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Alright so I've been a skeptial bastard about some of the posts about the Evo getting Gingerbread and the new HTC Sense UI. I took the liberty of emailing HTC as well. I know other people have also, but I found those responses from HTC to be vague and didn't hold well with me. I emailed HTC on their website with a straightforward question. Will the Evo get gingerbread. This is their response.
Dear Joe Knockenhauer,
It is our pleasure to provide you with the best possible assistance for all questions and concerns you might have regarding our HTC products.
We are excited to announce that the Evo 4G will receive the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) update in Q2 2011. Stay tuned for details as we get closer to the update availability. Updates to the HTC Sense experience and htcsense.com are independent of upgrades to the core OS in our phones; therefore, we cannot advise if/when Sense will be included.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for any additional assistance if required, Joe.
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 11USCW12ENA000575.
Sincerely,
Reisa
HTC
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That's official enough for me. They did say we might not get the updated sense UI though. But I suppose that's to be expected. At least we have some news here.
meh... we shall see.
fixxxer2008 said:
meh... we shall see.
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Still skeptical? I was too email them yourself.
pfft, troll =p
Fail
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JoeLithium said:
Still skeptical? I was too email them yourself.
pfft, troll =p
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the sig is a joke, i meant what i said. ill believe it when i see it. i also would not hold your breath with the two new devices being announced soon.
fixxxer2008 said:
XDA'S #1 "RETIRED" TROLL!
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I'll believe That when I see it.
Encouraging response from HTC regardless.
Hope this really happens... which months are in the q 2 time period?
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huludical said:
Hope this really happens... which months are in the q 2 time period?
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April, May, and June.
JoeLithium said:
Alright so I've been a skeptial bastard about some of the posts about the Evo getting Gingerbread and the new HTC Sense UI. I took the liberty of emailing HTC as well. I know other people have also, but I found those responses from HTC to be vague and didn't hold well with me. I emailed HTC on their website with a straightforward question. Will the Evo get gingerbread. This is their response.
Dear Joe Knockenhauer,
It is our pleasure to provide you with the best possible assistance for all questions and concerns you might have regarding our HTC products.
We are excited to announce that the Evo 4G will receive the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) update in Q2 2011. Stay tuned for details as we get closer to the update availability. Updates to the HTC Sense experience and htcsense.com are independent of upgrades to the core OS in our phones; therefore, we cannot advise if/when Sense will be included.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for any additional assistance if required, Joe.
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 11USCW12ENA000575.
Sincerely,
Reisa
HTC
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That's official enough for me. They did say we might not get the updated sense UI though. But I suppose that's to be expected. At least we have some news here.
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hmm I got the same email
Dear Donald Duck,
It is our pleasure to provide you with the best possible assistance for all questions and concerns you might have regarding our HTC products.
We are excited to announce that the Evo 4G will receive the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) update in Q2 2011. Stay tuned for details as we get closer to the update availability. Updates to the HTC Sense experience and htcsense.com are independent of upgrades to the core OS in our phones; therefore, we cannot advise if/when Sense will be included.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for any additional assistance if required, Joe.
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 11USCW12ENA000575Disney.
Sincerely,
Micky Mouse
HTC
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Fingers crossed its the real deal
animal7296 said:
April, May, and June.
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Thanks
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Thats promising if they have a default reply for anyone asking about it!
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I remember how many "official" replies came out when everyone was waiting for Android 2.0
But hopefully this is it! Cyanogen and Evolv have some awesome GB roms, I cant wait to see what the rest of the developers come up with when its finally released.
sling said:
hmm I got the same email
Dear Donald Duck,
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Please do not hesitate to contact us for any additional assistance if required, Joe.
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Donald Duck's real name, REVEALED!
Kamzy said:
Donald Duck's real name, REVEALED!
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lmao
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huludical said:
Thats promising if they have a default reply for anyone asking about it!
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You, my friend, did not read very closely!
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matt2053 said:
You, my friend, did not read very closely!
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Lol I see now
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me, sense 2.0 was the exciting part for me. sux that all we're getting is new code and (maybe) new look if htc doesnt slap too much sense over blackandgreen ginger.
Agreed, sense 2 is what gets me going especally after playing with warm z, would like to see sense 2 without any bugs (mainly activesync bug)
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Sweet, i wonder what it'll be like. What's going to be different?
I cannot WAIT, I want the official GB OTA.
How long does it take for the Kernel Source to come out? I mean rawr come on HTC, where do we poke and prod at them to get this released?
Agreed! Almost tempted to go back to froyo lol
alew182 said:
Agreed! Almost tempted to go back to froyo lol
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Don't do it
*holds up a sign* poke here!!! Wait... not there... pervert... here!!!
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thronnos said:
*holds up a sign* poke here!!! Wait... not there... pervert... here!!!
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Lmfao
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WHAT DO WE WANT?!
GINGERBREAD KERNEL!
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?!
A COUPLE DAYS AGO SERIOUSLY
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!
WAIT AROUND SORT OF IMPATIENTLY BUT AT THE SAME TIME CALMLY WITHOUT CAUSING DESTRUCTION TO PROPERTY BECAUSE MOST OF US DON'T LIKE TO LEAVE OUR BASEMENTS EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A CELL PHONE AND THAT KINDA SAYS WE SHOULD LEAVE OUR BASEMENT BUT WE DONT LIKE USING THE HOME PHONE BECAUSE MOM IS ALWAYS ON IT SO WE JUST GOT OUR OWN CELL PHONE BUT IT HAD TO BE COOL OR WE WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED IT
Okay, in all seriousness though I remember the HTC Hero guys just emailing HTC like "Hey, we want our Kernel Source, and you have to release it, now." and they did, very quickly.
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Just threw an email at them.
Nice. Keep us posted
i've been sending them tweets every damn day lol
Hell make a petition up I'll sign.
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Wish they'd drop it cuz I want the kingdom Rom back with an oc'd kernel!
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Looks like others are chiming in...big time!
https://www.facebook.com/HTC?ref=ts
So what's the deal? Just saw the EVO 3D is OC'd. I know it's with a modified kernel, but damm. What do we have to do to get the Source Code released? Ikve sent them about 15 Emails asking what's going on. Nothing, not one responce. Just a yes we received your email. WTF?
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The EVO Shift is the bastard child of HTC...not very popular and not NEW...so not many Devs working on it, therefore less complaining. I should gotten an Epic. At least then i'd have root. or even a regular EVO. but I wanted a physical keyboard and a smaller device. Shift fit me perfectly...but I NEED root. Boo!
Well I heard back from HTC. So I guess we still have to wait a bit. But at least they answered. Here's the Email they sent me.
You were looking for the kernel source code for the Android version 2.3 upgrade for your HTC EVO Shift 4G. I would be more than happy to assist you with this software inquiry. We will typically publish the Kernel open source code on http://developer.htc.com for recently released devices or software upgrades as soon as possible. HTC will normally publish this within 90 to 120 days. This time frame is within the requirements of the open source community.
If you need any further assistance, you are welcome to send another inquiry through the HTC website by going through the Support page (http://www.htc.com/us/support) then tapping ‘send us an email’. You should input all the necessary information requested on the page.
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 11USCW28ENA002558.
Sincerely,
Danielle
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90-120 Days?! SERIOUSLY? OK...guess i'll wait this out by reactivating my Pre and putting my EVO Shift on the shelf. I definitely can't go that long without wifi.
Wrong thread I know. But no WiFi? Ok I'll bite, why?
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stormchaser404 said:
90-120 Days?! SERIOUSLY? OK...guess i'll wait this out by reactivating my Pre and putting my EVO Shift on the shelf. I definitely can't go that long without wifi.
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Uh...You don't have WIFI?
Wifi tethering...sorry.
prboy1969 said:
Wrong thread I know. But no WiFi? Ok I'll bite, why?
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Yeah what he said! You do know pda net is free? I'm confused!
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stormchaser404 said:
Wifi tethering...sorry.
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Ah yeah I guess so. Failboat.
COME THE HECK ON HTC WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! They are going to wait it out until the 120 days I bet.
Hi guys
I'm getting a wildlife s soon don't worry I'm not leaving you lot but HTC wont let wildlife s users gain root access or install custom roms etc so could you all please sign this and ask your friends to sign aswel to make HTC change there mind.
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/htcbootloader
Thanks and I hope to see some love
Eoghan
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eoghan2t7 said:
Hi guys
I'm getting a wildlife s soon don't worry I'm not leaving you lot but HTC wont let wildlife s users gain root access or install custom roms etc so could you all please sign this and ask your friends to sign aswel to make HTC change there mind.
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/htcbootloader
Thanks and I hope to see some love
Eoghan
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Didn't HTC make a official announcement that they were unlocking bootloaders in future updates?
MrAndroid12 said:
Didn't HTC make a official announcement that they were unlocking bootloaders in future updates?
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Only on some models made this year and every model that comes and the WFS isn't one of them
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You have my vote
In last decade is everybody changing the mobile phone. So I'm going to buy HTC HD2 or SE Xperia X10 too. )
pRo_lama said:
You have my vote
In last decade is everybody changing the mobile phone. So I'm going to buy HTC HD2 or SE Xperia X10 too. )
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Thank you
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I don't think this petition will help but I'll vote.
You have my vote.
you have mine also.
I signed it too.
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In last decade is everybody changing the mobile phone. So I'm going to buy HTC HD2 or SE Xperia X10 too. )
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Yes, I'm gonna buy me a Motorola Defy. So I'll have official CM and MIUI (with ICS in future). But main reason are the ****y touchscreen and low ram.
yeah we can all complain about the touchscreen but bear in mind it is for first time user (or first time android hackers ) i dont think many phones out there has fastboot to let us play around with
Bump
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BUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Got my vote bro
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Yeah bro u have mine as well!!
But i don't get how this is going to help??
Are u going to submit this to the HTC company?
Probably even if it doesnt help still supporting a good cause
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You have my vote too
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I have signed the petition.
Done! signed
signed it! may get a htc phone when i go for my holiday to taiwan LOL
Hi community, I have been here on xda for a while, but just reasently got my self the HTC Inspire 4G.
What this is all about though that I will start to build or at least attempt to build the 4.0 Sense ROM for the Inspire and the Desire HD.
Help is always accepted just pm I will try to respond as soon as possible.
Ok this is what i got so far for some reason only boots in boot manager
http://dev-host.org/E9c
That wifi actually works for me
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Youre probably better off calling this a WIP thread, goodluck sir
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hey community if you can't support him so try to encourage him...
no one born as a DEV but with hard work and with support he can be.
really i respect any one spend from his time and efforts to produce to us something new
makes us happy.
What ROM are you basing yours off of? Or are you basing this off the RUU? I have a Sense 4.0 I'm working on, from a base whom I got permission from. What all do you have done?
Sure I will upload something just really need to find a good provider to upload to
Any suggestions??
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Rabim said:
Sure I will upload something just really need to find a good provider to upload to
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www.dev-host.org
Rabim said:
Sure I will upload something just really need to find a good provider to upload to
Any suggestions??
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LorD ClockaN uses goo-inside.me which will also allow ota updates
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this should be interesting if he got wifi working whed at least 8 other guys couldn't make it happen
LorD ClockaN said:
this should be interesting if he got wifi working whed at least 8 other guys couldn't make it happen
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He's already provided a fix he said works for him but didnt work for anyone else
Sounds good mate. Glad to see another dev. Hope all goes well.
Bring on the alpha!!!
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He's already provided a fix he said works for him but didnt work for anyone else
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That wifi fix was referring to the one he posted for Sense 3.6 ICS. Not this one.
HTC_Phone said:
That wifi fix was referring to the one he posted for Sense 3.6 ICS. Not this one.
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A different sense version wont make it any easier to fix wifi, its still ICS
Rabim said:
Hi community, I have been here on xda for a while, but just reasently got my self the HTC Inspire 4G.
What this is all about though that I will start to build or at least attempt to build the 4.0 Sense ROM for the Inspire and the Desire HD.
Help is always accepted just pm I will try to respond as soon as possible.
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Everyone read the op again
It states that he will start/attempt to bring sense 4.0 to dhd, its a WIP
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wilkyyyy said:
A different sense version wont make it any easier to fix wifi, its still ICS
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You're right. ICS is ICS. I PM'd him to collaborate, because I have a port I'm working on, and its fairly close to a TEST release.
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Sure I will upload something just really need to find a good provider to upload to
Any suggestions??
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use 4shared.com and you have a huge free 15Gigs account
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ok so I'm uploading it right now .
First of it has a install problem for some reason so I have been using it in Bootmanager. So defenaty need to look in to it.
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And what u got so far?
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Just finishing up getting it past boot, so that anyone willing cam give me a logcat to help. Very close actually.
OK so I just spoke to Rabim, and no, he doesn't have the ROM ready. It wouldn't boot because he's using the wrong kernel, and since there is no kernel for Sense 4, he used the one for AOSP which caused a lot of different issues.
HOWEVER, the guy is new to this, and he just wants to learn as much as he can, so if you're going to flame and write retarded comments about this, please hit yourself in the head with a sharp object first. If you guys have ideas and want to support him, I've messaged andy to move this thread to general section, and there you can share your ideas with Rabim and help him develop the ROM. He's using the recent nexus port of Endeavor.
EDIT: I would offer my help, but I have no time at all atm.
Ok, here we have the OP, who want's to learn & give something to the Desire HD community.
What happens next....
1. The whole community gets behind him/her and provides necessary guidance & advice to achieve the overall goal?
2. Some users take it upon themselves to "nay-say" and just bring the thread down before it's even started?
We want the answer to be 1.
Yet here we are again, and we have 2.
Please guys, don't push away those who want to give something back to the community.
Rabim - I've moved your thread to General until things start to progress. Once you have something together just send me a PM and I'll get this moved into the Development forum.
Also, any problems of issues? Just PM me or add me on GTalk and I will always be happy to help. (Seems like 3/4's of XDA's Million users have me on GTalk now )
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I guess you didn't see the "keep it confidential" part did you?
Interesting..... I think there's a pretty good chance this is jellybean
Does it still count if I pressed yes while crossing my fingers?
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rstat1 said:
I guess you didn't see the "keep it confidential" part did you?
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He did...caring was last in the priorities list.
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He did...caring was last in the priorities list.
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Ha
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He removed the links and names. The vital parts were kept confidential. In fact, "confidential" is not used in the posted email; only applies if you actually register and are enrolled.
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Haha, this is ICS soak test all over again.
It's all over the web anyway so the content of the email is kinda pointless
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Lothaen said:
It's all over the web anyway so the content of the email is kinda pointless
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Guess how often the confidentiality is kept in this case?
Guess how much it really matters?
Yes its all legality blah blah, but lets face it. Moto has farred better with more users getting their hands on the update and vetting it than not. Should be more of a public affair.
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Guess how often the confidentiality is kept in this case?
Guess how much it really matters?
Yes its all legality blah blah, but lets face it. Moto has farred better with more users getting their hands on the update and vetting it than not. Should be more of a public affair.
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Ikr
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Any news on the OTA (leak or official)?
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Nope
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It is testing Android 5.0?
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It is testing Android 5.0?
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Jelly bean is 4.1 not 5.0, the soak is probably JB but we haven't heard anything for certain.
No soak test filenames yet?
I wonder if they are waiting for the Nexus S to be out the way first
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No soak test filenames yet?
I wonder if they are waiting for the Nexus S to be out the way first
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Nexus S JB OTA update came out last night. Xoom's next.
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I'm a bit shocked we haven't seen anything yet. Usually the soak tests start quickly.
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surprised this didn't mirror the normal Friday launches, or even the most recent (which was a long 5 days from announcement to OTA)
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Nexus S JB OTA update came out last night. Xoom's next.
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Cool
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