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[Q] Question Before I Leave my OB

Hello everyone!
Firstly I apologize if I post in the wrong section.
My question is: I am about to leave my dear OB for Xperia U, but I want your opinion about this phone?
It is equivalent to the Optimus Black?
Will I miss some features?
And the absence Micro-SD port it prevents you installing any custom rom?
But also, is there for Roma customs Xperia U?
Well, thank you all for your future answers.

repulse said:
Hello everyone!
Firstly I apologize if I post in the wrong section.
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yes your post is in the wrong section...
read this and judge the phones by yourself.
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3704&idPhone2=4437

I already read this but i just want user's opinion

You are buying a smaller screen, limited 8 gb storage but a dual core cpu
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What about the battery? I see that is of 1320mAh I think that is not much for a dual core

According to a review I read, the cpu found in the Xperia P is very efficient. I don't know about the Xperia U because it has a smaller battery capacity. I would still prefer the OB over the XU. The Xperia S would be a more reasonable upgrade imo

strange that sony doesn't include a microSD slot.. for me a no-go

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repulse said:
Hello everyone!
Firstly I apologize if I post in the wrong section.
My question is: I am about to leave my dear OB for Xperia U, but I want your opinion about this phone?
It is equivalent to the Optimus Black?
Will I miss some features?
And the absence Micro-SD port it prevents you installing any custom rom?
But also, is there for Roma customs Xperia U?
Well, thank you all for your future answers.
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Do not intentionally post in the wrong section again.

reinbeau said:
Do not intentionally post in the wrong section again.
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how is that intentional? he apologized IF it was in the wrong section as he wasn't sure where it should be. I'm glad I'm leaving the OB section cause the mentality and attitude here is very unkind and aggressive.
To OP, you shouldn't change it for that phone, 3,5" is really small with that aspect ratio. I've used a ZTE blade which is the same size and I could never downgrade to that. Still the gpu in the xperia is much better AFAIK.

Leaving Sony for good

I have had all major Sony phones over the last few years starting with the x10, Ray, arc s, xperia s and now the T
I have decided to get a Samsung S3 and switch aligance to Samsung the slow development and Sony support being the main reason
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Don't blame you, the T is a good device but loads of carriers lock down the bootloader, I can't unlock mine so development is limited for people like us, kinda sucks, I was debating between the S3 and T, may have made the wrong decision but hopefully an unofficial unlock will come our way

Even with the bootloader unlocked there is t much to flash or developing
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chiefy009 said:
I have had all major Sony phones over the last few years starting with the x10, Ray, arc s, xperia s and now the T
I have decided to get a Samsung S3 and switch aligance to Samsung the slow development and Sony support being the main reason
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Good luck pal, do what suites you the best. I moved to Nexus 4 and now I am back. Actually I found out that I like moderate development and not so many that you can't choose from anymore.
Sony has been having this issue but I haven't found a real replacement in terms of design. SG III is nice (not my taste)

I love Sony design it's just the development is so poor and the updates so slow
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Nimche said:
Good luck pal, do what suites you the best. I moved to Nexus 4 and now I am back. Actually I found out that I like moderate development and not so many that you can't choose from anymore.
Sony has been having this issue but I haven't found a real replacement in terms of design. SG III is nice (not my taste)
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Funny because I went the other way, for now at least because I get bored easily and my 8 phones demonstrate that. The funny thing is that I'm using a Sony theme on my Nexus.
Have to say it's great getting the latest software with the Nexus after feeling quite burnt by Sony and HTC.

Dont blame sony for the lack of development.
If you want to see more development why dont you try doing some yourself. Everyone on this site does it for free, we dont owe you anything. It would be nice to see people who complain about the lack of something actually trying it themselves.
Do you think the devs (And others like me who dip our toes into it) were born knowing this stuff? No, we learned it as we went along by trying stuff and sharing things that worked....its all a learning curve

gregbradley said:
Dont blame sony for the lack of development.
If you want to see more development why dont you try doing some yourself. Everyone on this site does it for free, we dont owe you anything. It would be nice to see people who complain about the lack of something actually trying it themselves.
Do you think the devs (And others like me who dip our toes into it) were born knowing this stuff? No, we learned it as we went along by trying stuff and sharing things that worked....its all a learning curve
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+1

gregbradley said:
Dont blame sony for the lack of development.
If you want to see more development why dont you try doing some yourself. Everyone on this site does it for free, we dont owe you anything. It would be nice to see people who complain about the lack of something actually trying it themselves.
Do you think the devs (And others like me who dip our toes into it) were born knowing this stuff? No, we learned it as we went along by trying stuff and sharing things that worked....its all a learning curve
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Did I say anyone owed me?
I did miui Roms for the ray themes for arc and x10
Wind your neck in son it's people like you that get on my nerves I never had a go at anyone or expected anything so just because you comment on nearly every post you think you can have a pop at me? I am not complaining merely stating a fact development is slow and while people like you think you have a go at people like me more people will not bother with the forum and change phones like I am
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My post was polite, no need for me to wind my neck in.
If you developed in the past you should understand how your comments come across. Also, your knowledge would help develop some MIUI roms for the T (Is there one yet?) maybe thats an opportunity for some extra development.
Regards,
Greg

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My post was polite, no need for me to wind my neck in.
If you developed in the past you should understand how your comments come across. Also, your knowledge would help develop some MIUI roms for the T (Is there one yet?) maybe thats an opportunity for some extra development.
Regards,
Greg
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Maybe and apologise it felt like an attack
Yeah I see how my comments could be took but recently there was a big think made by some of the old x10 guys about this phone and it's development I thought there would have been more
My phone is going Friday so no chance for me to get a miui rom done
Sorry again
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No problems.
Maybe this thread caught me at a bad point as I have just been speaking to a user via PM who is (How can i say it?) less than thankfull to me for my input to helping him out personally.
Anyway, I too had an x10 and there was great expectation for the development here that I will admit does seem slow. (Not heard anything from Adam Outler since his thread about getting the T)
I didnt mean to attack, so apology accepted and no hard feelings. Enjoy your new phone and if you ever come back it will be nice to see a MIUI rom here.

I had a x10, a Arc. Have a Xperia P & a T.
Always been happy with SE & Sony, they make very good quality phones. But were slow with development of Android updates. Had several Samsungs. Imho SGS 3 is a cheap large plastic piece. But thats my personal opinion. l had one & sold it. The SGS 4 Iooks promising. I hope you'll enjoy it. Wish you the best.
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I can port MIUI if need be.lol.we have fully functional CM so its easy.problem is i dont want to unlock my TL-rex and i dont even know if it can be unlocked or not
PS:in fact any advanced user (not developer as iam not really a dev )can do it.if anyone is interested i can point to right guides

The development thread looks like a Rom grave yard so many roms unfinished and now people will be jumping to the Z most won't get finished
Shame I thought the bond phone would have more interest in it than it has had
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Tell you what.. with Sony being so open about sharing source code and all drivers, it won't be too long before there's an infusion of devs from Sammy devices. Maybe the Z, maybe the next flagship, but I think some will make the transition as more quality phones come out.

Oh no! Another rant thread.
Sony's update is relatively fast. Samsung only updated its flagships. What about the others? Think of the big picture before shooting.

chiefy009 said:
I have had all major Sony phones over the last few years starting with the x10, Ray, arc s, xperia s and now the T
I have decided to get a Samsung S3 and switch aligance to Samsung the slow development and Sony support being the main reason
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium
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gregbradley said:
Dont blame sony for the lack of development.
If you want to see more development why dont you try doing some yourself. Everyone on this site does it for free, we dont owe you anything. It would be nice to see people who complain about the lack of something actually trying it themselves.
Do you think the devs (And others like me who dip our toes into it) were born knowing this stuff? No, we learned it as we went along by trying stuff and sharing things that worked....its all a learning curve
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Nimche said:
Good luck pal, do what suites you the best. I moved to Nexus 4 and now I am back. Actually I found out that I like moderate development and not so many that you can't choose from anymore.
Sony has been having this issue but I haven't found a real replacement in terms of design. SG III is nice (not my taste)
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I have known you guys since the x10 days... The x10 community was huge compared to any other Xperia community...
What I would say is that everyone has their own preferences... Chiefy is a flash-o-holic... So probably it's Best that you get a device like the Nexus 4...
As for others it's totally upto you as to what you want...
Also please don't start fighting... It's more of misunderstanding than anything else...
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wow..... you really went from Sony to cheap plastic?
good luck.

Funny I went the other way. In my s3, kept flashing roms after a week
Here on tx, I just rooted and found the stock ics rom much 10x better than jelly bean in s3.
There's not much to improve with the stock rom. And thats a fact
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[Q] Best ROM for travel (battery life, stability)

Hi,
I'm glad to join the Xperia Z club! I've just bought mine today and was wondering what your favorite ROM's are for traveling.
My first priority is battery life. The other is stability, meaning that the speed won't deteriorate with time. I've had this issue with many ROM's in the past.
Any suggestions/recommendations?
Thanks.

Stock, and these threads are annoying. Go to the dev section and read the user comments and decide yourself.
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quicksilver1024 said:
Hi,
I'm glad to join the Xperia Z club! I've just bought mine today and was wondering what your favorite ROM's are for traveling.
My first priority is battery life. The other is stability, meaning that the speed won't deteriorate with time. I've had this issue with many ROM's in the past.
Any suggestions/recommendations?
Thanks.
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stability, any of the stock based roms
like KA07, RomAur, turdzrom etc
AOSP roms at this stage have bugs and aren't fully stable yet.

quicksilver1024 said:
Hi,
I'm glad to join the Xperia Z club! I've just bought mine today and was wondering what your favorite ROM's are for traveling.
My first priority is battery life. The other is stability, meaning that the speed won't deteriorate with time. I've had this issue with many ROM's in the past.
Any suggestions/recommendations?
Thanks.
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i suggest to use stock rom and try to config Stamina mode well
use shortcuts instead of widgets
and check all auto update inner apps
*then backup ur setting system*
i think this configuration will set best battery life time
>> with normal using of phone and careful in setting stamina mode and etc i have at least 48 hrs with one charge

XperienceD said:
Stock, and these threads are annoying. Go to the dev section and read the user comments and decide yourself.
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So helpfull answer
A community is to share expériences ... Basic notion of Communication, discussion and collaboration...
By answering such thing YOU did not participate actively and collaboratively to the sucess of XDA.
For the OP, I agree with others (collaborative user's answers) --> Stock is more secure when traveling and not having all means to recover with you.

chrisftlse said:
So helpfull answer
A community is to share expériences ... Basic notion of Communication, discussion and collaboration...
By answering such thing YOU did not participate actively and collaboratively to the sucess of XDA.
For the OP, I agree with others (collaborative user's answers) --> Stock is more secure when traveling and not having all means to recover with you.
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I answered the question then gave an opinion, one that is shared by many btw. You might be happy to contribute to the destruction of xda, I'm not.
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XperienceD said:
Stock, and these threads are annoying. Go to the dev section and read the user comments and decide yourself.
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honestly if you tire of responding to these thread then dont do it, no one force you to go in his thread and answer it. Get a life, get up from the computer/phone you dont have to sit there and respond to everything, dont blame user for trying to educate themselves by asking questions. it's not like he ask a question in the wrong section either. bottom line YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO RESPOND OR NOT.

G1_enthusiast said:
honestly if you tire of responding to these thread then dont do it, no one force you to go in his thread and answer it. Get a life, get up from the computer/phone you dont have to sit there and respond to everything, dont blame user for trying to educate themselves by asking questions. it's not like he ask a question in the wrong section either. bottom line YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO RESPOND OR NOT.
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Do People still say things like "get a life", I guess so if you're of a certain mentality. Again, I actually answered the question, so if you or any one else doesn't like my opinion, tough. Let's see how you feel after you've answered your 10th "best rom" type thread, you'll soon tire of them, which is why is best not to encourage them.
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XperienceD said:
Do People still say things like "get a life", I guess so if you're of a certain mentality. Again, I actually answered the question, so if you or any one else doesn't like my opinion, tough. Let's see how you feel after you've answered your 10th "best rom" type thread, you'll soon tire of them, which is why is best not to encourage them.
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then dont answer...if someone dont answer my question I start googling...your enabling people by answering thread like these...we learned by asking questions and teaching others not point them to the "search" button, some people dont even know how to use syntax to search.

G1_enthusiast said:
then dont answer
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Don't like my posts, don't reply to them.
G1_enthusiast said:
we learned by asking questions and teaching others not point them to the "search" button
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I learned by reading reading and reading some more, because that's how it used to be on here, in regards to "best rom" threads I suggest you and everyone else read this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2097137

Check the Android Development section. I'm sure that your favorite ROM is there.
Thread closed.

Asking for a rom built for gaming is apparently dumd.

So I asked the question is there any rom built especially for gaming and got judged as an idiot . Is my request so crazy? I mean I like gaming on my phone and I want my phone tweaked for gaming everyone uses their phone how they see fit. Devs make roms for various reasons such as bloatware removal, speed, theming, etc. What's so idiotic about wanting a custom rom built for the gamers? I'm sure all of you are geniuses and my question was so beneath you right . Well I got a pm and a dev is working on it so I guess I'm not as shallow as the judgmental trolls would believe me to be.

So you start a brand new thread? Seems like a waste.
And if you really wanted a ROM for gamers I would suggest that you learn to build ROMs on your own so that you can customize it exactly how you want.
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I just played solitaire on my phone using the OctOS AOSP ROM and it was really smooth man!
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Tablets work the best for games. They have the best support for controllers. Sprints offering a galaxy tab 3 lte for $49.
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PAC man with chronic kernel, I get some good speeds and games run really smooth. I play batman and GTA fine
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[email protected] said:
So I asked the question is there any rom built especially for gaming and got judged as an idiot . Is my request so crazy? I mean I like gaming on my phone and I want my phone tweaked for gaming everyone uses their phone how they see fit. Devs make roms for various reasons such as bloatware removal, speed, theming, etc. What's so idiotic about wanting a custom rom built for the gamers? I'm sure all of you are geniuses and my question was so beneath you right . Well I got a pm and a dev is working on it so I guess I'm not as shallow as the judgmental trolls would believe me to be.
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Calm down, bro. Nobody called you an idiot. There were just questions as to the actual need for a gaming-specific rom, when gaming works fine on basically any rom and there aren't really any apps that require power beyond what this phone already offers. If someone is building one, I wish them the best and hope the result gives you what you want. I just personally don't see the point.
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So I asked the question is there any rom built especially for gaming and got judged as an idiot . Is my request so crazy?
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Umm, No, if that was the question you asked.
But that wasn't the question you asked.
You asked,
Can someone make a rom that is built for gaming or is there one I'm missing
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Big difference.
What's so idiotic about wanting a custom rom built for the gamers?
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Nothing wrong with that at all. And acutally there are some that are better used for gaming and some even (I know of a couple for the E4GT) that were developed for it. You can find some by searching and then trying them for yourself. Then modifying them to meet your needs as best you can.
Thing is, is that you must remember that we can only read the words you write down how you right them. Words matter.
Also XDA is not about 'making things for you or anyone' it's about developers making things they like and sharing them with others to gain input.
Most often the developers here go out of their way to help and support others and teach what they know - hence the term developers forum.
Questions asked are not 'beneath' me or most.
However there is proper etiquette, decorum and respect. There are also rules for posting too.
XDA is super for those who have gone way out of their way to search, look, read, search/try/load and search some more to find what they're looking for.
You seem to have taken the advice in a personal negative manner and got butt hurt and had to start a new post just to show us..
Good luck.

Yes, it is in fact dumb, both the request and especially the way you asked it. First of all, what does a "ROM built for gaming" even mean? Do you want a ROM that plays games better? Is there a particular game that does not play well on what is one of the most powerful devices out there? What would a gaming ROM actually give you that the stock ROM does not?
It would be one thing if you came here and said that a particular game does not run well and asked if there is a ROM or configuration that can give an improvement, but you made a nebulous request and are surprised that people didn't particularly care for it. I'm not even a dev and I thought your request was in poor taste.

Enough trolling and such, some mod please close this thread. It seriously has no point to anything.

Thread Closed... PM sent please refrain from opening another thread.
EFM

Nexus 5 ROM/Kernel Poll (Original Development)

I guess its pretty much self explaining
A poll (google forms) to determine ROM/Kernel combination xda-members use and how satisfied they are.
Only ROMs/Kernel from Original Android Development Subforum are/will be added
results will be published immediately!
Mod edit - links removed
If you find bugs, want a ROM/Kernel to be added or anything else, please use this thread
Thanks for participating
Changes:
2014-04-09:
added "Don't know" option to ratings
added links to overview
various typos

Why?
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rootSU said:
Why?
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I thought the same too but I followed his link. It's setup really nice and it's not just any regular what are you running thread. Pretty cool to see the info being displayed like that. There's way too many roms though so I'll keep an eye on this thread.
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I would remove liquid and illusion lol. They have nothing todo with original development
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rootSU said:
Why?
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I don't know... its a result of a long travel by train
Maybe for users who want to try something new but don't know what to choose.
Or ROM/Kernel devs want to know what users think.
Does it bother you that much?
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I would remove liquid and illusion lol. They have nothing todo with original development
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well I took the first few top threads from the sub and they happen to be there
lets see how it turns out

fftt said:
I don't know... its a result of a long travel by train
Maybe for users who want to try something new but don't know what to choose.
Or ROM/Kernel devs want to know what users think.
Does it bother you that much?
well I took the first few top threads from the sub and they happen to be there
lets see how it turns out
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He he yeah not your fault at all. They need to be moved by the moderator team into android development along with xenonHD. They simply are not doing anything other then the 1000 of android development ROMs....kanging. No original work at all. Nothing bad but hammerhead moderators decided at the beginning to clearly differentiate it...which is IMO a good idea...but this 3 silently added their ROMs threads into original and I think that's not fair for the other android development ROMs (like carbon aicp madhi etc etc) that user think this three mentioned above do original work.
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fftt said:
Does it bother you that much?
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It does, yes. It is against XDA rules to make Best ROM or Best Kernel threads for the reason that "some" devs don't like to be compared to others. It is against the Spirit of XDA. Even though your results are not technically what is best, it is still comparing the work so should still be against the rules.
I will leave it in the hands of mods. If they decide to allow this thread, fine. If not, also fine.

rootSU said:
It does, yes. It is against XDA rules to make Best ROM or Best Kernel threads for the reason that "some" devs don't like to be compared to others. It is against the Spirit of XDA. Even though your results are not technically what is best, it is still comparing the work so should still be against the rules.
I will leave it in the hands of mods. If they decide to allow this thread, fine. If not, also fine.
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Yeah quiet difficult to decide here agree and something in a gray zone I think lol. On the one hand it is a comparison on the other hand very anonymous and it shows specific stats as well for the different ROMs and kernels (like which version most are running etc). And stats about quality speed etc are not ROM specific and only shown as overall impressions about all ROMs and kernel....difficult lol.
Whatever yeah mods need to decide.
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Definitely a grey area.
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Unfortunately comparison threads are not allowed on XDA, be it a poll or just a thread. While it is anonymous that is not the point, as mentioned some ROM/Kernel devs do not like seeing their work being compared to the work of others. As this is as outside poll (and a nice one at that) I must remove the link from the OP as members could still vote and view it otherwise.
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