Many figured out on the HTC EVO 4G LTE forums that Google Wallet and root don't mix as well as me seeing the same "unsupported device" on a new android device. So here is the quick fix until someone can verify someone elses modified Google Wallet apk will work on our device.
Posted by Dark_shadow70 (the method of the quick fix has been found by many)
if you are rooted and you're using google wallet you'll see an unsupported device warning, wallet still works but it's annoying.,
here's what I did.
Make sure you wallet is not been setup, if it has, reset it to factory.
before you start wallet,disable super user (I'm running super SU v0.93)
(open super SU,settings, UNCHECK enable super SU)
setup wallet until you see your balance and the wallet is activated.
exit wallet.
enable super SU
open wallet, set it up and that's all, it worked for me, I hope it works for you..!
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The other question is can anyone confirm their NFC chips on their tablet is fine after flashing a rom? On the Evo's side, their chips were ruined if they didn't clear the settings before flashing a new rom.
kmyerslp said:
The other question is can anyone confirm their NFC chips on their tablet is fine after flashing a rom? On the Evo's side, their chips were ruined if they didn't clear the settings before flashing a new rom.
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You should always reset wallet from within wallet before flashing new rom's. The same thing happens on the Galaxy Nexus - secure element errors.
Wallet works fine with root. The only difference is the notification at the top, but it still functions the same.
You're saying to not flash a rom until you clear wallet data?
Sent from my AOKP Galaxy SII
Don't flash a rom or update on if you use Google wallet without going into the wallet app and using the built in clear settings (If you wipe app data you will not be able to use wallet any more)
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wallet works fine with root, you just don't get any support if you have issues.
Google Wallet no longer shows up in play after rooting jr003d.
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i posted this in another older thread dealing with the secure element
well i dont know if this has been found out before, but here is my story
i got the hong kong nexus gsm back when it came out here in dallas tx tmobile. flashed it to stock google yakju. i used the wallet app apk and everything worked great. when the update came out it stopped working.
go to settings, apps, all. go to wallet, clear data. go to google account manager, clear data. go to google services framework, clear data. once u do that go to about phone check for update. it will have some weird 1969 date. once it checks open wallet and now it works. only thing is pre paid error when adding card
so i flashed to the new takju and same thing. followed thoes steps and same thing.
as far as i can get with wallet
jblack41510 said:
i posted this in another older thread dealing with the secure element
well i dont know if this has been found out before, but here is my story
i got the hong kong nexus gsm back when it came out here in dallas tx tmobile. flashed it to stock google yakju. i used the wallet app apk and everything worked great. when the update came out it stopped working.
go to settings, apps, all. go to wallet, clear data. go to google account manager, clear data. go to google services framework, clear data. once u do that go to about phone check for update. it will have some weird 1969 date. once it checks open wallet and now it works. only thing is pre paid error when adding card
so i flashed to the new takju and same thing. followed thoes steps and same thing.
as far as i can get with wallet
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If you are getting an error when adding your prepaid Google card and you previously had one activated, you need to call Money Network and have them do a master reset on your account. The number is 855-896-0693.
krichek said:
If you are getting an error when adding your prepaid Google card and you previously had one activated, you need to call Money Network and have them do a master reset on your account. The number is 855-896-0693.
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Will try thanks
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I tried, but it did not work for me. I'm still getting the "secure element..." message. Has anyone tried activating with a different battery?
The battery is an antenna. Nothing more. Secure Element lives in your phone.
tiroger said:
I tried, but it did not work for me. I'm still getting the "secure element..." message. Has anyone tried activating with a different battery?
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gonna have to get a replacement...that's what I did
Does the master reset really work? I tried this from an apk long time ago and now it won't work with the market installed app and won't allow me to add a prepaid card.
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chlehqls said:
Does the master reset really work? I tried this from an apk long time ago and now it won't work with the market installed app and won't allow me to add a prepaid card.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
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master reset didnt help mine
Secure Element error message
Check out my post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25411964&postcount=20
---Sharmy
I got this today, stuck at "Initializing your device"
I did Wipe Google Wallet from within the app, and after which i went back to google wallet and it's stuck there.
Stays the same after reflashing 4.0.4.
One of the features I like about the GN is Google Wallet, but I want to root my device and check out all of the cool stuff associated with that.
I've read in passing elsewhere that rooting/flashing might screw up Google Wallet on the device permanently and I want to see if that was true and if there is a way to avoid it.
XDA's search is down or else I would have tried searching the forums first for my answer.
Thanks in advance.
Prior to flashing new roms open wallet > reset app.
NOT clear data from the app manager.
But actually reset app.
Personally...I've forgotten quite a few times.
And have yet to run into the secure element error.
*knock on wood*
But doing so will ensure you don't either.
I still consider myself a noob, and with my inexperience i too have yet to mess up the secure element by flashing different roms. I should knock on wood as well. If you follow Jubakuba's directions you will be fine. This is how i do it everytime too now.
Jubakuba said:
Prior to flashing new roms open wallet > reset app.
NOT clear data from the app manager.
But actually reset app.
Personally...I've forgotten quite a few times.
And have yet to run into the secure element error.
*knock on wood*
But doing so will ensure you don't either.
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Is that an option within the app itself or is that a system option?
In the app itself.
It clears this embedded "secure element" that is causing problems.
Yup been flashing roms and paying for Google wallet everything working fine so far!!
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Nexus CDMA using Tapatalk 2
Awesome, thanks!
So I saw on DL today that if you wipe your phone, your NFC stops working? Did I read that correctly? I just got my (VZW) nexus yesterday and as soon as I got home I rooted and wiped and ROMed it. I didn't install Google wallet prior to wiping and I still haven't installed it. Did I screw up my NFC?
Thanks
I read that today too after already rooting and throwing on a rom. I had been meaning to set up wallet but hadn't yet. So when I saw that I figured I'd give it a shot and see if it works. It did and I got my free $10 credit.
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I wonder this too. It would seem to me that if you never setup wallet in the first place, there's no reason the secure element could be disabled (for lack of a better phrase). But since I have had this phone long, I'm not sure.
But I did root -> wipe -> install AOKP and wallet didn't complain, but after flashing a new kernel, I got an unsupported device warning.
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geoffcorey said:
I wonder this too. It would seem to me that if you never setup wallet in the first place, there's no reason the secure element could be disabled (for lack of a better phrase). But since I have had this phone long, I'm not sure.
But I did root -> wipe -> install AOKP and wallet didn't complain, but after flashing a new kernel, I got an unsupported device warning.
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The unsupported device warning shows if you're rooted.
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The suggested practice for doing a wipe is to go to the Wallet App- Settings- reset Wallet. Then do your wipe or flash as usual.
Haven't tested it either way. Just passing along useful info.
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If you have setup google wallet and then wipe and flash a new rom there is the possibility of killing your secure element. It is suggested to reset wallet within the wallet app before wiping and flashing a new rom.
There is a huge thread in the galaxy apps forum that is usually within the first few pages.
A simple wipe will not affect NFC.
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streetlightman said:
So I saw on DL today that if you wipe your phone, your NFC stops working? Did I read that correctly? I just got my (VZW) nexus yesterday and as soon as I got home I rooted and wiped and ROMed it. I didn't install Google wallet prior to wiping and I still haven't installed it. Did I screw up my NFC?
Thanks
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Wiping does not ruin your NFC. What these articles were talking about is wiping and flashing a new ROM without first de-authorizing your Google Wallet app/account. Its a security measure that once the phone has been wiped w/o first de-activating it won't respond to Google Wallet anymore.
Just de-authorize your Google Wallet app before wiping and switching ROMs and you're fine.
I really wish people would understand the difference between NFC, which is the connection standard and radio in your phone to initiate data transfers... and Google Wallet, which is just an app that uses NFC to make mobile payments.
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Wiping does not ruin your NFC. What these articles were talking about is wiping and flashing a new ROM without first de-authorizing your Google Wallet app/account. Its a security measure that once the phone has been wiped w/o first de-activating it won't respond to Google Wallet anymore.
Just de-authorize your Google Wallet app before wiping and switching ROMs and you're fine.
I really wish people would understand the difference between NFC, which is the connection standard and radio in your phone to initiate data transfers... and Google Wallet, which is just an app that uses NFC to make mobile payments.
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well i guess the question i'm asking is: if i've NEVER set up google wallet in the past and have previously wiped, will google wallet be affected?
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well i guess the question i'm asking is: if i've NEVER set up google wallet in the past and have previously wiped, will google wallet be affected?
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I believe the answer is no.
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streetlightman said:
well i guess the question i'm asking is: if i've NEVER set up google wallet in the past and have previously wiped, will google wallet be affected?
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No... theres was no Google Wallet data to wipe and deauthorize in the first place lol.
That's cool, I haven't set up Google wallet yet and wiped about a dozen times already.
streetlightman said:
well i guess the question i'm asking is: if i've NEVER set up google wallet in the past and have previously wiped, will google wallet be affected?
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From what I can tell you should be fine, I did a factory reset right after I got my Galaxy Nexus never having set up Wallet at the time and from what i can tell nothing went rotten on me i.e. no errors when I launch Google wallet. Haven't tried to make a payment though which I should do soon apparently there's a 2 dollar a month upkeep fee on the Google prepaid card if you don't touch it for a 30 day period running on a tangent now, cheers!
From what I could tell, with the new update google changed things up quite a bit in google wallet. I was wondering if the new version will still have the secure element bricking problems.
Anyone know?
endertux said:
From what I could tell, with the new update google changed things up quite a bit in google wallet. I was wondering if the new version will still have the secure element bricking problems.
Anyone know?
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I sure hope not, after flashing the latest ROM my google wallet is completely bricked, and what is even more weird is that it also stopped google wallet from working on my tablet as well which has not had any issues until i flashed a new ROM
I do not have a Nexus but here's what I have experienced with Google Wallet. I flashed several Roms always being careful to reset wallet before doing a full wipe. Sometimes I would get stuck at the adding card phase of setup but eventually it would work. The most recent time I flashed I completely forgot to reset wallet thought I was done. But fortunately wallet setup fine and I was able to use it. I attested it to the updated app, but I'm not 100% sure. Have you tried updating to the latest wallet?
Well r96 didnt fix it for me.
Just bricked the wallet app on my note 2
Heres to if I can find a solution. Maybe I can lie my way into sprint fixing my nfc.
i'm not sure if this is the right place to be asking this, but here goes.
so i had a modified version of Google Wallet installed on my rooted Galaxy Nexus. well, i then started to prep the phone to be sold, so i wiped the phone, and flashed a ROM. not realizing until after that i guess there's some weird authentication things with Google Wallet? or something?
well anyways, i didn't make a nandroid backup because my primary device is my (non-rooted) Galaxy S3.and so my Galaxy Nexus was more like a music and games player with a working Google Wallet.
i haven't tried this yet, but would i be able to install Google Wallet again on the phone, then unlink/reset it, and then wipe the phone?
mrhomiec said:
i'm not sure if this is the right place to be asking this, but here goes.
so i had a modified version of Google Wallet installed on my rooted Galaxy Nexus. well, i then started to prep the phone to be sold, so i wiped the phone, and flashed a ROM. not realizing until after that i guess there's some weird authentication things with Google Wallet? or something?
well anyways, i didn't make a nandroid backup because my primary device is my (non-rooted) Galaxy S3.and so my Galaxy Nexus was more like a music and games player with a working Google Wallet.
i haven't tried this yet, but would i be able to install Google Wallet again on the phone, then unlink/reset it, and then wipe the phone?
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google wallet is unique to the device b/c of the 'secure element'. If you didn't break the secure element, then a re-install of wallet should be fine.
You may have just encountered the secure element error where you didn't restore Google Wallet completely before you wiped your device. If that really is the case, you won't be able to use Google Wallet on it ever again unless somebody devises a fix for it.
I tried to install Google wallet to the phone on the same ROM and different ROMS.
I'm getting the your device isn't supported error now. I've tried 2 different APK files, and I can't download it from Play store.
Any suggestions?
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Device isn't supported just means that you are rooted - doesn't effect functionality...
Correct unsupported device is normal, that means your phone is rooted and money market is not responsible for any loss of money because they feel that a rooted device is less secure. The secure element issue is when your device is broken and the wallet will never work again. At this point your perfectly fine and just like everyone else. If you flash stock and lock the bootloader your unsupported device message should go away.
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the only thing that weirds me out though, is that i had Google Wallet working on it while rooted, but now it's not working.
before, when it was working, that dialog would come up, but then still let me use the app. now it's just auto closing after the alert dialog.
guess i shouldn't worry about it too much since i'm trying to sell it.
Please see wallet.google.com
You can remove all devices, and as soon as the device opens the Google Wallet app, it blows itself up!