[SOLVED] N7100 Recovery Black Screen - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So, I have a brand new international Galaxy Note II. I thought I'd root the device, and so I powered up Odin, and downloaded the necessary files, and rooted the device.
The phone reboots into the OS just fine, and the phone has been rooted, but now when I try to access the recovery, the screen flips out for a bit, and everything goes black. I've tried different recoveries since then (TWRP, CWM Touch) but nothing seems to work, and all I get is a black screen.
Now as you can imagine, this is a bit difficult if I am interested in loading custom ROMs into the device, so... anyone have any clue what's going on? CWM loads fine, I know that though. Pressing the home button reboots the device (first option in CWM after all)

Re: N7100 Recovery Black Screen
hamsteyr said:
So, I have a brand new international Galaxy Note II. I thought I'd root the device, and so I powered up Odin, and downloaded the necessary files, and rooted the device.
The phone reboots into the OS just fine, and the phone has been rooted, but now when I try to access the recovery, the screen flips out for a bit, and everything goes black. I've tried different recoveries since then (TWRP, CWM Touch) but nothing seems to work, and all I get is a black screen.
Now as you can imagine, this is a bit difficult if I am interested in loading custom ROMs into the device, so... anyone have any clue what's going on? CWM loads fine, I know that though. Pressing the home button reboots the device (first option in CWM after all)
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If cwm works fine then whats the problem ?
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The whole screen is black and I can't see what I am doing. It's like its there, but not showing up.

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Hmm if you have tried different recoveries then it is a different issue because there is no reason for it to not work.
Did you rename recovery restore files ?
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Well, I don't. I flash them as they are via Odin, and in the case of TWRP, I use their GooManager to install it.
No idea? I have owned and flashed countless devices, this is a first for me.

Re: N7100 Recovery Black Screen
Rename the /system/recovery-from-boot.p to recovery-from-boot.p-bak via a root explorer.
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File in question doesnt seem to exist on my device, using es file explorer with root permissions.

Re: N7100 Recovery Black Screen
Try flashing recovery again with mobile odin.
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Just tried, no luck at all. Same thing. The screen bugs out like an old television, then goes black.
Btw, if it helps, see attachment.

I'd just like to chip in and say... SOLVED!
I have no idea why, but when I tried PhilZ Touch Recovery, that worked PERFECTLY. (Tried TWRP, normal CWM, Touch CWM).
Now I can see the recovery menu, and all is GUT. Thanks for the help :3

hamsteyr said:
I'd just like to chip in and say... SOLVED!
I have no idea why, but when I tried PhilZ Touch Recovery, that worked PERFECTLY. (Tried TWRP, normal CWM, Touch CWM).
Now I can see the recovery menu, and all is GUT. Thanks for the help :3
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Have the exact same story as you and i also succeeded to install PhilZ Touch Recovery, but every time i install a rom a get "The screen bugs out like an old television, then goes black"

huh. That's odd. my first rom I tried was [email protected], and it works just fine.
I'll mention that I reflashed via odin the stock ROM/Recovery/Kernel before all of this :\

Same problem, see thread here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163421
I can flash stock and TW based roms no worries, but PA roms do the bug out thing every time. Checked MD5s, wiped everything, no fix.
UPDATE: Neak kernel on PA roms fixed the screen issue, but now Wi-Fi won't connect

hamsteyr said:
huh. That's odd. my first rom I tried was [email protected], and it works just fine.
I'll mention that I reflashed via odin the stock ROM/Recovery/Kernel before all of this :\
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Thanks for info, I will try to install the stock ROM/Recovery/Kernel. Just a bit afraid because everything seems to fail on this device.

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[Q] Soft bricked my phone

So this is kind of a unique issue i'm having. I have the I-747 on AT&T and flashed AOKP rom (it was taking too long to get JB). It worked for about 3 days and then got stuck in the android boot screen (used the rom feature to get rid of the pink unicorns). after that, I booted into recovery and reset my phone, and it worked again for a few more days, then it wouldnt boot again (I dont believe I changed any settings between the boots). After this time, it wouldnt let me boot into recovery and would only boot to the android start screen and stop. I used odin to flash the stock rom, which only took me to the 2nd samsung boot screen and stopped (after the AT&T splash shows up). I looked online and saw someone say try CF-root using odin, tried that and it didnt help. Then tried using a custom kernel siyah s3, and now it will only show the initial samsung splash screen before turning off again. Any suggestions here? I figured I'd stop researching since i dont want to really mess up my phone worse than it already is
mrneilix said:
So this is kind of a unique issue i'm having. I have the I-747 on AT&T and flashed AOKP rom (it was taking too long to get JB). It worked for about 3 days and then got stuck in the android boot screen (used the rom feature to get rid of the pink unicorns). after that, I booted into recovery and reset my phone, and it worked again for a few more days, then it wouldnt boot again (I dont believe I changed any settings between the boots). After this time, it wouldnt let me boot into recovery and would only boot to the android start screen and stop. I used odin to flash the stock rom, which only took me to the 2nd samsung boot screen and stopped (after the AT&T splash shows up). I looked online and saw someone say try CF-root using odin, tried that and it didnt help. Then tried using a custom kernel siyah s3, and now it will only show the initial samsung splash screen before turning off again. Any suggestions here? I figured I'd stop researching since i dont want to really mess up my phone worse than it already is
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I have a similar issue, someone please help
Your main issue now is that you flashed siyah. We don't have one. If you can get to download mode, you will want to flash back to stock.
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As DeathSdoor said...flash stock.
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d3athsd00r said:
Your main issue now is that you flashed siyah. We don't have one. If you can get to download mode, you will want to flash back to stock.
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Thanks guys! So I used odin to flash the stock boot loader and stock rom, but it is still hanging up on the 2nd samsung screen like it initially did (the one after the AT&T boot animation). Any other ideas on what could be the cause?
How long is the hang? Sure is just not the 1st initial boot of the new rom?
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blaker13 said:
How long is the hang? Sure is just not the 1st initial boot of the new rom?
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The first boot can take as long as 5 minutes sometimes. So, if you haven't waited that long, then try out some patience. Otherwise, try booting into recovery (stock now) and factory reset.
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bump!
I have this same issue. I have restored to stock rom and it does the Samsung boot, then AT&T, then it goes to Samsung pulsating with a blue pulsating LED.
I have left it in that mode for at least 15 minutes and it never boots.
I can still get into download mode.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Has anyone tried booting into recovery after flashing the stock ROM and wiping caches then rebooting?
jethro650 said:
Has anyone tried booting into recovery after flashing the stock ROM and wiping caches then rebooting?
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I let it run for 2 hours (left the house came back and i was still on. And phone wont boot into recovery at all ( i tried many times, but it just boots normally and skips recovery until it gets to the 2nd samsung screen, then stops there).
I dont know if this is relevant, but while the phone is off and plugged in, i can still see the battery meter and the Green LED (so i'm guessing it's still working, it just wont boot)
mrneilix said:
And phone wont boot into recovery at all ( i tried many times, but it just boots normally and skips recovery until it gets to the 2nd samsung screen, then stops there).
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Same here!!!
jethro650 said:
Has anyone tried booting into recovery after flashing the stock ROM and wiping caches then rebooting?
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As Jethro said clean everything and factory format in recovery. Your just not doing the buttons right to get in to recovery
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blaker13 said:
As Jethro said clean everything and factory format in recovery. Your just not doing the buttons right to get in to recovery
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I went into recovery many times before, I'm definitely hitting the buttons right but it still wont go into recovery, it just tries booting like normal. I can go into download mode easily, but that's it.
jbizz, did you start getting this error after flashing AOKP rom also? trying to figure out what could have caused the issue in the first place
I'm not really skilled on these things, but I once had a similar issue with my phone not booting and had to end up using Kies to emergency restore it. Odin wouldn't recognize my phone but kies would.
Although I think my issue with odin may be stemming from my computers usb ports...
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I actually flashed a bad kernel and the phone wouldn't boot after that.
What is the proper way to boot into Stock Recovery?
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Fixed it! What I did was go into Kies software and did a firmware upgrade instead of trying to flash from odin, then put it in download mode instead of recovery, but it still worked. Thanks for all the help, guys! guess it's time to move to a CM based rom?
mrneilix said:
Fixed it! What I did was go into Kies software and did a firmware upgrade instead of trying to flash from odin, then put it in download mode instead of recovery, but it still worked. Thanks for all the help, guys! guess it's time to move to a CM based rom?
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Thats bad badassness! I will try that when I get home!
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mrneilix:
Please give me step by step what you did! Kies is being a bastard!
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jbizz said:
mrneilix:
Please give me step by step what you did! Kies is being a bastard!
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Sure, I'm doing this largely from memory since I mostly figured it out by throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks.
Open Kies->tools->firmware upgrade and initialization->enter model name then serial number (they're behind the battery) -> put the phone in download mode and plug it in. it should take care of the rest.
Fair warning, this will fully wipe your phone, i lost all my pics (thank you google+'s instant upload or i'd be PISSED) and titanium backup (there goes my 3 stars on every level in angry birds and great scores in temple run), but at least you get a phone that can function as more than a paper weight, right?
mrneilix:
You're my new best friend and I don't even know you!!!
Thanks for the help, you're a legend!
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[Q] Did I soft-brick my GSIII?

I've searched relentlessly for a solution to this, but I haven't come up with anything, so it's time to ask for help.
I just used mskip's Galaxy S3 QCOM Toolkit v2.3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746682) to flash CWM and root my GSIII. The recovery flashed successfully, using "recovery-cwm-lte-sgs3-v5.tar" included with the toolkit.
CWM recovery works. However, when I tried to boot the phone, I got the first Samsung splash screen, then the screen turned black, a second later the boot tune played (with no splash screen showing), and then... nothing. The blue notification light blinks infinitely, and the phone is unresponsive except for holding the power button down for 10 seconds, which restarts it, and the same thing happens again.
I can boot into CWM recovery, as well as download mode. I tried wiping the cache and doing a factory reset, which changed nothing. However, when I tried to flash a stock ROM (again using the toolkit), I got an "unsupport dev_type" error. I presume that USB debugging has been defaulted to disabled now from this, but maybe I'm wrong. In any case, I'm not sure where to go from here. I don't want to claim that I've bricked it yet, when I have both recovery and download, but I don't know what to do now.
Help?
EDIT: I'm sorry, I forgot basic information : I'm using a SGH-T999 (T-Mobile GSIII).
I would defiantly boot in to cwr and do a clean install on a diferent rom. Not a back up u made with cwr but a .zip rom... n u sgould b ok.. I would try jb smooth
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See if you can flash CM10, if you don't have to have stock.
kipster3001 said:
I would defiantly boot in to cwr and do a clean install on a diferent rom. Not a back up u made with cwr but a .zip rom... n u sgould b ok.. I would try jb smooth
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Looks like the toolkit installed an older version of CWM. I flashed 6.0.1.2 via ODIN (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30806933) and then flashed CyanogenMod 10.0.0. Works great.
Thanks so much!
Jacooni said:
Looks like the toolkit installed an older version of CWM. I flashed 6.0.1.2 via ODIN (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30806933) and then flashed CyanogenMod 10.0.0. Works great.
Thanks so much!
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Glad you had it resolved. Another method would have been ODIN back to stock.
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messed up flash screen and no bootscreen

whenever i flash any custom rom whether the rom version is android 4.2/4.1.2/4.1.1 , my phone has no bootscreen and a messed up flashscreen when it sais (samsung galaxy note 2 GT-N7100) but then after waiting the appropriate time, the rom works fine but same problem when rebooting... i attached the flashcreen and how it looks like, i have no idea why this happens.i just press the lockscreen after rebooting and waiting and the rom works normally. i rooted using the Galaxy Note II Toolkit v3.0.0 GSM. i first experienced this right after flashing and entering recovery(cmw) but twrp worked fine then, now any rom i flash i experience this,
Is anyone faceing a similar problem or can help in anyway ?
stock rom works fine btw
try flashing Philz recovery
dr.ketan said:
try flashing Philz recovery
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is philz recovery in the link u posted because i cant see it,
inorder to install it, i flash stock rec then philz via odin right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028103
yes flash tar file with odin (no need to flash stock, straight way flash with odin)
dr.ketan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028103
yes flash tar file with odin (no need to flash stock, straight way flash with odin)
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this is the second picture... i flashed philz and still same problem! stock works fine :S its making me crazy!
I have the same screen after installing cm 10.1 ... never tried to wait some time to boot.... tried several times with several recoveries... result the same. Before used s3 i9300 and never had such issue. Hope someone will help
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T511 said:
I have the same screen after installing cm 10.1 ... never tried to wait some time to boot.... tried several times with several recoveries... result the same. Before used s3 i9300 and never had such issue. Hope someone will help
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tell me a rom you tried that works fine with the bootanimation and everything please! because so far ive tried several! non have worked. and what recovery are you using?
karlada said:
tell me a rom you tried that works fine with the bootanimation and everything please! because so far ive tried several! non have worked. and what recovery are you using?
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I tried rom managers cwm and twrp manager and cm 10.1 rom only. Tried several times and no luck. Same screen after install.
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[Q] How to get CWM to work on Tab3 7 T210R

I'm trying to flash CWM on my non-rooted, fully updated T210R. I'm following the instructions on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853.
Odin says it flashed successfully, and the tab reboots fine, but when I power off and boot into recovery, I'm getting the stock recovery. I've tried both the touch and non-touch versions, without success.
It's probably something small that I'm missing, but I can't for the life of me find it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Wolfgar2k
Wolfgar2k said:
I'm trying to flash CWM on my non-rooted, fully updated T210R. I'm following the instructions on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853.
Odin says it flashed successfully, and the tab reboots fine, but when I power off and boot into recovery, I'm getting the stock recovery. I've tried both the touch and non-touch versions, without success.
It's probably something small that I'm missing, but I can't for the life of me find it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Wolfgar2k
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did you check auto reboot in odin? if you do, just try to flash cwm again w/o checking auto reboot. it happens to my tab coz i've check auto reboot.
Just tried that. Same results. Everything looks good when flashing, but when I boot into recovery it's the stock recovery.
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Wolfgar2k said:
I'm trying to flash CWM on my non-rooted, fully updated T210R. I'm following the instructions on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853.
Odin says it flashed successfully, and the tab reboots fine, but when I power off and boot into recovery, I'm getting the stock recovery. I've tried both the touch and non-touch versions, without success.
It's probably something small that I'm missing, but I can't for the life of me find it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Wolfgar2k
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1.Dont check the autoreboot. Ketut.kumajaya said something about the system is restoring recovery when rebooting
2. Try to redownload the cwm recovery.
3. If that didnt work, What odin are u using? Try 3.07 ..
4. You can also try twrp. I am using twrp and it is working great
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I've been using Odin 3.07 the whole time. I tried twrp as you suggested and that worked. Not sure why cwm didn't work, but at least now I'm rooted. Thanks.
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I will recreate an autoroot package for you in my spare time. Samsung Android boot image has a known feature to patch the boot image and use it to overwrite the recovery image on every boot. This feature disabled in blackhawk kernel, some recovery has a capability to disable this feature as well.
ketut.kumajaya said:
I will recreate an autoroot package for you in my spare time. Samsung Android boot image has a known feature to patch the boot image and use it to overwrite the recovery image on every boot. This feature disabled in blackhawk kernel, some recovery has a capability to disable this feature as well.
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Can I flash your kernel on the stock rom while having cwm recovery or do I need Infamous 1.1?
I would like to stay at german on my tablet but also want to use USB OTG
Wolfgar2k said:
I've been using Odin 3.07 the whole time. I tried twrp as you suggested and that worked. Not sure why cwm didn't work, but at least now I'm rooted. Thanks.
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Got to hear that u have twrp. Im happy 4 u
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Jediritter said:
Can I flash your kernel on the stock rom while having cwm recovery or do I need Infamous 1.1?
I would like to stay at german on my tablet but also want to use USB OTG
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Yes, you can flash it on stock rom (with CWM), but OTG isn't functioning yet.

I747M Rogers CWM version?

Hello there,
I have an I747M on Rogers and I was wondering if there was a CWM Touch version available, I have followed this guide here rooting and installing the universal CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
But I am looking for a Touch or possibly just newer version available. I tried to update using ROM Manager (Premium) and it doesn't seem to detect my device, apparently this is some sort of bug for this device. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
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Cryceratops said:
Hello there,
I have an I747M on Rogers and I was wondering if there was a CWM Touch version available, I have followed this guide here rooting and installing the universal CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
But I am looking for a Touch or possibly just newer version available. I tried to update using ROM Manager (Premium) and it doesn't seem to detect my device, apparently this is some sort of bug for this device. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
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Not a bug. Your Canadian phone is a d2can. To flash anything you need a d2att recovery.
This is the latest (flashable) cwm touch
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46116408
Reboot into recovery and flash this. Reboot back into recovery and voilà!
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KorGuy123 said:
Not a bug. Your Canadian phone is a d2can. To flash anything you need a d2att recovery.
This is the latest (flashable) cwm touch
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46116408
Reboot into recovery and flash this. Reboot back into recovery and voilà!
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Brilliant! You're a life saver. That seemed to do the trick, I'm now installing CM : )
Just wondering though, if I were to go to the clockworkmod site and download the latest Touch Recovery for the ATT model, would that have worked as well, or this file specially designed for this model? Thanks again
Cryceratops said:
Brilliant! You're a life saver. That seemed to do the trick, I'm now installing CM : )
Just wondering though, if I were to go to the clockworkmod site and download the latest Touch Recovery for the ATT model, would that have worked as well, or this file specially designed for this model? Thanks again
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Directly off the website isn't a flashable file. You would manually have to convert the .IMG to a .zip
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Device not booting
This may or may not be related... but since I started here I figure I'll continue. After installing CM from CWM menu, I rebooted the device and found that powered off completely. Now when I try to turn on the device I get a grey battery icon with a static circle on it, and it does not proceed any further. I cannot access recovery mode or even get to the Samsung loading screen. Plugging the device into the wall charger doesn't seem to be doing anything as it has been 'charging' for over 30 minutes and still does not power on. Is this at all related to the recovery or some sort of freak incident? Thank you.
Regards,
Mike
Cryceratops said:
This may or may not be related... but since I started here I figure I'll continue. After installing CM from CWM menu, I rebooted the device and found that powered off completely. Now when I try to turn on the device I get a grey battery icon with a static circle on it, and it does not proceed any further. I cannot access recovery mode or even get to the Samsung loading screen. Plugging the device into the wall charger doesn't seem to be doing anything as it has been 'charging' for over 30 minutes and still does not power on. Is this at all related to the recovery or some sort of freak incident? Thank you.
Regards,
Mike
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I usually get that when I reboot while charging. Unplug cable and reboot.
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