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[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Technical:
With TB giving me problems too (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2788748). :mad:

Right now, I'm staying with ROM Toolbox that is working as it should.

I've used the aroma flashable.

Well, the Facebook data got corrupt and block all the restore process with error code 255 whatever it means.

Reliable is reliable. “If at first you don't succeed then skydiving definitely isn't for you.”
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] v00d007:
When will the new version aproximately be available?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] sronweb:
First rule on XDA: never ask for ETA :)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] lalec:
Copy the backup to your computer and use something like 7zip to see if it really is corrupt. Maybe you will find most of it intact. Of course, if you restore data manually you will have to fix permissions.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Technical:
Will take into account next time I need to restore. But, really, hope I don't have to mess with this...

I've tested two restores and they worked. Fingers crossed :)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
I finally got 4.0 to restore a Slot3 backup. It kept on erroring with partition not found, not enough room, etc. I kept on messing around wiht duel boot utilities until 4.0 showed all the right info on partitions, etc at startup. Then it restored.

Glad it did - doing some tweaks on primary ROM wiped Multislot system (do not recall seeing/doing any cache wipes, but Slot3 ROM was apparently), so saved the reflashing of the ROM, mods, and kernels and some apps.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Jsilver73:
Just for future reference if you accidentally wipe cache and dalvik in normal recovery you only need to dirty flash system (ie: original patched rom) and all data all will be back to normal, oh, you need to flash gapps as well if you need and ROM doesn't come with them preinstalled.

Restoring backup is nice though ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
Thanks, but I know all that and usually do just that rather than even try to restore.

But not on this one, which is a patched TW with patched mods and separate kernel. Still would do it, but for some reason (I think related to multiboot with global app sharing), it has flashed and booted OK, but the phone would not work (per my post on Sickness dev. ROM thread). In that case, data has to be wiped also. That leaves several additional apps not "shared" to be dealt with separately after reflashing.

That is why I was glad restore worked this time.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Okaham:
Hi, I was wondering if the regular recovery could restore from backups made through this app? It got backed up into 3 .tar files, but the regular recovery only restores .zip files? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Jsilver73:
No, you need to use zip aroma to restore backups.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Waltee:
Just out of curiosity before I give this a go, will there be any complications with me changing slots by restoring backups to different slots if I've chosen to share apps across ROMs?

Really want to move some of my ROMs around (I'm a bit OCD) but won't do it if it will cause any issues.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Technical:
No. It works. I've changed multislots to secondary and vice-versa and everything works. My apps are all shared.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Waltee:
Awesome. Cheers!
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
Has anyone tried restoring data ONLY. The backups are in three files, and if the other two were moved - would it work or generate an error ?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Jsilver73:
Don't know - if you give it a try let us know how it goes ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
Well I did, and it errored (no valid backup).

However, I only tried this after the full backup failed (using 4.0 aroma backup/restore). It had successfully restored Multi backups before, but this time it would not boot - locked on bootup animation. After failing, I reflashed the ROM after wiping multi /system, but still no reboot.

Wiped everything and reflashed - booted OK. But then tried to restore only the data with no luck. Bad day yesterday - accidentally wiped my primary - lol
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] S2_fa_007:
The dual-kernels.tar has no size (0.00 B)

Don't think that's normal, I choosed no compression and wrote it to the external storage..
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
Not normal - it did not work. Try again.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] S2_fa_007:
I did 2 times, didn't change anything
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Jsilver73:
Use the zip file to flash in recovery and then use the aroma - it works perfect ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] todivefor:
Is there anyway to backup primary other than TWRP which backsup all?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] todivefor:
I just tried flashing GPE 5.0.1 with the 8.0 patcher. I was flashing to my slot-1 with Sacs (TW) as my primary on sph-l720. Patcher worked fine. I wiped everything for slot-1 in dual utilities. I could not boot anything following install. During the aroma install it wiped /system. Is this slot-1 system for system system? If I use R436, will it have a better chance of working, or do I need to wait for new system?

Edit: Sorry, wrong forum.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Rvl7:
I want to try this, i want to ask, is history app data (like whatsapp, message, call log, etc) from primary Rom is also occur in 2nd rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] ktetreault14:
Is this updated for the latest version of the patcher?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] todivefor:
[MENTION=3145598]rlorange[/MENTION] Do you plan to support the new DualBoot format?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Man i miss dual booting my S4 :( I do still have it but its radio regularly crashes the whole phone. I'm hoping for dual boot again one day. Currently have 1.5G unused system space on my new Note 4!
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] C00l.vishu.ar0ra:
Dualboot works on s4 i9506 LTE-A?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] fuzzybuffalo:
I don't know, but this is the old backup app for the dual boot app.

Ask your question in this thread... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2447534
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] v00d007:
[MENTION=3145598]rlorange[/MENTION]

So whats the status now, are you planning to update this nice backup tool for the S4 - when using the new multiboot format - or not? Otherwise you maybe should tell us all and close the thread...
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] sronweb:
The project has restarted basically as part of this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59691056&postcount=5393

rlorange mentioned that when ready to backup/restore other slots will open a new thread.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
New test version coming... Check the patcher thread guys

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59932133

Please be cautious it's an early test
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] todivefor:
r36 fails on ribbox installation. Something about outdated version. Let me know if and what doc I can collect for you.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
I posted a quick fiz r37 did you try it?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] todivefor:
No. I thought someone said it didn't work. I'll give it a try.

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I got invalid installation or older version ribbox.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Damn try wrong app data and running again
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] todivefor:
Not sure what you want me to do? I'll try anything.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Sorry wipe app data then launch again
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] todivefor:
Same result, "invalid installation or out-of-date version."
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] 54NJ41:
Hi guys I need your help how much free space I need in the system partition.

And I managed to boot the secondary rom with the Google apps but when I boots into it no play store, no super user, and I can't even add Google account.

Device. Note 3 n9005

Primary rom. Tw based

Secondary rom. Cm 12

System partition size. 558mb

Please help.

Thanks already figured it out.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] 54NJ41:
Please check the pm
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] danerrickcuba@gmail.com:
[MENTION=3145598]rlorange[/MENTION] can you plz

Check you PM when you've got time

New World Order (NWO)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] NotesOfReality:
Hey there [MENTION=3145598]rlorange[/MENTION],Good morning sir!This is really a great tool and it functions good on my Xiaomi Redmi 1S too,but can you please add support for Dual[in /system partition] and Data[in /data partition] slots [at least] please??[Then if you want to spend your time maybe for ExtSD slot too XD] the information you need are here http://xdaforums.com/redmi-1s/orig-development/hm-1s-dualboot-simpler-dualboot-solution-t3286895 .I hope I'm not asking too much,please answer me [not fast,simply answer me]
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Hey... Been a LONG TIME since I updated this app. I'm impressed it works beyond galaxy S4 I developed it for.

Firstly this was an EPIC project. It's a tasker made app and I added a custom binary setup which self installs into the APK. It took much time.

I've since has mental heath issues so no updates as. Yet I still use it on my note 4. Sorry. Medication means I can't tap into my development side. Otherwise I go hypomanic... One day I'll update it

I used pigz so it runs BLAZINGLY FAST
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
Sorry to hear the above. Hope you can find a way past it and find peace.

To other readers - have any of you tried this on s7's ?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] NotesOfReality:
Thank you at anyway,hope you'll always feel weel ASAP
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Hmmmmm. Well that's weird... So I can't think what is causing the bug. I'll try to reproduce it I guess
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Tinasintunes:
Been trying to use the restore feature but it always says i have no backup even though all the files are there. #confused
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Nasty_z:
Hey mate. Good work. I'd just like to say to change the 'dual boot on all Galaxy S4 variants to except I9500'. It'll save you and the mods a lot of trouble. Enjoy :)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Yes I found this bug... Sorry fixed version in the works
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Check your backup files:

If you have "dual-kernel.tar" change the name to "dual-kernels.tar"
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] RK:
Hi I am on jflteatt and whenever I install the app, the initial screen just says n/a for all the file sizes and I cant backup anything.. Do you know what might be wrong
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
New version should fix this bug :)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] RK:
Still no go. Screenshot attached.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Did you try changing the name of dual-kernel.tar to dual-kernels.tar?

You might need to install busybox
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] RK:
Oh I cant backup so there is no tar file to rename. And I do have busybox. Does it have to be a specific version?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
I'm confused. Do you have a second rom installed? If my app isn't detecting it then it's a busybox issue. Or try to get superuser to re grant root issues. Use Sterricson's app install busybox to /system/xbin
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] RK:
I'll try and let you know. The problem is that the app is not detecting the sizes of my internal and external SD card properly. Look at the attached screenshot. Instead of showing free memory, it just shows the variable name %EXT_SZ. I have about 32 gigs of free space on the external SD card..

I'll try sterricson's app. Its just weird because I have busybox that came with the ROM in /system/xbin and all the other apps that need busybox work fine..
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] next_lv2:
Up
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Thanks I'll look into
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] RK:
Stericson's app worked. I think the busybox that came with the ROM was installed in /system/bin I wonder if its possible to auto detect busybox location..

But i got it working, and it works great! Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
It does auto detect but different busybox versions have different functionality. I tried to avoid have a busybox dependent command. Might try again thanks. Glad you can use it now
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Bejda:
Hi :)

Regarding this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47180053&postcount=867&nocache=1&z=2296708226203918

If updating primary rom issue confirmed,no workaround or no "fix" coming soon, do you think it would be possible with your app to backup only secondary /system (or at least restore only dualsys.tar)? It's mainly a matter of backup storage space used but well if possible it would be very useful for me on this specific context or anyone wanting to update his primary rom without modifying its updater-script.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
That's a great idea mate and I will add this to the next version :)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Is your backup on the external SD card? I can pm you the specific terminal emulator command to do this
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
I just recently ran into this issue (?), but renaming made it accessable.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Yeah I messed up the command. Update coming soon. ..
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Bejda:
Oh actually at the moment I don't have any secondary rom backup but the possibility to backup/restore only secondary system would be very helpful in many occasions I guess.

I you have anything to test or whatever I'd be glad to try to help in any way :)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chavdar:
[MENTION=3145598]rlorange[/MENTION]

Thanks for the much usefull tool!

I like to flash a lot and for me nandroid is a must.

A question though - if I restore the second rom backup, will the second rom kernel also be flashed, so that I can boot to secondary upon reset?

Sent from the GT-I9505 Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
I believe so, as after frying my secondary with a kernel it doesn't like, I boot back up in primary and restore the secondary backup and it is as it was. Really handy.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] jthrasher47:
Can someone please upload the apk the link it down on all browsers I try
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
If you have not already gotten it (links worked for me), try this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9onfwk6393djbcu/Dual_Boot_Backup.1.0d.apk
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
Have you (or the OP) tried this with a patched 4.4 secondary. I used it regularly with nooddev 4.3 ROMS with good results, but no luck so far with 4.4 ROM

I am trying to backup to internal SD, as i have a good 4.3 backup on the external and don't want to loose it.

Update - copied 10.2 backup over to internal SD and was able to backup 4.4 ONLY to the External SD (even though both options are shown). Making a nandroid of both, as had the old 10.2 secondary backup write over the 4.4 secondary I had spent hours setting up.

I never selected restore - only tried to backup several times on the internal - odd.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Yeah been lazy updating lol!

Just rename the folder of backups you want to keep and use the external SD for now
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
UPDATE!! Dual Boot Backup & Restore V1.1a

- Big update!! Bugs fixed both internal and ext SD location supported.

-Tested and working on cm11

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46641708

[APP][DUAL-BOOT][19/11] Dual Boot backup & Restore V1.1a
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] `SBR`:
Somehow the backup is not working....it saying backed up..but the screen not picking up a anyy backed version

And there is no file in the ext sd card
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
I assume backups made with old version will have to have "kernels" changed back to "Kernel" to be restored. Would that prevent them from being seen - which might be the cause of the problem in the earlier post?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] `SBR`:
I did the backup with the latest one...and tried compression and without it....backup is done in 5 secs...but no real thing happened...I'm using cm11 as secondary rom

Edit: sorry I was pointing to gaww post...
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chavdar:
I have the same problem, when trying to backup from first rom.

If the backup is started from the second rom however, it works fine.

My problem is, that I cannot restore the backup - no error mesage, says done on 5 sec but the dual dirs are empty...

Any idea what causes that? Root has been granted of course

Sent from the GT-I9505 Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Hmmmm had this issue when testing but it went away buy itself. I'll rework the command again... Sigh
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chavdar:
I can test if you have a solution in the pipeline. But like I posted on the dual boot thread, now with 1.1a I even cannot start rhe recovery - app says it cannot find the backup, although it is shown in the main screen with size

Sent from the GT-I9505 Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Update:

DOWNLOAD: Dual Boot Backup V1.2

LINK>>https://www.dropbox.com/s/adnuvmyykcuf746/Dual_Boot_Backup_Restore1.2.apk

CHANGELOG:

>>>Welcome to Dual Boot Backup V1.2<<<

Changelog: V1.2

- Compete task rewrite to account for difference between cm based and Sammy based ROMs

-All functions SHOULD now work!

- Tested on cm11 as secondary ROM

- App will auto rename

/dual-boot-bk/dual-kernel.tar(.gz) to:

/dual-boot-bk/dual-kernels.tar(.gz)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] wingg:
Testing.

Main APP window shows it's 1.1a version.

1st ROM TW 2. CM11

Backup 2 cm11 on TW ROM -no succes

Rebooting to 2nd ROM to try.

Regards

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[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chavdar:
Will test and give feedback

Sent from the GT-I9505 Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Please delete app data and re grant super user rights
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Oops please re download! ...

I uploaded the wrong version! !!
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Please someone test and tell it's god damn working lol!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] wingg:
Testing.

Redownloaded APP.

Correct main window show 1.2

Backup on TW ROM sec ROM cm11: working....working..4mins and nothing no backup, so far.

Rebooting to sec ROM to test..

*On SEC rom cm11 story is the same backup lasts some mins and no file at the end.

*edit

(Tested on 1. TW MK8 Goldeneye. 2.SEC ROM CM11.)

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[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
It takes longer than 4min look in the backup folder you should see your tars building if it's working
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Where are trying to backup to man? Internal it external?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] wingg:
I've tried booth.. fee space 1.7Gb (internal), 1.5 GB (on ext)

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[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] HampTheToker:
V1.2 doesn't install for me.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] wingg:
Created backup but in app it isn't visible.

Last try on 1.st rom with sdext. as a destination target:

Here is screen :

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[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chavdar:
You have to uninstall the previous version first.

[MENTION=3145598]rlorange[/MENTION] - thank for the effort, man. Here is my feedback:

I can also confirm, that the app is creating a backup from my first TW Rom, but only if used without compression. If compression is used, the app says it is done in a couple of seconds and creates nothing

So after the backup is created, the app does not see it...

On my second PAC Rom, it says that it cannot create backup because there is no free space, but it sees the 11 GB free on my extsdcard.

Sent from the GT-I9505 Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] HampTheToker:
Lol yeah, I tried that right after posting and it installed fine, but same problem as above. The app doesn't show a backup after running without any errors. Second rom is CM 10.2.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Oh my GOD! well its officially doing my head in. Each Mount point gives different formatted applet command results...

I'll look into it. .. again!
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Works for me. Anyone using KT kernel for both ROMS having it work just fine like me?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] HampTheToker:
Yes, but it still doesn't recognize the backup. I use Wicked v8 (TW) as my primary and CM10.2 as my secondary.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Did you install latest busybox from stericson app in /system/xbin
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chavdar:
Take your time.

I am shure you will get it to work.:thumbup:

Sent from the GT-I9505 Galaxy

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Can you post a link for it? I also use KT on both roms

Sent from the GT-I9505 Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
I'll do another round of testing on my day off in a couple of days. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chavdar:
Ok, just for info - I installed the BusyBox app from the Play store and installed Busy Box again - v. 1.21.1

The dual boot app still cannot see the backups.. :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gaww:
Did not know that was a prerequisite. So I installed them on both ROMs to be sure.

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It is available on the Store - along with Busybox installer, which I use to do the updating and installation.

I have KT only on my primary, as I have not been able to patch his latter kernels (about 2 weeks) for either 4.3 or 4.4 or i would be using it on 4.4 secondary.

I am going to move my good secondary backups and test it later today and will post results.

Update:

I deleted old version and installed new version. I had existing backups on both internal and external - it did not see the internal. I did a compressed backup on the external. It ran OK and the App sees the new backup (renamed other external backup so it would not get written over).

So the net change from the other version is that it writes "kernels", but still no access to the internal.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Great guys I'm working on fixed. I found a command style which seems to produce the same format output on different mounting points. That's been half the problem.

So update tomorrow guys. Once I get this sorted I'll add.

- restore 2nd system only

-CWM restore

-backup primary only

-restore primary as secondary
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chavdar:
Good news man! I hope I can finally be able to backup and restore second rom.

I'd like to play with KK 4.4, but my PAC 4.3 is already configured and it takes a lot of time to do it from scratch

Sent from the GT-I9505 Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
OK guys been working my arse off on this...

Now you can backup to USB OTG!!

This is a beta to please tell me what's broken

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qnh0w6l36kfxir0/Dual_Boot_Backup.2.0a.apk
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] wingg:
Testing..

Great bigger main app window and backup progress is shown in % + size.

Backup created and visible in main window, only one small thing is that first estimated backup size shown, was 587mb and at the end progress showed 101% and file created is shown 593mb.

Now cleaning all and ...updating 1st rom to MK9.Then I will try restore 2nd rom.

Regards

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[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Nice one mate! Yeah UI is much improved :)

And yes the size estimation is just that. I funny think it's possible to accurately guess the compressed size of a gzip tar before it's created.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] rlorange:
Oh and OTG seems to be broken on noob-dev cm11 but works great on Sammy Roms
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chavdar:
Downloading...will give feedback

Sent from the GT-I9505 Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] wingg:
Testing II

Installed MK9 Tw rom as 1.

Wiped all before.

Then restored 2nd ROM cm11 with app.

Installed dual boot switcher.

Reboot->Samsung s4 logo ->>stop.

Used dualbootutiliy.zip to go back to 1st ROM.

Now wiping sec & I will try again.

*edit

Restored-->reboot->Samsung s4 logo->black screen->>stop

Restored ROM not boting up.

Tried also to instal pa-gapps minimal 13.11.18(patched)- all goes ok, gapps installation recognised that 4.4 ROM is installed....but no success -> restored ROM not booting up.

Regards

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