I have the Gear Fit for a few days now. I like it a lot (especially how it looks) but there's just a few things.... One is I cannot get the weather to work. I keep getting "network error" on my Note 3. I also can't figure out how you get facebook notifications or Gmail? Everything else seems to be working well. Does anyone else have the same problems? I hope there will be a software update to fix and add some features.
mb523 said:
I have the Gear Fit for a few days now. I like it a lot (especially how it looks) but there's just a few things.... One is I cannot get the weather to work. I keep getting "network error" on my Note 3. I also can't figure out how you get facebook notifications or Gmail? Everything else seems to be working well. Does anyone else have the same problems? I hope there will be a software update to fix and add some features.
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1) Make sure that you have Gear Fit Manager installed on your phone and not Gear Manager.
2) More info on your phone. Is it rooted, not rooted, Latest KitKat update? Custom rom? Etc.
3) In Gear Fit Manager, you can select which notifications you want running to the Fit.
1. It's definitely Gear Fit Manager.
2. My phone is rooted and I was wondering if that may be the problem. No Custom Rom. I did not update to Kitkat, not sure if that would help or make it worse.
3. I see the notification options but it's not listing any of my apps.
Thanks so much for your help.
mb523 said:
1. It's definitely Gear Fit Manager.
2. My phone is rooted and I was wondering if that may be the problem. No Custom Rom. I did not update to Kitkat, not sure if that would help or make it worse.
3. I see the notification options but it's not listing any of my apps.
Thanks so much for your help.
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Your problem may lie in that you did not update to kitkat. Go ahead and update and then try again.
Good luck sir!
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The my magazine update on my stock Note 3 will not go away. I have installed repeatedly. I noticed no difference in the app after the original install but I'm not sure if it's an update that would effect the UI at all either. Please help!
mustangnismo said:
The my magazine update on my stock Note 3 will not go away. I have installed repeatedly. I noticed no difference in the app after the original install but I'm not sure if it's an update that would effect the UI at all either. Please help!
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I would go into settings and go to the General tab. form there go to application manager. Look for the app in the downladed area if not there swipe over the the right 3 times to all. It will be there. Now you should be able to uninstall updates. I would also clear data as well. then go back to the play store and update form there. That should clear up the issue. If not you would be looking at a hard reset at that point.
Thank you! I did that immediately after posting. So far, so good. I'm hoping that solves it. Couldn't find anyone else with the same issue.
mustangnismo said:
Thank you! I did that immediately after posting. So far, so good. I'm hoping that solves it. Couldn't find anyone else with the same issue.
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It happens a lot with a wide range of apps. something get crupted and you have to scrub it out before it will work right again. Stock apps (one on your phone form samsung) are the hardest to deal with.
Anyone not using a Samsung phone with the Gear S? What certain limitations have you encountered and what phone do you have?
I have an HTC M8 so I'm hoping I won't be too limited to anything.
Someone posted about that on g+. He was able to get it to work with his moto X but said it was a pain to do. The setup process seems to be a big challenge.
sbrownla said:
Someone posted about that on g+. He was able to get it to work with his moto X but said it was a pain to do. The setup process seems to be a big challenge.
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Can you link it to me?
Akram. said:
Can you link it to me?
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https://plus.google.com/117802926465663347925/posts/dNxC46GEsPS
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https://plus.google.com/117802926465663347925/posts/dNxC46GEsPS
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Thanks, he did not post the method yet.
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Thanks, he did not post the method yet.
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If you are up to the challenge just follow the same method used to get the Gear Manager for the Gear 2 onto your M8. Then take it from there and see what happens.
sbrownla said:
If you are up to the challenge just follow the same method used to get the Gear Manager for the Gear 2 onto your M8. Then take it from there and see what happens.
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Which method?
Are you talking about this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-2/general/guide-oct-29easiest-to-pair-install-t2921994
I have a LG G2 and did not test since it require modification of Gear FW. I dont know if it even works
Gear S w/ HTC M8
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So I went and picked up a new black Samsung Gear S today at the local ATT store. they only had one in stock and ordering through best buy produced a shipping date of March 2015.... I know its off subject but I havent kept up on the release and was wondering if it is fully released yet?
But anyway... Back to the topic.....
So like I said I just got it today and havent had much time to mess with it but I havent been able to get any of the paired functions to work with my M8. I also have a Gear 2 and a Gear Live. The Gear 2 I have working with a Gear Manager APK and like most with non Samsung devices, everything pretty much works with the exception of the S-Voice, weather. and any third party apps as I have no access to a samsung phone whatsoever..... Last night though through alot of reading I was able to successfully start installing new watch faces and some third party apps through the Tizen Wearables SDK using .wgt files... This is on the Gear 2 however and I was able to pair that one using the Gear Manager. The Gear S.. even though I am doing the same process to try to pair it I cant for the life of me get it to pair. The bluetooth connects and then it says connecting in the GManager app and just gets stuck there.. Something else that struck me as odd, after the first time you connect to gear manager we know of course it will automaticallys start asling to install something like 10 - 15 apps , I guess they are plug ins of some sort. Well when I connected the gear 2 it installed one called "Gear 2 plugin".... Now today when I tried to connect the Gear S. it installs the Gear 1 plugin. Anyone know if that sounds right?
So I too am constantly looking for info to get more functionality out of the Gear watches without going to a touchwiz POS phone, if you or anyone else has anything to share it would be greatly appreciated. I am also now looking for some sort of dump or repo so to speak, just an archive really of .wgt files so that i can have a bigger collection of standalone apps that I am able to install because that is the only way I know how to be able to add any appps to the Tizen watches so far. If anyone knows a better way to get to customize more please let me know. I have to be missingsomething..... or alot of things.... I read somewhere today that Samsung was claiming that the Gear S would have one thousand third party apps available at the time of launch.... I have yet to find one....
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So I went and picked up a new black Samsung Gear S today at the local ATT store. they only had one in stock and ordering through best buy produced a shipping date of March 2015.... I know its off subject but I havent kept up on the release and was wondering if it is fully released yet?
But anyway... Back to the topic.....
So like I said I just got it today and havent had much time to mess with it but I havent been able to get any of the paired functions to work with my M8. I also have a Gear 2 and a Gear Live. The Gear 2 I have working with a Gear Manager APK and like most with non Samsung devices, everything pretty much works with the exception of the S-Voice, weather. and any third party apps as I have no access to a samsung phone whatsoever..... Last night though through alot of reading I was able to successfully start installing new watch faces and some third party apps through the Tizen Wearables SDK using .wgt files... This is on the Gear 2 however and I was able to pair that one using the Gear Manager. The Gear S.. even though I am doing the same process to try to pair it I cant for the life of me get it to pair. The bluetooth connects and then it says connecting in the GManager app and just gets stuck there.. Something else that struck me as odd, after the first time you connect to gear manager we know of course it will automaticallys start asling to install something like 10 - 15 apps , I guess they are plug ins of some sort. Well when I connected the gear 2 it installed one called "Gear 2 plugin".... Now today when I tried to connect the Gear S. it installs the Gear 1 plugin. Anyone know if that sounds right?
So I too am constantly looking for info to get more functionality out of the Gear watches without going to a touchwiz POS phone, if you or anyone else has anything to share it would be greatly appreciated. I am also now looking for some sort of dump or repo so to speak, just an archive really of .wgt files so that i can have a bigger collection of standalone apps that I am able to install because that is the only way I know how to be able to add any appps to the Tizen watches so far. If anyone knows a better way to get to customize more please let me know. I have to be missingsomething..... or alot of things.... I read somewhere today that Samsung was claiming that the Gear S would have one thousand third party apps available at the time of launch.... I have yet to find one....
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Yeah, hopefully it has whatsapp etc. Can you share the Watch faces you made? All i can find is square
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Yeah, hopefully it has whatsapp etc. Can you share the Watch faces you made? All i can find is square
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Well it definitely doesn't have what's app pre installed on it. There really isn't much on it for apps. Only new ones from gear 2 I think is that Nike health app like on the iPods a few years ago (not sure if they still have that on iPod) and some thing called"milk", I believe it's something for digital music like Pandora perhaps, email app and a messaging app... Oh and nav app. So did you want the wgt files so you could side load the faces and the few apps igot? They have to be installed via sdb unfortunately.... Unless you know aa better way?
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Well it definitely doesn't have what's app pre installed on it. There really isn't much on it for apps. Only new ones from gear 2 I think is that Nike health app like on the iPods a few years ago (not sure if they still have that on iPod) and some thing called"milk", I believe it's something for digital music like Pandora perhaps, email app and a messaging app... Oh and nav app. So did you want the wgt files so you could side load the faces and the few apps igot? They have to be installed via sdb unfortunately.... Unless you know aa better way?
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I dont know. Can you show me the watch face first?
Hey guys, I posted all the files that installed on my Moto-X
I noticed my G+ was linked to on here lol
https://plus.google.com/117802926465663347925/posts/hhhoQNB9Tmy
Samsung S-Voice etc works directly connected to my Moto-X.
Cheers
bda714 said:
Well it definitely doesn't have what's app pre installed on it. There really isn't much on it for apps. Only new ones from gear 2 I think is that Nike health app like on the iPods a few years ago (not sure if they still have that on iPod) and some thing called"milk", I believe it's something for digital music like Pandora perhaps, email app and a messaging app... Oh and nav app. So did you want the wgt files so you could side load the faces and the few apps igot? They have to be installed via sdb unfortunately.... Unless you know aa better way?
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Hi,
Hope Whatsapp come in future.
Also
Just put up a tutorial to connect non-Samsung phones
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s/general/tutorial-install-gear-manager-connect-t2934307
Is anyone else getting this message(installation fails message) when trying to download a app from Galaxy app store for the Gear S?
Help needed. Thx.
rmont23 said:
Is anyone else getting this message(installation fails message) when trying to download a app from Galaxy app store for the Gear S?
Help needed. Thx.
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I have the same problem. I've reinstalled just about everything, tried an older version of Gear Manager, all to no avail. I am running a custom/rooted ROM on my S4, so perhaps that is an issue? I don't have another stock phone I can check with.
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I have the same problem. I've reinstalled just about everything, tried an older version of Gear Manager, all to no avail. I am running a custom/rooted ROM on my S4, so perhaps that is an issue? I don't have another stock phone I can check with.
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thx. FYI My s5 is not rooted. I can download a regular app not for my Gear S but I can`t for the Gear S.
rmont23 said:
thx. FYI My s5 is not rooted. I can download a regular app not for my Gear S but I can`t for the Gear S.
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Same here. In fact I scrubbed my phone and did a clean install of the ROM & all apps thinking it might help, but it made no difference at all. Samsung makes some amazing hardware, but their software architecture can be a real mess. Not only failing, but giving no real recourse or explanation, or alternate procedure. Sigh.
The gear app store is a hit and miss I get the same errors at times they need to make more apps for the Gear S instead of Rebranding the Gear 2 apps.
First off, the new CM for the T-Mobile note 4 developed by Slayher is simply awesome. Lollipop, stable, good battery life, and wicked fast.
It does not run gear manager however so I found a decent workaround.
First, I used an S4 I have for a spare to run gear manager, and paired the watch to it. This phone has no Sim in it, so it's strictly to stay at my house on the Wi-Fi. I setup gmail, Viber, calendar, and a few other items I like to see on the watch.
I then was trying to figure out how to get SMS and call notifications from my note 4 when I remembered an excellent app: PushBullet.
For those who don't know, pushbullet accesses your notifications and pushes them across devices and chrome on your PC. Now, there is an experimental feature which syncs notifications across all devices! Once I set it all up, I added the notifications from pushbullet to gear manager and Voila- I can see SMS and incoming calls (although I cant answer). Not a bad compromise.
In essence, the only functionality that's missing is answering phone calls and replying to SMS.
Haa haa haa. . . bit like a car with the only functionality missing being the wheels and the engine!
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Haa haa haa. . . bit like a car with the only functionality missing being the wheels and the engine!
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seeing as i don't typically answer calls on my watch but do like to be notified of them, it's basically enough functionality that I don't miss TouchWiz too much.
pretty much the same with SMS... I don't typically answer from my watch but I like reading them. I didn't specify that I can forward calls to the watch if I want to leave the phone behind- it does have a SIM in it and it's own number.
Your opinion may vary from mine on what the core functionality of the Gear S would be, and that's alright. CM12 is just starting to become a great daily driver for the Note 4 and unless Samsung makes a GREAT lollipop ROM, I'm sticking with it for a while.
edouble312 said:
First off, the new CM for the T-Mobile note 4 developed by Slayher is simply awesome. Lollipop, stable, good battery life, and wicked fast.
It does not run gear manager however so I found a decent workaround.
First, I used an S4 I have for a spare to run gear manager, and paired the watch to it. This phone has no Sim in it, so it's strictly to stay at my house on the Wi-Fi. I setup gmail, Viber, calendar, and a few other items I like to see on the watch.
I then was trying to figure out how to get SMS and call notifications from my note 4 when I remembered an excellent app: PushBullet.
For those who don't know, pushbullet accesses your notifications and pushes them across devices and chrome on your PC. Now, there is an experimental feature which syncs notifications across all devices! Once I set it all up, I added the notifications from pushbullet to gear manager and Voila- I can see SMS and incoming calls (although I cant answer). Not a bad compromise.
In essence, the only functionality that's missing is answering phone calls and replying to SMS.
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The note 4 on CM doesnt run gear manager? I just install DomPop's version of lollipop on my Tmobile note 3 and then the 11 apk's for gear manager, everything is running 100%.
cipherswitch said:
The note 4 on CM doesnt run gear manager? I just install DomPop's version of lollipop on my Tmobile note 3 and then the 11 apk's for gear manager, everything is running 100%.
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yea the touchwiz lollipop ROMs like that one can run it no problem, but CM has something missing that's needed. HostManager FC's when pairing and nobody's gotten any further than that.
I see over in the International N4 forum that TW Lollipop leaked for the Chinese variant, so maybe it's getting closer.
That said, I'll still be torn between how amazingly well CM12 is running and reverting to TW. Getting gear manager back would be great though.
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yea the touchwiz lollipop ROMs like that one can run it no problem, but CM has something missing that's needed. HostManager FC's when pairing and nobody's gotten any further than that.
I see over in the International N4 forum that TW Lollipop leaked for the Chinese variant, so maybe it's getting closer.
That said, I'll still be torn between how amazingly well CM12 is running and reverting to TW. Getting gear manager back would be great though.
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that blows, I did have to mess around with a few versions of gear manager before it worked, feel free to download and try it out, unzip and install in order.
right from my mediafire ---> gear manager lollipop
cipherswitch said:
that blows, I did have to mess around with a few versions of gear manager before it worked, feel free to download and try it out, unzip and install in order.
right from my mediafire ---> gear manager lollipop
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thanks. maybe i'll give it another whirl
quite a few people downloaded my gear manager package since yesterday, can anyone post any results?
No dice for me, a few apks wouldn't install.
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quite a few people downloaded my gear manager package since yesterday, can anyone post any results?
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Still no luck getting gear manager functioning on CM rom.
edouble312 said:
First off, the new CM for the T-Mobile note 4 developed by Slayher is simply awesome. Lollipop, stable, good battery life, and wicked fast.
It does not run gear manager however so I found a decent workaround.
First, I used an S4 I have for a spare to run gear manager, and paired the watch to it. This phone has no Sim in it, so it's strictly to stay at my house on the Wi-Fi. I setup gmail, Viber, calendar, and a few other items I like to see on the watch.
I then was trying to figure out how to get SMS and call notifications from my note 4 when I remembered an excellent app: PushBullet.
For those who don't know, pushbullet accesses your notifications and pushes them across devices and chrome on your PC. Now, there is an experimental feature which syncs notifications across all devices! Once I set it all up, I added the notifications from pushbullet to gear manager and Voila- I can see SMS and incoming calls (although I cant answer). Not a bad compromise.
In essence, the only functionality that's missing is answering phone calls and replying to SMS.
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How do you enable push bullet on the gear
If you want a toy, get an iPhone. If you want a Smartphone, get an Android
Jazznax said:
How do you enable push bullet on the gear
If you want a toy, get an iPhone. If you want a Smartphone, get an Android
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Just add the notifications from pushbullet to the list of apps you get notifications from in Gear Manager settings.
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Just add the notifications from pushbullet to the list of apps you get notifications from in Gear Manager settings.
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So how do you get notifications from your note 4 on cm12
If you want a toy, get an iPhone. If you want a Smartphone, get an Android
Jazznax said:
So how do you get notifications from your note 4 on cm12
If you want a toy, get an iPhone. If you want a Smartphone, get an Android
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Click the option on both the cm note 4 and the touchwiz device in pushbullet which syncs notifications across devices
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Click the option on both the cm note 4 and the touchwiz device in pushbullet which syncs notifications across devices
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So you need push bullet on the s4 and the note 4. Notifications go from the note 4 to the s4 to the gear. Correct?
If you want a toy, get an iPhone. If you want a Smartphone, get an Android
Jazznax said:
So you need push bullet on the s4 and the note 4. Notifications go from the note 4 to the s4 to the gear. Correct?
If you want a toy, get an iPhone. If you want a Smartphone, get an Android
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Yea. not ideal but if you wanna test run Cm12 it's the only way to use the gear s for now.
I switched back to kitkat on my note 4.
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Yea. not ideal but if you wanna test run Cm12 it's the only way to use the gear s for now.
I switched back to kitkat on my note 4.
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Yeah I'll pass for now thanks anyway. I just can't carry around 2 phones
If you want a toy, get an iPhone. If you want a Smartphone, get an Android
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Yeah I'll pass for now thanks anyway. I just can't carry around 2 phones
If you want a toy, get an iPhone. If you want a Smartphone, get an Android
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I didn't carry 2 phones. I just left the s4 at home and used the Gear S via remote connection
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I didn't carry 2 phones. I just left the s4 at home and used the Gear S via remote connection
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If you leave your phone at home you can just use your carrier's call forwarding to forward calls to your watch. I have AT&T and I can just dial **21*Watch's Number# and it will forward calls to my watch. I don't like the auto call forward because it doesn't work sometimes.
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I'm trying to use Google Keep and have uninstalled and re-installed it, but that does not correct the problem of it not being interactive on watch. Checklists made on phone show up on watch, but I can't open them to check items off. Lists made on the watch work correctly. Also, location reminders do not remind. People rave about the app, but I can't get it to work for. Anybody know what do do?
I'm encountering similar issues after updating my watch recently, and also my Note 4 to 6.0.1. I was able to interact with all notes on my watch before the updates, now only the first note will open (no matter which one it is). Unfortunately I'm not sure whether it was the watch update or the phone update which introduced the issue. I will have to try uninstalling/reinstalling Keep at some point to see if that resolves the issue. Was kind of hoping a Keep update might come along to fix the problem :/
EDIT: Wipe app data/Uninstall/Reinstall didn't make any difference, same problem. Guess I'll 'keep' waiting for an update (see what I did there!)
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I'm encountering similar issues after updating my watch recently, and also my Note 4 to 6.0.1. I was able to interact with all notes on my watch before the updates, now only the first note will open (no matter which one it is). Unfortunately I'm not sure whether it was the watch update or the phone update which introduced the issue. I will have to try uninstalling/reinstalling Keep at some point to see if that resolves the issue. Was kind of hoping a Keep update might come along to fix the problem :/
EDIT: Wipe app data/Uninstall/Reinstall didn't make any difference, same problem. Guess I'll 'keep' waiting for an update (see what I did there!)
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, that is the way it works for me - only first note opens, unless there is only one note, and then nothing opens. It's reassuring I'm not the only one, as this is my first experience with Keep. Will hope for an update to fix it.
kat3k said:
Thanks for the reply. Yes, that is the way it works for me - only first note opens, unless there is only one note, and then nothing opens. It's reassuring I'm not the only one, as this is my first experience with Keep. Will hope for an update to fix it.
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This is what I've done for a workaround. I made my first note "Placeholder", and find all notes after that first one will open on the watch. Also, with the most recent update, the location reminder works on the watch. That's pretty nice.