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Root First post. Going to root soon.

bigdaddyblues

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Dec 6, 2009
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This is my first post. I have read a lot of post and have just as many questions but I'm sure I can find an answer on this forum. One question I have is after I root my phone and installed the Amon's recovery image and then a ROM, how would I go back to v1.5? Is this the reason for having Amon's recovery image?
After I install a ROM could I still change wallpaper and lockscreen images?
One more please... I have installed apps with Astro. Can I still do that?

Thanks
 
All of these questions have already been asked, if you just look around on this forum. There is a thread for how to go back to v1.5. The wallpaper and lockscreen can be changed with root access.

If you would like more in depth answers I would suggest you look around on this forum.

Why are you giving this guy bad advice? You dont need root access to change lockscreen or wallpaper. You can do that with any ROM that has a lockscreen. Some have removed the apk file, thus not having a lockscreen wallpaper to change.

I recommend reading the guide on how to go to root that is stickied in this forum. I used it and 1000's others. Do some reading. You will get stuck somewhere. Everyone has. So yuo need to learn how to search because you will be stuck and no one around to help you but that great thing called search.

If you dont like reading, then dont root. Plain and simple.
 
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I thought he was trying to ask if he could still do that with root access but I guess I misread what he was asking. The main point I was trying to get across was for him to learn how to look around to find the answers to some of his questions because most questions people that people have have already been posted and answered.
 
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I didn't say I didn't like reading. I have also searched but anyone can get confused from reading all the situations. I know you can do everything from root.

You get the recovery image on and you are set. As you said you are reading but just try stuff out yourself. 100 users might say it worked for them and it not work for you. Trust me, ive been there and i had to figure it out cuz the dev didnt even know why it was like that. I have mastered my phone to now where I am going to start cooking ROMs. I knew nothing about rooting until the Eris. Point of my long story (sorry) is just read and do trial and error. Always make sure to do a NAND backup before trying something crazy and remember to have at least a 40% charge before flashing any ROM.
 
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Couple of quick answers:
A) going back to 1.5 is irrelavent....once you get root, you'll completely forget about 1.5
B) Amons recovery image is for doing NAND backups and getting deeper into the phone. It's a must have if your rooted.
C) About the only thing you can't do after you get root is simply put your phone down. LOL! Yep, you can change wallpapers, lockscreens (unless you have a clear lockscreen), and you can download all the apps you had prior. Astro still works fine, but Root Explorer is a great file manager than gets into the system as well as the SD card.
 
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Originally I was going over the steps in rooting to 2.1 as follows:

1. Download this file: PB00IMG.zip (md5: 63eacc5ede3b179f95dc22d8ef585f94)

2. Place PB00IMG.zip onto the root directory of your sdcard.

3. Power down your phone.

4. Hold Volume Down + Power On. This should bring you to a screen saying "HBOOT" and some other stuff. Wait for it to load the image, and it will say Push Activate. Push the trackball button to continue. The process will take around 5-10 minutes. The first time your phone boots up it will take a lot longer than normal.

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I am going to use Grdlock's all in one which I now have in my tools directory which also has the files to install to the sdcard. The install bat will probably give me instructions but will it tell me to do step 4??? I'm asking to see if anyone else has used his bat file.
 
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Installed HTC Sync. Tried charge only and SYNC and at the last command of the recovery code (adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img)
I get error messages about read, write or re-read errors and after it goes through checking all the sectors while it gives me these messages it says
error writing recovery:no space left on device. Have you ever have this?

HTC SYNC does recognize my eris.
 
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This is were I'm at.

II. Installing Amon's recovery image

1. Download this file: Recovery.zip

2. Extract file contents to your \tools\ directory of your Android SDK.

3. Open up a command prompt and go to your tools directory, and execute these commands: (MAKE SURE YOUR SDCARD IS NOT MOUNTED TO YOUR COMPUTER OR THESE COMMANDS WON'T WORK! MAKE SURE IT IS ON "CHARGE ONLY")
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
adb push flash_image /system/bin
adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

4. Success! You now have a recovery partition installed on your phone. You can access it by running "adb shell reboot recovery" or by powering off your phone, holding "Volume Up + Power On"

Debugging is checked and HTC Sync is selected.

At the command prompt next

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>cd android sdk\tools

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>adb shell mount -o rw,remount
/dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>adb push recovery.img /sdcard
1202 KB/s (3926016 bytes in 3.187s)

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>adb push flash_image /system/b
in
602 KB/s (9640 bytes in 0.015s)

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>adb shell chmod 755 /system/bi
n/flash_image

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>adb shell flash_image recovery
/sdcard/recovery.img
mtd: read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x000c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x000e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00100000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00120000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00140000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00160000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00180000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x001a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x001c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x001e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00200000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00220000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00240000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00260000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00280000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x002a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x002c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x002e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00300000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00320000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00340000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00360000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00380000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x003a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x003c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x003e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00400000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00420000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00440000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00460000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00480000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x004a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x004c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00000000
mtd: write error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00020000
mtd: write error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00040000
mtd: write error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00060000
mtd: write error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00080000
mtd: write error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x000a0000
mtd: write error at 0x000c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x000c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x000c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: verification error at 0x000c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x000c0000

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>
 
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Are you doing it as a superuser or regular? when you are in your tools directory type adb shell and if you are getting a "$" then type "su" and see if it changes to a "#" you may have to allow access from the phone if the superuser app pops up. Also, you could try running a task killer on your phone and seeing if that helps. My friend had this same problem and after doing this and trying a couple times it seemed to work... don't know why though
 
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Same but this is the end of some other errors.
I can try to unzip the recovery.zip again.
Noticed this in Grdlock's site.

recovery-RA-eris-v1.6.2.img
Amon's recovery image
MD5: e3932991f097993602af3c7a4b61a4f8

You think I could use this and change the name in the command line.


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>cd android sdk\tools

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>adb shell mount -o rw,remount
/dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>adb push recovery.img /sdcard
1278 KB/s (3926016 bytes in 3.000s)

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>adb push flash_image /system/b
in
602 KB/s (9640 bytes in 0.015s)

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>adb shell chmod 755 /system/bi
n/flash_image

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>adb shell flash_image recovery
/sdcard/recovery.img
mtd: read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x000c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x000e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00100000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00120000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00140000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00160000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00180000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x001a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x001c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x001e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00200000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00220000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00240000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00260000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00280000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x002a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x002c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x002e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00300000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00320000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00340000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00360000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00380000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x003a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x003c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x003e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00400000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00420000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00440000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00460000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00480000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x004a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x004c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00000000
mtd: write error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00020000
mtd: write error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00040000
mtd: write error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00060000
mtd: write error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00080000
mtd: write error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x000a0000
mtd: write error at 0x000c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x000c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x000c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x000c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x000c0000
mtd: write error at 0x000e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x000e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x000e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x000e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x000e0000
mtd: write error at 0x00100000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00100000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00100000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00100000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00100000
mtd: write error at 0x00120000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00120000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00120000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00120000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00120000
mtd: write error at 0x00140000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00140000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00140000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00140000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00140000
mtd: write error at 0x00160000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00160000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00160000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00160000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00160000
mtd: write error at 0x00180000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00180000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00180000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00180000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00180000
mtd: write error at 0x001a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x001a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x001a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x001a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x001a0000
mtd: write error at 0x001c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x001c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x001c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x001c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x001c0000
mtd: write error at 0x001e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x001e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x001e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x001e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x001e0000
mtd: write error at 0x00200000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00200000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00200000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00200000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00200000
mtd: write error at 0x00220000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00220000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00220000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00220000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00220000
mtd: write error at 0x00240000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00240000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00240000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00240000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00240000
mtd: write error at 0x00260000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00260000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00260000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00260000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00260000
mtd: write error at 0x00280000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00280000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00280000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00280000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00280000
mtd: write error at 0x002a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x002a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x002a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x002a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x002a0000
mtd: write error at 0x002c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x002c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x002c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x002c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x002c0000
mtd: write error at 0x002e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x002e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x002e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x002e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x002e0000
mtd: write error at 0x00300000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00300000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00300000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00300000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00300000
mtd: write error at 0x00320000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00320000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00320000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00320000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00320000
mtd: write error at 0x00340000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00340000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00340000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00340000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00340000
mtd: write error at 0x00360000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00360000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00360000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00360000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00360000
mtd: write error at 0x00380000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00380000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00380000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00380000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00380000
mtd: write error at 0x003a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x003a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x003a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x003a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x003a0000
mtd: write error at 0x003c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x003c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x003c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x003c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x003c0000
mtd: write error at 0x003e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x003e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x003e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x003e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x003e0000
mtd: write error at 0x00400000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00400000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00400000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00400000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00400000
mtd: write error at 0x00420000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00420000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00420000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00420000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00420000
mtd: write error at 0x00440000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00440000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00440000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00440000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00440000
mtd: write error at 0x00460000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00460000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00460000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00460000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00460000
mtd: write error at 0x00480000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00480000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x00480000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00480000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00480000
mtd: write error at 0x004a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x004a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x004a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x004a0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x004a0000
mtd: write error at 0x004c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x004c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x004c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x004c0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x004c0000
mtd: write error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x004e0000
error writing recovery: No space left on device

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Android SDK\tools>
 
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