I'm unlocking a Verizon xv6800 to try and flash a new rom. This is my older phone but I've flashed it before to stock ROMs with no problems. This time, however, something seems to have gone wrong.
I ran the unlocker Olipro 2.40 and when it got to the point where I was to disable the USB, I went into WMDC and unchecked 'USB' connections just like it told me to, only when the application said to hit any key to continue, it told me:
'Cannot open USB port. Please make sure, that USB connection in Activesync is disabled. Also make sure, that your USB cable is properly connected.'
Well, I thought I did disable it. The letters 'USB' are showing up in the grey section of the bootloader screen whenever I plug it in, but somehow it's not connecting or something. Can anyone give me some pointers on how I could get this thing out of the bootloader screen on a Vista machine with WMDC? Thanks!
Ariel
Simple solution is to use XP and not vista to avoid all problems.
Well, of course, but at this point I'm sort of stuck with Vista - you know, like those poor saps that got computers with the Millenium Edition?
I tried something that seems to have snapped it out of it's lock, but I didn't exit - and I was wondering if I could get some more helpful information on how to do this with a Vista computer? Are you saying it's not possible?
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Well, of course, but at this point I'm sort of stuck with Vista - you know, like those poor saps that got computers with the Millenium Edition?
I tried something that seems to have snapped it out of it's lock, but I didn't exit - and I was wondering if I could get some more helpful information on how to do this with a Vista computer? Are you saying it's not possible?
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Myabe download vmware server, install it, and install winxp into that, share the usb device and try might get you out of it. Its a long way around but it probably would work if done right.
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Myabe download vmware server, install it, and install winxp into that, share the usb device and try might get you out of it. Its a long way around but it probably would work if done right.
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Hmmm... I think it might be easier to try and find an XP machine I could use. So, you are saying that there's not a Vista version of the unlocker Olipro? I've already loaded radios and ROMs using this machine without issue, only unlocking has given me any problem.
Ariel
there is no operating system version of anything ppc. It is just that vista causes so many problems many choice to only flash with xp. Ask ryanmogul I seem to remember him using vista maybe.
Ok, thanks. That is the information I was looking for. It is very comforting to know there is such expertise in this stuff available here. Thank you for replying in so timely a manner.
First off here are my specs:
Using windows 7 ultimate (x86)
"Non Google" branded phone
Firmware Vrs: 2.1-update1
Baseband: 1.04.01.09.21
Kernel: 2.6.29-d30020a8
Build: RegawMOD v2.0.1
Software: 2.20.651.1
PRI: 1.70_003
PRL: 60663
First off let me say that i never had to use the PRI fix or use my MSL to reset the device (although i have it just in case =P).
I did hear though that the 1.70 PRI did not work well for the MNS and even heard it didnt work for Damage and Regaw's Roms. But i wanted it to work badly enough i worked on trying to fix it for days =P.
I havnt tested it on the newest damage or regaw roms yet, just regaw 2.0.1.
I pretty much followed the guide i found here for the HTC tattoo. http://blog.brightpointuk.co.uk/installing-htc-tattoo-usb-modem-windows-7
So first off these are the exact steps i went through to eventually get it working; go to start/programs/HTC and uninstall your HTC sync and HTC drivers, IF they are there that is. Leave your phone unplugged for now. Restart your computer when and if it asks.
Go to http://www.htc.com/www/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=283&act=sd&cat=all and get the latest HTC Sync.
Install the sucker, when it asks you to take off your firewalls and such, do that just in case. Go to control panel/Windows firewall/change firewall settings to turn them off.
When the install is completely finished turn back on your firewall. Then Restart your PC again. When you reboot, plug in your phone once and choose the "Disk Drive" setting, let your PC find the drivers and install them, when it finishes, scroll down the notification bar on the phone, tap charge only, then go change your phone to HTC sync, let it install any other drivers then change your phone internet sharing. It will install some more drivers again, if it fails to do so, follow what the guide from the link says. Also please disable any current wireless connections or wired connections you may have at the moment =P. A new wired connection should come up identified as "Connection 4 or 5 or 6" depending on how many existing types of internet connections you have. Set it to home settings, open up internet explorer, go try google.com as your first site to see if it works =P.
Thats it. Thats what i did, pretty much i just reinstalled all the drivers and tried the new HTC sync. Personally i think it was the versions of the drivers that made it work. But who knows =P
Post your experiences/fixes you came up with so everyone can start to use the feature. Also please post the OS you are using because that will make a difference.
That shouldn't work where as the 67 error that everyone is getting is a SPRINT registration error, nothing to do with drivers on the pc lol
I used to get the 67 error as well =P
now it works after i did this
something to try at least.
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I used to get the 67 error as well =P
now it works after i did this
something to try at least.
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ok I have xp, i'll try it out (or something similar)
But were ya saying that the error 67 is a network communication error?
like the phone is contacting sprint to see if your account has the PAM feature or something?
cause my plan includes the PAM feature cause im a sprint employee, but i was still getting the error 67 on 1.5 and earlier 2.1 sprint leak roms.
Howdy guys and gals.
Although I pretty much... err... hate my Touch Pro (feels sluggish, GPS is worthless), the final insult came when I upgraded to Windows 7 64bit. The phone just couldn't sync through WMDC. It wasn't a ROM issue or a problem on the phone itself, since I'd kept my old XP 32bit instalation on another disk and checked it there, through Activesync - that worked fine. I thought it was a problem with some program I had installed on Windows 7 (firewall, antivirus, whatever) and since I had a lot of work, I tried only occasionally to fix it. Once, twice, thrice... After some months, I got bored with having no sync and thought I'd finally reinstall Win7 64bit and try, bit by bit, to find the offending software. Guess who's the culprit?
Windows 7 64bit
There can't be no other explanation but a problem on the OS itself, since after a complete wipe of the HD and a reformat, with no installations whatsoever, with Microsofts official updates of the system (yeah, ORIGINAL Windows 7, no "you have a pirate copy" problems here), it 'still couldn't sync. I tried different roms (different NRG versions, TAEL and a bunch of others), different cables, different USB slots... Nada. Zits. Remember, I'm talking vanilla installation of both Win7 64bit and the phone (wiped storage, original ROM flash and then upgrade to cooked ROM). N-o-t-h-i-n-g worked.
I must have spent more than 50 hours troubleshooting both, installing, reinstalling, changing cables, heck, even trying different hardware combinations (had some spare parts and changed almost everything apart from the motherboard and the CPU). It-doesn't-work.
My version of Office WAS 2007. I used the exact same software with WinXP (but jumped to some 64bit versions of programs like Photoshop), but that doesn't matter anyway - since I tried syncing with ONLY Windows 7 64bit installed and no software. On XP everything works fine - so, no "hardware problems on the PC or Phone".
So, I've finally reached the point were I have to... beg for help. Really. Please, somebody, any ideas? At the moment I've upgraded to Office 2010 and I know that "I can't sync with it", but, hell, I couldn't sync with the previous version as well. Microsofts official forum offer no help whatsoever on the issue, and mention the same'ol "tricks" to make WMDC work (I'm sorry for the language, but after spending seven hundred bucks on this piece of crap phone and another couple of hundred on original version of the newest version of Windows, as well as tens of hours of my time, well, **** you Microsoft).
I'm really sorry for the rant, I wrote it more or less for people in the same position as me, as I've read messages from some other users that also cannot sync their HTC phone through WMDC, even after reformatting. Microsoft plays dumb, looks away and whistles like it's somebody elses problem. If you're thinking of upgrading to Windows 7 64bit, keep an image backup of your previous system. I'm not saying that EVERYONE has the same problem as I, many people seem to be syncing just fine. It seems there's some strange... Dunno... Hardware configuration problem on Win 7 64bit and WMDC communications, on specific motherboards. I don't know what else to think.
So, does anyone, anyone at all, have any idea, however strange it might be, of what might be the problem? Can somebody help if I post logs and info and whatever else? I bought this brick first and foremost for syncing tasks and notes with my PC, and since I can't do this, it's totally useless for me - just like a "dumbphone".
And even if you don't have any idea of what's the problem, does anyone know of a way that I could sync Outlook "on the net" (for free, I ain't paying no more for doing what I already paid for) and then on the phone, and vice versa? I don't need only "calendars", thank you very much, but the full monty: calendar, contacts, mail, tasks and notes. Outlook MUST be "in the mix" - I can't move everything to Thunderbird, nor switch to Linux, as you probably understand. I need some kind of Outlook-Internet-Phone syncing solution. And, no, I cannot afford to buy another phone, not at the moment at least.
Anyone? I'd be grateful...
Thanks in advance
Ducklord
P.S.: I should add that I tried with and without "advanced USB connectivity" on the phone side. I should also mention that Windows DOES "SEE" the phone, it just doesn't sync. At some point it -did- manage to sync, but only notes - no contacts, mail, tasks or calendar. Activesyncs log (on the phone side) mentions some codes that I don't remember at the moment, but that correspond to "cannot find the server", "cannot find the data source" or something like that. It's like the phone and the PC are connected, Outlooks existance IS recognised, but the phone cannot "find Outlooks data" (if I'm making any sense). I've come accross 3-4 different Activesync problems in the logs, when trying different setups/solutions to my problem, that all, more or less, translated to "cannot find the data source from which the phone should sync". And, yes, the phone IS accessible through Windows, I -CAN- copy files to its SD, I can even install new programs through WMDC and sync its photos with Windows (well, at least, I could before I upgraded to Office 2010).
I never had a single problem with my win7 64bit
but granted the usb chipsets in my motherboard are made by intel
if your are not then you may have to download 3th party drivers from the manufactors
webside to get a better usb compability
other chipmakers like via are known to require a driver update now and then to work with anything
Unfortunatelly, same thing applies to me: I've got an Asus motherboard with Intel chipset (as far as I know, "nothing strange"). To be more specific, an Asus P5Q Deluxe, with Intel Q6600. Anyone with a similar motherboard AND Windows 7 64bit AND no issues with WMDC? I'm lost here. And if there IS anyone... What were the steps you've taken so that your phone syncs? I mean, did you do anything "strange" apart from downloading and running the damn thing (and letting it "update the drivers for the unknown device" (aka: the phone)?
Almost certainly this is MASSIVELY unrelated, but I had a problem with getting an LCD w/s monitor working on Win7-32 -UNTIL- I installed the Intel chipset driver for Windows XP !!!! I got them direct from the Intel site; seems that although Win7 has drivers for almost everything, there are still some drivers you gotta install yourself.
It's gotta be worth a try; IIRC there's a chipset identification utility on the Intel site - I used that to get the exact chipset series, then downloaded the latest drivers, installed them, rebooted and the monitor worked (and I forgot to mention, it wasn't onboard graphics, it was a dual-DVI PCIX-16 card )
Give it a try....Dr. Pepper (what's the worst that can happen )
Mark.
I have Windows 64bit, and I had some problems syncing. I ended up using bluetooth and it worked. Now, it seems to work over USB as well.
Ooookay, I didn't only try "reinstalling all drivers" from official and unofficial sources, I even took a dive, once again, and spent more than 4 hours setting up Windows 7 64bit from scratch (clean format, new HDD, new install) AND re-flashing my phone. Result? Nothing.
I just remembered than some time ago I had posted a message here saying I was disgusted with my Touch Pro's performance (witch still sucks and is far worse than my older first-gen Tytn). Some people started saying that "it was a flexible device", "I could do lots of things on it" and stuff like that. I compared it to iPhones speed and app availability (among the thousands of crap there are some great apps) but noooo sir, "our phone was better and could do everything the iPhone could". About one year later, Touch Pro, a brick I paid about 700 euros for, still majorly sucks. It crawls in comparison to the first iPhone, it doesn't have any good software and now, to add insult to injury, it doesn't do the very thing I bought it for: it doesn't sync with outlook.
When I can't use my "professional" device in better ways than the "kiddie" iPhone (which I never liked, but admire for its ability to do what my phone SHOULD do), when we're talking about a Microsoft device that can't sync with Microsoft's OS (and I'm not alone in that), when some of its "best apps" are a proggy that makes boobs jiggle and a two-year-old RSS reader, could someone, anyone, from those that called me "an Apple fanboy" tell me a single redeeming factor for this piece of **** brick?
I admire the time and effort of all XDA Devs, but not "for what you've done for me" (as many others do), but for your courage fighting a lost war. Among HTC and Qualcomm laughing at us for paying again and again (and again) to buy crippled devices, while trying hard to believe their lies that "the next one will be better, honestly", in the meantime creating "skins" and "front-ends" in the hope of camouflaging the disaster that is Windows Mobile (each and every single version of it).
I cannot take it any longer. I simply can't. And I 'still can't realize why the heck there are so many of "you" (meaning "residents of the XDA developers forums") claiming to be "happy" with the state of our phones, while creating new threads in a vain search for some kind of software "that will do something" (while not sucking). For faqs sake, please, do point me to some spectacular software that will make me LOVE my phone. Anyone? Anything?
I bought the Touch Pro as an upgrade for my Tytn. I liked the idea of a better camera, more memory (that would allow Opera to actually show some pages without crashing, like it did on Tytn) and "embedded" GPS (I had an external unit for my Tytn). I was also hoping that more software, apps and games would show up.
I ended reusing the external GPS since the embedded one sucked (I tried each and every fix - none made it work better than the Tytn+external antennae). Running the same apps (since nothing "great" came up, in three faqing years). Forgetting about the camera (since with unofficial ROMs, tweaks and hacks is 'still laggy as hell). And now, I cannot sync it with Win7.
Well, at least that's Windows 7 64bit's fault: I can't sync my Tytn too, to it. But all this means not only that I won't be buying another HTC device, but neither anything with a Qualcomm chip (I'm scared that somehow even Snapdragon devices WILL be crippled "in some way" like my Touch Pro was), nor any mobile device with a Microsoft OS. It's not (just) that I don't like'em, but that I cannot afford "playing" with my wage. For crying out loud, Playstation 3 cost less than half of what I payed for Touch Pro, and IT WORKS as it was supposed to.
I'm really sorry for the rant and I apologize if my views got on the nerves of -or even offended- anyone. Try to put yourself in my position and maybe you'll understand my point of view. I've payed a full wage for this phone (yeah, I'm Greek, and that's about the average wage over here) and it didn't do a single thing it was supposed to do. I've been stuck with it for about two-three years, unable to (afford to) upgrade it. And now, I -have- to use Windows 7 64bit in my line of work, but that means that this ****brick just lost its single redeeming use: syncing with Outlook.
If anyone can help I'd be grateful, but I really feel hopeless as I've already invested WEEKS in it. I've lost all hope and I don't believe it will ever work as it's supposed to. It became the single reason I'm researching "what software I'll need after my jump to Linux", since I deeply feel that Microsoft didn't just "cheat on me", but insulted me as well. Ah, I'm still mumbling and getting on your nerves, after I said I'd stop... Sorry...
Anyways, sorry for the long and bitter message and keep fighting guys. I admire you, but I guess I'm not up to your caliber.
Best regards
Odysseas
P.S.: It STILL syncs Notes normallly. ONLY notes. Oh, Microsoft, how I love you...
Me again.....man, you're on a real downer huh
Questions... (you may have provided this information already!) :-
1. Did you install the 64bit version of WMDC?? And v6.1 rather than 6.0?? (It says it's for Vista x64, but it does for Win7 x64 too)
2. You're trying to sync with Outlook 2010?? From the 32bit or 64bit version of Office 2010??
I found several threads that state categorically that WMDC does not and will not work with 64-bit Office 2010; there are no plans (on MS's part) to rectify that anytime (soon). The following has been suggested as a "workaround", though I've not looked at it or tried it so YMMV......
... found a workaround. It is with google sync.
PC (Outlook 2010 64bit) to google:
http://www.daveswebsite.com/software/gsync/download.shtml
and google to mobile device:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138636&topic=14299
Works for me!
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(from http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/office2010/thread/033733af-9a4b-4aaf-baf9-06be507bbe40)
I'm really not sure what else to say...sounds like you've pretty much made up your mind to defect to the "dark side"....but I hope it doesn't have to get that drastic
Cheers, Mark.
@Mark Crouch: Thanks for trying to help, and, yeah, I'm a bit "down" today (...and yesterday, and the whole frickin' month trying to fix my brick)...
1. I have the latest version of WMDC (I guess - I Windows-Updated and re-downloaded it manually a gazillion times)...
2. I know that "it doesn't sync with Office 10 64bit". I tried it for a while, then uninstalled it and reinstalled 2007 (which worked happilly under XP and syncs fine). Its the 32bit version - exactly the same I used in 32bit XP. The problem seems to lie entirely in a combination of me being extremely unlucky and Win7 being 64bit. SOME people have met exactly the same problem as me on their PCs. SOME. Some unlucky sods like I. Others sync in Win7 64bit with WMDC with no problems whatsoever. But, I am "I", and "I" is cursed by the almighty Baal, or so it seems...
2b. Alow me to repeat, just to make myself clear, that having reinstalled a-"clean"-version (and "original" as well, no warez, cracks, stuff that could "get in the way") of Win7 64bit, WMDC 64bit and Office 2007 32bit, it still didn't work. Now I'm back in my trueimage-recovered Win7 64bit system (not in the "clean" system, since it didn't work as well and I didn't want to re-setup my hundreds of apps and settings). The problem lies somewhere in Win7, WMDC or their combination "being 64bit" (and, no, the 32bit version of it "cannot be installed in my processor architecture" since I'm using 64bit Windows - that's the message it threw at me when I tried installing it).
2c. I cannot revert to 32bit land and use 32bit Win7 64bits. I need my 4Gigs of RAM and my next upgrade will be another 4Gigs. Among other stuff, I sometimes work with graphics, multimedia, video editting. I won't "stay behing" and make my life harder just to sync a frickin' HTC brick.
3. Yeah, I've read exactly the thing you found - among hundreds of others. That's the way I'm syncing at the moment, but it doesn't help. You see, I bought the frickin brick not to sync mail (like most people), I almost never use my phone for mailing. I need calendar-contacts-tasks-notes. And with Google I can't sync tasks - it doesn't support task syncing with Outlook yet, thus, I've got no way of syncing them to my mobile as well. It kills me, since I manage my work by splitting it in doable chunks and writting them down as tasks to-do (in a bastard version of David Allen's GTD methodology).
Funny thing is that when (not "if") I "defect" to Android club, I'll still be unable to sync my tasks with Outlook (since, as I said, "Google doesn't yet support syncing tasks"). But the difference will be that I'LL KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING that "I won't be able to do this". It's a world of difference compared to "you'll do this and that and the other" and then have the rug pulled under your feet. Yet, I won't be able to "jump ship" for, ah, I dunno, one-two years. Our economy is in ruins and I'm trying to make a living, so, I cannot just throw money at shiny gadgets. Not at the moment.
So, any other ideas? Anyone? Pretty please?
Best regards
Odysseas
yesterday, I bricked my AT&T X10a again trying to update to the generic Br/GEL. I had it replaced, they are starting to know me at the service center.
However, I found one solution in the process.
There have been postings regarding XP SP3 freezing when the X10 is connected in SEMC flash mode. The Plug'n'Play message comes up and explorer goes to all to hell, the mouse may still work, but the computer won't respond, etc. (XP is not a problem in SP2 according to my browsing.)
After extensively searching on the web different forums, et al, I found a message that said it won't happen in SAFE MODE. Since every computer here is xp sp3 and they all freeze, I thought this was worth a try. And yes, you can get through the driver install/recognition of the SEMC Flash without hanging. Programs can find the device.
Now, if I only knew why they only partially update.....
I may just wait for my kid to come home from college and use her laptop, it's Win7. But she also has a X10a and wants an upgrade, is the win7 device ID different for each phone or do identical models have the same ID?
I don't think it's even possible to brick an X10i/a at the moment since the bootloader isn't cracked...
when it's not a phone, it's a brick (or at least a tile)
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I don't think it's even possible to brick an X10i/a at the moment since the bootloader isn't cracked...
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Anytime it doesn't work as a phone anymore to me, it's bricked.
The last time (about a month ago), It went so far as to get the flashing symbol and afterwards wouldn't go into anything but flash mode, and wouldn't reflash. This time, it seems, just some of the firmware was overwritten, and it wouldn't recognize the sim card and just had the opening screen without the unlock and kept rebooting and retrying to 'activate' the card. So, it's useless to me, and I just had them swap me another phone. To me, it's bricked cause that's all it's good for.
I'm chalking it up to something peculiar in my XP SP3 setup at the moment. Though in safe mode, only a handful of services, et al are running and the AV/AS isn't even active, as well as most of the software on the PC. I don't know that I want to go so far as to remove SP3 just to update the phone everytime software comes out.
And the same system lockup occurs with the SE software when it's in flash mode which is why I could not do the 'repair' trick early on. I understand that SE is telling people to upgrade to Win7 or Vista or borrow a machine.
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With a great deal of trials and tribulations I have managed to get WP7 on this HD2 and I even managed to get the activation code. But the trials continue.....every time I try to get on to Market place it gives me a message that it can't download that app right now but try back later. This is been going on for 2 weeks now so obviously there is some kind of problem there. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.....I hadn't turned on the phone for a few days (I'm only use it as a second phone right now) but when I did, I could get it to turn on when I plug in the charger but the charging light didn't come on and all that came up was the DFT logo. After a great deal of fooling around I took the memory card out and low and behold she worked perfect (well except for the Market place thing and I can't get it to connect to Zune on my laptop).
So I guess there is 3 questions
1. I can't get market place to work
2. I can't get to to turn on properly when the memory card is in the phone
3. I can't get the phone to connect to zune on my laptop.
Does anyone one have any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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With a great deal of trials and tribulations I have managed to get WP7 on this HD2 and I even managed to get the activation code. But the trials continue.....every time I try to get on to Market place it gives me a message that it can't download that app right now but try back later. This is been going on for 2 weeks now so obviously there is some kind of problem there. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.....I hadn't turned on the phone for a few days (I'm only use it as a second phone right now) but when I did, I could get it to turn on when I plug in the charger but the charging light didn't come on and all that came up was the DFT logo. After a great deal of fooling around I took the memory card out and low and behold she worked perfect (well except for the Market place thing and I can't get it to connect to Zune on my laptop).
So I guess there is 3 questions
1. I can't get market place to work
2. I can't get to to turn on properly when the memory card is in the phone
3. I can't get the phone to connect to zune on my laptop.
Does anyone one have any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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first of all, try using a different sdcard. wp7 is very finicky about sdcard compatibility. use at least a class 6 card. second, your marketplace issue could be the app you want is too big for ota installation. try connecting via your wifi. third, use a different rom. i've heard the dft rom is not very stable.
also, make sure you have correct setup in magdlr services. enable uselast24nand, and clearmbr.
for marketplace you need to get live activation code for hd7 from microsoft
Thanks everyone
Thanks everyone. I official give up! I'm putting this phone back to 6.5. This whole exercise has been a giant waste of time but I want to thank everyone for their help.
your decision... android or WM can hide compared to WP7
Sandisc microsd card work very well and you can buy it everywhere
for live id code few minutes of your time
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also no need live id code for marketplace, you can use wAppStore... but sync with live id account not work
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for marketplace you need to get live activation code for hd7 from microsoft
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he already has an activation code. that is how he had access to marketplace to begin with.