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My X1 has gone back to vodafone UK.
Not for any fault of the X1, not due to the coverage, but due to a mad vodafone policy that means that if you don't give them your PAC code when you order, you will never-ever be able to port a number in later.
This differs from all other UK networks on which you can port numbers in ad-hoc during the contract.
The reason, of course for not porting a number in at the time of order is that I wanted to check out the phone/network before switching from T-mobile.
The only way to port in not is to return the phone under the 14 day policy, then re-order it (entering your PAC) - (and have them do another credit check on you).
I shant be re-ordering, its back to my MDA Vario III for me. Maybe one day, t-mobile UK will get some phones worth having in...
Nigel
Why don't you just buy the phone, unlocked from clove.co.uk I think its like 525 w/ VAT which is pretty steep, but I don't know what you paid from Voda either. Also..I am pretty sure even the Vodafone "branded" ones are infact unlocked anyway and useable on tmobile-UK.
Or do what I, and Orange customer, did.
Order it new on Orange (mobiles.co.uk and E2save are selling them on Orange contracts)
Got a PAC from Orange for my existing Orange number.
Port it onto a pay as you go sim like Virgin.
Get PAC from Virgin and port number back onto Orange within the first 3 months.
You have just 'upgraded', but got a deal as a new customer
@mlinz: I would never, ever pay £525 for a phone!!! Mine was £50 on a contract through vodafone.
@kr00t0n: I've done the port elsewhere then back to get the same deal as a new customer trick before - but its too much hassle + you have to cart 2 phones around for a while. I'd rather cough up the additional few quid and save the hassle.
I had the phone I wanted on the network I wanted @ the price I wanted, but they would not port in my old number (of 15 years).
Nigel
Play
Or you can buy from play.com @ 499 GBP
veletron said:
@mlinz: I would never, ever pay £525 for a phone!!! Mine was £50 on a contract through vodafone.
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When people are buying their phones outright they're usually going to use it with a pay as you go sim or a cheap contract they already have. Depending on your useage, this can work out much cheaper for you than £50 "for the phone" and, for example, an 18 month £35 contract.
Myself I got mine from Vodafone on an upgrade by calling them up and telling them I was leaveing. It seems to be the only way I can get a decent phone from them, because if I walk into a shop and ask them for an upgrade all they offer me is seriously bog standard phones, worse than the K800i I was on previously.
I pay £27 a month contract, and a £5 per month for 500mb data. Granted this is a 24 month contract, but the phone was free, and I can upgrade after 9 months.
Over 24 months that's a whole £768 I've paid to vodafone.
Compare that to, say, paying £500 for the phone and having a simple £10 contract for 24 months... £740.
I just don't have the money up front to stup for an unbranded phone, so I went with what I already had setup and got what I wanted, and I'm happy. It's just that £500 for a phone sounds extortionate, but when you factor in how much you actually pay to the carriers over the lifetime of a contract you can see that there isn't much difference in paying upfront or taking out a contract in the end.
I got mine from mobiles.co.uk on O2 (yeah I know NOW the reception is poor) for £29.99 then £35/month for 18 months (600mins, 500text, unlimited [yeah right] web).
I can confirm its unbranded, unlocked and quite silver.
I didn't think I would like the silver one but actually I love it. Only catch is as others have mentioned, the battery cover keeps coming loose.
SquidgyB said:
When people are buying their phones outright they're usually going to use it with a pay as you go sim or a cheap contract they already have. Depending on your useage, this can work out much cheaper for you than £50 "for the phone" and, for example, an 18 month £35 contract.
Myself I got mine from Vodafone on an upgrade by calling them up and telling them I was leaveing. It seems to be the only way I can get a decent phone from them, because if I walk into a shop and ask them for an upgrade all they offer me is seriously bog standard phones, worse than the K800i I was on previously.
I pay £27 a month contract, and a £5 per month for 500mb data. Granted this is a 24 month contract, but the phone was free, and I can upgrade after 9 months.
Over 24 months that's a whole £768 I've paid to vodafone.
Compare that to, say, paying £500 for the phone and having a simple £10 contract for 24 months... £740.
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I dont think £10 contract will get you internet access so you'll be paying at least £15 per month, so the deal isn't as good.
I went through all this when I changed and decided to go with a new contract.
I also got the phone for free, free headset and pay less than you with VF, sweet talking in the shop works wonders when there's sales targets to meet!
Hi
I use the phone as a modem every day on the train, transferring about 2.5-3GB/mnth. I HATE to think how much that would be on P&G!!!
I've had t-mob stores bend over backwards to meet or exceed the deals that are available from the online crowd, so its worth haggling.
Nigel
Expansys will sell you one on a t-mobile contract
Hi
Looked into this suggestion (sim free phone then cheap contract) further. I never use the phone for phone calls, only for texts/internet.
Comparing Voda with Voda...
Voda do a base SIM-Only 30-day rolling contract for £10/mnth (75 mins/500 texts), then you can add their 'unlimited' (aka 500MB/mnth) internet for £7.50/mnth. Works out quite favourably:
Sim Free Phone: £500, 12x10+12*7.50 (for internet) = £710
Voda 12 month contract for phone:
Phone: £300, 12x30+12*7.50 (for internet) = £750
Voda 18 month
Phone: £150, 18*35 (internet included) = £780 (but your getting an extra 6 mnths line rental here)
So... I never thought I would buy a phone sim-free, but that's what I am doing. There is a saving over a 12 month contract for me (I don't use many minutes) + I can tell voda to get lost with 30 days notice. Of course, if you take the contract out over 18 months then you are essentially getting an additional 6 months service for 780-710 = £70 quid - in 12 months i'll be wanting a new phone anyway.
I pay T-Mob £35/mnth at the moment including WnW Plus (3GB/mnth). I'll get a USB dongle from them for my on-train internet access (£15/mnth). Saving myself 2.50/mnth over what I pay at the moment. This has several advantages:
- Non carrier branded phone - fetches more on ebay when I am bored with it!
- Don't have to wait for voda to release SE's updates
- Just a 30 Day contract with voda
- No Messing with bluetooth-pan for net access while on the train
- If no T-mobile coverage, I can use laptop with vodafone via BT PAN
- Superior 2G coverage for weekends in remote parts of Scotland
- Still enjoy superior 3G coverage and speeds of t-mobile on laptop
- No more feeling that I have to wait for contract to expire before upgrading - and finding that upgrade deals are poor!
Only trouble is, clove.co.uk have sold out and expansys want to rip me off (£584). I ordered from SuperTrader.co.uk (£500) (reasonable pricegrabber etc ratings). I phoned before and agreed that they would ship fri for delivery sat (today), paid the extra £8 for Sat AM special delivery, and the barstuards never bothered to stick it in the post - despite having charged my card for the device and for £15.99 SAT AM delivery.
So... DON'T buy from SuperTrader. I have cancelled my order, and will wait for clove to get them back in again.
Nigel
Does anyone know when/if the X1 will be available on Orange Uk?
Thanks,
S.
Second that.
Have rung CS but as usual were utterly clueless and tried to sell me a C905.
Muppets!
It already is through Carphone Warehouse and a few other resellers. Last I looked they were not advertising orange on the X1 but I have it with them.
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Does anyone know when/if the X1 will be available on Orange Uk?
Thanks,
S.
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I bought mine from Carphonewarehouse it was free on Orange with a £45/mth contract which gives unlimited internet access too.
Same here. From Carphone Warehouse with Orange. £45 per month it's not unlimited tho. It's up to 250 MB and I think weekends and evenings free for 3 months or so. Will be calling Orange to find out exactly
bijomaru78 said:
Same here. From Carphone Warehouse with Orange. £45 per month it's not unlimited tho. It's up to 250 MB and I think weekends and evenings free for 3 months or so. Will be calling Orange to find out exactly
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It does technically have a 250Mb limit, but Orange say if you go over this they will not charge you but just remind you to keep within the limits! I think 250Mb is pretty decent however and I haven't got anywhere near it yet when I am away from my wifi at home! It's also correct that during first 3 months, evening and weekends don't come out of that allowance.
Carphone Warehouse aren't exactly the best retailer in Britain but to get an X1 on Orange it was the only High Street deal at the time.
Here's a tip though: If you're a heavy user, then get yourself an Orange PAYG sim and pay £1 from your credit for 24hrs totally unlimited use, or £5 for 7 days use. I just swop the sim if I intend to use the phone for an internet connection to my laptop it worked really well when I was on a boating holiday for total internet access using the 'Internet Sharing' option on the phone.
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Nah man. 250 MB is completely fine with me. Mostly using it for push e-mail and sometimes browsing net for a while. But I thought they start charging you as soon as you go over that limit. If they just text me that's fine I wont go over a lot I presume anyway.
hi,
I to was waiting for the x1 on orange, spoke to customer services and they informed me themselves will not be stocking the x1 as its to expensive. but you can get 1 off internet or carphone warehouse etc on a orange contract, which i did a couple weeks back from mobiles.co.uk for £19.99 on £35 a month, 600 mins, unlimited txts,18 month contract. my xperia came unlocked and unbranded as orange not stocking them, which was a nice bonus.
xperia x1
uk
unlocked
unbranded
hope that helps someone
I am ordering my hd2 form o2 next week and just looked on there site to check its in stock and nosited that they have changed the packages they they will do and also put the phone up by £50
why not do what i did and order it through a 3rd party online. you wont have to pay £50 and your billed direct by o2 anyway.......
or get it on virgin, you get more for your money... they use the t-mobile network.
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or get it on virgin, you get more for your money... they use the t-mobile network.
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It's worth paying the extra on O2 though virgin/tmobile network is utterly useless compared to O2...
One bad thing about O2 though... their online stock monitoring means bugger-all... you have to call up to find out if they have stock... I ordered mine online and it took them 1 1/2 weeks to get it to me, despite it stating "in stock" on the website when I ordered and throughout the period I was waiting, when their phone staff were telling me it was out of stock with no projected arrival date...
Just check on the website... seems their plans have gone up in price by roughly 5 quid/month... yikes! I got 600 mins/1000 texts/unlimited data for 35/month with 100 for the phone... they're now claiming unlimited texts, but who uses more than 1000 a month?
Ouch! That is a big price rise! I got mine 600 Mins/100Texts/Unlimited Data for £35 with a free phone (upgrading)!
mms
Hi guys, kinda off topic but was wondering if any of you o2 uk users are able to use mms when flashing with a cooked rom...
I cant recieve them at all with cooked ROM, even after manualy inputting settings.
If you can send and recieve plz could I know what ROM u use
Regards and Thanx
T-Mobile Contract 300
Hi Guys,
I hope this helps. My first post so excuse any mistakes.
I just got tmobile contract 24 months 300 mins , 300 text, unlimited lan line, 172 phone cost. Will get phone pn Tuesday
donwhann said:
why not do what i did and order it through a 3rd party online. you wont have to pay £50 and your billed direct by o2 anyway.......
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can i ask were did u order your from??
I just got mine for free on wednesday on o2. they price matched t mobile. it took me 2 visits to the shop and a call.....
30 a month 24 month contract 600 mins 500 texts. the day before they wanted 100 for the phone on same terms.
haggle em. its well worth it.
posting this from my hd2 now lol. it rocks!
igot mine on virgin £25 a month 500mins 3000 texts 1gb internet usage phone cost £79 and thats on a 18month contract thats £529 over the 18months the phone its self cost about £500 so its a good deal
What Gav said - I got mine from o2 price matched to T-mobile (i think) meant I got the phone for free on an upgrade - £35 a month for 600 mins, too many texts to use and unlimited interweb access.
yes i heard about this, because the are really low on stock in o2 for that phone, i hv ordered mine online 2 months ago and Im on 24 months, 25 pounds a month, 600 + 200 minutes,unlimited text and unlimited data with free phone, but I was upgrading so maybe it is dif than signing on new contract.
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low on stock in o2 for that phone,
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which is probably why the price increase, , ,, also to prime the market for a 'sale - price drop on hd2!' in a few months.
jsmith_00 said:
I am ordering my hd2 form o2 next week and just looked on there site to check its in stock and nosited that they have changed the packages they they will do and also put the phone up by £50
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Hi.
get the phone sim-free on either the Orange or Vodafone network from zero cost, go here: mobiles.co.uk
With it being sim-free you can get latest ROM+updates from HTC directly. Besides really good offers on at the moment. Have got 3 HD2's from this company NO PROBLEMS with any of the three handsets.
O2 and Vodafone network are messing about with HD2 because of Apple pressure (iphone). Orange is also best network for HSPDA connection.
well... hearing this, I've got quite good upgrade deal dec. last year. £35 per month plus free web bolt on, 18 mths contract and hd2 for about 30 quid.
Virgin also here
£25 month
18 months
500 min
waay too many texts
and 1 gb internet
+ £79 for the phone
Best deal!
mines 24 months
800 mins
unlimted texts
unlimted virgin to virgin
1g of net
30 quid a month
and fone was free
Just upgraded to HD2 today with o2 and got 1200 minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited data (web use) and free o2 to o2 calls for £40 per month on a 24 month contract and the free phone will be delivered Tuesday.
Was going to switch to T-Mobile if they could not give me a good deal as T-Mobile were offering 1200 mins, 500 texts, unlimited data, and an unlimited land-line calls bolt-on, on a 24 month contract with free phone for £35 per month, but unfortunately there coverage is not to good here where I live.
It seems we have all paid way different prices. Mine was £50 for the handset, and then 02 18 mth contract @ £35 a month, for 600mins, 500 text and unlimited data connection.
My turn...(upgrade deal)
O2 small business regular user 24mth contract
300 xnet mins
unltd O2 calls
10 unltd landlines
250 texts
unltd interwebby
free phone upgrade every 12 mths
free HD2
£27.38 mth+vat
If anyone is in the UK looking for contract deals
have a look
http://www.buymobilephones.net/mobile-phones/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-II/30,106759,All,tt1,ct1
Anyone know when Three deals will start to hit the third party sites?
Thanks.
Got mine today and what a beauty! I got mine on vodafone through phones 4 u on the red 2gb tariff which is unlimited calls and texts with 2gb of data for £42 a month. I was already with vodafone and still have 6 months left on my old £30 p/m contract for my note1. its going to cost me about £140 to buy out of my original contract :-/. But ....
Phones 4 u gave me £90 towards my buy out and...
Gave me £200 for my original note! I could have got slightly more on ebay but with selling fees it would have been close
Anyway I walked out with a galaxy note 2 and £290 CASH! It seemed amazing as they handed me a wad of cash and a brand new top of the range phone. (Ive had worse days). I have £140 to pay on my old contract but im very pleased overall.
I just thought id share this as an option for anyone waying up how to get there note 2.
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Three are pushing two deals at the moment
Both 24 month contracts
2000 mins, 5000 texts, 5000 3 to 3 minutes and unlimited data with tethering (this is what stole my money from Tmobile)
either,
£36/month with £69 for the handset or
£40/month with free handset
I would have preferred to get something on the new EE tariffs but i'm too impatient lol.
Hey, FYI there's £101 pounds cashback on Three's One Plan contracts at topcashback and quidco!!!
Sallcho said:
Hey, FYI there's £101 pounds cashback on Three's One Plan contracts at topcashback and quidco!!!
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Wow awesome thanks.
Will this offer still be available tomorrow? (Well, later today)
RambJoe said:
Wow awesome thanks.
Will this offer still be available tomorrow? (Well, later today)
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Should be, Quidco usually have a count down to the last few remaining days of a particular deal. Its a shame Three only have the white one in stock I am waiting for the grey one.
EE announces they will be carrying the Note II
EE say they'll be carrying the Note II, see http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/47806/samsung-galaxy-note-2-lte-ee-uk-4g
No pricing info yet and you'll need to start on Orange or T-Mobile before transferring across. Typically T-Mobile's crappy website has no detail yet.
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We now have a universal thread for availability
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918269
Well I bought sim free, it arrived, I had a couple of days with it and now i'm sending it back.
Why I hear you all cry ..... well quite simply because the phone is that good I'm going to commit to a 2 year contract with it. Not sure just who to go with yet, so anyone with any suggestions that would be great (I live essex/herts way and work in london, am currently on t-mobile, who have improved quite a bit last few months)
I really like it, I really do, have one or two little annoyances, but generally I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a phone that much (maybe iphone 4)
So yeah, i'ts going back but i'm gonna commit (and for someone like me who changed phones and find fault with phones all the time thats quite a big thing !!!)
I upgraded to the Orange panther 41 contract through p4u, 18 month, 600 mins, unlimited text, 1gb data, HTC One silver free with flip cover.
The best bits are, p4u gives 5 pounds discount on the tarrif so 36 per month, then they give 144 pounds cash back (directly wire to my bank 42 days after activation) so effectively I am paying 28 pounds for 18 month!
Good deal you think?
The reason I could get that was because dialaphone was doing a new contract deal, essentially the same as mine but with 4 redemptions each 36 pounds.
And I mentioned that to p4u so they matched the price.
Just checked dialaphone, they don't do this deal anymore but panther 36 with means only 400 mins and 750mb data. Same price with 4 redemption.
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h.han said:
I upgraded to the Orange panther 41 contract through p4u, 18 month, 600 mins, unlimited text, 1gb data, HTC One silver free with flip cover.
The best bits are, p4u gives 5 pounds discount on the tarrif so 36 per month, then they give 144 pounds cash back (directly wire to my bank 42 days after activation) so effectively I am paying 28 pounds for 18 month!
Good deal you think?
The reason I could get that was because dialaphone was doing a new contract deal, essentially the same as mine but with 4 redemptions each 36 pounds.
And I mentioned that to p4u so they matched the price.
Just checked dialaphone, they don't do this deal anymore but panther 36 with means only 400 mins and 750mb data. Same price with 4 redemption.
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almost the same as me, except i got mine from dialaphone - though my cashback is in installments instead of in one lump sum - dialaphone did offer me a lump sum, but it wasnt as much as im getting now - now i will get £144, they offered me £100 in a lump sum.
i might call up and ask them to switch me to the lump sum - i will probably forget all about the bill sending in thing!
also, did you use a cashback site?
with quidco or topcashback you can/could get an extra £70 cashback
edit. regarding who to go for - yea the deal h.han and I got is the cheapest of all I think, depends whether what is included fits your needs and whether orange/tmobile/ee are good in your area.
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almost the same as me, except i got mine from dialaphone - though my cashback is in installments instead of in one lump sum - dialaphone did offer me a lump sum, but it wasnt as much as im getting now - now i will get £144, they offered me £100 in a lump sum.
i might call up and ask them to switch me to the lump sum - i will probably forget all about the bill sending in thing!
also, did you use a cashback site?
with quidco or topcashback you can/could get an extra £70 cashback
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Sounds a fantastic deal but i had such **** with orange a year or two back i vowed never to go back to them, now they and t-mobile have merged it might not matter that much .... if anyone see's any other good deals i'd appreciate it !!! thanks to you guys for posting this up
P4U are usually the best however i went direct through Vodafone this time and i got;
Free Phone
Free Flip Cover
£37 per month with Unlimited Calls, Text and 1GB data (unlimited for 3 months) on a 24 month contract.
Also got the phone within 2 business days of ordering
your t-mobile has gotten better recently because they now share networks with orange and also EE
i would also say don't let a free flip case from any company sway you - its crap lol
djbenny1 said:
almost the same as me, except i got mine from dialaphone - though my cashback is in installments instead of in one lump sum - dialaphone did offer me a lump sum, but it wasnt as much as im getting now - now i will get £144, they offered me £100 in a lump sum.
i might call up and ask them to switch me to the lump sum - i will probably forget all about the bill sending in thing!
also, did you use a cashback site?
with quidco or topcashback you can/could get an extra £70 cashback
edit. regarding who to go for - yea the deal h.han and I got is the cheapest of all I think, depends whether what is included fits your needs and whether orange/tmobile/ee are good in your area.
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I did not go through cashback site cos I was looking for upgrade.
I did ordered a new contract at that time on dialaphone through quidco initially, but it was a mistake, I thought I could port my existing Orange number to the new Orange contract, but that's not possible so I cancelled that. And accidentally had a chat with p4u so they offered me the same deal as dialaphone but upgrade, too good to miss so I took it.
No cashback from quidco though, but I am happy.
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gsusx said:
Sounds a fantastic deal but i had such **** with orange a year or two back i vowed never to go back to them, now they and t-mobile have merged it might not matter that much .... if anyone see's any other good deals i'd appreciate it !!! thanks to you guys for posting this up
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I don't have good experience with Orange either, their 3G is the slowest amongst all the operators because they didn't buy the best 3G frequency, and I had to upgrade 4 times since last Friday through p4u and make tons of call to Orange to remove a stupid flag in their system to get my 4th upgrade attempt approved.
But their price is the cheapest through p4u so I just took it.
Oh, by the way, the 4G from EE definitely is the fastest in all operators since the frequency band is very good.
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here's a question
like ee say you have 1gb of 4g data per month
what happens if you go over that, does 3g signal count towards that etc ???
im even contemplating going 4g ... i would go with 3 but i cant get signal in my spare room and thats where i tend to spend a lot of my time working of weekends
gsusx said:
here's a question
like ee say you have 1gb of 4g data per month
what happens if you go over that, does 3g signal count towards that etc ???
im even contemplating going 4g ... i would go with 3 but i cant get signal in my spare room and thats where i tend to spend a lot of my time working of weekends
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dont you have wifi at home?
i am assuming that by paying EE for 4g, you are simply paying for "access" to their 4g network - your 1gb will be depleted whether or not you use the 4g or not.
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dont you have wifi at home?
i am assuming that by paying EE for 4g, you are simply paying for "access" to their 4g network - your 1gb will be depleted whether or not you use the 4g or not.
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And to add to that, maybe I am misleading here, my contract is with Orange, the 3G brand of EE, so I do not have any 4G service in my tarrif, only 3G.
If you want to sign a 4G deal with EE, the price will be much higher.
With 4G service, it only means the option of connecting to 4G is there, but whether you will get 4G in your area or not, is irrelevant and those 1gb usage includes all traffic on 4G, 3G and GPRS.
If you go over, you will need to pay extra to get additional data.
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