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htc wizard microphone sensitivity increasing

I've bought used qtek 9100. microphone sensitivity level in phone mode was good enough.
Then I did Hard reset and my friends starts complaining that they are almost can not hear me...
I've tried AGC enabled and disabled, but without success.
there are some registry keys like "INTERNAL_RECORDING_GAIN" and "EXTERNAL_RECORDING_GAIN" in
"HTLM/Software/HTC/AUDIOGAIN"
Now I have
"INTERNAL_RECORDING_GAIN" = 06
"EXTERNAL_RECORDING_GAIN" = 16
Could someone post your values please?
Maybe you know any third party tools that I can use in order to increase microphone sensitivity....

same values on my K-Jam. Is it hardware problem on your phone?

water said:
same values on my K-Jam. Is it hardware problem on your phone?
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It was fine before hard reboot...

Same with Jasjar
I had the same problem with my Jasjar, my problem was with the BT Headset and also with the microphone directly on the phone.
I sent my Jasjar to warranty, I will tell you if it gets fixed when it returns from them.

feels better after a couple of hard resets...... it is so strange..

poorotis said:
I've bought used qtek 9100. microphone sensitivity level in phone mode was good enough.
Then I did Hard reset and my friends starts complaining that they are almost can not hear me...
I've tried AGC enabled and disabled, but without success.
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i have *exactly* the same problem with my k-jam, however i didn't hard-reset device yet. my friends are complaining very much. i've also checked the problem by myself - i received a call made by my k-jam and voice was tragedy, very quiet and noisy. connecting headset to wizard makes voice sound better but that's not the point to carry mobile with headset all the time! at first glance i thought it could be hardware problem, but if you're saying that before hard-reset microphone quality was fine, then probably it's software-related issue...
poorotis said:
there are some registry keys like "INTERNAL_RECORDING_GAIN" and "EXTERNAL_RECORDING_GAIN" in
"HTLM/Software/HTC/AUDIOGAIN"
Now I have
"INTERNAL_RECORDING_GAIN" = 06
"EXTERNAL_RECORDING_GAIN" = 16
Could someone post your values please?
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i have the same values... maybe i'll try to change them somehow later on and check if it will give any difference.
feels better after a couple of hard resets...... it is so strange..
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and what about registry keys which you mentioned above? values are the same?

Yes, registry values remains the same after hard reset.
But microphone sensitivity is definitely better now.
Later there was two or three hard resets - seems all is ok with sensitivity. Hope that problems will not appear again.
Please let me know if you'll find a solution.

poorotis said:
Yes, registry values remains the same after hard reset.
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i've changed INTERNAL_RECORDING_GAIN value to 16, but voice quality is still the same. i suppose these settings may concern recording notes (dicating machine) only, not while phone connection. anyway, i've also found HLM/Software/HTC/VOICESETTING registry key, which may be actually that. but values are quite different there and i don't want to make something wrong...
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But microphone sensitivity is definitely better now.
Later there was two or three hard resets - seems all is ok with sensitivity.
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well, finally maybe i'll try this solution as well, however i really hate to reinstall and reconfigure whole device over.

eva_d said:
poorotis said:
But microphone sensitivity is definitely better now.
Later there was two or three hard resets - seems all is ok with sensitivity.
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well, finally maybe i'll try this solution as well, however i really hate to reinstall and reconfigure whole device over.
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i did ROM update with latest ROM from clubimate.com, then i did three hard-resets in a row, checking voice quality after each one. unfortunately... voice quality was all the time the same and it was NOT good quality

microphone sensitivity - solution?
i did some tests with registry tweaks within HKLM/Software/HTC/AUDIOGAINx keys and after few hours of testing i've got confused and completely dizzy wheter microphone sensitivity is better or not. however i found some interesting things. HEADSET_UPLINK_VOLUME key is responsible for headset microphone sensitivity and SPEAKER_UPLINK_VOLUME is responsible for microphone while phone is in loudspeaker mode. so there are two other keys:
RECEIVE_UPLINK_VOLUME = 18
EARPHONE_UPLINK_VOLUME = 19
values above are default, but i've set both values to CC (204 decimal). after so many tries, soft-resets and test connections, i couldn't really differ which setting is actually better and which isn't. so i called to one of my friends who was complaining before that he doesn't hear me very well. and now he told me, that now's much better! voice was still bit noisy but much louder than before. so i guess i found a solution...

Do any of you have volume issues with MS Voice? I have it setup to announce incoming calls- it says the # and contacts name. The problem I have is that the voice is very quiet when the phone is ringing. Its similar to a txt message or email notification you receive while on the telephone talking to someone. I even tried it with no ringtone playing at all- just the msvoice.
Has anyone used the MS Voice on WM5 HTC Wizard?

Low Speaker Volume

Is there a way (registry hack, any other program) to increase the volume of the speaker during the phone conversation? I also own a Hermes and the speaker volume of the Trinity is so low compared to it that I can sometimes barely hear the other party. Any help?

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Is there a way (registry hack, any other program) to increase the volume of the speaker during the phone conversation? I also own a Hermes and the speaker volume of the Trinity is so low compared to it that I can sometimes barely hear the other party. Any help?
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Are you aware that turning the wheel on the left side you can change the volume while in a phone call?

anonimo said:
Are you aware that turning the wheel on the left side you can change the volume while in a phone call?
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I have the exact same problem. When I am in a public place and when there is some noise around, I hardly hear the person I am speaking to. Even when I turn the wheel on the left to maximum
I have spent a lot of time looking for a solution but I have just seen that for some qtek devices, there is the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\AUDIOGAIN] with values EARPHONE_UPLINK_VOLUME and RECEIVE_UPLINK_VOLUME, that allow to modify the max output level of the speaker. But I didn't find that key in the trinity

Even if I turn the scroll wheel all the way up, the volume is too low.
The audiogain registry key (although it doesn't exist in trinity's registry) is actually to improve the sound quality of the microphone and not the volume of the phone.
When I first make a call, when I hear the first ring, it is actually louder but then from the second ring on, the volume decreases at least by 25%.
Anybody with any ideas?

anyone figured how to increase call volume yet?

I would also appreciate a solution to improve the Speakerphone volume.

I would appreciate any fix to increase the volume of anything!
The included stereo headphones are completely useless! My god, why did they even put a volume dial on the headphones? I can barely hear anything with this crap phone...
A pity considering every other features works just perfectly.

ive got the same problem, before the bass fix, the volume was high but with a really unstable and bad sound... after the fix, there is kind of better sound but in phone calls the volume is low.. i really start hating this device......

I've been using my new p3600 for two weeks now, and this low speaker volume issue is killing me. I've been a Noia user for years, and the difference in sound quality during normal calls is simply unacceptable. The p3600 has so many awesome capabilities for such a small phone, but when it comes to the most basic function, I'm quite disappointed with.
I would also appreciate a fix to improve the quality of the speaker.
Cheers

i can say that this is not the only problem, there are so many others that i stopped thinking of this one... im going for a final hard reset now.. im really tired...im sick of it.....

Someone has an idea ?

Has anyone found away to increase the incall volume yet ???

Someone posted this registry hack elsewhere (use at your own risk of course)
1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER
2. ControlPanel
3. SoundCategories
4. InCall
5. InitVol
6. Change the DWORD value to 6 (Default = 2)
7. Click Done
Wait approx 10-15 seconds before testing.
PS. If the registry key or value doesn't exist, you can always try creating it.

Has anyone tried this??
What was the outcome??

ausi said:
Has anyone tried this??
What was the outcome??
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Yes i tried it and it never worked for me ...

i can also confirm that this does NOT work on the trinity, anyone else have any bright ideas...

Ah ha...
I just bought Dopod D810(HTC Trinity) for my wife yesterday, and just now she complained to me about this "low on call volume" to me. And since I'm the one recommended her the phone I have to responsible. LoL.
But despite this problem, all of other features are flawless, complete, with excellent case design. Kudos to HTC!!
Btw, this is kind of dejavu for me since it also happened on my Eten M600 back then. This issue can only be solved on driver level, i.e: patch the RILgsm.dll, or include this patched driver in newly cooked ROM.
On which, I don't have the necessary skills to do that... -sigh-
Any expert users can help us???

schizo said:
Ah ha...
I just bought Dopod D810(HTC Trinity) for my wife yesterday, and just now she complained to me about this "low on call volume" to me. And since I'm the one recommended her the phone I have to responsible. LoL.
But despite this problem, all of other features are flawless, complete, with excellent case design. Kudos to HTC!!
Btw, this is kind of dejavu for me since it also happened on my Eten M600 back then. This issue can only be solved on driver level, i.e: patch the RILgsm.dll, or include this patched driver in newly cooked ROM.
On which, I don't have the necessary skills to do that... -sigh-
Any expert users can help us???
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hi this link doenst work "include this patched driver in newly cooked ROM"

zohaer21 said:
hi this link doenst work "include this patched driver in newly cooked ROM"
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Sorry zohaer... my post does not contain hyperlink.
I just underlined it to stress up some points...

push!
also need a solution

The sound has gone...like completely

Hey everyone this is my first post so i apologise if this problem has been discussed at length already.
Ok so my current problem is that my htc hd2 wont make any sound whatsoever when using the rear speaker (so thats any ringing from incoming calls, notifications, videos, music etc..). I have played with the sound settings relentlessly but can't seem to change its current state and I have also done several hard resets. However, when accepting a phone call or when a pair of headphones are inserted into the handset the sound goes through fine, leading me to suspect that it is the rear speaker which is the problem (My speakerphone after accepting a call also doesnt work).
On two occasions I have been playing music on it in hopes for a sign of life and have had sound on very sharp bursts (no more then 2 seconds). In terms of any programs or updates that I have installed on to my handset I havent done anything but apply the updates from the HTC support website.
The problem ocurred on day 2 of using this handset and I have also sent an email to mobiles.co.uk to ask about a replacement handset. However I was having a lot of fun with this phone and wanted to keep it if it could be solved myself so if anybody has any ideas it would be very much appreciated!
Thanks

Try a hard reset. If the problem persists after that, it's certainly hardware related.

Same thing happened to my HD2 today, all sounds just stopped working for some reason, music player ring tone, notifications, everything, did a hard reset and everything works again, it is a bit worrying when it just happened out of the blue like that.

TomH01 said:
Same thing happened to my HD2 today, all sounds just stopped working for some reason, music player ring tone, notifications, everything, did a hard reset and everything works again, it is a bit worrying when it just happened out of the blue like that.
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Did you accidentally turn the volume down using the button on the side of the device? Stupidly, system volume can be adjusted using this button.

sunking101 said:
Did you accidentally turn the volume down using the button on the side of the device? Stupidly, system volume can be adjusted using this button.
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Yes it can. It either changes both system and ringtone together (if you only use 1), or you have a tab for both (if you use both volumes), as per the sound and display settings in the settings tab.

No, that was the first thing that I checked, I have the single volume unchecked as well.

TomH01 said:
No, that was the first thing that I checked, I have the single volume unchecked as well.
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I find the single volume the better option, less chance of this kind of thing happening. Other than that, it sounds like you have either installed a tweak or combination of tweaks which are not compatible or you have a hardware fault.

list of issue with hd2 still unsolve

hi guys,
i still have a list of hd2 issue yet to be solve, can any kind soul reply with solutions here in sequence.
1) when i am on my wired earpiece, the volume is so max that it can be unbearable at times. i know i have the volume rocker to up and down the volume to suit my hearing but then if i lower my volume it also carried the low volume to the connected calls. is there a workaround for this?
2)when i am on a connected call, i can hear hissing sound which is so irritating and the other party on my line ask if i'm on speakermode. workaround? volume is soft as well by the way.
3)phone hangs alot and i have to remove the cover and battery, the usual standard procedure. i know it could be manila.exe accumulating resources so high that it can be disruptive. the only solution i have now is restart at periodic time to maintain phone usefulness.
4)Weather not updating.
5)Flash player on HD2 if there is.
i cant think of anymore now.. maybe later..
sometimes when i felt my phone was stable for a few days it hangs unexpectedly. but there so much tweaking that needs to be done on this phone that i have to take a risk bricking the phone. there is really endless tweaking to this phone. imagine if i were to hardreset and reinstall all tweaks and stuffs .. it will be a nightmare when i have gone so far in tweaking it.
thats WM..

kelvinchewsg said:
hi guys,
i still have a list of hd2 issue yet to be solve, can any kind soul reply with solutions here in sequence.
1) when i am on my wired earpiece, the volume is so max that it can be unbearable at times. i know i have the volume rocker to up and down the volume to suit my hearing but then if i lower my volume it also carried the low volume to the connected calls. is there a workaround for this?
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try this in attachements it will allow two control system volume and ring volume separetly just click volume bottom and see

hoss_n2,
thanks bro, appreciate this little cab... i have install it and i must say i have gain another level to a perfect tweak. Thanks again bro..

kelvinchewsg said:
hoss_n2,
thanks bro, appreciate this little cab... i have install it and i must say i have gain another level to a perfect tweak. Thanks again bro..
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at your service

hoss_n2,
one question here, when im on Ring config, i press the volume rocker up and down, i get almost the same sound level whether im on on max vol or min vol
i do hear a difference on the System config when i up/down the volume..
do u have this issue?

kelvinchewsg said:
hoss_n2,
one question here, when im on Ring config, i press the volume rocker up and down, i get almost the same sound level whether im on on max vol or min vol
i do hear a difference on the System config when i up/down the volume..
do u have this issue?
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soft reset and see again as i don't have this problem. you must adjust the ring not during the phone is ringing but before it tell me if it works

kelvinchewsg said:
hi guys,
i still have a list of hd2 issue yet to be solve, can any kind soul reply with solutions here in sequence.
1) when i am on my wired earpiece, the volume is so max that it can be unbearable at times. i know i have the volume rocker to up and down the volume to suit my hearing but then if i lower my volume it also carried the low volume to the connected calls. is there a workaround for this?
2)when i am on a connected call, i can hear hissing sound which is so irritating and the other party on my line ask if i'm on speakermode. workaround? volume is soft as well by the way.
3)phone hangs alot and i have to remove the cover and battery, the usual standard procedure. i know it could be manila.exe accumulating resources so high that it can be disruptive. the only solution i have now is restart at periodic time to maintain phone usefulness.
4)Weather not updating.
5)Flash player on HD2 if there is.
i cant think of anymore now.. maybe later..
sometimes when i felt my phone was stable for a few days it hangs unexpectedly. but there so much tweaking that needs to be done on this phone that i have to take a risk bricking the phone. there is really endless tweaking to this phone. imagine if i were to hardreset and reinstall all tweaks and stuffs .. it will be a nightmare when i have gone so far in tweaking it.
thats WM..
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You better read this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=588925
Its a comun issue and so far no one has manage to fix it, some units are defective, if you can get a new phone.
I have it and been doing all fix and nothing i even here my own voice on echo very annoying

SOLRAC13 said:
You better read this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=588925
Its a comun issue and so far no one has manage to fix it, some units are defective, if you can get a new phone.
I have it and been doing all fix and nothing i even here my own voice on echo very annoying
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no itis service issue i had this but when i changed the service like from vodafone to mobinil this problem disappeared

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygZ3X__yIo
hi Guys,
i posted a video, mind taking a look here
yes i did a soft reset everytime i install a cab..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygZ3X__yIo

any more solutions?

kelvinchewsg said:
any more solutions?
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the video is not showing the ring control problem

[Q] Volume Mic

There is the chance to put (or try at least) an improvement in sound mic? Sometimes people said to me that they are listening me bad, others too down... Anyways, I'm using 2g connection only (in order to improve sound quality), even so, if I speak "with my normal voice" almost all people have a bit difficult to ear me!
I saw "hwVolumeFactor.cfg" , but there's no line to mic volume....
At least 2 other people have the same problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157111

I have the same problem too. Tried to find some volume file. Solutions?
Sent from my u8800 using XDA App

+1.
I tried to find the file AudioPara, AudioFilter et similia,but i haven´t found anything in u8800 rom....
FabryXY

I have the same prob too.I have to speak loud to hear me

The hwvolumnfactor certainly cannot modify the internal mic and earpiece levels. It's to be done at the application framework stack or even the core library stack.
Sent from my IDEOS X5

any chance of those people with problems have a defective unit?

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any chance of those people with problems have a defective unit?
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I wouldn't say it's a defective unit, because that would mean more than 30% of the whole sold units of U8800 were defective and a company big as Huawei wouldn't do it. Would only create mass amount of angry people and paybacks. So I am guessing some setting is bad.

Hi
I not think that this unit are defective.
For me the microphone position isn´t ideal, so is necessary boost the mic volume,
expecially for people with deep voice.
I hope that in future this become possible.
FabryXY

fabryxy said:
Hi
I not think that this unit are defective.
For me the microphone position isn´t ideal, so is necessary boost the mic volume,
expecially for people with deep voice.
I hope that in future this become possible.
FabryXY
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I Think this is the problem, i have a deep voice too... although using 2g only helps a lot, there's no a excellent quality and every time I reboot the phone i have to configure 2g again!

I've posted this problem before, in another post. Just posting here too, simply to join the club. Same mic issue for me. Others cannot hear me well while I can here them crystal clear.
P.S. I replaced my first X5 device within 4 days from purchasing it and apparently the problem exists in my current (2nd) device too. I didn't replace the 2nd one because the mic issue appeared after "root". That's weird...
P.S. 2 I really love this phone. It's a high end device in an extremely affordable price and I DO NOT WANT to replace the specific model whatsoever. However, this has been a very frustrating thing and still no one has come up with a solution!

same problem here. have to speak really loud to be understood... hopefully someone is able to fix it. otherwise a great phone!

I also have the low mic volume problem. It's very frustrating. Not everyone seems to be complaining it seems so I'm wondering if it's possible that there was a bad batch of these phones?
Can anyone confirm that their mic levels are normal - i.e. the person you are calling can normally hear you loud and clear? That would be useful to know.

The mic itself should not be problem.
Since I have bad reception in home, I generally prefer talking to people with viber, skype and such. I do not have any mic. issues with such programs.
However people really have hard times to hear me if I am talking on GSM -or make me have hard times because of shouting-

Good tip, hopefully maybe some dev could look into it, with the idea to solve this problem... In small forums that i use, other peoples complain too about this strange behavior. I think the problem are related to the secondary mic that are erasing outside sounds, but it is very responsive and maybe it erases more than the outside sounds, it erases a little of our voice... The normal think is people telling me something like that: "Are you talking from the bottom?" or "Are you talking from the Chilean Mine?" xD

I agree. Once I changed the value of hw.secondary_mic=0 to hw.secondary_mic=1 in /system/build.prop. I noticed that people on the phone could hardly hear me and I heard weird noise from the earpiece. Then I switch the value back to 0, it works fine now.
You guys may need to check this value in your phone's current setting.
Sent from my IDEOS X5

BookBu said:
I agree. Once I changed the value of hw.secondary_mic=0 to hw.secondary_mic=1 in /system/build.prop. I noticed that people on the phone could hardly hear me and I heard weird noise from the earpiece. Then I switch the value back to 0, it works fine now.
You guys may need to check this value in your phone's current setting.
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Mine was at 0 already. Changed the values to 1,2 just in case, but the problem remains. Changed back to 0 again.

Same here I was thinking about trying the hw_secondary_mic thing, but you say it's to no avail... It's a very nice phone, but what's the use if people can't hear me. I've sent a message to Huawei and I'll call local warranty service if this problem is salvageable for this line of phones. If not, the return path is the way ...

Hello,
as I mentioned in another Thread I have the same problems you have. There have to be some settings wrong in the comparison of the signals of the two microphones.
Also I played with "hw.secondary_mic=X" and it didn't help me. I tried 0 and 1. It changed, but 1 was worse than 0, without changing something else.
Maybe one of the more experienced Dev's can have a look at this problem, at least where we can find the source for comparison or the adequate settings. Thanks in advance
But for now I have a working workaround
I use the void#draco rom with the kernel from #eridanus (should also work with other roms)
In "system\build.prop" are the settings
hw.secondary_mic=1
...
ro.config.hw_optb=
hw.secondary_mic=1
...
ro.config.dualmic=true
important. Maybe someone can explain me what the second and third entry exactly do?
And now comes the trick. You have to cover your secondary mic on the back (next to the 5.0 Megapixels print). Either with your finger (cumbersome) or with 2 layers of adhesive tape or something like that.
I've tested this yesterday evening and it worked quite fine for me. Those were my best gsm-calls (exept those with the cable-headset).
Maybe it also works with other settings in build.prob, those above worked good for me and I didn' test all the 16 combinations (3 settings + dumb microphone).
So, please try it and share your experience
Edit: Just tried it with latest oxygen. Stock experience was as annoying as with stock void, but after changing values to those above (you have to write the last two of them by your own) and making the microphone dumb the call quality got much better. Try it for yourself

I thought about covering the secondary mic too, but it's a bit non-classy Hmm. From instincts, setting ro.config.dualmic=false should disable the secondary. Have you tried it? I'm gonna try it when I have the time...
Also I feel that there should be some settings regarding those microphones but, I'm not sure if they can be easily found without spending some time with the OS code. Having heard that Huawei has released the code as open source (?) I hope they have comments there

I tried ro.config.dualmic=0 a few minutes ago, and with the uncovered microphone i was hardly understood. With the covered microphone everything was good.
Seems that the phone is unimpressed by this setting...or it is because I use Oxygen at the moment. There wasn't such a setting in build.prop, I wrote it there by myself.
Now I tried hw.secondary_mic=0 without the other settings (commented out)
and with an uncovered mic you are hardly to hear as like as the other settings and with the covered mic it's acceptable. But I think it's a bit worse than the settings I mentioned above with everything enabled.
Somehow the phone doesn't react on these settings as we want it to do.
So I will set the three values to 1 and use my tiny piece of adhesive tape until a better solution is available. As I said this is a workaround, not a fix.