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hi,
i've got a Htc desire HD.
i've tried many diffrent roms and played with it a bit,
but now i got some serious trouble.
i just installed the ultimate droid rom to check it out,
but then my power button stopt working.
It did once before but i got it fixed with a factory reset so i tried that now and it worked for like 2 seconds and so i pulled out the battery to reboot. but then it got in to a bootloop, so that sucked.
then i thought i just install the rom again through the hboot but the biggest one is that when it searches for the PD98IMG.zip it doesnt find it...
soooo.... what i'm a gonna do now?
i've tried to find a way to install a rom through adb but ofcourse adb can't find my device...
any ideas anyone?
You cannot flash PD98IMG.zip in recovery, you have to do it in hboot. If the device does not recognize the PD98IMG, then format your SD card again to FAT32 with full format (no quick format). You can also try another SD.
thanks for the fast reply.
i'm sorry i meant hboot, i'm no gonne try your advice.
when i'm done i'll let you now!
well..
i tried it, with 2 diffrent sd cards but it didn't work
elleuh said:
hi,
i've got a Htc desire HD.
i've tried many diffrent roms and played with it a bit,
but now i got some serious trouble.
i just installed the ultimate droid rom to check it out,
but then my power button stopt working.
It did once before but i got it fixed with a factory reset so i tried that now and it worked for like 2 seconds and so i pulled out the battery to reboot. but then it got in to a bootloop, so that sucked.
then i thought i just install the rom again through the hboot but the biggest one is that when it searches for the PD98IMG.zip it doesnt find it...
soooo.... what i'm a gonna do now?
i've tried to find a way to install a rom through adb but ofcourse adb can't find my device...
any ideas anyone?
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did you do a backup, can you boot into recovery? if so can you not just restore a system image
@jonesjw362
well the big problem with that is that i can't select anything because my power button
is broken..
instal new clockwork recovery . u can control u r select with home , ,menu back and search button
so in short dont panic..ur phone is just fine!
@jags_the1
ok thanks, i didn't think of that!
i'll give a try, i'll let you know if it work out
YES!!
it's fixed!..
i couldn't reinstall clockwork recovery, but in some miraculous way my phone suddenly
pressed select all out of his own..
when i was in recovery i could reinstall my rom
the only thing now is that he doesn't recognize my sim.. but i'll fix that some way
Thanks for all the help!
edit: stupid me i put the sim in the wrong way round
You did it doode.. congrats.. Njoy
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I downloaded Cyanogen Mod through Rom Manager and it restarted my phone but now all it does is bring up the white splash screen for a little while, then restarts into a black screen with white bars. I can get into hboot but none of the commands do anything they just restart to the splash and then back to the black screen.
I have been able to adb into the phone when it is in the black screen and I tried following this tread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-808065.html aka I tried pushing a PB31IMG.zip (from here: http://www.dougpiston.com/files/Recovery/) onto the sdcard, turning it off, taking out the battery and restarting to hboot. But hboot does not find the file, and when I restart it to the black screen the file is gone.
My guess is that when it goes to the black screen it wipes my sdcard, at least I hope it doesn't wipe it sooner because I'm not sure how to work with that. Maybe I am not pushing a good PB31IMG.zip file because I don't really know the difference between them. Maybe I am not renaming it correctly, or my sdcard is not FAT32, because am not actually sure how to check if it is FAT32 but I am assuming it is because that is the standard. I don't really have any other leads, does anyone have any experience with this problem? Is there another way to restore it to factory reset?
Please don't tell me I shouldn't have been doing this because I apparently don't know what I am doing. I am not disputing that, but it is a moot point now. I don't know how people go about learning these things a safer way. Apparently I just suck at it. I am starting to freak out a little because I have been without my phone for a day and half and my husband is a bit pissed because he doesn't want to buy me a new phone and doesn't understand why I would want to hack my phone anyway. I refuse to believe just yet that I have bricked my droid. Please help.
Okay, so, my sdcard wasn't in FAT32 but I fixed that by connecting my sdcard to the computer directly and then put my PB31IMG.zip on while I was there. Now my hboot recognizes that there is a new file and asks me to update and I click yes and then restart and I click yes again.
Unfortunately it still does the same thing, white splash followed by black screen with bars, so I have eliminated one of my possible problems and now either its the wrong PB31IMG.zip file, the file inside is named wrong, or something else that I don't even know about. Does the img file need to be something specific? I do have the android-info.txt file so that isn't the problem. I am running out of ideas...
Have you tried the RUU?
semmes said:
Okay, so, my sdcard wasn't in FAT32 but I fixed that by connecting my sdcard to the computer directly and then put my PB31IMG.zip on while I was there. Now my hboot recognizes that there is a new file and asks me to update and I click yes and then restart and I click yes again.
Unfortunately it still does the same thing, white splash followed by black screen with bars, so I have eliminated one of my possible problems and now either its the wrong PB31IMG.zip file, the file inside is named wrong, or something else that I don't even know about. Does the img file need to be something specific? I do have the android-info.txt file so that isn't the problem. I am running out of ideas...
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Well... you can get into H-boot so there's still hope...
1) Check to make sure your PB31MG.zip isn't named PB31MG.zip.zip.... but since you said the system finally read it, my guess is that isn't your problem.
2) You said nothing about recovery, can you get into it at all? Well... nevermind... you said everything would just reboot your device.
... When you goto H-boot... can you read off the stats?
More specifically...
S-On or S-off?
Radio number...
H-boot?
I'm not 100% sure, but I'm guessing you WERE already rooted when you attempted to flash a ROM... but attempt a re-root with UnRevoked3... report back?
Thanks so much for replying. I have not had computer access so I am finally able to work on this some more.
I have now been able to get it into the recovery screen from the PB31IMG.zip file. I feel pretty stupid, the reason why it had not worked was that I took the other files off my sdcard when I put the flash PB31IMG.zip file on it. (face-palm) Anyway, now it gives me the option to wipe and factory reset but when I do that and restart I still get the same recovery screen. I tried a couple different PB31IMG.zip files but they are all giving me the same result. I do have adb access still and I tried rebooting it from there but it is the same. I feel like this is progress maybe (hopefully)...
As for the Stats:
S-off
h-boot-0.92.0000
radio-2.15.00.07.28
I know what s-off means, but do the other numbers mean anything to you?
I tried to send it through Unrevoked3 but it gives me the 'Device "/sbin/sh:getprop:not found" is not supported at this time.' error. I am going to see about RUU...
sounds kinda like a non slcd recovery on an slcd dinc.
I had the same problem rooting a friends phone.
Here's how I fixed it.
After trying to flash a Rom through ROM manager, it went to reboot into recovery to finish the job. The thing is, it didn't.
It wen't into a Black screen wioth two white bars. One on each side of the screen., So far, it hasn't looked like it had done anything. So I pulled battery and rebooted. Everything was fine. I went to ROM Manager and instead of installing through the app, I rebooted into recovery.
Black screen and white bars, AGAIN. So I figured I just needed to re-flash Clockwork.
I pulled his battery, and restarted. I flashed Clockwork, and booted into recovery.
IT WORKED!!! No problems since.
RUU worked! I have a fixed phone. I followed this:
www .droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible. html
in the hboot screen and it is back to factory reset and much happier. Thanks.
[They are not letting me post links so you will have to take out the spaces next to www and html.]
Hi all.
I'm really sorry if this has been covered before - I've searched but found nothing specific, and I'm at work just to make it trickier.
I was on T-Mobile UK stock ROM until lunchtime today, at which point I followed the instructions from this thread to upgrade to CM7 RC0. Following the upgrade, I used Titanium backup to restore my apps and data. Everything looks okay, but I keep getting random force closes for android.process.media. Can somebody please help me with this - it seems to come up when I try to change any sound option, but also in the market when loading my apps.
Factory reset
something u restored from ur stock apps backup is messing with ur current settings .i recommend u to factory reset and then install apps carefully (only user apps) dont go and even try those system apps ...
I'm no advance user yet.. but hey we both got cm7 at same day day and same time ..
i'm just learning ..if u still need help i'll be glad to help
I might have made it very much worse
after reading a bit more, I opted for clearing my cache in recovery mode... that made it worse, leaving me stuck at the M logo. Other posts pointed me in the direction of reflashing the SBF file and starting again, but this left me with a looping MotoBlur animation after flashing the sbf. recovery mode is now not getting past the ! triangle.
My phone appears to be a brick, and I know I've just done something stupid. Is there anyone who can offer any advice? Please?
simon211175 said:
I might have made it very much worse
after reading a bit more, I opted for clearing my cache in recovery mode... that made it worse, leaving me stuck at the M logo. Other posts pointed me in the direction of reflashing the SBF file and starting again, but this left me with a looping MotoBlur animation after flashing the sbf. recovery mode is now not getting past the ! triangle.
My phone appears to be a brick, and I know I've just done something stupid. Is there anyone who can offer any advice? Please?
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Flash sbf a clean stock sbf and if the phone works then reply here ..'ll guide u further
simon211175 said:
recovery mode is now not getting past the ! triangle.
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OK when you see the ! triangle to get into the recovery menu you need to press the volume up button & volume down button at the same time (this is for froyo 2.2 - if still on eclair 2.1 then just touch the bottom right hand of the screen) then you will access the recovery menu.
From there you can do a factory reset & then hopefully it should boot up OK.
Just beware that your battery may be getting low on charge & this makes it a bit trickier but not impossible.
Thanks. I figured out the volume buttons to access the recovery menu, managed to re flash the sbf file, then left it to reload cm7 in the morning. Thanks for all your help, panic mode is neither my favourite, nor my best.
simon211175 said:
Thanks. I figured out the volume buttons to access the recovery menu, managed to re flash the sbf file, then left it to reload cm7 in the morning. Thanks for all your help, panic mode is neither my favourite, nor my best.
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I had the *exact* same issue over the weekend. Was able to fix it by following the installation instructions again. Glad you got your phone working again too, I know I'll be very careful with TB in the future.
But... Does anyone know why a (simple?) cache wipe gets you stuck at the M logo (2ndInit still works, but nothing after that)
Hi!
I'm gonna go straight to my problem.
I have a HUGE problem with my HTC Desire HD.
A few days ago I was gonna update my phone from Androind Revolution HD 7.0.2 to ARHD 7.0.3.
In this process I accidently erased my whole SD card. I put the SD card into one of those
USB things where you put the small SD-card into and then into the computer. Anyway, I accidently marked
everything and deleted it, So now my phone won't even start. It just stops at the white screen and it says HTC.
You know the startup screen that comes up when you start the phone. And then nothing happens.
I am tired of custom ROMs etc etc, and I would like to revert my phone back to factory settings.
Only problem is I don't know which RUU to use etc etc. I have tried the Hold Volume DOWN button and power button
and then chose restore factory defaults.. But it doesn't work. Please help me what should I do?
I want to revert it to stock as it was when I got it from the store..
I live in Sweden, If that's any help.
Please help, I can't even use my phone anymore...
What you need to do is download a ROM and place it on your sd card. Then turn on your phone while holding the volume down button. You should enter the boot loader menu, choose recovery. From recovery you can flash the ROM you placed on your sd card.
I'm not sure but I think if you want to go to stock you can just use a stock ROM file instead of a custom one, but i recommend sticking with a good custom ROM.
Heres a list of stock RUUs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19101263#post19101263
Thanks mate!
Only question now is, which one should I use?
I live in Sweden if that's any help as I wrote in my post.
deXXa- said:
Thanks mate!
Only question now is, which one should I use?
I live in Sweden if that's any help as I wrote in my post.
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Try Europe ruu ?
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
What version should I chose then? What about gingerbread? ace? I have no idea how these things work, Right now I'm gonna try
RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.72.405.3_R_Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_release_161342_signed.exe
Would that be the proper one maybe?
Also this didn't work, I put the .exe file which I downloaded, on the SD card, and I chose recovery but then a black scree
came up with the cellphone on it and a red triangle with a exclamation mark..
Should I maybe rename the file to something? Or pack it in a zip file and rename it to update.zip or something like that?
Thanks.
deXXa- said:
What version should I chose then? What about gingerbread? ace? I have no idea how these things work, Right now I'm gonna try
RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.72.405.3_R_Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_release_161342_signed.exe
Would that be the proper one maybe?
Also this didn't work, I put the .exe file which I downloaded, on the SD card, and I chose recovery but then a black scree
came up with the cellphone on it and a red triangle with a exclamation mark..
Should I maybe rename the file to something? Or pack it in a zip file and rename it to update.zip or something like that?
Thanks.
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You don't need to use a RUU ROM. If you had ARHD installed before and like that, then use that, or anything else on the forums. You just need the install .zip on the SD card, the recovery files are already on your phone. Power the phone on while holding the volume down button to boot into bootloader, then choose recovery and install the .zip
That's the problem I chose recovery and as I wrote before, a black screen comes up with the phone on it and a triangle with a exclamation point..
Or are you saying I should zip the RUU ROM? And rename it to update.zip and then chose recovery or something like that?
I have read a little myself, and the red triangle thingy, I found a solution to that. Press Volume Up and Power Button, So I did and I chose Install update.zip from sd card.
Only problem now is that the installation aborts itself and it says "Signature verification failed" or something like that. What do I do now?
Please help, I don't know what to do
deXXa- said:
That's the problem I chose recovery and as I wrote before, a black screen comes up with the phone on it and a triangle with a exclamation point..
Or are you saying I should zip the RUU ROM? And rename it to update.zip and then chose recovery or something like that?
I have read a little myself, and the red triangle thingy, I found a solution to that. Press Volume Up and Power Button, So I did and I chose Install update.zip from sd card.
Only problem now is that the installation aborts itself and it says "Signature verification failed" or something like that. What do I do now?
Please help, I don't know what to do
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It seems like you have overwritten your recovery.
You can try installing clockworkmod by following this guide
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-a-custom-recovery-to-an-android-phone-device/
Try the fastboot or flash_image methods.
Once recovery is installed boot in recovery by holding vol down and press the power button, then choose recovery, and then install a ROM that you have downloaded and placed on your sd card
Edit: I highly recommend using a custom ROM and the method i wrote above but if you insist on installing a stock ROM you can use one of the RUUs from the link I posted earlier, the one you mentioned earlier should be fine. The RUU is an exe file that you run from your pc. Just connect your phone and run the RUU and follow the steps, you might have to boot into the bootloader on your phone though. It won't work if you just zip it.
Another method for installing a ROM without recovery is to get a ROM which is in the PD98IMG.zip format. If you have a ROM in this format just place the zip on the root of your sd card, boot into the boot loader and it should start installing automatically, but again you should try the recovery method first.
Thanks for this post man.
Only problem is I can't access the cellphones interface to turn USB debugging on or off, which was on when the cellphone stopped working.
And what do you mean by "Another method for installing a ROM without recovery is to get a ROM which is in the PD98IMG.zip format."
Should I just rename the ARHD 6.3.2 to PD98IMG.zip and then run it? Cause I did that and nothing happens as usual.
The only thing I can access in the phone is the boot menu..
And it seems to install clockwork mod you have to have access to the interface of the phone, meaning the phone must work sort of.. Mine doesn't It doesn't even start so that I can typ in the pin code etc etc... Nothing...
I even tried to boot the phone into boot menu and then chose Fastboot and plug it in via USB and then try to install the RUU .exe file.. Which did not work either..
I have no idea what to do..
I can however access androids own "boot menu" sort of, cause when I come into the boot menu I chose reovery, then after about 20-30 sec the black background comes up with the phone on it and a red triangle with a an exclamation mark and if I press volume up and power button it brings up a menu which I can chose "install update.zip from SD card" Only problem is, it doesn't seem to work no matter which ARHD.zip file i chose...
I am clueless on what to do. Any other suggestions?
Also the PC can't seem to find the phone when I plug it into the USB because as I said when I ran that RUU .exe file while it was plugged in, it told me it couldn't find the phone so..
help..
http://www.androidrevolution.nl/downloader/download.php?file=PD98IMG.zip
Use that PD98IMG.zip !
What you should end up with is a stock Froyo DHD which you can that root, custom recovery and so on !
Download the PD98IMG.zip from Aron Fridrik's post above, place it on the root of your sd card. Boot into the bootloader by pressing vol down and the power button when the phone is off, and the ROM will start installing automatically (I think).
Then follow this guide to root and install a later ROM.
Advanced Ace Hack Kit
Ok thanks a lot!
Will try this and get back to you.
But what's the difference on Froyo, ACE etc etc? I've never really understood that.
Thanks again! Will get back to you !
Froyo is Android 2.2, ace is the codename of Desire Hd and Wwe mean world wide edition
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using xda premium
WOW! It's working now!
Thank you all so much for the help you've given me!
I did what you said, copied PD98IMG.zip to the SD card,
booted into bootloader, it started updating the zip file and when it was
done the phone was back to stock. I then used the Advanced Ace Hack Kit
and rooted the phone, once that was done I downloaded ARHD 7.0.3 and booted into clockworkmod and applied the update.zip which I renamed earlier on the SD card.
And now I am running ARHD 7.0.3 and it's working great! I'm going to save that PD98IMG.zip file for the future in case something goes wrong again!
Now there's just one small problem, When I started Youtube on the phone I got the "force close" message, so my first thought was to uninstall it and install it again and that worked. Now I get the same message (force close message = "The application Sound set (process com.htc.sdm) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.) when I press Personalize > Sound > Notification Sound. It doesn't do that if I chose Ringtone or Alarm or any other. Only the Notification sound..
Any ideas what this might be?
I had the same problem when I used ARHD 7.0.2 and I though it was something with the ARHD ROM and that it might had been fixed in 7.0.3 but no.
So any ideas, or should I just check the post about ARHD 7.0.3 and see the FAQ there?
Anyway, thank you all again for the help!
I really appreciate it!
deXXa- said:
WOW! It's working now!
Thank you all so much for the help you've given me!
I did what you said, copied PD98IMG.zip to the SD card,
booted into bootloader, it started updating the zip file and when it was
done the phone was back to stock. I then used the Advanced Ace Hack Kit
and rooted the phone, once that was done I downloaded ARHD 7.0.3 and booted into clockworkmod and applied the update.zip which I renamed earlier on the SD card.
And now I am running ARHD 7.0.3 and it's working great! I'm going to save that PD98IMG.zip file for the future in case something goes wrong again!
Now there's just one small problem, When I started Youtube on the phone I got the "force close" message, so my first thought was to uninstall it and install it again and that worked. Now I get the same message (force close message = "The application Sound set (process com.htc.sdm) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.) when I press Personalize > Sound > Notification Sound. It doesn't do that if I chose Ringtone or Alarm or any other. Only the Notification sound..
Any ideas what this might be?
I had the same problem when I used ARHD 7.0.2 and I though it was something with the ARHD ROM and that it might had been fixed in 7.0.3 but no.
So any ideas, or should I just check the post about ARHD 7.0.3 and see the FAQ there?
Anyway, thank you all again for the help!
I really appreciate it!
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Did you full wipe and factory data reset prior to flashing new rom?
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Actually no I didn't. After the "root process" I just installed the update.zip through clockworkmod. Should I have done a full wipe and factory data reset before this?
deXXa- said:
Actually no I didn't. After the "root process" I just installed the update.zip through clockworkmod. Should I have done a full wipe and factory data reset before this?
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you don't need to rename the from zip to update.zip to install a rom through recovery.
You should do a full wipe and reinstall ARHD, if the problem still persists try posting in the ARHD thread.
Don't forget to move the PD98IMG.zip from the root of your SD card or it will install every time you enter the bootloader.
Allright mate, Thanks a lot!
EDIT: I did what you said Lewelynn and now it works! Thanks a lot! Now it even looks different! =)
It's the small weather clock instead of the big one and a different look on the buttons etc etc.
How come it looks different now than before when I applied the ARHD 7.0.3? Is it because I did a data wipe/factory reset through 4ext?
Also when you do a data wipe/factory reset through 4ext, during that process it asks you if you want to install something about kernel or something else?
Can't really remember what it said.. But what did that mean? I chose No on the first question, and then Yes on the other question which said (recommended) so ofc I chose that.
Is this the reason it looks different now or ?
Thanks again!
You cannot imagine how greatful I am for your help!
Thank you everyone!
deXXa- said:
Allright mate, Thanks a lot!
EDIT: I did what you said Lewelynn and now it works! Thanks a lot! Now it even looks different! =)
It's the small weather clock instead of the big one and a different look on the buttons etc etc.
How come it looks different now than before when I applied the ARHD 7.0.3? Is it because I did a data wipe/factory reset through 4ext?
Also when you do a data wipe/factory reset through 4ext, during that process it asks you if you want to install something about kernel or something else?
Can't really remember what it said.. But what did that mean? I chose No on the first question, and then Yes on the other question which said (recommended) so ofc I chose that.
Is this the reason it looks different now or ?
Thanks again!
You cannot imagine how greatful I am for your help!
Thank you everyone!
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I'm not sure why it looks different, maybe stuff was corrupted before since you didn't wipe, or maybe you unknowingly updated from sense 3.0 to sense 3.5 when you updated ARHD.
I don't use the 4ext wipe feature so don't know what those options are. If you are concerned, an alternate way of wiping is to use the superwipe.zip which you will find on the first post in the ARHD thread. Just install the zip before you install a new rom if you want to wipe.
No problem man we all started somewhere.
Alright mate,
Well then that's it, now everything is fixed. Moderator can remove the post or whatever Or he could let it be if someone else has the same problem.
Again! Thanks for everyone's help in this post! =)
Okay, so I may have screwed some things up... And by "may" I mean I did.
So I had rooted my Zenfone 2 and deleted some bloatware, but I guess I deleted something I shouldn't have, because my phone had a few issues with audio notifications and not ringing when I am being called.
Anyway, I was trying to find a way to flash the stock rom back onto it and start over, and this is where my problem started. I couldn't get into fastboot to go into recovery mode by using power+volume up... (I realized later that you have to keep holding the volume up button until you get to the screen... Not sure why I screwed that up...) I tried using ADB, but ADB would just NOT show my phone, no matter what I did. So what did I do? Something dumb. I downloaded the latest firmware from Asus, which was a 1.1gb file, threw it on the root directory of the phone and attempted to update.
Everything was fine and dandy until... It got stuck. It sat at the same spot on the loading bar and never moved. So now I am stuck looking at the green android bot wiggling his antennas with the words "Installing system update..." beneath him... with an stalled progress bar. I can get to Fastboot mode and select Recovery and all that, but no matter what, it reboots and goes straight to the same screen, still trying to install the system update.
So, my question is... How can I fix this?
*EDIT* After posting this, it finally installed... after 47 minutes. So if anyone has this issue, just try waiting it out for an hour... I'm not sure why it took so long.
ghostfreek said:
*EDIT* After posting this, it finally installed... after 47 minutes. So if anyone has this issue, just try waiting it out for an hour... I'm not sure why it took so long.
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Might have been your sd card read speed was slow. The system image is quite large, so copying all the files can be tedious.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD