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Maximum Size Of a MicroSD (XDA Orbit)

Hello! I called the customer service of O2 today. It says that a storage-card (MicroSD) for the XDA Orbit cannot bei bigger than 512 MB. I cannot believe that but is this correct? Does anybody know the maximum size for a storage card?

Not true - my Orbit runs fine with a 1Gb card, as does my MDAC3.

I am happily running a 2Gb card in my Orbit

Where's the limit?
What about 2GB or 4GB? Will they work with the XDA Orbit?

SunDrop said:
What about 2GB or 4GB? Will they work with the XDA Orbit?
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Hi,
I'm not as experienced as some others on this forum... I'm sure they'll correct my info
I spent a day or so seraching for info before I got my card, and FWI here are my notes:
2GB fine.
4Gb may be problematic.
Thickness of SD card may be a problem. The latch/Phone card has to be correctly clicked into place around the card.
Some makes of card seem better. Sandisk HIGH SPEED seem to be good.
I've got a 2Gb version and it's ok, but read others experiences in the forums.
I got both Lexar and CNex tools to check formatting could be done with full control and also to provide recovery possibility.
Hope that may help.

damned micro sd card
please can someone help?
i have a 1gb sandisk micro card which is being reported by my orbit as 512mb(minus FAT). i put it into my computer and it is clearly 1gb. i have tried putting more onto the card via the orbit, and it says "no more space", but it is fine via the pc. what's going on?!?
thanks in advance,
Tom

Maybe you should try WM5Storage and format SD card on PC. There is detailed instruction how to do it on forum.

afaik there are no 4gb micro sd cards. 2gb is max for them atm

I sell 2gb micro sd for the orbit on a daily basis and had no problems with them, I even use one myself.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/In-Shops-XDA-Accessories

Ice_mephi said:
afaik there are no 4gb micro sd cards. 2gb is max for them atm
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not true i have one and its working!

Mobile 2007 .... what make and how I was under the impression 4GB were not compatible?

I'm currently using a 2GB Sandisk microSD card and it is perfectly working.
Regarding 4GB microSD cards, they are called microSDHC (High Capacity) and as far as I know, the Artemis is not able to read from of write to them.

That's what I thought but it appears mobile2007 has got it to work?

I've got a 1gig with all sorts on it. I think 2gig is the biggest at the moment.

Stephen.Gazard said:
That's what I thought but it appears mobile2007 has got it to work?
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it works you can be sure
i tried some micro sd cards 4gb at the cebit
not all were working
i can also not tell you which card i have
i bought it at one of the thousands chinese stands (cebit 2007)
(cost 25€!)
how can i help you to find out what card i have
written on the card is sandisk, but i am not sure if this is right,
because i doesn't look like original sandisk.

mobile2007 said:
it works you can be sure
i tried some micro sd cards 4gb at the cebit
not all were working
i can also not tell you which card i have
i bought it at one of the thousands chinese stands (cebit 2007)
(cost 25€!)
how can i help you to find out what card i have
written on the card is sandisk, but i am not sure if this is right,
because i doesn't look like original sandisk.
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If what you say is true, you'd have made my day

8 GB SDHC works VERY WELL !!!

... on my MDA III compact with:
- WM 6 (official HTC Release: HTC_P3300_GER_3.13.407.1_4.1.13.44_02.94.90_Ship_R.exe)
- SDHC Patch
I bought a 8 GB SDHC SanDisk and it works fine!
Costs: 78,50 € inkl. Shipping (inside Germany)
I ordered Tuesday and get the Card Thursday
Greetz
Snake

I too have bought a Sandisk MicroSD SDHC 8GB card which finally arrived from eBay seller nextdaymemory today. I installed the SDHC patch recommended by StefChri in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1720617#post1720617
Works perfectly!

Where did you get it?
Hi Snake28,
where did you get the card?
Valen

Works with Artemis Touch 3.01, 5.2.1921 SDHC
It works with the mentioned rom. Although I had some problems with recognizing in the beginning, I flashed the rom again and I worked immediately.
Brought it from memoryshop.nl (Dutch)
http://www.memoryshop.nl/geheugen/425/microsd-(secure-digital).html (Now, the card is temporarily out-of-stock)
My costs were: €86,00 all-incl. (send within the Netherlands)
Brought it the 6th of [email protected], got it the next [email protected]

@ Valen42:
I edited my Post, because I don't know about Direct Links ..
Please Google @ KQ Flash and you will find it immediately!
Greetz
SNAKE

I also bought 8GB SDCH for my artemis running wwe 3.1 including bepes sdhc hack. anyhow its quite slow, sdtools showed me like 300 kb writing and 700 kb reading spead. Sandisk tells class 4 cards run about 4-5 mb read/write.
Anyone any idea, what could be my problem? I wondered wheather the card is fat 32 formatted, how do I find out?

I have the same problem. Writing to the MicroSD via the O2 XDA Orbit (Artemis) is very slow. I have tried putting the card in the small Sandisk adapter which the card came with and it is also slow. BUT when I use a different MicroSD card reader/writer (USB2.0) it works much faster (140 MB file writes and reads in 10-12 seconds). The reader is one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRANSFLASH-MI...ryZ51082QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
So it seems to be a hardware problem.

4GB kinsgton work flawlessly also.

One other thought ... have you got the "encryption" enabled for data transferred to storage cards? I think this slows the data transfer even more through the Artemis. It is still slow though, as the data connection between my Artemis and my computer is still only a maximum of 10 Mbit/s (i.e. c. 1.25 Mbyte/sec max).

In my post at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=350383
you`ll find a Benchmark I did with an "old" 2GB MicroSD and an 8GB Micro SDHC Card.
Surprisingly the Performance of the 8GB Card was much better then I expected with the SDHC-Drivers provided by this Community.
When I reformated the 2GB Card to FAT32 to work with the new SDHC Drivers Speed went down significantly. But the provided .pdf File shows all this Data quite well....
Regards
Jabami

lol i'm going to buy one to but they aren't in stock have to wait

Can anyone explain the different classes of card available (class, class6). Is there a particular one needed for the orbit/artemis.
Also - I note that you can get 16gb cards. Anyone tried one yet??

My Orbit worked first time with an 8GB Scandisk bought via EBay.
Down loaded and ran this .cab file as suggested earlier:
http://members.cable24.at/immogroup/...HC-Artemis.cab
Running WM6. No need to re-format.

The complete link is:
http://members.cable24.at/immogroup/HTC-P3300/SDHC-Artemis.cab

HEYWOOD said:
Can anyone explain the different classes of card available (class, class6). Is there a particular one needed for the orbit/artemis.
Also - I note that you can get 16gb cards. Anyone tried one yet??
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12 GB will be available in February and 16 GB in June or July. The class indicates the minimum writing speed, so with class 2 you will be able to write data to your card with at least 2 MB/sec. I don't think your pda will be able to write more than 2 MB/sec. but you can try it out.

Registerme said:
12 GB will be available in February and 16 GB in June or July. The class indicates the minimum writing speed, so with class 2 you will be able to write data to your card with at least 2 MB/sec. I don't think your pda will be able to write more than 2 MB/sec. but you can try it out.
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Thanks for the explanation.
16GB cards are available on ebay - I know it has its risks, but they are there

i orderd mine today should ship in tomorrow so i will let you guys know my findings

It Works :d:d:d:d

will 8 gb work with wm5? if so anythign i need to install? cab etc?
if not whats the maximum size i can safely install?

got windows mobile 6.1(latest black ver.), didn't try others
8gb sdhc class 4 works fluently!

Will artemis support 16 GB Microsd....

I have one question, not on original rom but on the Micro SDHC supproted any cooked ROM will support 16 GB or NOT?
Tell me if anybody knows,
If yes i want to buy it......
I know 8 GB is supported in Artemis SDHC supported ROMs,
I own 4 GB now...

It supports SDHC or not, you can always partition your SD.
Regards,
Carty..

but i have micro sd card slot not a sd card slot

Carty said:
It supports SDHC or not, you can always partition your MICROSD.
Regards,
Carty..
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I hope you understand it now

If your device supports SD2.0 (SDHC) then it will take any MicroSDHC size up to 32GB. Hope that helps

incredulous said:
If your device supports SD2.0 (SDHC) then it will take any MicroSDHC size up to 32GB. Hope that helps
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That's the que I m asking that in the factory made original ROM this Artemis dont support more than 2gb, but after an upgrade by a little software or any sdhc supported ROM it's supporting upto 8 gb. So, as Htc says its not SD2.0 compatible.
So after that also(after upgrading) will it support 16 GB.
That's my que.

Does microSDHC faster in real word ?
Such as record VDO, Take a picture, activesync...

I thought I answered your question. Any device that takes a SDHC card WILL take anything up to 32GB MicroSDHC.

you said you have 4gb card, it is SDHC, so you can put the 16gb card, you can also put a 32gb if you can find one.

Thanks man
so my artemis will support 32 GB
fantastic

where did you found the 16gb card?
I made a search and not found to buy one.

idk if it helps any1, but i have 16GB kingston in my artemis, rom is touch vanilla 4.0.2
it reads it well, i use it for music and all that, but sometimes it freakingly losing it, totally =( i have to soft-reset my device to death, like dozens of times to get my sd back. that's A problem, and idk what to do w/ it. trying to find a solution.
in a meanwhile setting up touch full with cube 4.0.2.

chiqo said:
where did you found the 16gb card?
I made a search and not found to buy one.
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try it you see and order in --> http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_tr...&_nkw=16+GB+Microsd&_sacat=See-All-Categories if not wrong price less than $ 39.59 Free shipping

[INFO] ATOM SUPPORT 8GB SANDISK MEMORY CARD VERY GOOD IN JIGGs ROM

Hi All My Dear Friends This Time I M Using Great Jiggs Rom With 8mb Page Pool It Works Great Their Is No Problem With This Rom Yesterday I Buy 8gb Sandisk Microsd Card Class 4 Sdhc It Works Very Cute With Out Any Patch And I Finding New Thing That Speed Of My Atom Were Increase In Memory Card Section. My Atom Read All Files Like Mp3,jpeg Etc Very Fast.
THIS TIME MY ATOM SHOW 7771MB IN MEMORY WHICH VERY VERY HUGE FOR ME U ALSO
God Bless To Jiggs
Which Have Flame The Atom And Gives New Birth.

8GB SDHC on Atom Exec
So, what does this thread aims to accomplish? I feel like I have tried all the cabs and links, but still no luck making it work, I still cannot use my 8GB Sandisk MicroSD(with a MINI SD Adapter) I bought for my xda Atom Exec.
Is upgrading my ROM to WM6 the only way to go? Has this been proven to work? I have been reading on the forums but I cannot find a patch that works specifically for my device? or maybe im looking in the wrong thread?
Can someone point me in the right direction?

enigma30 said:
So, what does this thread aims to accomplish? I feel like I have tried all the cabs and links, but still no luck making it work, I still cannot use my 8GB Sandisk MicroSD(with a MINI SD Adapter) I bought for my xda Atom Exec.
Is upgrading my ROM to WM6 the only way to go? Has this been proven to work? I have been reading on the forums but I cannot find a patch that works specifically for my device? or maybe im looking in the wrong thread?
Can someone point me in the right direction?
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just a thought that might help; could it be that it only works on atom and not atom exec?
OT: i think this is double post, i think i replied to the other thread having the same initial content; i'm thinking of buying 8gig myself but i'm wondering if it will work on 6mp pp w/o sdhc drivers as well. Hmm, maybe, i don't any see any relation on pagepool with 8gig sdhc, i maybe work, and it's just to make sure...

hi i m back
I M Only Wanted To Tell U This Time I M Using 8mb Page Pool I Donot Know Which Rom R U Using But I Only Tell U Jiggs Rom Support 8gb Sdhc Card Understand Without Any Patch

sanjay2007 said:
I M Only Wanted To Tell U This Time I M Using 8mb Page Pool I Donot Know Which Rom R U Using But I Only Tell U Jiggs Rom Support 8gb Sdhc Card Understand Without Any Patch
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which jiggs rom? link please?

my dear friend link is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332692
it is the ever lasting rom in this forum

8 GB memory card for Atom
Hi all friends,
Does anyone know if 8GB, or any bigger than 2GB, memory card can also be used with Xda O2 Atom??...
Thanks a lot for your info.

yes atom support
yes jackyatom we have to use 2gb,4gb,and 8bg also very smootly this time i have only check upto 8gb microsdhc card i m not try 16 gb card but my confidence and soul is told me atom is support 16 gb card also

sanjay2007 said:
yes jackyatom we have to use 2gb,4gb,and 8bg also very smootly this time i have only check upto 8gb microsdhc card i m not try 16 gb card but my confidence and soul is told me atom is support 16 gb card also
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hi sanjay, is your atom plain atom or is it atom exec, flame exec? i believe plain atom is mini not micro as you mentioned here. did you use an adaptor to fit it in? tia(tnx in advance)

hi ADOMILA
My Pc Is Atom Not Exec This Time I M Using Mini Adapter For Micro And This Time My Atom Support 8gb Its Really Great
U Can Use Also With Any Hasitation Or Problem

sanjay2007 said:
my dear friend link is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332692
it is the ever lasting rom in this forum
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when was last update Jiggs rom?

UPDATED NOVEMBER 11, 2007 on jiigs rom thread

it was very long time, when will Jiggs return?

8 GB memory card for Atom
Hi, Guys. I happened to read this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-305135.html
But several of our friends there posted that 4Gig SD card is supported by our Atom phone. Nobody yet confirmed the 8Gig and up except Sanjay2007.

hi Kentthegreet
hi Kentthegreet i m sanjay2007 this i m using 8gb sandisk microsd card with mini sd adapter very smoothly really it works great than 2gb card u have to buy 8gb carg without any tension i m gave u promise it will work definately

But does the 8gb Micro sdhc card work in Atom Life as well ??
im running windows mobile 6

hi all
why not ATOM LIFE ALSO SUPPORT 8GB CARD IT MY GAURANTEE

Thanks, Sanjay

If your current machine only supports plug slot micro, mini SD card is 2GB maximum, after you run the file. Cab, you try to plug the card 4G, and 16G to 8GB, if the machine is successful already. Đã test and working on WM 6 / 6.1. When soft run, save the new device is nhé. And for any machine you see this long is your computer manufacturer advertising is to use the card to 8GB, so you try it only back from 2GB (maybe ROM failed). You only need to use this soft 100% successful.

i also upgrade memory upto 16gb
my dear friend this time i using great jiggs rom which donot want any patch for 8gb card . my future plan is upgrade the memory of my atom up to 16gb in few days i know very well atom also support 16gb memory card because of atom machine

Micro SDXC 64GB

How much micro sdxc 64gb Card Cost
Is compatible with samsung galaxy s2..
cyanogenmod 4.1.1 latest build pls help..
How much is bit transfer 10mbts right or it depends

mohdbrzn said:
How much micro sdxc 64gb Card Cost
Is compatible with samsung galaxy s2..
cyanogenmod 4.1.1 latest build pls help..
How much is bit transfer 10mbts right or it depends
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Hi!
I bought one card SanDisk 64 GB for $ 65 on Ebay
it works great on my Galaxy S2
write speed more than 10 Mbyte/s

thnks
AfftarN said:
Hi!
I bought one card SanDisk 64 GB for $ 65 on Ebay
it works great on my Galaxy S2
write speed more than 10 Mbyte/s
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Thank you for sharing info with us..

AfftarN said:
Hi!
I bought one card SanDisk 64 GB for $ 65 on Ebay
it works great on my Galaxy S2
write speed more than 10 Mbyte/s
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your screenshot is showing your internal memory test. If you want to test external memory then you have to pick /sdcard/external_sd instead.
To respond to OP: I got mine from Amazon, cost me 54 EUR for SanDisk UHS class1, class 10, XC I 64gb. 32gb Sammy MicroSD HC class 10 is performing a bit better for me (just a slight bit) but lacks the space, and SanDisk one is performing as a beauty here.
ps: if in need of my screens for test on Sandisk, let me know.

Is it worth getting a 64gb card for sg2?
I ask as I've seen many reviews tgat say data can be wiped as it's not suitable.
I'm in the market for a card though can't decide if 64gb would be overkill, but at same time would negate deleting old files vids etc I may need later...
Sandisk seems the way to go, any thoughts?
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smash
SGS2 GT-I9100 using xda prem

Depends on your need for storage space. I had 12Gb of music on 32GB one and photos and vids just zeroed it, let alone apps/games on it. I have no problem with 64GB now. I guess, it's each to his own. And if it is going to be self_wiped, then it will be my loss there, but I don't see any problem at this time, nor my microsd performs bad or has glitches.
Having SanDisk only for a month now, I can say I'm pleased how it's performing in terms of speed and stability. I can't predict what comes next but I never had any microsd breaking on me, or any problems in the past (had from 2 t o64GB microsd from SanDisk, Samsung etc... over 4 years time span).
Hope this helps a bit.

Fevves said:
your screenshot is showing your internal memory test. If you want to test external memory then you have to pick /sdcard/external_sd instead.
To respond to OP: I got mine from Amazon, cost me 54 EUR for SanDisk UHS class1, class 10, XC I 64gb. 32gb Sammy MicroSD HC class 10 is performing a bit better for me (just a slight bit) but lacks the space, and SanDisk one is performing as a beauty here.
ps: if in need of my screens for test on Sandisk, let me know.
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if u redead hes post he says hes on the galaxy s2 its different then from the galaxy s3 where the internal is set as Sdcard and external is set at extsdcard, the Gs2 didnt have that issue so hes screen shot is corrent.

Practitioner said:
if u redead hes post he says hes on the galaxy s2 its different then from the galaxy s3 where the internal is set as Sdcard and external is set at extsdcard, the Gs2 didnt have that issue so hes screen shot is corrent.
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Thanks for this thread. Even i was confused with the same question. But i was informed Micro SDXC 64GB will not work with Non Sammy roms i.e CM and other AOSPs to be precise. Can someone confirm this please

Practitioner said:
if u redead hes post he says hes on the galaxy s2 its different then from the galaxy s3 where the internal is set as Sdcard and external is set at extsdcard, the Gs2 didnt have that issue so hes screen shot is corrent.
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Owner of SGS2 here (visible in my sig.): If you pick /sdcard on SGS2 it's measuring internal storage (16GB one), if you change it to /sdcard/external_sd, then it's testing external microsd card. Dunno what SGS3 does and what not, it's on ICS as a base...

Got an Sandisk Micro SDXC with 64 GB and its working in my HTC HD2 and my Galaxy S2, too. But I got it formatted with FAT32 don`t know if Ex-Fat is working. Price was 58 Euro in Germany 1/4 year ago. Im on German 4.0.4 Stock Rom without Root.
Greetings Myself5
Edit: SD Speed (Couldn`t post pictures)
Write: 11.1
Read: 18.6
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

I just bought a sandisk 64gb sdxc. Can't wait for it to be delivered!!! $60 AUD on Shoppingsquare, which i think is good value
And now for my 2cents worth:
Is 64gb an overkill?
Yes, but that's what I said about my 16gb card 2 years ago, and now I have no space.
Besides, i envisage apps, music, videos to get bigger as it gets better in quality.
e.g. with 64gb i can afford to have lossless audio.
Also, I have now in my room, 1gb, 2gb, 4gb, 8gb micro sd card.
I probably would have spent less money if I upgrade to a much higher capacity each time.
not to mention they are now just sitting there being wasted.

Usb adapters, lik SanDisk one, FTW / then you have a "switchable" USB key...
I don't have any wasted microSDs at all, but still has 2 x 4gb, 1 x 8 gb and 1 x 16gb micros's...

Gonna put in an order for one of these. Thanks for advice!

nice!

Fevves said:
Usb adapters, lik SanDisk one, FTW / then you have a "switchable" USB key...
I don't have any wasted microSDs at all, but still has 2 x 4gb, 1 x 8 gb and 1 x 16gb micros's...
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Planning to order one myself Fevves for my S2 running Cmiui. Hope it works. If not let me know now please..... !

counterfeit cards
Fevves said:
...I had 12Gb of music on 32GB one and photos and vids just zeroed it,
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Hi,
Storage media of any type does not 'self-zero' itself. When it is full it stops you from writing data. Think about it: Would Sandisk still be in business if it did?
A likely reason your Sd card are self-zero'ing is because you bought a counterfeit card from a shop like Amazon or Ebay.
This is very common.
What happens? The fraudster buys cheaper 4 Gb SD Cards. He then modified the SD card firmware so that it reports to the operating system that the card is actually 32Gb. The O/S formats the card (typically a quick format by writing a few blocks at the start of the card) and you start coping the data across. Regretfully when you cross the 4 Gb limit of the card you end up writing no where. Seems that the data is simply zeroed or another error appears.
There are numerous of reports about this on Amazon.
Solution:
Don't buy SD cards from Ebay.
If you buy from Amazon then ensure that you buy from Amazon and not the Amazon MarketPlace.
Finally: If it is too cheap, then there may well be something amiss ;P

Also, I have now in my room, 1gb, 2gb, 4gb, 8gb micro sd card.
I probably would have spent less money if I upgrade to a much higher capacity each time.
not to mention they are now just sitting there being wasted.

Problem
i buy de sandisk 64gb and when i tranfer files from mi pc to the sd card i got slow tranfer speeds (around 5-6 mb/s). The sd is in fat32 that possibily affects the perfomance?, when i do sd speed test from the play store i got 13mb/s write and 30mb/s read.
Also i cant achive mounting correctly on ntfs with the app from the marquet ntfs mounter which is in xda
someone pass something like this?

nikunj_cal said:
Planning to order one myself Fevves for my S2 running Cmiui. Hope it works. If not let me know now please..... !
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64Gb SanDisk works fine on mine, though I'm not on Cmiui, I'm on Sensation 4.1 flavor now, it's ICS 4.04 based (was on GB 2.3.6 before), 32GB Samsung one works flawlesly on my kid's SGS2 and any other older microSd we have works. Other then that, all my old microSd's are workign OK with adapters and such
No waste for me

Got my 64gb and it worked fine with cmiui and now with resurrection remix ! Thanks for your help and reply.
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