[Q] i9190/i9192 with NFC battery - Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
As we know, only the i9195 has NFC built-in. I did notice though that the battery actually has the NFC inside. Therefore what would happen if I got the NFC battery from i9195 and placed it into a i9190/i9192?
I gather it would not work as there would be some more internals actually in the phone itself to make NFC work?? Simply the battery has the NFC chip inside from a design point-of-view to make the NFC work more efficiently.
Regards,
Unbelievable

Yeah it probably wouldn't work

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Not using any specific software to simply read them....Just whatever is built in to the OS.
I'm having the same problem with mine. Sent it back on an RMA, and the new one has the same problem. I can't get it to read any of my NFC tags, whereas the stock battery works like a charm.
I'll try it with Google Wallet, but I'm not too hopeful.
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I'm having the same problem with mine. Sent it back on an RMA, and the new one has the same problem. I can't get it to read any of my NFC tags, whereas the stock battery works like a charm.
I'll try it with Google Wallet, but I'm not too hopeful.
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From what I have read, and someone please correct me if I say something wrong here, I believe the OEM batteries also contain the antenna for NFC. So, unless you don't care about that, you would want to make sure any replacements also have this.
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the_buzz_man said:
From what I have read, and someone please correct me if I say something wrong here, I believe the OEM batteries also contain the antenna for NFC. So, unless you don't care about that, you would want to make sure any replacements also have this.
I must admit, after the initial novelty of the NFC stuff wears off, if I find that I am not using it, I would consider A larger capacity battery.
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correct the battery has the nfc antenna
uncoolkid said:
correct the battery has the nfc antenna
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stan.s said:
Can't be in this case, as Samsung is selling a second battery with one of the chargers. That wouldn't work. (Not the the ATT one will have Google wallet anyway)
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Google Wallet is one, but since only Sprint has it, no biggie. But on the SGSIII things like the new S-beam use NFC, so if you don't want to lose this functionality, you'll want to stick with official Samsung batteries for the time being.
(Not aware of any generic batteries with the NFC components at the present time)
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i would not ever use 3rd party battery...
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Hmm. Can you give a reason why please?
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Xcor3 said:
Hmm. Can you give a reason why please?
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