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Battery not lasting and i got it on friday

Ok so how long do u have to see some good battery im on my 3rd charge and its been lasting me 6 to 7 hours but i have only text and some surf and a bit of gaming i am on the latest stock rom rooted and i have hotspot hack and sprint boot that i installed
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That's pretty terrible even if it's not conditioned yet. Especially because it sounds like you have only light use. You may want to take it back and replace the battery. Either that or you're in an area with terrible signal.
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No i have full bars
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Did you let the battery completely drain and then charge to 100% after you bought your phone?
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Did you let the battery completely drain and then charge to 100% after you bought your phone?
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I let it drain and did full charge but i charge it while it was on
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Take it back and get a new one. I just bought one on friday and even with heavy use my battery has lasted 20+ hours.

Sounds like a bad battery then. Happened to me on another phone. I just asked for a new battery and they gave it to me no problem.
I don't even have full bars and I get a minimum of 12 hours on pretty semi heavy use. I don't use wifi and I get at least 3-3.5 hours of screen on time.
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Basically you shouldn't have to worry about battery life if your only using the phone "normally".....
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cpcormier3 said:
Sounds like a bad battery then. Happened to me on another phone. I just asked for a new battery and they gave it to me no problem.
I don't even have full bars and I get a minimum of 12 hours on pretty semi heavy use. I don't use wifi and I get at least 3-3.5 hours of screen on time.
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thanks im just gonna ask for another batteryi like this phone its just battery issue that all

Same thing with me:
Guess I'll get a new battery....

Do i have to go to the repair store to ask for it or can i go where i bought the phone in sales store only official sprint store?
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tech7 said:
Do i have to go to the repair store to ask for it or can i go where i bought the phone in sales store only official sprint store?
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A sales only store is unlikely to have any batteries on hand, we hoard a ton of new and used ones at my store, but we're a repair store...we're always getting folks coming from sales only stores for batteries.
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A sales only store is unlikely to have any batteries on hand, we hoard a ton of new and used ones at my store, but we're a repair store...we're always getting folks coming from sales only stores for batteries.
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I just talk to the sales store and they wanna look into my phone and im rooted i just want them to check the battery by it self grr
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Yeah even when i'm in a crappy service area I still get at least 12 hours of medium use, with at least 2 hours of screen on time. I'm using the stock ROM as well. I have 2 email accounts on push. And don't use wifi
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tech7 said:
I just talk to the sales store and they wanna look into my phone and im rooted i just want them to check the battery by it self grr
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Just tell them you're in a hurry and don't have time. They just gave me a new one and then I was on my way...
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cpcormier3 said:
Just tell them you're in a hurry and don't have time. They just gave me a new one and then I was on my way...
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Cool thanks ill try that
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Good luck...

Omg i got a new battery but had to pay for it but oh well i got with external battery ut omg god i see the difference on the first one the percent will go dows every min now is like there for a while
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tech7 said:
Omg i got a new battery but had to pay for it but oh well i got with external battery ut omg god i see the difference on the first one the percent will go dows every min now is like there for a while
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Excellent news, glad it worked out. Where did you end up getting your battery? And if you don't mind me asking, how much did it set you back?

Apps like Facebook would drain my battery really fast. I use friendcaster now. Also make sure your not using the wireless location in the gps setting.
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Screen/Network Bug

Hey Everyone,
I've had this weird bug on my Samsung Epic 4g Touch.
What happens is when im using my phone the screen will suddenly start to flicker and then id lose my service and then my phone would just shut down. After it shuts down if I try to reboot it, it will reboot and then it will shut down again almost immediately after using it. This bug isnt action specific and occurs at really strange times, I can get it to stop by waiting about 20 minutes or plugging it into a charger.H owever this ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IM RUNNING ON BATTERY it will not happen when im plugged into a charger. I know this isnt ROM specific because it has happened on multiple roms :/. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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Samsung Epic 4g Touch
Current Rom: AOKP Milestone 6 no overclock

I'd replace the battery and/or check the phone without sd card.
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rovar said:
I'd replace the battery and/or check the phone without sd card.
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Alright Ill try that THANKS!

Tried formatting card and usb storage didn't work still got that bug. I'll replace the battery and try it but say that doesn't work, if I restore stock EL26 and take it to Sprint will they give me a new one?
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l3gacy28 said:
Tried formatting card and usb storage didn't work still got that bug. I'll replace the battery and try it but say that doesn't work, if I restore stock EL26 and take it to Sprint will they give me a new one?
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Defective phone if it happens on multiple ROMs....take it back if the battery change doesn't work. You may have a refurbished phone that isn't up to par.
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But I know it isn't refurbished....I got it the day it came out..what I might just do is wait for another nice android to come out and then trade this one in.
If I'm going to return this one, do I have to restore stock firmware?
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Do you use battery monitor widget or use a battery besides the stock battery? I had this problem. I use three batteries all with different mah and I would use battery monitor widget to calibrate them. Once I have all my profiles set up by entering each batteries supposedly mah I would have this same problem. I was finally able to fix it a few days ago (after a few months of torture) by using the estimated value on the calibration screen in battery monitor widget. For some reason the app would estimate my batteries at a higher level or lower level than the battery claims. Hope that helps in any way..
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Post your battery stats

Im getting some good battery life with this rom and kernel combo,i want to see if anyone is getting better results.
I get anywhere from 5½ hrs to 6hrs of screen time.My brightness is set to half,phone is in airplane mode and wifi is on,sync is off.

What ROM / kernel combo?

Y.G. said:
What ROM / kernel combo?
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Odexed Blue Rom plus Trinity kernel with feew personal tweaks.

Can anyone explain this?I was getting 6hrs of screentime then one day out of nowhere im barely getting 5hrs.I even flashed CM10 and still not even getting 5hrs.
My battery life just dropped one day without any reason,any ideas anyone?

I'm on jellybomb 4.2 and I'm scared to upgrade to 4.3 because I can easily get a day and a couple hours. I don't turn off data or anything. I'm a heavy user
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3hrs 3 minutes screen on 20 minutes call time. Freegs3 Rom.
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India85g said:
I'm on jellybomb 4.2 and I'm scared to upgrade to 4.3 because I can easily get a day and a couple hours. I don't turn off data or anything. I'm a heavy user
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I alway get over 24hrs,but real measurement is how much screentime you got.

pyrosin said:
3hrs 3 minutes screen on 20 minutes call time. Freegs3 Rom.
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Man thats horrible!I hope that you have 4g,sync and brightness all the way up.If not you have a bad flash or phone.You should always get over 4hrs no matter what.

I am using Joshes Jellybomb 4.3 .
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Forgot the pic lol
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nuclearmeltdown2046 said:
I am using Joshes Jellybomb 4.3 .
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You gotta push on "Screen" in order to see how much screentime you have,post those pics,thanx.

pyrosin said:
Forgot the pic lol
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Push on "Screen" and post those pics.

Hope this helps
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Hope this helps
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Thanx.Your battery life is real good.Thats how mine was before it dropped.You should get about 5½-6 hrs of screen time,thats the best i seen.
If you flash Trinity7 kernel it might improve it even more,it did for me.

Thanks for heads up on the kernel. I will check it out.
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lviv73 said:
I alway get over 24hrs,but real measurement is how much screentime you got.
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Between 4-5 hours screen time I think. I'll post another later.
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On Lorjay's newest mwb jellybean rom heavy use...I had my battery last over a day for got to screen shot but here's one from yesterday
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lviv73 said:
Im getting some good battery life with this rom and kernel combo,i want to see if anyone is getting better results.
I get anywhere from 5½ hrs to 6hrs of screen time.My brightness is set to half,phone is in airplane mode and wifi is on,sync is off.
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here's my stats on LIH leak,with new kernel i took this screen shot while on a phone call

Battery ScreenshotZ
I am getting a battery life of 35 hours...with follwing things.....
Srry to forgot to take snap at the last tym....
these are ma usages..
Brightness auto
GPS navigation - 40 mins
Voice calls - 40 mins
Data 3G- 20 mins...:
I didnt use any kind of battery saving Apps...
I think the samsung powersaving mode itself is a good one...

Dang yall are getting some good battery. I on the other hand no so much.im on jellyblazed .2
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Horrible Battery Life?

Auto brightness off that's about it moderate use a YouTube video Facebook and twitter that's it. Stock jb. No root. And don't plan to root.
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horr1blek1tten said:
Auto brightness off that's about it moderate use a YouTube video Facebook and twitter that's it. Stock jb. No root. And don't plan to root.
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JB has been known to have very bad battery life. If your not rooted, it's hard to help you from here. Maybe try some of the battery saver apps?

Juice defender but its outdated
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Go to settings , backup and reset, turn off collect Diagnostics. Also keep wifi and gps off when not in use.
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Go to settings , backup and reset, turn off collect Diagnostics. Also keep wifi and gps off when not in use.
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Turned off diagnostics how does that affect battery life? And that usage was on 4g just got home and turned on WiFi. GPS is always off. Anything else?
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Turning GPS and WIFI off makes no difference. Those draw no power unless they're in use. WIFI only passively looks for a signal when it's on (every 30 seconds and gps is only active if an app uses it. Juice Defender will cause your battery to drain faster too.
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My battery life takes a dive when leaving GPS on all the time I don't know if it has something to do with jelly bean or not? It also keeps the phone awake, thus definitely using more battery.
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So many devs would like to have a talk with you...
T-Mobile Galaxy S 3, stock and rooted.

Actually the 4G radio uses more battery than wifi. Wifi can turn itself off after inactivity, having apps syncing all the time if you have it on will drain battery immensely. Mainly because it's suppose to be sleeping yet it still running and working and those apps will have a great time doing that. also depends how long you had phone, I have read batteries tend to drain faster after about 5 to 6 months of use.
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My phone is new bought it two days ago.
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Ever since Jelly Bean (cm or tw) battery life just isn't what it was on ics I was pulling 20 hour runs with 4 hours of screen time with ics, now I can barely get 9-10 hours with 2 hours of screen time.. It's almost like I'm afraid to use my phone because it'll die.. Very frustrating ik. Hopefully Google addresses this issue in android 4.3 (presumably key lime pie)
Until then, turn off Google Now, and maybe try to pinpoint some random app possibly causing wake locks and not letting the phone sleep properly (with the use of this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809 )
Also, I highly recommend checking out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969741
Good luck

I use google now for weather info and sports scores. Ive disabled pretty much all bloatware and only my email syncs nothing else.
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I use google now for weather info and sports scores. Ive disabled pretty much all bloatware and only my email syncs nothing else.
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I know you said you don't plan to root, but if you're looking for some real results you may have to..I'm talking about flashing a new rom/kernel. If you do decide to go this way, I recommend a debloated and slimmed down tw rom with lean kernel.
Something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024174

Heres an update worse if anything.
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Dude rooting the device is the only way to go. If you plan on using it the rest if the stock then you're gonna have to deal with it. Sorry

Possibly a defective battery. You sure its a s3 and not a note 1? Lol
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Possibly a defective battery. You sure its a s3 and not a note 1? Lol
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U think so? I just bought my phone should I go return it then?
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horr1blek1tten said:
U think so? I just bought my phone should I go return it then?
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Its a possibility I would definatly try before your out of your return period even on stock your battery life should be at least 4hrs on time with 12-14 hrs standby I've had 2 sg3's one international and one u.s. and both had triple almost better than that buddy
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devoureddreams said:
Its a possibility I would definatly try before your out of your return period even on stock your battery life should be at least 4hrs on time with 12-14 hrs standby I've had 2 sg3's one international and one u.s. and both had triple almost better than that buddy
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Could be there is still new or what would be safe to trade it in
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boyblue302 said:
Dude rooting the device is the only way to go. If you plan on using it the rest if the stock then you're gonna have to deal with it. Sorry
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Help please

It doesn't seem to matter what rom I'm on my phone randomly just shuts down about five times a day. Does anyone know what could be causing this? Thanks!
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What roms have you tried and what are you using now? You did a clean installation right? Factory reset, wipe cache, and dalvik cache?
What did you do before this happened?
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Yes I always do a clean install system wipe, factory reset, clear cache etc. I've used about every Rom I think... the only one I can remember not having this issue was darthstalker x1. Right now I'm on stockaroma version 2 and it happens all the time. I even odined back to stock and reflashed and it still happens. I like multi window a lot so I hate to go backwards.
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Have you tried to Odin back to stock and NOT flash a Rom?
If not, give it a shot and let us know.
Also, it could be your battery has finally given its last. If you don't know someone with an s3 go to a T-Mobile store and they should have one you can test with.
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Now that I think of it, I'd get the battery checked before flashing anything else.
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Yes when I was on stock it actually shut down during the first boot. I did notice that after flashing cyanogenmod 10.1 I charged it all night and it was at 100% charge but as soon as I unplugged it then it instantly dropped to like 10% that only happened once though. I guess maybe my battery it's jacked...
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Are they able to check batteries at T-Mobile? I'd hate to buy a new one they're pricy if that's the case I might as well pick up a gs4.
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They should have a known good one you can try. Plug it in and see if the reboots quit. No idea if they'd let you borrow it for a day, but I don't see why not.
If it dropped that quick though, I'm pretty confident that it's related.
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Metalman1020468 said:
Yes when I was on stock it actually shut down during the first boot. I did notice that after flashing cyanogenmod 10.1 I charged it all night and it was at 100% charge but as soon as I unplugged it then it instantly dropped to like 10% that only happened once though. I guess maybe my battery it's jacked...
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it could also be that you need to clear the battery stats, my brother in law has had that issue many times after flashing CM on several different devices, but it could still be a jacked battery, am a licensed electrician and i can tell you while it does happen often for me because we buy so many products (obviously) that we get bad items directly from the manufacturer.

How can I clear the battery stats? I used to do this all the time under advance in clockwork recovery but I don't see it there on this phone. Thanks!
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MotoDefier said:
we get bad items directly from the manufacturer.
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This happens way too often. Not just electronics, either.

Metalman1020468 said:
How can I clear the battery stats? I used to do this all the time under advance in clockwork recovery but I don't see it there on this phone. Thanks!
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Try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ignisoft.battery.calibration
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Well I charged my phone to 100% and calibrated the battery and not two minutes later it shut off for like the eighth time today... I'm going to go ahead and order a battery on eBay and if it keeps doing it I'm getting a gs4 and my s3 will be for sale lol.
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Metalman1020468 said:
Well I charged my phone to 100% and calibrated the battery and not two minutes later it shut off for like the eighth time today... I'm going to go ahead and order a battery on eBay and if it keeps doing it I'm getting a gs4 and my s3 will be for sale lol.
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Is it a new phone?
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No it's a year old.
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Just since I calibrated my battery last night my phone has already shut down five times. That's so frustrating... Hopefully slapping a new battery in it solves my issues.
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Metalman1020468 said:
Just since I calibrated my battery last night my phone has already shut down five times. That's so frustrating... Hopefully slapping a new battery in it solves my issues.
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dont worry it should, if not i know its been a year but tmo should replace it under faulty equipment, i have had phones replaced for faulty equip. two and three years later, dont forget to go back to stock and reset binary and flash counter.

MotoDefier said:
dont worry it should, if not i know its been a year but tmo should replace it under faulty equipment, i have had phones replaced for faulty equip. two and three years later, dont forget to go back to stock and reset binary and flash counter.
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So the battery didn't help at all. Just for fun I flashed darthstalker X1 again and it seems to be working fine now. Weird... I'll try to get to the bottom of this but I'm boggled.
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One more thing it was doing was when I'd turn the screen off it would always come back on. It would do that two or the times before it would stay off then half the time the phone crashed. It's not doing that now either and I had that trouble on several different roms.
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Nevermind it's still doing it my phone must be jacked....
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Metalman1020468 said:
Nevermind it's still doing it my phone must be jacked....
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I had those same issues on my motorola defy when I was over clocked and running the v6 supercharger script at the same time.
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