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Well so far the only glitch in my rooted 4 day old G2x is that for some odd reason,
Lots of times when I go to pull out of my carrying case the phone goes into CAR MODE menu screen? Driving me nuts!
I am not not pushing anything.. It happens alot when I go to answer call then I can get back to phone screen to answer call after exciting CAR MODE>
I am thinking I could delete car mode. However I would like to see if anyone else is having this issue?
Thanks!
iceshark said:
Well so far the only glitch in my rooted 4 day old G2x is that for some odd reason,
Lots of times when I go to pull out of my carrying case the phone goes into CAR MODE menu screen? Driving me nuts!
I am not not pushing anything.. It happens alot when I go to answer call then I can get back to phone screen to answer call after exciting CAR MODE>
I am thinking I could delete car mode. However I would like to see if anyone else is having this issue?
Thanks!
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read somewhere there's a magnetic sensor in the phone so if you make contact with magnets in your pocket or case it will trigger car mode.
Lame!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! You hit the nail on the head. My case has magnet (costco case) and when I pull phone out or touch near the mag pulling out it puts into car mode. Why the heck is this sensor there? Plus I do not see where I can turn this off.
ugg.
You can always just freeze car home in Titanium back up so it doesn't run.
android thing
iceshark said:
Lame!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! You hit the nail on the head. My case has magnet (costco case) and when I pull phone out or touch near the mag pulling out it puts into car mode. Why the heck is this sensor there? Plus I do not see where I can turn this off.
ugg.
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there were 2 magnets in the early android phones probably still there. 1 was so they put a magnet on 1 side of the car dock and when you put phone in it went to carmode. than they put a magnet on the other side for a desktop dock and when you put the phone in it would go to the dock program. there is a program called dock runner that will put the phone in the dock mode without activating by the magnet. there may be a way to deactivate these functions by modifying source but i have not ever seen anyone deactivate these. so this isnt a lg thing its an android(google) thing.
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You can always just freeze car home in Titanium back up so it doesn't run.
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Great advice. Trying it now! Will report back
Not sure on the magnet thing. I have my phone sitting on a wooden table. I end the task.. set the phone down. I pick it up again, and it's running.
As a matter of fact, I had all tasks killed and shut down the screen. I turned on the phone, sent a txt msg and checked FB. I went to my running apps and just about every stinking app was running. AppPack, Car Home, Maps, Navigator, Gmail, and a cpl of others. I used the ATK app and shut them all down and set it down. As I was typing this, I picked it back up to take a look.. AppPack, Car Home, and Maps are all running.. GPS is off.
There are no magnets around. Just checked again.. Car Home and AppPack restarted.. stupid. Can't wait for my sd card to get in so I can backup the rom and start ripping it apart.
Mine was being enabled by my magnets in my holster. I can't see how the program is starting after being on a wooden table but it's a easy fix.
Just freeze the app. It's not that hard. You have 3 options:
1) Fallow directions and freeze the app
2) Don't do anything and just keep complaining
3) Take the phone back if you don't like it
Stop making things harder than they really are.
jrwingate6 said:
Mine was being enabled by my magnets in my holster. I can't see how the program is starting after being on a wooden table but it's a easy fix.
Just freeze the app. It's not that hard. You have 3 options:
1) Fallow directions and freeze the app
2) Don't do anything and just keep complaining
3) Take the phone back if you don't like it
Stop making things harder than they really are.
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I'm doing something about it.. don't worry dad. I'm pointing out that the magnet is not the only reason why it would come on.. and I released frustration too. I can do that too. That doesn't mean I'm just complaining and doing nothing about it. Don't read so much into it..
Btw, those are your only 3 options.. not to be placed in a box and cast out as the only options for the rest of the world...
Thanks team!~
Freezing app in Titanium worked!
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I'm doing something about it.. don't worry dad. I'm pointing out that the magnet is not the only reason why it would come on.. and I released frustration too. I can do that too. That doesn't mean I'm just complaining and doing nothing about it. Don't read so much into it..
Btw, those are your only 3 options.. not to be placed in a box and cast out as the only options for the rest of the world...
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Actually the OP is talking about car mode being live on his screen, if I'm reading it correctly.
You have the same problem I do: Car Home is constantly running in the background.
I did a factory reset and battery life has gone up tenfold. 19 hours, down to 20%. Car home is still running, but it doesn't appear to have a negative impact on the bettery once you do reset
So could this work?
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-dreamforms-android-dockblocker-pntx.aspx
I use "Dock-No-Op" to solve this very problem, since I actually use car home while driving.
Edit: I wonder if removing CarHomeLauncher.apk would solve this, while keeping Carhome itself.
Yea from the magnetic strip in phone case and it cause the the phone to reboot.
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I went in root explorer system/ apparently and deleted car mode. It was OK for ne because I never use the app
Does freezing an app in Titanium backup remove it from the applications list or just stop it from starting. I have to send my phone back today and am trying to restore it but I had already deleted all the "stock" apps. This is making a hassle trying to do the clockwork recovery.
Also, can you only freeze the apps if you have Titanium backup pro?
Has anyone else had Car Home just randomly start on their G2x? Mine seems to start mainly late at night when the battery is low or when it's on the charger charging over night.
Just wondering if anyone else is having these problems.
Is your phone near a magnet?
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it is not. it's just sitting on my computer desk being charged via usb from my computer. It is not mounted to my computer.
yes i have had it start on me randomly.
yeah, mine was doing this too, not even task killer could help me. Eventualy i deleted Car Home app
Yea I finally rooted and installed titanium backup and just uninstalled all the t-mo bs!
woohoo to an awesome phone!
Mine does this, except it randomly starts Nova, which I've never even touched before!
Mine would open when I tried to see if it would fit in a case, had something to do with the magnet in the case. I uninstalled it along with the rest of the bloatware and that annoying process that would continue to run for OTAs. Now we just need a way to remove FlexProvider without breaking internet connection.
Car home app is always running on mine I force stop and fires right back up its kinda annoying. t-mobile app pack always running and a few other t-mobile bloat wares . I'am thinking about rooting and flashing roms but not to sure if there is any stable roms for g2x yet.
Hello all.
I know there are several threads on this, but I just wanted to ask a couple questions while i search, Hopefully someone, maybe a dev or two, will have some ideas..
Since the GT2 has no physical buttons on the face, and it's difficult to install it into a dash unless you leave a mechanism for pressing the screen wake and volume buttons, I have the following questions:
1) is it possible to make the Galaxy Tab wake when powered by external source (not battery), such as plugging it into the charger?
2) is it possible to have the screen fall asleep only when external power has been removed? (Such as turning off the ignition which kills power to the charger) That way when the car is turned off, it will go to sleep mode till the car is turned on again.
3) What is the fastest booting rom? ( never hurts to ask)
4) is there a way to completely disable the lockscreen, so when it does make the screen turn on, it is at the desktop?
That should do it for now. I am very interested in this project, and am acquiring parts to do it. I just need to know if i have to create a pushbutton setup in the top of my dash or not...I'd prefer not to.
Any info is greatly appreciated!
I am checking out Tasker and a few other items i found in another post.. I like the idea of moving the power button too... If i do it, i will post pics.
Still searching,..
Tasker works well for all the issues you brought up. As well as put the Tab into low power mode (screen off & hibernate) if you have a battery drain app that will turn off all non-essential apps. To access the power button, I bent a paperclip into a hook of sorts and it works well.
Here is an install thread for a C6 Corvette that should help:
forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-corvette-general-discussion/3203999-android-7-tablet-install-in-a-c6.html
ATM I am looking for a volume booster like Volume+ that will work on the Tab 2 with CyanogenMod 10.1.
Firewater Burns said:
Tasker works well for all the issues you brought up. As well as put the Tab into low power mode (screen off & hibernate) if you have a battery drain app that will turn off all non-essential apps. To access the power button, I bent a paperclip into a hook of sorts and it works well.
Here is an install thread for a C6 Corvette that should help:
forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-corvette-general-discussion/3203999-android-7-tablet-install-in-a-c6.html
ATM I am looking for a volume booster like Volume+ that will work on the Tab 2 with CyanogenMod 10.1.
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Thanks for the link Firewater...I tried Tasker.. not sure why, but it didn't seem to work well for me. I just downloaded Caffine and it seems to be doing exactly what i wanted.
As for the paperclip, I will attempt something a little more "professional" looking to mount in the dash....
I may be doing a hand-laid Fiberglass custom dash for this project. I will keep updated here on what i end up doing and will start a thread when the time is right.
Though, I am still waiting for a Dev to chime in saying "Hey, those options are in my kernel..." lol
Knightbird68 said:
Hello all.
I know there are several threads on this, but I just wanted to ask a couple questions while i search, Hopefully someone, maybe a dev or two, will have some ideas..
Since the GT2 has no physical buttons on the face, and it's difficult to install it into a dash unless you leave a mechanism for pressing the screen wake and volume buttons, I have the following questions:
1) is it possible to make the Galaxy Tab wake when powered by external source (not battery), such as plugging it into the charger?
2) is it possible to have the screen fall asleep only when external power has been removed? (Such as turning off the ignition which kills power to the charger) That way when the car is turned off, it will go to sleep mode till the car is turned on again.
3) What is the fastest booting rom? ( never hurts to ask)
4) is there a way to completely disable the lockscreen, so when it does make the screen turn on, it is at the desktop?
That should do it for now. I am very interested in this project, and am acquiring parts to do it. I just need to know if i have to create a pushbutton setup in the top of my dash or not...I'd prefer not to.
Any info is greatly appreciated!
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I recently installed my galaxy tab 2 into my car and I can tell you that numbers 1 2 and 4 are certainly possible.
In my case, my cigarette lighters never turn off. Even when there is no power in the car on the lighters still work. So I had to have someone wire one of them to the ignition.
1 I use tasker to power the screen on, launch poweramp and enable bluetooth when the car is turned on. I already set it in the developer options to not turn the screen off when charging so that wasn't a problem.
2 When it loses a charge (when I turn off the car) It kills poweramp, copilot GPS, turns off bluetooth and turns off the screen
3 I'm using paranoid android 2.52 and it takes about 30 seconds to boot
4. It's pretty easy to disable the lockscreen, its in the settings under security. Just change the screen lock to none.
One thing I would like to know is if there is a way to power on the tab 2 when it receives power. For instance my gsII and HP touchpad power on a few seconds after a charger is connected to them if they are powered off
Knightbird68 said:
Hello all.
I know there are several threads on this, but I just wanted to ask a couple questions while i search, Hopefully someone, maybe a dev or two, will have some ideas..
Since the GT2 has no physical buttons on the face, and it's difficult to install it into a dash unless you leave a mechanism for pressing the screen wake and volume buttons, I have the following questions:
1) is it possible to make the Galaxy Tab wake when powered by external source (not battery), such as plugging it into the charger?
2) is it possible to have the screen fall asleep only when external power has been removed? (Such as turning off the ignition which kills power to the charger) That way when the car is turned off, it will go to sleep mode till the car is turned on again.
3) What is the fastest booting rom? ( never hurts to ask)
4) is there a way to completely disable the lockscreen, so when it does make the screen turn on, it is at the desktop?
That should do it for now. I am very interested in this project, and am acquiring parts to do it. I just need to know if i have to create a pushbutton setup in the top of my dash or not...I'd prefer not to.
Any info is greatly appreciated!
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This is also an idea i have playing around with in my head. Currently i have a 2000 Chevy Impala and my 7" Tab 2 fits perfect in the stock stereo area. i do use it and my ipod to listen to music thru a cheap iSimple FM modulator that I bought thru Amazon.....i just havent mustered up the balls to actually install it as a head unit. Heres a few links to some installs i found online...maybe they can help a bit.
http://www.mp3car.com/show-off-your-project/152815-galaxy-tab-2-install-honda-civic.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/7538348346/in/photostream/
jrea77 said:
This is also an idea i have playing around with in my head. Currently i have a 2000 Chevy Impala and my 7" Tab 2 fits perfect in the stock stereo area. i do use it and my ipod to listen to music thru a cheap iSimple FM modulator that I bought thru Amazon.....i just havent mustered up the balls to actually install it as a head unit. Heres a few links to some installs i found online...maybe they can help a bit.
http://www.mp3car.com/show-off-your-project/152815-galaxy-tab-2-install-honda-civic.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/7538348346/in/photostream/
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My car is a 2002 impala and it does fit perfectly, Just know it's a ***** getting the front panel on because its much bigger than most cars. It's totally worth it.
barnesk9 said:
My car is a 2002 impala and it does fit perfectly, Just know it's a ***** getting the front panel on because its much bigger than most cars. It's totally worth it.
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ya i had to take it off to install the fm modulator behind the stick stereo.....its just one ginormous piece! lol
as soon as i can figure out how to make a mount or nice dock so that it looks clean in there ill install the stock stereo in the trunk with a special wiring harness and us an EQ for volume control with the tablet. i have it all planned out,......im just lazy. :silly:
jrea77 said:
ya i had to take it off to install the fm modulator behind the stick stereo.....its just one ginormous piece! lol
as soon as i can figure out how to make a mount or nice dock so that it looks clean in there ill install the stock stereo in the trunk with a special wiring harness and us an EQ for volume control with the tablet. i have it all planned out,......im just lazy. :silly:
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I moved the climate controls to where the ashtray and cigarette lighters were and put a head unit in it's place.
barnesk9 said:
I moved the climate controls to where the ashtray and cigarette lighters were and put a head unit in it's place.
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any pics of your setup?
Yeah loads, I'm not sure if I can load pictures here
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Here are a couple from the first version of it they may be sideways I can't tell
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My M8 for the past week has been entering car mode for no apparent reason. Could it be there is something wrong with the USB port on the phone or something else?
It's the charger/cable you're using. My M8 does it as well with a cable (that's a power-only cable, no data pins) I use to charge my phone from my PC with. I've had 4 replacement M8s (all for separate hardware issues) and they all did the same thing on the same cable. It hasn't done it with any of the other several chargers I use at home. But when it does to it on that one cable, it only seems to do it when I try to use any demanding apps/games while plugged in. It won't do it if I'm just poking around the launcher or browser.
Mine is happening when not plugged in also.
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Mine is happening when not plugged in also.
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Ahh, well then yeah, I would have to say there's definitely some hardware issue with your USB port then.
Yup, my phone is screwed its stuck in car mode, tried everything. Is there a way to edit a system file to completely disable it? Replacing phone is not an option for me.
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sco77 said:
Yup, my phone is screwed its stuck in car mode, tried everything. Is there a way to edit a system file to completely disable it? Replacing phone is not an option for me.
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I've tried disabling/freezing anything with the word "car" in it in Titanium Backup to no avail on my M8, it still does it with that same cable. When it does it and the "Car Mode Enabled" notification shows up in the notification shade, I can long-press it and go to app info, where it takes me to "Android System", so it appears to have hooks deep into the Android OS and something you can't really disable. This Xposed module may have some options to disable it or at least keep it from being so invasive if you're rooted.
But I guarantee you that you can get the phone replaced under warranty, even if you have it S-Off'd/unlocked, because I have done it. Unless your phone is physically damaged..? But even then, they may not charge to repair the USB port or motherboard if that's the only issue. Can't hurt to ask HTC.
I seem to have "fixed" it by plugging it in about 20-30 times and violently yanking out the cable... Not sure how long this fix will last since looking into the port I seen nothing wrong with any of the pins or any contaminants in there, also high pressure air didn't work.
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I seem to have "fixed" it by plugging it in about 20-30 times and violently yanking out the cable... Not sure how long this fix will last since looking into the port I seen nothing wrong with any of the pins or any contaminants in there, also high pressure air didn't work.
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I had exact same issue. It is debris stuck in the port. Get some computer duster or air compressor and it will clear it up
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Hey you guys need to go to app manager then swipe to (all) under that you should disable dock mode and car mode then reboot. Should fix problem for live. Some magnets and other objects will toy with the sensors in your phone expecially the ones by the USB connector
I've been having this problem too. The Car app and Daydream would randomly open and close. I've just performed a hard reset and it appears to have fixed the problem.
----------UPDATE 3 DAYS LATER.....
So a hard reset has not fixed this. The car app did not open for a couple of days but I have had the loud speaker turning on every time I answer a call. I've just used my earphones with the phone for the first time since I performed the hard reset and now the car app is opening again. I've tried to clean out the 3.5mm socket but its not making a difference. It seems strange that the hard reset did kind of fix it until the earphone socket was used. Now I really don't know if it's a hardware or software issue!
I had the same issue with my M8 unlocked version. Also had the problem where the speakerphone would go on and off during calls and some other issues but now since updating to the newest HTC build with Android 5.0 I haven't noticed anything.
Could it be that HTC were aware of these issues and have now fixed them?
Have any of you had progress with the new update or are the issues still apparent?
Will update later when I have had more time to test the new software out but as of now it looks like its fixed.
Mine just started doing this tonight too.. no matter what kind of cable gets plugged in to it, it goes into car/ docked mode and turns my wifi on, and rotates all around when I don't want it to. It's VERY annoying. I tried doing a factory reset on it and it's still doing it when I plug a charger in. It also is doing it just randomly when no cable is plugged in.
I'm wondering if a lot of people are having this issue recently, if it was something in one of the recent updates to the HTC service pack sent out by HTC via the Play Store. Anyone know???
Well, so much for that update...
After almost exactly a week without any problems it started acting up again this morning. In and out of carnode. Guess I'll just make use of my warranty and send it in for service.
yep.. me too. Did a reset and was working fine for about a week and just started doing it again today. WTF.
This was happening to me back in the fall. IIRC, my fix was to clean out the charging port. Look for how-to on web. I think the problem is some crossed pins with dirt making the phone think it's plugged in to dock.
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My phone just started doing this on the 5th.
It also rotates when it's not supposed to? It is so annoying and idk what to do. Is this a. HTC issue or what?
littleames said:
My phone just started doing this on the 5th.
It also rotates when it's not supposed to? It is so annoying and idk what to do. Is this a. HTC issue or what?
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I had my phone sent in for service and it turned out to be a faulty speaker. They swapped it and I haven't encountered any of the problems I had prior to sending it in.
How the speaker was interfering with the operating system I have no idea, my best guess it was shorting out something but it's just a theory.
phone keeps entering car mode
I have had this issue and completely fixed it, on your phone find car mode, scroll down to a hidden settings menu, in settings disable auto dock mode, auto connect, in fact disable everything, then exit car mode using the exit button. Restart your phone and hopefully it never enters car mode again and charges normally.
I had this issue for months and bought a new phone that I didn't like so came back to the HTC and eventually fixed it.
This is the flex USB cable. They go bad and cause car mode / dock mode like this. The cable itself is $14 and you likely will be replacing the sticker speaker grills which are $11. I have personally repaired this and it is the only permanent fix. Not disabling an app. Not removing an app. This failure is due to hardware and hardware only.
BTW.... way to dig up an old thread lol.
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I have this issue since three days and it's driving me mad.
Tried all the suggested solutions and nothing worked so far.
I've ordered a new USB flex cable with charge dock pcb. I'll be sure to post my experiences with that, hope it fixes this annoying issue as Dottar suggested
I'm about to go insane over this issue.
FYI im running DH's GPE 8-3-15
Something seems to be wrong with either my software or the charge port hardware. The phone gets put into "car mode" randomly, sometimes unplugged but more often plugged in. Some charge cords seem to do it more than others but sometimes and on some cords i can't reproduce the problem no matter how hard i try and no matter how much i move the connector around, then sporadically sitting on the desk it goes into car mode!
I've tried cleaning the port with a dental pick and canned air with what i thought was success for about a day but then back to car more it goes. I've tried removing or disabling anything related to car mode or sense. When going into car mode it will sometimes display the car mode notification icon and it will usually turn on an ambient display/clock.
Does anyone know how to kill car mode in regard to how android is getting a signal from the charge port to go into care mode?
does anyone know how the charge port does this electrically? i read some place that the charge port might have some sort of magnetic sensor that car docks use.
I'm very familiar with troubleshooting technical issues and not being able to reliably reproduce the issue but then having it be so bad that i can barely use the phone make me go insane!
Edit: just found a very interesting post on cyanogen forum from 2011: http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/26505-disable-dock-modes-entirely/
it sounds like it can be disabled in the kernel and that the kernel module from that app might be able to be loaded without the app, i tried the app demo just for the hell of it but no dice with my Elite GPE kernel
jmclaren7 said:
I'm about to go insane over this issue.
FYI im running DH's GPE 8-3-15
Something seems to be wrong with either my software or the charge port hardware. The phone gets put into "car mode" randomly, sometimes unplugged but more often plugged in. Some charge cords seem to do it more than others but sometimes and on some cords i can't reproduce the problem no matter how hard i try and no matter how much i move the connector around, then sporadically sitting on the desk it goes into car mode!
I've tried cleaning the port with a dental pick and canned air with what i thought was success for about a day but then back to car more it goes. I've tried removing or disabling anything related to car mode or sense. When going into car mode it will sometimes display the car mode notification icon and it will usually turn on an ambient display/clock.
Does anyone know how to kill car mode in regard to how android is getting a signal from the charge port to go into care mode?
does anyone know how the charge port does this electrically? i read some place that the charge port might have some sort of magnetic sensor that car docks use.
I'm very familiar with troubleshooting technical issues and not being able to reliably reproduce the issue but then having it be so bad that i can barely use the phone make me go insane!
Edit: just found a very interesting post on cyanogen forum from 2011: http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/26505-disable-dock-modes-entirely/
it sounds like it can be disabled in the kernel and that the kernel module from that app might be able to be loaded without the app, i tried the app demo just for the hell of it but no dice with my Elite GPE kernel
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Yeah man. Had this with one of my m8. In end it was fixed with $14 part and $11 in new speaker grill stickers. The problem is that the usb flex cables go bad.
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