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Rooting help

Hi I have a epic. Rooting for the first time... I have put the phone into debbuging. I have installed the drivers. I have downloaded one click root from xda. I either get phone is not connected or rage the cage file is missing. and is there any way i can pay for the root to get done. Plz help.
Thanks in Advance.... C- Flo

Delete ur current root files, unzip the files again, shut off ur anti virus and try it again. Be patient. It takes a little while. Tomorrow afternoon I will be making a how to video on how to properly root the epic and install a custom rom.
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Also if it says phone is not connected make sure the drivers are installed correctly on the pc
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musclehead84 said:
Also if it says phone is not connected make sure the drivers are installed correctly on the pc
Sent From My Evo Killer!
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Chances are musclehead84 is right, in my personal exprience, I had to reinstall the driver serveral times in order to make it work...
Ohh and something I noticed with my netbook is that only one of the usb ports actually works with my phone, so maybe it is the same for you.
Try this (and please anyone correct me if I'm wrong):
1)re-install the drivers just to make sure everything is okay
2)plug in your phone to all the different usb ports until you actually manage to get your computer to read your phone and you are able to transfer files from your computer to your phone's sd card with the usb cable
3)once you figure out what ports work with your phone, unplug your phone, extract the file again and enable usb debugging via settings>application>development>usb debugging
4)plug in you phone and run the program and BE PATIENT it does take a while...I have already prima-bricked my phone form being impatient and panicing while flashing my phone with odin (not to scare you)
Hope it helps
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usb issues

So I've tried connecting my phone to several computers and they all end up saying that the device is not recognized. Because of this, I can't even odin my phone to stock or anything else. So I can't exactly call sprint or samsung about it. It was working fine up until just now. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Did you download the Samsung driver ?
Simply AOSP 3.1.1

fiendslyr said:
So I've tried connecting my phone to several computers and they all end up saying that the device is not recognized. Because of this, I can't even odin my phone to stock or anything else. So I can't exactly call sprint or samsung about it. It was working fine up until just now. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Yes, sounds like your data cable is going bad. Grab another one. Palm Pre or Blackberry has heavy duty cables. Heard there was a good one for $2 on Amazon. Get fresh drivers from Samsung's site or from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Hope this helps.

Yea I've gotten the right drivers. Right now, I'm in the process of doing root and flashing roms without a computer... using rom manager. Maybe a new rom will fix it. I'm going to order a new data cable and hope that will work.

fiendslyr said:
Yea I've gotten the right drivers. Right now, I'm in the process of doing root and flashing roms without a computer... using rom manager. Maybe a new rom will fix it. I'm going to order a new data cable and hope that will work.
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I've tried 4 different cables on multiple computers. Mine says USB not recognized as well. How do you root and flash roms with rom manager???

Hey man, same thing was happening to me, I ended up bricking my epic with the stock cord, but I grabbed my brothers evo cord, and worked first try, dump the stock cable definitely.
Sent from my gingerbreaded epic.

BWFBezerk said:
I've tried 4 different cables on multiple computers. Mine says USB not recognized as well. How do you root and flash roms with rom manager???
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I used this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062395
Also, instead of using cwm 2.x, you can go the development forum and get the new cwm and flash that instead, just make the necessary adjustments (i.e. when flashing using ROM manager, tap 3.x instead of 2.x etc. etc.)
I am now running gingerbread on here. And I am going to try a new cable that I ordered later this week.

[Q] gingerbreak root problem

I've been trying to root my epic 2.2 with gingerbreak and it doesn't work. I've done It before and now it says "Not sure what happened.exploit failed or reboot failed. Reboot manually and see if you have Superuser" I did everything right
Does anyone know how to fix this?

mummer96 said:
I've been trying to root my epic 2.2 with gingerbreak and it doesn't work. I've done It before and now it says "Not sure what happened.exploit failed or reboot failed. Reboot manually and see if you have Superuser" I did everything right
Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Use the 1 click
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marcusant said:
Use the 1 click
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Which one?

The one for cwm 3.0.2.5
if you cant live large, look big in the coffin!!!

Also, supposedly, gingerbreak only works on phones that have odined to ec05. That's the consensus at least.
Sent from my perfect epic

musclehead84 said:
The one for cwm 3.0.2.5
if you cant live large, look big in the coffin!!!
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I keep getting "phone not connected" any suggestions
I have tried all available options for troubleshooting and can not figure it out. The drivers are good, different cords, different Root techniques, I mean everything ... but my phone won't connect even after re-installing the samsung drivers.
Windows Vista
64 bit
phone EC05
firmware 2.2.1
stock everything

hooover said:
I keep getting "phone not connected" any suggestions
I have tried all available options for troubleshooting and can not figure it out. The drivers are good, different cords, different Root techniques, I mean everything ... but my phone won't connect even after re-installing the samsung drivers.
Windows Vista
64 bit
phone EC05
firmware 2.2.1
stock everything
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Did you try a different usb port or a different pc, if available?
Sent from my perfect epic

zanderman112 said:
Did you try a different usb port or a different pc, if available?
Sent from my perfect epic
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I have tried all ports on my PC, no I haven't tried to use another PC though.
I just Rooted my friends brand new epic 10 days ago. I just can't figure out how to make my device connect as itself instead of "unknown"

Try the Bonsai MasterKey Unlocker, you will like it better than the stock CWM 3.0.2.5
Sent from Bonsai 7.1.1.1

I am also going thru the same senerial a you... if you find a "fix" for this will you please reply....like wise from me. I have even tried putting th e epic in "DL" mode. But odin does not acknowlege my phone. Hit me up . Thnx.
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Get a better usb cable radioshack has gold tip usb cables they always work. Or go too verizon and buy the usb cable for the droid pro

Top Nurse said:
Try the Bonsai MasterKey Unlocker, you will like it better than the stock CWM 3.0.2.5
Sent from Bonsai 7.1.1.1
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I second this

pacoz said:
I am also going thru the same senerial a you... if you find a "fix" for this will you please reply....like wise from me. I have even tried putting th e epic in "DL" mode. But odin does not acknowlege my phone. Hit me up . Thnx.
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Before Odin can detect it you must first make sure your computer can detect your phone. That way you'll know if the drivers work fine. If it does then get a new USB cable to connect it while using odin. I got a rocketfish usb cable and it works better than the samsung one...or any usb cable such as a blackberry's works fine.

hooover said:
I have tried all ports on my PC, no I haven't tried to use another PC though.
I just Rooted my friends brand new epic 10 days ago. I just can't figure out how to make my device connect as itself instead of "unknown"
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When trying to root make sure you aren't using a stock samsung usb cable. Some have been successful using them while rooting but for most it sucks. Are you enabling usb debugging?

I am having the same problem. Gingerbreak failed to run with the same error, and no amount of different cable or port (tried three of each) will avoid the phone not connected message when attempting one click root. I'd love to hear ideas to resolve either of these or other rooting options.
Update - tried the Bonsai unlocker mentioned in this thread, and tried the one click method on a second machine to which I had never connected my device. In all cases, got a phone connection failure. And yes, I have enabled USB debugging, and when I disable it, I am able to mount the phone just fine and see the external memory card, so there's nothing wrong with the USB port or cable. I have a relatively new replacement phone that came preloaded with Froyo. Maybe something has been done to newer devices to disable this ability? Can't imagine what else could be wrong.
thanks,
-- robert

rmingee said:
I am having the same problem. Gingerbreak failed to run with the same error, and no amount of different cable or port (tried three of each) will avoid the phone not connected message when attempting one click root. I'd love to hear ideas to resolve either of these or other rooting options.
Update - tried the Bonsai unlocker mentioned in this thread, and tried the one click method on a second machine to which I had never connected my device. In all cases, got a phone connection failure. And yes, I have enabled USB debugging, and when I disable it, I am able to mount the phone just fine and see the external memory card, so there's nothing wrong with the USB port or cable. I have a relatively new replacement phone that came preloaded with Froyo. Maybe something has been done to newer devices to disable this ability? Can't imagine what else could be wrong.
thanks,
-- robert
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My bad - apparently I didn't have the right drivers installed. I assumed since I could connect in USB mode without debugging I had the right drivers, but apparently not. Sorry to bother. In case anyone else runs into this, I apparently can't post a URL to help you, so go look for a post on the Epic "All Things Root" forum on Android Forums,
It appears I am successfully rooted after having to reboot the phone once after a failure the first time I ran. Woohoo! Now I can do a true full backup.
-- robert

The only way I could get mine to work (I would get the same errors using gingerbreak) I restored the phone to factory settings using the samsung recovery mode. Press power volume down and camera button. Your volume buttons are used to highlight the text and the home key is used to select. Wipe cache 3 times, and wipe the dalvick (spelled wrong) 3 times, then reset phone back to factory settings through here. Remember you will lose everything so back up your apps using AppBrain. I ran GingerBreak again and it worked perfectly. I would also get the same errors when trying to odin. Its been that way everysince I updated to 2.2. By the way I am EC05, did that before I updated because I was running midNight Rom.
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Need stock rom

Haven't been able to find the stock rom. Been about 6 months since I used this phone. I followed the wiki but mediaupload has been taking down to stop pirates...
And if possible a short instruction on how to install via odin. Either in phone or pda would be my only question.

Okay so download this stock tar. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501424.
1. If you have the victory PIT already then don't download the odin and pit download if you do its there.
2. Open oding put the pit in the pit section and check the pda box and put the stock tar there. Make sure only auto reboot is checked and hit start.
If you run into any trouble come back an ask . Make sure you have a good cable and not the stock one good luck.
Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0

Big Goron said:
Okay so download this stock tar. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501424.
1. If you have the victory PIT already then don't download the odin and pit download if you do its there.
2. Open oding put the pit in the pit section and check the pda box and put the stock tar there. Make sure only auto reboot is checked and hit start.
If you run into any trouble come back an ask . Make sure you have a good cable and not the stock one good luck.
Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0
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Is that why odin doesn't see my device. *Changing cable*

make sure you download the samsung drivers if you haven't already.
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b16flybye said:
make sure you download the samsung drivers if you haven't already.
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I have the drivers from Samsung's site. I've tried 5 different cables. I don't have any problems putting the device into download mode. But getting odin to see it is next to impossible.

you might try heimdall. it comes with USB drivers that you can force to work essentially. All you'll have to do is pull all the files out of the tar and put them in each section in heimdall. works great otherwise.

Silent25r said:
I have the drivers from Samsung's site. I've tried 5 different cables. I don't have any problems putting the device into download mode. But getting odin to see it is next to impossible.
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Hmm seems like you may have a bad usb port..why do need to go back to the stock ROM anyways?
What exactly happens? Unknown device or does the computer fail to recognise a usb is plugged in? If its unknown that's a driver issue if it fails to see a usb then your usb port on the phone may be bad.
Also is your windows box 64 or 32bit? 64 tend to have more issues if you don't have the proper drivers..let me link you the ones I use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
Here download which ever one you have, unzip and install them.
Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0

Big Goron said:
Hmm seems like you may have a bad usb port..why do need to go back to the stock ROM anyways?
What exactly happens? Unknown device or does the computer fail to recognise a usb is plugged in? If its unknown that's a driver issue if it fails to see a usb then your usb port on the phone may be bad.
Also is your windows box 64 or 32bit? 64 tend to have more issues if you don't have the proper drivers..let me link you the ones I use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
Here download which ever one you have, unzip and install them.
Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0
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I have 64. I was selling the device to someone who didn't know what they were doing. Wanted to put things back to stock for them as I will not be able to help them with it.
Never had a problem with Odin with my epic 4g touch. But I remember going through this a long time ago with my epic 4g and samsung moment.

Silent25r said:
I have 64. I was selling the device to someone who didn't know what they were doing. Wanted to put things back to stock for them as I will not be able to help them with it.
Never had a problem with Odin with my epic 4g touch. But I remember going through this a long time ago with my epic 4g and samsung moment.
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Oh alright.. I understand didn't answer me is it failing to acknowledge a usb is plugged in or unkown device?
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Big Goron said:
Oh alright.. I understand didn't answer me is it failing to acknowledge a usb is plugged in or unkown device?
Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0
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Unknown device. Installed the drivers you posted. Rebooted my pc to see if that would fix and still unknown device. Connected my Epic 4g touch using same cable and same port and that was recognized with no problems.

Drivers?
perhaps uninstall ET4G drivers first, perhaps it is causing some issue.
so now uninstall all epic (OG and touch) drivers, reboot, install epic 4g 64bit drivers.
open odin, put phone in dl/mode, connect to pc ... is happy?

jdelano said:
perhaps uninstall ET4G drivers first, perhaps it is causing some issue.
so now uninstall all epic (OG and touch) drivers, reboot, install epic 4g 64bit drivers.
open odin, put phone in dl/mode, connect to pc ... is happy?
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Now it's happy. You'd think Samsung could make drivers that didn't run into each other.

Silent25r said:
Now it's happy. You'd think Samsung could make drivers that didn't run into each other.
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Excellent! glad that worked.

A few questions on flashing to Boost

I have an epic sitting at home that is useless as of right now because I no longer have a plan through sprint for it. I have a samsung replenish that I am using right now with Boost, and I am considering making it a donor phone and flashing the Epic over to Boost. Having this little thing really makes me realize just how awsome those Super AMOLED displays are. Anyway, I have a few questions before getting neck deep in this little endevour. First off, I don't want to be stuck on Eclair, but as I understand a Factory reset is necessary to get the 3G working, I read that people were abale to flash to Froyo using a few tricks, I was just wondering if the same works for Gingerbread. If anyone is running a Boost Epic on GB I would like to know how it is working out. Also, once the phone is flashed to said version of Android, can I just flash any rom on top of it through CMW without having to make tweaks?
And finally, I can not get either the Replenish or the Epic to read on CDMA Workshop, I have tried debug, non-debug, and diag modes and any combination, I have tried reading the phones in recovery mode, I have rebooted, restarted, unplugged, switched cables and ports....nothing...the phones both show up as modems and have their ports listed in device manager, but they absolutely refuse to show up, if anyone has any tricks that they could share regarding this issue it would be much oblidged
I know it's a lot but I figured I would try and cover all of my questions in one thread rather than making a bunch of seperate ones. BTW I have been researching for 2 days now, if there is something obvious that I missed, I apologize in advance, but I have tried other methods of resolution before creating this thread...Thanks in advance for any advice that you guys can offer...

We have a guide on here did you consult that? And I know that there is an alternative carrier fix for cm9 so you "could" get that puppy on android 4.0 =]. As for the computer not detecting... did you install the mobile drivers for the phones? I think you might need to if you haven't. I know when odining you need those I suppose the same for cdma workshop. Hope this helps at all =]. if you need the guide ill link it here.
Flashing Epic 4g to Boost Mobile Guide.
In this guide he is using the incognito but as long as you have a cdma phone to use as a donor phone you should be fine. If you havnet installed the drivers for either phones then this is most likely your issue. Also according to the guide you CAN flash other ROMs. The only thing that needs to be tweaked is the sms settings.

Yeah, I have looked at the guide, I was hoping to clarify on the few items that I wasn't clear on. I have installed the drivers for both phones and Odin does infact recognize each one, I use it to verify the Com ports that the phones are on...i'm baffled :/

After hours more of trying...and researching..I still can not get past the initial step of getting cdma to read my phones...either of them. Is there a section on this forum for requesting services? I dont care if I have to pay to get it done, I want my epic on boost...

bugzy3188 said:
After hours more of trying...and researching..I still can not get past the initial step of getting cdma to read my phones...either of them. Is there a section on this forum for requesting services? I dont care if I have to pay to get it done, I want my epic on boost...
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I doubt it... but who knows. I dont see why they wont detect. They should if you have the drivers installed... maybe try just having one of the phones drivers installed at once... which ever phone you have to start off with have that phones drivers installed only. so unistall both then install just one that you need then unistall that one when the other one needs to be used... and you might want to reboot in between driver installations. drivers can be very picky. Or you could try another computer...

I'll give it a shot, its something new at least...I will post my results when I am done..

bugzy3188 said:
I'll give it a shot, its something new at least...I will post my results when I am done..
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I know some having success doing this because they had their epic touch and epic 4g drivers installed once they unistalled both and just installed the epic 4g the computer would recognize it.

tried uninstalling all samsung mobile drivers and installing the drivers for each phone by themselves, still nothing...I am downloading a new set of drivers now, they are generic Samsung mobile drivers.I'm not expecting much but its all I got at this point...

bugzy3188 said:
tried uninstalling all samsung mobile drivers and installing the drivers for each phone by themselves, still nothing...I am downloading a new set of drivers now, they are generic Samsung mobile drivers.I'm not expecting much but its all I got at this point...
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HMM i know which samsung drivers work great for the epic but i think you need device specific drivers for the replenish.
32 and 64 bit Drivers I know the drivers here work great and i have used them with every epic i've rooted... I just learned that the drivers im linking you to work for the replenish .

awesome, I am trying them as we speak...

ah crap, those were the same drivers that I downloaded for the Replenish, still a no go...the fact that neither phone works would tell me its on the PC end, and drivers would be the number one suspect, but alas...they just aren't making a difference in my results..

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ah crap, those were the same drivers that I downloaded for the Replenish, still a no go...the fact that neither phone works would tell me its on the PC end, and drivers would be the number one suspect, but alas...they just aren't making a difference in my results..
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Yeah you might need to try another computer. The usb ports could be bad/out on that one depending on how old it is. Or it could be the usb cable as well you'd be amazed at how much trouble is cause by those. Have you tried a brand new blackberry cable? those are the best cables at getting things recognized. What i dont get is that odin will COM the phone.... and this is in download mode right?

no, it coms both phones in debug mode, I have a few blackberry cables lying around that I have picked up on Amazon that I bought for Odin. Thats what kind of has me scratching my head too. It is an older laptop though, Id say about 4 years old, running windows 7 x64...I have checked QPCT as well just to see if it recognizes the phones and it doesnt either, so I guess it's some issue with my com port's compatibility with the mobile phone software....I will see if I can get away with doing this at work tomorrow, it may be tricky but my boss is old and senile lol

Well I tried it at work with no luck yet, which just leaves human error in to play...not sure what though, I've covered all of the options that I have come across. The replenish I could understand, but the Epic is documented to work just fine with CMDA WS...I just don't get it...

A couple things to try...
1. Connect the phone in normal mode (so it asks mass storage, etc) and let the drivers install.
2. Unplug, turn on USB debugging (Settings -> applictaions -> Development), plug the phone in and let it install ADB driver
3. With phone plugged in switch to dialer and hit ##8778#, then switch USB from PDA to Modem. Your PC should install another driver (Diag port).
Make sure you leave the Epic on this screen while accessing it via CDMAWS or any other program that uses the diag port.
I had major issues with the Epic, but that sequence finally got everything working. I still need to plug the phone in before enabling the diag port, otherwise stupid things happen.
This was all with an XP computer (three actually, before I figured out all the correct steps).

Thanks, I'll try that when I get home, I actually haven't tried putting it in diag mode while plugged in yet, I have always put it in diag and connected it...heres hoping..

ok, I finally got the replenish to connect, I found a way to root it and that worked like a charm....the epic however is still a no go...rooted running CWM 5, in diag mode, switched to modem, recognized as a modem....but still..failed...phone does not answer...any other suggestions guys?

Needs download mode not diag mode whatever that is... hold the 1 on the keyboard and the power button (yellow triangle) make sure is not in modem mode and you must flash the kernel from mkasick for ei22 search in xda "epic 4g gb kernel source" should me the first thread (ei22) kernel source with keyfix. Scroll to the bottom and find the gb3a.tar this is what you odin before cwm5 and it should stick. Then you can flash an su.zip and your done.
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ÜBER™ said:
Needs download mode not diag mode whatever that is... hold the 1 on the keyboard and the power button (yellow triangle) make sure is not in modem mode and you must flash the kernel from mkasick for ei22 search in xda "epic 4g gb kernel source" should me the first thread (ei22) kernel source with keyfix. Scroll to the bottom and find the gb3a.tar this is what you odin before cwm5 and it should stick. Then you can flash an su.zip and your done.
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I was on EL30, which from my understanding worked as well. I flashed the gb3a and I am rooted with CWM and I installed SU, I just still can't get cdmaws to see the phone...I tried fix permissions, in CWM, not even sure what that does, but I tried it...i'm desperate lol. I have tried tether mode, switching ports, attempting while in recovery, and I get nadda....EL30 was what I had factory reset to, are you saying that I should flash back to ei22 for cdma or were you saying to do that to get it rooted?

No my appologies I, just read you rooted correctly. I'm not sure why it refuses to recognize the epic. Other than a better cable, or different usb port. I dunno. That or there is gunk in the epics usb port or in the computers. Should be in modem mode I'm assuming if your messing with the phoney. Stuff ='[ sorry.
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