Hi,
My SGT 7.7 seems brick after I took it out of my bag. It gets stuck and stays on the boot screen where says "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" for a few seconds, and then just keep rebooting.
It is able to go into the Download Mode when I press "Power+Vol-", but no response when I press "Power+Vol+". I tried to flash all kinds of firmware with Odin, but nothing work.
I also tried to flash it with .pit, PDA, PHONE and CSC. I got this screen and then stopped and Odin says "Now Writing, Please wait about 2 minutes."
I appreciate your help!
same problem here, but caused from rom-manager! did nothing more than using the "reboot into recovery" option, i did NOT flash anything with rom-manager before!
download mode works, recovery works, but i can flash what i want, after turning the device on the "samsung 7.7" stays for about 30sec, then it reboots ad infinitum!
any ideas?
i'm within the one week were i can exchange the device without any problems, but i want to fix it myself if possible!
thx in advance!
TML1504 said:
same problem here, but caused from rom-manager! did nothing more than using the "reboot into recovery" option, i did NOT flash anything with rom-manager before!
download mode works, recovery works, but i can flash what i want, after turning the device on the "samsung 7.7" stays for about 30sec, then it reboots ad infinitum!
any ideas?
i'm within the one week were i can exchange the device without any problems, but i want to fix it myself if possible!
thx in advance!
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I have seen similar symptoms on mine. it turned out to be corrupt /data filesystem. I had to use the sammy 3e recovery wipe data/factory reset option. And then reflash with odin.
(CWM could not fix this filesystem problem.)
(areyou sure rom manager is compatible with the different partitions on the 7.7)
Remember you will loose all user data !!!!!
davp said:
I have seen similar symptoms on mine. it turned out to be corrupt /data filesystem. I had to use the sammy 3e recovery wipe data/factory reset option. And then reflash with odin.
(CWM could not fix this filesystem problem.)
(areyou sure rom manager is compatible with the different partitions on the 7.7)
Remember you will loose all user data !!!!!
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again thx,
but the problem is seems to be "deeper" than only a corrupt /data!
The tab doesnt boot further then "samsung 7.7", if data is corrupt then
at least android will load (bootanimation) and go into a bootloop in some stage!
Also, I didn't change or install or flash anything in rom-manager, I "only" used the reboot function!
After reflashing the device with repartition and HongKong.pit I think I messed up the partitions totally, so I would really need the PIT for 6810 (6800 has different partition layout) to repair this!
But as it seems no one has this PIT or is willing to provide it,
so I ordered an new tab which will arrive in the next hours, and return this one within the next days!
Where did you find the PIT file ? You may just destoried the partition. God bless you!
matth3w said:
Hi,
My SGT 7.7 seems brick after I took it out of my bag. It gets stuck and stays on the boot screen where says "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" for a few seconds, and then just keep rebooting.
It is able to go into the Download Mode when I press "Power+Vol-", but no response when I press "Power+Vol+". I tried to flash all kinds of firmware with Odin, but nothing work.
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I have a familiar problem....
I have not flashed or rooted my device - it is exactly how it came out of the box...
One morning while using it it froze - I did are reset by holding the power button down and then let it reboot but when it did it can not get past the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" screen.
Can get it into download mode, but if I go to recovery mode then all I get it a headline saying "Manual Mode" which grabs some manual .apk files and then just goes back into the boot mode with the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" screen.
Any ideas?
Had a Galaxy Tab Original and got the Galaxy SII and have mod them to death - just though for this one I would leave it original and enjoy the OTA updates as the were delievered - especially considering ICS in a matter of days
If you can boot into download mode you can call this a soft brick..
dont use ROM manager and install clockworkmod from that, incompatibility of cwm recovery will brick your phone..
Use odin only on PDA slots, you dont need repartition or pit files..it seems you got a corrupt recovery..
suwandiapr said:
Use odin only on PDA slots, you dont need repartition or pit files..it seems you got a corrupt recovery..
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Suwandiapr - Thank you for this. When you say "Use odin only on PDA slots" you are suggesting that I will have to download and install a stock ROM aren't you?
Cheers (and again thank you)....
Aspi914 said:
Suwandiapr - Thank you for this. When you say "Use odin only on PDA slots" you are suggesting that I will have to download and install a stock ROM aren't you?
Cheers (and again thank you)....
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yes, that is what he means.
Also, if you still have trouble after the first flash, you may need to go into samsung 3e recovery and do a data wipe/factory reset. Then flash again. Since these are non-wipe firmwares, simple flashing may not clear a corrupt filesystem.
Obviously you will lose all user data!
suwandiapr said:
If you can boot into download mode you can call this a soft brick..
dont use ROM manager and install clockworkmod from that, incompatibility of cwm recovery will brick your phone..
Use odin only on PDA slots, you dont need repartition or pit files..it seems you got a corrupt recovery..
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thx, but as i said i DID NOT FLASH OR INSTALL ANYTHING with rom-manager, i only used the option "reboot into recovery"!
and i used odin to try to unbrick my device (i flashed a dozen roms as well as the sbl etc.), without any success. also, till now nobody has provided a 16GB PIT for 6810, therefore i returned the tab and grabbed a new one!
davp said:
Also, if you still have trouble after the first flash, you may need to go into samsung 3e recovery and do a data wipe/factory reset. Then flash again. Since these are non-wipe firmwares, simple flashing may not clear a corrupt filesystem!
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Thank you Davp...
Ok...got the P6800ZSLA2 stock ROM and have managed to get it back...while I don't want to have to re-do all the data, I think I will take your advise and do a data wipe/reset.
Aspi914 said:
Suwandiapr - Thank you for this. When you say "Use odin only on PDA slots" you are suggesting that I will have to download and install a stock ROM aren't you?
Cheers (and again thank you)....
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Yes you right, thats what i mean..
TML1504 said:
thx, but as i said i DID NOT FLASH OR INSTALL ANYTHING with rom-manager, i only used the option "reboot into recovery"!
and i used odin to try to unbrick my device (i flashed a dozen roms as well as the sbl etc.), without any success. also, till now nobody has provided a 16GB PIT for 6810, therefore i returned the tab and grabbed a new one!
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Im sorry , my answer cannot solve your problem.. You say your device "stuck on Samsung logo" right? your recovery and download mode seem ok, from my experience its because /data corrupt or something crash on your filesystem..
If you can go to recovery menu, do factory reset,..
I cannot help you with pit.file coz i actually dont have the device right now..
Aspi914 said:
Thank you Davp...
Ok...got the P6800ZSLA2 stock ROM and have managed to get it back...while I don't want to have to re-do all the data, I think I will take your advise and do a data wipe/reset.
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Good luck..
davp said:
I have seen similar symptoms on mine. it turned out to be corrupt /data filesystem. I had to use the sammy 3e recovery wipe data/factory reset option. And then reflash with odin.
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I've experienced a similar problem with corrupt /data and couldn't overcome it.
How did you use Samsung recovery when you had CWM recovery flashed?
白い熊 said:
I've experienced a similar problem with corrupt /data and couldn't overcome it.
How did you use Samsung recovery when you had CWM recovery flashed?
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You either get it from a full flash of stock firmware, or make your own tar with just recovery.img in it (extracted from stock). And flash with odin in the pda.
It is handy to be able to switch recoveries. CWM doesn't seem to match the 3e data wipe/factory reset.
The problem was:
I was playing a game, in the middle of it the Tab reset, I've never had it reset. Then it rebooted to the Samsung Tab 7.7 logo.
I thought, I'm lucky, made a CWM backup. So tried to restore the CWM backup. When the restore got to /data the tab rebooted again, i.e. something was messed with it.
So got stock firmware, flashed it from PC odin, flashed with success. But rebooted to the logo again.
Tried to get into the stock recovery, but it would only show "Updating..." something, I don't remember anymore, but the stock recovery wouldn't boot. Flashed it a couple of times, same result. Had to take the Tab back to the store...
Am kinda afraid to mess with it now, since I don't want it to happen.
So am wondering what to do if the same happens, or just forget CWM and flash stock recovery.img just to be safe?
I had similar issues after hard power-off [long hold power button]. Confirmed with adb into insecure cwm recovery that /data was corrupt. It explained why my restores stopped at /data.
Cwm data wipe, or format data did not help.
I flashed the stock 3e recovery.img in a tar with odin.
3e data wipe/factory reset. Reflash whole stock firmware with odin.
Check system boots ok.
Reflash cwm, then do restore ok.
I have seen stock 3e recovery fail to start properly. It seemed to be related to files/directories on the external sd card. It came up and said something like 'manual mode', 'updating'.
I tried clearing cache and hidden.
I know I deleted at least tmp_sec_fota directory off the external sd card, maybe someting to do with fota is upsetting our tabs from time to time.
Yep, exactly, that's it, it was "Manual mode" and "Updating", same symptoms, I couldn't get past it.
So what you're saying, I had a MicroSD in it, and that's why it was stuck at this? Not sure if I had an SD in it, but I flashed stock like three times, and then still couldn't enter 3e recovery, all the time had this "manual mode" come up...
Thanks for the guide of what you did.
Am downloading the latest Thai firmware now, to extract the stock recovery, so that I'm ready just in case.
Do you just tar the recovery.img and use that for flashing if necessary? No special permissions, nothing?
Sorry, not as clear cut as that... I did three things, cleared cache, cleared hidden, and
then started deleting files on sd. It is possible the problems are in multiple locations,
It is also possible that multiple attempts have an effect.
I personally feel I need both stock 3e and insecure cwm [and odin and adb] to be able to recover this tab. The broken 3e/reboot was my worst experience on this so far.
Use linux tar or the tab's busybox tar, to create an uncompressed tar with recovery.img as the only file. Do not use 7zip to create the tar, it didn't work for me (although it works fine to extract from the stock).
davp said:
Sorry, not as clear cut as that... I did three things, cleared cache, cleared hidden, and
then started deleting files on sd.
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You mean you did this in CWM recovery? Because I hastily flashed the stock ROM when it wouldn't boot, and then I couldn't get into the recovery anymore and there was no way to flash CWM recovery from PC Odin, or is there?
SD you mean internal? Since with external you just pull it out...
This was my worst experience as well, and want to be ready if it ever happens again.
So to sum it up. If the /data is messed up, should we do the following?
1. In CWM recovery clear cache, clear hidden.
2. Flash stock e3 recovery.
3. In stock recovery wipe everything.
4. Flash stock ROM.
5. Boot.
6. Flash CWM recovery.
7. Restore backup.
please i have the same problem,where i find the stock e3 recovery?
thanks Davp!
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please,post a link for download the recovery.img tar for to flash with odin.this is my last hope!
I seem to be able to enter recovery however halfway through the rom installation it resetted on its own. Now it goes into constant loop on boot and when i reenter recovery when i select to reset to factory it will reboot halfway through. Also it randomly says it needs root access when it had root prior to when i tried to dirty flash the rom. Please help!!!
zephymobile said:
I seem to be able to enter recovery however halfway through the rom installation it resetted on its own. Now it goes into constant loop on boot and when i reenter recovery when i select to reset to factory it will reboot halfway through. Also it randomly says it needs root access when it had root prior to when i tried to dirty flash the rom. Please help!!!
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Looks like you might want to go into Download mode and start all over. Odin flash VRBMF1, run Casual, and try again. Which rom did you flash btw?
SlimSnoopOS said:
Looks like you might want to go into Download mode and start all over. Odin flash VRBMF1, run Casual, and try again. Which rom did you flash btw?
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Hyperdrive rom RLS 16. Damn I haven't done odin in a while and I'm on a mac. Any idea if someone else had this problem?
zephymobile said:
Hyperdrive rom RLS 16. Damn I haven't done odin in a while and I'm on a mac. Any idea if someone else had this problem?
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Well when it happened before, usually the person has access to a Windows machine within a few hours/day of their issue. Can you try dirty flashing another rom perhaps? Maybe its just something corrupt with that specific Hyperdrive zip? Its my understanding you can access recovery but you just can't format data.
zephymobile said:
Hyperdrive rom RLS 16. Damn I haven't done odin in a while and I'm on a mac. Any idea if someone else had this problem?
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So I just rooted and I still get this problem of restarting after trying to flash a rom or trying to wipe via CMW. Please help!!!
My tab 3 wouldn't boot past the Samsung logo and was stuck in a boot loop. I tried a hard/factory reset but this did not fix the issue. I managed to flash it with the latest stock Tom. This gave me access to the tablet. The issue now is it get past the setup menus then resets it's self to the start. I've tried to wipe the cache partition but keep getting the error
E:format_volume: make_extf4ft failed on /dev/block/mmcbl k0p15
I've also been trying to root the device to try a custom rom but this also keeps failing.
Could it be faulty memory.
Thanks for the help.
Gavshell
gavshell said:
My tab 3 wouldn't boot past the Samsung logo and was stuck in a boot loop. I tried a hard/factory reset but this did not fix the issue. I managed to flash it with the latest stock Tom. This gave me access to the tablet. The issue now is it get past the setup menus then resets it's self to the start. I've tried to wipe the cache partition but keep getting the error
E:format_volume: make_extf4ft failed on /dev/block/mmcbl k0p15
I've also been trying to root the device to try a custom rom but this also keeps failing.
Could it be faulty memory.
Thanks for the help.
Gavshell
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Which model? There are a few different tab 3's.
Sent from my SM-T210 using Tapatalk
Hi,
The model is SM-T210
I forgot to mention in my first post. One the tablet starts and ive completed the setup pages im also getting the following errors
google account manager has stopped
the process com.google.process has stopped
the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped
Then the tablet reboots as if a factory reset has been done.
Thanks.
Gavshell
gavshell said:
Hi,
The model is SM-T210
I forgot to mention in my first post. One the tablet starts and ive completed the setup pages im also getting the following errors
google account manager has stopped
the process com.google.process has stopped
the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped
Then the tablet reboots as if a factory reset has been done.
Thanks.
Gavshell
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Flash twrp via odin, get twrp from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437219
Then you can check my ROM out it is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3510449
If I helped you, please hit the "like" button. Thank you.
RealWelder said:
Flash twrp via odin, get twrp from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437219
Then you can check my ROM out it is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3510449
If I helped you, please hit the "like" button. Thank you.
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I manage to flash twrp without any issues. When i boot into recovery mode twrp isnt showing. Its booting to the arp. Ive tried a few versions of odin and old and new versions of twrp.
Regards.
Gavshell
gavshell said:
I manage to flash twrp without any issues. When i boot into recovery mode twrp isnt showing. Its booting to the arp. Ive tried a few versions of odin and old and new versions of twrp.
Regards.
Gavshell
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What is arp? I use @gr8nole twrp 3 on my T210 and it works flawlessly.
sorry. I meant asr (android system recovery)
gavshell said:
sorry. I meant asr (android system recovery)
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That's strange. I use odin 3.4. (I don't think it's the newest) Mine is a T210R but I am running regular T210 firmware. I'll do some research, I thought the recovery worked for both.
Thanks for the help. Its really appreciated. Ive also been trying the files from @gr8nole from his post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853
Still cant get anything to load. It flashes fine with odin. Just wont boot on the tablet.
gavshell said:
Thanks for the help. Its really appreciated. Ive also been trying the files from @gr8nole from his post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853
Still cant get anything to load. It flashes fine with odin. Just wont boot on the tablet.
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What is the extension on the file? Is it a .zip, a .tar, or a .tar.md5? Are you in download mode when flashing? (This is probably not a necessary question but Odin will read the device even if it is booted to Android. Lol)
If I helped you, please hit the "like" button. Thank you.
The extension is tar.md5. And it's in download mode.
Ive just noticed from watching the video again. im not getting the downoad status bar on the tablet when odin is saying ifs flashing the tablet. Its definietly in download mode. When i flashed the stock rom i had the progress bar. Its jsut not showing when trying to flash twrp.
i have a galaxy j7 sm-J700P boost mobile it is stuck in boot loop at the boost mobile boot logo... i have tried:
flashing stock rom with odin.. it says pass ... still boot loops...
iv tried re installing cm auto root... still boot loops
installed twp custom recovery... made a img file b4 all this happend (boot loop was caused by trying to install a rom) try and restore the img file it says it was passes but still boot loops... i have tried wiping everything int the phone through twp wipe (everything but the ex sdcard) then restore and with/with out md5 checking.... still boot loops...
i know the phone is not done for or i would not be able to use oden or recovery but even though both programs say they are not failing at there jobs the phone still boot loops and i cant think of anything that im doing wrong is there any one out there that can pointing me in the right direction or lend me a hand please...
nathanful said:
i have a galaxy j7 sm-J700P boost mobile it is stuck in boot loop at the boost mobile boot logo... i have tried:
flashing stock rom with odin.. it says pass ... still boot loops...
iv tried re installing cm auto root... still boot loops
installed twp custom recovery... made a img file b4 all this happend (boot loop was caused by trying to install a rom) try and restore the img file it says it was passes but still boot loops... i have tried wiping everything int the phone through twp wipe (everything but the ex sdcard) then restore and with/with out md5 checking.... still boot loops...
i know the phone is not done for or i would not be able to use oden or recovery but even though both programs say they are not failing at there jobs the phone still boot loops and i cant think of anything that im doing wrong is there any one out there that can pointing me in the right direction or lend me a hand please...
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factory reset ?
Hi once I faced same problem with my mobile j700F.
I used KIES pc sute
Use model no. (It is behind the battery in a sticker) u can install stock Rom latest version by using it I forgot steps please search YouTube for that all the best ?
messi2050 said:
factory reset ?
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nope
cherry1991 said:
Hi once I faced same problem with my mobile j700F.
I used KIES pc sute
Use model no. (It is behind the battery in a sticker) u can install stock Rom latest version by using it I forgot steps please search YouTube for that all the best
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I tried something like that with another program called smart switch and when I looked at the back of the phone for the (S/N there isn't one just the dex and the hex... so I called boost mobile to ask them to look up the S/N for me... they gave it to me and I put in what they told me it was and it said that it wasn't a valid S/N so I called them back relayed the S/N they told me and they said I had it correct.... so I don't know what to do...
Find the firmware for your phone online, download file (should have .md5 at end of file) then flash file with odin on windows.
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hbranha
messi2050 said:
factory reset ?
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I have the same phone and carrier. Find and download the following 3 files once you have completed a wipe and factory reset with twrp. 1. Odin 3.12.3 2. Youe stock firmware: j700pvpu1apb7_j700pspt1apb7_j700rvpu1apb7_Home tar.md5---2.90gb. 3. cf-auto-root
j71techn-j71tezm-smj7008.zip found here I believe. 4. twrp 3.0.2-d-j71tespr.img.tar. You must be careful when you install twrp. You must go directly into recovery to prevent a boot loop! Do not use anything that you used to make a backup to restore your phone. Just start all over again!!!
Hello, some days ago i found a Samsung Galaxy Ace Style (SM-G310HN/heatnfc3g) and i decided to mod it, i installed TWRP via Odin and all was ok, but when i tried to install CyanogenMod 12.1 it didn't work. Since it didn't work, i decided to flash stock ROM. It worked once, but now it doesn't work anymore. I suspect it's the PIT file, because when i reflashed stock ROM another time with a PIT file now it doesn't work anymore, let me try to explain:
When i try to flash anything (Stock ROM or recovery, custom or stock), it... doesn't, Odin says it flashed but when i reboot to recovery or reboot to stock, it stays at the Samsung logo or doesn't flash the recovery, even if it says that it flashed. What should i do? Is my phone bricked? How can i unbrick it if it's bricked?
Michy234 said:
Hello, some days ago i found a Samsung Galaxy Ace Style (SM-G310HN/heatnfc3g) and i decided to mod it, i installed TWRP via Odin and all was ok, but when i tried to install CyanogenMod 12.1 it didn't work. Since it didn't work, i decided to flash stock ROM. It worked once, but now it doesn't work anymore. I suspect it's the PIT file, because when i reflashed stock ROM another time with a PIT file now it doesn't work anymore, let me try to explain:
When i try to flash anything (Stock ROM or recovery, custom or stock), it... doesn't, Odin says it flashed but when i reboot to recovery or reboot to stock, it stays at the Samsung logo or doesn't flash the recovery, even if it says that it flashed. What should i do? Is my phone bricked? How can i unbrick it if it's bricked?
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Have you tried booting into stock recovery and selecting the factory reset option and the wipe cache partition option? It is sometimes necessary after flashing via Odin, I've had to do it a few times to solve a bootloop.
Droidriven said:
Have you tried booting into stock recovery and selecting the factory reset option and the wipe cache partition option? It is sometimes necessary after flashing via Odin, I've had to do it a few times to solve a bootloop.
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Well the problem is... i cant reboot into stock recovery. Its stuck in twrp, and it's not really a "bootloop", it stays stuck at the Samsung logo. I tried to wipe cache and dalvik on Twrp but nothing.
I cant even flash the stock recovery since as i said in the original post, if i try to flash EVERYTHING Odin says it flashed but on the phone nothing happened.
Michy234 said:
Well the problem is... i cant reboot into stock recovery. Its stuck in twrp, and it's not really a "bootloop", it stays stuck at the Samsung logo. I tried to wipe cache and dalvik on Twrp but nothing.
I cant even flash the stock recovery since as i said in the original post, if i try to flash EVERYTHING Odin says it flashed but on the phone nothing happened.
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Could please someone help me?
Michy234 said:
Could please someone help me?
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I revive this post even if its pretty old. Could someone please help?