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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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Soft Brick!!!! Please Help

(ADDED $20 BOUNTY IF YOU HELP ME, WILL PAYPAL YOU WITHIN 24 HOURS)
Hey guys,
I've been flashing ROMS for years and this is my first real issue.
I tried to upgrade from an earlier version of CM10 to the newest one. After I flashed GAPPS this caused the phone to get stuck on reboot so I went back to CWM recovery.
ALL MY DOWNLOADED FILES WERE GONE IN CWM. Including all the roms I had, and my NANDROID backup (which I would have just reflashed right there).
I tried to Odin back to stock and it passes but gets stuck on the Samsung boot logo every time.
I've tried to scour threads on XDA and on Google. The closest thing I found was a thread where it mentioned I'd need Tmobile Bootchain commands but I can't find those either.
All help is greatly appreciated.

Have you tried to Odin using a different computer.. or redownload Odin and the files needed
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Odin the stock firmware you mean from a different comp? I don't think that is the issue since Odin shows that the flash was successful. The phone reboots itself and it gets passed the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen to the Tmobile Android 4g boot animation.
Additionally, people in the Verizon S3 forum are describing my issue exactly here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030)

SeanFloyd said:
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Hey guys,
I've been flashing ROMS for years and this is my first real issue.
I tried to upgrade from an earlier version of CM10 to the newest one. After I flashed GAPPS this caused the phone to get stuck on reboot so I went back to CWM recovery.
ALL MY DOWNLOADED FILES WERE GONE IN CWM. Including all the roms I had, and my NANDROID backup (which I would have just reflashed right there).
I tried to Odin back to stock and it passes but gets stuck on the Samsung boot logo every time.
I've tried to scour threads on XDA and on Google. The closest thing I found was a thread where it mentioned I'd need Tmobile Bootchain commands but I can't find those either.
All help is greatly appreciated.
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After a successful odin flash boot into stock recovery manually and select wipe data, factory reset, then wipe cache partition. Reboot, bingo.
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neysito said:
After a successful odin flash boot into stock recovery manually and select wipe data, factory reset, then wipe cache partition. Reboot, bingo.
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I can't get into stock recovery man, or any kind of recovery.Holding vol up + home + power hangs permanently after the SGS 3 boot screen, nothing happens.

Go to Doc's stickie and I think it is in the 2nd post, there is an Odin flashable version of TWRP (maybe a copy of CWR but since I don't use it I'm not sure).
Flash that and let it "try" and reboot. It won't but you can do the key combo to get into TWRP recovery and either flash a ROM, Restore or at the very least Factory Reset, which would be my first choice.
Somewhere back there in your efforts, I think you may have erased your internal and if that is where your backups were kept then that might be why they are gone. Just a thought though.

In odin, uncheck auto reboot. Flash the recovery tar in pda spot. When it says pass, pull the battery and boot into recovery with volume up, home, and power. Release the power button when u feel the vibrate. Then thank mrmako777 for teaching me this tonight
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You are the mf'in man. This is what fixed my phone. Give me your email so I can paypal you $20.
To anyone who can't get into recovery if you mess up your phone with the wrong GAPPS, this method is the only thing that worked for me.

SeanFloyd said:
To anyone who can't get into recovery if you mess up your phone with the wrong GAPPS, this method is the only thing that worked for me.
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Glad you had it all worked out.
This is exactly what was suggested to you before, since you said in your OP you had already odin back to stock. What I don't get is how come you were not able to boot into original recovery when it was just going on a boot loop. It doesn't matter. At least you fixed it. Enjoy
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neysito said:
Glad you had it all worked out.
This is exactly what was suggested to you before, since you said in your OP you had already odin back to stock. What I don't get is how come you were not able to boot into original recovery when it was just going on a boot loop. It doesn't matter. At least you fixed it. Enjoy
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My bad man, I quoted the wrong reply. Here is what fixed it.
GalaxyS3Guy said:
In odin, uncheck auto reboot. Flash the recovery tar in pda spot. When it says pass, pull the battery and boot into recovery with volume up, home, and power. Release the power button when u feel the vibrate. Then thank mrmako777 for teaching me this tonight
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[Q] Unable to boot to recovery, crashes [SOLVED]

I've bought global Galaxy Note 2 N7100 from Hong Kong with Kogan (online store)
Unlocked the device by using this method "How-to-root-galaxy-note-2-easiest-method" on google
[Odin v1.85 unknown CWM6 version]
After that, turning off the phone and holding down the Vol Up + Home Key + Power brings up the Galaxy Note N7100 screen, buzzes out and turns itself off.
I rewrote a new CWM recovery mode onto the device and tried it again, same problem.
[Odin v3.04 / ODIN-KashaMalagaTOUCHCWMRecovery-V6.0.2.7]
The next step I was going to take was to wipe the phone and install the stock Kernal, then using ODIN to unlock it again and trying to enter recovery mode again.
If this is the right step, I will do so.
If you could help me, it will be appreciated.
Android version : 4.1.1
Kernal version :
3.0.31-310959
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 10 21:08:07 KST 2012
\\\\\\Thank you very much, flashing to latest TWRP worked.///////

just reflash the whole stock rom

emprize said:
just reflash the whole stock rom
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flash stock rom, then Odin CWM6 recovery 6.0.2.7, then try to go into recovery mode?

emprize said:
just reflash the whole stock rom
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I've reflashed the whole stock rom, then flashed ODIN-KashaMalagaTOUCHCWMRecovery-V6.0.2.7 with ODIN, still the same problem.

Try TWRP instead of CWM. You can find it here:
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/n7100
You could try rebooting into recovery using ADB from your pc or a terminal emulator on the phone by typing: su reboot recovery
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vladeco said:
Try TWRP instead of CWM. You can find it here:
goo . im
You could try rebooting into recovery using ADB from your pc or a terminal emulator on the phone by typing: su reboot recovery
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After installing the app Goo.im I installed the TWRP recovery with it and rebooted the device into recovery.
It showed the same buzzing screen and turned itself off.
There is no noticeable file courruption within the phone and everything is just as same when I start the phone normally again.
Could this be a faulty device? If so, can I actually get a refund / return for it?
I also cannot receive my 3G data from my sim when my Galaxy S2 was able to recieve it.
Does unlocking and changing roms affect the availablility of 3G data?

Re: [Q] Unable to boot to recovery, crashes
You have a new bootloader.
Flash latest twrp. 2.3.3.2.
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mariosraptor said:
You have a new bootloader.
Flash latest twrp. 2.3.3.2.
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Thank you very much, installing Android Revolution HD.

nananonina said:
Thank you very much, installing Android Revolution HD.
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help me :crying: i had the same problem like urs...

mariosraptor said:
You have a new bootloader.
Flash latest twrp. 2.3.3.2.
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i already try flashing the latest twrp but still doesnt work for me
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Can you share more? What did you do before it started?
Have you tried reflashing stock? Then rooting with cf-root and then flashing twrp with odin?
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mariosraptor said:
Can you share more? What did you do before it started?
Have you tried reflashing stock? Then rooting with cf-root and then flashing twrp with odin?
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The 1st thing that I do is root with the "how to Root Note 2 [EASIEST METHOD]"at Youtube. like the topic and than after when the rooting process it will restart into recovery mode part at that part when I saw the note 2 word when restart the word were distorted and the note 2 word run everywhere and than become black screen for about 2-3 minit and than the phone restart on back like normal and my phone were rooted and got super user on it and I tested with titanium backup and can be used. After that I try to install cwm recovery and flash the CWM recovery like the app told me to, after that i try to backup my stock rom and than after restart to recovery mode the note 2 word show like when the rooting process the word distorted. After that i try goo manager to flash twrp and try go recovery mode and still same. I did not try to flash back the stock rom. can you guide me what should I do next about the cf root and flash twrp with Odin, i dint try it because Im noob at rooting note 2.
btw thx for reply i hope you can guide me what should i do next.
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You can go to twrp site and download twrp for note 2 in tar format so you can flash it with odin just the same way as you flashed cf-root.
Do not use goo manager. For some reason it says that it flashed twrp but it does not flash it.
So in a few words.
DL twrp 2.3.3.2 in tar format.
Open odin and select pda and then select twrp.
Switch off your phone and boot in download mode by pressing volume down+home button+ power botton. When you see samsung logo realease power button. Keep the other two.
Press vol up to confirm
Connect your phone to pc and wait till it recognizes it.
Press start. Wait till finish.
It should be working after this.
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mariosraptor said:
You can go to twrp site and download twrp for note 2 in tar format so you can flash it with odin just the same way as you flashed cf-root.
Do not use goo manager. For some reason it says that it flashed twrp but it does not flash it.
So in a few words.
DL twrp 2.3.3.2 in tar format.
Open odin and select pda and then select twrp.
Switch off your phone and boot in download mode by pressing volume down+home button+ power botton. When you see samsung logo realease power button. Keep the other two.
Press vol up to confirm
Connect your phone to pc and wait till it recognizes it.
Press start. Wait till finish.
It should be working after this.
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THX!!! THX U VERY MUCH!!! U SAVE ME!!!:good::laugh::highfive:

Good. Bye
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mariosraptor said:
You can go to twrp site and download twrp for note 2 in tar format so you can flash it with odin just the same way as you flashed cf-root.
Do not use goo manager. For some reason it says that it flashed twrp but it does not flash it.
So in a few words.
DL twrp 2.3.3.2 in tar format.
Open odin and select pda and then select twrp.
Switch off your phone and boot in download mode by pressing volume down+home button+ power botton. When you see samsung logo realease power button. Keep the other two.
Press vol up to confirm
Connect your phone to pc and wait till it recognizes it.
Press start. Wait till finish.
It should be working after this.
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Thank you this half worked it got me into a recovery which is now TWRP but when I flash CyanogenMod my phone wont boot and gets the same flashing and sliding screen that I got before

KJ.Moore said:
Thank you this half worked it got me into a recovery which is now TWRP but when I flash CyanogenMod my phone wont boot and gets the same flashing and sliding screen that I got before
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The word wont boot is cant boot into recovery or what?
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Does CM flash a recovery of it's own maybe? Check their thread if it indeed does.
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kirasan13 said:
The word wont boot is cant boot into recovery or what?
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I don't know understand what you just said but my phone wouldn't boot properly into cyanogenmod, the screen would flicker around and go all weird then go blank. I then restored to me backup and later made a new backup and tried flashing Cyanogenmod again but the same thing happened. So again I restored to my back up but this time my backup didn't work and is doing the same thing as it did with cyanogen mod - screen flickers and flashes and goes all weird then goes blank

KJ.Moore said:
I don't know understand what you just said but my phone wouldn't boot properly into cyanogenmod, the screen would flicker around and go all weird then go blank. I then restored to me backup and later made a new backup and tried flashing Cyanogenmod again but the same thing happened. So again I restored to my back up but this time my backup didn't work and is doing the same thing as it did with cyanogen mod - screen flickers and flashes and goes all weird then goes blank
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I have a question, where u get ur cyanogenmod? Can u give me the link?
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[Q] Black Screen - Won't Boot

Was using the Galaxy S3 toolkit to update cwm, went to flash an AOSP rom intended for d2att models, went to reboot the device... It flashes the samsung logo briefly then sits at a black screen with a solid amber LED. ODIN does not see it, my PC sees the device but I can't flash anything at all. Can't get to download mode either holding the power and any combination of the volume keys does nothing. Someone please help point me in the right direction to fix this. Thanks in advance.

If or PC sees it u could check and see if ADB sees it and maybe wipe and flash from there
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Download mode is Vol down + home + power. Can you get into recovery?

Thanks. I can only get into download mode at the moment. I'm downloading the stock firmware now and going to try flashing it in ODIN. Hopefully I'll get something to work here.

SirFork said:
Thanks. I can only get into download mode at the moment. I'm downloading the stock firmware now and going to try flashing it in ODIN. Hopefully I'll get something to work here.
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Sounds good. Keep us posted.
Update cwm in rom manager next time

ODIN passed the flash. How long should the first boot take?

SirFork said:
ODIN passed the flash. How long should the first boot take?
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If it takes longer than 10 or so minutes, pull the battery, replace and booting into stock recovery. Wipe data and cache. Reboot

It take bit longer than normal but it should boot within a minute or two
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Pbwizkid said:
It take bit longer than normal but it should boot within a minute or two
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It's common to have to pull the battery and wipe data in recovery after flashing stock in odin

[Q] S3 soft brick? need help please.

I installed Dandroid 4.6 ROM last night and it was running well. Then later today after i woke up the phone just restarted it self and got stuck on the Samsung boot logo. i tried to Odin it back to stock using the .tar.md5 file and same thing happens. i tried it again and its still stuck on the Samsung logo screen any suggestions? and i also can't get into recovery mode only download mode.

SamsungAllDay said:
I installed Dandroid 4.6 ROM last night and it was running well. Then later today after i woke up the phone just restarted it self and got stuck on the Samsung boot logo. i tried to Odin it back to stock using the .tar.md5 file and same thing happens. i tried it again and its still stuck on the Samsung logo screen any suggestions? and i also can't get into recovery mode only download mode.
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I would say boot into recovery and do a "Factory Reset" or "Wipe Data", but you can't get into it. Reinstall TWRP and wipe data/system/dalvik/cache, then reboot to "Download"/"ODIN" mode and try to flash back to stock with ODIN. Also, redownload the tar.md5 file, just to make sure that isn't the issue.

Thank you very much.
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SamsungAllDay said:
Thank you very much.
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You are welcome, please let us know if you get it fixed and what was the fix.