[Q] S4 to S4 Active porting roms - Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi XDA developers, I'm a 14 years old geek and I want go make a porting of an S4 rom for my internetional S4 Active. I know that these 2 devices mount the same hardware, with the exception of the camera and the panels (in this case a Super Amoled and an LCD), so i think it isn't impossible. For example, if i have got an official S4 CM12 (someone said spegelius-AntaresOne), what must I do first? I read something about the kernels and the entire thread of spegelius but I understood almost nothing. Please answer as clearly as possible (sorry for my bad english, I'm italian ).

S4Activator said:
Hi XDA developers, I'm a 14 years old geek and I want go make a porting of an S4 rom for my internetional S4 Active. I know that these 2 devices mount the same hardware, with the exception of the camera and the panels (in this case a Super Amoled and an LCD), so i think it isn't impossible. For example, if i have got an official S4 CM12 (someone said spegelius-AntaresOne), what must I do first? I read something about the kernels and the entire thread of spegelius but I understood almost nothing. Please answer as clearly as possible (sorry for my bad english, I'm italian ).
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If you just want CM12, it already exists here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2947513). If you want to learn how to port other ROMs, I would talk to @mythi. He's ported a bunch of 4.4.2 already and probably knows a quick way to do it.

Devo7v said:
If you just want CM12, it already exists here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2947513). If you want to learn how to port other ROMs, I would talk to @mythi. He's ported a bunch of 4.4.2 already and probably knows a quick way to do it.
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thank you

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[Q] Ubuntu Touch for Galaxy S4 Active (i9295)

Hi all.
Anybody knows if Ubuntu Touch for Galaxy S 4 Active is being made?
Can we use the standard galaxy S4 build, if they manage to get it working on their system?
It is basically the same (same Processor, sound device, etc.), except for the camera.
I am willing to give 10 USD to the person who creates the first working beta
(I know its not much, but i am a student, so i dont have much money right now.. )
All the best,
Toby
Questions and help issues go in Q&A and Help section
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FNM
TobiasFP said:
Hi all.
Anybody knows if Ubuntu Touch for Galaxy S 4 Active is being made?
Can we use the standard galaxy S4 build, if they manage to get it working on their system?
It is basically the same (same Processor, sound device, etc.), except for the camera.
I am willing to give 10 USD to the person who creates the first working beta
(I know its not much, but i am a student, so i dont have much money right now.. )
All the best,
Toby
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It also has a different screen amongst other things, meaning it needs a different kernel - different drivers. I wouldn't hold my breath on ANY more roms coming to the i9295. It simply didn't gain enough traction!
Cederic said:
It also has a different screen amongst other things, meaning it needs a different kernel - different drivers. I wouldn't hold my breath on ANY more roms coming to the i9295. It simply didn't gain enough traction!
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Thanks for the pick me up
But shouldnt all that needs changing be the blobs for the CM build?
Since Ubuntu touch relies on CyanogenMod to work, and since we have a pretty stable CM rom going, couldnt we just use the blobs from the i9505 build with minor adjustments to get going?
or have i misunderstood the build process?
TobiasFP said:
Thanks for the pick me up
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Heh, yes I'm a bit bitter. I'm planning to sell my active and get a nexus 5 instead thanks to the lack of developments, so I can't help but rub it in a bit on the way out. While there's been some upswing lately for the i537 thanks to safestrap, none of that translates to the i9295.
TobiasFP said:
But shouldnt all that needs changing be the blobs for the CM build?
Since Ubuntu touch relies on CyanogenMod to work, and since we have a pretty stable CM rom going, couldnt we just use the blobs from the i9505 build with minor adjustments to get going?
or have i misunderstood the build process?
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Well, I'm using the CM build from this forum as my daily user, and "pretty stable" is a good description. Not stable enough really, and the most pressing issue is the lack of official CM support to make it so. I don't know how easy it is, but quite obviously there's more to it than you'd think or it would have happened already. Samsung is (apparently) notorious for not making it easy in any way, so... I wouldn't hold out hope. Not since this device turned out to be so slowly adopted that there just doesn't seem to be enough developers interested.
Perhaps this will change over the year to come, but I doubt it, and I for one don't have time for it.
Cederic said:
Heh, yes I'm a bit bitter. I'm planning to sell my active and get a nexus 5 instead thanks to the lack of developments, so I can't help but rub it in a bit on the way out. While there's been some upswing lately for the i537 thanks to safestrap, none of that translates to the i9295.
Well, I'm using the CM build from this forum as my daily user, and "pretty stable" is a good description. Not stable enough really, and the most pressing issue is the lack of official CM support to make it so. I don't know how easy it is, but quite obviously there's more to it than you'd think or it would have happened already. Samsung is (apparently) notorious for not making it easy in any way, so... I wouldn't hold out hope. Not since this device turned out to be so slowly adopted that there just doesn't seem to be enough developers interested.
Perhaps this will change over the year to come, but I doubt it, and I for one don't have time for it.
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No, of course it is not easy, but what i was saying is, that when the i9505 gets going, which i believe it will, since they have been working on it for about a month now, i believe it could "easily" be converted to the i9295.
The i9505 is a lot more similar to the i9295 than the i537, they both share the same Krait processor, and the screen is already fully supported in the current CM build of the i9295, so i dont see that as a problem.
Of course it will take some time, but i believe (okay, a better word would be "hope") that when the i9505 has Ubuntu Touch ready, it will not take long for us.
See the development status here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2274387&page=4

Why No updates custom roms made for Galaxy Camera My Question/Request to Developers

Hey everybody, I was really excited when I first saw videos and reviews about this Camera And I bought one for myself, but since then there are no ROM updates or custom rooms nor any mods for this device? Why there is no development work done for this GC100 camera..? Don't you guys think it's a popular and good device and there are many users who want to customize their GC, alteast port note3 or s5 camera to this device plz plz its a Request you guys are amazing and I know you can do it n I hope you will.. Thanks
Regards
rahib172 said:
Hey everybody, I was really excited when I first saw videos and reviews about this Camera And I bought one for myself, but since then there are no ROM updates or custom rooms nor any mods for this device? Why there is no development work done for this GC100 camera..? Don't you guys think it's a popular and good device and there are many users who want to customize their GC, alteast port note3 or s5 camera to this device plz plz its a Request you guys are amazing and I know you can do it n I hope you will.. Thanks
Regards
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I would settle for a custom recovery...
This is a typical scenerio with the Camera 2 now out and the K Zoom. As soon as upgraded models and especially completely new models are released development usually comes to a screeching halt on the previous models. These are not wildly popular devices, so it's not too surprising that there was never much development to begin with. The same development fizzle happened with my Note 2 phone, and lack of popularity was a big problem with my Note 10.1 2014 edition tablet.
internetpilot said:
This is a typical scenerio with the Camera 2 now out and the K Zoom. As soon as upgraded models and especially completely new models are released development usually comes to a screeching halt on the previous models. These are not wildly popular devices, so it's not too surprising that there was never much development to begin with. The same development fizzle happened with my Note 2 phone, and lack of popularity was a big problem with my Note 10.1 2014 edition tablet.
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Do you think for the sake of this device you could pull someone to get a ROM made?
Didn't I read somewhere on XDA that Philz and Clockwork Mod are no longer producing custom recoveries? Or was that device specific? I thought I read that TWRP is the only name in the recovery game currently.

[Q] [Discussion] The end of the Galaxy S Advance?

Hello everyone, I invite you to this talk to discuss this topic
Did the Galaxy S Advance came to an end?
I have seen many developers are abandoning the Janice and migrating to other devices, it is very normal, everyone wants a change sometimes
but I worry that we're running out ROMs, I understand that this device is 2 years old but I think he had very little time to live
Anyone else think the same? please I would like to leave your opinion on this topic.
¡Sorry for my bad English!
Epirex said:
Hello everyone, I invite you to this talk to discuss this topic
Did the Galaxy S Advance came to an end?
I have seen many developers are abandoning the Janice and migrating to other devices, it is very normal, everyone wants a change sometimes
but I worry that we're running out ROMs, I understand that this device is 2 years old but I think he had very little time to live
Anyone else think the same? please I would like to leave your opinion on this topic.
¡Sorry for my bad English!
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I could not tell I have not then I think this phone can not do more rom
Sorry for my bad English
Greetings from Costa Rica
XperiAMM
MaxiCM Team
Epirex said:
Hello everyone, I invite you to this talk to discuss this topic
Did the Galaxy S Advance came to an end?
I have seen many developers are abandoning the Janice and migrating to other devices, it is very normal, everyone wants a change sometimes
but I worry that we're running out ROMs, I understand that this device is 2 years old but I think he had very little time to live
Anyone else think the same? please I would like to leave your opinion on this topic.
¡Sorry for my bad English!
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Fact is that we do not have any active developer any more. Just look at our Development section. And I am afraid that we can't do anything about that.
shut_down said:
Fact is that we do not have any active developer any more. Just look at our Development section. And I am afraid that we can't do anything about that.
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exactly
Maybe there'll be some revival with coming lolipop? As I know (not really into this) TC did their job bottom up, so all we need now is some talented kid to step up and learn a bit and prepare for coming OS.:fingers-crossed:
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Fact is that we do not have any active developer any more.
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What about vickiushu ?
What about AntresOne (he still is a dev but for other device) ?
Wysłane z mojego nexusowego tablecika.....
i believe we must understand and accept the scenario right now, right from the beginning this device has been struggling for some serious development due to lack of sources , but our capable and smart devs made efforts and as a result we had a variety of popular roms ported to our phone, but sad thing is the transition has been huge since this phone was launched, so its natural and logical for the devs to switch to other devices and for those who are still having the phone have fear of left alone but dont worry guys i think the devs are kind enough to continue bringing good stuff if anything major happens, although not frequently as it used to be
if we have only one good rom with support, we are done there is no need of many roms if that cannot happen according to me...
infacf even we too might eventually switch to a new device sooner or later
so chill, the change thats happening is natural and quite obvious, i just hope we continue to get support for aospa and cm ,
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but our capable and smart devs made efforts and as a result we had a variety of popular roms ported to our phone,
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built from sources* NOT ported.
Guys,don't cry and think a bit at past of s avance ! You know,you can't improve a phone day by day,forever.It has an end due hardware limitation.Who thought that s advance will run cm10.2/11 ? Who tought that we will overclock cpu and gpu? Everyday we opened xda (at least me ) to see if cm10.2/cm11 was released.Let's see what we got until now:
1.Cm 10
2.Cm 10.1
3.Cm 10.2
4.Cm 11
5.Cocore kernel,overclocking cpu + gpu
6.Many roms
What you want more???Overclock to 2.0 Ghz? lol.Is hardware limitation.Also,maybe it can't run Android L.
We got everything is possible for our phone and it was improved alot from stock thanks to our developers.If i would have money,i will donate to them,they deserve.Without them,probably we sold our phone in 1 year.So, every phone has an end.
PS: i forgot to mention that our roms are FULLY WORKING
Force said:
built from sources* NOT ported.
Guys,don't cry and think a bit at past of s avance ! You know,you can't improve a phone day by day,forever.It has an end due hardware limitation.Who thought that s advance will run cm10.2/11 ? Who tought that we will overclock cpu and gpu? Everyday we opened xda (at least me ) to see if cm10.2/cm11 was released.Let's see what we got until now:
1.Cm 10
2.Cm 10.1
3.Cm 10.2
4.Cm 11
5.Cocore kernel,overclocking cpu + gpu
6.Many roms
What you want more???Overclock to 2.0 Ghz? lol.Is hardware limitation.Also,maybe it can't run Android L.
We got everything is possible for our phone and it was improved alot from stock thanks to our developers.If i would have money,i will donate to them,they deserve.Without them,probably we sold our phone in 1 year.So, every phone has an end.
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i didnt mean port in winzip method of ported i said that they ported cm etc unofficially as they are called unofficial ports and i am not questioning anybody's hardwork point here is different
and of android L don't be so negative, at the time of kitkat people used to say the same thing but we got it running, so don't predict anything before devs say anything crude after its full launch...
having said that i am not demanding anything i am just being optimistic as everything that this device got was more than expected and a surprise and i am happy with what we have for now
Perhaps the simple language is "Let it flow like water flowing" alone.
TPD-21 said:
Perhaps the simple language is "Let it flow like water flowing" alone.
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yes of course, after all its just a phone : D
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TPD-21 said:
Perhaps the simple language is "Let it flow like water flowing" alone.
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yes of course, after all its just a phone
Force said:
built from sources* NOT ported.
Guys,don't cry and think a bit at past of s avance ! You know,you can't improve a phone day by day,forever.It has an end due hardware limitation.Who thought that s advance will run cm10.2/11 ? Who tought that we will overclock cpu and gpu? Everyday we opened xda (at least me ) to see if cm10.2/cm11 was released.Let's see what we got until now:
1.Cm 10
2.Cm 10.1
3.Cm 10.2
4.Cm 11
5.Cocore kernel,overclocking cpu + gpu
6.Many roms
What you want more???Overclock to 2.0 Ghz? lol.Is hardware limitation.Also,maybe it can't run Android L.
We got everything is possible for our phone and it was improved alot from stock thanks to our developers.If i would have money,i will donate to them,they deserve.Without them,probably we sold our phone in 1 year.So, every phone has an end.
PS: i forgot to mention that our roms are FULLY WORKING
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never said we want more ROMs, The community achieved since earlier this year and was the difference in the ROMs that came and is grateful to Team Canjica!
But as TPD-21 said, you have to let everything flow as it should

Cyanogenmod on the note 4 snapdragon

Hi Guys ! Is somebody already trying to boot Cyanogenmod ? I'm a reverse engineer, have done quite a bit of development work on CM11 for the S4 I9500 and just ordered my Note 4 snapdragon and planning to run and optimize CM12 on our Snapdragon Note 4
gekkehenkie11 said:
Hi Guys ! Is somebody already trying to boot Cyanogenmod ? I'm a reverse engineer, have done quite a bit of development work on CM11 for the S4 I9500 and just ordered my Note 4 snapdragon and planning to run and optimize CM12 on our Snapdragon Note 4
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this is xda my man , and someone everytime is trying their best for us..... like what u said just gave me hopes.... bang cm12 soon bro
Er. Aditya said:
this is xda my man , and someone everytime is trying their best for us..... like what u said just gave me hopes.... bang cm12 soon bro
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Yes, I'm hoping more developers will switch to this device and will start working on booting and running CM as smooth as possible. I just ordered my note 4 yesterday, I still have to wait 2 weeks to receive my device (I don't live in a snapdragon country), hoping to work together with some other devs but if not, going to give booting CM myself a try and will update and report here for sure !
I'm new to the Note line so I have a question. Does the S-Pen work (just work, non of the fancy features) with custom Roms or do devs need to optimize it?
I would love to see it running Lollipop.
Patience... is the key. It will happen.
Narekrocks said:
I'm new to the Note line so I have a question. Does the S-Pen work (just work, non of the fancy features) with custom Roms or do devs need to optimize it?
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The spen will work on any rom but samsung specific apps like snote will only work on samsung based roms. On cm based roms there are alternative apps like papyrus and on the note 2 there were specific spen apps made for cm roms so guess the same thing will probably happen on the n4
Wrong forum my man. Please take your thread to the right place. Facepalm
Droideatsappleforlunch said:
Wrong forum my man. Please take your thread to the right place. Facepalm
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"This forum is intended for XDA members to find or discuss development on the Galaxy Note 4, including ROMs, kernels, rooting, mods and much more, specifically for the Qualcomm Snapdragon variant of the Note 4."
Sounds like the right place to me.
Anyway on topic: here's the general porting method: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro and here the samsung code: http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=910f
Unfortunately going by what Samsung released previously, we'll need code directly from Qualcomm, did anybody find chipset code for the 805 already ?
And here's the Lollipop Nexus 6 (of course also running snapdragon 805) code:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/android-lollipop-source-pushed-to-aosp/
Oh and also found this thread, should be helpful to get a start: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532873
Anyway, getting my device in 2 weeks, hopefully around that time CM12 will be released too, mabye we should wait for that anyway, but I wanted to start this thread already to function as a knowledge sharing thread regarding getting cyanogenmod running on the Note 4. Going to do some digging in the sources codes already and see what's there and what's missing.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+TonyLayher/posts/ABurAWxbk4V
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https://plus.google.com/u/0/+TonyLayher/posts/ABurAWxbk4V
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Is Tony the official cm maintainer for note series d3vices?
Texted from Note 4
Droideatsappleforlunch said:
Love it how you edit rule number 15 for your own benefit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=263
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Sorry but I really miss your point man. This is development and most importantly, this is Snapdragon: this thread has really not much to do with Exynos (which most likely will never even run CM12, at least not in the next year), so I really don't see in which forum it would be more ontopic than this one. If you disagree, let me know in which forum you feel it should be posted in and why and if it makes sense, I'll ask the mod, but again, I really don't see it.
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https://plus.google.com/u/0/+TonyLayher/posts/ABurAWxbk4V
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Wow, that's really wonderful news, you made my day man, thanks !!! :good: :fingers-crossed: Can't wait to flash it (need to wait 2 weeks to get my hands on the device though, damn, hehe). I've done quite a bit of work on the i9500, Ironing out bugs by reverse engineering stock ROM and my goal is to make CM12 on our Note 4 the best Cyanogenmod experience so far ! Man, really cant wait !
I just got mine yeaterday im super excited. I'm really surprised how steady it feels in hands. It doesn't feel like a Samsung device at all. My babe is already rooted and unlocked just waiting on lollipop
TheUndertaker21 said:
I just got mine yeaterday im super excited. I'm really surprised how steady it feels in hands. It doesn't feel like a Samsung device at all. My babe is already rooted and unlocked just waiting on lollipop
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What I never understoodbis why DPI is so freaking high. Looks incredibly ugly. Set mine to 480.
Narekrocks said:
What I never understoodbis why DPI is so freaking high. Looks incredibly ugly. Set mine to 480.
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Picture was taken as soon i took it out of the box. So i didn't have time to do anything
Narekrocks said:
What I never understoodbis why DPI is so freaking high. Looks incredibly ugly. Set mine to 480.
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440 here [emoji6]
Texted from Note 4
Pointless thread in developer forum. Can't wait to see this closed. What is become of xda that anyone can post what he likes and where he wants.

Can I install a fresh or stock Android on Note 8? I don't need any apps from Samsung

Hi all,
I am a long time IOS user, I usually buy the new Note every year because I love it's design, I feel like it made for me, but also usually I use it for maximum 1 week and sell it, I am sorry but really I hate the Android which made by Samsung.
My question is, can I use the note 8 like a Windows PC or laptop? when a new version of windows released I download it and install it on my PC, Can I install a clean, original, pure, not edited and up to date Android on my Note 8? before you say anything about Samsung's features, I don't want them, I need the Note 8 design on a clean Android.
I searched a lot on Google but I could't find an answer so I hope someone can help me here.
My Note 8 model is SM-N950F /DS
Regards
Meky22 said:
Hi all,
I am a long time IOS user, I usually buy the new Note every year because I love it's design, I feel like it made for me, but also usually I use it for maximum 1 week and sell it, I am sorry but really I hate the Android which made by Samsung.
My question is, can I use the note 8 like a Windows PC or laptop? when a new version of windows released I download it and install it on my PC, Can I install a clean, original, pure, not edited and up to date Android on my Note 8? before you say anything about Samsung's features, I don't want them, I need the Note 8 design on a clean Android.
I searched a lot on Google but I could't find an answer so I hope someone can help me here.
My Note 8 model is SM-N950F /DS
Regards
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To my knowledge Exynos source code isn't fully released, and Snapdragons lock the bootloader. That explains why there's less AOSP development (or none). You can check the rom threads for what's available, but they might not suit your needs.
sefrcoko said:
To my knowledge Exynos source code isn't fully released, and Snapdragons lock the bootloader. That explains why there's less AOSP development (or none). You can check the rom threads for what's available, but they might not suit your needs.
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Thanks sefrcoko, are the ROMs made by Google or by developers? Can I trust all of them or I must be careful?
Regards
Meky22 said:
Thanks sefrcoko, are the ROMs made by Google or by developers? Can I trust all of them or I must be careful?
Regards
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The custom roms are made by devs, not Google. "Pure" Android firmware is made by Google but you can't flash those firmwares on a Samsung device (just like you can't flash Samsung firmware on Google phones, LG phones, etc.). AOSP custom roms will give you the pure vanilla experience on Samsung, but there hasn't been much (or maybe anything) like that here, for the reasons I mentioned in my previous post.
Take a look at what's available in the rom threads... The more active ones tend to have many posts and recognized devs. Either way I've never had a custom rom that contained malware, etc., but root in itself means less security than stock. Of course read up and ask questions if you have any doubt about something along the way (but search first though lol)

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