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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
Internal and External SD Cards working from CWM Recovery

I made some changed to recovery.fstab, now recovery shows separate entries for external and internal sd.:good: (DooMLoRD's tip)

Now both the internal and external sd cards are working from cwm recovery.:D

The external sd card partition is /dev/block/mmcbkl1p1

RECOVERY for XperiaIon v.4.zip

Flashing:

Unzip the content of the zip.

For windows use install.bat

For linux use install.sh

@popfan, could you please update the op with this release.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ratmkicksass:
Great job!!! Thanks!!! ran bat file and everything working great. Made a backup and then restored flawlessly...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
+1

Great work guys.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] quangtus:
My ion backed up and restored perfectly. Looking for Cooked Roms :o
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] enrique71:
Odd .. the files are in SYSTEM/BIN but when I reboot and click on the volume UP key, nothing happens .. Any idea why ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
What's the up key for?

To enter CWM, repeatedly touch the Sony logo when booting.;)

~Jaramie

from my LT28at, rooted and eating an Ice Cream Sandwich :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] enrique71:
Thanks .. I thought the "tap on the Sony Logo" was a joke for Noobs .. Guess the joke was on me! Haven't seen this method to access recovery yet, normally it's the volume rocker keys.

Take it easy.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ayushextreme:
Does this work on non At&t?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Yes, all 3 ION models LT28-at, -h, -i

~Jaramie

from my LT28at, rooted and eating an Ice Cream Sandwich :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] earbrain:
Guys I've been somewhat outa the loop for the last few weeks and now trying to play catchup. Still catching up on the forum so please forgive if these answers are provided elsewhere but really have just couple questions regarding this install.

1. Do I need unlocked bl to install(we still do not have for "at" right?)?

2. Do I have to be rooted with ICS? Would like to start tweaking but have stock GB running pretty smooth, not sure I want to go to ICS yet. Guess question is in a nutshell is can I root stock "at" GB fw with locked bl(I know we were able to do this on X10) then install and run this CWM?

Anxious to get to work on some themes & mods but just want to be sure things are solid to avoid any unexpected issues.

Going to continue readind in interim.

Thanks so much for the great work here so far, eb

Edit: After reading looks like the answers no, pretty sure anyways.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
Yes it will work with locked boot loader and no there is no current way to unlock the boot loader. For this mod to work you will need root and to have root you need ICS. There is no way to root GB as no one has found an exploit in it to do so.

You will need to flash the international .111 GB with no wipes and let it boot and then use the root and flash ICS again with no wipes and exclude baseband. This will give you ICS with root and a working Clock Work Mod.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] earbrain:
Thanks bro, looks like it's ICS or bust. Appreciate the clarification. eb

ps: Is there any way yet to return to stock?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
I guess that would be a full wipe when flashing .257 ftf. One or two people have not been able to flash gb after ics, but I've had no problem.

Sent from Rooted LT28at with ICS.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Pc companion will get you back to stock. And we have the stock att firmware .257 ftf file for flashtool.

ICS is very nice on my lt28at &rooted.

CWM is fully working for backups.

~Jaramie

from my LT28at, rooted and eating an Ice Cream Sandwich :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Note: I haven't actually tried flashing gb since rooting ics, so maybe I would, dunno. I did flash ics w/o root and was able to go back to gb

Sent from Rooted LT28at with ICS.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] earbrain:
Thanks guys, I'll prob roll with this soon as I get time this week. The thought of a restore through PC Companion is extremely unappealing but sounds like ya'll have ICS rockn so hopefully it's a moot point.

Gota get my feet wet sooner or later huh?Much appreciated. eb
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] droidiac13:
I would've thought the same thing! LOL

My HOX has been Nocturnal'd. Has yours?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
There is still a small issue with cwm.

It is not able to backup android secure folder. Keeps searching the external sd for the folder.

So in a sense the backup is incomplete.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DennisDD78:
This recovery doesn`t fully workable, it can`t see the sd-ext partition, and can`t backup it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
sd-ext is not required. none of the latest cwm's backup sd-ext.

This was a trick used earier to extend storage on phones with limited memory.

The method is to add an ext format partition (a Linux format) to the external sd card and move apks there, with a soft link so that it looks to the phone as if they are still in internal storage. If you do this, CWM will back up the contents of the ext partition as part of the nandroid. If not, you get this message.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] twent4:
So I tried flashing my ics/unlockedBL 28i (sig says 28at for psn) and the batch file keeps getting stuck at "waiting for device" on step 1. Checked debugging and sources, told avast mobile not to block debug, reinstalled adb drivers from flash tool folder, rebooted both pc and phone, no luck. Windows detects the phone with an audible notification, nothing pops up, phone has the green light on for about a minute and then it shuts off.

Any advice?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
Are you putting the phone into flash mode?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DennisDD78:
Yes, iknow it, because i`m using Link2SD with 2nd SD partition, because i want to free phone memory as much as it possible. Earlier, on other SE phone, i can`t remember clear, but i think it was Ray, CWM did the backup of sd-ext with no problems, so i had a full backup of my phone system, and i thought that this CWM can do tha same, but i was wrong. I`d wish that CWM on Ion could do the same.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] twent4:
Yeah, holding volume down as I plug it in.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Saigonian:
May I ask one question: Can we use CallRecord to record calls for Xperia Ion now? Previously I used Xperia Arc and DoomLord kernel, it worked perfectly. Since I upgrade my phone to Ion, I can't use it anymore. Please help!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mangtas_666:
Yes you can use call record am using it with my ion and it works perfectly.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
"For quality purposes, some portions of this telephone conversation may be recorded."
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Got a link for callrecord? Sounds interesting.

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ ion
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mangtas_666:
I got my callrecord apk how do i share it here spectre?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mangtas_666:
Callrecord APK

View attachment callrecorder-1.2.7.apk
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Auggy99:
lol that's kinda creepy

anyways, when I go into CWM, is it supposed to say version 1 ? Shouldn't it be v4 ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
I have modified the CWM recovery, Now it backs up the android secure from internal sdcard.

But I see that on my phone, there is no data in .android_secure.

Is it the same for you guys?

I moved a lot of apps to SD card, and I see that the .android_secure is still empty. But there is Android folder on the SD card which has been updated with the moved apps data. So it makes sense to backup and restore this folder. Anyone can confirm this?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] accts:
I dont have much apps on my phones, and do not backup to ext_sdcard so I couldn't tell you. Although the Android_secure folder is empty for me as well. Only the android folder in the internal sdcard has some of the apps data.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] popfan:
I was too lazy to mod the script that I modded.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Auggy99:
Np, just making sure.

Sent from my Xperia GX
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cristiano_7:
I run the program then on step three it says stoped running then finished press any key but i dnt see anything it didnt do anything what can be the problem
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thanitos:
Restart your phone when the word Sony appears tap it 5-6 times should boot you to cwm
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] muaxuantht:
Restart your phone press (click) logo Sony (white center)

(not press any key or volume down).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] josemald:
Flashing a new rom

Hi, I have ICS 0.233 Firmware and I want to upgrade to 1.20. Do I need to remove CWM before flashing?

Besides CWM, I also deodexed the Rom and installed a status bar mod. Do I need to do anything about these before flashing? If I need to post these two last questions in their threads, please let me know.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
No need to remove anything. But you will loose customizations and will need to deodex again to apply them again. Also would require to flash cwm recovery again.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] josemald:
Thanks. That won't be a problem, flashing cwm, deodexing and applying customizations was very easy, less than a 10 min process.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DennisDD78:
Guys, please, i need advice, how can i remove recovery ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Flash any stock firmwares

~Jaramie

from my LT28at ION rooted, customized & eating an Ice Cream Sandwich ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] twent4:
Since ROM Manager doesn't detect this version as having CWM installed from within the OS, should i flash the phone with the software from ROM Manager and then run this flash again?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
I wouldn't do anything with ROM Manager. CWM from boot is the safest bet.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bryan858:
Seems to work great. Flashed deox and status bar. Had a quick question though.

I am removing the bloatware manually with ti and I've changed the bootanimation. If I made a backup with cwm can i share it with other ion users that also have cwm? Or does backup copy all phone specific data like imei /sn, etc? I've spent good day or so cistomizing my ion and it would have been so easy if someone that may have already done the clean up of the factory Rom could share there backup file deodex, cleaned, modified, and pre-rooted. Please let me know as id like to share when im done. Ps. I still have a locked bootloader if that matters in flashing other factory based roms.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gnahanut:
I am having problems with CWM: cannot mount sd-card.

Can anyone help me please? I am running Lt28h latest firmware, unlocked BL and I have root access.

Nevermind, I select mount internal SD card and it is working fine :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Are you using v4 of cwm?

Sent from my LT28 w MIUI
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Recovery X 1.5 just released, now supporting the Ion.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1773227
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KEB64:
Says my device is not properly rooted and the application is stuck with an hourglass. Hmm...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
If you can't get it working then let LEDeleted know in the op.

Sent from my LT28 w MIUI
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KEB64:
Good idea. Done. Are you using this version? Is it a different version CWM or is the installation method just different?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
No, I haven't had a chance to try it yet. I was planning to do a full wipe back to stock and try it on a fresh phone.

Sent from my LT28 w MIUI
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
I saw that the installation process talks of fast boot mode.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] techdeisel:
So it's unclear is this just Ann option to install cwm or are amenra and xrec assault fir us now to
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Some phones will need unlocked BL for recovery some not. At one time i think that was the norm. That thread talks about what model needs what. But from what i read that tool should handle both scenarios.

Sent from my LT28 w MIUI
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
Did you check what it looks like. Maybe he just added the cwm from our thread. Can't be sure.

I am on CM9, so could not check.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
No, i haven't had a chance to try it yet. LEDelete said there was a bug to be fixed for us, so there should be another version coming soon.

---------- Post added at 02:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:12 PM ----------

OK, I just manually downloaded the zip that the RecoveryX uses for the ION and it looks like the same recovery that we have already. Date for Date, the files are all the same as the CWM v4 that we have now.

So I guess we don't have an improved CWM yet. RecoveryX is just a multi phone recovery installer that uses existing recoveries from various places.

I'd say at this point we have nothing new.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KEB64:
Is anybody working on an improved/updated CWM Recovery for the Xperia LT28at ??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beveve:
unable to install on 6.1.E.2.68:(

please confirm
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
It is working ... i am using it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] w3nZ:
i´m using it, too.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
CWM is working on .68 for me as well. However I used v11 of root by restore.

Sent from my LT28i
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beveve:
found the problem was due to usb debugging mode not properly started

superSU blocks the adb shell to run

problem resolved

sorry for causing a fuss;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
Ok so what am I missing here?? I have run into the same issue and cant get cwm to work. I am using .68 and V11 and all runs fine but when I try to get into cwm it just wont work. I don't get it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beveve:
make sure debugging mode is ON

check USB debug is enabled in flashtool,

if the option is checked on the phone but its not reported ON in flashtool,

try switch on and off the option and retry
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
Yea it is all working and I get root but cant access cwm. I have also tried V16 as well.

Flash tool gives no faults and see's debug mode. Not sure what it is.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] redMANU:
Yes, I also had the issue.

It worked on .20 but after flashing .68, I couldn't get into CWM recovery.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
Ok I feel dumb now lol. It helps if you remember to actually put the recovery on the phone before trying to use it dur.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] derrickdroid:
I have rooted lt28at, ICS build .105

So i ran the install.bat as admin and it does its thing, i grant it SuperSU permission.

I tapped Sony 6 times during bootup. It slows bootup down but doesnt boot into CWM.

Help Please

EDIT* : ran it again, worked. Thank You.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Nandroid backup from terminal

I found this today searching around, and thought I'd share it. I didn't want to make a new thread, so it seemed like the right place to throw it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1620255

It's a Nandroid backup that runs from an Android terminal. No need to shut down and go to CWM, you can backup while booted.

The best feature for me is that I can give it a custom name, and storage location. I did a factory reset and restored the backup through CWM and all worked perfectly. The backups are saved in the normal [/clockworkmod/backup] directory, whether you specify a custom storage location or not.

Here are the commands that are of most use to me (obviously leave out the brackets):

onandroid -c [Custom Name] -s [Storage Location]

[Custom Name] = Should have no spaces, just dashes and underbars

[Storage Location] = Should be full path [/mnt/ext_card] for external memory. Leaving this switch out will default to the internal memory

If you want a list of commands:

onandroid -h

I pushed the onandroid file to [ /system/bin ] and changed permissions to 755, so I can't say if the install zip will work on the LT28, but the OP said he would make device specific zips if you post a request. I can confirm the latest build, 6.13, is working on the LT28. It is a little slower than backing up through CWM, but you save the time not having reboot multiple times.

You need CWM and a terminal emulator installed for this to work.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] EcHoFiiVe:
How would I go about restoring regular recovery on the Lt28at? I am returning this phone tomorrow and I don't want Best Buy seeing I had a custom recovery lol:p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Flash stock fw with a full wipe.

Sent from my LT28 w MIUI
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Just flash a stock ftf file in flash tools wiping everything excluding nothing.

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] veasna.kelly:
I'm new to this device and would lilke to instal MIUI rom.I'm running stock 6.1.E.2.68. If I want to root my device and flash CWM, should I use only "RootingkitforXperiaIonv4" & just plug the phone to PC with enable debugging mode and then click step1.bat follow by step2.bat file?

Thanks in advance for your resply as I do not want to mess up my lovely Ion here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Read the sticky in the general section on flashing and rooting the ion.

Sent from my LT28 w MIUI
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kdm212:
thinking about getting the lt28h. would this be the root method i would use? also are the roms for the att version what i would use?

thanks!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Yes to root.

No, there is only one ROM for at version, miui because of unlockable bootloader. If you're buying the lt28h then you can unlock your bootloader and flash cm10/9, aokp and pa ROMs.

Sent from my LT28 w MIUI
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] goothu99:
i have the LT28i- i need this CWM before i can flash the aokp?

thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Yes.

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From my LT28

LT28 Thread Index
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] randy_c:
Download recovery... run the batch files step 3 completed but when I reboot and tap ion Sony icon 5-6 times and nothing. I can't get into recovery.. :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] m1trand1r:
try more times:)

Sent fom my S-II with CM-10 by mcm811(12/06/2012] powered by [url="http://dorimanx.shine.sk/kernels-jb/Kernel_Dorimanx-V7.29-ICS-JB-22-51--06-12-12-SG2-PWR-CORE.zip]DorimanX kernel v 7.29[/url]
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] randy_c:
Run the batch files 4 times... reboot multiple times and once reboot I keep tap on the Sony Logo but nothing. I can't get into recovery. I am running 6.1.E.2.60 on LT28at. "sony logo on the booting screen right?"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Not that you haven't tried but when I see "SONY" I tap the screen about once every second.

Did the ROOT .bat files work for you ok? And no errors with the CWM files?

Also you said 6.1.E.2.60, but you meant .68 right?

Maybe post a picture of pc screen for us to read.

~Jaramie

sent by my ION
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] randy_c:
I have superSU and sorry running 6.1.E.2.68 and also have root explorer. SuperUS grant root explorer so I think my rooted. I run the bat file several times and have no error. :( went thru all 3 step.. recognize the phone, push files then arrange etc...

Is this the only way to boot in recovery?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mrsatan:
Try using X-Parts, it has an option to boot to recovery directly.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
After root did you install busy box from the phone? I always use smart install in the app. also try updating the super user binary in the su app.

Also yes in this version spamming the Sony screen is only access. Unless a button works for you ;)

~Jaramie

sent by my ION
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thanitos:
Root through flashtool if the other method wont work. The batch file worked one time for me then after that it never rooted my phone again so I used flashtool and it works every time
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dyepnoodle:
how to root using flashtool? ive been using Binary's but no luck. now i think im stuck since the newest firmware is unrootable for now.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Flashtools root method is the same as bin4ry's .bat file. What firmware you using? I made a flashable 6.1.E.3.7 LT28h that is prerooted. Look in the general section for it. Still waiting for that version to be released for the lt28i.

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ TL
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
I have noticed that when using CWM on the ion to flash a rom I don't get a progress bar. I tried changing the show_progress settings to match what I have in a LT30 rom that does show it but still don't get any progress bar. Something else I need to change or do?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Snow.Goose:
Hi, I just recently got an Ion as an upgrade to my Captivate and can't for the life of me figure out how to get into recovery. I have LT28i(rogers) and ICS(6.1.E.1.19). I can't unlock bootloader but I currently have root from using B4nary's method. SuperSu shows up and root works. Do i have to reroot it using the method in this thread? I've already tried tapping Sony a lot, but it doesn't boot into recovery.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Have you installed CWM, as instructed in the OP? How about a screen shot of failed attempt?

From Jaramie's LT28at

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Snow.Goose:
Yeah, I ran the install.bat and there was no error in the script. I didn't use the "RootingkitforxperiaionV4.zip" in the OP though, because I my system is already rooted using Binary's method.

EDIT: Got It. Reran the recoveryinstaller again, and this time after Step 3, it actually said like rewriting system or something, changing permissions. Not sure why it didn't say it all the previous times, but i would have never known Step 3 would have said something. It always says "Complete" so I assumed it worked...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Glad you won :D

From Jaramie's LT28at

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CRHASH:
when i run the bat file for v.4 and the i boot in to cwm i only get v01

what am i doing wrong ?:p

and i can not flash roms because it said that i cant mount sd card..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Re: CWM - Xperia Ion

Not sure what the issue is. I just downloaded the recovery v4 script and used it to install cwm on my lt28at running 6.1.E.3.7 without issues.

What file did you use recovery or root & recovery?

You do have an Ion?

Did you try to mount or just flash the zip and got error?

From Jaramie's LT28at

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CRHASH:
i am on ion (lt28h) with 6.1.E.3.7 i used only the recovery file because i have root alredy

i´ve unlocked my bootloader yesterday and try to flash cm10, paranoid, kang not any of these worked

because recovery said e: unvalibe to mount sd:card or something like that

i´ve also flashed this kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2047456
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
Version no was not changed by Popfan. It is still v4, but showing v1. Nothing to worry.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] krook6023:
As popfan requested ownership of this thread has been transferred to ganeshbiyer the original files he uploaded are still available in post #2.

@ganeshbiyer -> The first post is now in your name and you can edit it as you like.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] armando_rod:
BTW, dont know if anyone notice but the date on the nandroid backups is mess up, still says 1970
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NewDev4IOS:
v4???

I downloaded the zips and got v1 on my Xperia ion late (at&t)

---------- Post added at 11:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:10 PM ----------

Nevermind
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spyroo:
Re: CWM - Xperia Ion

Right
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Virus_UTECH:
worked fine for me no problems at all
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Marsou77:
It's possible to have CWM6 for our ion ? Or just how I can build CWM6 ? I didn't find anything on Google..

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