[Q] [JB] Dumb Paranoia Question - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

How do I know that the currently available builds of JB are spyware free? Isn't it possible for someone to have grabbed the image and installed a little backdoor into it or something?
I'm mildly paranoid about getting something that isn't hosted by Google.

Moleculor said:
How do I know that the currently available builds of JB are spyware free? Isn't it possible for someone to have grabbed the image and installed a little backdoor into it or something?
I'm mildly paranoid about getting something that isn't hosted by Google.
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Then wait a few weeks when the images are posted.
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And these guys are recognized developers with OPEN SOURCE roms out there.
Meaning...others can view exactly what goes into their roms.
They aren't out to harm the user.
Your choice.

Any ROM you get could have a backdoor in it. If you download from reputable source and developer, you probably don't have much to worry about.
If you're very tinfoil hat and worried about it, just wait for official images or OTAs from Google.

If you feel that way, why are you even here?
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DirgeExtinction said:
If you feel that way, why are you even here?
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More chance of downloading a rogue app from the play store, and I bet you wouldn't think twice about querying them. Nothing to worry about.
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Convert to yakju

Any way to convert to the yakju from yakjuxw?
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Read other posts on this.. flash google stock images.
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I read all I could find, no mention if out had been done successfully, no real post on it. Thanks for the snippy remark. If anyone here has done this and can comment on flashing the aosp ROM and relocking the bootloader.
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I've just completed this. I too had that piece of garbage from Samsung. I've downloaded google official ITL41F files and flashed them through fastboot, manually by using these commands:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primekj10.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxkk1.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w update image-yakju-itl41f.zip
The result ? The ROM is just about the same as before, nothing really changed. Anyway, I hope this helps.
LE: Oh, I forgot. The recovery is back to stock after this. Good to know.
I did the same thing as lambda30, worked fine.
Thank you so much. That was exactly what I was looking for. Flashed as yakju firmware after unlocking...then relocked all good. Now I'm on the Google wagon. Muuuch better.
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For those who are wondering...
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i did the same as well.. but i used the itl41d image and then did the ota when it reboot... and then i flashed back the radio i had originally and all is good in the world.
blktalon said:
I read all I could find, no mention if out had been done successfully, no real post on it. Thanks for the snippy remark. If anyone here has done this and can comment on flashing the aosp ROM and relocking the bootloader.
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Didn't mean to be snippy sorry, just don't understand the fuss. Someone up there called it a piece of garbage? It's AOSP ics, the only difference is who it came from.
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joshnichols189 said:
Didn't mean to be snippy sorry, just don't understand the fuss. Someone up there called it a piece of garbage? It's AOSP ics, the only difference is who it came from.
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It does make a difference as long as permissions were f**ked up and couldn't install Wallet. Other than that and the fact that there are a couple of dozen ring tones missing, probably no difference at all.
lambda30 said:
It does make a difference as long as permissions were f**ked up and couldn't install Wallet. Other than that and the fact that there are a couple of dozen ring tones missing, probably no difference at all.
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I apologized.. no need for language.. for what it's worth I have a yakju device and couldn't install wallet so there's no difference there.
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joshnichols189 said:
I apologized.. no need for language.. for what it's worth I have a yakju device and couldn't install wallet so there's no difference there.
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Sorry if I offended you in any way, I didn't meant for that. yakju and still no Wallet love ? Hmm. Did you get it like this, or installed from Google ICS official images ?
Oh you're fine we're on the same page now at least! I bought it from an importer in Chicago (where I live), and that's just how it was. No wallet stock, no wallet in the market. I was able to flash the wallet from the Themes and Apps forum, however.
The one thing I can say now that it totally different, is when the phone powers up it actually looks for an update, where before on the samsung variant it never did that in the beginning after it boots up. So that is prolly why the other build model hasn't gotten an update.
This thread will do it for you, quick and painless.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373995
joshnichols189 said:
Oh you're fine we're on the same page now at least! I bought it from an importer in Chicago (where I live), and that's just how it was. No wallet stock, no wallet in the market. I was able to flash the wallet from the Themes and Apps forum, however.
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Aha. Dunno what's the problem (probably other build no. or such), but you could try the official Google ICS images if you want. It should work with those. Just do backup of current installation... I've found it the hard way on my Nexus S.
blktalon said:
The one thing I can say now that it totally different, is when the phone powers up it actually looks for an update, where before on the samsung variant it never did that in the beginning after it boots up. So that is prolly why the other build model hasn't gotten an update.
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Likewise, but I don't think it's dependent on builds... maybe region?
I'm not sure, but it is def different cause I got an email from the Android Team that I never got before.
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blktalon said:
I'm not sure, but it is def different cause I got an email from the Android Team that I never got before.
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Same with me.
i'm on the "mysid" version(the one that is on the Verizon model) and i get the update message when i turn the phone on and i got the welcome to your galaxy nexus email from the android team a couple hours after i activated.
so i don't think that has anything to do with who updates the phone.

[System dump] Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

This thread has the system dump for Android 4.1. Can it ported over to our device?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27963070
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Is from the Galaxy Nexus leak?
piecemakr9 said:
Is from the Galaxy Nexus leak?
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It was dumped from the sdk
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Meh...as has been mentioned, we don't even have fully-working ICS yet...
Pandemic187 said:
Meh...as has been mentioned, we don't even have fully-working ICS yet...
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Yes we do? We have official and many, many roms for it. Also google said they were gonna make it a priority to get more devices Jelly Bean much faster.
Sdk ports are never good. Always run really slow even if all the drivers are in place.
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yroc1234 said:
Yes we do? We have official and many, many roms for it. Also google said they were gonna make it a priority to get more devices Jelly Bean much faster.
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I believe Google, Samsung on the other hand.....that's a different story.
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I hope devs can use this and put some of this goodness in our roms im hearing nothing but good reports of jellybean running on their devices
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I wonder if jb will work with ics drivers
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SDK dump?
Useless unless you want to dump a few thousand dollars to pay a few devs full time to get it where it needs to be.. in a month or two.
yroc1234 said:
Yes we do? We have official and many, many roms for it. Also google said they were gonna make it a priority to get more devices Jelly Bean much faster.
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Nah. There are still some (relatively minor) bugs.
And Google doesn't have the final say in who has Jelly Bean. I'm sure we'll be able to get JB here, but Google doesn't push OTA updates for our device. Same for most others.
Pandemic187 said:
Nah. There are still some (relatively minor) bugs.
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Seriously, what software DOESNT have bugs?
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yroc1234 said:
Yes we do? We have official and many, many roms for it. Also google said they were gonna make it a priority to get more devices Jelly Bean much faster.
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T989 isn't even on the latest ics yet (4.0.4), but I'd love for them to focus on the jb update instead
Guys before you get all hellbent on getting JB, it's likely the T989 won't see official JB.
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algorhythm said:
Seriously, what software DOESNT have bugs?
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Ones that have had time to mature...? Have you ever heard of Debian Linux?
algorhythm said:
Guys before you get all hellbent on getting JB, it's likely the T989 won't see official JB.
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Well...obviously.
Pandemic187 said:
Ones that have had time to mature...? Have you ever heard of Debian Linux?
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Are you saying Debian does not offer bug fixes? Only new features which are obviously bulletproof?
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gonna be dropping all samsung branded devices soon, should have did so after my vibrant, would be a damn shame to see the T989 not get jellybean when the hardware would support it just fine
Forget the system dump. Just wait for the Source Code, which shouldn't take long to be out. GNexus is getting the update soon (2nd week of July is i'm hearing).
Can it be ported? The ICS is much closer to Jellybean than Ginger was to ICS. Maybe the ICS drivers might work and even the kernels.
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I know we probably wont see official but i know we could get a port or something of that matter i know this phone could handle it it has too much potential
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Why no official jellybean ROMs for sprint gnex

There's no official jellybean roms for the sprint gnex since the ota rolled out. Well there is one but not very good =[
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I wonder the same while the roms here are good they run on a universal aosp code Toroplus isn't a part of it. They should update it with ota which seems to be newer but in any case built specifically for it and thus optimized
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Learn to compile Android and do it yourself or quit complaining. Be happy with what you have.
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The closest one is mad Dogg ROM since he included the ota binaries
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ÜBER™ said:
Learn to compile Android and do it yourself or quit complaining. Be happy with what you have.
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I don't know why, I knew you were going to say something like that. I must say.....
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gagb1967 said:
I don't know why, I knew you were going to say something like that. I must say.....
+1
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I KNOW RIGHT!?!?!?
Lol.
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If I have helped you.... hit that sexy thanks button. ^_^
gagb1967 said:
I don't know why, I knew you were going to say something like that. I must say.....
+1
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Because its flat out ridiculous to even ask, especially if you can't do it yourself.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31310629&postcount=110
Just saying......
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i wish i even knew how to compile roms i would never leave my house!
// rant
// i don't see why people THINK it's HARD to build roms for the GNEX - customizing them is another story.
blankit said:
There's no official jellybean roms for the sprint gnex since the ota rolled out. Well there is one but not very good =[
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The Sprint JB OTA had different binaries which I believe most Toroplus JB ROMs have already incorporated. CM10 has, for sure. The ROMs were already JB so when the OTA came out the only thing to update was the binaries and the radio if you hadn't already flashed sextape's leak.
You were asking about Paranoid Android in the thread. If you flash the nightly that gangsterjoop compiled it contains the updated binaries.
Also, have respect. If you don't like a ROM, fine. But don't say it's "not very good". At the very least give specifics about where it could be improved.
jesusice said:
The Sprint JB OTA had different binaries which I believe most Toroplus JB ROMs have already incorporated. CM10 has, for sure. The ROMs were already JB so when the OTA came out the only thing to update was the binaries and the radio if you hadn't already flashed sextape's leak.
You were asking about Paranoid Android in the thread. If you flash the nightly that gangsterjoop compiled it contains the updated binaries.
Also, have respect. If you don't like a ROM, fine. But don't say it's "not very good". At the very least give specifics about where it could be improved.
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Where can I find the gangsterjoop compile?
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blankit said:
Where can I find the gangsterjoop compile?
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2nd to last page of the PA thread
donsh00tmesanta said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31310629&postcount=110
Just saying......
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Just saying what? I asked if BB4 was going to have the new binaries because BB4 was already in the works prior to our OTA. You however are asking something completely unnecessary.
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ÜBER™ said:
Because its flat out ridiculous to even ask, especially if you can't do it yourself.
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Mods say I can't respond to you sorry
But u say to do it yourself I posted that link saying the same
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Franco kernel for the N4

So, it seems that this kernel is absolutely kicking ass for the N4. I dont have the skill, but would someone here be able to adapt it to our phone? Franco stated that the source or whatever is public.
Mindspin_311 said:
So, it seems that this kernel is absolutely kicking ass for the N4. I dont have the skill, but would someone here be able to adapt it to our phone? Franco stated that the source or whatever is public.
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I'm sure a mod will move this soon but this belongs in general, development is for actual developing not asking questions.
His kernels do kick ass but they get updated so often I feel it would be very hard to keep up while porting. The nexus 4 apparently has quite a few differences.
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Yea, seems like he does release nightlies or similar pretty often. Maybe we can just get the official releases or something.
ncfastls1 said:
The nexus 4 apparently has quite a few differences.
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AFAIK the only differences are the camera, lte, and storage. I imagine it would be an easy port. Then again I'm not a dev either.
Also we would need a 4.2 build of android to run it anyway.
I'm told partitions are different to, and you will have a unfixable brick if you flash
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Well, obviously someone smart enough will have to adapt it. But, I can only presume that the actual code that does whatever it does, will work.
-sigh-...this post got my hopes up for any sign of progress for this phone
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I've personally asked Fransisco to make one for our device. No go and this post should not be here although I hope someone does use his code.
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Crwolv said:
I've personally asked Fransisco to make one for our device. No go and this post should not be here although I hope someone does use his code.
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I would move it if I could.
I figure there is someone out there smart enough that would know what to do with the coding. Apparently, there are some GREAT devs coming to the phone. But nothing has really cropped up yet.

OK... So I don't ever want to flash a LGOG ROM again lol

Did anyone see on our AT&T variant forum that they found a way to flash all Nexus 4 partitions, (bootloader, recovery, kernel, and system) to convert your LGOG to a Nexus 4!!! I am so waiting for them to try this out on our device so I can do it and flash N4 ROMs from then on
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Just saw that thread. Lol, there's a team working on it for us too but that is insanity at its finest. Looking forward to that in the future!
I cannot wait, the N4 has a bunch of roms, mods and everything else I want to get my hands on lol this really makes me happy that I got this phone
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Omg I hope this gets ported to us!!
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Well...xboxfanj has our phone. So I would think our chances are good.
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God damn i am beyond jealous right now. We must have this!
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engine95 said:
Well...xboxfanj has our phone. So I would think our chances are good.
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Let's hope we get a preview soon. I can only flash so much on my kindle fire before I need to flash more.hehe
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Finally.
Someone in that thread said all we would have to do is change the partitions to Sprint and it should work. Which seems weird, but i guess it could work. But their device is the GSM and ours isn't...? So who knows. But I have a feeling xboxfanj will have something for us soon.
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Someone in that thread said all we would have to do is change the partitions to Sprint and it should work. Which seems weird, but i guess it could work. But their device is the GSM and ours isn't...? So who knows. But I have a feeling xboxfanj will have something for us soon.
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Well unless the SOC's are similar or the drivers are multipurpose and it already has the CDMA drivers built in.. which I highly doubt we could use it but..
_Epic said:
Someone in that thread said all we would have to do is change the partitions to Sprint and it should work. Which seems weird, but i guess it could work. But their device is the GSM and ours isn't...? So who knows. But I have a feeling xboxfanj will have something for us soon.
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Yea I was very tempted to try something lol but I'll hold off, I don't think everybody understands how big this is tho, this opens up the door to so much more with this phone, ROMs, MODs, newer versions of android, etc... This means we'll have the best nexus phone now
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I did it before rohan on the sprint variant and it is mostly working, but I don't plan to release it. Flashing all n4 partitions is not a great idea and could brick your phone. Cm is coming. Just waiting on the Korean jb source.
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Not even if we sign releases? Lol. I knew you've been awfully quiet for a reason.
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Unless everything works like update PRL/Profile, LTE, reading all 32gb internal sdcard, etc., I wouldn't recommend going the N4 route.
Better to just wait for AOSP based roms once JB source is released.
engine95 said:
Not even if we sign releases? Lol. I knew you've been awfully quiet for a reason.
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Sign me up. Haha.
xboxfanj said:
I did it before rohan on the sprint variant and it is mostly working, but I don't plan to release it. Flashing all n4 partitions is not a great idea and could brick your phone. Cm is coming. Just waiting on the Korean jb source.
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I trust my man xboxfanj, he always kept my epic in better than new condition with his ROMs. If he says not a good idea, I will take his word no matter how depressed I become.
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As soon as the Korean jb sources are out, cm10-10.1 will be fairly easy. I highly recommend waiting until then. It should be very soon.
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Xiutehcuhtli said:
I trust my man xboxfanj, he always kept my epic in better than new condition with his ROMs. If he says not a good idea, I will take his word no matter how depressed I become.
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Yea I feel the same, even tho I would rather turn my phone to a nexus 4, if he says its not a good idea then I'll take his word also. That definitely caused some major excitement in the community tho, I couldnt stop looking at xda to see if we got a thread to do that with our phones lol
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kayslay21 said:
Yea I feel the same, even tho I would rather turn my phone to a nexus 4, if he says its not a good idea then I'll take his word also. That definitely caused some major excitement in the community tho, I couldnt stop looking at xda to see if we got a thread to do that with our phones lol
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Sorry to disappoint you guys, but I would feel guilty releasing this when I know that the repartition could kill your phone. I know the phone has been out and you guys have had to wait awhile, but you've waited this long, why screw your phone up when legitimate cm is close. With korean 3.4 kernel source, we will be able to have cm done fairly quickly. It's not up yet but will be soon. Also, I have some exciting stuff planned for after cm (sense, miui, and whatever else you guys want).
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Hey, xbox, with the source would it be easy to port the Korean version of 4.1 too? I am not knocking CM. I just don't see what you gain.
I only ask because it might be a few months before we get updated from Sprint.
Thanks
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