[HELP] Getting an error when calling a function of a contract (BSC)

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#1

Hi everyone,

I launched this token on binance smart chain testnet. I'm trying to call changeAdmin function of this contract using etherjs but getting an error.

the command that I execute
yarn hardhat run --network testnet scripts/bypass.js

hardhat.config.js

    .....testnet: {
      url: "https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.binance.org:8545",
      chainId: 97,
      gasPrice: 20000000000,
    },......

the script

const ethers = require('ethers')

async function main() {
let network = 'https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.binance.org:8545/'
let provider = ethers.getDefaultProvider(network)

let privKey = PRIVATE_KEY_OF_THE_CREATOR_OF_THE_CONTRACT
let wallet = new ethers.Wallet(privKey, provider)

let contractAddr = ADDRESS_OF_THE_CONTRACT 
let contractABI = ABI_OF_THE_CONTRACT
let contract = new ethers.Contract(contractAddr, contractABI, wallet)

let newOwnerAddr = "0xCc2c513ef320db14f......"
let txResponse= await  contract.estimateGas.changeAdmin(newOwnerAddr)
let txReceipt = await txResponse.wait()
console.log(txReceipt)

}

main()
.catch((error) => {
console.error(error)
process.exit(1)
})

errors I got multiple times

 **reason: 'cannot estimate gas; transaction may fail or may require manual gas limit',**
    code: 'UNPREDICTABLE_GAS_LIMIT',
    error: Error: processing response error (body="{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":44,\"error\":{\"code\":-32000,\"message\":\"execution reverted\"}}\n", error={"code":-32000}, requestBody="{\"method\":\"eth_estimateGas\",\"params\":[{\"gas\":\"0xf423f\",\"from\":\"0xa9c8f32bb529cac9639402a05f6324087855f515\",\"to\":\"0x066229c2d5e3673186b756a6c1f3c8689560b474\",\"data\":\"0x8f283970000000000000000000000000cc2c513ef320db14fc01b4a828ef548daff51429\"}],\"id\":44,\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\"}", requestMethod="POST", url="https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.binance.org:8545/", code=SERVER_ERROR, version=web/5.6.0)

**reason: 'processing response error',**
    code: 'SERVER_ERROR',
    body: '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":44,"error":{"code":-32000,"message":"execution reverted"}}\n',
    error: Error: execution reverted
#2

If you are using a transparent proxy, the changeAdmin() function can only be called by the proxy admin. See the transparent proxy's admin() function to determine the address of the proxy admin.

Note that the admin may be different than the creator of the contract, for example it could be a ProxyAdmin contract. If this is the case, use the ProxyAdmin's changeProxyAdmin() function instead of changeAdmin().

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