Well I have finally unlock my Rezound. I I have been trying since last night to root it. I am on Android version 4 .0 .3 since version 3. 6. Software number 3. 14 .605.12 710 Rd. I am using a Mac Book to root with. My Rezound is unlocked with S on. I have read many threads about installing custom recovery and accessing custom recovery dating back to 2011. I have tried to root it through H boot by installing it in the root of my sd card and it did not work. What is the best version number and steps to use in order to root my Rezound with my mac book because I am really stuck . Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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veevans01 said:
Well I have finally unlock my Rezound. I I have been trying since last night to root it. I am on Android version 4 .0 .3 since version 3. 6. Software number 3. 14 .605.12 710 Rd. I am using a Mac Book to root with. My Rezound is unlocked with S on. I have read many threads about installing custom recovery and accessing custom recovery dating back to 2011. I have tried to root it through H boot by installing it in the root of my sd card and it did not work. What is the best version number and steps to use in order to root my Rezound with my mac book because I am really stuck . Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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I am assuming that you already have the adb setup.
Download the recovery and rename it to well recovery then put the "recovery" file on the adb folder
Next open up terminal type "cd" then space bar and drag and drop the folder that you put the recovery file into the terminal then hit enter
Turn off fastboot on your phone and turn on usb debugging and type this into the terminal ./adb devices
If your device shows up then type this ./adb reboot bootloader
then type this ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
wait for it to flash then type ./fastboot reboot bootloader
Then go to the recovery then once you are in the custom recovery go down to developer options
Select Install su and superuser and wait for that to finish.
And boom your rooted and running
I have a mac also and thats what I did
If you find a way to S off on a mac let me know
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I am assuming that you already have the adb setup.
Download the recovery and rename it to well recovery then put the "recovery" file on the adb folder
Next open up terminal type "cd" then space bar and drag and drop the folder that you put the recovery file into the terminal then hit enter
Turn off fastboot on your phone and turn on usb debugging and type this into the terminal ./adb devices
If your device shows up then type this ./adb reboot bootloader
then type this ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
wait for it to flash then type ./fastboot reboot bootloader
Then go to the recovery then once you are in the custom recovery go down to developer options
Select Install su and superuser and wait for that to finish.
And boom your rooted and running
I have a mac also and thats what I did
If you find a way to S off on a mac let me know
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Everything worked up to when I issued the command . /fastboot reboot bootloader. When I hit enter a series of commands pop up. Do I use the phone to go to recovery or is it supposed to pop up after the. /fastboot reboot bootloader line?
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just use the phone if the line didnt work sometimes it does sometimes it doesnt
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just use the phone if the line didnt work sometimes it does sometimes it doesnt
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Should the PH98IMG.zip file be on the root of my ext. sd card when typing the line on my computer? Maybe I misunderstood some of the info that I was reading. Sorry for the questions. I am new to rooting.
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what are you doing exactly with the PH98IMG.zip file
and what exactly are you trying to do if you wanna root there is no need for the PH98IMG file
I haven't used it for anything. I just wanted to be sure that I didn't need to put any type of file in the removable sd card. I followed all of the steps including finding the developer option under recovery. From there I selected install su and superuser. It went through the steps and then I rebooted the phone as the next step . However the phone is still not rooted. Btw I am using recovery 3.16. Should I try an earlier version?
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Flash this in recovery http://db.tt/p7CerMda
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Flash this in recovery http://db.tt/p7CerMda
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Thanks. Do I put this on my computer inside the android folder where the adb, fastboot and the recovery files are located or do I put it in the phone on the sd card?
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on phone storage then in recovery flash it and you should have root
Worked like a charm. I am now rooted. Thanks for your help. I guess I had a bad copy of su superuser. Again, thanks for all of your help.
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Related
UPDATE EASIEST WAY TO UNROOT PLACE THE PB00IMG-21-official.zip FILE ON YOUR SD CARD RENAME IT TO PB00IMG.zip AND FLASH!!!! REMOVES THE CUSTOM RECOVERY IMAGE AND THERES NO HASSEL. SERIOUSLY
DOWNLOAD FILE FROM
http://android.grdlock.net//index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=PB00IMG Roms
How can I do this (^) Also how can I manually update to the newest OTA from 1.5
Search is there for a reason.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652419
There's the link to downgrade and remove Amon Ra.
Thank you
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Ok but how can I update to 2.1 now
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Ok but how can I update to 2.1 now
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Not to be a jerk, but how do you have 243 posts and not understand the "search" function? There are like 5011 threads about this EXACT subject already. You can either download the 2.1 update file from HTC, or, if you have truly sent your phone back to completely stock, the OTA should show up in a while. You can also "Check for Updates" from the settings menu. That worked for me the last time I took one back to stock.
Settings > About Phone > Check for Updates. That should give you the 2.1 OTA if my understanding is correct that you are on 1.5 stock.
OK update:
OK everything works right up until I try to flash the command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
I am on a mac and this is how I am trying to execute this command
Open terminal, type /Users/(my name)/android-sdk/tools, enter
then I try the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and I get
-bash: fastboot: command not found
HELP??
Why can't I remove my custom recovery
OK everything works right up until I try to flash the command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
I am on a mac and this is how I am trying to execute this command
Open terminal, type /Users/(my name)/android-sdk/tools, enter
then I try the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and I get
-bash: fastboot: command not found
HELP??
Boot into fastboot by holding down the red and green buttons first and then do that command. Or not. I don't know.
Check the tools folder to make sure it has fastboot. I know the windows sdk has it but it may be a seperate dl for Mac
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Check the tools folder to make sure it has fastboot. I know the windows sdk has it but it may be a seperate dl for Mac
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Oh it doesn't do you know where I can download it
Nevermind, but now i get the error
error: cannot load 'recovery.img'
Why is UNROOTING so hard?
Ok so as I am trying to flash the stock recovery image I keep having so many errors this is my latest one any help or feedback is welcomed
error: cannot load 'recovery.img'
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652419
iloveandroid said:
Ok so as I am trying to flash the stock recovery image I keep having so many errors this is my latest one any help or feedback is welcomed
error: cannot load 'recovery.img'
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if your fastbooting stock recovery on your phone put it in the tools folder of adb
and then fastboot, it will send it to the phone and then flash, hope this helps.
What am I supposed be looking at I used these instructions and I got the error following them
jamezelle said:
if your fastbooting stock recovery on your phone put it in the tools folder of adb
and then fastboot, it will send it to the phone and then flash, hope this helps.
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I did that's why I'm confused
Read this post and see if this will help, I believe I used this RUU with driver to unroot my phone.
If I remember correctly it also gives you the s-on bootloader
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/92096-verizons-ruu-official-2-1-droid-eris.html
jonathanphx1 said:
Read this post and see if this will help, I believe I used this RUU with driver to unroot my phone.
If I remember correctly it also gives you the s-on bootloader
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/92096-verizons-ruu-official-2-1-droid-eris.html
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Oh ya I forgot to mention I am on a MAC
Just find the leaked 2.1 file put it on your sd card and flash it using fastboot I did it yesterday works like a charm
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Have to ask this as I'm completely new to android and installing new ROM's...
The instructions for a certain rom say: Reboot to bootloader to flash PH98IMG.zip if you were identified as S-ON.
Does this mean to let the bootloader preform the "update" it's found? Because it seems to do this automatically when I get into the bootloader....
thanks for helping!
nissmo66 said:
Have to ask this as I'm completely new to android and installing new ROM's...
The instructions for a certain rom say: Reboot to bootloader to flash PH98IMG.zip if you were identified as S-ON.
Does this mean to let the bootloader preform the "update" it's found? Because it seems to do this automatically when I get into the bootloader....
thanks for helping!
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I have never flashed a rom by flashing the PH98IMG.zip because for some reason it hasn't worked for me, maybe i just did something wrong.
What I do instead is extract the rom .zip on your computer. Then, put the boot.img file into the platform-tools folder in the android sdk (assuming you already have the android sdk installed). Then, flash the rom, then power the phone off, then press and hold power+volume down to boot into hboot. From there you select fastboot. At the top you should see fastboot usb in the red box. Then, type into command prompt or terminal (for mac) fastboot flash boot boot.img After that, just reboot and the new rom should boot just fine.
Idk if you have a mac, but this is the tutorial I used to download and set up the adb with my macbook. Its very easy, if you have windows, im sure you could google instructions.
When you put the ROM on your sd card, extract the boot.img and put it in a ph98img.zip file. Install ROM, go to bootloader and it should ask you it update. Update and you're good to go. Keep in mind I don't like using command prompts
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jmez900 said:
When you put the ROM on your sd card, extract the boot.img and put it in a ph98img.zip file. Install ROM, go to bootloader and it should ask you it update. Update and you're good to go. Keep in mind I don't like using command prompts
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To add onto that, depending on how you get to the bootloader, it may boot into fastboot initially. If so, just hit the power button on the BOOTLOADER option and it will do the rest.
I've read that the only way to flash a kernel with s-on from fastboot is you have to use adb. I guess when you reboot the bootloader from adb you gain access to the recovery partition but if your s-on just booting into the recovery doesn't work. I've decided to stay s-on (personal preference) and flashed multiple kernels with the zip. But back to your question is yes let the update go through and the kernel should be installed.
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Thanks all!
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Okay well i have a rooted Evo 4g LTE and i am sort of a newb with terms and what not however i have had this phone rooted for quite a while. Yesterday i think i really ****ed my phone up i was running cm 10 and got an update for cm10.1 in my notifications so i went and tried to do that without wiping anything... big mistake apparently cause it didnt work so i was going to factory reset and re install the rom now when i did that my computer said please format disk drive and it would not allow me to access my files. So at that point im stuck with a phone with no rom or access to my files. Today i got a SD card and decided to try to wipe it once before i put on the new rom on guess what it said factory reset failed it couldnt mount the SD card or something like that. So i am still stuck with a useless phone just to tell you i have twrp v2.3.3.0 dont no if that helps or not but thats what it is. Also it is weird that i am able to flash zips but i still cant turn the phone on when i do it only goes to the htc quietly brilliant screen. Any answers will be accepted please feel free to ask questions thank you.
You need to fastboot flash the boot.img of the rom you are trying to flash
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thicklizard said:
You need to fastboot flash the boot.img of the rom you are trying to flash
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ok well how would you go about doing that sorry like i said not real good with terms more of a hands on kinda guy
thicklizard said:
You need to fastboot flash the boot.img of the rom you are trying to flash
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I understand that i get it from inside the cm10.1 zip folder but where do i put the boot.img on the SD card? and then how do i fastboot flash it
Download kernel intended for your device. Inside the zip will be a boot.img file. Extract the boot.img to where ever you have adb and fastboot located (in sdk > platform tools). Once in that folder hold shift key then select "open command here". Type "fastboot devices" then enter and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img".
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LuigiBull23 said:
Download kernel intended for your device. Inside the zip will be a boot.img file. Extract the boot.img to where ever you have adb and fastboot located (in sdk > platform tools). Once in that folder hold shift key then select "open command here". Type "fastboot devices" then enter and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img".
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Thanks but one more problem there is no boot.img it is a boot disk image file
Inside every kernel will be a boot.img file. Make sure you download a kernel interned for your phone and that there is a boot.img in it Remember to be S-Off and in fastboot mode when flashing. You should see a quick progress bar on the phone letting you know if it flashed successfully
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Got the unlock code from htc development but can't get the bootloader command line to work. Help. (btw the Information found in other threads have not helped.
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Did you look at this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417839&highlight=mac
feralicious said:
Did you look at this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417839&highlight=mac
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Yes. It took a while but I finally unlocked it. Now I am having trouble with rooting. I downloaded amon_ra 314 but can't get it to install.
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veevans01 said:
Yes. It took a while but I finally unlocked it. Now I am having trouble with rooting. I downloaded amon_ra 314 but can't get it to install.
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Using your mac? I don't use my mac for my phone stuff so I can't help you there.
There's a PH98IMG of Amon Ra somewhere, but now that I think about it I don't know if you can use that type of file yet at this point, before having a custom recovery on the phone. Btw... newest Amon Ra is v3.16, unless there's a 3.17 now.
I am assuming that you already have the adb setup.
Download the recovery and rename it to well recovery then put the "recovery" file on the adb folder
Next open up terminal type "cd" then space bar and drag and drop the folder that you put the recovery file into the terminal then hit enter
Turn off fastboot on your phone and turn on usb debugging and type this into the terminal ./adb devices
If your device shows up then type this ./adb reboot bootloader
then type this ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
wait for it to flash then type ./fastboot reboot bootloader
Then go to the recovery then once you are in the custom recovery go down to developer options
Select Install su and superuser and wait for that to finish.
And boom your rooted and running
I have a mac also and thats what I did
If you find a way to S off on a mac let me know :laugh:
Hello,
Since my tf201 was getting really slowly I was thinking of putting a custom rom on it, since those are faster(?) than the stock rom. I found out that androwook is a pretty decent custom rom so I wanted to install it, only 1 problem. I have 0 knowledge of this 'Rooting, flashing, fastbooting..." The instructions on how to install it is useless to me. I managed to unblock it by using the asus tool, but thats as far as I got. I have absolutely no idea what to do now, is there any guide on this forum for noobs instead of experts of how to root and install custom roms?
Thanks
Have you read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26595658&postcount=1? If you come back with specific questions I'm sure you will get help
hello,
yes i've read that but as I said im a complet noob and stuck at the part boot into revovery. when i select the usb mode it says starting fastboot but it doenst do anything. When I looked on the internet I found that you had to enter some commands on your computer but I've no idea what.. so im stuck
palmenmichiel said:
hello,
yes i've read that but as I said im a complet noob and stuck at the part boot into revovery. when i select the usb mode it says starting fastboot but it doenst do anything. When I looked on the internet I found that you had to enter some commands on your computer but I've no idea what.. so im stuck
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Be sure you are at the last stock jb rom, and then
0. Backup your data, and make a factory reset
1. Unlock device by executing the unlock app for TFP with WiFi on
2. Install TWRP
3. Install Hairy Recovery & Upgrade Bootloader
4. Install Hairybean 2.2
For step1 and step2, here is the ref
http://goo.gl/oROU2
After installing TWRP, power off your TFP and power on with volumn down until you see a menu showing RCK, volume up to enter TWRP
Follow the instruction of HB after you boot into TWRP(step3 and step4)
kayusumi222 said:
Be sure you are at the last stock jb rom, and then
0. Backup your data, and make a factory reset
1. Unlock device by executing the unlock app for TFP with WiFi on
2. Install TWRP
3. Install Hairy Recovery & Upgrade Bootloader
4. Install Hairybean 2.2
For step1 and step2, here is the ref
After installing TWRP, power off your TFP and power on with volumn down until you see a menu showing RCK, volume up to enter TWRP
Follow the instruction of HB after you boot into TWRP(step3 and step4)
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Thanks for the info, but I'm stil stuck.. I got the blob file and the fastboot.exe in the same folder, I open the command thingy on that folder, I copy this line in the command "fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp.blob" and then it says it is not recognized as a command, programma or hatch file.. I'm starting to think this rooting stuff is nothing for me haha
palmenmichiel said:
Thanks for the info, but I'm stil stuck.. I got the blob file and the fastboot.exe in the same folder, I open the command thingy on that folder, I copy this line in the command "fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp.blob" and then it says it is not recognized as a command, programma or hatch file.. I'm starting to think this rooting stuff is nothing for me haha
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Did yo navigate to the fastboot folder? For example, if your folder "fastboot" is at the root of C:
Then you have to navigate to C:\fastboot first. --> cd c:\fastboot
kayusumi222 said:
Did yo navigate to the fastboot folder? For example, if your folder "fastboot" is at the root of C:
Then you have to navigate to C:\fastboot first. --> cd c:\fastboot
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Yes.. Still won't work, I think ill just let my tablet as it as. I did the factory reset and it runs a whole lot faster now, only problem is that I only used my tablet to watch tv (My operator has a app named tv overal to watch tv on your tablet/phone) Problem is it wont work anymore because it has detected that I rooted my tablet, so now I've reached absolutely nothing, no custom rom and my only app I use frequently doenst work anymore... God I should have never started this haha
palmenmichiel said:
Yes.. Still won't work, I think ill just let my tablet as it as. I did the factory reset and it runs a whole lot faster now, only problem is that I only used my tablet to watch tv (My operator has a app named tv overal to watch tv on your tablet/phone) Problem is it wont work anymore because it has detected that I rooted my tablet, so now I've reached absolutely nothing, no custom rom and my only app I use frequently doenst work anymore... God I should have never started this haha
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You can use Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to temp-unroot, btw, did you unlock it?
You should have these items in the fastboot folder (as attachment)
kayusumi222 said:
You can use Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to temp-unroot, btw, did you unlock it?
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Yes I did, when I start up there was a white line on the top saying it was unlocked so that worked, also when I use OTA Rootkeeper it doesn't even say I'm rooted, this is becoming complicated :d
palmenmichiel said:
Yes I did, when I start up there was a white line on the top saying it was unlocked so that worked, also when I use OTA Rootkeeper it doesn't even say I'm rooted, this is becoming complicated :d
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If you just unlocked your device, you have to flash CWM/TWRP first to flash root....
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If you just unlocked your device, you have to flash CWM/TWRP first to flash root....
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So why does the app say I'm rooted then.. weird... But I dont get it why the command doenst work for me, I have all the zip and unzipped files in my download map, so the blop file, fastboot.exe,... is all in the download map, so I shift right click and open the command thingy, what do i do wrong?
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palmenmichiel said:
So why does the app say I'm rooted then.. weird... But I dont get it why the command doenst work for me, I have all the zip and unzipped files in my download map, so the blop file, fastboot.exe,... is all in the download map, so I shift right click and open the command thingy, what do i do wrong?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42407269
Maybe you can try to boot into fastboot mode and connect TFP to your PC, in the command windows type "fastboot reboot"
Check whether if your TFP reboot
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Maybe you can try to boot into fastboot mode and connect TFP to your PC, in the command windows type "fastboot reboot"
Check whether if your TFP reboot
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I mamaged to get it working by simple renaming the blop file to twrp instead of the long original name and it worked, afterwards I rooted it with some moterola program I found on the forum. So now only the last 2 steps and I'm done
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palmenmichiel said:
I mamaged to get it working by simple renaming the blop file to twrp instead of the long original name and it worked, afterwards I rooted it with some moterola program I found on the forum. So now only the last 2 steps and I'm done
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If you don't rename it. Then the command should be look like this "fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf201-JB.blob"
Now you can flash the rom you like and enjoy it
kayusumi222 said:
If you don't rename it. Then the command should be look like this "fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf201-JB.blob"
Now you can flash the rom you like and enjoy it
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thanks for your help, much appriciated, however you write it haha
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