Battery draining - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

Alright so I thought my battery was draining due to the backlight (it would show 40%-60% use), now it's it's doing it from the Android OS. All this happens even when I'm not using the phone and it's never done the Android OS thing before. Any suggestions or ideas on why it's doing it would be greatly appreciated
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What ROM & kernel are you using? Also, someone mentioned the BetterBatteryStats app can show you what, exactly, is using the battery. It's $2.89 in Google Play.

stephen_w said:
What ROM & kernel are you using? Also, someone mentioned the BetterBatteryStats app can show you what, exactly, is using the battery. It's $2.89 in Google Play.
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I'm using Erik's SCOM and bhuden's kernel (the new version)
Weird thing now it went to the display being used and I haven't used my phone since I posted this question. It went from 76% to 45% within that time frame
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stephen_w said:
What ROM & kernel are you using? Also, someone mentioned the BetterBatteryStats app can show you what, exactly, is using the battery. It's $2.89 in Google Play.
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Don't get it from google play!!! The app author made it free to xda users.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15869886#post15869886

Zombie138 said:
I'm using Erik's SCOM and bhuden's kernel (the new version)
Weird thing now it went to the display being used and I haven't used my phone since I posted this question. It went from 76% to 45% within that time frame
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Yeah, a few people are seeing the battery drain since installing Bryan's latest kernel. I have that issue, too. Bryan said in his kernel thread that it's beta & right now he's working on stability more so than anything else. I like this kernel as my phone had the random reboot issue. I'm ok with the battery drain trade-off for now. You could fall back to a previous version of the kernel & the battery issue should stop.

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Yeah, a few people are seeing the battery drain since installing Bryan's latest kernel. I have that issue, too. Bryan said in his kernel thread that it's beta & right now he's working on stability more so than anything else. I like this kernel as my phone had the random reboot issue. I'm ok with the battery drain trade-off for now. You could fall back to a previous version of the kernel & the battery issue should stop.
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Yea I haven't had a reboot yet since flashing it. Ugh damn custom stuff lol jk. At least that narrows it down, thank you tho for pointing that out and FB thanks for the link. I guess I'll just deal with it, now that I know where it's coming from
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Try going back to rc3 kernel as it does have bln working and if I read correctly doesn't have the fix that is causing the drain
if you ain't first you're last

erikmm said:
Try going back to rc3 kernel as it does have bln working and if I read correctly doesn't have the fix that is causing the drain
if you ain't first you're last
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I was looking for that one but I didn't find the link
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Zombie138 said:
I was looking for that one but I didn't find the link
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/teamacid/files/kernels/

FBis251 said:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/teamacid/files/kernels/
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Thanks fb
if you ain't first you're last

Thanks FB
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Alright so the rc3 seems to be better on the battery. Thanks guys for the help
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I've been having issues where google services is using 70% +. I've froze the aps in the service calendar sync, network location extra and now is slowly going down in percentage. I'm using valhala final, went from the newest kernel to rc 3 and modems kj6 to kd1, and now ki3.any thoughts?
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I'm down to 45% for google services.. What would be an extension of that service a kernel or modem to make it run so heavy?
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I had severe battery drain when I first put on the unnamed ROM. Seems like a fixall, but I did the Gremlin remover thing and the problem went away.

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Could use some suggestions.

I've used every rom on XDA and they're all great in their own way. I'm currently running the latest miui by whitehawkx. At first it was great but now I'm getting slow down and random loss of signal that only returns with a restart. I also have problems with the screen not turning back on properly. I press the lock button and the screen will light up like its about to turn on or it will flash the lockscreen for a second then go blank. Only fix is to relock then unlock again, quite a pain.
I'm looking for a daily rom that will get me at least 9 hours of battery life, is fast and responsive. Like I said, I've used all of the roms here but I don't want to go through the hassle of setting everything up for each rom and testing for multiple days to make a choice. Personal choices are welcome but please say why you like it.
On a side note, does anyone know why updates have pretty much stopped for all the roms our phone can use?
Thank you!
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wgrant said:
I've used every rom on XDA and they're all great in their own way. I'm currently running the latest miui by whitehawkx. At first it was great but now I'm getting slow down and random loss of signal that only returns with a restart. I also have problems with the screen not turning back on properly. I press the lock button and the screen will light up like its about to turn on or it will flash the lockscreen for a second then go blank. Only fix is to relock then unlock again, quite a pain.
I'm looking for a daily rom that will get me at least 9 hours of battery life, is fast and responsive. Like I said, I've used all of the roms here but I don't want to go through the hassle of setting everything up for each rom and testing for multiple days to make a choice. Personal choices are welcome but please say why you like it.
On a side note, does anyone know why updates have pretty much stopped for all the roms our phone can use?
Thank you!
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Try Weapon 3. I have been using it for a few weeks without any problems. Better battery life is accomplished with turning off GPS, Bluetooth and data when you're not using them. As well, don't run unnecessary apps and don't overclock.
Core Memory said:
Try Weapon 3. I have been using it for a few weeks without any problems. Better battery life is accomplished with turning off GPS, Bluetooth and data when you're not using them. As well, don't run unnecessary apps and don't overclock.
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Was actually in the process of downloading weapon. I can't shut data off since I need constant access to my email but otherwise I already do the other things. I've only been able to get about 10 max on my phone regardless of the rom, might have a bad battery.
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wgrant said:
Was actually in the process of downloading weapon. I can't shut data off since I need constant access to my email but otherwise I already do the other things. I've only been able to get about 10 max on my phone regardless of the rom, might have a bad battery.
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I used GiggleBread with Trinity kernel and got over 25 hours as a max. On average I'd be around 16-18 hours with that combo. Try that. And this is with moderate use.
Wtf is gigglebread? If its on xda then I stand corrected in my statement that Ive used all the roms.
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wgrant said:
Wtf is gigglebread? If its on xda then I stand corrected in my statement that Ive used all the roms.
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Haha I think he ment to say GingerLaugh but idk for sure... hmmm
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Wtf is gingerlaugh? Ok now I'm sure my previous statement was wrong....
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wgrant said:
Wtf is gigglebread? If its on xda then I stand corrected in my statement that Ive used all the roms.
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/6291-gig...-a-cylon-device/page__pid__151937#entry151937
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Latest cm7 nightly using faux .45 kernel is a winner, long battery life and stability.
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mackster248 said:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/6291-gig...-a-cylon-device/page__pid__151937#entry151937
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Thanks I saw that but hadn't used it, perhaps its time to give it a whirl.
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Battery dying fast

Im on Fb version of VB and its amazing. Only problem dies so fast, 6hrs and a full charge is gone. Any suggestions on how to fun this??
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It's because it utilizes Bryan's SMS KJ6 RC3 kernel. It's a known "issue" with that kernel. A couple of previous versions of that kernel had a random reboot issue. Unfortunately the "fix" (doesn't really fix the crux of the issue per Bryan but rather prevents the issue from occurring) causes the battery drain.
Iirc, it's not rc 3 that drains the battery.. That was 0.2.0 - rc3 still has potential reboots.
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You are correct, sir. My bad
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Oh okay. Well thanks for the quick reply. But I think ima go back to icbinb.
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Oh okay. Well thanks for the quick reply. But I think ima go back to icbinb.
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Unless you use BLN, I'd say going back to icbinb is probably a good idea for stability and great battery life.
It sounds more like something else is going on. I'm on FB's build also, w/ the same modem and kernel but my battery lasts just fine. So it isn't the rom or the kernel.
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P06o said:
It sounds more like something else is going on. I'm on FB's build also, w/ the same modem and kernel but my battery lasts just fine. So it isn't the rom or the kernel.
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Also try fix permissions in recovery.
Yup. Working on it. It's a pita...
(rather... there are some kernel issues, and some rom issues.)
Ok, so it's the rom and the kernel. I stand corrected
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Linaro supercharged CM9 Q&A

Remember to thank dao for his wonderful work
Congrats dao and team on another fine piece of work!
As soon as anyone knows the battery life post it here please! Thanks Dao
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Did you update to the latest heffe kernel in build 2?
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the GAPP 2 that solrac uploaded keep giving me failed when installing
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the GAPP 2 that solrac uploaded keep giving me failed when installing
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Check md5. Mine flashed fine. Try redownloading and reflashing.
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got it working by usb connecting thru phone from system. maybe failed because i did it thru TWRP in the beginning
it is somewhat faster than the other ICS builds. What has to be done to get it up to full Linaro speed? Is that waiting on a real ICS kernel?
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it is somewhat faster than the other ICS builds. What has to be done to get it up to full Linaro speed? Is that waiting on a real ICS kernel?
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Yes
lonoguge said:
As soon as anyone knows the battery life post it here please! Thanks Dao
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OK. First full day of battery life, starting at 100%, not yet soaked in. I have gotten 14 hrs of heavy use and 2hrs+ screen on time and still have 15% remaining. This is about 1-2 more hours than i was getting on a couple of other ICS ROMs. I will come back in with an edit if i stick with this ROM long enough to let it soak.
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OK. First full day of battery life, starting at 100%, not yet soaked in. I have gotten 14 hrs of heavy use and 2hrs+ screen on time and still have 15% remaining. This is about 1-2 more hours than i was getting on a couple of other ICS ROMs. I will come back in with an edit if i stick with this ROM long enough to let it soak.
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Thanks dude! Battery life is pretty good for ics but I think I'll wait for a few more updates before I make it a daily driver
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GPS doesn't work for me. The little GPS thing never shows up on the status bar
misteriro said:
GPS doesn't work for me. The little GPS thing never shows up on the status bar
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Make sure internal GPS is checked under location settings and GPS source
brandonc0526 said:
Make sure internal GPS is checked under location settings and GPS source
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I tried doing that and then rebooting too. No luck :/
I still prefer codename. It seems to run fast even though it benchmarks as slower than the other ics roms.
I also tried the second testing build, and the GPS doesn't work there either. :/
Apollo
What happened to apollo music player?
is there a way to have portable hotspot to work? it wouldnt connect with my Gtab 10.1
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is there a way to have portable hotspot to work? it wouldnt connect with my Gtab 10.1
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If that is one of CM9's bug, then I can't help but if isnt (flash CM9 and test before saying that it doesnt work on CM9 either) then I'll look onto it few days later cause I wont have my glxs4g for the next few days ...or anyone can help me fix it then would be appreciate
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If that is one of CM9's bug, then I can't help but if isnt (flash CM9 and test before saying that it doesnt work on CM9 either) then I'll look onto it few days later cause I wont have my glxs4g for the next few days ...or anyone can help me fix it then would be appreciate
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Dao i think he was asking how, not saying that it doesn't work to the guy Dao was responding to, go into "more" under wireless and networks and go to portable hotspot

[MOD, ICS] Incredible battery life for ICS ROMs

Hi Guys
Well, after witnessing incredible battery life on latest HebMIUI (mostly taken from Pimp My ROM and Adrenaline Injector), I decided to make a flashable for the rest of the ICS ROMs we have here.
I must say I also use the LB6 modem which is known to give good battery life, so you are advised to install it too, but, it's your call.
I also add here AutomateIt app, which lets you decide what the device will do for certain events (open/close wifi/3G/4G/screen/charge etc.) which you can utilize to save battery life.
links to modem & sources:
SGH-T959W LB6 modem
HebMIUI ROM
PimpMyROM
Adrenaline Injector
AutomateIt
I take no responsibility for any damage claimed.
Tested on MIUI, AOKP.
Make a nandroid backup and flash it via CWM/TWRP.
Let it soak in for 1-2 days and let me know what you think.
Does this include the build.prop changes of hebmiui?
Yes. ROM name was set to Batt_MOD instead.
Installed on Remics without any issues. Will report back on the battery life in a few days.
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Installed on aokp, on boot I get a process is not responding. After that it is fine and so far great battery usage.
i'll try it later.
Currently (CM9 latest rel), Sitting on a desk with full 4G on a 2300 mAh battery, I get about 2-3 days of usage. Plus a few calls and texts.
At school in and out of e, 4g, and deadzone, I get down to ~65%. Then I need to reboot to stabilize or else it will continue to drain at the rate and I'll be dead by the end of the day.
LB6 did nothing for my battery life but I was getting incredibly slow data, so I reverted to KJ4.
I am thinking of padding KC1 and trying it.
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Installed on aokp, on boot I get a process is not responding. After that it is fine and so far great battery usage.
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Yeah, I also experienced a freezing boot right after flashing on AOKP, but it happens only once & then everything is fine on next reboots.
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Has anyone figured out how to not make the phones battery drain overnight? For me if I leave it unplugged overnight it goes down around 20-30%. I've heard that you can use the app setcpu to underclock the phone when the screen is off. Has anyone ever tried this with our phone?
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Hi Pisher
AutomateIt is exactly for this cause. You can set it to close wifi when screen is off on a specific late hour and open when morning comes for example...
Just saw this one as well -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980889
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Has anyone figured out how to not make the phones battery drain overnight? For me if I leave it unplugged overnight it goes down around 20-30%. I've heard that you can use the app setcpu to underclock the phone when the screen is off. Has anyone ever tried this with our phone?
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Yes, SetCPU has wonderful profile modes!
You'll never regret buying SetCPU!
Installing lightening zap kernel will revert tweaks offered here. Please consider my previous post suggestions.
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itzik2sh said:
Installing lightening zap kernel will revert tweaks offered here. Please consider my previous post suggestions.
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Oops sorry, :3 post edited
Your phone should be *sleeping* most of the time when you're not using it. CPU speed is irrelevant when sleeping. BBS is the best tool for figuring out why it isn't sleeping.
You might also look at Better WiFi On/Off.
Posted from my SGS4G, thanks to Team Acid development
What is bbs?
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BetterBatteryStats. Its free for xda members but I highly recommend supporting the dev. BBS is awesome
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BetterBatteryStats
I tried delete my post.
How? ?????
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What is bbs?
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Yes, SetCPU has wonderful profile modes!
You'll never regret buying SetCPU!
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Wait till you get another phone that runs a kernel that doesn't support it. Lol. I still endorse system tuner. Way more bang for the buck.
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Getting off topic
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hm, After I flashed this, whenever I tap on the "(i)" in the news and weather app that
comes with CM9 to see the temperatures for the day, it gives me a message that the
app stopped working and closes..
It might not have to do with this battery mod, but I am trying a process of elimination to pinpoint the culprit..
Would you confirm please if the News & Weather app works after you tap "(i)" in the top right corner?
Thanks..
Edit: I forgot to mention that I tried fixing permission, clearing cache & dalvik cache, but same results..
Hi
the only relevance to this app could be from the system\etc\init.d\S70darky_zipalign script.
Try with and without it and see if it helps.

Kernal update

I m now on samsung infuse i997 with beanstalk 4.3.1015 by skott but phone battery draining problem is there and also a slow processing is also there. I m on 2.6 kernal.can kernal update help to increase battery life and cpu performance?
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sachinppatel16 said:
I m now on samsung infuse i997 with beanstalk 4.3.1015 by skott but phone battery draining problem is there and also a slow processing is also there. I m on 2.6 kernal.can kernal update help to increase battery life and cpu performance?
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That's a negative, Ghost Rider.
What you're using is your only option.
So any other way to increase battery life and cpu performance?
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sachinppatel16 said:
So any other way to increase battery life and cpu performance?
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This is what you need
Default Maintenance Build
After talking with Scott about some Infuse issues there was only one memory related change between 4.2.2 and 4.3.x. I was advised to remove this change and rebuild and test. Myself and a couple others have been running this build for the last few days and it seems to me that there is definitely an improvement.
BeanStalk-4.3.1015-20131104-infuse4g.zip - 177.07 MB
There are no new Beanstalk features in this build, it is basically the same one you are running now with the one memory related change but I would still do a full wipe before flashing.
Thanks to Scott for the advice, don't forget to show your love to scott.hart.bti and donate to his diaper fund.
.....almost forgot, I put CWM v6.0.4.4 in this build
-Vaughn
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This is a fix for the battery and performance issues. Click the link in the quote. Recommended full wipe. You can thank Vaughn aka rwaterspf1
Sry to say this but i have downloaded the package that you mentioned in above message and now using this.but basic problem is 1)it takes around 3 hour to fully charge when data network is off and it drains 15-20% prr hour in ideal condition.
2) keyboard crash happens
3) sometime back button cant work.i have to switch off and on the phone.
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Then you did something wrong.
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sachinppatel16 said:
Sry to say this but i have downloaded the package that you mentioned in above message and now using this.but basic problem is 1)it takes around 3 hour to fully charge when data network is off and it drains 15-20% prr hour in ideal condition.
2) keyboard crash happens
3) sometime back button cant work.i have to switch off and on the phone.
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You have posted this exact thing in at least 3 threads! Pretty annoying. Especially when you are posting the same thing but in regards to different ROMs!
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i have mentioned above three problem in 4.3.1015 rom ri8..
1st i mentioned on main page of 4.3.1015 where all are discussing about bugs or difficultues that they have found so i mentioned there.
2nd tyme someone gave me a link for tge same rom for better battery life and lag free package so i reply him same thing
and 3rd time by mistake i have pasted that commnet i also confess for that its my mistake..
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