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[Q]How to root after unroot

Hello all,
I needed to unroot my sensation to send it for repairs. This evening i got it back, but now how to root it again. I need to get it S-OFF again
***LOCKED***
Pyramid PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBoot-1.27.0000
eMMC-Boot
Is what my screen is saying, hope you guys can help me since i tried Controlbear, wire trick, but keep giving me the error 66732337.
Could you guys please provide a link on how-to?
UPDATE
Managed to S-OFF it via the wiretrick, flashed recovery. But now a other problem. Its seem my phone doesnt recognize my SD card anymore, cant format it in recovery either.
Any ideas?
Thanks

I had a similar problem
Oyoyewii said:
Managed to S-OFF it via the wiretrick, flashed recovery. But now a other problem. Its seem my phone doesnt recognize my SD card anymore, cant format it in recovery either.
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I had a similar problem, although I did not S-Off my phone (I avoid doing this, as it completely voids my warrenty)
It appeared to be a software issue in the ROM I had installed, I made an attempt to give my SD card a new format, what appeared to happen in my case is the media would unmount, the partition table would be deleted, the phone would attempt to mount the media again without the partition table and simply give up
I solved this by inserting my SD card into another phone and that would give the SD card its format, works fine now
I hope this helps, if you don't have aother phone put the new format on the SD card I believe 4EXT and CWM recovery both have options for you to do so

Oyoyewii said:
Hello all,
I needed to unroot my sensation to send it for repairs. This evening i got it back, but now how to root it again. I need to get it S-OFF again
***LOCKED***
Pyramid PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBoot-1.27.0000
eMMC-Boot
Is what my screen is saying, hope you guys can help me since i tried Controlbear, wire trick, but keep giving me the error 66732337.
Could you guys please provide a link on how-to?
UPDATE
Managed to S-OFF it via the wiretrick, flashed recovery. But now a other problem. Its seem my phone doesnt recognize my SD card anymore, cant format it in recovery either.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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You need to format sdcard..
The method is this way
1.flash 4EXT recovery
2.connect your phone with sdcard to pc
From recovery
3.then toggle usb storage.. In 4ext recovery
4.a pop up appears on your pc to format the sdcard.. Format it and enjoy (fat32)
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium

ganeshp said:
You need to format sdcard..
The method is this way
1.flash 4EXT recovery
2.connect your phone with sdcard to pc
From recovery
3.then toggle usb storage.. In 4ext recovery
4.a pop up appears on your pc to format the sdcard.. Format it and enjoy (fat32)
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium
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Is there any reason you prefer this method? This may sound rather presumptuous but from personal experience it is best to do this away from Windows as Microsoft don't provide full documentation for all their products

stephen.cameron said:
Is there any reason you prefer this method? This may sound rather presumptuous but from personal experience it is best to do this away from Windows as Microsoft don't provide full documentation for all their products
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n particular reason ..that way SD-card is identified pretty easily thats all
and if 4EXT identifies the sdcard formatting it there itself will do too
actually there is a better tool .. SD Formatter (windows one) and it works perfectly well ..it uses algorithms optimized for sdcards rather than generic ones

Problem solved
I flashed recovery. Now i partitioned my SD card via recovery 2gb to 0 (not sure if thats correct tho) Rebooted and it now recognizes my SD card again.
Now trying to flash a ROM.
*UPDATE*
Flashed a ROM and up and running, all is working well again. Thanks for the help!

[Q] [HTC One S][S3] Urgent Help Needed

Hey All,
I recently tried rooting my HTC One S (s3) and have had a few problems.
1. Unlocked bootloader successfully, flashed TWRP 2.3.1.0 successfully but won't mount to USB or won't mount sdcard or storage when I try and flash a ROM.
E:Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E:Unable to mount 'storage'
Or when I mount USB my computer's asking to format the device.
2. I lost my OS (I had Android 4.0.3 and Sense 4.0) and pretty much can't use my phone as a phone. Tried looking for the right RUU but none of them fit my device.
VILLEC2 PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.09.0001
RADIO-16.05.20.24_M
OpenDSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
CID is OPTUS001 and I'm not sure what country my phone is (I live in Australia).
If anyone has any way to help please reply.

thecyancow said:
Hey All,
I recently tried rooting my HTC One S (s3) and have had a few problems.
1. Unlocked bootloader successfully, flashed TWRP 2.3.1.0 successfully but won't mount to USB or won't mount sdcard or storage when I try and flash a ROM.
E:Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E:Unable to mount 'storage'
Or when I mount USB my computer's asking to format the device.
2. I lost my OS (I had Android 4.0.3 and Sense 4.0) and pretty much can't use my phone as a phone. Tried looking for the right RUU but none of them fit my device.
VILLEC2 PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.09.0001
RADIO-16.05.20.24_M
OpenDSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
CID is OPTUS001 and I'm not sure what country my phone is (I live in Australia).
If anyone has any way to help please reply.
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Did you install the S3 version of TWRP? If you have and didn't get to flash a rom then you need to flash stock recovery then factory reset in bootloader.

Darknites said:
Did you install the S3 version of TWRP? If you have and didn't get to flash a rom then you need to flash stock recovery then factory reset in bootloader.
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Yes I do have the S3 version but I can't flash any ROM plus I don't have the stock one.

Half Done
I managed to flash the stock rom, now what?

thecyancow said:
I managed to flash the stock rom, now what?
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So is SD working now then since you said it didn't let you flash a rom or did you mean recovery? I see you was looking for that so I go with that, so what you need to do is hold Vol- when turning the phone on and it should load the bootloader, from there you should see factory reset select it and after it's done it's thing everything should be working.

Darknites said:
So is SD working now then since you said it didn't let you flash a rom or did you mean recovery? I see you was looking for that so I go with that, so what you need to do is hold Vol- when turning the phone on and it should load the bootloader, from there you should see factory reset select it and after it's done it's thing everything should be working.
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mount sdcard: Working
mount USB: Working
flash rom: Working
reboot doesn't seem to launch rom, after flashing rom and saying successful I reboot and it goes to the HTC Development screen and loops every 2 minutes or so.

thecyancow said:
mount sdcard: Working
mount USB: Working
flash rom: Working
reboot doesn't seem to launch rom, after flashing rom and saying successful I reboot and it goes to the HTC Development screen and loops every 2 minutes or so.
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You need to fastboot boot.img file thats in the rom zip.

Thank you so much, I've spent a week trying to fix it trying to avoid my mum texting me without a response back. :victory:

thecyancow said:
Thank you so much, I've spent a week trying to fix it trying to avoid my mum texting me without a response back. :victory:
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Lol np dude.

[Q] Can you help me fixing my Desire S?

My friend asked me to help him fixing his Desire S. I don't know what happened with this phone but at the moment it seems it's bricked. When i start it i see the HTC logo but a few seconds later a phone image comes in with a red exclamation mark and that's all. I can enter the 3e recovery if i press the volume up + the power but i can't do anything there.
I tried the "wipe date/factory reset" and the "wipe cache" option and that's what i see:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data....
E:Can't open /data/cwpkg.zip
E:Can't open /data/cw.prop
E:Can't open /cache/cwpkg.zip
ECan't open /cache/cw.prop
Formatting /cache...
Data wipe complete.
After i tried to install a rom from the SD card with the "apply update from the sdcard" option but i got an "invalid operation" message and the phone rebooted instantly. So basically i can't do anything with the recovery.
I figured out that it's got HBOOT too if i start the phone with the volume down + the power:
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.98.0002
eMMC-boot
Mar 30 2011.17:29:31
I don't know what can i do with it because i'm not a HTC expert. But it's working. I see the S-ON part and i assume i need S-OFF to reflash anything. I tried to run a RUU installer from my PC and it was doing it's thing but a few minutes later i received a signature error.
If i connect the phone to the PC via fastboot i can communucate with it in the command line but i can't replace the recovery because i receive this: FAILEDremote: signature verify fail)
I'm clueless now. Is this a brick? Or is there anything else that i can try?
Thank you!

This error message may mean that the nand memory is damaged. In this case the only repair is replace.
Still you can try to figure the region and software version by running the command from a PC with connected device in FASTBOOT USB mode:
fastboot getvar all
Look for cidnum and main version.
For that you will need the fastboot binary - link in my signature. This will guide you to the proper RUU for this device. Find it in the forum, download it to the PC and start it with the device connected. If the RUU fails then replace the nand or throw it in the trash...
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

amidabuddha said:
This error message may mean that the nand memory is damaged. In this case the only repair is replace.
Still you can try to figure the region and software version by running the command from a PC with connected device in FASTBOOT USB mode:
fastboot getvar all
Look for cidnum and main version.
For that you will need the fastboot binary - link in my signature. This will guide you to the proper RUU for this device. Find it in the forum, download it to the PC and start it with the device connected. If the RUU fails then replace the nand or throw it in the trash...
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk
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Thank you!
cidnum: VIRGI001
version-main: 1.47.351.2
Where can i find a proper RUU for this device?

szepesif said:
Thank you!
cidnum: VIRGI001
version-main: 1.47.351.2
Where can i find a proper RUU for this device?
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I am afraid that such RUU is not available.
You still have 2 options:
1) easier, but buggy - go to www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads, filter by Device - Desire S, Android version 4.0 and look for RUU 14.01.401.2, 404.0 MB in size, then flash it. If the problem is solved you can keep it or unlock the bootloader and use a custom ROM (recommended)
2) create a GoldCard (search the forum) and try an unbranded European RUU from here , that has 401 in its name:
RUU_Saga_HTC_Europe_1.47.401.4_Radio_20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M or
RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.8_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M

amidabuddha said:
I am afraid that such RUU is not available.
You still have 2 options:
1) easier, but buggy - go to, filter by Device - Desire S, Android version 4.0 and look for RUU 14.01.401.2, 404.0 MB in size, then flash it. If the problem is solved you can keep it or unlock the bootloader and use a custom ROM (recommended)
2) create a GoldCard (search the forum) and try an unbranded European RUU fromhere [/URL], that has 401 in its name:
RUU_Saga_HTC_Europe_1.47.401.4_Radio_20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M or
RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.8_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M
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Thank you, you are the hero of the day! The first option helped me to bring this phone back to life. It's working now and starting up without any issue.
But... i put my hungarian telenor sim card in and it's still showing that no sim inserted. Maybe it's carrier locked? I need to remove the simlock? If so, which is the best way to do it?

szepesif said:
Thank you, you are the hero of the day! The first option helped me to bring this phone back to life. It's working now and starting up without any issue.
But... i put my hungarian telenor sim card in and it's still showing that no sim inserted. Maybe it's carrier locked? I need to remove the simlock? If so, which is the best way to do it?
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There is no pure software way to achieve this for our device. If you have a XTCclip in your city this can be done with hardware means.
Or just unlock the bootloader via htcdev.com, install 4EXT Recovery and flash a custom ROM. Currently my choice of preference is SVHD. There are several guides around that will provide step by step instructions. But not sure does this remove the SIM restriction, maybe someone else here can provide more information...

amidabuddha said:
There is no pure software way to achieve this for our device. If you have a XTCclip in your city this can be done with hardware means.
Or just unlock the bootloader via htcdev.com, install 4EXT Recovery and flash a custom ROM. Currently my choice of preference is SVHD. There are several guides around that will provide step by step instructions. But not sure does this remove the SIM restriction, maybe someone else here can provide more information...
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I did a few things while i was waiting for your answer. I was able to unlock the bootloader and i flashed a TWRP recovery. With this i could install a CM7 rom + Gapps. With this rom i can enter my pin code and i can make phone calls. So basically i'm ready. The phone is working, i have Play store and i can make calls. Okay, maybe that's not the best rom for this phone but i don't care. I will give this phone back to my friend and he will be really happy because he tought the phone is bricked.
Thank you for your help, i really appreciate it!

S-off hboot 2.16 help formatted and don't know what to do

The other day I accidentally formatted my HTC One S from my computer. Now it is saying that I have 48.8mb.. now I don't have a OS installed.
Every time i Try to mount my internal memory it says "unable to mount internal memory, unable to mount /sd, etc.. and i don't know what to do
I really want this phone working and I have just bought it the other day.. it also ask me to install every time i reboot to install SuperSU because my device isn't rooted then it says fail to copy su binary from /sys, when I only know that it's unlocked
It was working 2 days ago with the MaximusHd 4.2.2 rom..
i can still enter bootloader
VLE PVT SHIP S-OPP
CID-11111111
HBOOT-2.16.0000
RADIO-1.13.50.05.31
OpenDSP-v31.1.0.45.0815
eMMC-boot
Team Win Recovery Project v2.4.3.0 (recovery)
This is all I really know I just want my device back to normal, I spent so much on it now it's just a paper weight.

xdanoob563 said:
The other day I accidentally formatted my HTC One S from my computer. Now it is saying that I have 48.8mb.. now I don't have a OS installed.
Every time i Try to mount my internal memory it says "unable to mount internal memory, unable to mount /sd, etc.. and i don't know what to do
I really want this phone working and I have just bought it the other day.. it also ask me to install every time i reboot to install SuperSU because my device isn't rooted then it says fail to copy su binary from /sys, when I only know that it's unlocked
It was working 2 days ago with the MaximusHd 4.2.2 rom..
i can still enter bootloader
VLE PVT SHIP S-OPP
CID-11111111
HBOOT-2.16.0000
RADIO-1.13.50.05.31
OpenDSP-v31.1.0.45.0815
eMMC-boot
Team Win Recovery Project v2.4.3.0 (recovery)
This is all I really know I just want my device back to normal, I spent so much on it now it's just a paper weight.
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I assume your SD Card is wiped, containing no ROM, nothing.
-Flash the TWRP 2.6.1.0 recovery that comes with MaximusHD ROM Install Package through bootloader.
It is the one that is compatible with hboot 2.16.
-Use adb sideload to flash the CM11 ROM from Development section.
-Boot to OS, connect phone to PC and transfer Maximus HD ROM to SD Card.
-Go in recovery, flash Maximus, Reboot.
Sent from my One S using Tapatalk

RockR172 said:
I assume your SD Card is wiped, containing no ROM, nothing.
-Flash the TWRP 2.6.1.0 recovery that comes with MaximusHD ROM Install Package through bootloader.
It is the one that is compatible with hboot 2.16.
-Use adb sideload to flash the CM11 ROM from Development section.
-Boot to OS, connect phone to PC and transfer Maximus HD ROM to SD Card.
-Go in recovery, flash Maximus, Reboot.
Sent from my One S using Tapatalk
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how do i flash the recovery?

Go to fastboot
fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img

got all the way to step 3 now i can't mount /USB-OTG what do i do from here?

xdanoob563 said:
got all the way to step 3 now i can't mount /USB-OTG what do i do from here?
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USB OTG?
You need to connect phone to PC from ROM not recovery..
It will be connected in MTP mode..
You need proper drivers on PC for your phone to get detected..
Sent from my One S using Tapatalk

Got my phone working finally at 3am, so much flashing.. bit now my WiFi works too,

Need an Orange UK/Debranded EU RUU or Stock Recovery

Hey guys,
I need an orange Uk or debranded stock recovery or RUU. I was flashing a rom but it corrupted the SD card,
I've read that I need one of these but I cant seem to find any, if anyone could provide me a link or help with my situation that would be great.
Again any help is appreciated.

CryptoCanedv2 said:
Hey guys,
I need an orange Uk or debranded stock recovery or RUU. I was flashing a rom but it corrupted the SD card,
I've read that I need one of these but I cant seem to find any, if anyone could provide me a link or help with my situation that would be great.
Again any help is appreciated.
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Hi firstly what CID have you got & are you s-on or s-off? also sent you a pm with stock details.

rustykwak said:
Hi firstly what CID have you got & are you s-on or s-off? also sent you a pm with stock details.
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Hey thanks for the reply, its s-on,
But im not sure on the CID how do i find this?
Just flashed the recovery and the SD card mounts again , however USB-OTG still wont mount.
I also tried pushing a rom through adb but i recieved a protocol failure with no error code.

CryptoCanedv2 said:
Hey thanks for the reply, its s-on,
But im not sure on the CID how do i find this?
Just flashed the recovery and the SD card mounts again , however USB-OTG still wont mount.
I also tried pushing a rom through adb but i recieved a protocol failure with no error code.
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Ok cool first to check cid easiest way boot into bootloader it shows there! you will struggle to get an RUU to match I never found one (i'm on orange) best way is to get superCid & gain s-off! check out facepalm in development thread!
Now you've sorted the sd issue flash a custom recovery I recommend this one! http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/ville/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-ville.img

rustykwak said:
Ok cool first to check cid easiest way boot into bootloader it shows there! you will struggle to get an RUU to match I never found one (i'm on orange) best way is to get superCid & gain s-off! check out facepalm in development thread!
Now you've sorted the sd issue flash a custom recovery I recommend this one! http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/ville/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-ville.img
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None of the info says CID so ill just say it all.
***TAMPERED***
***UNLOCKED***
VLE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.15.0000
RADIO-1.11.50.05.28
OpenDPS-v31.1.0.45.0815
eMMC-boot
Dec 14 2012, 17:10:57:12660
Already flashed that recovery the moment i'd fixed the SD card hehe,
What do I get from being S-Off? Is it so I can edit my CID to a different region?
At the moment I still cant get a rom on it as adb commands get protocol failures, both normal and sideload, and when I try to copy it onto the SD card from my PC it disconnects after about 2 seconds of copying.
Is there a way I can flash a rom through fastboot?

CryptoCanedv2 said:
None of the info says CID so ill just say it all.
***TAMPERED***
***UNLOCKED***
VLE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.15.0000
RADIO-1.11.50.05.28
OpenDPS-v31.1.0.45.0815
eMMC-boot
Dec 14 2012, 17:10:57:12660
Already flashed that recovery the moment i'd fixed the SD card hehe,
What do I get from being S-Off? Is it so I can edit my CID to a different region?
At the moment I still cant get a rom on it as adb commands get protocol failures, both normal and sideload, and when I try to copy it onto the SD card from my PC it disconnects after about 2 seconds of copying.
Is there a way I can flash a rom through fastboot?
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ok to read cid put your phone into bootloader/fastbbot connect pc & open cmd in your fastboot folder then type fastboot oem readcid
If your having adb probs aswell try updating your htc usb drivers, that might cure this issue!

rustykwak said:
ok to read cid put your phone into bootloader/fastbbot connect pc & open cmd in your fastboot folder then type fastboot oem readcid
If your having adb probs aswell try updating your htc usb drivers, that might cure this issue!
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Sorry for the late reply, ive been really busy with work.
CID is HTC_001
I have just updated my HTC drivers and redownloaded adb and fastboot but still cannot push anything to my internal SD card
F:\adb>adb push villestock.zip /sdcard/villestock.zip
protocol failure
F:\adb>adb devices
List of devices attached
SH23MW405711 recovery
F:\adb>adb shell
~ # ←[6nsu
su
/sbin/sh: su: not found
~ # ←[6n
Also it would seem I cant root my device?

rustykwak said:
ok to read cid put your phone into bootloader/fastbbot connect pc & open cmd in your fastboot folder then type fastboot oem readcid
If your having adb probs aswell try updating your htc usb drivers, that might cure this issue!
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I know i'm really n00by, phone internals arn't my speciality ,
Is this bricked?
Or is it recoverable at all.

CryptoCanedv2 said:
I know i'm really n00by, phone internals arn't my speciality ,
Is this bricked?
Or is it recoverable at all.
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are you using windows 8.1 by any chance? if so that is the issue there are issues with fastboot /adb on 8.1 use a pc with 8.0 or below!

rustykwak said:
are you using windows 8.1 by any chance? if so that is the issue there are issues with fastboot /adb on 8.1 use a pc with 8.0 or below!
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I've been using an Xp machine for the whole process.
Win 8 is really undeveloped for drivers.

rustykwak said:
are you using windows 8.1 by any chance? if so that is the issue there are issues with fastboot /adb on 8.1 use a pc with 8.0 or below!
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Not sure what drivers it was, but I fresh installed everything on a different Xp machine and was able to get the Rom onto the SD-card.
Atleast I think thats what the issue was, I was head bashing for a while hehe.
I think another issue was that I didnt have superuser installed but I got a 4,1 rom onto it and then upgraded to 4.3,
KitKat will get flashed hopefully when cyanogen becomes a bit more stable, crashes and reboots for me a few seconds after loading the home screen.
Thanks for your help and pointing me in the right direction.
Cryptocaned

CryptoCanedv2 said:
Not sure what drivers it was, but I fresh installed everything on a different Xp machine and was able to get the Rom onto the SD-card.
Atleast I think thats what the issue was, I was head bashing for a while hehe.
I think another issue was that I didnt have superuser installed but I got a 4,1 rom onto it and then upgraded to 4.3,
KitKat will get flashed hopefully when cyanogen becomes a bit more stable, crashes and reboots for me a few seconds after loading the home screen.
Thanks for your help and pointing me in the right direction.
Cryptocaned
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Cool glad you got it sorted!