Anybody NOT having battery jump issues on Gingerbread - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Wondering if some people are not affected by battery jumping issues (defined as battery % available is higher after the reboot compared to before reboot).

As far as I can tell I'm not. Seems like a normal, steady decline with regular usage.
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nsaia said:
As far as I can tell I'm not. Seems like a normal, steady decline with regular usage.
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You are on Gingerbread, right? Can you reboot your phone and see if you have % continue where it left off.

I'm having battery issues as well. It jumps drastically after reboot. I'm on HKTW and I was wondering if the official gingerbread would fix this but I wasn't gonna waste my time if the battery issue still remained
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milesjohnson said:
I'm having battery issues as well. It jumps drastically after reboot. I'm on HKTW and I was wondering if the official gingerbread would fix this but I wasn't gonna waste my time if the battery issue still remained
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It affects all Gingerbread versions from what I have read so far, so that's why I'm asking if somebody on Gingerbread is NOT having issue to find out what they did or do differently from rest of us not to have this issue. My battery just jumped after reboot from 26% to 89% available.

I'm on Kens GB 4.5.91 and battery works fine. I did use Battery Calibrate after install. I am actually getting better battery life too.

vanstorm said:
I'm on Kens GB 4.5.91 and battery works fine. I did use Battery Calibrate after install. I am actually getting better battery life too.
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So you if you reboot your phone your new battery reading is continues from where you left off? I did all battery calibration things and none helped.

artisticcheese said:
You are on Gingerbread, right? Can you reboot your phone and see if you have % continue where it left off.
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Ok. Had 50% before booting and now 80% after.
I've only rebooted once since jumping to stock gb. Then, I think I was somewhere around 60% at first then 90% after boot. I originally chalked that up to the battery calibrating itself as the battery was crappy after the upgrade and got better after the reboot. I'll keep a closer eye on it from reboot to reboot.
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Well I take back what I previously stated. I guess I am having battery issues. I just rebooted and battery monitor jumped 14% after reboot however it showed a decrease in the Mv available (4039 to 3998). I was much happier thinking I had working phone lol

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Crazy Battery Drain WTF!

Ok, so have voodoo odex uvjl4 froyo rom installed and my battery seems to be draining at crazy speeds. I charged the battery to a 100% then with in 3 hours it dropped to 18% and that's with only like 30 mins of use. Tried Reconditioning the battery and clearing the battery cache but its still draining hella fast. Wtf is going on. This can't be normal. No wifi or GPS on.and only a few Widgets used. Also screen brightness is on the lowest setting. Any ideas? Thanks a million!
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Try stopping some services in the settings/applications/running services. Or if you titanium backup pro, freeze some of the apps that are running in the background.
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hitman818 said:
Try stopping some services in the settings/applications/running services. Or if you titanium backup pro, freeze some of the apps that are running in the background.
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Checked that! Nothing extra is really running. Maybe its my voodoo or rom. At this rate I'm going to have to charge it 4 or 5 times a day! Seems to be dropping about 2% every few mins. Crazy :'(
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darkside79 said:
Checked that! Nothing extra is really running. Maybe its my voodoo or rom. At this rate I'm going to have to charge it 4 or 5 times a day! Seems to be dropping about 2% every few mins. Crazy :'(
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Odin stock
Reflash
If problem is there, your choosing the wrong rom.
Try odining back to stock. That's battery usage I've never seen before.
vinnydakid said:
Try odining back to stock. That's battery usage I've never seen before.
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Man what a pain. Guess I will just charge it 5 times a day. Not going to flash back to stock.to much of a pain.maybe my battery is bad. Going on 5 months old and many roms.
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Is the phone getting very hot? Are you experiencing glitches, crashiness or freezes?
Battery drain that severe sounds like a hardware issue.
how long have you been using that rom?
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Is the phone getting very hot? Are you experiencing glitches, crashiness or freezes?
Battery drain that severe sounds like a hardware issue.
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Phone gets pretty hot but only if I use it while its charging. And seems to take like 2 or more hours for the phone to completely charge.
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iynfynity said:
how long have you been using that rom?
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Like 6 days or so!
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The phone would be getting very hot with that kind of battery drain.
Maybe your battery is fried?
I'd try buying a cheap external (stand-alone) charger and putting a full charge into with that, then immediately wipe your stats upon reboot and see if it goes away.
I suspect phones can't correctly charge your battery full if the stats are seriously hosed to begin with, and even when you wipe the file it seems to assume the battery is 100% full to begin with (which means if it's super low, recharge still won't work) so I wonder if you might never actually be getting a full charge. But that's just wild-ass speculation on my part.
I'm experiencing this exact same thing. To the OP..are you still have the same issue or were you able to resolve it?

Battery meter sticking?

Recently I've had a problem where my battery meter doesnt go down till I reboot. Sometimes it will, and then it'll drop like 15% or so. I've had 100% for like thirty minutes now and its kinda scaring me.
Das Bamf 1.3.2
Ziggys 4.6.11 CFS kernel
Edit: it just dropped to 97%... No 99 or 98
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I had the same problem on Das Bamf....couldn't figure it out. I'm on Perfect Storm now and have no problem with it reading correctly now. I like Das Bamf but can't use it until that is working.
bretnj said:
I had the same problem on Das Bamf....couldn't figure it out. I'm on Perfect Storm now and have no problem with it reading correctly now. I like Das Bamf but can't use it until that is working.
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I'm not so sure its a problem with the Rom. It didn't start happening till I wiped my battery stats a couple of times.
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i been having the same problem but only on my extended battery. if i put my stock one in it reads it just fine and it drops down. when i put my extended battery in it gets stuck forever and if i reboot the phone i lose like 30 percent later on in the day. i did all the methods i can find.
bump charge the phone wipe status let it discharge completely recharge it full and still nothing. i dont worry about my phone dying because its the extended battery but its just more annoying than anything
peddigree said:
i been having the same problem but only on my extended battery. if i put my stock one in it reads it just fine and it drops down. when i put my extended battery in it gets stuck forever and if i reboot the phone i lose like 30 percent later on in the day. i did all the methods i can find.
bump charge the phone wipe status let it discharge completely recharge it full and still nothing. i dont worry about my phone dying because its the extended battery but its just more annoying than anything
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Are you also on Bamf?
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its not a rom issue for me I believe because I tried chingy rom also and had the same problems. I am now trying virus and will see. But as mention the stock battery works just fine for some reason.
are you using stock or extended battery
peddigree said:
its not a rom issue for me I believe because I tried chingy rom also and had the same problems. I am now trying virus and will see. But as mention the stock battery works just fine for some reason.
are you using stock or extended battery
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Stock...that's partly why I'm confused. I think its wiping battery stats
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Nikolai2.1 said:
Stock...that's partly why I'm confused. I think its wiping battery stats
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Same thing is happening to me right now. I wiped battery stats two times last night and right now its sticking at 98%
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royolpunk said:
Same thing is happening to me right now. I wiped battery stats two times last night and right now its sticking at 98%
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I'm thinking its the battery wipes for sure
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Game the extended battery as well, started napping when flashing p. Storm v1.2
-Monky_1
Well I am having the same problem, except I am on the stock rom, and have never wiped my battery data. I am however rooted, and removed some of the verizon bloat (e.g. blockbuster, ect). Stock battery as well. The indicator and widgets will show the correct percentage on boot, but will not update after that.
I noticed it last night when I was trying different battery widgets. I have tried removing them, rebooting, nothing seems to help.
***UPDATE***
I think I fixed my problem, i'm not sure if they are all related, but here is what I found. I noticed I was getting a force close by SuperUser. So I force stopped it and cleared its data. Did a reboot and now all seems well. No force closed and the indicator appears to be updating.
I'm using battery left widget its fixing my battery metter
-Monky_1
Ive been having this with every rom, well virus roms for sure, I just drain the battery all the way down until it dies, then after i fully charge it, it refreshes... goodluck

[Q] Battery Life on P3 Rooted GB

Hi guys,
Has anyone else been experiencing less than satisfactory battery life upon installing the GB update? This morning after I took my unit off of its charging dock it was fine. An hour later in the office (with no incoming calls or other usage by me) and the damn thing dropped to 80%!! That has never happened before. Is there an add-in or something to counteract this drainage?
HELP.
TIA
The "Soak Testers" have been warned that there is a lot of syncing that goes on the first day of a build, and since these are all totally clean installs, the battery info could be off. Wait a couple days and see what happens.
I had the same issues. I calibrated the battery this morning on a full charge and it is much better.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&feature=search_result
Been on the stock release since Friday & my battery has steadily improved. Im going on 14hrs off the charger with 20% left. This is better than my fascinate on cm7.
Edit: sorry, just saw this was for the prerooted release.
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I have actually seen a boost in battery life. While i was on 2.2 I did all that i could to get through 3/4 of a day on a full charge. Now, with similar usage, I have been going to bed with 50% battery remaining.
On the topic of battery life, I have been playing around with Juice Defender Plus. Essentially it turns off my 3G and wifi radios when my screen is off. Does anyone know if that constant turning on and off of the radios uses more battery than if i just leave them on?
I bet I have at least 20 things I froze on titanium backup..
so sad all this **** is on this phone
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When i got the X2 I would get the low battery alarm between 4 and 5 pm under moderate use on average. I purchased the BH6X battery, which allowed me to get to the end of the day with 30 - 40 % usually. Since the update, I'm back to gettting the low battery notification by dinner time. I reset my battery stats yesterday, hopefully we'll see an improvement in the next couple days.
Usage: 40% screen, 30% phone idle, 7% cell standby...
I ordered that battery last night, should be interesting
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garywojdan81 said:
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Edit: sorry, just saw this was for the prerooted release.
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P3 didn't modify how the phone handles battery life, people have this issue on both versions, I read another post that said if there is any remnants of 2.2.2 on the phone it may be causing this, I think that is why they recommend you sbf, factory reset, wipe all caches, then update, if you have the time/ energy try it and let us know how it works.
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P3 didn't modify how the phone handles battery life, people have this issue on both versions, I read another post that said if there is any remnants of 2.2.2 on the phone it may be causing this, I think that is why they recommend you sbf, factory reset, wipe all caches, then update, if you have the time/ energy try it and let us know how it works.
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I tried it, no fix. I had twice the battery life on froyo. I might go back
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rsswga said:
I ordered that battery last night, should be interesting
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I was thinking of ordering one. Do you need to buy a different back or does it fit?
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[Q] I need some serious help with my battery.

I'm currently running Kenneth's latest Alien ROM and I get a battery life of about 6 hours. I've tried letting the battery die out , fully charging, then doing a battery wipe. Also tried Jug's fix. All they seem to fix is a battery jump issue but I wish that was all it was. Any other things that might help? I really don't have the money for a new battery.
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+1 same issue here. All 2.3.4 roms. And cm7 2.3.5 now.
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Have you tried charging to 100% wipe battery stats in cwm then letting it run down till the phone dies and plugging it in without turning the phone on?give it a full charge from there should improve things some way.
Scotty, you win the award for clearly not reading the op. Congratulations on making yourself look like a retard.
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excuse me?Nowhere in the first post do I see mention of the phone being turned off while charging oh and -1 for the term you used its not good.
Your first post is the exact same result as the op. Therefore, spam.
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Easy, killer
jbrussee said:
Your first post is the exact same result as the op. Therefore, spam.
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You are really mean dude; take it easy.
To the op:
I'm actually not having this problem... Getting great battery life. I get like 8 hours of talk time, 6+ hours of web browsing or days of standby. Have to charge like every other day. Running Alien 3. That's not too helpful I guess, but know that it may be some weird configuration you have.
Read and follow the instructions in this thread guys -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198333
Thanks xploited. I'll give that a shot. the weird thing now is that I get 100% and 4200mV in the battery calibration app. It doesn't make sense. It's apparently fully charged but as of now it's dropped about 10% in about 20 minutes.
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Confirmed that xploited's "fix" doesn't work.
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Sounds like your battery may just have a problem. Do you know anyone else w/an Atrix that you could swap batteries for like an hour and see if the problem follows the battery?
@epoh The only other person I know that has one lives about 2.5 hours away lol.
It kinda makes me curious if an SBF flash back to 1.83 would fix it. I only had this issue after flashing HKTW on a low battery.
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Have you tried AURA 1.1.1 ROM?
I don't know if you even want to give any other ROM a shot, but I have used Alien ROM # 2, too many issues and was not patient enough.
Flashed AURA 1.1.1, after that 2 issues with my battery are fixed, one is the battery life, I usually get around 15 hours from fully charged at 8 AM when I leave for work, so I usually charge just once a day. Second issue with Alien was my phone was overheating like a frying pan.
It just happened with any other ROMs I have tried so far but with AURA maximum temp I have seen on my phone is not more than 38 Degree C. With other ROMS it was just above 38 all the time.
If you don't mind flashing different ROM, try it.
Basically what I do is load into CMW
Wipe Battery Stats
Wipe Dalvik Cache
Wipe Cache
Wipe Data
Install ZIP
Reload Phone and use it for a bit
Process the battery stats wipe cycle twice
Battery is just normal now
Good Luck
It seems to me to be obvious issues with GB right now..which is disappointing because I was expecting it to get better. I went from 16+ hours of usage (with 2-4hrs of onscreen time) to about 8-10. I've went from Orange 2.3.4 to CherriPi now to Alien #3 with both the 1.1 o/c kernel as well as the stock kernel..with no improvements. I did notice a slight improvement when I turned the Social Applications from Push to 60mins..but still am nowhere near where I was with Froyo (yes..I've tried xploited's tips as well). I know its not my apps or configurations because none of that has changes since 2.2..
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Confirmed that xploited's "fix" doesn't work.
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If you want people to help, you need to be more specific.
What exactly have you tried and what results did you get?
I guess I'll give Aura a shot. KP has some great concepts but I only have the battery issues on his ROM.
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Can I ask real quick some questions? First off what do you have running as far as processes, cause for instance if Tune in Radio is left on running in background it KILLS my battery life. If I forget to exit it. Also, did you freeze any bloatware that alien didn't? example. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=972459 Also, what kernel are you using? Are you overclocking? Over / undervolting? Just trying to get a better idea of what's up unless I missed it in a previous post. But I think I read em' all.
@phalanx I haven't frozen anything. I'm using the last Alien full build including kernel. The only apps I have installed are facebook, google+, and XDA premium app. The thing that is supposedly killing my battery is phone idle. It's doing slightly better today than it has been. It says it's got about 10 hours so far. But it's still nowhere near the 12-16 I used get.
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did you flash the GB radio as well?
it you're still using the froyo radio that is known to cause terrible battery if paired with GB ROM
Yes I do have the GB radio. I believe it's version. 1.77.15* don't know the whole number.
Edit: I meant to say 1.77.30
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Erratic battery reporting on 2.3.4 update

I flashed the newest update (2.3.4) this last weekend and although its been great with battery life, I cant seem to get the actual reporting to settle in.
When I take it off the charger its reporting 100%, and throughout
the day it obviously drains the battery. The problem is when I reboot the phone, it starts back up reporting 10-20% higher battery life then when I shut it down. So in reality, I have more battery life left then whats being reported.
I charged to 100% and wiped battery stats using bootstrap. Then drained the battery all the way, and charged all the way back to a full charge.
Can you guys think of anything else that may fix this issue?
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I noticed this as well, I thought it was my Mugen Power battery giving false reports but it looks like it isn't the case..
I just don't reboot as often now, can't say I've noticed any problems other than that. My battery life has been excellent!
cheesebeard said:
I noticed this as well, I thought it was my Mugen Power battery giving false reports but it looks like it isn't the case..
I just don't reboot as often now, can't say I've noticed any problems other than that. My battery life has been excellent!
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I normally can go about 14 hours or so off the charger. This past cycle, I went 36 hours, with normal use
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Same thing here I had 80% rebooted and had 100 so I wiped battery stats this morning and I'm working on killing it now lol ......so far 8 hours and 70% left
X2gingerfuncked
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I normally can go about 14 hours or so off the charger. This past cycle, I went 36 hours, with normal use
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Standard battery? Wow
I have never seen a number higher than 14hrs for me. But then again I am CONSTANTLY on my phone.
I want an extended battery but I like my otterbox to much. So I just carry a spare in my wallet.
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Standard battery? Wow
I have never seen a number higher than 14hrs for me. But then again I am CONSTANTLY on my phone.
I want an extended battery but I like my otterbox to much. So I just carry a spare in my wallet.
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Must have been a fluke. Today isn't the same story.
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I've noticed the same thing, since flashing Eclipse v1.0
Seems to be a bug in the SBC file. Hopefully we have a fix after the soak test. Or maybe nitro will take a stab at it.
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Mine is doing it too.
This is a very annoying bug. I went back to 2.3.3 until it's fixed.
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X0dus said:
This is a very annoying bug. I went back to 2.3.3 until it's fixed.
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I'm thinking of doing the same
I also have this issue. roomer is the higher number is correct but who knows. this is going to get old fast. i wonder how and when this will be fixed.
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i wonder how and when this will be fixed.
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Probably when we get ICS for the x2. So.......never?
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Just an fyi, the issue persists with the .31 liberty test build.
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Just an fyi, the issue persists with the .31 liberty test build.
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Indeed it will, anything built from the 2.3.4 update will have the bug unless devs find a way to properly fix it.
i hope a fix comes soon but it pry won't be from motorola. i don't see them sending out an update just for one issue unless they have some other issues to fix that i haven't heard about yet. hopefully sooner than later
I have this also, as well as random reboots.
2.3.4 didn't really do much for me, the only real difference I notice were that random reboots now happen every 2 or 3 days instead of every day.
ya that's not good, the update was supposed to stop that. they've been doing these updates and creating the OS for all these devices for so long now id think they would have it pretty much down by now. maybe they need to do more testing before releases...idk...
Another battery thread.... really guys.. come on.
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Mr_GreenJeans said:
Another battery thread.... really guys.. come on.
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This is the original one I believe

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