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Hi I just bought a new sgs2.
And compared to my friend's one, it has yellowish tint (for all screen not just a part of the screen)
Don't have warranty and stuff. Is there like an app to change screen temperature?
(voodoo colour maybe?)
Coming from sgs1 user, I can't really say s-amoled is better
Anyone with yellow tint screen, please give me an advice...
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079444
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JJEgan said:
Search = Yellow Tint
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079444
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already did. they refer to yellow tint on the side only.
I have the same issue. My previous sgs2 had a yellow tint on the left side. I send it for repair and got the screen replaced. Now my whole screen is more yellowish, while my previous phone was more blueish (warm vs cold tint). I'm on KG1 now. The yellow left side is as good as gone though.
On 100% brightness the whites are really white, but below 60% the white and grey turn yellow.
I've searched for an app that allows you to change the color temperature but haven't found one. I've found a few that simply turn down brightness levels individually for R, G and B, but that doesn't work. Personally I'd like my phone's tint to be a bit cooler.
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On a yellow tinted phone, the whites only seem white till you compare it beside a phone with a higher color tone.. thats what I also experienced.
guess we just have to wait for speedmod colour fix or voodoo color..
Is that being developed? I would be more than happy to donate a few bucks to anyone who can deliver such an app.
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Have you tried changing in settings, Screen the 3 different configurations it has?. Try the fist one, i think it has too many saturation but whites are whiter (at least for my sight).
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Have you tried changing in settings, Screen the 3 different configurations it has?. Try the fist one, i think it has too many saturation but whites are whiter (at least for my sight).
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Tried dynamic but it was too sharp for my taste.
I love everything about this phone except...pinky tint at the bottom 1/5 of the screen!
It's especially visible with white background. It seems that the bottom 1/5 part gets very warm when the phone is doing lots of stuff or charging battery and I think that's when the pink tint is really gettung, well pink.
I will probably exchange it once the supply gets better and my local att store gets stocks. Hopefully you guys are not experiencing this.
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Yunosuke said:
I love everything about this phone except...pinky tint at the bottom 1/5 of the screen!
It's especially visible with white background. It seems that the bottom 1/5 part gets very warm when the phone is doing lots of stuff or charging battery and I think that's when the pink tint is really gettung, well pink.
I will probably exchange it once the supply gets better and my local att store gets stocks. Hopefully you guys are not experiencing this.
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what color did you get?
I have the white and have not noticed this.
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Yunosuke said:
I love everything about this phone except...pinky tint at the bottom 1/5 of the screen!
It's especially visible with white background. It seems that the bottom 1/5 part gets very warm when the phone is doing lots of stuff or charging battery and I think that's when the pink tint is really gettung, well pink.
I will probably exchange it once the supply gets better and my local att store gets stocks. Hopefully you guys are not experiencing this.
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How dark is the tint? Like how noticable is it?
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werked said:
I have the white and have not noticed this.
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Same here.
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americasteam said:
Same here.
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Thanks guys for the reply. I've got blue one. It's barely visible as my friends couldn't see it at all lol. I have really good eyes, or I have to say "trained eyes " that I do graphic arts stuff everyday. Color accuracy is critical for my job.
My S2 had blueish tint but it was uniform color temperature for the entire screen. I'm currently using app called Screen Adjuster to mitigate the issue but it doesn't solve the problem because of the uneven color temperature. I really think that the heat at the bottom part really changed the tint permanently.
I'm happy that you guys don't have such problem!
Yunosuke said:
Thanks guys for the reply. I've got blue one. It's barely visible as my friends couldn't see it at all lol. I have really good eyes, or I have to say "trained eyes " that I do graphic arts stuff everyday. Color accuracy is critical for my job.
My S2 had blueish tint but it was uniform color temperature for the entire screen. I'm currently using app called Screen Adjuster to mitigate the issue but it doesn't solve the problem because of the uneven color temperature. I really think that the heat at the bottom part really changed the tint permanently.
I'm happy that you guys don't have such problem!
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Have you contacted samsung about it? I am curious on how they would address it.
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I have some ink blob close to the middle of my screen that's visible at night in a dark room. It's very annoying and definitely swapping it out hopefully next week. I have a blue gs3.
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uranis said:
I have some ink blob close to the middle of my screen that's visible at night in a dark room. It's very annoying and definitely swapping it out hopefully next week. I have a blue gs3.
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Mine has a couple of those too. From reading the international thread, it seems somewhat normal with amoled. There's a chance you will exchange it and get once that's worse....
Edit: I shouldn't say normal with amoled. My nexus s doesnt really have it. My nexus s is also almost completely black while the galaxy s3 isn't as dark of a black
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uranis said:
I have some ink blob close to the middle of my screen that's visible at night in a dark room. It's very annoying and definitely swapping it out hopefully next week. I have a blue gs3.
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I must say it'll be really hard to find the AMOLED screen with no ink bolbs unfortunately.. I went through 3 S2 Syrockets and 1 Playstation Vita. All of them have those blobs or lines of ink that you can see in a dark room with black or gray background. It's really prevalent issue. Personally I gave up about the issue as its only visible in some limited conditions. Sorry but if you don't have any other problems then i dont want you to exchange it with even worse unit...
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I have no tint or anything in that matter, I don't see any blobs like I did on my s2
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cashyftw said:
I have no tint or anything in that matter, I don't see any blobs like I did on my s2
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Thanks! I'm really hoping that the odds are very rare!
Until my exchanged unit arrives, I'll just enjoy this beautifully built phone!
Oh man I thought samsung noticed this issue with the intl version.. is it possible to use the SG3 without a simcard? I mean can I access the applications / browser using wifi without having a simcard in? I am asking because I ordered one from AT&T and I will unlock it, I don't want to unlock it then send it back if it has issues..
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Mine has a couple of those too. From reading the international thread, it seems somewhat normal with amoled. There's a chance you will exchange it and get once that's worse....
Edit: I shouldn't say normal with amoled. My nexus s doesnt really have it. My nexus s is also almost completely black while the galaxy s3 isn't as dark of a black
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Yunosuke said:
uranis said:
I have some ink blob close to the middle of my screen that's visible at night in a dark room. It's very annoying and definitely swapping it out hopefully next week. I have a blue gs3.
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I must say it'll be really hard to find the AMOLED screen with no ink bolbs unfortunately.. I went through 3 S2 Syrockets and 1 Playstation Vita. All of them have those blobs or lines of ink that you can see in a dark room with black or gray background. It's really prevalent issue. Personally I gave up about the issue as its only visible in some limited conditions. Sorry but if you don't have any other problems then i dont want you to exchange it with even worse unit...
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I never noticed the issue on other amoled devices but you're right it would suck to give it in and get something worse.
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If you want to see if your phone has these blobs, do the following
Go into a pitch black room
Set your phone brightness to auto
Open camera app
Turn off flash
take a picture of pure darkness
View the picture in the gallery, and tap it once open so all the bars and menus go away showing nothing but the image
Inspect the screen up close, you may have to wait 5 minutes for your eyes to adjust
If you don't see those blotches, your eyes suck, didn't let them adjust enough to the dark, or you just wasted your luck on a nice phone rather than a lottery ticket!
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If you want to see if your phone has these blobs, do the following
Go into a pitch black room
Set your phone brightness to auto
Open camera app
Turn off flash
take a picture of pure darkness
View the picture in the gallery, and tap it once open so all the bars and menus go away showing nothing but the image
Inspect the screen up close, you may have to wait 5 minutes for your eyes to adjust
If you don't see those blotches, your eyes suck, didn't let them adjust enough to the dark, or you just wasted your luck on a nice phone rather than a lottery ticket!
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I dont want to see them if I do this my ocd will b In overdrive....
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PMad said:
If you want to see if your phone has these blobs, do the following
Go into a pitch black room
Set your phone brightness to auto
Open camera app
Turn off flash
take a picture of pure darkness
View the picture in the gallery, and tap it once open so all the bars and menus go away showing nothing but the image
Inspect the screen up close, you may have to wait 5 minutes for your eyes to adjust
If you don't see those blotches, your eyes suck, didn't let them adjust enough to the dark, or you just wasted your luck on a nice phone rather than a lottery ticket!
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How do you know that the blotches you see after this test are not just a camera flaw? Did you send the picture you took on the sg3 to another phone and view it again? If the bloches are there, its a camera flaw. If not, its a screen flaw.
Everysingle amoled screen that I have owned had purple tint. It is more or less common on samoled. Especially noticeable when the brightness turned to low.
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How do you know that the blotches you see after this test are not just a camera flaw? Did you send the picture you took on the sg3 to another phone and view it again? If the bloches are there, its a camera flaw. If not, its a screen flaw.
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Because, i used pinch and zoom while the picture was open and pretty much saw nothing happen on the screen. I could tell from some slight changes in some lighter spots, but the blotches did not move. You can do the same.
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Because, i used pinch and zoom while the picture was open and pretty much saw nothing happen on the screen. I could tell from some slight changes in some lighter spots, but the blotches did not move. You can do the same.
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Ah, that will work, too! Thanks!
Hey, to those who already have the galaxy s4 can you confirm with me if its noticeably brighter than the galaxy s3? I know it's 258 lux in comparison to 213lux on the galaxy s3 but in real world use does it help a bit with sunlight legibility? Also is the screen less reflective than the s3?
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Yes and yes. I wouldn't call it the best phone to use in direct sunlight but it has improved quite a bit from the S3
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Thanks alot for replying, thought I wasn't gonna get a reply..lol
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Yes brighter. Same reflective to me. Overall, love S4 new 1080p screen.
From my mini review
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Screen:
- Brightness: Oh well, the maximum manual brightness is not as bright as my Note 2 (A Brighter Note app activated), but outdoor visibility is way better. Under sun light with auto brightness, white is whiter (brighter), black under s much less blueish - mean darker. I can feel better in reflectiveness also. I think most reviewers forget to turn automatic brightness on.
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It's completely readable under heavy sun light
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Edit: a review said it's 475 bits birghtness with automatic brightness under heavy light.
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According to DisplayMate, on autobrightness it gets extra 30% brighter than on manual max.
Hey. Last night I noticed my SGS4 has a very reddish tint to an all black screen, compared to my SGS2 which is truly black (no light emitted).
During the day it is not noticeable but in pitch black you can see a strange dark red glow in black areas.
Anyone else experienced this?
suadion said:
Hey. Last night I noticed my SGS4 has a very reddish tint to an all black screen, compared to my SGS2 which is truly black (no light emitted).
During the day it is not noticeable but in pitch black you can see a strange dark red glow in black areas.
Anyone else experienced this?
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Take a picture of it. If the screen is faulty, better replace it.
I'll try to make a picture later tonight. With the naked eye it was easy to see...
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I'll try to make a picture later tonight. With the naked eye it was easy to see...
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I never let me eyes go naked...:silly:
Take a photo when it's pich black with a black background.
I got my Telus s4 and it is for sure brighter when outside
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My issue: the red subpixels stay on, this is the SGS4 and SGS2 viewing the same 100% black image.
If any black background has visible red tinting to it you should definitely contact Samsung or the store.
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My issue: the red subpixels stay on, this is the SGS4 and SGS2 viewing the same 100% black image.
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Absolutely faulty device. My S4 is absolutely black.
hung2900 said:
From my mini review
It's completely readable under heavy sun light
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Could you post a picture showing its screen under heavy sun light? I would really appreciate it.
Thanks
altusan said:
Could you post a picture showing its screen under heavy sun light? I would really appreciate it.
Thanks
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Sorry that I sold my phone already (check my thread), but I did try to do it but it's not as noticeable as seeing in the real life, or my cam is not enough for capturing the screen correctly
To see the red blacks you have to be in a very dark room. Mine has it too.
The only thing I dont like about the screen is that Samsung seems to have omitted the antireflective/oleophobic coating around the menu and back buttons, making fingerprints on the buttons stand out
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My issue: the red subpixels stay on, this is the SGS4 and SGS2 viewing the same 100% black image.
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Its a software issue it seems. Read post in the AT&T S4 forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40841213&postcount=104
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Its a software issue it seems. Read post in the AT&T S4 forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40841213&postcount=104
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Thanks. Samsung told me I could send it in for repairs as they didn't know when an update would show up.
Not a super big deal . but does anyone else have bright spots on their screen ?
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i.e.: light bleed
I might RMA it later on. Not sure if I should tho.
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Not a super big deal . but does anyone else have bright spots on their screen ?
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your point is 3 circle in bottom ?
if yes i don't have this , but my top screen like yours
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your point is 3 circle in bottom ?
if yes i don't have this , but my top screen like yours
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The dots are the soft keys hiding.. Your phone does this...
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I'm assuming you mean the blobs of light around the edges? Those are caused by something called light bleed, where the backlight behind the LCD panel that provides light to your screen is bleeding in around the edges where there is usually something that is meant to block it - such as holes in a piece of material around the screen to prevent this from occurring.
You might be able to take the phone apart and fix it with electrical tape or some other opaque material that won't damage the phone or move around. In most cases where I've had light bleed, it's usually only visible in a dark room while on a dark screen, so it doesn't bother me often (I haven't found any light bleed on my N4, but my G2x and TF101 had it really bad). Sadly, almost all LCD screens will have some light bleeding, whether noticeable or not.
Yea I know. Is not a super big deal to me.
I'll wait till something else goes wrong with phone.
The power button is already loose.
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This is being discussed extensively in the international version forum. Those without red tinted blacks have smearing with grey on black colors, like in the menu screen. Those with red tinted blacks have little to no smearing. My device and a few other ATT S4 owners have confirmed that they have a red tint to mostly black screens in very low light. My question is, those of you with pitch black screens (even in a dark room), are you seeing any smearing or ghosting when scrolling in the menu screen? I want to see if the US variants actually have screens that don't have either issue.
Absolutely. I have the black crush pretty bad on mine. I went into AT&T today and checked the display models and both of them did it also. I made a video of it for those who don't know what we are talking about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL5TV8kuxac&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Absolutely. I have the black crush pretty bad on mine. I went into AT&T today and checked the display models and both of them did it also. I made a video of it for those who don't know what we are talking about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL5TV8kuxac&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I take it you don't have red tinted blacks in very low ambient light?
No. Blacks look pretty black in a dark room.
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I have a brand new S4 from Bell Mobility Canada. The smearing/clipping as well.
Any confirmed setting/etc that can be changed?
I first noticed it scrolling the settings menu....I remember seeing the S4 video clips where that same menu used to be white....
i got it too.
I have the smearing but it turns out that it's not as bad as I thought it'd be. I'll have to watch some videos when I get home but for now I think I'm okay with it.
If you have smearing, download Screen Adjuster and change the red blue and green to +5 or higher. Its been reported to fix the smearing and keep blacks black. For the red tint black, nothing you can do atm.
have the same problem on the phone with fido
There should be a software update for this
My at&t model doesn't have any of these issues
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colts187 said:
My at&t model doesn't have any of these issues
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Mine doesn't either
I have a Tmobile one and this is happening, mine is way worse ... i mean its just bad.
colts187 said:
My at&t model doesn't have any of these issues
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xxjrsmith3xx said:
I have a Tmobile one and this is happening, mine is way worse ... i mean its just bad.
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Id exchange it then
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If you have smearing, download Screen Adjuster and change the red blue and green to +5 or higher. Its been reported to fix the smearing and keep blacks black. For the red tint black, nothing you can do atm.
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Wow, that really helped a lot! If it's that simple to fix Samsung really needs to fix this with a software patch.
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Wow, that really helped a lot! If it's that simple to fix Samsung really needs to fix this with a software patch.
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"bala_gamer" came up with this fix. Props to him. I agree, Samsung should have fixed this already. The "smearing" thread in the international S4 forum is getting a little out of control and Samsung just keeps dicking around, turning the red pixels on and off in each firmware iteration lol
I have an AT&T S4 and my black are 100% black. If I load a black image in the dark it looks as if the screen is off. How it should be
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If you have smearing, download Screen Adjuster and change the red blue and green to +5 or higher. Its been reported to fix the smearing and keep blacks black. For the red tint black, nothing you can do atm.
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This actually helped to fix it, the issue was happening before and after the OTA, so it looks like the OTA didn't include anything to help that.
I had to set it higher though, is this hardware issue though?
I saw some ppl saying they didnt had the problem.
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This actually helped to fix it, the issue was happening before and after the OTA, so it looks like the OTA didn't include anything to help that.
I had to set it higher though, is this hardware issue though?
I saw some ppl saying they didnt had the problem.
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Everything ive read in the international S4 forum, except those very few who claim otherwise, suggest that either you have red tinted blacks OR you get smearing but have pure blacks...its one or the other. If someone really doesnt have either, i'd be surprised at this point. I thought maybe the US version was fixed, but no.
Its a hardware issue that seems to be addressable by software fixes, but if Samsung neglects it....well...thats a different story. Having to run Screen Adjustor and pushing the colors up is not without consequences. For one, i think its going to affect battery life. Someone reported that this fix made the slight pinkish tint on his screem even worse, so its not a perfect fix.
Per OP....I DO NOT have red tinted black. Phone is CRYSTAL clear and crisp.
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