Small almost translucent gray circle - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

When I take a picture and the background is solid, I see a small, gray circle as I focus, and when I take the picture, it is in the picture. Any thoughts as to where this is coming from and what to do about it? I cleaned the lens, but it's still there. If I can figure out how to add a picture, I'll post one so you can see what I'm seeing. The photos are on my laptop if you can tell me how to post them on here. Thanks so much!

Put it on a site like imgur or you can download the XDA app, login, and upload from your phone.
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When I take a picture and the background is solid, I see a small, gray circle as I focus, and when I take the picture, it is in the picture. Any thoughts as to where this is coming from and what to do about it? I cleaned the lens, but it's still there. If I can figure out how to add a picture, I'll post one so you can see what I'm seeing. The photos are on my laptop if you can tell me how to post them on here. Thanks so much!
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EeZeEpEe said:
Put it on a site like imgur or you can download the XDA app, login, and upload from your phone.
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OK, so if I have them on imgur, do I just add the link?

Copy and paste the BBCode for the pics to here.
[email protected] said:
OK, so if I have them on imgur, do I just add the link?
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[email protected] said:
OK, so if I have them on imgur, do I just add the link?
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I'm a new user, so won't let me post links! I've tried on the app, but keep getting an error! Any other kind suggestions?

[email protected] said:
I'm a new user, so won't let me post links! I've tried on the app, but keep getting an error! Any other kind suggestions?
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Looks like a dead pixel on the screen. About all you can do is RMA it.

its very possible you have dust on the inside of the camera glass cover, or even on the lens itself.
is the blotch always in the same spot relative to the picture dimensions?

uicnren said:
its very possible you have dust on the inside of the camera glass cover, or even on the lens itself.
is the blotch always in the same spot relative to the picture dimensions?
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Yes it is always in the same spot.

Probably a defect in the screen. I would get it replaced.

Bummer being the same spot...

[email protected] said:
Yes it is always in the same spot.
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I think this is a problem with Android P beta. I'm having similar issue and we even had a thread about it. Though I contacted Google, they were of no help because of the beta. I'm waiting for the official up to see if the issue gets resolved...

droidmaterial said:
I think this is a problem with Android P beta. I'm having similar issue and we even had a thread about it. Though I contacted Google, they were of no help because of the beta. I'm waiting for the official up to see if the issue gets resolved...
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I've attached a picture for reference. The dot can be observed on the top left corner.

But you're assuming the OP is on Android P beta.
droidmaterial said:
I think this is a problem with Android P beta. I'm having similar issue and we even had a thread about it. Though I contacted Google, they were of no help because of the beta. I'm waiting for the official up to see if the issue gets resolved...
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Actually, that's true. OP hasn't mentioned that, my bad...

Related

Instagram cropping

I hate the way when you crop a pic on instagram it crops all the good stuff out. Anyone know of a workaround?
we want M.O.A.R!
barberboy420 said:
I hate the way when you crop a pic on instagram it crops all the good stuff out. Anyone know of a workaround?
we want M.O.A.R!
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Instagram only does square ratio cropping. If you want more in your picture, you have to put more in your picture when you take the picture. Step back, zoom out.
I use the stock camera while walking around with my daughter (2.5 yrs old Liver Transplant Survivor) on daddy-daughter dates weekly. When I get home, I load them up in my Aviary app, edit them and even crop them square ratio if I am going to upload to IG. Then just import to IG.
Seems more hassle but I feel like I have more control and since I use pictures of her to help promote organ donation and to update her FB page It is worth it imo.
Kisses for Kersten
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@barberboy420 @typxyt
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jsdev.instasize&hl=en
black2rob said:
@barberboy420 @typxyt
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jsdev.instasize&hl=en
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Cool beans downloading now
we want M.O.A.R!
black2rob said:
@barberboy420 @typxyt
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jsdev.instasize&hl=en
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All that app does is shrink the original down and adds a white border. The s3 camera is good enough to put more in the view finder and crop down to the a square ratio essentially zooming in to what you want in IG.
@typxyt no i just used it on a pic that i couldnt use and i was able to post my full pic.
black2rob said:
no i just used it on a pic that i couldnt use and i was able to post my full pic.
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yes would expect that from the app. It shrunk the pic down and squared with a white border.
My point is if to put more distance between you and the object and sue the cropping to blow it up. No white borders. More detail of the actual object you wanted on IG.
typxyt said:
yes would expect that from the app. It shrunk the pic down and squared with a white border.
My point is if to put more distance between you and the object and sue the cropping to blow it up. No white borders. More detail of the actual object you wanted on IG.
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Yeah but at least we can post the full pic even with the border......Oh well we can do both.
black2rob said:
Yeah but at least we can post the full pic even with the border......Oh well we can do both.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to come across argumentative. Just wanted to explain the difference in the methods.
typxyt said:
Sorry, I didn't mean to come across argumentative. Just wanted to explain the difference in the methods.
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Its all good homie......

Nexus 8?

I have just seen a nexus 8 online?
Will be launched with the nexus 10?
Um... What??
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swisstourist said:
I have just seen a nexus 8 online?
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Everything you see on the internet is true *cough* *Wikipedia* *cough*
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I believe it was on the android website somewhere. There is a picture displying something that seems to have a 8 inch screen.
Sadly, it's not real, it's the n7 2013. What has happened is that they have added the screen onto the device in post production, it's normal. That is why the display always look so superb and flawless In promotional pictures.
It's just a bad Photoshop job, the display isn't correctly aligned either.
link to an article with an image of it
See how the bezel is thicker on the topmost right side. It is not a nexus 8.
Yes that s the source.
So it s fake?
I would be really, really, REALLY surprised if it wasn't. I can guarantee that this is fake.
Im not sure fake is the word though. More like someone ****ed up at work and made the screen too big.
OK. I see the tablet has been elongated....
The screen has been resized on the top picture. Border is a n7 if we zoom a little.
And with the girl picture, we see it s a n7 elongated.
Photoshop? No.apparently it's an ms paint job
Its not a paint job by social sites...its in andoid site itself
here is the link
http://www.android.com/apps-and-entertainment/
scroll the page down and you would see an 8incher... thats true alright...but when it is getting out is the big question
Espen96 said:
I believe it was on the android website somewhere. There is a picture displying something that seems to have a 8 inch screen.
Sadly, it's not real, it's the n7 2013. What has happened is that they have added the screen onto the device in post production, it's normal. That is why the display always look so superb and flawless In promotional pictures.
It's just a bad Photoshop job, the display isn't correctly aligned either.
link to an article with an image of it
See how the bezel is thicker on the topmost right side. It is not a nexus 8.
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sandeep1415 said:
here is the link
http://www.android.com/apps-and-entertainment/
scroll the page down and you would see an 8incher... thats true alright...but when it is getting out is the big question
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Clearly the images in these two are NOT the same. Photoshop job for sure. The tablet shown on the http://www.android.com/apps-and-entertainment/ page is definitely the N7.
creeve4 said:
Clearly the images in these two are NOT the same. Photoshop job for sure. The tablet shown on the http://www.android.com/apps-and-entertainment/ page is definitely the N7.
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That new image looks just as horrible. Gray smudge marks over the navbar, clearly shopped at her thumb, something around the camera. Gota be the worst of its kind I have ever seen . First the guy gets the size wrong, now this?
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The picture on the web site has been changed. It now looks like the 2013 version of the Nexus 7. Pictures attached.
ncguy68 said:
The picture on the web site has been changed. It now looks like the 2013 version of the Nexus 7. Pictures attached.
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Not sure if it's a fake or a mistake, but not an N8 either way. Compare the Flipboard icon from the first picture to the second one. The picture is stretched.
What I want to know is, how on earth can people tell the difference between a 7" and an 8" Nexus at first glance?
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Request for watchface

Can anyone make this watchface? It looks very nice and minimalistic. I'm horrible at photoshop so I don't think I could ever make something like that.
Edit: also adding a request for a rolex submariner, pleeaasseee...
I would love to have a watch face like that. Specially a black version with silver or white text.
Scribbled on Note 3.
spinedoc said:
Can anyone make this watchface? It looks very nice and minimalistic. I'm horrible at photoshop so I don't think I could ever make something like that.
Edit: also adding a request for a rolex submariner, pleeaasseee...
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ajamils said:
I would love to have a watch face like that. Specially a black version with silver or white text.
Scribbled on Note 3.
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I made this one in zooper a while back. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53995697&postcount=233
It all depends on how much Facer improves or whether I learn to design wear faces.
spinedoc said:
Can anyone make this watchface? It looks very nice and minimalistic. I'm horrible at photoshop so I don't think I could ever make something like that.
Edit: also adding a request for a rolex submariner, pleeaasseee...
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Check Reddit. Mariner was already posted and on my watch using facer
dottat said:
Check Reddit. Mariner was already posted and on my watch using facer
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Yeah I have the blue submariner one, the resolution on it is horrible and it's pretty much not usable. Hoping someone does a nice black one.
Edit: Saw someone posted up a black one, it's not bad. I think they took of off of the gearfaces square one as the minute markers are still square and it doesn't look great on the round face. The hour markers are also spaced out a bit too much and are under that angled glass around the perimeter which distorts them making the face look weird.
Something to play with, maybe I'll load PS up and see what I can do.
Would this be possible as a watch face?
http://lgspeed.cadencewatch.com/med...33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/r/e/reddit.front.jpg
I have one and enjoy it. The red line is stagnant and the clock rotates around it.
Cheezeman78 said:
Would this be possible as a watch face?
http://lgspeed.cadencewatch.com/med...33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/r/e/reddit.front.jpg
I have one and enjoy it. The red line is stagnant and the clock rotates around it.
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I'll give it a try. Do you have Facer?
wes_s said:
I'll give it a try. Do you have Facer?
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Cool, thanks. Yeah I do. I don't know if this is possible on Android wear, but the actual watch (the one I linked) has three discs that rotate. The first disc (the seconds hand) rotates constantly, the other two (the minute and hour hand) rotate accordingly. Sorry if that was too obvious.
Cheezeman78 said:
Cool, thanks. Yeah I do. I don't know if this is possible on Android wear, but the actual watch (the one I linked) has three discs that rotate. The first disc (the seconds hand) rotates constantly, the other two (the minute and hour hand) rotate accordingly. Sorry if that was too obvious.
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Its totally doable with facer on android wear. The tough part is going to be finding that exact font. How attached are you to it?
I think I have one that is similar but not that exact one.
wes_s said:
Its totally doable with facer on android wear. The tough part is going to be finding that exact font. How attached are you to it?
I think I have one that is similar but not that exact one.
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Awesome, I'm not that attached to the font. It would be nice to have something that is somewhat similar though.
Cheezeman78 said:
Awesome, I'm not that attached to the font. It would be nice to have something that is somewhat similar though.
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alrighty. I'll get on it.
Cheezeman78 said:
Awesome, I'm not that attached to the font. It would be nice to have something that is somewhat similar though.
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Almost there:
Cheezeman78 said:
Would this be possible as a watch face?
http://lgspeed.cadencewatch.com/med...33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/r/e/reddit.front.jpg
I have one and enjoy it. The red line is stagnant and the clock rotates around it.
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My submission, not sure if it's better than anyone elses, always like to see what others do
Reddit | How it looks | Zip file
Cheezeman78 said:
Would this be possible as a watch face?
http://lgspeed.cadencewatch.com/med...33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/r/e/reddit.front.jpg
I have one and enjoy it. The red line is stagnant and the clock rotates around it.
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Here you go.
Download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2936492&d=1410680787
wes_s said:
Here you go.
Download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2936492&d=1410680787
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Ours look pretty similar! Good work!
dude2k5 said:
Ours look pretty similar! Good work!
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Thank you both, each of the watch faces looks great! One thing I did notice, on the actual watch the seconds dial (only) rotates the opposite way and the hours dial gradually progresses towards the next hour (within the hour). Other than that, great job!
Would a Movado watch face be too much too ask?
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Cheezeman78 said:
Thank you both, each of the watch faces looks great! One thing I did notice, on the actual watch the seconds dial (only) rotates the opposite way and the hours dial gradually progresses towards the next hour (within the hour). Other than that, great job!
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Didn't even notice, I can fix it though, are you going to use theirs or mine?
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T3hPWN said:
Would a Movado watch face be too much too ask?
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What kind, show me a picture
dude2k5 said:
Didn't even notice, I can fix it though, are you going to use theirs or mine?
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What kind, show me a picture
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It doesn't really matter to me, I'll probably just use whatever one gets fixeds first since they are so similar.
Cheezeman78 said:
It doesn't really matter to me, I'll probably just use whatever one gets fixeds first since they are so similar.
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Alright, try this zip
https://drive.google.com/folderview...&usp=sharing&tid=0B3AJoa0-ynONVVp4X2NHenlaaW8

Grey spot in rear camera

Hi Guys,
I have a grey faded spot in my rear camera? Is it a dead pixel ? Please advise.
djofsound said:
Hi Guys,
I have a grey faded spot in my rear camera? Is it a dead pixel ? Please advise.
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Does it show up in your photos? If so, RMA that puppy! ?
Badger50 said:
Does it show up in your photos? If so, RMA that puppy! ?
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It shows .. but very faint ? can't even RMA as the phone is not officially sold in the country i live in (Dubai). Purchased though an online site ?
djofsound said:
Hi Guys,
I have a grey faded spot in my rear camera? Is it a dead pixel ? Please advise.
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Is it in the left corner?
I'm facing an issue of a grey area. When i spoke with a Google person, he said it might be because of the beta
droidmaterial said:
Is it in the left corner?
I'm facing an issue of a grey area. When i spoke with a Google person, he said it might be because of the beta
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I have attached a picture for reference...
Have you looked at the lens closely to see if there is any dust on or under the lens?
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And this happens with regular, non-pano shots too right?
droidmaterial said:
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droidmaterial said:
I have attached a picture for reference...
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It's towards the left side .. more like a spot . Few people told me it's hardware issue. Tried uploading a pic .. not getting uploaded. Thanks mate.
Triscuit said:
Have you looked at the lens closely to see if there is any dust on or under the lens?
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Yes i checked .. it's not dust ..
djofsound said:
It's towards the left side .. more like a spot . Few people told me it's hardware issue. Tried uploading a pic .. not getting uploaded. Thanks mate.
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This is the spot you're talking about right? I highlighted it by circling and drawing an arrow. It's interesting it's not in your panoramic pic multiple times but maybe it's getting cropped out. Is it in that spot only while holding the phone vertically and then moves when taking a pic horizontal?
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And this happens with regular, non-pano shots too right?
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It appears in all pictures but doesn't appear multiple times in pano. Actually never observed that in a long pano. When I spoke with a Google executive, he mentioned he cannot help as I was using a beta version. He asked me to revert to 8.1 and see if the issue still persists...I haven't tried it yet

Note 10+ 3D Scanner

Yesterday I received my T-Mobile variant Note 10+ which I pre-ordered from Samsung website. The device is awesome, but one of the key features they showed at unpacked is not on the device. I have not been able to find the 3D scanner. Is it just me or this is an issue? Thank you.
babaroye said:
Yesterday I received my T-Mobile variant Note 10+ which I pre-ordered from Samsung website. The device is awesome, but one of the key features they showed at unpacked is not on the device. I have not been able to find the 3D scanner. Is it just me or this is an issue? Thank you.
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From what I've heard they haven't released it yet. It's on apkmirror. Search for Samsung 3D Scanner. Then go into Bixby Vision within the Camera and click on Apps and it should show up in there after installing the apk.
tlbland0426 said:
From what I've heard they haven't released it yet. It's on apkmirror. Search for Samsung 3D Scanner. Then go into Bixby Vision within the Camera and click on Apps and it should show up in there after installing the apk.
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Will give that a try, thank you.
Ha, just came by to post the same question. I was like where is this cool feature....
babaroye said:
Will give that a try, thank you.
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I was able to install this on my S10 5G as it has a ToF sensor like the Note 10+. Here is an example of 3D scanning one of my kids toys: https://imgur.com/gallery/sQVixjf
tlbland0426 said:
I was able to install this on my S10 5G as it has a ToF sensor like the Note 10+. Here is an example of 3D scanning one of my kids toys: https://imgur.com/gallery/sQVixjf
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Installed it and it's now available. Thank you again.
isnt working well on note 10 plus......
Yeah, it definitely needs work!
Reflective things don't scan well.
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Compusmurf said:
Reflective things don't scan well.
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Yeah, that's what I heard over on Reddit. Didn't know that at the time. I've also tried scanning non reflective items and they still didn't turn out too well either.
Hopefully over time, the app will get some updates. New toy. New software. I have seen a few impressive videos of some captures that were really good. I have anywhere from 30 minutes to 6 hours before mine is in my hands to play with. That is one of the features I am dying to test.
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Hello. Need this to replace bellus3d . Could someone post a face scan with a smile as an obj or ply so that I can see if the poly count is good enough for dental?
Thank you so much
 @babaroye
Thank the info.
Downloaded and check it out. A small test scan shows ot might ne pretty good.
I have an einscan sp. Ill he doing a comparison between the two.
But the note 10 scanner is pretty fast snd shall come in handy.
What kinda file ext is it? I'm curious if I can use for my 3d printer
Shuthefrontdoor said:
What kinda file ext is it? I'm curious if I can use for my 3d printer
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You can export as .obj
Shuthefrontdoor said:
What kinda file ext is it? I'm curious if I can use for my 3d printer
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.obj with texture file.
Still doing some testing.
I believe models are a close scale. I just need a better scan area since you have to be able to walk around the whole item.
.obj works not sure about the texture file though
coolz_hari said:
3d scanner couldn't be found in camera app. In samsung members got the link to download 3d scanner. It tried using all means but it shows couldn't be done .
Anyone successfully got it worked ?
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Make sure you use people for people and thing for everything else.
3D Scanner now available in the Galaxy Store. Seems to be a bit better.
It's not in the Galaxy Store for me. Sammobike had also posted it was available. But it isn't there.

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