Gear Live - Bluetooth issues? - Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a gear live from io2014.
I've paired it with a galaxy tab 10.1 (p4wifi) running 4.4.4.
After a couple days I'm noticing the bluetooth between the tablet and the watch is "not connected".
I can toggle the watch connection on the tablet gear app, and the gear app will try to reconnect to the watch but fail.
(The gear app on the tablet/phone does an exponential back off which I think is odd cuz it will end up waiting a long time to reconnect if it fails a few times.)
In order to get it to reconnect I have to reboot the watch. Annoying.
Anyone see this? Maybe its an issue with the tablet?
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jeffcrilly said:
I have a gear live from io2014.
I've paired it with a galaxy tab 10.1 (p4wifi) running 4.4.4.
After a couple days I'm noticing the bluetooth between the tablet and the watch is "not connected".
I can toggle the watch connection on the tablet gear app, and the gear app will try to reconnect to the watch but fail.
(The gear app on the tablet/phone does an exponential back off which I think is odd cuz it will end up waiting a long time to reconnect if it fails a few times.)
In order to get it to reconnect I have to reboot the watch. Annoying.
Anyone see this? Maybe its an issue with the tablet?
The
-jeff
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I have weird issues with mine and my Nexus 5. The watch and the app will both think they are connected but then sometimes I go to do something and it doesn't work. When this happens, timeouts inevitably occur and either the watch or the app realize somethings not connected right and will sit there and try to reconnect to no avail. The only thing that gets the connection back again is to flip the bluetooth on my phone off and back on again. This happens several times a day for me.
I suspect bluetooth problems on my Nexus 5 though because I had the same problem with my Pebble before I got the Gear Live at I/O.

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I suspect bluetooth problems on my Nexus 5 though because I had the same problem with my Pebble before I got the Gear Live at I/O.
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Another data point... its been working fine for quite a while... then late this afternoon, no connect.
Rebooted the tablet.. rebooted the watch.. still no connect... then on one of the watch restarts, it did "recovery mode"... i re-paired the watch and it all worked after that. Hmmm...

having same problem as yours

I've "upgraded" the io2011 tab to a nexus 7 32gb WiFi.
Again worked for a while but iirc was intermittent to connect at first.
I read a rumor on g+ that the BT issue might be related to wear watchfaces that aren't doing the right thing..
So I uninstalled all the faces, reset everything, .. even reinstalled android wear...
Now I'm not getting any pairing.

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Phone won't mute anymore!

i all
I have a LG G watch R, i have had this around 10 months, its paired with my Nexus 5.
Over the past year there has been a few occasions where suddenly the "mute phone alerts and calls" option has suddenly stopped working! *Half way through the day all of a sudden id still get the message on my watch but my phone would make a noise too!
Usually i fixed this by uni stalling android wear, resetting the watch back to factory setting and re pairing them..this usually solved the issue until next time....however!
This time it happened again and no matter what i do it wont work! i have the option to mute phone call and alerts but the phone still makes a noise and is not muted! when i toggle the volume bar it used to say before "muted by android wear" but now it does not.
My phone was updated to android 6.0 last week but for the past week its been fine so i doubt it related to that as like i said its done this before on lollipop.
Few more things to note that may be related, if i swipe down in my notifications box it used to say "android wear connected" but thats no longer there, and if i go into the watch and go into settings and bluetooth devices it does not say anything it just says scanning for nearby devices, and i notced once it said nexus 5 disconcerted??
I must stress that i am connected to my phone as all my notifications come through on my watch fine.
Anyone had this or know a fix?
Thanks
Chris*
Did you find a solution?
Same problem here. I have moto x play (no developer edition) unlocked bootloader/rooted/lollipop 5.1 and LG G watch R.
In my case it seems related to Moto Display (Motorola'app similar to ambient display). If I disable it, mute comes back.
I tried to uninstall android wear app, and then installing 1.3 version. No fix.
On reddit I read that it should be the last update of Google play service instead: user restored his phone fixing the problem. I tried to uninstall play service (no factory reset)...no fix
EDIT: Ok I have just found a middle-solution. I downloaded a module for Xposed (True silent Mode), after activation you will not able to receive any vibrations or sounds on your phone, but you'll receive a vibration on your watch instead. It's similar to android wear function, the difference is if you disconnect your watch you have to disable the silent mode on your phone manually. Hoping Google (or Motorola in my case) fixes it soon in the meantime...
Looks like we are not alone: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/android-wear/mute
https://productforums.google.com/fo...context-place=topicsearchin/android-wear/mute
I see other reports and see the issue myself where android wear often says that the watch isn't connected anymore while the watch says it is. And voice commands etc. on the watch still works (I guess they go directly through GMS not involving the android wear app itself).
Maybe there is a bug between android wear and the detection of the connected watch that keeps thinking android wear that no watch is connected and then not muting the notifications on the phone.
Do you have the cloud sync enabled? It's in "privacy & personal data". I have.
Hi still have the same issue, and yes my watch thinks it's not connected also
I have tried both cloud synced and un synced
Try putting your watch on charge, then taking it off
It worked for me, you will notice when on charge the ph is connected but notifications are not muted
I think the ph must think the watch is charging...
The latest wear app version fixed it for me.
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...-wear-1-4-0-2470307-gms-android-apk-download/
Hasn't for me

Bluetooth keeps disconnecting

Anyone have an issue with Bluetooth disconnecting? The icon disappears from the notification Bar, then reappears when connected again. Happens with my car and Gear S2 watch. Very irritating!
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Haven't had that issue m8. My BT works great and I have it on all day because I need too
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mine too no problems either got my bluetooth headphones,gear s and my car plugged in
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Mine jut started disconnecting a couple days ago, right after the T Mobile update. I thought it was my bluetooth earbuds, but I happened to look at my S2 Gear watch at the same time and saw that it disconnected too, and then reconnected about 5 seconds later...
bld93 said:
Mine jut started disconnecting a couple days ago, right after the T Mobile update. I thought it was my bluetooth earbuds, but I happened to look at my S2 Gear watch at the same time and saw that it disconnected too, and then reconnected about 5 seconds later...
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I got mine to get abck to working normal today. Came across another forum where someone suggested the following:
Head on over to Settings > Applications > Application Manager. Select More and then Show System Apps. Look for Bluetooth Share, then tap on Force Stop, and clear the cache and data.
As soon as I did this all of my issues went away and everything connected fine!
I have the same problem and it is very annoying, bluetooth keeps disconnecting from my car, specially during calls and then tries to reconnect again. This never happened to me before in any smartphone so this is a specific problem from the S7. I tried clean cache etc. but the problem continues. Anybody can recommend something else?
mariodiniz21 said:
I have the same problem and it is very annoying, bluetooth keeps disconnecting from my car, specially during calls and then tries to reconnect again. This never happened to me before in any smartphone so this is a specific problem from the S7. I tried clean cache etc. but the problem continues. Anybody can recommend something else?
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Have you tried un-pairing each device you use and restarting the phone, then pairing? I was having issues as well with Jaybird earbuds and my mini jambox. I did that and they seem to be working. I also followed the directions of resetting Bluetooth sharing. Been 2 days. No issues.
I've been having this issue as well - it happens when I'm not on a call and unfortunately when I am, which really sucks. Have had my car for a long time with many different phones so definitely not the car. Gonna try the bluetooth share tip from above - hopefully, that fixes it.
hollywoodfrodo said:
I've been having this issue as well - it happens when I'm not on a call and unfortunately when I am, which really sucks. Have had my car for a long time with many different phones so definitely not the car. Gonna try the bluetooth share tip from above - hopefully, that fixes it.
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Yes same problem for me, never had any problem with all the other phones before. If you find a solution please share.
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Just today in 5 minutes I lost connection with my car twice during a call, very annoying.
Mine went away after a factory reset and now its returned. ARGH.
I was having massive bluetooth problems that i thought was linked to the system update. I was getting random reboots, disconnects, and just all around flaky performance. I traced mine problem to the Nova launcher beta and night mode. For some reason it hated my bluetooth. Restored the stable version and removed night mode and my bluetooth is a champ now with no issues.
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I think I found a solution, go to app manager -> click more (upper right) -> click reset app preferences. Didn't have any problem in last 2 days for the first time.
mariodiniz21 said:
I think I found a solution, go to app manager -> click more (upper right) -> click reset app preferences. Didn't have any problem in last 2 days for the first time.
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Didn't work for me. The whole Bluetooth stack just quits and restarts several seconds later. I have a Gear S2 watch constantly connected.
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I am still facing the same issue even after i reset every thing. i think it is a software issue as this problem appeared only after the last software updates.
It happens to me when I use Google voice mic icon... it always disconnect my Bluetooth connection.
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kronium said:
Didn't work for me. The whole Bluetooth stack just quits and restarts several seconds later. I have a Gear S2 watch constantly connected.
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I have the Gear S no problems here
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I was listening to my BT speaker and it kept disconnecting, thought it was so strange!
No problems here yet.
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I feel your pain
I have a Jaybird Bluebuds X that I've been using for over a year now with the Nexus 6 and 7. Never a connectivity issue, and range was never an issue as well. With the S7 Edge, It keeps dropping the media connectivity whenever i'm streaming from either music or video, even when i'm standing a foot in front of it. Stays connected for phone audio only. Then drops completely after a few minutes. I've tried all the solutions posted without any success. Also does this with my bluetooth speaker. Very frustrating. Between this and no ambient display, i'm ready to go back to my Nexus 6. Big and slow, but at least it works. lol.
I have an issue in my car with bluetooth constantly connecting and reconnecting. I found that if I turn wifi off while I am in the car, my bluetooth is fine.

Bluetooth issues after Oreo Update

So I seem to be having issues with bluetooth. Most of the BT devices work, but my TomTom Raider 400 does not seem to want to work.
I was able to pair it to the device, but thats all I get, the TomTom says it won't connect or anything, It was working great nougat now it does not work anymore. I cleared out all network settings, still no go.
Anyone having issues with devices that perhaps require data? anyone have any ideas?
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So I seem to be having issues with bluetooth. Most of the BT devices work, but my TomTom Raider 400 does not seem to want to work.
I was able to pair it to the device, but thats all I get, the TomTom says it won't connect or anything, It was working great nougat now it does not work anymore. I cleared out all network settings, still no go.
Anyone having issues with devices that perhaps require data? anyone have any ideas?
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I'm having similar BT problems since the update. Sometimes my car doesn't connect. Quite often my Gear S3 disconnects when the phone is still well within range. My Sat Nav will only connect via BT if I search for it. There is definitely a glitch but I haven't found a fix
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Same issues here, with Tomtom GO 510 and with asus Chromebook too (via Bluetooth only)
I've updated to CRC7 today using the SD card update method described here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3746561
The BT is much more stable this afternoon and a persistent problem that I had with my home Wi-Fi seems to be gone too. Early days, but it does seem better [emoji106]
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I updated to Oreo 8.0 on my S8 today and have had bluetooth connectivity issues ever since. Listening to music in the car, it will randomly drop connection. Also, some track information is no longer showing on the headunit (the playback time and the overall song length). Everything worked perfect before update. Seems to have been a known problem that may have been addressed with the 8.1 update on Pixel and Nexus phones. Unfortunately my carrier (ATT) just rolled out the 8.0 update today for my S8. I'm at a loss for what to do.
It's failing left and right.
I turn it on and it turns off apprx 1 min later.
I turn it back on and it does the same thing (each time).
removing and re-setting up everything fails.
rebooting fails (same as turning on and off)
safe mode does not help.
So far, Oreo has made Bluetooth useless on my S8
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It's failing left and right.
I turn it on and it turns off apprx 1 min later.
I turn it back on and it does the same thing (each time).
removing and re-setting up everything fails.
rebooting fails (same as turning on and off)
safe mode does not help.
So far, Oreo has made Bluetooth useless on my S8
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So glad I'm not the only one. It's driving me mad
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STandy469 said:
So glad I'm not the only one. It's driving me mad
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After Oreo update my S8's BT became spotty working 20% of the time on calls in the car. So i searched & read that resetting network connections would do the trick. It wasn't under connections->more settings - instead i found it in about phone-at the bottom under Looking for something else-> Reset->Reset Network Settings . Yehey i found it & reset my network settings!
Now my BT won't turn ON! From 20% to 0% function!!!
What a what!
Fix this Samsung!
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Same issue here. My S8+ was rock solid on Nougat, but since the update to Oreo yesterday my Bluetooth does not connect 19 out of 20 tries in my car. I factory reset my phone thinking it may have been an issue with the update process, but that did nothing to fix the issue. I really need a solution as I need to talk while in my car.
Haven't tried using Bluetooth on anything else, but my phone stays consistently connected to my Gear watch.
Anyone have any solutions to this? I'm experiencing the same issues. Won't connect consistently with my gear s2, drops certain speakers all the time, although it seems to stay connected more consistently to my car. Really frustrating and don't want to wait for the glacial pace of Verizon update rollouts.
bstarr3 said:
Anyone have any solutions to this? I'm experiencing the same issues. Won't connect consistently with my gear s2, drops certain speakers all the time, although it seems to stay connected more consistently to my car. Really frustrating and don't want to wait for the glacial pace of Verizon update rollouts.
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Did you do a fresh install ( download, install, clear cache, wipe phone, rebuild or restore backup) or just install the update and go from there?
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Did you do a fresh install ( download, install, clear cache, wipe phone, rebuild or restore backup) or just install the update and go from there?
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I just installed the update, but up the thread above several people say that factory reset didn't fix this issue for them.
It won't make a difference. I factory reset my phone after the update to Oreo and reconfigured everything from scratch, no restore, and it made no difference. My Bluetooth still does not work with my car. It works with my Pebble, my Sony Bluetooth headset, and a Marley speaker with no issues. Why is it that only my car fails? It is the most important one.
I am having the same issue when listening to music with Bluetooth in my car. The music gets choppy and does not play back the way it should. I have been looking everywhere online for a fix and I haven't come up with anything. If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.
Same issue with Sony XAV-68BT headunit. Music plays through Bluetooth, then drops rendomly, then manually have to reconnect. Very distracting while driving. Phone calls do not seem to be affected though, so... There's another little tidbit.
Actually I did notice the other day that my Gear Sport was on standalone mode instead of Bluetooth, so I was missing texts from people. Really annoying. Samsung better address this.. going to take ages for Verizon to get the update though, I'm sure.
Any chance that the Bluetooth apk file for the Galaxy S9 would work on our phones? Maybe it would help?
I'm having similar issues here too. I was on Nougat with zero problems. Did an OTA update to Oreo and suddenly my Kenwood car stereo keeps losing bluetooth connectdion. Used ODIN to flash back to Nougat and it's rock solid. Decided to flash Oreo instead of doing it OTA, and suddenly the bluetooth is flakey again. Flashed back to Nougat, and it's rock solid. I've also tried factory resetting and reconfiguring the car stereo, did a factory reset of the Galaxy S8, cleared the cache, and nothing works. The only way of getting Bluetooth to maintain a connection to the car stereo is to be on Nougat.
Interestingly though, I have no problems with my Gear S3 maintaining a bluetooth connection.
It appears it's only some devices that have the issue. I don't hold out much hope that Samsung will fix it though. Weren't people complaining about the same thing during the betas?
I guess this can solve your problems too, I had an issue since the oreo update, cant select anything but SBC reverting to default, even with the level u app not showing UHQ, I started a chat with samsungs members app and they told me that is an error in the update, not all devices are presenting this problem. well, the solution: 1. back up your data with smartswitch app(I backed up with a sd card, 10Gb info) if you have whatsapp do a chat backup because they dont backup with smartswitch. 2. delete your samsung and google account. 3. Do a hard reset(witch the phone powered off press volume+, bixby and power, until you see the recovery menu), wiping cache and then wipe data/factory reset(move trough the menu with volume+- and select with power). 4. start the phone and add your google and samsung account, then restore your data with smarwitch app. this will let you select the BT codec again.
worked for me and the bluetooth conection is more stable

February update is out

Seems that we may have that memory leak solved
Yes, must have bug fix as 330Mb download. Updated, all good (no mods)
Is the haptic feedback on opening recents menu new? Or just stronger than before?
Is there a setting I'm not seeing to change it?
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Is the haptic feedback on opening recents menu new? Or just stronger than before?
Is there a setting I'm not seeing to change it?
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it's in
accessibility>vibration
I received my phone and downloaded the ROM yesterday, seems to be good.
Anyone else's Bluetooth totally screwed up after update? After update, Bluetooth turns on by itself, won't add new devices, and won't auto connect to devices?
svrasputin said:
Anyone else's Bluetooth totally screwed up after update? After update, Bluetooth turns on by itself, won't add new devices, and won't auto connect to devices?
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Mine has been pretty flaky as well. It seems to connect most of the time, but if I call with my android auto head unit, even though it says it's using bluetooth, the sound still comes out of the speakers. Sometimes a toggle of the bluetooth switch fixes it, sometimes it needs a reboot. I may factory reset and see if it clears up.
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Anyone else's Bluetooth totally screwed up after update? After update, Bluetooth turns on by itself, won't add new devices, and won't auto connect to devices?
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I don't have problem with the Bluetooth.
Using my Sony ch700n without a problem..
Mmm... I'll be waiting for more feedback before applying the update. Hope it's just specific issue with device because I use BT every day...
Still haven't been able to fix Bluetooth issues. First I reset all the network settings. Not fixed. Then I factory reset without restore. No fix. Finally factory reset with restore. No fix. Contacted support last night with no answer yet. Will have to resort to back up phone until there is a solution.
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Anyone else's Bluetooth totally screwed up after update? After update, Bluetooth turns on by itself, won't add new devices, and won't auto connect to devices?
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Nope, all good here. How did you take the update, ota or fastboot?
At this point my Bluetooth is behaving normally. All though I never have had any of the previous Bluetooth or wifi issues people have posted about. Totally stock locked bootloader with February update.
As of this Monday Miracast on my PH-1 is totally flakey. Since it uses Bluetooth I guess this is part of the update bug. The problem I'm getting is casting crapping out, for no reason, rotating the phone, or just launching the app that I want to cast. Any possible fixes?
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Mine has been pretty flaky as well. It seems to connect most of the time, but if I call with my android auto head unit, even though it says it's using bluetooth, the sound still comes out of the speakers. Sometimes a toggle of the bluetooth switch fixes it, sometimes it needs a reboot. I may factory reset and see if it clears up.
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I can't get my PH1 to connect via BT to my Pioneer A.A H/U at all...... not sure what the issue is.
I factory reset and still having issues as well, I'm completely stock with locked bootloader. Only real Bluetooth issue I have is phone calls going through my phone speakers even though it says it's using Bluetooth, audio for music and podcasts is fine. Very strange
bfmetcalf said:
I factory reset and still having issues as well, I'm completely stock with locked bootloader. Only real Bluetooth issue I have is phone calls going through my phone speakers even though it says it's using Bluetooth, audio for music and podcasts is fine. Very strange
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I used AA this morning in wifes car, music was playing, made a phone call & it used car speakers as normal & then went back to music when call ended, so seems OK with Hyundai HU.
IronRoo said:
I used AA this morning in wifes cam, music was playing, made a phone call & it used car speakers as normal & then went back to music when call ended, so seems OK with Hyundai HU.
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I'm kind of wondering if it has something to do with my Wear OS watch being connected. May have to disable it for a day and see if it makes a difference. Worked perfectly before the update though.
Edit: I played a little. If I turn off Bluetooth on my watch, then pair with my Bluetooth headphones calls work normally, if I connect to the buds while connected to the watch, no-go. Very odd as well is that the watch won't connect then while connected to the buds, once I disconnect them, it connects fine. I'll try with my truck at lunch and see if I can repeat this there.
mine seems do not have the Bluetooth issue.
new update seem to be more aggressive on turning off nfc . in the past, i do not have to wake on phone to 'tap' (as a smart card) on chargepoint ev charger. now i have to at least wake up phone to do so.
i noticed on essential website. the OTA file for February is only Open Market. the others have said Alll. Whats the difference anyone know.
After I have installing the update patch, the usage of battery is a bit faster than before. The sot drop from 4 hours to 2 and a half hours. Is there getting The same issue?

Weirdness after moving Fossil Gen 4 to new phone

My Pixel 5 has been replaced twice and each time I used this method to pair my watch without resetting it: https://www.xda-developers.com/pair-android-wear-without-factory-reset/
It worked well every time other than showing an extra disconnected Bluetooth connection every time, as in the attached screenshot. Bluetooth is connected and works fine, so it's not a problem except that nothing happens when I click on anything, meaning that I can't turn off Bluetooth if I wanted to.
Has anyone else seen this and figured out how to fix it?
Anyone?

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