yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] aisaza592:
Deleting Meta Data

Hello Mr. Cook,

I'm new to this site and I was looking for some answers, when I came across this thread. I recently refilled the service on my SG S2 and I didn't follow the instructions when prompted to (the ones that tell you to turn the phone off then back on). Well instead I waited about an hour to turn it off, and when I tried to turn it back on, it would show the Samsung logo, reboot again, and repeat the process over again. I put it in Recovery Mode, did the Factory Reset and tried it again. Still nothing. I tried to put it in Recovery Mode again and this time it said Deleting Meta Data and it would do the whole reboot thing again. So after 4 hours of research, I am confused and still without a working phone :(. What is the best course of action for me to take? I would greatly appreciate your help with this. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
The first post in this thread gives instructions for what you need to do. You need to use Odin to install the factory firmware.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Sorry for my delayed response. No, I haven't gotten it figured out yet. I'll keep trying till I do.

On a previous version of the cm11 and the cwm 4.4 it will install and boot completely. But the newest build on the op does not. I tried flashing the 12/23 kernel before flashing the newest cm 11 but still no luck. I'm going to download the newest builds of both kernel and ROM and then try again.

Will post steps and results when I finish.

Thanks for your help razen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Be sure you check the md5 of that ROM. There sounds like a bad download. I'm using that ROM/kernel now and it works fine. Maybe you should install the cwm 6.0.4.7 that mr-cook made specifically for our phone. That's what recovery I'm using

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
OK. I'll redownload the ROM, flash the cwm, reboot recovery, full wipe, then attempt to flash the new download and see if that works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Quick update. Again thanks to razen another problem solved. Cm11 up and running.( Bad initial download.) Thanks razen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
OR...! Use Odin to install cwm and upgrade to jellybean or kitkat and ditch the ancient gingerbread sanscript. That's what the Sumerians used.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
I do have one question. Earlier I had tried to download the Odin flashable factory firmware and Odin wouldn't pick it up. Didn't show at all. Was I missing a step? Should I have opened the file first?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Click PDA button in Odin and file needs to be on computer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
I did that but the file doesn't show up. The files for the cwm show up but not that one. Confusing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
You should have a file named sgh-s959g-stock.tar that Odin will see if its in a zip it won't see it

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I just checked the downloads from OP they are not inside of a zip file like the one I had on my computer so make sure you are downloading the Odin version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
I haven't tried in a week or more but when I downloaded the file the title always just read a bunch of numbers.tar. I appreciate your attention but please don't worry to much on my account. Since I got the cm11 to work(thanks to razen) I don't really need it. At the time I had soft bricked my phone was trying to fix it. Ended up just using Odin to flash in an older cwm version. I do appreciate your input. Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Download the uncompressed version or extract that version you have compacted version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
I'll probably end up soft bricking it again soon or later:). Next time I'll download that one because your correct. I have been downloading the compressed one. Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Well if you have cm11 you don't need to back to stock if you want a more stocked experience go with Mr cooks rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
I do like Cooked. I ran that for awhile shortly after I got this device. Then I saw that we could goto 4.4 and I've been on that journey since then. I do wish Cyanogen would include the multi-window feature available on ShoStock though. That alone almost made me stay with that but I like being on the newest android version. I guess just cause I'm an a.. and like the fact that not even newer,better devices don't have it.:)

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Is there an exposed module that will give me the multi window feature on this device/ROM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
looks possible did a quick search http://xdaforums.com/sitesearch.php?q=multi window xposed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] royahaun:
I'm sorry for being dense. But how do I install this recovery? Talk about humbling experience. I can't figure out how to install non Zip. Do I need to Zip it up first?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
What recovery? If it's a zip, you flash it in recovery and reboot the recovery. If it's a .tar.md5 you use Odin

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
What recovery? If its not a zip must be a Odin file tar or md5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] royahaun:
Post #3177 .cwm v6.0.4.7 touch it doesn't download as a zip or tar. I'll go back and look at Dev/host

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Its a zip or should be re down load
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] royahaun:
OK I didn't ask any ? For a year on xda just research and dig. Now Im either having a serious brain fart or I need to go back to stock and start the journey over I'm downloading from post #3177

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
File is not downloading correctly right now I just tried try latter or Mr cook may of pulled it due to an issue it was having
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] royahaun:
Thank you I thought I lost my brain for a bit

:thumbup::thumbup:

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Something must be messed up with Dev host "again". Just add .zip to the end of the file name.

No I haven't pulled it down. Yet. I'll try to remember tomorrow.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
OK so when I had my LG Dynamic I could just change the PowerOn.ogg file to replace my boot sound but I can't seem to find that file on this device. I know that a chime is played running stock so the file has to be present even if under another name but for the life of me I can't find it. If anyone knows where it is can you please let me know?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
Look in /system/media/audio/ui and u should see PowerOn.ogg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
It's not there. Could that be because I'm running cm11?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
I suppose. Not sure though. This is where the file is on my i777 w/ stock 4.1.2 firmware.

Use Root Explorer by Speed Software Ltd. It has a Search function that should help ya be able to find it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
I use Solid Explorer myself. The signature is misleading. My device is actually the ST GSII but because of the ROM it reads the I777. I think I'll try just placing a file in there and see what happens.:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Our phone IS an i777 with the only difference being that recovery and kernel are on sperate partitions. That's why we have to flash a special zip to change our recovery. On the at&t i777 flashing the kernel changes the recovery too.

For what you are taking about, there is no difference.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Oh. OK. I tried just placing an audio file/renamed PowerOn.ogg in system/media/audio/ui but that didn't work. Any other suggestions?

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For this particular quest the LG was a whole lot easier.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Where did you find 6.0.4.7 for this phone? I don't see it here
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50086997

Straight Talk SGS2- SGH-S959G

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There you go roger. If that link is down search post previous to that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
That link was taken down because that recovery was not working right. Please use 6.0.4.5 for kitkat or 6.0.2.7 for jelly bean. Recovery is important. Don't use jelly bean recovery for kitkat or vice versa

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Thank you. It's working so far but I keep a ton if zip files in my phone all the time so if I have problems I'll just flash another
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Thank you razen. That's another thing I just learned. The recovery difference between JB and KK. Didn't know that. Thanx to razen another lesson learned.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-fwb_egCRs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Is this even remotely true??????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
If it does work, it's called stealing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Was just curious. Didn't think any thing like that was even possible. Don't worry. Had NO intention of doing it!!!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] aisaza592:
OK. Do I need to do a ROM Wipe before doing this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
No you do not. You can but it's not necessary
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
TB tells me my su binary is outdated. How do I update it? SuperUser shows no options to update.

Also, how do I deleat apps from system?ie: hangouts,Google launcher, launcher3. A couple others to. I don't use them and see no reason to have them taking up space. I've tried with TB but they just keep coming back.

Do I need to use the file manager for this or do I need busybox for TB to work properly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Are you using superSU from the play store? I had that problem with handouts before but never any of the other system apps.

Have you tried using tibu to convert them to user apps and then uninstalling them?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
No. Just the superuser that is included in the cm11 ROM. Again no, I haven't converted them. I'll give that a shot. Thanks razen.

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Well, I tried to install cwm superuser by koushic and lost root access. So now I'm going to try and figure this one out on my own before I ask for help. Good learning experience.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RoCKOwNz:
I have just recently went back to Mr. Cooks rom and when I first flashed and updated my apps the Super SU said that my binary was outdated also. But it gave me an option to download the newer and do a normal install or recovery I just did normal and all has been fine since.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
I'm guessing you're on a stock rom (if you've mentioned this earlier forgive me - I've not been following this thread too much lately); you need to also delete system apps from the preload folder whenever you remove them via TiBu. Use a root explorer to do this, then they won't reappear.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
THAT'S WHY hangouts keeps coming back! Thanks dude!

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@woodsninja, if you're on renderbroken's ROM he recommends using superSU from the play store for his ROM bc the superuser app has not been 100%. Personally i recommend buying the pro version and using it no matter what ROM you're on. And if asked in recovery if you want to fix root select "no"

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Hi ! I want to share this screenshot with you.

Taken with *Screenshot* for Android

market://details?id=com.geeksoft.screenshot

I'm running cm10.2. Is there a way to improve these scores?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tsjanda:
Ill let you know at lunch
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Let who know what?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tsjanda:
Disreguard that message my phone messed up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
Dead Phone

Hey all just wanted to post about what happened to me, again. The night before last my phone beeped low battery. I took it plugged it in for the night, turned on wifi to get omni nightly update like always, phone had about 10% charge, I didnt get right up and plug it in but didnt wait to long after. i fell asleep watching movie and came to bed about 5am. I went to set alarm and phone was shut down. I was tired and didnt think alot about it then and hit power button. phone booted but had 0% on bat then....wham it shut down and hasnt restarted. i tried blocking the tabs on battery and lettting it charge a couple of hours. I got the battery animation for just a sec then nothing. I am running omni with renders kernel, I dont state this blaming either one it is my fault for letting it get so low and it happened to me before so i wasnt a n00b, I just state it for record. The only thing I can figure is once the battery got so low it drained faster then it charged, even though it was idle I think wifi was the kicker, so warning to all dont let your phone get down to where it beeps at you to charge it. I am going to contact ST and see if they will fix it again. I think its still just under a year.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Take it to radio shack and have them charge it with their external charger

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
Razen once again you are the man. I wondered about an external charger but didnt know anyone with one. Thanks again my friend

Update: went to walmart first since that's where I got the phone. they didn't have a external charger to use or buy so i went to radio shack, the guy was more interested in ball game on tv then helping. I told him what I needed and he says "we don't work on phones here". I didn't want him to work on it i asked if he had a charger to use..long story short no they couldn't or wouldn't not sure which, help me. now i am getting ready to cut a charger cord and try charging battery direct..wish me luck lol

Update: i took my ohm meter and tested battery and found the 2 strips on battery that gave me a reading, 2.something volts, and those the 2 I hook my striped cables to. after an hour i came back in to check it. put battery in phone nothing, pulled battery checked voltage.....none....battery is totaly drained. wow...guess it will be after payday I will go buy external charger and give that a go.

update; well me being me i cant just let it be. I took ohm meter tested prongs on phone with charger plugged in and bat out. I found the 2 that produced voltage and taped the other 2 on bat up. it has been about an hour and i just pulled battery and tested it is showing 2.49 volts now. i retaped battery and put back in phone to charge more. if it works ill post what i did. I found conflicting accounts of which terminal to cover up and had not thought of ohm meter until this afternoon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Teknodad1974:
Here you go....

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=370919744555

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=171192641581
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Let us know exactly which terminals it is, of it works. This problem happens a lot

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Hey guys I know this is off topic(I'm sorry) but my wife recently got the Galaxy Prevail 2 from Boost Mobile and I can't seem to find a thread for it. Can some one please point me in the right direction?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
I was unsucessful at getting a charge. The second and fourth pin from left, if your looking at battery in phone are the 2 pins showing voltage so those are the 2 i hooked my stripped wires to. The coresponding pins in phone are also the ones that produce voltage when the phone is plugged into charger. after a couple of hours charging I checked again and the battery was totally dead. I taped up 1st and 3rd terminals and put back in phone. The most I ever got was 2.8 volts, no matter how long it charged. this is one volt short of the 3.7 battery is rated at but still not enough to boot phone and make it charge. So my experiment was a flop. now I am waiting for payday tomorrow to go buy a external charger if I can find one at best buy and give it a try.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
On my charger its the 1st and 3rd pins
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Done this several times and it's absolutely 1st and 3rd
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
so it does not matter that those are not the pins putting out voltage from phone? could we be looking at battery from 2 different sides? Have you had success at taping up and getting battery to charge? Thanks for the input
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Number one is closest to the edge
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
ok so we are talking same pins just looking different. Have you ever got phone back up after full discharge?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Yes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
It will work. Just take your time putting the wires in and use tape. Just be patient. If it doesn't work the first time, try again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
the first time I tried charging direct it discharged the battery like I had polarity reversed. Is the red wire on usb positive and black neg? i hooked red to + and black to - in first attempt. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Red positive, black negative. Look on the battery where it plugs in and you can see which terminals to hook to
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AZDnB603:
Pins one and four are power. Colors vary. Pin one is av 5+ pin four is 5-

Hope this helps.

One byte in a world of tera's
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Has any one actually realized that inside the battery cover it's stamped SGH I777?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Pins 1 and 3 are the only pins wall charger connects with not number 4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Yes. Mr-cook pointed that out in the very early stages of this thread i believe

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
I think he may be referring to the output of usb. I looked at some schematics and there is a -5 volt and i don't remember what the value of last pin is. maybe ground also. But 1 and 3 are the ones that read voltage with charger on phone but no battery in it. I tested my 2 stripped wires and got 5 volts out of them but unfortunately still no luck on charge. yesterday was holiday so I didn't get my check today but hopefully tomorrow I will make a trip to best buy and get a external charger. Only thing is has much as Ive messed with this battery I wonder if i shouldn't just buy a new one. I hate to buy charger to find out it didn't cure my problem. thanks bunches for all the input you guys have given.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
You can get charger and 2 batteries for 15 bucks on eBay with the over charge protection in them took 3 days to get mine

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And there 2250 bigger then stock battery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] OSN_Voodoo:
I have a small problem with my sgh. My service ends the 22nd, so i decided to buy a refill today, i have already used my 2.5gb of data, and when i refilled it asked if i wanted to refill today so i could get my full speed data back, so i did. As soon as im done, data was gone, ive talked to them twice, for more than 3 hours and they couldnt help me. So right now im stuck with no data at all whatsoever, however, i can make and receive calls. Im using the APN from this thread and I'm currently running shostock3. Has anyone had any similar problems? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Did you reboot after the refill?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Does it says no service or just no Internet connection?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] OSN_Voodoo:
Yessir, I did.

What do you mean? It doesnt say anything, theres just no 3G or H+ icon, and in about device "Mobile Network State" it says Disconnected.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
What apn are you using?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Are you using the straight talk variant of the i777 or the at&t version that you switched over to straight talk?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] OSN_Voodoo:
Im using the ST variant one.

Using the one from this thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
The straight talk apn. Not the byop apn...? Correct?

If so double check for typos. Any little mistake makes a difference. Punctuation and capitalization matter. If it still doesn't work, post us some screenshots of you apn settings

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
Straight talk doesnt shut data off they just throttle it down in my experiance. Having no data at all suggest it is something on your end. double check apn and make sure mobile network is ticked in settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
It's definitely the apn

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If you give me your email I will email you 2 different settings, one of which will work. I don't use the one on here
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] OSN_Voodoo:
Sent in a PM. thanks.

Added some screenshots just in case.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
They made me change mine to the second one I sent you

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Apn port 80 is missing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] OSN_Voodoo:
Second one you sent worked perfectly. Weird though because I've always used the one I had, and somehow it just stopped working after I refilled, they said it had something to do with my zip code... Also mentioned the APN to them but no one knew what to do with it, I'm just glad I love XDA enough to come here and get help from real experts lol. Thanks a lot man!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
No problem. Same thing happened to me and I just put in the apn I use on my Galaxy note 2 and it worked. Glad I could help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Do you mind posting those settings for future use?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Name: Straight Talk

Apn: tfdata

MMSC: http://mms-tf.net

Mms proxy : mms3.tracfone.com

MMS PORT: 80

MCC:310

MNC:410

APN TYPE: default,supl,mms

Anything I didn't mention needs to be left as is. I get LTE with these settings but that's on note 2. On i777 getting about 6 mbps

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If anyone has success using these let me know and maybe we can get it added to the OP