Need to know if this G1 is fixable. - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey there I need to know if this screen tells you enough to know whether this G1 is fixable or not. My buddy is thinking about buying it real cheap from craig's list ad. I used to be a part of the xda dream community, and I probably knew the answer at one point, but I got my phone stolen a long time ago and never had another dream. It looks to me like a failed nandroid attempt or a botched update.zip. Not sure. Just tell me if its fixable, and what I have to do to fix it. Here's pic:

sWuRv said:
Hey there I need to know if this screen tells you enough to know whether this G1 is fixable or not. My buddy is thinking about buying it real cheap from craig's list ad. I used to be a part of the xda dream community, and I probably knew the answer at one point, but I got my phone stolen a long time ago and never had another dream. It looks to me like a failed nandroid attempt or a botched update.zip. Not sure. Just tell me if its fixable, and what I have to do to fix it. Here's pic:
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What kind of board is it? PVT (32A/B)? DVT? Maybe it was bricked because someone tried rooting a DVT board.

The easy answer is this;
MAYBE.
First off, it isn't bricked.
Writing the nbh fails, so something seems to be going wrong. The question is what... if it is something stupid, like a bad sdcard, then it could be easily fixed by using a new sdcard. If it is a bad internal flash though, then it is garbage.

Actually, I notice that recovery and boot wrote successfully... this is hopeful.
Since it obviously has a decent stock recovery image installed, you might be able to boot the thing into recovery and write an UPDATE.ZIP to it.

Thanks for all the replies. I'm still not sure if the phone is fixable. Is this the default recovery mode? If so, I'm assuming that there would be no ADB access. So my best option would be to try and load a signed update.zip to fix the system partition, right? Wasn't there a custom bootloader written for the dream that would allow me to flash the system partition or at least give me ADB access? I'm leaning towards telling my friend to go ahead and buy the phone. It would probably be fun to try and fix it. I guess I will tell him to ask the seller whether he can still boot into recovery mode or bootloader, and if so, to go ahead and buy it. What do you guys think? Would you buy this phone for say, 75 bucks?

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REAL BRICK!!! HELP!! desperate!!!

I'm in desperate need of help!! i've tried searching and it seems liek everyone didn't have a real brick..
i have a real brick!!! NO button combinations work.. my computer doesnt even detect it thorugh usb!!! ive tried so many different things and i have NO CLUE why none wont work!!!
i have the ROGERS DREAM so i know its different from the t-mobile one....
please!!! i'm DESPERATE!!
if you truly have a "real brick", there's nothing that can be done.
are you serious?! i'm really hoping for a fix because according to most threads..people say that most of the time when peopel say they have a brick..they dont!!
Well, what did you do.
If you have a real brick you are SOL.
I bricked mine last week. Told rogers that the update did it and I just got a "new" one. It's refurbished but at least it's not bricked.
i did a ONE CLICK ROOT and i think that was successful.... and then i flashed it to the CYANOGEN latest update...and now.. i can't do anything.. stuck on the rogers logo boot up screen.!!!
what sorts of files should i be putting on my SD card?? (not partitioned either) is theres some sort of file that will trigger the phone to go into any other screen?
agychan said:
i did a ONE CLICK ROOT and i think that was successful.... and then i flashed it to the CYANOGEN latest update...and now.. i can't do anything.. stuck on the rogers logo boot up screen.!!!
what sorts of files should i be putting on my SD card?? (not partitioned either) is theres some sort of file that will trigger the phone to go into any other screen?
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What you did is you failed to read the instructions.
There is a particular order to changing out the radio and spl images.
You did it wrong and therefore have a brick.
Good for you.
Sorry but I think your toast.
I don't know the 1 click root method but I am guessing it is a radio/spl issue.
i guess so... i'm going to try to get my sister to do what you did and see if she can blame it on the rogers update and get a refurbed one...
thanks
Can you atleast go to the recovery screen?
no ..nothin.. camera + power, home + power, back+ power, menu + power ..doesnt work.....
=(....want me to pay for the burial? lol jk
but no seriously that sucks man im sorry to hear it.
ive had a whole bunch of close calls -.- you could always make a fake eBay account,sell it as if its new and get another?
LOL thanks one of the nicer comments i've received so far .... i was just being really hopeful that it could be recovered but i guess mine is one of few lost causes...
and nah.. i can't do that.... sell on ebay and stuff.. too unethical for me haha
LOL thanks one of the nicer comments i've received so far .... i was just being really hopeful that it could be recovered but i guess mine is one of few lost causes...
and nah.. i can't do that.... sell on ebay and stuff.. too unethical for me haha
im sorry man r.i.p.
its okay...btw..i'm not a man.. hhaha
O.O alien?
lol what?!?! is there a rule where there isnt women allowed?
no we love women
If it's stuck at Carrier logo, then you could possibly blame Rogers for the recent update and get a new device. Just make sure to leave no traces that you've rooted the device.
DONE.. thanks
just called rogers.. and they had me hold home+power twice to try and get that exclamation mark symbol..but it was just hanging at the rogers screen..
so right after that, they told me they'd send me a replacement to exchange this bricked one for the new one...
problem somewhat solved... now i know not to attempt rooting again .. ^_^ thanks for all quick replies!

"Bricked" G1???

Basically to make a long story short, I have two G1s a black one and white. I was trying to upgrade the ROM on the white one, when I made a mistake and it wouldn't upgrade, so therefore, I tried it on my black G1, but I did something wrong, I don't remember, since it was like two months ago, and it will not boot up properly.
Meaning, no matter what I press, fastboot, recovery, etc it only goes upto the T-Mobile G1 splash page, and stays there until the battery dies...
So, what can I do to fix this issue, with my G1? I wanted to fix it since my mother wants to use it, elsewise, I just throw it out...
Tonice112322004 said:
Basically to make a long story short, I have two G1s a black one and white. I was trying to upgrade the ROM on the white one, when I made a mistake and it wouldn't upgrade, so therefore, I tried it on my black G1, but I did something wrong, I don't remember, since it was like two months ago, and it will not boot up properly.
Meaning, no matter what I press, fastboot, recovery, etc it only goes upto the T-Mobile G1 splash page, and stays there until the battery dies...
So, what can I do to fix this issue, with my G1? I wanted to fix it since my mother wants to use it, elsewise, I just throw it out...
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There is no way to un-brick a G1 without jTagging it, which requires some savvy knowledge.Never heard of a double brick, sounds cool. BTW you posted in the wrong section, Thanks.
protomanez said:
There is no way to un-brick a G1 without jTagging it, which requires some savvy knowledge.Never heard of a double brick, sounds cool. BTW you posted in the wrong section, Thanks.
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What do you mean by double brick?
The white one for some reason "unbricked" itself, and the when it did I flashed the latest ROM that I could find at the time...
But anyway how can I jTagging it?
Tonice112322004 said:
What do you mean by double brick?
The white one for some reason "unbricked" itself, and the when it did I flashed the latest ROM that I could find at the time...
But anyway how can I jTagging it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591048&highlight=jtag
"How can I jTagging it?"
Lmaoo. Stupid grammer right dere.

[Q] - Change ROM => Boot between start screens

Hi,
I own a Captivate on Rogers (Canada).
I had the ROM Firefly 2.6 (or 2.4) and decided to change to something quicker or at least different.
I decided to put Cyanogen 7 on it, because many people told me to.
I succeeded in installing Cyanogen and it worked great, easy to use, fast, ultra fast reboot, nice looking... but not all the software I was looking for.
So I decided to change again to a JVQ SIMPLY.
Put it on the SD, move it to sdcard via Astro under Cyanogen and reboot in recovery mode to install update from sdcard.
It wrote that it was ok, and needed to reboot.
Now the only thing I have is "booting" from
- the very first screen with Galaxy S I9000 on it to
- a second one with Galaxy S Cyanogen(mod)
I can access the screen with the little android guy in the public works sign, yellow, with Downloading... and Do not turn off Target!!! (did it trying hard reset).
I couldn't reboot with 3 buttons (tested many methods), the one with Odin, I never ever succeeded with that one, and it continues changing from a screen to another without stopping but if I remove the battery of course.
What can I do from there?
Thank you for your help... again...
Just for clarification, did you do the Odin One-Click to stock? If you can get to the download screen (the yellow sign / "Do not turn off target" screen), you should be able to flash back to stock.
I tried the Odin 1-click, but I think that it won't work right now because I can't access the administrator rights (from work).
I must try from home tonight.
Will it remove everything like the fact it is root?
Thank you for your answer by the way.
The lack of admin rights is very possibly why it won't work. There's also the chance that without admin rights, you're not able to install the samsung drivers. Either way, waiting until you get home sounds like a good idea.
You might be able to do the Heimdall one-click without admin rights, but it would probably be wise to read up on that one first as it's in Beta right now.
The one-click to stock will put your phone in the state it came out of the box, but leave all your personal files on the phone. You will have Eclair 2.1, unrooted, straight as it came from (in your case) Rogers. Any pictures, music, etc you saved on your internal sd card (not the microSD) will still be there, but you'll have to re-root and reinstall any rom you want.
Ok, so I tried different Odin (one click) I found here, and the last one, from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126704&highlight=odin
I flashed the PIT only, because I didnùt know what to put where... bad idea, now my phone doesn't switch on.
Soween said:
Ok, so I tried different Odin (one click) I found here, and the last one, from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126704&highlight=odin
I flashed the PIT only, because I didnùt know what to put where... bad idea, now my phone doesn't switch on.
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Uh oh. Does your phone show any signs of life at all? Any lights come on, buzzers buzz, whistles whistle, etc?
No, nothing.
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No, nothing.
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Sorry to have to tell you this, but it looks like you might have fully bricked yourself.
If you are still under warranty, you can try to send it in for warranty service. If not, or if you aren't comfortable taking that route, look for a member named connexion2005 (or mobiletechvideos on google), who can do JTAG service for you for $50.
The JTAG thing is the special cable made from special resistor, right?
Or do you mean it is hard break and only expert can do something?
Thank you very much for your help and your support.
Soween said:
The JTAG thing is the special cable made from special resistor, right?
Or do you mean it is hard break and only expert can do something?
Thank you very much for your help and your support.
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You're thinking of a Jig, which is a set of resistors that kicks the phone into download mode.
Unfortunately, you need JTAG, which is a special service that rewrites the bootloaders to the phone so that it can boot normally. That's something that you either need to be fairly knowledgeable about electronics to do yourself, or something you'll need to send in (to Samsung or mobiletechvideos) to have fixed.
Yeah I thought of a jig...
Ok, I will try the warranty, perhaps it is so much messed up, they won't find anything...
I will let you know.
See you.
Soween said:
Yeah I thought of a jig...
Ok, I will try the warranty, perhaps it is so much messed up, they won't find anything...
I will let you know.
See you.
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Good luck - hopefully your next time around with custom Roms will go better.
I did many, many things with WInMo and never encountered any brick (sometimes I was close to the cliff, but never fell).
Since I have this Captivate, I not sure to really like it, I am fond of android either, and I don't take enough time to read carefully each post...
I think it is time for me to take an iphone...
Although you could do that, I think you'll find if you give yourself a little time with Android you'll come to really like it.
Don't get me wrong - the iPhone is a well made product. But it is one thing, and only one thing. Android devices can really be anything you want.
But that's my opnion. Do with it what you will.
People like you are gold, taking time to help newbie with the always same questions, don't selling android is the best (other are selling ios is the best), ...
I'll see what kind of hone I can find, because the Atrix was a cool phone I liked, and I always liked HTC (qtek before)...
Apple is expensive!!!
Soween said:
People like you are gold, taking time to help newbie with the always same questions, don't selling android is the best (other are selling ios is the best), ...
I'll see what kind of hone I can find, because the Atrix was a cool phone I liked, and I always liked HTC (qtek before)...
Apple is expensive!!!
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Thank you. I'm just trying to repay the many favors everyone else here on the board has done for me in the past.
Definitely look around - if the Captivate isn't working for you, there's plenty of Android phones that are every bit as good. I've also had good luck with HTC phones in the past, and Motorola's not bad, either.
And yes, Apple is expensive. Can't argue with you on that one.
This might be stupid question but, is your battery charged ?
Hi,
aww.W.T.F, I hope so yes... it was on the usb for hours... you put me a doubt... I need to check now!!
I asked Rogers for warranty, they charge $35 for an exchange, and 5 days to wait, I think this is a little bit too much. But I will do it.
What I discussed with a guy is that I will finish my current subscription with Rogers and take the HTC Sensation with Virgin... Another try with android, to follow jmtheiss.
I will continue to let you know about how it goes.
If my profile is closed tonight, this will be because I will be too ashamed because I had an empty battery...
P.S. Ok it is not the battery... I'm waiting for my new one and will send this one to warranty (I'll see what they can find or not...).

[Q] insert brick type here...i need your help guys

Okay, obviously I was rooted. Everything was great. I went into CWM, when I was going to flash a simple script mod (which every phone can use) well I accidently clicked off into my SGII files (which of course was stupid of me) and it installed fluxii kernel for SGH-i777. (intern flashes a custom recovery for the xx tweaker that that particular kernel uses. Of course, I didn't even realize I had done it, just went to Reboot Now. Now, I've got no Download mode, no bootloader, no anything, just blackness, I feel as if there is a simple key process or way to somehow get it fixed so I can flash it back via ODIN, but with all the confusing button combo's and ideas I've found so far, and all the ' types of bricks ' I dont know the best route about doing this, whomever helps me get my phone unbricked/unsoftbricked/superbricked/cute bricked, which ever version (assuming its possible) I swear on my life I will mail them a 32GB HP touchpad.
(I have 3 and only need 2) so, I hope this in some way will get me an answer soon.
I cantbelieve I pulled a n00b. No more not moving data from SD cards for me ever again...
Thanks, and the sooner the better.
Mail me here, or gmail me ( [email protected]) or heck text me if you want (i have my SGII still) just message me priavtely for the number. Thanks you guys you're the best.
kobos311 said:
Okay, obviously I was rooted. Everything was great. I went into CWM, when I was going to flash a simple script mod (which every phone can use) well I accidently clicked off into my SGII files (which of course was stupid of me) and it installed fluxii kernel for SGH-i777. (intern flashes a custom recovery for the xx tweaker that that particular kernel uses. Of course, I didn't even realize I had done it, just went to Reboot Now. Now, I've got no Download mode, no bootloader, no anything, just blackness, I feel as if there is a simple key process or way to somehow get it fixed so I can flash it back via ODIN, but with all the confusing button combo's and ideas I've found so far, and all the ' types of bricks ' I dont know the best route about doing this, whomever helps me get my phone unbricked/unsoftbricked/superbricked/cute bricked, which ever version (assuming its possible) I swear on my life I will mail them a 32GB HP touchpad.
(I have 3 and only need 2) so, I hope this in some way will get me an answer soon.
I cantbelieve I pulled a n00b. No more not moving data from SD cards for me ever again...
Thanks, and the sooner the better.
Mail me here, or gmail me ( [email protected]) or heck text me if you want (i have my SGII still) just message me priavtely for the number. Thanks you guys you're the best.
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I would rccomend trying to use Odin to see if it recognizes your phone? You may have to get a USB jig to force it into download mode and you may be able to save it that way I'm pretty sure a jig would work
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Yeah thats Kinda my thinking as well unfortunately, Why the hell cant they sell them at like, I derno, the "rooted developer" store? hell Samsung should just include them in the box with as easy as root is. lmao What I don't get, is why the hell someone can't make a ' USB JIG ' out of their computer, or you know, something to tickle that little ports happy spot lmfao
kobos311 said:
Yeah thats Kinda my thinking as well unfortunately, Why the hell cant they sell them at like, I derno, the "rooted developer" store? hell Samsung should just include them in the box with as easy as root is. lmao What I don't get, is why the hell someone can't make a ' USB JIG ' out of their computer, or you know, something to tickle that little ports happy spot lmfao
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Yeah, I'm mean there pretty cheap online and if you have the buts you can make your own since its only a 300k resistor. I think that's your only way out tbh :/
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I just wanted this issue brought to attention to all the people from other forum sites ive tried to try their methods clearly, Marshmellows and Chicken dumplins wouldnt work, so if we could figure it out here, itd be nice to have it in a smart people zone. seriously someone f'n said, for me to stick my finger where the socket meets the charger... i was like, "consider me "BRICKED"
why cant they sell these damn jigs on craigslist for immediate satisfaction? oh well some idiot just offered to trade me one of my 3 SGII's I own for a note and 50 bucks haha "I WANT IT UNROOTED AND NORMAL" was his email. hahaha
kobos311 said:
I just wanted this issue brought to attention to all the people from other forum sites ive tried to try their methods clearly, Marshmellows and Chicken dumplins wouldnt work, so if we could figure it out here, itd be nice to have it in a smart people zone. seriously someone f'n said, for me to stick my finger where the socket meets the charger... i was like, "consider me "BRICKED"
why cant they sell these damn jigs on craigslist for immediate satisfaction? oh well some idiot just offered to trade me one of my 3 SGII's I own for a note and 50 bucks haha "I WANT IT UNROOTED AND NORMAL" was his email. hahaha
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Lol, how much would you be willing to sell your touch pad for by the way? And eBay is probably a good bet for a jig. Its just a pain nearly all of them are sent from china so you have to wait like 2 weeks :/
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IN TRUE NERD FASHION: any devices you'd be willing to part with for one or two of them, I have 10 16gb the day I remember telling mom "MOM LET ME BORROW 2000 dollars I swear it will pay off take it out of my savings anything" haha...
but cash isnt whats important to me, just technology really..idk, hell they're going for ridiculous onebay right now. and err, lets just say mine dont run CM9, or MIUI, hell I have my own recovery, Webos is all i knew for a while. I was always scared to post here, for the number of n00b post haters. I just stopped caring about those haha. I also have 2 Palm pre 2's running Android via a glitch in the Launcher/Wallpaper, and a Pre 3 Running ICS hybrided with basically the apps running in the 'recent windows ' version of ICS....
I really dunno man right now is I NEED TO GET THIS NOTE FIXED ASAP anyone know like a local place to go get it fixed temporarily they've gone to before. hell XDA should buy like shipments of them. we're the only ones that buy the damn things anyway.
also one more idea i found is this: idk if it just doesnt make sense to me, but if someone can make sense of it for me, and tell me its worth a shot...by all means..explain. http://samsunggalaxyreview2.blogspot.com/2011/07/one-click-unbrick-tool-for-samsung.html
kobos311 said:
also one more idea i found is this: idk if it just doesnt make sense to me, but if someone can make sense of it for me, and tell me its worth a shot...by all means..explain. http://samsunggalaxyreview2.blogspot.com/2011/07/one-click-unbrick-tool-for-samsung.html
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It might be worth a go man. I would reccomend having it plugged into a computer and keep trying to turn it on even if the screen doesn't turn on and see if Odin picks anything up. Its not going to hurt your device anymore :/ you could always go to a hardware store and buy a mini USB and a 300k resistor and trying to make a jig yourself if that unbrick doesn't work (which I don't think it will)
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Well what do I have to lose? Potentially (with better instructions of course and a noob friendly UI) if it works on my note, ill try it on my original galaxy...who knows few tweaks and maybe all these folks suffering from bricked Notes/SII/SIII's will have an easy way to fix it. (hey guys, just let me be optimistic here.. at least unti somebody else comes up with a bright idea haha
Quote of the day:
"I feel the same way about apple as I do herpes.
First good news (ill just edit this post from now on), I see alot of really weird things going on in my Device Manager, or well things that weren't there prior...time for phase 1.
kobos311 said:
First good news (ill just edit this post from now on), I see alot of really weird things going on in my Device Manager, or well things that weren't there prior...time for phase 1.
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What have you done so far?
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Fixed. I'll write up a XDA guide, and no I didnt use that silly guide. I used a trick the stupid guy at samsung tech support told me about something on the back of the phone will write up in a bit.
it involves a paperclip, and a hidden compartment behind somewhere where most would never dare stick anything, its rather a hidden reset button or something I wouldnt recommend it to anyone however...if someone finds themself in a bind id gladly help, but its that way or shipping it back if done wrong basically I just got lucky.
so CLOSE THREAD PLEASE THANKS
Red brick with white cement pattern, I dig that type of brick
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kobos311 said:
Fixed. I'll write up a XDA guide, and no I didnt use that silly guide. I used a trick the stupid guy at samsung tech support told me about something on the back of the phone will write up in a bit.
it involves a paperclip, and a hidden compartment behind somewhere where most would never dare stick anything, its rather a hidden reset button or something I wouldnt recommend it to anyone however...if someone finds themself in a bind id gladly help, but its that way or shipping it back if done wrong basically I just got lucky.
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McGuyver type nice. That or prevert sticking things in dirty places
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Jesus what i have i done

Hi okay um I have never owned an android, nor have i ever tried to root or unlock a bootloader. I have jailbroken an IPod so many times, SO many times. I want to cry because of how confused I am.
I followed this video: How to Unlock Bootloader on HTC Desire! Works on All HTC Devices (livingandroid)
I did perfectly, no hiccups
I then followed this video: The Easiest Way To Root Any Android Device Without A Computer (2017) (The Android Guy)
This is where i STARTED to mess up. My phone wouldnt go past the HTC screen (It would start up the metro opening screen but then go back to the htc screen)
So in my genius i thought (well dang why dont i just wipe everything and it'll be good "just like my iPod")
Guys i want to cry from how dumb i am. I've never posted here. I have never had an android much less messed with one. It tells me that if i reboot the system I will have no OS. That sounds extremely bad in my head. Is there anything i can do to somehow just fix this. Anything at all? Thank you so much for any help.
From
Someone that will never try anything ever again
Yeah, going through with that last part sounds like a pretty poor idea. I don't think you're totally screwed yet, though. Try finding the *RUU* for your version on the HTC website, paying close attention to the model and carrier. In theory, the RUU alone should reset your OS back to the factory state, but it apparently doesn't work 100% of the time. If it doesn't work, say something and I'll reply with new instructions.
Good luck out there, man.
Jake
P.S. I think all you had to do to root this thing is flash SuperSU. At any rate, there's a tutorial in this forum that makes it pretty easy; you shouldn't be able to do this again if you follow it. Check it out if you get the chance.
EDIT: This tool should be able to do everything you need after you fix your current issue: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=17244

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