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Has anyone tried to root using the z4 root app? Will it work?
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Yea, I used a method listed here @ XDA to get S-Off and rooted when I had the Nov. Update before unrevoke's revisions. It used zroot to enable the process.
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My friend (idiot couldnt wait for me to do it correctly) rooted his Droid X using Z4. Shortly after he discovered his Droid X wouldn't boot. Soft bricked Droid. Said friend orders another Droid X (warrenty) and still couldn't wait (till AFTER SCHOOL A MATTER OF HOURS!) to root and Z4'ed again. Another soft brick. He's on his 3rd Droid X, unrooted. I've refused to do so for him.
z4root by itself will not permanently root an incredible, it will give you temporary root till the next time you reboot. this information is available in the z4root thread. you might want to try posting this in the droid x forum if you want to know about z4root and a droid x .
Its the Inc that I'm concerned with, my wife's phone to be exact. I have the fascinate & I've rooted, de-binged & de- bloated and want to root her phone for wifi tethering. I used a 1-click root app on my Eris that worked well & was just wondering if something similar would work on this one.
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Its the Inc that I'm concerned with, my wife's phone to be exact. I have the fascinate & I've rooted, de-binged & de- bloated and want to root her phone for wifi tethering. I used a 1-click root app on my Eris that worked well & was just wondering if something similar would work on this one.
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The best way to get root on the Inc is to use Unrevoked 3.22. There is no one-click method like the Eris to gain permanent root. You will need to get adb (android-sdk) setup on your pc as well as get the correct usb drivers setup for this to work. The instructions are on Unrevoked's website.
While z4root is technically a one-click method it will only give you a temporary root that is lost every time the phone reboots and you have to re-root it. It can be useful if all you want to do is remove some of the crapware and thats it. I did use it to do just that with Titanium Backup Pro but had to re-root my phone about 16 times, re-install busy box each time and it became rather tedious and took a couple hours. Also I wouldn't recommend using it if your going to install a custom ROM or want to do other modding to the phone.
Edit: z4root does not put a custom recovery on the phone and you wouldn't be able to use it anyways if you did as root would be lost as soon as you tried to reboot into recovery. So you couldn't even install a custom ROM with it if you wanted to.
Revoked works. Instructions here. http://jonsuh.com/2010/11/root-your-droid-incredible-how-to/ if using windows, have fun downloading ext2 drivers, if using Linux/MAC, its very easy
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z4root by itself will not permanently root an incredible, it will give you temporary root till the next time you reboot. this information is available in the z4root thread. you might want to try posting this in the droid x forum if you want to know about z4root and a droid x .
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Didn't even give temp root on my slcd.
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Didn't even give temp root on my slcd.
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I have an SCLD and it worked for me. But I do believe it actually failed the first time I tried it but after a reboot it worked. I think on the z4root thread it mentions rebooting first before using it.
Okay thanks for the info. My wife's is a slcd I believe so I think I'm going to try it.
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So I just got the droid 2 (had the droid 1). I bought this new phone and obviously wanted to root it like my old phone. See the ROMs that people have made, etc. I got root access and used root explorer to delete some system stuff (bloatware, etc.) and restarted and did that again (proving I had perm root). I flashed, or so I thought, the new recovery using rom manager and restarted holding x. Yeah... stock recovery. WTF? Am I missing something? Is my root broken? Bueller?!
Ou have to use droid 2 bootstrap
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so then how do you install a custom rom? everytime i try the update.zip method i get stuck in bootloops. if clockworkmod cant get into recovery then it cant do the update by its method (the easy method).
Ok, so I'm not sure what exactly is going on. Your stuck in a bootloop?
If so, then use the SBF to get back to factory stock. Follow the directions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770224
The link to the SBF there is broken i believe, but you can find it here:
hxxp://www.droid-life.com/2010/11/01/droid-2-sbf-released-for-2-3-20-update/ (replace xx with tt obviously)
Then reroot and instead of using ROM manager, just get Koush's bootstrap recovery to get to clockworkmod recovery. Once the apk is installed, hit bootstrap recovery, give su access, and then once it says successful, hit reboot recovery.
Be sure your ROM is on your sdcard.
Before you flash the ROM, you need to mount /data and /system. You also need to wipe data and cache (be sure you remount /data and /system after this)
Then go to install zip from sdcard. Then hit choose zip from sdcard. Find your ROM and flash away. Hope this helps
Forget what you know about the D1. The D2 is an entirely different device. Read the installs to roms don't just flash because you think you know how to do it. You can't use ROM manager without koush's bootstrap first. I've never had ROM manager ever because koush's bootstrap does everything you need to flash ROMs and what not on the D2 because moto locked it's bootloader.
Clockwork from the bootstrap won't take out stock recovery we can only access it after the phone boots a little then we can hijack the boot and get into clockwork.
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Will the bootloader ever be unlocked? I like being able to access nandroid without booting the phone. It gives me a sense of security. Damn moto for doing this. Why dont they allow rom hacking? Do they fear security issues or hidden exploits? ITS FREAKIN CREATIVITY. and its spawns new developers...
Well someone commented on a Motorola YouTube video about the locked bootloader, and Motorola told them if they want to load roms and the like to buy a different brand phone. Then Moto came out with an official statement saying they were sorry for the comment and that they will be looking into more dev friendly bootloaders in the future. I doubt the D2 will ever see this though. I'll bet it will only effect new phones.
Oh thats what that whole scandal was about. I heard about that. And the motorola spokesperson answered something like "buy a different phone cuz rooting isnt for this one". Could motorola possibly change the bootloader OTA? I would like them to...
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Oh thats what that whole scandal was about. I heard about that. And the motorola spokesperson answered something like "buy a different phone cuz rooting isnt for this one". Could motorola possibly change the bootloader OTA? I would like them to...
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I'm not sure if they could, but I doubt they would
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Why is that? I mean a bootloader can't be that difficult to create. Especially if the idea is to make it more simple. On the other hand, does anyone think devolopers will unlock the bootloader?
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The bootloader will never be cracked. Period. And motorola may change it on future devices but its not gunna change on the x or 2. Like motorola said if you want to root and install roms get a different device.
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Now are you just being pessimistic or realistic? Why would it never be cracked? People probably thought that about nand lock at first...
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The bootloader will never be cracked. Period. And motorola may change it on future devices but its not gunna change on the x or 2. Like motorola said if you want to root and install roms get a different device.
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Well they got that part wrong. We can root and flash roms. Just can't do anything with kernels and the like.... truely sad to hold this device back like that...
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So in response I will rephrase my question. If we have come this far. Would you say that the Droid 2 is a project in progress or that developers have gone as far as they can.
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So in response I will rephrase my question. If we have come this far. Would you say that the Droid 2 is a project in progress or that developers have gone as far as they can.
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Well I'm not dev and have limited knowledge, but I would say there isn't too much more they can do besides refine their awesome ROMs. Hopefully in future devices, Motorola will give us a way to unlock the bootloader, or they could be loosing big business.
I think I might email fabulous or some other 2/X dev. I really would like to know if its just a software lock that hasn't been... well unlocked. Or something is actually virtually impossible to change. I really don't wanna switch services to get a nice slider android with a decent cpu.
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I think I might email fabulous or some other 2/X dev. I really would like to know if its just a software lock that hasn't been... well unlocked. Or something is actually virtually impossible to change. I really don't wanna switch services to get a nice slider android with a decent cpu.
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Motorola has actually put a chip called the "efuse" inside the phones that locks down the bootloader. They may be able to disable it through a firmware update, but I'm not sure.
Thanks for pointing me to efuse. That seems really annoying... I don't really see the benefit in using a chip like that. Outside of intentionally preventing unauthorized roms. How unfortunate...
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They probably do it to prevent idiots from attempting to mess with the phone's entrails (if you will) and then howling when they mess something up and demanding a free replacement phone.
true that. I would probably cry too if I didn't know how to sbf. I don't even see how its possible to "brick" a phone unless you're a dev that's actually creating something new. Its hard to hose your /system. This stupid locked bootloader does make it a bit more heartbreaking when you get a bootloop. I hate praying for the recovery after a battery pull... why can't I just hit "x"! :'(
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Looking to just one click and install a stable rom(cm7?) on my buddies droid x.. any of u guys know of a one click for droid x and the best available rom for droid x.. I'm not looking for fanboy roms here just want the best all around average user experience.
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noskoviak said:
Looking to just one click and install a stable rom(cm7?) on my buddies droid x.. any of u guys know of a one click for droid x and the best available rom for droid x.. I'm not looking for fanboy roms here just want the best all around average user experience.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Motorola_Droid_X.png
Check out that sticky. Has all the information you need. Hard to give an opinion without being a fanboy, so just read on up and decide for yourself. BTW, cm7 is not very stable for the droid x, so you might want to look at alternatives.
Z4root in the link. I don't think you can install cm7 on the DX due to the locked bootloader.
http://www.DroidXForums.com/forum/droid-x-hacks/13259-z4root-download-links-get-your-root-here.html
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I would recommend liberty or apex rom, had them both before and really liked them. Currently running the team black hat .595 rooted and deodexed. I froze all the bloat, changed the boot logo and animation too. Probably just depends on what level of customization you are happy with.
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CM7 isn't available on the DX so you're SOL on that one.
The easiest way to root is (as previously mentioned) z4root which is all done on t he phone itself, you just need to grab the .apk from the XDA forums here.
Personally I would recommend Fission over Liberty but that is only because my DX doesn't seem to always play nice with some of the Liberty tweaks. Fission 2.6.1 (Froyo 2.2.1) hasn't been updated in a while but it is very solid, very fast & has excellent battery life (when paired with SetCPU.)
If you want to go the *leaked* (meaning it isn't done yet) Gingerbread route, there is the TBH (TeamBlackHat) stock releases or you can also check out Liberty Gingerbread (which I've been running for the past couple of days). So far so good with Liberty GB but battery wise I think its better on something like Fission.
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I would recommend liberty or apex rom, had them both before and really liked them. Currently running the team black hat .595 rooted and deodexed. I froze all the bloat, changed the boot logo and animation too. Probably just depends on what level of customization you are happy with.
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Did u ever get root permisions to work on titanium backup and how?... Root is workin for things like root explorer addfree amd bootstrap but I cant get root permisions on titaniumbackup?
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Did u ever get root permisions to work on titanium backup and how?... Root is workin for things like root explorer addfree amd bootstrap but I cant get root permisions on titaniumbackup?
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Nevermind I figured it out apparently .595 is missing busybox... Just had to dl it from market
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Gingerbreak 1.20 also roots unroots which is what I thought was needed for the .595?
Nope the deodexed .595 was rooted but was missing busybox
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I've taken a quick dip into GummyJar...
Apex...
And have stuck with Liberty ever since switching to it.
Currently running liberty gingerbread 0.5 actually...and even as a beta it seems to be running flawlessly.
2.01 is on froyo, and is a stable version if you'd prefer that.
LB 2.0.1
Liberty 2.0.1 is the best user experience. Plus they have a supported and free toolbox. Z4 root works.
Ok, so I have a question for u guys if u don’t mind. My buddy has a droid x that he is wanting to flash custom roms on. I have a htc evo and I have quite a bit of experience when it comes to that phone but im completely clue less when it comes to the droid x. He has ran z 4 root and is fully rooted and has a custom recovery but he was saying something about he needed to deodex the files on his phone before he can flash a custom rom which sounds weird to me. If any one could help me help him I and he would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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Ok, so I have a question for u guys if u don’t mind. My buddy has a droid x that he is wanting to flash custom roms on. I have a htc evo and I have quite a bit of experience when it comes to that phone but im completely clue less when it comes to the droid x. He has ran z 4 root and is fully rooted and has a custom recovery but he was saying something about he needed to deodex the files on his phone before he can flash a custom rom which sounds weird to me. If any one could help me help him I and he would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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That is wrong actually...you'd only need to do that if he wanted to keep the stock ROM & just theme it. If he wants to flash a different ROM then all you'd have to do is drop the ZIP file onto the root location of the SD card & wipe cache, wipe data, wipe Dalvik and then install the ROM (like you would on any other ROM via CWM.)
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That is wrong actually...you'd only need to do that if he wanted to keep the stock ROM & just theme it. If he wants to flash a different ROM then all you'd have to do is drop the ZIP file onto the root location of the SD card & wipe cache, wipe data, wipe Dalvik and then install the ROM (like you would on any other ROM via CWM.)
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Exactly. That's what I was thinking. I tried telling him that the stock rom would have to be deodexed in order to flash a theme but since he was fully rooted and he had a custom recovery he should be able to flash a rom but he wasn't listening. So thank u so much for responding. I really appreciate it. I guess since im a chick he thinks I don't know what im talking about. Thanks again.
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Exactly. That's what I was thinking. I tried telling him that the stock rom would have to be deodexed in order to flash a theme but since he was fully rooted and he had a custom recovery he should be able to flash a rom but he wasn't listening. So thank u so much for responding. I really appreciate it. I guess since im a chick he thinks I don't know what im talking about. Thanks again.
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Maybe you should keep him at stock and unrooted for punishment lol
Ditto.
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Thanks for all the responses guys and girl... very impressed with the support....so
cm7/miui is a no = bummer....
Fission = most stable (its at 2.2 still right?)
Liberty = most promising GB rom?
Does CWM work for the DX my buddy kept telling me he read somewhere it doesn't. Also does that fission rom flash its own recovery?
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noskoviak said:
Thanks for all the responses guys and girl... very impressed with the support....so
cm7/miui is a no = bummer....
Fission = most stable (its at 2.2 still right?)
Liberty = most promising GB rom?
Does CWM work for the DX my buddy kept telling me he read somewhere it doesn't. Also does that fission rom flash its own recovery?
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Fission is indeed 2.2 (2.2.1 to be exact) and (on my phone) it works fantastic...Liberty and a few others aren't as friendly some apparent reason.
Liberty is the most active I would say but b/c they do a lot of tweaks, some phones (like mine) are finicky with those tweaks. Their Froyo release (2.0.1) is solid & their (leaked) GB mod isn't half bad either.
CWM does work, you just have to apply the Droid X Bootstrap Recovery installed & run the bootstrap in the app then reboot in order to get to the CWM interface.
So that cwm business sounds annoying do I have to do that everytime? Is there a working recovery for this phone such as amon ra? As I mentioned before fission includes one correct? Can the fission recovery be used to flash other roms? Also is there a 2.3 update coming for fission?
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So that cwm business sounds annoying do I have to do that everytime? Is there a working recovery for this phone such as amon ra? As I mentioned before fission includes one correct? Can the fission recovery be used to flash other roms? Also is there a 2.3 update coming for fission?
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It's not as bad as it sounds to honest, it takes just as long on my wife's Dinc (running CM7.0.3) to hold down power, choose reboot then choose recovery to get into CWM. The bootstrap app is free (just gotta search online) or you can support Koush (the dev) by buying it in the Android Market ($2.00).
That's the best the Droid X can do to get into CWM b/c of Motorola locking down the bootloader. The only ROM I know of that lets you boot into recovery is Liberty *BUT* it honestly is faster using the dedicated bootstrap app.
Not sure about Fission going to 2.3 however not much has been updated on Fission since 2.6.1 (based on 2.2.1) was released but my guess is that it would however get updated to Gingerbread. GB on the DX is not *officially* out yet so all the leaks at this point are still just leaks...and all the GB-based ROMs are based on potentially unfinished leaks. It does run (really) well but it still is running a handful of Motorola services (even Liberty GB is) and I prefer as close to AOSP as possible...which is why I always go back to Fission 2.6.1.
Seeing 60-75MB of memory used (instead of 100+MB) in "running services" with (near) AOSP ROMs makes my inner OCD geek happy
I am having issues using Rom Manager (v4.3.2.4, should be lateset) on my rooted DroidX running .596 from TBH. Now I know I had to use the Droid2 bootstrapper to apply the TBH update, but I can't seem to get the ClockworkMod Recovery to work now that I have updated. I've tried both the Droid X and Droid 2 versions. It says it downloads, then when I try to reboot into recovery it just boots up as normal.
I know I am probably missing something pretty obvious but as I am new to the Rom portion of root I apologize in advance.
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I am having issues using Rom Manager (v4.3.2.4, should be lateset) on my rooted DroidX running .596 from TBH. Now I know I had to use the Droid2 bootstrapper to apply the TBH update, but I can't seem to get the ClockworkMod Recovery to work now that I have updated. I've tried both the Droid X and Droid 2 versions. It says it downloads, then when I try to reboot into recovery it just boots up as normal.
I know I am probably missing something pretty obvious but as I am new to the Rom portion of root I apologize in advance.
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This is probably a dumb question but did you apply the rooted version or the non rooted?
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I applied the rooted version. All the root is fine, it has been granted superuser permissions.
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I applied the rooted version. All the root is fine, it has been granted superuser permissions.
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That's weird!
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For those of you who, like myself, have been dying to put our newly unlocked devices to use, I just thought I would share that I am currently running Vitreous 1.9.3 (rootwiki) as my one and only rom. I flashed it using twrp (hashcodes latest) after backing up my stock rom. I also flashed the gapps indicated for the rom. I was kind of expecting some problems, but it went every bit as easy in the real recovery as it did in SS. Anyway, I am hoping that some of the talented devs out there will build us a shiney new rom worthy of this new development, but for the time being, there is the only slightly less shiney Vitreous rom. Happy day!
Nice! I take it you mounted system in TWRP? Also, what all did you wipe? I think I'm going to remove SS, install TWRP, and flash the 2.0 beta Jake released.
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Can anyone point me towards a good tutorial on how to flash TWRP or CMW? Also, is the CMW touch version available for the Razr HD? I am currently rooted and unlocked on 4.1.2 and just need to install a recovery.
Any help would be appreciated.
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...r3-updated-4913/page__pid__243429#entry243429
Easy one click method.
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after flashing TWRP I backed up stock then performed factory reset (no storage wipe) then flashed ROM as and then gapps separately then rebooted and did initial config in ROM. Then rebooted back to recovery and flashed gapps again(this fixes a bug I experienced with no softkeys. Finally, rebooted and voilà. Vitreous
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Where did you you guys download the ROM from?
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Where did you you guys download the ROM from?
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free thanks for you...
its posted at rootz. i flashed it and immediately went back to stock. i like where hes going with it. just not as solid as id like to see my dd
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free thanks for you...
its posted at rootz. i flashed it and immediately went back to stock. i like where hes going with it. just not as solid as id like to see my dd
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Same here. It looks nice but isn't ready for prime time yet. But to be fair, there isn't a single ROM out there yet that is as good as the stock Moto ROM. Not the devs fault, but with a locked bootloader and so few people having root all this time, this amazing phone has been largely passed over by the dev community, Simply wasn't worth their time.
That may change a little now that it is unlocked, but at this point the phone is several months old and devs are looking forward to the HTC One, SGS4, etc... So my fear is too little, too late.
There will be a small handful of half-baked ROMs for this phone and that's about it.
I think the MAXX HD is a beast of a phone and hope the dev community will embrace it and it's potential.
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