[Q] Broken Xperia SP digitizer - replacement guide - Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I broke my xperia sp digitizer and I could find several replacement parts on ebay, although no disassebly guide seem to be available.
Has any of you ever replaced it successfully?
I wonder how to separate the screen from the actual digitizer.
Many thanks

Think the digitizer come as unit already stuck together
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zolaisugly said:
Think the digitizer come as unit already stuck together
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you mean the digitizer and it plastic, or the digitizer and the screen.
Are the digitizer and the screen separated?

I mean screen and digitizer come stuck together you can't separate.
I know with nexus7 it is this way, and from what I searched on Google you can't get them as separates units.
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zolaisugly said:
I mean screen and digitizer come stuck together you can't separate.
I know with nexus7 it is this way, and from what I searched on Google you can't get them as separates units.
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that means that the digitizers on ebay are not good, since they should be a unique unit (digitizer+screen)?
for example item: 271210909026
on ebay
I couldn't find the whole screen+digitizer

Looks like I have learnt something new...sorry I have given you wrong info.
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You can separate them easily.
dausama said:
Hello,
I broke my xperia sp digitizer and I could find several replacement parts on ebay, although no disassebly guide seem to be available.
Has any of you ever replaced it successfully?
I wonder how to separate the screen from the actual digitizer.
Many thanks
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You can separate the screen from the digitizer(touch glass). They are not combined together.
If your SP digitizer broken, you can choose to replace the the touch glass or the touch glass with front housing. You don't need to replace a new screen.
For mostly phones, the screen and digitizer are glued together. But Xperia SP is different.
So what " zolaisugly" said is wrong.

Here is a guide: http://youtu.be/CVannSZ-Pck
It's not in English but it's clear enough
Warning: you can take everything out of the phone with ease but if you want to get to the screen you need to unscrew the small pentalobe screws on the side bezel of the phone
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[Q] Broken Screen replacement

Hi, I dropped my cell and now it has its screen broken... the touch screen and LCD are fine, only the frontal glass is broken.....
Does anyone know how to replace it? I've already googled it but I can't find any tutorial
yuriferretti said:
Hi, I dropped my cell and now it has its screen broken... the touch screen and LCD are fine, only the frontal glass is broken.....
Does anyone know how to replace it? I've already googled it but I can't find any tutorial
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Go to service centre.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance
Rom : Jelly Bean 4.1.2 I9070XXLQ4
Kernel: CoCore E-4.2-TWRP
I already did it, but they want to replace the glass and the lcd screen, which is almost the same price of a new phone
yuriferretti said:
I already did it, but they want to replace the glass and the lcd screen, which is almost the same price of a new phone
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You cant split the touch panel from the lcd :/
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How much are they charging?
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frapeti said:
You cant split the touch panel from the lcd :/
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I think he's talking about the protective gorilla glass(there is a layer without doubt) he says lcd and touch are fine..
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mannulko said:
How much are they charging?
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I'm brazilian and they are charging R$ 540,00, more less U$ 270,00....
Im pretty sure the "glass" you're talking about is a unit with the lcd.... you cant change it separately. And yes, it's by far the most expensive part on a phone nowadays.
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I think he's talking about the protective gorilla glass(there is a layer without doubt) he says lcd and touch are fine..
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Are you sure this device has gorilla glass? Btw it's just a single piece, I recommend you to buy a bricked i9070 and replace the motherboard from your device to the bricked device, (easiest than replacing lcd), or you can replace the lcd (maybe from i9070P too) it's the cheapest solution for you
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frapeti said:
Are you sure this device has gorilla glass? Btw it's just a single piece, I recommend you to buy a bricked i9070 and replace the motherboard from your device to the bricked device, (easiest than replacing lcd), or you can replace the lcd (maybe from i9070P too) it's the cheapest solution for you
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I am sure.. Gorilla glass behaves different.. It's kind of bouncy when you tap with your fingernails or use a pen.. Same feedback from s2 and ace.. I think it's possible to replace only the protective glass
.. Unless the lcd and protective glass are fused (like in s2)
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Brainiac.shri said:
I am sure.. Gorilla glass behaves different.. It's kind of bouncy when you tap with your fingernails or use a pen.. Same feedback from s2 and ace.. I think it's possible to replace only the protective glass
.. Unless the lcd and protective glass are fused (like in s2)
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Im pretty sure that mine does not have GG. But im from Brasil and sammy always downgrade phones to us. I hate that btw.
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lucasleal said:
Im pretty sure that mine does not have GG. But im from Brasil and sammy always downgrade phones to us. I hate that btw.
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Yes, I heard about that our brazilian SII don't have Gorilla Glass, btw I'm sure that GSA doesn't have it too. I'll keep my phone until it get unusable or maybe I'll give it to my mother and buy another one!
After watching some videos on youtube, and find this front glass replacement at ebay Screen replacement... I would like to know if I could do the same thing to replace my GSA's front glass?!
first of all, it seems that's much more difficult to replace broken glass on such a device than just replace a lcd in a simple phone like nokia e51 or anything like that. according to some guy in another forum, at home you'd never be able to replace glass only in a device like galaxy s/s2 or s3 - it's told to be some kind of gel between the glass and the digitizer that you'll never be able to put it back together to make it look and work like brand new - even on successful tearing apart the old parts and putting them together to work, you'd still have some odd dull sound of empty space when tapping the screen IF YOU SUCCEED, but I repeat it's not obvious - guess why s or s2 with broken glass are so cheap? yeah, got it - it's really not easy to do it by yourselves.
btw. don't spread rumours about the brazilian i9070 to be deprived of gorilla glass - i9070 doesn't have gg, nowhere in the world. samsung sites were displaying this information some time ago but they seem to remove it - they no longer boast of gg in i9070
I had an LG Optimus 2X P990 with GG, and I replaced the glass by myself that time. It was was pretty easy.
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Have anyone managed to replace only front glass on i9070?
Closed Force said:
Have anyone managed to replace only front glass on i9070?
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It's not possible, glass and screen are merged together
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it's possible, i did it.
15$ instead of 150$
Closed Force said:
it's possible, i did it.
15$ instead of 150$
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That's badass
Closed Force said:
it's possible, i did it.
15$ instead of 150$
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LOL, what have you done with it? How it get that broken?

Q> Pre-installed Screen Protector

Hi guys,
What type of screen protector is pre-installed in our V? Because the water does not stick with the screen. I will replace my screen protector because of scratches hehe Thanks.
I
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soncarl said:
Hi guys,
What type of screen protector is pre-installed in our V? Because the water does not stick with the screen. I will replace my screen protector because of scratches hehe Thanks.
I
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The original one is shatter-proof sheet. And it provides mediocre protection IMHO. It's very likely to scratch that's why I took it off and installed Zagg's screen protector. But be careful! If you want to take your protector off, you WILL lose Sony logo as it's printed on the protector!
Tapped from The Bond Phone!
So your phone has no Sony logo anymore?
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soncarl said:
So your phone has no Sony logo anymore?
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Yes. Same as me. However I installed Zagg invisibleSHIELD and removed it after a week due to its rubbery feeling. (It's also not dust resistance) Living in Singapore, a dusty city, will cause my invisibleSHIELD to get very dusty and cause my screen to be less responsive. I recommend you to remove it and install those Clear/Glare-proof screen protector.
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what if i install a new screen protector on the original one ? what are the consequences ?
I think there are no consequences. It totally depends on you what you will do.
Is there anyway we can but the screen protector with the sony logo.. Mine doesn't have sony logo anymore
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GS3 Just like Glass Screen Protector on HTC one help

I have a "new" Just like Glass Screen protector for a GS3 that was stuffed away on my desk. Now that I have the HTC one as of this weekend I want to use it for temp protection until I find and order something else.
Now my question is, can I cover the soft keys with this or do i need to cut it so its covers just above the soft key?. Asking becuase I saw another thread where some other screen protecters (Sgp GLASt) were not working with the soft keys. And as said.... this is just a temp protection for my construction trade before I order the correct fitting SP. I need to place the SP on now before work tomorrow
You can cover the whole screen the buttons will work
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ssiefman said:
You can cover the whole screen the buttons will work
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Thanks. Thats All I need to know :good:
Thread can be closed and sunk to the bottom of the sea
The reports of the capacitive buttons not working where for devices before the update. My One is covered with the sp that came with my otter box and I think it had even enhanced the sensitivity. BTW I work for UPS like you I also needed the extra protection.
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C5303 'aluminum' frame damage (coating)

Today I dropped my phone for the first time
The so called aluminum frame was instantly damaged and to my surprise it was paint that chipped off.
Underneath there is just a hard kind of plastic.
I looked all over the place for a replacement frame but can't find any.
Anyone else with this problem?
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Redeque said:
Today I dropped my phone for the first time
The so called aluminum frame was instantly damaged and to my surprise it was paint that chipped off.
Underneath there is just a hard kind of plastic.
I looked all over the place for a replacement frame but can't find any.
Anyone else with this problem?
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First of all, greetings to everyone on this forum, this is my first post here.
I have a black Xperia SP (C5303), and have the same problem. Mine dropped on the street from my hand and although was in his leather casing, somehow dropped on the only side without protection. Was very suprised when I saw that 'alumium' frame was very damaged (damage looks like on your phone) from dropping only 1+ m of height inside of a protection case. The good news is that nothing else was damaged.
The phone is great for my needs, but I'm still not convinced with quality of aluminium frame. Probably this is the price of his weight. Before had Samsung Galaxy S Advance and dropped him accidently only once but without even a scratch.
I was very upset with the damage, but because of its black color it is not as visible as on your white model, so for now I won't be searching for a replacement frame... Hopefully won't be dropping him too much.
Greetings.
Yep it happens, even when I am charging, when the charger scratches the coat on the port, the paint will be chipped off.
Luckily I bought a black one, and the problem is not so bad and visible.
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Redeque said:
Today I dropped my phone for the first time
The so called aluminum frame was instantly damaged and to my surprise it was paint that chipped off.
Underneath there is just a hard kind of plastic.
I looked all over the place for a replacement frame but can't find any.
Anyone else with this problem?
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Bro i thinks its chrome finish that have came out take it to the service center tell them ur prob and btw i have dropped my sp today and voila nothin happens surprised to see this thing surprise..! but this thing wouldn't happen to me..maybe its because my sp is black..and keep it carefully now bro or its will ripped off by small pressure..
Quite a disappointment. My previous sony phones where solid as a rock.
It looks easy to remove though with the two screws. What you guys think
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Redeque said:
Quite a disappointment. My previous sony phones where solid as a rock.
It looks easy to remove though with the two screws. What you guys think
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I dun think so ,u can see these pictures I forward from other forum (it's dropbox link )
http://db.tt/tKT3eVMr
http://db.tt/hoJDZIz2
http://db.tt/p65IhPP4
http://db.tt/qqhjEzFq
http://db.tt/XVXppyCM
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I have this also but smaller from putting on a hard case. No more hard cases for me!
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What about using nail polish of similar color, or a car paint and small brush?
Looks like you kicked it down the street!
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I think it only happens to white models, on a Spanish forum there is another user with the same problem (paint chipping off)
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=668090
Now I regret choosing the white model, I have paint chipped off around the data cable port,stereo out, and also around power button :crying:
There are replacement frames on ebay for like 10$.
Link please
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And are they easy to install?
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Redeque said:
Link please
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Look at this http://www.ebay.it/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=replacement+xperia+sp&LH_PrefLoc=2&LH_BIN=1
Thanks a lot for the link. Not sure if I dare to replace it though. Kind of need a disassembly video first...
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I recommend using a good soft case like the one below.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matte-TPU-S...DA_Cases&var=490159410395&hash=item2c6ffb4d1c
Same problem in my Spanish SP... Shouldn't this be solved by Sony? aluminium frame is not made of aluminum, isn´t it?
I have also the same problem on my SP. is it normal?? Sony has to replace our frame with a better one.
I'm very disappointed with this ****ty paintjob, my hpone is barely 1 month old and it already got chipped paint on a several spots on the frame. I thought the frame was aluminium because every review I've read said so.... even if it wasn't aluminium, the paint shouldn't have come off so easily. i read sony used water-based paint, maybe that's why.

[Q] broken glass!

Ok, it's happened!
My SP glass is broken! :crying:
Do you know if it's possible to buy a replacement and if there is an "how to" somewehre in the web that tech you how to replace the glass?
Thank you!
c_c_c_66 said:
Do you know if it's possible to buy a replacement
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Ebay xperia SP digitaliser
and if there is an "how to" somewehre in the web that tech you how to replace the glass?
Thank you!
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Google xperia SP screen replacement or tear down
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Captain Sweatpants said:
Ebay xperia SP digitaliser Google xperia SP screen replacement or tear down
Thank you very much!
I've just ordered the "digitaliser"!
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Compatible parts
Hi, can someone help me? I buyed a digitaliser on ebay and I have replaced this fine, but the touch is very bad, very unresponsive, glove mode doesn,t work now and multitouch ******
The seller gave me the money back
Now I want to buy an ORIGINAL PART FROM SONY, not compatible parts. Where I can go to buy this?
Please help me! Now I have installed the broken glass because it works fine. I prefer the broken glass to a clean glass but unresponsive.
The Sony digitaliser contains both active and passive capacitors that's why it can have glove mode and mutitouch perhaps the digitaliser you bought only contained passive capacitors. That's the normal ones. Try a more expensive one. Also those problems could be caused by a bad connection try cleaning the connections with contact cleaner. If you want to be sure its a Sony part you may have to go to a Sony centre.
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Original Sony Parts
Captain Sweatpants said:
The Sony digitaliser contains both active and passive capacitors that's why it can have glove mode and mutitouch perhaps the digitaliser you bought only contained passive capacitors. That's the normal ones. Try a more expensive one. Also those problems could be caused by a bad connection try cleaning the connections with contact cleaner. If you want to be sure its a Sony part you may have to go to a Sony centre.
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I can´t buy an original Sony part somewhere and I personally install it ? Sony is expensive to install parts
Thanks for your reply friend and sorry for my english
oscarstl said:
I can´t buy an original Sony part somewhere and I personally install it ? Sony is expensive to install parts
Thanks for your reply friend and sorry for my english
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If its marked as an OEM part then it should be made by the same manufacturer as the original part so that would be your best bet. Unfortunately online it hard to be sure.
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Numbers on the back of the panel
Captain Sweatpants said:
If its marked as an OEM part then it should be made by the same manufacturer as the original part so that would be your best bet. Unfortunately online it hard to be sure.
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Can you explain me the meaning of these numbers on the back of the digitizer?
EDIT: It says: "8W / 13 Y KL"
Not sure probably a part number or a code to do with the manufacture
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Not sure probably a part number or a code to do with the manufacture
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On my broken screen it says the same but "40" / "48" (i,m not sure because it,s installed yet) instead of "8" Can be a part of the region code?
The digitiser of the models C5302 / C5303 / C5306 / M35h are the same?
Thanks bro, this thread will help more people in the future
EDIT: On my original broken screen it says "44" xD
The xperia SP range are all identical hardware the difference is the radio baseband ie the frequencies they are capable of receiving. The C5302= 3g version C5303= global LTE/4G version and the C5306= american LTE version I would just buy an OEM digitaliser and fit that
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Captain Sweatpants said:
The xperia SP range are all identical hardware the difference is the radio baseband ie the frequencies they are capable of receiving. The C5302= 3g version C5303= global LTE/4G version and the C5306= american LTE version I would just buy an OEM digitaliser and fit that
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What do you think about this item? http://www.etradesupply.com/sony-xperia-sp-m35h-digitizer-touch-screen.html
It says :
The Sony Xperia SP M36h Digitizer Touch Screen can support up-to 10 fingers.
This Xperia SP Digitizer can respond even while wearing gloves.
The item is marked as "OEM"
What do you think about this website? I do not want to create spam please sorry
More Info
I have found more information:
On the photo you can see how the fake glass have 3 dots on top when the original SP cristal have 2
On the picture is not appreciated but you can see how obviously the white is not the same in both, The original have a brilliant white and the fake have darker white.
When you give touches at the original cristal it feels sturdy but on the fake cristal sounds cheap
c_c_c_66 said:
Captain Sweatpants said:
Ebay xperia SP digitaliser Google xperia SP screen replacement or tear down
Thank you very much!
I've just ordered the "digitaliser"!
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Might you tell me where you bought it please? and you could send me some pictures when you get it:fingers-crossed:
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oscarstl said:
I have found more information:
On the photo you can see how the fake glass have 3 dots on top when the original SP cristal have 2
On the picture is not appreciated but you can see how obviously the white is not the same in both, The original have a brilliant white and the fake have darker white.
When you give touches at the original cristal it feels sturdy but on the fake cristal sounds cheap
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My black xperia sp has 3 sensor holes on top and I'm pretty sure that it ain't fake
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oscarstl said:
I have found more information:
On the photo you can see how the fake glass have 3 dots on top when the original SP cristal have 2
On the picture is not appreciated but you can see how obviously the white is not the same in both, The original have a brilliant white and the fake have darker white.
When you give touches at the original cristal it feels sturdy but on the fake cristal sounds cheap
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noahvt said:
My black xperia sp has 3 sensor holes on top and I'm pretty sure that it ain't fake
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My black Xperia also have 3 sensor holes.
Interesting - my white xperia SP has 2!
My white SP has 2 sensors and the camera
oscarstl said:
What do you think about this item? http://www.etradesupply.com/sony-xperia-sp-m35h-digitizer-touch-screen.html
It says :
The Sony Xperia SP M36h Digitizer Touch Screen can support up-to 10 fingers.
This Xperia SP Digitizer can respond even while wearing gloves.
The item is marked as "OEM"
What do you think about this website? I do not want to create spam please sorry
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That one looks OK I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have be marked as OEM if it was fake
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My black xperia sp has 3 sensor holes on top and I'm pretty sure that it ain't fake
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Interesting, What model have you using? C5303, C5302... Maybe only the black version have 3 dots and these dots on the white version indicates a fake product..

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