns out two option, to update or not, then I hit the update, finally it shows me to hit power to reboot.. everything in my phone is gone now except the rom manager and super user apps.
But everything in sd card is still there, just the phone couldnt recognized the card now....
What can I do now???
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Hmm.. best bet would be adb fastboot.
Download the 4ext recovery image (not sure where to get the .IMG file but google and you'll find it =})
Then rename it recovery.IMG and put it where your adb.exe is (C:\Windows\System32 if you used Advance Ace Hack Kit)
Then type adb adb flash recovery recovery.IMG and it should flash 4ext
Then put a Rom on the SD Card and flash it using 4EXT =)
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dylan5188 said:
this is the video I was watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFTPMr0v_A
He said I need to root and install recovery before flash the rom, so I was just trying to install the recovery.
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Are you S-OFF, do you have recovery installed? CWM or 4ext are just the same to flash a rom as long you have a recovery installed. To flash a partition you need to be whether S-OFF or have the bootloader unlocked....what situation is yours?
Let me tell you something that I share with MissB up there...that video sucks..there are lots of GOOD tutorials on how to flash a rom, but of course you need to read first...if not just ask the guy who did the video. Flashing and hacking is not for the lazy ones.

Not sure what to do [P3113]

Hello,
I'm in need of some help. My little brother attempted to root and flash the tablet I gave him but he went wrong somewhere and we're unsure about how to fix it. He said he followed the guides here well but failed when he attempted to install the zip file (Something about a red X on the Android figure) it wouldn't allow him to. Currently the tablet only boots up in ClockworkMod Recovery and we can't seem to get Odin to install older Firmware since it won't recognize the tablet since it only reboots into the recovery screen or copy the file onto the external Sd since the computer won't recognize it as well.

Peterh2 said:
Hello,
I'm in need of some help. My little brother attempted to root and flash the tablet I gave him but he went wrong somewhere and we're unsure about how to fix it. He said he followed the guides here well but failed when he attempted to install the zip file (Something about a red X on the Android figure) it wouldn't allow him to. Currently the tablet only boots up in ClockworkMod Recovery and we can't seem to get Odin to install older Firmware since it won't recognize the tablet since it only reboots into the recovery screen or copy the file onto the external Sd since the computer won't recognize it as well.
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Did he make a backup in cwm first? Try booting into recovery and selecting reboot and then download mode (Odin mode.) If that works, you can flash to stock jelly bean through Odin.
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something to try !
Peterh2 said:
Hello,
I'm in need of some help. My little brother attempted to root and flash the tablet I gave him but he went wrong somewhere and we're unsure about how to fix it. He said he followed the guides here well but failed when he attempted to install the zip file (Something about a red X on the Android figure) it wouldn't allow him to. Currently the tablet only boots up in ClockworkMod Recovery and we can't seem to get Odin to install older Firmware since it won't recognize the tablet since it only reboots into the recovery screen or copy the file onto the external Sd since the computer won't recognize it as well.
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Try to take the SD card out and load software with pc directly to sd card (use an adapter if don't have a micro sd card slot , purchased with a micro sd card if necessary as any will work)

Peterh2 said:
Hello,
I'm in need of some help. My little brother attempted to root and flash the tablet I gave him but he went wrong somewhere and we're unsure about how to fix it. He said he followed the guides here well but failed when he attempted to install the zip file (Something about a red X on the Android figure) it wouldn't allow him to. Currently the tablet only boots up in ClockworkMod Recovery and we can't seem to get Odin to install older Firmware since it won't recognize the tablet since it only reboots into the recovery screen or copy the file onto the external Sd since the computer won't recognize it as well.
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To enter the bootloader use Power + Volume Up
Then Odin should detect your device

Have you tried "factory reset" in recovery yet? Also as @rap3rman said you have to boot into DL mode before Odin will work. Try looking in tthe development section at the sticky posts for the everything thread and find a guide to help you along. 2 min of searching and you can find all kinds of good stuff here.
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