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[Q] Desperate Need of Help

Alright, Ive been browsing these forums ever since I got a Captivate and now I am trying to help a friend that has an Epic. They currently have dk28. Their Epic has always been Flakey on being detected on computers. We have tried three, it only gets detected on Mass storage on one of those and doesnt get detected in dowload mode on any of them. That being said, We cannot get back to stock via Odin, or use the Samsung official Update due to that it will not be detected in download mode. Can anyone tell me is there anything I can do at this point? Ive already tried 3 cables, uninstalling and re-installing drivers, etc... I am hoping maybe there is some way to get back to stock without odin, then from there getting to EB13 without the use of a computer. Thanks in advance and I look forward to posing here.....

Did you restart the computer at all?

usb debugging enabled?
i have trouble connecting sometimes and it's always solved by restarting the phone.

Basementboyz24 said:
Alright, Ive been browsing these forums ever since I got a Captivate and now I am trying to help a friend that has an Epic. They currently have dk28. Their Epic has always been Flakey on being detected on computers. We have tried three, it only gets detected on Mass storage on one of those and doesnt get detected in dowload mode on any of them. That being said, We cannot get back to stock via Odin, or use the Samsung official Update due to that it will not be detected in download mode. Can anyone tell me is there anything I can do at this point? Ive already tried 3 cables, uninstalling and re-installing drivers, etc... I am hoping maybe there is some way to get back to stock without odin, then from there getting to EB13 without the use of a computer. Thanks in advance and I look forward to posing here.....
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Are you placing the phone in Download mode???
****Ensure USB Debugging is Enabled.
Download mode:
1. power off the phone.
2. Press 1 + Power button together
otherwise, I would highly recommend to:
1. uninstall drivers
2. restart the PC
3. install the Samsung drivers
4. restart
5. try connecting the phone (while powered on) and letting the PC recognize it.
6. Once drivers are installed, unplug the USB cable and Power off the phone
7. Place the phone in download mode and reconnect the USB cable and let the secondary drivers install.
8. unplug and reboot the phone, and restart the PC for last time.
Try Odin now, remember you need the phone in Download mode to use Odin.
Note: Yes I know I send the OP to restart many times his PC but, with windows we can never "restart" to much...

Couple things:
What OS are you using? If vista or 7, plug it in in debugging and go to the devices window in control panel, see if there is a samsung device there. If there is, right click and look at properties..check to see if there's an adb driver. If you see other drivers but not adb then its matter of getting the drivers to install somehow.
Second, there IS a full di18.zip, and a modem updater.zip to di18 as well, both flashable in CWM..(I believe its in a thread started by noobnl, its kinda old)...you might only have to do the .zip though since you'll eventually be going to the eb13 modem. I don't know for sure.
But be wary: switching android versions with CWM can be dangerous. I know it sounds counterintuitive, but it can actually be riskier than using odin. I would say use this only in last resort.
If you decide to do this, MAKE SURE you have the full download (I say download twice and compare the sizes just to make sure), have a full battery and keep it plugged in, and do your 3x wipes
Good luck
Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700

megabiteg said:
Are you placing the phone in Download mode???
****Ensure USB Debugging is Enabled.
Download mode:
1. power off the phone.
2. Press 1 + Power button together
otherwise, I would highly recommend to:
1. uninstall drivers
2. restart the PC
3. install the Samsung drivers
4. restart
5. try connecting the phone (while powered on) and letting the PC recognize it.
6. Once drivers are installed, unplug the USB cable and Power off the phone
7. Place the phone in download mode and reconnect the USB cable and let the secondary drivers install.
8. unplug and reboot the phone, and restart the PC for last time.
Try Odin now, remember you need the phone in Download mode to use Odin.
Note: Yes I know I send the OP to restart many times his PC but, with windows we can never "restart" to much...
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Did everything up till 5, and that did not work because the computer would still not recognize the phone. What now?
squshy 7 said:
Couple things:
What OS are you using? If vista or 7, plug it in in debugging and go to the devices window in control panel, see if there is a samsung device there. If there is, right click and look at properties..check to see if there's an adb driver. If you see other drivers but not adb then its matter of getting the drivers to install somehow.
Second, there IS a full di18.zip, and a modem updater.zip to di18 as well, both flashable in CWM..(I believe its in a thread started by noobnl, its kinda old)...you might only have to do the .zip though since you'll eventually be going to the eb13 modem. I don't know for sure.
But be wary: switching android versions with CWM can be dangerous. I know it sounds counterintuitive, but it can actually be riskier than using odin. I would say use this only in last resort.
If you decide to do this, MAKE SURE you have the full download (I say download twice and compare the sizes just to make sure), have a full battery and keep it plugged in, and do your 3x wipes
Good luck
Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700
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Im Using Vista and No Drivers were there.... And I guess I may be at the last resort point. Full details?

some people have tried changing usb ports and it will work.
anyone else having problems not being able to connect phone to comp. can try this method but not sure if this works on the dk28.
what you could do is to remove the microsd card from phone use the adapter that came with it and put sd card into your laptop or if you have a external hub then your microsd will just be a storage devise then download the mac version of froyo from samsung (sorry i can't post outside links yet)but it is the samsung support downloads then search for this SPH-D700ZKASPR click on the software then download the mac version to comp. then copy and paste what you downloaded to the root of the sdcard (the first one you see when you open the sdcard) then put card back in phone, power off phone wait untill all lights go off press volume down, camera and power at same time. then in recovery chose update.zip from sd by using volume buttons to chose what you want to do then press the home button to start.

I had issues with mine taking the update (and issues with it beforehand) and getting it recognized on two different computer, multiple times, it seems completely random whether or not it would work sometimes.

thepervster said:
some people have tried changing usb ports and it will work.
anyone else having problems not being able to connect phone to comp. can try this method but not sure if this works on the dk28.
what you could do is to remove the microsd card from phone use the adapter that came with it and put sd card into your laptop or if you have a external hub then your microsd will just be a storage devise then download the mac version of froyo from samsung (sorry i can't post outside links yet)but it is the samsung support downloads then search for this SPH-D700ZKASPR click on the software then download the mac version to comp. then copy and paste what you downloaded to the root of the sdcard (the first one you see when you open the sdcard) then put card back in phone, power off phone wait untill all lights go off press volume down, camera and power at same time. then in recovery chose update.zip from sd by using volume buttons to chose what you want to do then press the home button to start.
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Any confirmation on whether or not this is safe and will work???

this is how i put different updates in zip format on my phones sometimes my comp hesitates, so to make sure they go on sd card all the way this is how i do it. its doing the same as mounting phone in storage mode.
but i went back to stock ecliar di18 2.1 a couple days ago and i had no prob.at all.
i just didn't want to wait for the ota and i found the update.zip on the samsung website yesterday at about 6 pm. downloaded it and it worked great. was rooted this morning at 7am and am good to go.

thepervster said:
this is how i put different updates in zip format on my phones sometimes my comp hesitates, so to make sure they go on sd card all the way this is how i do it. its doing the same as mounting phone in storage mode.
but i went back to stock ecliar di18 2.1 a couple days ago and i had no prob.at all.
i just didn't want to wait for the ota and i found the update.zip on the samsung website yesterday at about 6 pm. downloaded it and it worked great. was rooted this morning at 7am and am good to go.
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I dont see how this is going to help me since I am not on stock....

sorry, what i was saying for you was to change ports. i guess what should have been asked is are you rooted or do you just have the unofficial dk28 on it from dec. and have you removed any of the bloatware?

Yes change USB ports. The ones in the front normally don't work. You need one directly on the mortherboard

thepervster said:
sorry, what i was saying for you was to change ports. i guess what should have been asked is are you rooted or do you just have the unofficial dk28 on it from dec. and have you removed any of the bloatware?
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I tried changing ports multiple times. I got a new cord, and now it finally detects the phone in regular mode but it will not in Download mode or when I have USB debugging on. Any more ideas anyone?

Basementboyz24 said:
I tried changing ports multiple times. I got a new cord, and now it finally detects the phone in regular mode but it will not in Download mode or when I have USB debugging on. Any more ideas anyone?
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Hate to ask, but did you follow the instructions EXACTLY as the SW Updater tool says? Pull battery (next) - Download mode (next) - plug into PC (next) - Pull battery (again) (next).
One of the steps the tool does has to do with installing drivers... you mentioned Vista, but is it 32 or 64 bit? Have you tried a different PC?

Whosdaman said:
Yes change USB ports. The ones in the front normally don't work. You need one directly on the mortherboard
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I have the exact issue with my phone. I can only connect to my computer using the back usb ports (off the motherboard). I'm on windows 7. If you haven't, give that a shot. Even try uninstalling the drivers, connecting to the back usb ports and see what it does.

Saw someone post about Odin only working when they flipped the phone face down - thought it had something to do with the accelerometer. I suspect that in that case it might just be a bad connection and flipping the phone over made the contacts work. Worth trying though it you are desperate.

Help, my phone is now a mess! - no odin, bad clockwork

My phone is running DL30 based Blackhole 4.01 with the DL09 modem. When I try to plug my phone into a computer, the phone detects the computer, but the computer does not detect the phone.
- The phone starts charging
- The phone says "USB Debugging Connected"
- The computer does nothing
- adb devices lists no devices
- same thing in download mode, the computer doesn't see the phone
I have tried on OS X and booted into Windows XP.
I have no idea how to handle this. The one thing I tried was installing the Stock/rooted DL30 rom instead of Blackhole, but that didn't seem to fix and I went back.
To make matters worse, assuming that everything in ROM Manager is basically safe, I accidentally installed orange clockwork today and I cannot figure out how to get back to a working clockwork. The All ClockworkMod Recoveries option in ROM Manager does nothing - they all say download error.
Wow. If anybody can help with any of this, that would be great. Thanks everyone.

Did you install the proper samsung drivers onto the computer.
Edit: Also did you try to Odin, the title indicates no odin, but your explanation doesnt say so. (Open Odin, remove battery, hold down volume and insert usb cable)

what do you mean "onto my phone?" My Windows system has samsung drivers and OS X were both previously able to connect, use odin, etc. I don't know when it stopped working.
Yeah, odin doesn't work because the computer never detects that the phone is attached.

BatsShadow said:
what do you mean "onto my phone?" My Windows system has samsung drivers and OS X were both previously able to connect, use odin, etc. I don't know when it stopped working.
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Sorry, meant computer.
What do you mean odin stopped working, your explanation doesnt say anything about odin as my edit in above post.

What I mean is that I used odin to install DL09. After that, I don't recall every attaching to my computer, but when I tried recently to install EB01, it no longer works. Sometime after flashing DL09, my phone is no longer detected by computer.

Im saying does odin detect the phone, not the computer.
You can odin the updated CWM (non orange) from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942021

no, odin does not see the phone.

Have you put your phone in debugging mode
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Read the first posy pleaseeee...
okubricko said:
Have you put your phone in debugging mode
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Are you sure Odin doesn't work?
Check USB settings on your phone. My rom gives me media player mode and mass storage mode. Don't have my cable with me to test if media player mode stays hidden from the pc.

wynalazca said:
Are you sure Odin doesn't work?
Check USB settings on your phone. My rom gives me media player mode and mass storage mode. Don't have my cable with me to test if media player mode stays hidden from the pc.
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Odin uses download mode with phone off.. What would this matter?
Sent from my Rocking dj05, themed superdark w/o swype mod, voodoo 5, with custom boot and shutdown.. With premium xda app.

I was IRL with OP trying to solve this a few days ago. It's not that improper/no drivers are installed, the computer literally does not detect that there is a device connected to that USB port. lsusb on Linux turns up just the controllers and root hubs, and devmgmt.msc on XP does not show anything attached at all, even after a manual hardware scan. adb shows absolutely nothing. My Captivate does show up on all the same scans, regardless of the USB mode (Kies/mass storage/media player/what have you.)
He has tried this on multiple computers, so individual ports/USB controllers/drivers/OS bugaboos have been effectively ruled out.
My thought is that between your last flash, OP, and now, your physical microUSB port on the phone is damaged. If you no can haz insurance, I'd say you're SOL.

FYI: The phone does not say "debugging connected" when plugged into the wall. I think the my USB connector is damaged or something. I may consider seeing if I can get it repaired, or I may just wait until I can get a different phone that's better supported by manufacturer (and therefore by the mod community)

haveing problem for installing 3button download mode to use ODIN3

hello gyes!
i'm in great jeopardy...............
spent 2 days searching-> only 1 thing & its-> how to install a 3 button download mode on my sgs gt i9000.
I crashed my froyo 2.2.1 while debranding it.so i revert it back to eclair 2.1 but now kies won't recognise it for updates
i downloaded every thing i needed-> .pit file\gingerbread file\odin3 v 1.82\the adb a k a sdk what ever.(sdk manager)....even played in commandpromt.1 click root\unroot. decorder update with kies
but all seems worthless unless i don't get the 3 button download mode
i tried all XDA forums-tutorials.....but nothing to come in way of sucess.
so please give some suggestions & links that could save my babe

You really should try to get download mode working, as it will make your life MUCH easier, but if all you need download-mode for is flashing some stock images which Odin, you can force your phone into download mode using ADB.
You said you've installed the SDK, so I'll take your word for it. What you need to do is the following:
1. Locate adb.exe. Open windows explorer, point it to C: and search for adb.exe.
2. Connect your phone with USB Debugging enabled. This setting needs to be enabled before you connect it to your PC (Settings/Applications/Development)
3. If this is the first time you are using USB debugging, you might have to wait for drivers to install.
4. Open a command prompt
5. Change the directory to the one where adb was found in step 1.
6. Type "adb devices" and press enter in your command prompt.
7. Verify that adb actually runs and that your device is listed.
8. Type "adb reboot download".
Your phone should now be in download mode and you can flash things trough Odin.
Beware though: Without the 3-button download mode accessible, you will have much fewer options for recovering your phone later should you mess anything up in the flashing process.
Hope this helps.

Try out the home made JIG
As explaind in thread 819551 if you have a soldering iron, you can put together a micro usb jig to force the phone into download mode.
Yuotube has some clips to show you how to make it. Looks simple, though I haven't tried it personally.

[Q] Alright, seriously, what the hell

Ok, I'm not a root/ROM newb - former moto milestone and current Gnex user, rooted and ROM'd both without trouble - but trying to get my wife's i9000m going is driving me mental.
boot to download mode? nothing happens on my comp (win7) - odin3 1.85 doesn't detect it. regular boot? mounts ok in windows (odin sees it), but MTP fails.
i was hoping for a simple, step-by-step guide to root/rom + troubleshooting, but it looks like the i9000 is a complete cluster**** of epic proportions.
can anyone help me figure this **** out?
my goal is getting CWM and 4.0.4 (AOKP or CM9, preferably) going.
any help is appreciated.

dsac said:
Ok, I'm not a root/ROM newb - former moto milestone and current Gnex user, rooted and ROM'd both without trouble - but trying to get my wife's i9000m going is driving me mental.
boot to download mode? nothing happens on my comp (win7) - odin3 1.85 doesn't detect it. regular boot? mounts ok in windows (odin sees it), but MTP fails.
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compiled solutions here
usb problems http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27205737&postcount=4571
MTP problems http://www.4shared.com/office/ewdIWux2/usb-connection-issues-mtp-devi.html

is MTP required to get CWM installed?
the pdf you linked to is for WinXP, but i'm on Win7.

dsac said:
is MTP required to get CWM installed?
the pdf you linked to is for WinXP, but i'm on Win7.
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For win 7, I think you can try this method
1) select MTP USB device in Device Manager, select Update driver, then manually select USB Mass Storage.
2) open C:\WINDOWS\INF\wpdmtp.inf. ( copy and save it , elsewhere ) After that delete it , Windows will no longer try to install MTP USB device but installs regular mass storage.
If it fails restore your copy

dsac said:
is MTP required to get CWM installed?
the pdf you linked to is for WinXP, but i'm on Win7.
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You don't need MTP to flash CWM. Disable it by going to Settings > Wireless and Networks > USB Connection Settings (or something similar to this address)
Optional, I guess?
0.1 Disable MTP and put it to USB Storage
0.2 Enable USB debugging
1. Download firmware for phone. Depends on you.
2. Download Odin (latest version if necessary); Works on XP and Win7
3. Put into Download Mode by Turning off your phone then boot it up whilst pressing the Volume Down + Home + Power button. Do until Yellow triangle is shown
4. Connect to PC via USB. Odin should recognize it.
5. Flash firmware. Put the necessary files into exact places within Odin. The filenames will usually give a hint on where to put those
Optional: Flash custom ROM/Tweaks afterwards.
TO FLASH CWM: Usually, custom ROMs
0.1 Download Rooting file (.tar) for current firmware; should contain CWM already. Do not extract or unzip.
0.2 Open Odin in PC.
1. Boot into Download mode via adb or by turning off the phone then boot it up by pressing the Volume Down + Home + Power button as before
2. Flash the Rooting file via the PDA "slot" in Odin (.tar file goes to PDA)
3. Walah, you have CWM
Now, wasn't that easy?

Presumably you've gone through..
[HOWTO] Flashing CWRecovery to i9000m & upgrade to ICS AOSP 4.x ROM from any version

!n0x said:
4. Connect to PC via USB. Odin should recognize it.
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This is the problem. I can get to this point, but Odin doesn't recognize the phone in download mode, nor does the phone mount in windows in download mode.
so no, it's not easy.

nyloncrack said:
Presumably you've gone through..
[HOWTO] Flashing CWRecovery to i9000m & upgrade to ICS AOSP 4.x ROM from any version
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Class
Sent from the gutter, gazing at the stars

I went through the same hell using windows xp with my dads phone. It couldn't install the drivers for download mode. But then I used my home computer on windows 7. Bam, first try.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA

nyloncrack said:
Presumably you've gone through..
[HOWTO] Flashing CWRecovery to i9000m & upgrade to ICS AOSP 4.x ROM from any version
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yes, i know how to use the Search feature.
like i said, i'm not new to rooting and flashing, but this "not showing up in windows" thing has me baffled.

Try install the correct drivers. Not the wrong ones.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9000

jelle2503 said:
Try install the correct drivers. Not the wrong ones.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9000
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+1
Samsung Mobile drivers (SoftPedia)
to connect when on Samsung ROM.
Nexus S drivers (Google SDK)
to connect when on ICS/CM9/CM7
Won't hurt to click thanks... (promise)

[Q] Trying to root with stock 4.4

I am trying to root my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (well actually i would like to install a new rom and recovery) , but i am running into a problem.
Odin3 (v1.85) only finds my phone when i am not in the recovery mode (or the sideload to be precise), adb on the other hand is able to to do sideload but the loaded images fail with "Wront footer" and "verification failed".
Some Data:
AP: N9005XXUENA7
CP: N9005XXUENA2
CSC: N9005DTMENA2
Model: SM-N9005
Android: 4.4.2 (Stock, no root)
USB Debugging: On
Reactivation Lock: Off
USB Driver: Kies 3 (also tried the CWM Drivers)

If you have KIES installed it doesn't play nice with Odin, remove KIES or kill all KIES processes and try again.

radicalisto said:
If you have KIES installed it doesn't play nice with Odin, remove KIES or kill all KIES processes and try again.
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Thank you,
i removed Kies and tried again, i still don't get "ID:COM" in Odin.

Sorry I should have said, once you uninstall KIES you remove the USB drivers, you need to install them again. Again, sorry should have said

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radicalisto said:
Sorry I should have said, once you uninstall KIES you remove the USB drivers, you need to install them again. Again, sorry should have said
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No problem,
i actually installed the "SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones" Pack after removing Kies and doing the reboot stuff.
Still don't get the device via odin.
Maybe i will remove all the drivers and try the CWM Driver again.

Try a different USB port - Not sure why it's not showing for you

radicalisto said:
Try a different USB port - Not sure why it's not showing for you
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I tried different Ports (USB 2 and 3), different Cables and different drivers.
Removed Kies3, tripple check that debugging is on and recovery lock is off.
Still, Odin finds the device when it is not in recovery mode (sideload),

Was another user who had the same problem had to use another PC, I'm struggling to think of what may be the cause.

I had also the sane problem. I also tried all ports on my PC but did not work. I installed KIEs on my Laptop and it worked. I could flash the CWM recovery.

KiVi-Wolf said:
I tried different Ports (USB 2 and 3), different Cables and different drivers.
Removed Kies3, tripple check that debugging is on and recovery lock is off.
Still, Odin finds the device when it is not in recovery mode (sideload),
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Put phone in download mode then with Odin NOT running, plug USB cable to phone. Finally ran Odin ( I'm assuming you installed Samsung USB drivers ).
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hey_joe said:
Put phone in download mode then with Odin NOT running, plug USB cable to phone. Finally ran Odin ( I'm assuming you installed Samsung USB drivers ).
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I did this on a new computer that never saw an Android device before.
Odin does not detect my device despite following this advice and the one before.
I installed Kies, made my device known to the Windows Device Manager, rebooted, connected device while in sideload-mode and waited until detection was finished. The next step was firing up Odin3 v1.85 and my device didn't show up, but i was able to use the adb sideload which failed with "Verification Error" when installing a new recovery or rom.
Could it be that the phone being branded by T-Mobile Germany changed the game even though the model is just plain SM-N9005 ?
Is there another option to root this device or preferably install some other rom without Odin?
Never ran into so much trouble with my Asus eeePad, the Samsung I9000 or the HTC One X.

study esjoys
Well when stupidity strikes you...
I always went into the recovery rom (Vol+ & Power & Home) instead of going with the odin mode (remove battery, power device on with Vol- & Home & Power).
Thanks everyone who tried to help me, but you were no match to my blindness ^^
Maybe this might help someone who utilizes the search function after he or she didn't read the tutorials carefull enough.

KiVi-Wolf said:
Well when stupidity strikes you...
I always went into the recovery rom (Vol+ & Power & Home) instead of going with the odin mode (remove battery, power device on with Vol- & Home & Power).
Thanks everyone who tried to help me, but you were no match to my blindness ^^
Maybe this might help someone who utilizes the search function after he or she didn't read the tutorials carefull enough.
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It's always the simplest things