yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rodpad:
I'm using the i9505 Pacman rom and am unable to connect to my router on channels 12 or 13. 11 or lower work perfectly, but that's not a solution.

I've tried changing the wifi region code on the handset but the results stayed the same.

Is this a bug with CM 10.1?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volkmadi:
Hi,

I went to TriangleAway 2.99 out of the store. But nevertheless I can set what ever I want and the state in settings keeps custom.

I tried all switches in TA nothing works. I have no recovery rom installed so that can not be the reason.

CF-Auto-Root "clears" the recovery rom installation anyway (if this works correct?!).

Any idea?!

Thx

Dirk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
After USING the TA did u flash stock firmware or unrooted as TA works with root and if u have root u ll have custom on device status

By Chainfire The "system" status is not even always resettable in the bootloader. If you are going for warranty, you need to also reflash a full stock firmware and wipe your device. If they boot up your device and find root apps, you're not going to get any warranty anyway. If you do such a full stock reflash and wipe, the "Modified" value will go away.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
On the S4 TA will only work if you use default recovery AFAIK
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volkmadi:
Hi,

first time one answers, I'm such a lucky member now! ;)

Sure I rooted it, that's the root cause for that tool. :)

I'm very sorry, but I was not aware that rooting the phone causes that for ever.

I had before a S2 and there all was fine even after the rooting.

It even had a recovery Rom done by you and it worked with kies <- :(

But the method there was more elegant as now with the S4, I had a signed zip with the root package and it simply was installable

out of the recovery ROM. Is something like that planned for the S4?!

So the only way to use kies/ota is at the moment to unroot either with supersu/the switch within TA?!

Many thx!!

Dirk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaptnKernel:
Hey, what's the exact difference between jfltetmo and jfltexx?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marionite:
Can someone teach me how to deodex my stock rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volkmadi:
Hi,

yes I have a I9505 and I used the cf-auto-root jfteex.

Dirk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Sorry quoted u by mistake may be error

Btw i suggest some deodexed Roms those are best and easy use hope this helps

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2250824&highlight=pre+rooted

Check the link this myte help U :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bixy:
jfltexx for the Snapdragon 600 standard version.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mccbrandon:
Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Just as a matter of interest , did you flash a 4.4 KitKat Rom at any stage ?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Maybe try different versions of odin.

You should be able to uncheck reboot.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Did you do a full wipe between ROMS?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Thanks for you help. I tried a different version and unchecked reboot. It doesn't seem to install super su but if I search for it through google its as if its there but greyed out?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Is your intention just to root , or do you want to install custom ROMS?

Also , did you try installing supersu from play store?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
I would like to install roms and I didnt install supersu from the playstore
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

The reason I ask is that most custom ROMS come pre-rooted .

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Should I install supersu from the play store. I have to be rooted before I can install a rom. Is that rite?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Not necessarily no....A custom recovery is usually enough as [MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] said MOST custom ROMS are pre-rooted!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
You need to be rooted before any rooted apps will work, SuperSU included, then you can flash ROMS but you need to have some knowledge of what's what otherwise you may end up with a dead device, read up on root, make sure before you root you select or download the correct files for your device variant, then read up on custom recoveries, then you can start using SuperSU and then read up on how to flash custom ROMS, always make a backup just in case before flashing ROMS...

If your not sure if your already rooted you can download apps like "root validator" or "root checker" to check your root status

Sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Thanks for the reply. The thing is i'm havin bother rooting
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raza2157:
What's the kernel in the VirginRom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
THIS one?

If so....................

4.4.2 Features:

I9505GUEUCML4 4.4.2 Base

T-Mobile Specific CSC's (v1.1 and higher)

Stock 4.4.2 Kernel

MTP

Rooted

init.d support (with custom Kernel)

ADB support

Removed over 100mb of Google apps

Multi-language support

Busybox

Google Wallet compatible

Exchange Email device policies removed

Google Experience Launcher

Increased image quality

Increased video quality

4.3 Features:

I9505GUEUBMH5 4.3 Base

T-Mobile Specific CSC's (v1.1 and higher)

Stock 4.3 Kernel, hacked by faux123

Exfat support

MTP

Fully de-odexed

Fully zipaligned /system

Rooted

ADB support

Removed over 100mb of Google apps

Multi-language support

Busybox

4-way reboot

AOSP Browser

Google Wallet compatible

Exchange Email device policies removed

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
What os version are you on? 4.2.2 or 4.3?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
4.3

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any ideas
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
Well, if you root it, you'll lose your warranty and there's no way you can change this after root, so you need to read about Knox, then decide what's best for you

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
my phone is second hand so the warranty is void anyway, i would just like to be rooted
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
Chainfire cf auto root, download, flash via Odin, turn usb debugging on through device first

Alternatively you can search on YouTube for video instructions

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there,

If your intention is to try custom ROMS then I would suggest maybe starting again.

Flash Stock ROM - Make sure all OK

Install a custom recovery via odin - I use Philz without issues

In recovery Clean for new rom

Flash custom ROM of your choice

;):angel:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
i tried this and can not get it to work
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
You can try this method also

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiZ7D2zjJdA

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simon7997:
From your post it looks like u hv experience flashing rom. As u said.

So if u hv made a nandroid back up. Try to restore it by going in recovery. It might help

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Use kingoo

Its a software. U just need to attach phone to computer n follow its step. It'll root for you

I did the same
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
If you used cf auto root and supersu is missing just Download it from playstore and check if it works. You're probably rooted already so just try.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E3.14demie:
yes i did.

i'm kind of in love with carbon, as i tried to install 4.3 carbon i always got a problem with my keyboard after installing gapps.

(my previous phone was an s3 mini and worked perfectly on carbon 4.4) so i flashed a custom carbon from someone here in this board :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] construidor:
When I format the external card can I use which types of partitions? ext4 (without journaling), ext2, exfat or only vfat?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Depends, all ROM's, stock and custom, support FAT32, its limitation is a max file size of 4Gb.

Samsung based ROM's also support exFAT (perhaps there are non TW out there supporting exFAT)

So if you want't to be flexible and don't have files bigger than 4Gb on your sd go for FAT32. If you use a TW based ROM and/or have files bigger than 4Gb and a ROM that supports it go for exFAT.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] construidor:
What about ext*? I know its is used ext4 on all roms, because it is the default partition type of "/system", "/cache" and "/data", there is a problem using them in the sd-card?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
ext4 is a native Linux/Unix format which is what the Android OS is based on. ext4 will work fine on an SD card. If you connect your phone to a Windows machine depending on your version of the OS and drivers you have loaded it may not recognize it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
tried this and it doesnt work for me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
I was reading about this only a few hours ago, seems like a few people are having gapps problems, you need to use paranoid android 0-day gapps, search xda, I've used carbon in the past I'm surprised that a stable 4.3 isn't released yet, how is it compared to 4.2.2?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E3.14demie:
ah! thanks, good to know (:

well.. since i got the reboot problem i couldn't use it really... so i can't say how it really is...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Thanks guys for the help. I checked with root checker and not i'm rooted. Now for a rom. Any tips on how I go about that lol
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OmniSlyfer:
Hi guys

Before reading, i would like to apologize for my bad english. I'm an italian guy and this is the best I can do ^^

It's the first time I participate to the life of this great forum, and I would like to warn you that, although I have read many articles, I'm pretty noob about modding :/

Well, I start to say that at the moment I've installed a nightly Carbon Rom 4.3.1 on my i9505. It's a rly nice mod, but the fact that is based on "pure" Android makes it a little boring. To be clear, I think that TouchWiz is a more practical and intuitive interface, and so I would like to get back on a rom that he used.

I also saw OmegaRom, but Echoe seems to me very beautiful. I've noticed that is based on an unofficial samsung firmware, so I would like to know from you users if it's suggested to switch from my current rom to this one. Or is it better to wait the release of new roms 4.4.2 based on an official samsung firmware ...

So, what do you think about Echoe 14.1? Did u found bugs or problems? Are you satisfied?

Apologize for all these questions, but I would like to have certainties before changing rom ^^

PS: fell free to report me all the grammars errors, don't be too kind with me XD
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 95mediatech:
Hi guys, bit of a survey here :D did anyone use on screen navigation bar in their respective AOSP Roms, especially in our S4? Which has the physical home button and capacitive.

SENT FROM BENTLEY GT-i9500 CONTINENTAL(BLACK ACCENT)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
Hi, I have a small question, if my device is on stock Samsung 4.3 (Knox pox) can I flash a custom ROM that's 4.2.2 or only 4.3 and above? Please help

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterjunky:
re: custom rom

No, the custom rom must be 4.3 or newer.

Good luck!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
Thought so, just wanted to make sure, running SLIM ROM atm but wanted to try CARBON ROM but they are still on nightly versions of 4.3 and haven't progressed any builds since November'13 I've used it on the past on other devices but I'm just shocked that they've not updated anything...

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Most custom ROMS have good installation instructions.

Read them carefully before starting.

If you are going to be doing a lot of flashing , get used to making nandroid backups and Titanium Backup backups.

Also make regular backups of your sd card , if you keep any valuable documents/photos on it.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

As I said in my previous post, backup everything before you start , and read the opening post carefully.

If you do not like it , restore your previous ROM.

Please test these things for yourself.

This is the only way you will get an unbiased opinion,and then, you can decide for yourself if it meets YOUR needs.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
Emergency Calls Only on GT-i9500, Please Help!

Hi! I have a previous problem with my phone, got stock on bootloop that is related to EFS. It was fixed by a technician via JTAG. But not, stupid me tried flashing a modem via Odin as PDA, and got my Unlocked S4 to Networked Locked, lost my IMEI again, Emergency Calls Only, and when I try fixing it by flashing an old Firmware, I got Softbricked. So I downloaded a 4.3 JB INU, and flash it on my S4. It fixed everything, except for that Emergency Calls Only issue. I tried flashing other modems via CWM Recovery, but I noticed that It won't let me on Odin as Phone, it always fail, though the phone doesn't encounter any further problems. When I did changed the Modem via CWM Recovery, still that Emergency Calls Only problem is still there.

What do I have to do now? Hope someone out there can help me. I've tried searching for any sort of fix for this problem, and it seems there is nothing out there :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Don't you've got a efs Backup? If so try flashing that.

Did you try another version of odin to see if that let's you tick the phone option?

You could try this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1261948&highlight=imei+unknow

http://forum.samdroid.net/f38/guide-recover-your-imei-9-steps-vaskodogamagmail-xda-6008/

Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-I9505 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
Unfortunately I don't. But I've checked the IMEI of the phone and it is ok (it matches with the one on the box) which makes it even more difficult to fix. I had experienced messing my IMEI (changing it to generic 0449500000+) and I managed to fix that by just flashing a FW. If this is my case, would your tip be applicable to me, even if my IMEI is still there?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Would this help?

http://www.idroidspace.com/solved-not-registered-on-network-for-samsung-galaxy-devices/

Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-I9505 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
my baseband ends with mkf, do i need to flash a rom that supports that or will any rom do
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Your baseband is just your modem so it should work with any custom rom. If you feel that your signal lags or is in anyway insufficient you can flash a different modem to see if it helps.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-I9505 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
You can flash any Rom as long as it's for your S4 version.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E3.14demie:
btw. I9505XXUFNA1_I9505OXAFNA1_I9505XXUFNA1_HOME

was what i also flashed...

is something because of it?

i tried again to flash it but still the same problem :/

EDIT:

lol i just saw in the settings that my baseband and imei are null...

how can this be? oO
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Did you flash it with odin?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E3.14demie:
yes... can it cause problems?

i never had problems with odin... even at work...

is there any other way then to use a flash box?

since we wanted to buy in the shop a riff box it's not that bad... the part that hurts is that this time it's my own phone that got problems and not from the customers... if there is a way to make it without any flash or jtag box... could you please tell me? :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It is not that it causes problems.

It is that it installed the 4.4 knox bootloader when you installed that XXUFNA1 firmware.

This means that you can no longer go down in firmware.

All I can suggest , is to reflash the stock 4.4 firmware.

Make sure that you wipe cache and data before and after flashing.

You will then be stuck on this test firmware until samsung decide to release the official firmware.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Can't enable wifi

Hello everybody,

I can't enable my wifi, I've read a lot about this problem and how everybody fixes it, but nothing works for me. Things I've tried:

- I've already flashed many different stock and custom roms

- I've tried the wifi fixes, the non-hlos.bin fixes with every rom

- Friedrich420's build.prop tweaks and wifi files.

- Custom kernels

- Different modems

- Dial *#0011# and disable wifi power saving mode.

I'm on android 4.3 with the new bootloader.

Are there any more things i can try?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
FINALLY got hold of a 4.2.2 old bootloader Knox free GT-I9505! So happy! Now I can sell this knoxed up 4.3 and say goodbye to all problems it's caused! Can't wait to get the older device and root it asap and ROM it up!

Sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android182:
Hi,

First time Android user and getting to grips with the whole flashing scene.

Have 1905 Factory unlocked model with 4.3 stock.

My network recently launched 4G but only mobiles bought from them directly recieved the OTA update to enable it.

I was getting frustrated with the battery life aswell so I decided to try install a custom rom - namely one of the google edition 4.4.2 ones.

I have the phone rooted,wiped etc but every time I try to install eitheir of the two custom builds I downloaded I get the "footer is wrong" message twice followed by verification failure. I have renamed the build to update.zip.

Am i missing something obvious here? Is it even possible?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there,

Flash the latest Stock firmware for your phone via Odin.......

1. Factory Reset device before hand.

2. Turn device of completely and leave it for a couple of minutes.

3. Prepare Odin (ensure Kies is disabled) with firmware

4. Manually put phone/PC in download mode (power + volume down--------then volume up)

5. Attach USB to phone and let Odin see it.

6. Start Odin

7. Let it finish and phone reboot

8. If wifi not working try to factory re-set device and see if that works

9. If above fails try ALL again as above.

I have found that flashing stock firmware (sometimes) takes 2 attempts for it to work.

:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Glad you could find one.

Surprised they are still being sold. :eek:

Where did you find it , if you don't mind me asking.

Keep everything custom (ROM , recovery) and it stays knox-free.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have you installed a custom recovery to flash the ROM you downloaded. This is required and there should be no need to rename the build?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
I know this is a stupid question but if I was to install a rom say foxhound 4.4.2 on my s4 4.3 can I install a 4.3 rom at a later stage
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you are installing a custom ROM , you need to follow the instructions on the first post.

Do not rename the downloaded files.

Just wipe the phone clean and install from your custom recovery

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
Definitely,I don't like using stock Samsung anyway, I found it on eBay after asking almost 50 people around 30 replied and only 1 had 4.2.2 and they told me there's an update available I stopped them from updating and explained and eventually did a deal, soon as I get it I'll be skipping the intro and going straight into usb debugging on then root lol, I've seen more being sold in high streets but the condition is poor, probably because they are older now, but eBay still has them, just got to keep asking, it's taking me around a week checking daily and asking around, bloody hard work, just wish Samsung stop behaving like this and forcing crap down our throats, after this S4 I'm not going to buy another Samsung device again! Already have an S3, S4 mini non Knox, Knox S4 which I can't wait to get rid of!

Sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Thanks a lot for your fast response, but i've already done this like 10 times :(

Maybe udating to 4.4.2 fixes this, i've heard a lot of times wifi should work on 4.4.2 stock rom with the 4.4.2 bootloader. But if I install that bootloader, is it still reversible to 4.3? Because if it doesn't work, I think my chances of fixing this are better on 4.3 ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Nope.

You have the stock 4.4 firmware .

You may be able to install a custom 4.4 ROM , but no downgrade is possible.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Once you have installed 4.4 (currently leaked NA5 version) you will not be able to downgrade to 4.3 stock due to the lovely new bootloaders samsung have provided us:eek:

I am a little confused as to why wifi will not work though....usually the second flash always works for me:confused:

[MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] beat me to it :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Can it also be possible that the wifi antenna is broken? Can wifi still be enabled in that case?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I am not entirely sure surrounding the hardware of the S4 but does your bluetooth work OK??? I am under the impression they share the same hardware.?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velein:
Hey guys!

Just at quick question. Currently I am on stock, without root. I switched back to stock a few days ago, and now i was wondering, whether it is possible to gain root while keeping the stock?

Maybe with a complete stock rom? I don't know. Just wondering.

OBS: I've been using jamal's KK rom, but i would like to wait until there is a version without any bugs, running smoothly. Also i kind off missed the feeling of "samsung" in my OS if you know what I mean.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Yeah bluetooth works fine, so i guess it's the software. I just realized i only flashed pre-rooted stock roms, I will now flash an original stock rom, and hope this will fix it. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Also when flashing a NON-HLOS.bin do not use the "boot into download" option in the power menu. Power down your phone and boot with pwr/vol-down otherwise the Odin flash will fail (without telling you)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Okay thanks man will try it now. I always hold pwr + home + vol down until the phone reboots into download mode. But odin says it got response from the bootloader, but still it fails? :confused:

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Nope didn't work...:(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pika456:
can anyone tell me what is the meaning of the numbers in the first (monday) column?

also showing in selected date.

it seems to count month/days from a day in last November, but why?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
Number of weeks in the year thus far?

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