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How is the battery life?

Hi...i wanna know how the battery life in this phone. Kinda thinking of buying this... its between this phone or htc evo 3d
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Stock battery is definitely underwhelming. Though saying that, this is the best phone I have ever used. The fluidity and smothness of Ice Cream Sandwich makes the phone not even feel like an Android almost.
I don't know if you're planning on rooting, but if you are, this is THE phone to get. Tons of different customizations which will make the battery life on the phone go from 6 hours to 19 hrs and higher depending on the amount of use. Hope this helped.

I've had it for about three weeks and had the 3d. The gnex to me has better everything by using both and feels better. I get 8-14 hours depending on my use this is with the GSM model.
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blockbusta said:
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Geez...its not that hard to reply....
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I must be in a weird boat because I don't have any problems with battery life like other people. I charge for about 8 hours a night and when I go to plug it in at the end of the day after about 16 hours off the charger I usually have around 40-60% left.
That's "normal" use though. Some texts and emails, some browsing, 30-45 mins of "Words with Friends", maybe some YouTube videos, a couple 5-10 min calls. Even right now after 7 hours off charger I'm at 80% with 26 mins of screen on. And yes, that's stock everything with 4G on and connected (even in the office where it's always going between some and no signal) and Wi-Fi.
If you are the type to use your phone as a gaming/media device like many of the people who complain about battery life, yes, it probably does suck a bit getting 2-4 hours between charges. But that's a lot to ask of such a tiny battery when you are using it non-stop.

maliceomalice said:
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thing is you'll get WAY more info just searching. People have been talking/complaining about battery life for 4 months now.

maliceomalice said:
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considering there are pages of battery threads... its not that hard to use search.

If you are doing a search you want good and bad when I searched I only ever saw bad post on battery because if there's a problem got to tell the world why if its good no one will post
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Battery is pretty awful compared to my last phone: iPhone 4.
But, the problem is solved if you purchase a couple of more batteries and an external battery charger. I just carry a battery with me and keep one in my backpack.

Only had the phone for a week. I find the battery much better than my previous captivate.
These were taken last night before plugging it in.
I'm very impressed. Not a lot of talk time on my phone during the work week though.
Joe-
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Battery life really

Hi I'm new to the x. How long are peoples phones lasting I got to charge least twice a day..bit of a joke lol
Any tips for the x
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I have my X for 2 months now and on a stock rom i was charging it once per day,sometimes once per 2 days (that depended on how much i was ''playing'' with it).But when i was charging it I've tried to charge it for at least 8-9 hours.I always left it to charge through night and i had a phone for a whole day long. When you bought your X did you charge it for about 12 hours 2-3 times ? They told me at the shop where i bought it that i should do it-otherwise it wouldn't last for half of a day...Maybe that's the thing you didn't do ? Cheers

Don't know mate I traded my nexus for the x. Wouldn't know that kind of thing. I do charge her fully though. I know my nexus only needed one. Im running the x on 2 cores. WiFi not on when locked etc. Turned auto sync off. I dimmed the brightness a bit but like the one x screen so dont want to lower it to much. Might have to start turning it off of something when I don't need it
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You aren't just playing with it a bit to much, since you got it recently? Otherwise, try installing ARHD Rom and Faux or Franco kernel.
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maybe ARHD can help
after installing this , it really increase the battery life

Not overly playing be honest.the shell and hardwares different but ROMs dont vary to much. I'll try arhd again maybe.
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Try with a custom kernel also!
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arknailed7754 said:
Not overly playing be honest.the shell and hardwares different but ROMs dont vary to much. I'll try arhd again maybe.
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Try ARHD. I have it myself and the battery lives longer on my X than before

I always get about one day out of it (with tbalden's CM10 rom).
Try to run BetterBatteryStats to get a grip on what is consuming power! (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats)
/Croaton

Please search before you make a thread man, people on this forum aren't really fond of answering the same questions over and over. There is a battery stats thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579392 and tips to increase battery life here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813354
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On ARHD rom 7.22 with stock kernel, i can get about 4h screen on time with about 24-36 stanby time surfing, reading, twitter/fb and some navigation. Screen brightness is incredibly important, values are for brightness 20-30%.

ViktorN said:
Please search before you make a thread man, people on this forum aren't really fond of answering the same questions over and over. There is a battery stats thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579392 and tips to increase battery life here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813354
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Thanks for the help there mate.
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Thanks for the help there mate.
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No problem, just please search the forums when you have a question because there's a huge chance that your problem has already been solved and your question answered.
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battery sucks

ARHD rom 8.00 with stock kernel and Sense 4.1 looks like that there is better battery life.

I might try arhd.
On the off chance it would work I used a battery calibrator app (yes it doesn't always work)
It has made a difference though. I also discovered that even though the green led came on and the battery icon showed full it was actually only 91% charged. Thanks to the app I even noticed..
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arknailed7754 said:
I might try arhd.
On the off chance it would work I used a battery calibrator app (yes it doesn't always work)
It has made a difference though. I also discovered that even though the green led came on and the battery icon showed full it was actually only 91% charged. Thanks to the app I even noticed..
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Yup, that's default for most ROMs. 90-100% battery results in a green light
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Have HOX for one day, at first charge 26h on battery, 15% left and still running with wifi on, recent calls, sms, internet, camera. Played dead trigger about 15mins. Played with phone, set interface and all settings for personal usage, wached couple of youtube videos, played couple of songs via speaker, run 4 benchmarks (antutu ate 2%, quadrant 0%), surfed net, downloaded apps and so on..
Why the hell are u whining about the battery life. With that kind of a screen battery is great. Still did not pushed core fire to system/app. With little of optimization battery would last 2 days with medium usage. I mean what do you want?
Best experience for now, no complains at all. Had Galaxy S3, and it sucks compare to this. Looks ugly, feels ugly, Touchwiz feels ugly, why the f.uck u need SD if u have 32gb of free space + cloud .. i mean come on .. its a phone (if it had 128gb of memory and no SD slot there would be the same issue). Removable battery, i bet 1% of people have 2 or more batteries and those who need such a thing, are not buying phone quad core with 5" screen. What else? Screen got scratches, i dropped and it crashed .... Really?
There are bugs for some % of products, thats why there are warranty for god sake. On my personal experience i know only one perfect phone with absolutely no complains - Nokia 3310.
My advise, HOX! Go for it and do not listen for 95% of bull**** posted on the internet.

Its not whining its a statement mate.its fine now. There's no issue with finding out how people resolve it etc. I like my x. You never had a phone you were unsure of at first?
And yep the 3310 was bad ass I had three of them. No complaints either with that phone. Least we didnt spend so much time messing about it.
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Havnt had the One X for that long but Iv realized that having a No-Sense Rom installed you can increase the battery life. I went from 2 times a day to just once a day. Of course Screen Brightness does play an important role as well.

Fantastic battery life on 4.2

Battery life is very good compared to the previous releases. I ran for forty minutes with Bluetooth turned on while listening to tune in radio and using endomondo app. Google now turned on. I lost fifteen percent compared to losing 35% with similar usage. Very satisfied.
What do you think?
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Why would you make a thread linking to a post you made in another thread?
Bit unnecessary. To answer the question it's too early for me to thoroughly test battery life.

Bump
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thats not fantastic at all...

I would wait for at least 2 complete battery cycles to make a thread like this.

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I would wait for at least 2 complete battery cycles to make a thread like this.
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Ditto. My phone ran like a champ on a freshly flashed ROM. Then my phone realized it was born as a Verizon-Nexus mutt and had a psychological breakdown to the point of 1.75 hours of on-screen time the day after.
Twas a sad day

I'm reading my work email over the exchange service account. After upgrde to 4.2 the exchange service process eats my whole battery so I can't tell about any improvement.

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When it comes to battery life (in general, though especially true with this newest release), it's crazy how many divergent opinions you get. Some people claim to get amazing battery life (exactly what quantifies for amazing?) and some people claim the battery life is crap. This is just to remind you that unless you have a good way of measuring battery life, your measurements can be plus/minus hour(s). Someone who just leaves their phone on a black screen with no wi-fi and cell may get 10 hours of screen-on time. Someone who is watching videos with cell/wi-fi might only get 2 hours of screen-on time.
In the future, I can make two recommendations:
Always report a complete cycle (from 100% to close to 0%). This is because the battery does not discharge at a constant rate.
Always report screen on time
Average for GNexus in previous builds was 2-4 hours. I've no idea about the plus/minus, but they tend not to be under 2 and over 4 with moderate usage. I think an average of 3-3.5 hours is what most people are happy to report.

And that is really sad because my old atrix used to get over 8 hours on Wi-Fi with over twelve hours of standby time. I wish they would make this phone but with a smaller screen size. The technology used on this phone is not battery efficient at all.
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This tells us nothing....u don't show ur screen on time and uve been charging off and on..

Battery life in sleep mode is worse for me. I am losing 3% an hour with the screen off, I used to lose only 3% total overnight with the screen off not per hour. I tested this over the last 4 hours only waking the tablet up long enough to check the battery level and it has gone down by 3% each time. Nothing has changed with any apps or setting since I upgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.2. I got concerned when I noticed this morning that my battery was over 15% less then when I went to sleep. Anyone else notice this?

This is very good battery by my standards.
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This is very good battery by my standards.
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Not great by mine....and I have an LTE GNex

This is my battery life stats after using 4.2 for 2 days... Is it good?
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The screen on time is good but not much of an improvement. Also it appears you had WiFi off for most of the time.
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Last shot before my battery dies...
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50% left 23h 11m on baterry. wifi and location on all the time and 10% wasted on need for speed most wanted also. brightnes at 80% aprox. im very pleased with the baterry really maybe becouse the phone is relatively brand new and the battery still very fresh allways charging with care after discharge not on and off the charger all the time

yeah using the 4.2 factory image with trinity a4 and getting great battery life

Baterry Life Geesh!

So I decided to do what the manufacturer recommends when it comes to the battery, you know, charge it fully then discharge it. So I pulled it off the charger at 6am at 100%....moderate to heavy usage all day as I just unwrapped it, went to bed at 76%...so i turned on navigation and opened up a movie on Netflix hoping that would drive the battery down. I woke up at 56%! Myvold note would be dead, but this thing just keeps going! Christmas have mercy, this thing is amazing!
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So I decided to do what the manufacturer recommends when it comes to the battery, you know, charge it fully then discharge it. So I pulled it off the charger at 6am at 100%....moderate to heavy usage all day as I just unwrapped it, went to bed at 76%...so i turned on navigation and opened up a movie on Netflix hoping that would drive the battery down. I woke up at 56%! Myvold note would be dead, but this thing just keeps going! Christmas have mercy, this thing is amazing!
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Yea man,Samsung did a phenomenal job this time around with the battery .I came from the i717 and I am so happy about battery life now!!!!

agreed. I was skeptical about the battery life reviews prior to purchasing and with a larger display and faster processor I figured no way any of this could be true. Coming from Galaxy SII that could not make a 6 hour day of use without being tethered to a PC and going out with anything less than a full charge was a recipe for disaster.
I can go a full day browsing and playing music on my Note II and not drain the battery.

Battery life is amazing. I have to really try and kill it to get it dead inside of a day.

Aridon said:
Battery life is amazing. I have to really try and kill it to get it dead inside of a day.
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It's not too hard to kill the battery on this monster. You can do a few things to really get the battery down, such as actual gaming, watching movies, and a lot of web browsing. Outside of that, it's really difficult to kill this battery under 24 hours. I have had very limited usage on my phone over the holiday. I am up to 77+ hours of battery time and a little over 3 hours of screen-on time and still have 7% battery left! If someone put a gun to my head and asked me to truthfully tell them when's the last time I had a phone other than the Note II, that could last 3 days without a charge, someone better call a really good clean-up crew!

I love the battery life, but I'm thinking about getting an extended battery just for the heck of it.
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This thing rivals some of the later model RIM devices I've had. Well done Samsung.
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I agree. It's amazing. Makes you wonder if they are going to put an even bigger and better one in the note 3.
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I am shocked at the battery life on this, if I knew it was this good I would have bought it the first day it came out about twice as long as my note 1 and quite a bit longer then my nexus 4. I bought the phone Tuesday rooted and running clearom 3.5 and note2core ex kernel and about to get over 8 hours screen on time on the first full cycle of the battery I am amazed !!!
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Its nice to have a phone that you can run a live wallpaper on and it not drain the battery like crazy!
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Im getting 24 hours plus on my phone...cant complain one bit
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I am shocked at the battery life on this, if I knew it was this good I would have bought it the first day it came out about twice as long as my note 1 and quite a bit longer then my nexus 4. I bought the phone Tuesday rooted and running clearom 3.5 and note2core ex kernel and about to get over 8 hours screen on time on the first full cycle of the battery I am amazed !!!
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8 hours of screen time watching movies on a cross country flight and I landed at 60% Holy smokes!! I've never come close draining the battery on a full heavy usage day.
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Im getting 24 hours plus on my phone...cant complain one bit
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I have everything turned on. Bluetooth, exchange sync, all Google services sync, Skype in background, IM+ in background, weather update at 15min and still can't come close in draining the battery. I am also trying to fully charge the battery and drain it. It takes me a day and half to kill it with everything running and navigation running wherever I go.
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8 hours of screen time watching movies on a cross country flight and I landed at 60% Holy smokes!! I've never come close draining the battery on a full heavy usage day.
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I have everything turned on. Bluetooth, exchange sync, all Google services sync, Skype in background, IM+ in background, weather update at 15min and still can't come close in draining the battery. I am also trying to fully charge the battery and drain it. It takes me a day and half to kill it with everything running and navigation running wherever I go.
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I find this hard to believe, 8 hours of movies only using up 40%. That's 5%/hr, that's amazing if true.

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I find this hard to believe, 8 hours of movies only using up 40%. That's 5%/hr, that's amazing if true.
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It was in airplane mode though since I was in the air.
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When the phone uses L T E connection the battery goes down 10% per hour. I guess that is normal for everyone too.
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When the phone uses L T E connection the battery goes down 10% per hour. I guess that is normal for everyone too.
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I get phenomenal battery life. Cant complain. I average about 32-36 hours per charge y about 4 to 4 1/2 hrs of screen time
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Yeah Im on stock still and im on my second day of messing around. Im so used to my Note 1 that every night needed a charge even with power save on lol. Super well done. Charges quicker as well.
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I too am quite surprised by the battery life offered by the Note II. This thing simply smokes any other phone I've used in terms of how long I can get out of a single charge, it's really impressive. I'm used to plugging my phone in every 6-8 hours on a day of heavy usage even with power saving mode turned on, whereas the Note II seems to be able to go pretty much all day and even then some depending on the usage.

I have the s3, but two of my good friends both have noteII and the first thing they both mentioned to me about the phone is the battery life! After being around one for a full day with much usage, I must agree it is very impressive for such a big screen!

Extreme battery drain

I can only use my phone for around 5hours on time until she dies. This is super annoying because of school it dies before lunch :/. Have flashed many different ROMs, tried different radios, one or two ROMs seemed to fix this but don't remember which ones did . Phone dies 1% every 3 minutes it feels, this is retarded is there any known issues with that or fixes? Sticking with juice defender till I find a better option
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I can only use my phone for around 5hours on time until she dies. This is super annoying because of school it dies before lunch :/. Have flashed many different ROMs, tried different radios, one or two ROMs seemed to fix this but don't remember which ones did . Phone dies 1% every 3 minutes it feels, this is retarded is there any known issues with that or fixes? Sticking with juice defender till I find a better option
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do you leave your mobile data on?
also what is your cpu settings?
what rom and kernel you running
and take screenshot of battery usage page and post please

I always leave data on, yes. ROM: Jedi jelly 4, I believe that its insecure kernel because idk any other tw jb kernels. Also on the lb7 blaze radio but I constantly switch those up when I get frustrated with battery. Screenshot may not be accurate because I just flashed at like 430 today, so battery was at like 78% ish on last charge which was around an hour and a half ago. CPU settings are untouched atm
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Download GSam battery monitor to find out what is draining your battery. Then we can look at assisting you in fixing it.
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Bad battery maybe?
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Read my reply to the post here. It's an optional and known way of saving battery life for almost any Android phone and help prevent any overheating that you may experience with the phone.

Is your GPS on all the time? Account sync? Settings and data backup? Auto brightness or manual?
Always let the phone drain to 10% or less then fully charge it uninterruped, meaning dont unplug it.
CPU management always helps, especially with screen off. Also use wifi instead of data if avail at school or anywhere else for that matter
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I'm betting its the battery. Place it on a flat surface. If it doesn't lay flat and it has a bulge that causes it to bounce around, your batteries screwed.
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Got gsam, have ran it for a day. 100% at 6:00 am, 31% at 3:57 pm. This normal ? I flashed back to stock koodo everything , so is this just the quality of the phone? Yes, GPS is always on. Data is normally left on, although I do turn off WiFi from time to time. I used to have a nexus s and the battery would last for days, yet it's smaller and I never had to turn off things. I even get battery drain like this on cm based ROMs ?!
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I went from Jedi Knight 6 to Jedi Jelly 4 two days ago and the Rom is super fast and snappy. Very little lag and no issues with fc so far. I do have a little bit of a battery issue myself. When I use the phone for anything I can sit there for an hour and watch the phone dip to below 80% after a full charge. It seems to eat battery when in use but overnight I get almost 14 hours of left untouched. I would like to get at least 8 hours with medium to heavy use. Is that a reasonable number? I have gone through three battery cycles so far.
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Hey man would you mind not posting this here I've created this topic to resolve my issue not necessarily others, please create another thread if you need some help.
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Hey man would you mind not posting this here I've created this topic to resolve my issue not necessarily others, please create another thread if you need some help.
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Actually we are already discussing battery drain in this thread, so the previous poster did exactly what he should have. We don't want multiple threads for one topic.
Regarding your stats.. That's not too bad, but it's hard to say without seeing screen time, app usage, etc.
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For anyone requesting input on battery life, please post screenshots of your battery screens as well as screen time. Also post a screenshot of the app sucker list in GSam battery monitor. It's impossible to say what's going on without seeing anything that's using your battery.
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