Transparent Widgets - Galaxy S II Themes and Apps

Do you have your background set as a completely black wallpaper to save power?
If so, then you're probably irritated by the blazing white Facebook/Search/etc widgets wasting your battery and making your eyes burn.
There's a whole bunch of (actively updated) transparent widgets over at...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990014
which helps them blend in with your background.
Check it out

nice! i have been looking for a transparent news widget.

Thank's

No problem
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WP Clock Live wallpaper

Hopefully this is in the right place to post, but I had to share this for those that never heard of this live wallpaper.
Its easy on the battery since there's not alot moving, and overall just a nice informative wallpaper to have.
There's a free and paid version 65cents? Paid version doesn't really offer to much more than the free one, besides choosing a background and different color fonts and making the font move. But at 65cents not a bad deal I suppose.
Its called WP Clock on the market.
i just love WP Clock..
May I ask if anyone knows what is the widget that looks like the wallpaper with the clock and the tine n stuff but its a widget instead of a wallpaper.
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cubanito151 said:
May I ask if anyone knows what is the widget that looks like the wallpaper with the clock and the tine n stuff but its a widget instead of a wallpaper.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814054
Is this what you're looking for?
Been using this for a full month by now. It's by far the most useful/pretties widget replacing wallpaper I've yet to use.
And for its price, it's a steal.
this thing rocks... LOVE IT!!!
just bought wp clock and i must say it looks fantastic. one thing abt it though, i don't like how its a wallpaper so every homescreen's filled with the thing. really need the space on other homescreens for other stuff. if only they could make this into a widget. typoclock looks similar but i love the data connection and battery info. i tried using multi live wallpaper to have multiple wallpapers simultaneously but it doesnt support using a live wallpaper and a normal one from the gallery. so i guess im stuck, or has anyone found a solution for this yet?
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just bought wp clock and i must say it looks fantastic. one thing abt it though, i don't like how its a wallpaper so every homescreen's filled with the thing. really need the space on other homescreens for other stuff. if only they could make this into a widget. typoclock looks similar but i love the data connection and battery info. i tried using multi live wallpaper to have multiple wallpapers simultaneously but it doesnt support using a live wallpaper and a normal one from the gallery. so i guess im stuck, or has anyone found a solution for this yet?
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the developer is really good at taking and implementing suggestions... I asked for drop shadow, but he wasn't able to figure that out, so he did the outline so I set my text to white (40% opaque) and outline to black (4pt 80% opaque) and it's almost as good as drop shadow... definitely gives enough contrast to where you can read it no matter what your background is... tell you what, I would actually like the same thing, so I will request it as well, and maybe we'll get it twice as fast =)
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the developer is really good at taking and implementing suggestions... I asked for drop shadow, but he wasn't able to figure that out, so he did the outline so I set my text to white (40% opaque) and outline to black (4pt 80% opaque) and it's almost as good as drop shadow... definitely gives enough contrast to where you can read it no matter what your background is... tell you what, I would actually like the same thing, so I will request it as well, and maybe we'll get it twice as fast =)
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deal. noob question though, where can i make my request? market?

[REQ] Tron / Glow theme

Cant hide Im a big fan of the Tron movies
Im hoping someone might be able to make a glow or Tron type theme-
Here are some pictures of what I was thinking of-
http://mobilearea.mobi/wp-content/u...CY-PADW-THEME-TRON-LEGACY-PRO-for-Android.jpg
http://compixels.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Tron-iPhone-4-Theme.png
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=469618&d=1292909702
Mainly a blacked out theme with icons and such in a lighter color with a glowing outline around them or something like that.
Anyone else have any interest in this?
There are a couple good tron themes for adw launcher that would give you icon pack and wallpapers.
And a beautiful widget clock skin, as well.
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SwimDrewid said:
There are a couple good tron themes for adw launcher that would give you icon pack and wallpapers.
And a beautiful widget clock skin, as well.
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Ive got the launcher and everything set up nice, its just the other things like the status bar at the top, dialer, lock screen etc Id like to match.
I definately think it would look cool, but I also think it would be hard on the battery.
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I definately think it would look cool, but I also think it would be hard on the battery.
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I dont think it would be any worse than other themes since it would be blacked out for the most part so the screen can shut off those pixels.
If someone could do a theme like the first pic that would be siick.

[Q] Notification Bar color change.

I'm looking for an easy way to change the background color of the notification. I do NOT want to change any icons, notifications, fonts, pulldown menu or anything else. I downloaded a theme that I like other than the notification bar color which makes it difficult to read some icons. Also a focus on the easy way is perfered and I'm not into modification that requires me to edit .zip files.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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what theme r u runnin i can make that real quick for ya... bc you not gonna be able to do this unless you mess with the zip its only one file that needs changed
[THEME][MOD][EC05][6 lock screen][animated pulldown][08/21/2011]Dog Gone Blues V1.1.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1230417
That's what theme I've got now and I like it other than the Notification Bar color and pattern, should be black or transparent.
While you are in there changing the color of the Notification Bar wanna change another thing while in there? The status bar is green, like when changing volume, loading web sites, downloading progress, ect..., and previously I had a theme that had those blue.
[ACS][Theme][EC05] Honeycomb Fusion Explosion *Version 1.1 is alive!*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194311
In the 2nd post the first .zip file is the one that that has blue status bars. Its titled Honeycomb Fusion Explosion Fly in add on.zip. Just so you have an example of what I am talkin about.
Thanks again.
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[THEME][MOD][EC05][6 lock screen][animated pulldown][08/21/2011]Dog Gone Blues V1.1.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1230417
That's what theme I've got now and I like it other than the Notification Bar color and pattern, should be black or transparent.
While you are in there changing the color of the Notification Bar wanna change another thing while in there? The status bar is green, like when changing volume, loading web sites, downloading progress, ect..., and previously I had a theme that had those blue.
[ACS][Theme][EC05] Honeycomb Fusion Explosion *Version 1.1 is alive!*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194311
In the 2nd post the first .zip file is the one that that has blue status bars. Its titled Honeycomb Fusion Explosion Fly in add on.zip. Just so you have an example of what I am talkin about.
Thanks again.
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thanx for givin me the opportunity to help the community...
so you want dog gone blues to have a trans or black taskbar & to fix the progress bars to be blue again??? if thats all ill have that done in a couple hrs or less... i could do it faster but im in the middle of makin a requested theme
Yep, that's what I'm lookin for.
Thanks for doing that for me. I haven't gotten that far into MODing my Epic where I make changes or even start from scratch on making themes or other modifications. I got the Samsung Epic days after my son was born so to sit down on a PC and work on this kinda stuff is difficult. I will get into it more probably once the Epic Touch comes out as my son will be old enough to entertain himself while I do this kinda stuff myself.
Thanks again.
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Clicked a "thanks" for you Greenmuggy...for taking the time to do some special requests. Is it possible to make the Honeycomb pulldown ani white instead of blue?
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JohnCorleone said:
Clicked a "thanks" for you Greenmuggy...for taking the time to do some special requests. Is it possible to make the Honeycomb pulldown ani white instead of blue?
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umm duhhhh of course...
RLMJr77 uploading for you now i gave you the trans noti bar & fixed the progress bar to blue...hopefully lol give it a try it should be just what u want
here you go man tell me what you think this has the trans taskbar from my theme it more or less is transparent... it matches the main bg color for apps(fully trans on trans apps) & is fully trans on certain homescreens, but not launcher pro or adw those will be black unless you use a live wallpaper then you can get fully trans taskbar
https://rapidshare.com/files/1902384294/Fixed_Dog_Gone_blues_v1.1.4.zip
JohnCorleone said:
Clicked a "thanks" for you Greenmuggy...for taking the time to do some special requests. Is it possible to make the Honeycomb pulldown ani white instead of blue?
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do you want this theme with a white pd ani, or the pd ani from this theme as an add on to another theme
greenmuggy said:
do you want this theme with a white pd ani, or the pd ani from this theme as an add on to another theme
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Just an add on Greenmuggy..
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Just an add on Greenmuggy..
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ok cool but for what theme... lol pd ani's hafta be themed to whatever theme it will be used for bc the add on itself is only available in stock froyo or gb
unless the theme your using has it baked in then all i gotta do is pull the images from the 1 theme change em white & put em on the other theme, instead of completely re-theming the pd ani add on to what theme your on & all the above
both dont take that long changing the animation's images takes the longest i just need to kno where to start
The same one you made me the last one from but with the honeycomb animation in white. I can post a link for whatever you need ie the blue pulldown ani or the one you made me for th White Shadow theme
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The same one you made me the last one from but with the honeycomb animation in white. I can post a link for whatever you need ie the blue pulldown ani or the one you made me for th White Shadow theme
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Easily done I have everything already on my pc I get off work in less than an hour & it'll be done by the end of the nite...
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EDIT: i have no clue yet... how to edit xml & ill hafta do this for this one its animation setup is a lil diff it has 77 frames compared to the one i use that has 40 frames, & i would hafta change the frame number # frame rate... but i dunno how...
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RLMJr77 uploading for you now i gave you the trans noti bar & fixed the progress bar to blue...hopefully lol give it a try it should be just what u want
here you go man tell me what you think this has the trans taskbar from my theme it more or less is transparent... it matches the main bg color for apps(fully trans on trans apps) & is fully trans on certain homescreens, but not launcher pro or adw those will be black unless you use a live wallpaper then you can get fully trans taskbar
https://rapidshare.com/files/1902384294/Fixed_Dog_Gone_blues_v1.1.4.zip
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Thanks, looks exactly like what I was asking for. Its greatly appreciated that you could do those changes, esp in such a short turn around time.
But... (of course there is always a but) some other things.
Can you get rid of that blue checkerboard pattern that you got rid of in the Notification Bar through out the entire Theme? Messing around with it I noticed that it has that pattern in the apps if you bring up the menu. Really just anywhere that checkerboard blue/black pattern is can just go away as it is annoying and ugly.
Another thing, when in the menu of the Browser and Calendar, if More is selected the background color is dark navy blue and the short cut font color is a real dark grey meaning you can not read it since they are so close in color. So far I have only noticed it in the Browser and Calendar app but guessin that its also elsewhere that I have not came across yet. Can you fix that? Just make it blue instead of navy blue or black or whatever you think would look good.
Last few things, just take out that Shutdown animation as I use the Helix Boot and Shutdown animations. Also remove the font that comes with it so it does not install a new one. Last remove the Calculator app as it has that ugly checkerboard blue/black pattern in it also. All these last things to remove are easy fixes for me to just install over them so not as big of deal but while in there modifying the .zip I thought I would ask.
Thats all I've got. I know its a lot but if ya get to it great, if not I understand, no hurry if you do.
Thanks again for doing what I asked for the first time, and so quickly, but we are all the same, we want our phones just the right way. Then after we get it there we either get sick of it or we jack something up and decided to start from scratch again. Its never ending...
Greenmuggy,
Another thing on a seperate subject. A while ago I made a post asking about this but no one was able to help me. I'm wondering about the Stock Calendar App, really its the Fascinate Stock Calendar App as I like the way it shows upcoming events without entering each date like the Epic Stock Calendar App, if there is a way to add "Saturday" to the First Day of Week setting. It has Sunday and Monday as current options but my actual work week starts on Saturday which is not an option. Just wondering if you had seen way to add this to the Fascinate Stock Calendar App. Its just another one of those minor annoyances that are out there.
RLMJr77 said:
Thanks, looks exactly like what I was asking for. Its greatly appreciated that you could do those changes, esp in such a short turn around time.
But... (of course there is always a but) some other things.
Can you get rid of that blue checkerboard pattern that you got rid of in the Notification Bar through out the entire Theme? Messing around with it I noticed that it has that pattern in the apps if you bring up the menu. Really just anywhere that checkerboard blue/black pattern is can just go away as it is annoying and ugly.
Another thing, when in the menu of the Browser and Calendar, if More is selected the background color is dark navy blue and the short cut font color is a real dark grey meaning you can not read it since they are so close in color. So far I have only noticed it in the Browser and Calendar app but guessin that its also elsewhere that I have not came across yet. Can you fix that? Just make it blue instead of navy blue or black or whatever you think would look good.
Last few things, just take out that Shutdown animation as I use the Helix Boot and Shutdown animations. Also remove the font that comes with it so it does not install a new one. Last remove the Calculator app as it has that ugly checkerboard blue/black pattern in it also. All these last things to remove are easy fixes for me to just install over them so not as big of deal but while in there modifying the .zip I thought I would ask.
Thats all I've got. I know its a lot but if ya get to it great, if not I understand, no hurry if you do.
Thanks again for doing what I asked for the first time, and so quickly, but we are all the same, we want our phones just the right way. Then after we get it there we either get sick of it or we jack something up and decided to start from scratch again. Its never ending...
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All super easy... except font color is hard as hell for me im still a bit noobish too but i learn damn quick...boot/shutdown ani easy...browser cal & calc apps if you can find sum for ec05 u like i can transfer em in like 5sec plus i have a few diff versions of these for myself which will fix the app font/bg color/pattern & maby the menu...& i'll check deeper into the menu bg colors for ya also
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All super easy... except font color is hard as hell for me im still a bit noobish too but i learn damn quick...boot/shutdown ani easy...browser cal & calc apps if you can find sum for ec05 u like i can transfer em in like 5sec plus i have a few diff versions of these for myself which will fix the app font/bg color/pattern & maby the menu...& i'll check deeper into the menu bg colors for ya also
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Don't worry about adding in Apps, just take those out so it does not overwrite what I already have installed.
Off to work I go for the day, ugh.
Thanks again.
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RLMJr77 said:
Don't worry about adding in Apps, just take those out so it does not overwrite what I already have installed.
Off to work I go for the day, ugh.
Thanks again.
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damn your picky... lol kiddin. gimmie sum time to figure this out a lil more
just pm me with all the specifics

[REQUEST] ICS Clock widget theming

anybody willing to take this clock widget
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecreamsandwichclock.clock&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5pY2VjcmVhbXNhbmR3aWNoY2xvY2suY2xvY2siXQ..
and change the color of the hands to the stock ics blue?
Also, change the color and transparency of the background to look more like the stock calendar widget or maybe the gradient of the settings background or the gradient found in the stock call log.
I dunno if this is possible, not too knowledgeable in app theming.
Thanks.
supguise said:
anybody willing to take this clock widget
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecreamsandwichclock.clock&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5pY2VjcmVhbXNhbmR3aWNoY2xvY2suY2xvY2siXQ..
and change the color of the hands to the stock ics blue?
Also, change the color and transparency of the background to look more like the stock calendar widget or maybe the gradient of the settings background or the gradient found in the stock call log.
I dunno if this is possible, not too knowledgeable in app theming.
Thanks.
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Anything is possible
artvandelay440 said:
Anything is possible
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Sooo, you think you can hook that up for a fellow Seinfeld fan?
Ya man no problem. I'll do a semi transparent background with a slight blue gradient and ICS hands.
Done I liked it a lot, so i also made one that matches my theme.
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Done I liked it a lot, so i also made one that matches my theme.
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Good stuff man, that looks awesome.
Since this seems like cake to you, u mind cookin up 1 more?
I was thinkin same ics blue hands but with the background looking identical to the space where it says "No upcoming calendar events":
No problem it will be late tonight after the kids are in bed
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artvandelay440 said:
No problem it will be late tonight after the kids are in bed
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Cool, thanks again.
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Cool, thanks again.
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I added that version to the post with the other clocks. I put it at the bottom of the screen to demonstrate transparency.
Hey art, i don't want to impose but you seem like a nice dude so ill take my chances lol. Would you mind touching up a widget for me, just want the border transparent and the white text a light ics blue color
Even better, can you make a quick tutorial of how you do it.
Thanx
shawnn218 said:
Hey art, i don't want to impose but you seem like a nice dude so ill take my chances lol. Would you mind touching up a widget for me, just want the border transparent and the white text a light ics blue color
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Border is no problem. Widget text is usually dependent on an xml code, but if it's easy to find, i'll take a stab at it quickly.
Thanks so much man for the reply! Here's the link. I hate white on the black and blue ics theme. If this XML code is easy to find, I wouldn't kill you of you made the red and white on the popcorn blue and black
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.flixster.android&hl=en
Also your sig is beautiful. Do you have different color themes?
shawnn218 said:
Thanks so much man for the reply! Here's the link. I hate white on the black and blue ics theme. If this XML code is easy to find, I wouldn't kill you of you made the red and white on the popcorn blue and black
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.flixster.android&hl=en
Also your sig is beautiful. Do you have different color themes?
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Been wanting to do a different color scheme, then i realize there are over 10,000 images total to be redone and then i go play Mass Effect lol. On the flixster widget, do you want the blue bg removed entirely, or just the black drop shadow gone? I don't see a proper border per say.
Yes that massive big blue thing
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Yes that massive big blue thing
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I'll remove it and sexify the bg instead. Should be done in 2 min.
Ohai there flixster
Thanks so much man! Looks great!
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I added that version to the post with the other clocks. I put it at the bottom of the screen to demonstrate transparency.
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You sir, are what many refer to as a gentleman and a scholar.
lol thanks guys

[REQ]White Icons

I have been searching the forums for an icon pack that is just plain bright white and compatible with CM9 or AOKP(although I really don't know that compatibility is an issue with icons, maybe someone can correct me there) and am not finding anything.
I'm really not looking for anything too fancy, just basic icons that are a bright white instead of the stock icons, similar to what you see in the Black Infinitum theme menus. I'm not really looking for much, just standard apps (gmail, calendar, messaging, phone, play, contacts, email, camera, maps, navigation, calculator, browser, voice) and maybe a few others of the really popular apps (facebook, dropbox, scorecenter, etc...)
If anyone could point me to icons that would work I would appreciate it, if there are none if a dev could take it on I would also appreciate it very much.
Thanks!
Found these on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913747
and the link below has some, but I can't figure out where to download them from..
http://www.graphicnote.com/index.php/portfolio/web-and-graphic-design/graphic-design
That second link is almost exactly what I'm looking for, but same as you I don't find a download link. Thanks for the links nonetheless!
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You can buy droidicon on the market for $5. It has a number of icon packs available in a number of colors and styles. It was previously called launcher pro icons and docks and meant for lpp, but you can use them on any launcher that you can change icons on. You will have to edit them yourself though, you can't install them as a theme or pack. You download the icons one by one from a list. I use the white icons on it for aokp with nova launcher, pics for the doc and text for the nav bar, they look really good. I would post screenies but I'm running miui.us atm. Hope I could help tho.
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hey, how bout this icon pack. the best thing is that u can customize the colors from white to dark and all along the rainbow
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.u1aryz.products.metrostation&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImpwLnUxYXJ5ei5wcm9kdWN0cy5tZXRyb3N0YXRpb24iXQ..
thanks to u1aryz
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hey, how bout this icon pack. the best thing is that u can customize the colors from white to dark and all along the rainbow
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wLnUxYXJ5ei5wcm9kdWN0cy5tZXRyb3N0YXRpb24iXQ..
thanks to u1aryz
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I used that for awhile... some of the icons are pretty generic, but the custimazation options are limitless, which more than makes up for it...
I really like that! I am going to give it a shot.
[EDIT] So I installed it and REALLY like these icons. They are pretty run of the mill designwise, but I wasn't looking for anything too off the wall anyway. What a great find, thank you!

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