Android For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Android For Dummies, 2nd Edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc
10/2020
368
Mole
Inglês
9781119711353
494
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Introduction 1 About This Book 1 How to Use This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Contacting the Author 5 Beyond the Book 5 Part 1: Your Own Android 7 Chapter 1: An Out-of-the-Box Experience 9 Liberation 9 Android Assembly 11 Peeling off the plastic sheeting 11 Installing the SIM card 11 Charge the Battery 13 Android Exploration 14 Discovering what's what and where 14 Using earphones 16 Adding accessories 17 Where to Keep Your Digital Pal 19 Toting an Android phone 19 Taking an Android tablet with you 19 Making a home for the Android 19 Chapter 2: The On-Off Chapter 21 New Android Setup 21 Configuring your Android 22 Adding your online accounts 24 Upgrading from an older phone 25 Greetings, Android 26 Turning on your Android 26 Unlocking the device 27 Working a screen lock 28 Unlocking and running an app 29 Farewell, Android 29 Locking the device 29 Turning off your Android 30 Chapter 3: Android Tour 33 Basic Operations 33 Manipulating the touchscreen 34 Selecting a group of items 35 Navigating 35 Setting the volume 38 "Silence your phone!" 39 Changing the orientation 39 Home Screen Chores 40 Exploring the Home screen 40 Switching Home screen pages 42 Reviewing notifications 42 Accessing the quick settings 44 The World of Apps 45 Starting an app 45 Quitting an app 46 Finding an app in the apps drawer 47 Switching between running apps 48 Common Android Icons 49 Chapter 4: Text to Type, Text to Edit 51 Onscreen Keyboard Mania 51 Everybody Was Touchscreen Typing 54 Typing one character at a time 54 Accessing keyboard variations 55 Typing accented characters 56 Using predictive text to type quickly 56 Typing without lifting your finger 57 Using One-Handed mode 58 Google Voice Typing 58 Dictating text 59 Uttering s**** words 60 Text Editing 60 Moving the cursor 60 Selecting text 61 Cutting, copying, and pasting text 62 Dealing with speling errrs 63 Part 2: Stay Connected 65 Chapter 5: Telephone Stuff 67 Reach Out and Touch Someone 67 Placing a phone call 68 Making an emergency call 71 Dialing a contact 71 Using speed dial 71 Adding pauses when dialing a number 72 It's for You! 73 Receiving a call 73 Rejecting a call 74 Multi-Call Mania 75 Putting someone on hold 75 Receiving a new call when you're on the phone 75 Making a conference call 77 Chapter 6: Forward Calls, Missed Calls, and Voicemail 79 Forward Calls Elsewhere 79 Forwarding phone calls 80 Blocking calls 81 Who Called Who When? 82 Voicemail 83 Setting up carrier voicemail 83 Picking up carrier voicemail messages 84 Using Google Voice for voicemail 84 Chapter 7: The Address Book 87 The People You Know 87 Accessing the address book 88 Sorting the address book 90 Searching contacts 91 Make New Friends 92 Creating a new contact from scratch 92 Adding a contact from the call log 93 Manage Your Friends 94 Making basic changes 94 Adding a contact picture 94 Playing favorites 95 Managing contacts 96 Removing a contact 97 Chapter 8: Text Me 99 Msg 4U 100 Opening the texting app 100 Texting a contact 100 Composing a new text message 102 Sending a text to multiple contacts 103 Continuing a text message conversation 103 Typing emojis, stickers, and fancy things 103 Receiving a text message 104 Multimedia Messages 104 Creating a multimedia text message 105 Receiving a multimedia message 105 Text Message Management 106 Removing messages 106 Setting the text message ringtone 106 Choosing another texting app 107 Chapter 9: You've Got Email 109 Email on Your Android 109 Message for You, Sir! 111 Checking the inbox 111 Reading email 111 Compose a New Email Epistle 113 Crafting a new message 113 Sending email to a contact 114 Message Attachments 114 Receiving an attachment 115 Sharing an attachment 116 Chapter 10: Web Browsing 117 The Web Browser App 118 Behold the Web 118 Surfing the web on a mobile device 118 Visiting a web page 119 Browsing back and forth 120 Using bookmarks 121 Managing web pages in multiple tabs 121 Going incognito 122 Sharing a web page 123 The Art of Downloading 124 Grabbing an image from a web page 124 Downloading a file 124 Saving a web page 125 Reviewing your downloads 125 Web Browser Controls and Settings 125 Clearing your web history 126 Changing the web's appearance 126 Setting privacy and security options 127 Chapter 11: Digital Social Life 129 Expose Your Life on Facebook 130 Instagram Me 132 Let's All Tweet 132 Video Calling with Duo 134 Skype the World 135 Part 3: Amazing Android Feats 137 Chapter 12: There's a Map for That 139 Map 101 139 Unfolding the Maps app 140 Changing the map view and adding layers 142 Saving an offline map 142 It Knows Where You are 143 Finding a location 143 Helping others find your location 145 Find Things 145 Looking for a specific address 145 Finding a business, restaurant, or point of interest 146 Marking a favorite place 147 Searching for favorite or recent places 148 Setting your Home and Work locations 148 Android the Navigator 149 Chapter 13: Everyone Say "Cheese!" 151 The Android's Camera 151 Using a mobile camera 152 Capturing a still shot 153 Recording video 154 Exploring other shooting modes 155 Camera Settings and Options 155 Switching cameras 155 Setting the flash 156 Using the self-timer 157 Setting resolution and quality 157 Checking the location tag feature 158 Chapter 14: Your Digital Photo Album 161 The Photos App 161 Viewing pics and vids 162 Creating an album 163 Starting a slideshow 164 Finding a picture's location 164 Edit and Manage Images 164 Editing an image 165 Un-editing an image 166 Cropping an image 166 Rotating a picture 168 Deleting images and videos 168 Set Your Pictures and Videos Free 169 Visiting Google Photos online 169 Posting a video to YouTube 169 Sharing images with other apps 170 Chapter 15: Music, Music, Music 171 The Hits Just Keep on Comin' 171 Browsing your music library 172 Playing a tune 173 Queuing up the next song 175 Add Some Music to Your Life 176 Buying music 176 Getting music into the Google cloud 177 Synchronizing music directly 177 Organize Your Music 179 Reviewing your playlists 179 Building a playlist 180 Saving the song queue as a playlist 181 Removing unwanted music 181 Music from the Stream 182 Chapter 16: Various and Sundry Apps 183 Clock 183 Calculator 184 Calendar 185 eBook Reader 188 Game Machine 190 Voice Recorder 190 Your Pal, Google 191 Video Entertainment 192 Chapter 17: Google Play Shopping 193 Welcome to the Store 193 Browsing Google Play 194 Obtaining an item 196 Avoiding android viruses 199 Renting or purchasing videos 201 Google Play Tricks 201 Granting permissions 201 Using the wish list 202 Sharing a Google Play item 202 Keeping media on the device 203 Buying something remotely 204 Part 4: Nuts and Bolts 205 Chapter 18: It's a Wireless Life 207 Android Wireless Networking 207 Using the mobile-data network 208 Understanding Wi-Fi 209 Activating Wi-Fi 209 Connecting to a Wi-Fi network 210 Connecting to a hidden Wi-Fi network 211 Setting up a metered Wi-Fi connection 212 Managing connections 213 Connection Sharing 213 Creating a mobile hotspot 214 Tethering the Internet connection 215 The Bluetooth Connection 215 Understanding Bluetooth 216 Activating Bluetooth 216 Pairing with a Bluetooth peripheral 217 NFC is Near to Me 219 Chapter 19: Connect, Share, and Store 221 The USB Connection 221 Configuring the USB connection 222 Connecting to a PC 224 Connecting to a Mac 225 Using the USB cable to transfer files 226 Disconnecting from a computer 227 Files Back-and-Forth 228 Sharing files on the cloud 228 Using the media card to transfer files 229 Adding a print service 230 Printing 231 Streaming media 231 Removable Storage 233 Inserting a microSD card 234 Removing a microSD card 235 Formatting microSD storage 235 Unmounting the microSD card 236 Android Storage Mysteries 237 Reviewing storage stats 237 Freeing storage 239 Chapter 20: Apps and Widgets 241 Apps and Widgets on the Home Screen 241 Adding launchers to the Home screen 242 Placing a launcher on the favorites tray 242 Slapping down widgets 243 Resizing a widget 244 Moving launchers and widgets 245 Evicting items from the Home screen 246 Working with folders 246 App Management 247 Reviewing your apps 247 Updating apps 248 Uninstalling an app 249 Controlling app notifications 250 Selecting an open-by-default app 250 Clearing "Open by default" apps 252 Setting a default app for specific duties 253 Reviewing app permissions 254 Shutting down an app run amok 255 Apps Drawer Organization 256 Chapter 21: Customize and Configure 257 It's Your Home Screen - and Lock Screen 257 Accessing Home screen actions 257 Changing Home screen settings 259 Choosing a new style or wallpaper 259 Managing Home screen pages 260 Adding lock screen launchers 260 Display Settings 261 Saving your eyeballs 261 Setting orientation 262 Adjusting display brightness 263 Setting the screen lock time-out 263 Configuring the always-on touchscreen 264 Keyboard Settings 264 Customizing the keyboard layout 264 Generating keyboard feedback 265 Ensuring that predictive text is active 265 Activating glide typing 266 Audio Adjustments 266 Setting the volume 266 Selecting a ringtone 267 Chapter 22: Security and Privacy 269 Lock Your Android 269 Finding the screen locks 270 Removing a screen lock 271 Setting a PIN 271 Applying a password 271 Creating an unlock pattern 272 Using a fingerprint lock 273 Unlocking the phone with your face 274 Other Security Features 274 Controlling lock screen notifications 274 Adding owner info text 275 Finding a lost device 276 Encrypting storage 277 Performing a factory data reset 278 Privacy 279 Hiding your location 279 Controlling permissions 279 Thwarting ads 280 Chapter 23: On the Road Again 281 Where the Android Roams 281 Detecting phone service roaming 282 Stopping MMS when roaming 282 Disabling data roaming 283 International Calling 283 An Android in Your Car 285 You Can Take It with You 286 Preparing to leave 286 Arriving at the airport 287 Flying with an Android 288 Getting to your destination 288 The Android Goes Abroad 289 Calling with your Android phone overseas 289 Using overseas power 290 Accessing Wi-Fi in foreign lands 290 Chapter 24: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Help 293 The Maintenance Chore 294 Keeping it clean 294 Backing up your stuff 294 Updating the system 295 Battery Care and Feeding 296 Monitoring the battery 297 Determining what is drawing power 298 Extending battery life 299 Help and Troubleshooting 300 Fixing random and annoying problems 300 Getting help and support 301 Valuable Android Q&A 304 "I can't turn the thing on (or off)!" 304 "The touchscreen doesn't work!" 304 "The screen is too dark!" 304 "The battery doesn't charge!" 305 "The gizmo gets so hot that it turns itself off!" 305 "The screen doesn't do Landscape mode!" 306 Part 5: The Part of Tens 307 Chapter 25: Ten Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts 309 Switch Apps Quickly 310 Deploy the Flashlight 310 Improve the Display 311 Avoid Data Surcharges 311 Watch Your Android Dream 313 Bring Back the Navigation Buttons! 314 Add Spice to Dictation 314 Visit the Dictionary 315 Add Useful Widgets 316 Take a Screen Shot 317 Chapter 26: Ten Things to Set Up on Your New Phone 319 Set Ringtones 320 Configure Volume Settings 320 Activate Do Not Disturb Mode 320 Change Wallpapers 321 Arrange the Home Screen 321 Assign Default Apps 322 Peruse Notification Options 322 Configure Backups 323 Voicemail 324 Personal Safety 324 Chapter 27: Ten Things to Remember 325 Dictate Text 325 Change the Orientation 326 Work the Quick Settings 326 Employ Keyboard Suggestions 327 Avoid the Battery Hogs 327 Unlock and Launch Apps 328 Enjoy Phone Tricks 328 Locking the phone on a call 328 Making calls on a tablet 328 Avoiding roaming 329 Use the plus (+) symbol when dialing internationally 329 Check Your Schedule 329 Snap a Pic of That Contact 330 Use Google Assistant 330 Index 331
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<p>Android phone manual; Android phone guide; Android tablet manual; Android tablet guide; introduction to Android devices; guide to Android devices; using Android phones; using Android tablets; Android app development; Android apps </p>
Introduction 1 About This Book 1 How to Use This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Contacting the Author 5 Beyond the Book 5 Part 1: Your Own Android 7 Chapter 1: An Out-of-the-Box Experience 9 Liberation 9 Android Assembly 11 Peeling off the plastic sheeting 11 Installing the SIM card 11 Charge the Battery 13 Android Exploration 14 Discovering what's what and where 14 Using earphones 16 Adding accessories 17 Where to Keep Your Digital Pal 19 Toting an Android phone 19 Taking an Android tablet with you 19 Making a home for the Android 19 Chapter 2: The On-Off Chapter 21 New Android Setup 21 Configuring your Android 22 Adding your online accounts 24 Upgrading from an older phone 25 Greetings, Android 26 Turning on your Android 26 Unlocking the device 27 Working a screen lock 28 Unlocking and running an app 29 Farewell, Android 29 Locking the device 29 Turning off your Android 30 Chapter 3: Android Tour 33 Basic Operations 33 Manipulating the touchscreen 34 Selecting a group of items 35 Navigating 35 Setting the volume 38 "Silence your phone!" 39 Changing the orientation 39 Home Screen Chores 40 Exploring the Home screen 40 Switching Home screen pages 42 Reviewing notifications 42 Accessing the quick settings 44 The World of Apps 45 Starting an app 45 Quitting an app 46 Finding an app in the apps drawer 47 Switching between running apps 48 Common Android Icons 49 Chapter 4: Text to Type, Text to Edit 51 Onscreen Keyboard Mania 51 Everybody Was Touchscreen Typing 54 Typing one character at a time 54 Accessing keyboard variations 55 Typing accented characters 56 Using predictive text to type quickly 56 Typing without lifting your finger 57 Using One-Handed mode 58 Google Voice Typing 58 Dictating text 59 Uttering s**** words 60 Text Editing 60 Moving the cursor 60 Selecting text 61 Cutting, copying, and pasting text 62 Dealing with speling errrs 63 Part 2: Stay Connected 65 Chapter 5: Telephone Stuff 67 Reach Out and Touch Someone 67 Placing a phone call 68 Making an emergency call 71 Dialing a contact 71 Using speed dial 71 Adding pauses when dialing a number 72 It's for You! 73 Receiving a call 73 Rejecting a call 74 Multi-Call Mania 75 Putting someone on hold 75 Receiving a new call when you're on the phone 75 Making a conference call 77 Chapter 6: Forward Calls, Missed Calls, and Voicemail 79 Forward Calls Elsewhere 79 Forwarding phone calls 80 Blocking calls 81 Who Called Who When? 82 Voicemail 83 Setting up carrier voicemail 83 Picking up carrier voicemail messages 84 Using Google Voice for voicemail 84 Chapter 7: The Address Book 87 The People You Know 87 Accessing the address book 88 Sorting the address book 90 Searching contacts 91 Make New Friends 92 Creating a new contact from scratch 92 Adding a contact from the call log 93 Manage Your Friends 94 Making basic changes 94 Adding a contact picture 94 Playing favorites 95 Managing contacts 96 Removing a contact 97 Chapter 8: Text Me 99 Msg 4U 100 Opening the texting app 100 Texting a contact 100 Composing a new text message 102 Sending a text to multiple contacts 103 Continuing a text message conversation 103 Typing emojis, stickers, and fancy things 103 Receiving a text message 104 Multimedia Messages 104 Creating a multimedia text message 105 Receiving a multimedia message 105 Text Message Management 106 Removing messages 106 Setting the text message ringtone 106 Choosing another texting app 107 Chapter 9: You've Got Email 109 Email on Your Android 109 Message for You, Sir! 111 Checking the inbox 111 Reading email 111 Compose a New Email Epistle 113 Crafting a new message 113 Sending email to a contact 114 Message Attachments 114 Receiving an attachment 115 Sharing an attachment 116 Chapter 10: Web Browsing 117 The Web Browser App 118 Behold the Web 118 Surfing the web on a mobile device 118 Visiting a web page 119 Browsing back and forth 120 Using bookmarks 121 Managing web pages in multiple tabs 121 Going incognito 122 Sharing a web page 123 The Art of Downloading 124 Grabbing an image from a web page 124 Downloading a file 124 Saving a web page 125 Reviewing your downloads 125 Web Browser Controls and Settings 125 Clearing your web history 126 Changing the web's appearance 126 Setting privacy and security options 127 Chapter 11: Digital Social Life 129 Expose Your Life on Facebook 130 Instagram Me 132 Let's All Tweet 132 Video Calling with Duo 134 Skype the World 135 Part 3: Amazing Android Feats 137 Chapter 12: There's a Map for That 139 Map 101 139 Unfolding the Maps app 140 Changing the map view and adding layers 142 Saving an offline map 142 It Knows Where You are 143 Finding a location 143 Helping others find your location 145 Find Things 145 Looking for a specific address 145 Finding a business, restaurant, or point of interest 146 Marking a favorite place 147 Searching for favorite or recent places 148 Setting your Home and Work locations 148 Android the Navigator 149 Chapter 13: Everyone Say "Cheese!" 151 The Android's Camera 151 Using a mobile camera 152 Capturing a still shot 153 Recording video 154 Exploring other shooting modes 155 Camera Settings and Options 155 Switching cameras 155 Setting the flash 156 Using the self-timer 157 Setting resolution and quality 157 Checking the location tag feature 158 Chapter 14: Your Digital Photo Album 161 The Photos App 161 Viewing pics and vids 162 Creating an album 163 Starting a slideshow 164 Finding a picture's location 164 Edit and Manage Images 164 Editing an image 165 Un-editing an image 166 Cropping an image 166 Rotating a picture 168 Deleting images and videos 168 Set Your Pictures and Videos Free 169 Visiting Google Photos online 169 Posting a video to YouTube 169 Sharing images with other apps 170 Chapter 15: Music, Music, Music 171 The Hits Just Keep on Comin' 171 Browsing your music library 172 Playing a tune 173 Queuing up the next song 175 Add Some Music to Your Life 176 Buying music 176 Getting music into the Google cloud 177 Synchronizing music directly 177 Organize Your Music 179 Reviewing your playlists 179 Building a playlist 180 Saving the song queue as a playlist 181 Removing unwanted music 181 Music from the Stream 182 Chapter 16: Various and Sundry Apps 183 Clock 183 Calculator 184 Calendar 185 eBook Reader 188 Game Machine 190 Voice Recorder 190 Your Pal, Google 191 Video Entertainment 192 Chapter 17: Google Play Shopping 193 Welcome to the Store 193 Browsing Google Play 194 Obtaining an item 196 Avoiding android viruses 199 Renting or purchasing videos 201 Google Play Tricks 201 Granting permissions 201 Using the wish list 202 Sharing a Google Play item 202 Keeping media on the device 203 Buying something remotely 204 Part 4: Nuts and Bolts 205 Chapter 18: It's a Wireless Life 207 Android Wireless Networking 207 Using the mobile-data network 208 Understanding Wi-Fi 209 Activating Wi-Fi 209 Connecting to a Wi-Fi network 210 Connecting to a hidden Wi-Fi network 211 Setting up a metered Wi-Fi connection 212 Managing connections 213 Connection Sharing 213 Creating a mobile hotspot 214 Tethering the Internet connection 215 The Bluetooth Connection 215 Understanding Bluetooth 216 Activating Bluetooth 216 Pairing with a Bluetooth peripheral 217 NFC is Near to Me 219 Chapter 19: Connect, Share, and Store 221 The USB Connection 221 Configuring the USB connection 222 Connecting to a PC 224 Connecting to a Mac 225 Using the USB cable to transfer files 226 Disconnecting from a computer 227 Files Back-and-Forth 228 Sharing files on the cloud 228 Using the media card to transfer files 229 Adding a print service 230 Printing 231 Streaming media 231 Removable Storage 233 Inserting a microSD card 234 Removing a microSD card 235 Formatting microSD storage 235 Unmounting the microSD card 236 Android Storage Mysteries 237 Reviewing storage stats 237 Freeing storage 239 Chapter 20: Apps and Widgets 241 Apps and Widgets on the Home Screen 241 Adding launchers to the Home screen 242 Placing a launcher on the favorites tray 242 Slapping down widgets 243 Resizing a widget 244 Moving launchers and widgets 245 Evicting items from the Home screen 246 Working with folders 246 App Management 247 Reviewing your apps 247 Updating apps 248 Uninstalling an app 249 Controlling app notifications 250 Selecting an open-by-default app 250 Clearing "Open by default" apps 252 Setting a default app for specific duties 253 Reviewing app permissions 254 Shutting down an app run amok 255 Apps Drawer Organization 256 Chapter 21: Customize and Configure 257 It's Your Home Screen - and Lock Screen 257 Accessing Home screen actions 257 Changing Home screen settings 259 Choosing a new style or wallpaper 259 Managing Home screen pages 260 Adding lock screen launchers 260 Display Settings 261 Saving your eyeballs 261 Setting orientation 262 Adjusting display brightness 263 Setting the screen lock time-out 263 Configuring the always-on touchscreen 264 Keyboard Settings 264 Customizing the keyboard layout 264 Generating keyboard feedback 265 Ensuring that predictive text is active 265 Activating glide typing 266 Audio Adjustments 266 Setting the volume 266 Selecting a ringtone 267 Chapter 22: Security and Privacy 269 Lock Your Android 269 Finding the screen locks 270 Removing a screen lock 271 Setting a PIN 271 Applying a password 271 Creating an unlock pattern 272 Using a fingerprint lock 273 Unlocking the phone with your face 274 Other Security Features 274 Controlling lock screen notifications 274 Adding owner info text 275 Finding a lost device 276 Encrypting storage 277 Performing a factory data reset 278 Privacy 279 Hiding your location 279 Controlling permissions 279 Thwarting ads 280 Chapter 23: On the Road Again 281 Where the Android Roams 281 Detecting phone service roaming 282 Stopping MMS when roaming 282 Disabling data roaming 283 International Calling 283 An Android in Your Car 285 You Can Take It with You 286 Preparing to leave 286 Arriving at the airport 287 Flying with an Android 288 Getting to your destination 288 The Android Goes Abroad 289 Calling with your Android phone overseas 289 Using overseas power 290 Accessing Wi-Fi in foreign lands 290 Chapter 24: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Help 293 The Maintenance Chore 294 Keeping it clean 294 Backing up your stuff 294 Updating the system 295 Battery Care and Feeding 296 Monitoring the battery 297 Determining what is drawing power 298 Extending battery life 299 Help and Troubleshooting 300 Fixing random and annoying problems 300 Getting help and support 301 Valuable Android Q&A 304 "I can't turn the thing on (or off)!" 304 "The touchscreen doesn't work!" 304 "The screen is too dark!" 304 "The battery doesn't charge!" 305 "The gizmo gets so hot that it turns itself off!" 305 "The screen doesn't do Landscape mode!" 306 Part 5: The Part of Tens 307 Chapter 25: Ten Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts 309 Switch Apps Quickly 310 Deploy the Flashlight 310 Improve the Display 311 Avoid Data Surcharges 311 Watch Your Android Dream 313 Bring Back the Navigation Buttons! 314 Add Spice to Dictation 314 Visit the Dictionary 315 Add Useful Widgets 316 Take a Screen Shot 317 Chapter 26: Ten Things to Set Up on Your New Phone 319 Set Ringtones 320 Configure Volume Settings 320 Activate Do Not Disturb Mode 320 Change Wallpapers 321 Arrange the Home Screen 321 Assign Default Apps 322 Peruse Notification Options 322 Configure Backups 323 Voicemail 324 Personal Safety 324 Chapter 27: Ten Things to Remember 325 Dictate Text 325 Change the Orientation 326 Work the Quick Settings 326 Employ Keyboard Suggestions 327 Avoid the Battery Hogs 327 Unlock and Launch Apps 328 Enjoy Phone Tricks 328 Locking the phone on a call 328 Making calls on a tablet 328 Avoiding roaming 329 Use the plus (+) symbol when dialing internationally 329 Check Your Schedule 329 Snap a Pic of That Contact 330 Use Google Assistant 330 Index 331
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