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Anyone know if Google Wallet will be able to be ported over to the Galaxy Nexus? I'm going to miss being able to use my phone to pay for things, as I've grown somewhat accustomed to being able to do it. lol I love going to Dairy Queen, or Best Buy, or the drug store and just tapping my phone. I'd love to be able to do it on the Galaxy Nexus.
mysterioustko said:
Anyone know if Google Wallet will be able to be ported over to the Galaxy Nexus? I'd love to be able to do it on the Galaxy Nexus.
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Should not need to be ported, GNex has NFC
NFC is just a chip. You still need the software to use it. For example, I used Google Wallet on my Nexus S (which has a NFC chip). Without software to use the NFC chip with, it's useless. In other words, you have to have some sort of payment software on the phone in order to make use of the NFC as a form of payment.
Lightning N1 said:
Should not need to be ported, GNex has NFC
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NFC is a chip. Google Wallet is an app that lets you use NFC for payments.
For example, only the Sprint Nexus S 4G officially has google wallet. The T-mo Nexus S doesn't. Neither do the SGSII varieties with NFC.
OP, I'd assume that once they have it working for ICS they'll make it happen with an update, but I'm not sure whats holding them from just launching with it.... then again they still haven't given it to the T-mo Nexus S lol so idk what's going on.
I'm really looking forward to Google Wallet too.
While there has been no official announcement, I don't ever think the Verizon version will ever see Google Wallet. Verizon has teamed up with T-Mobile and AT&T to put together Isis, a competitor to Google Wallet. Thats why we only see Google Wallet or Sprint.
martonikaj said:
NFC is a chip. Google Wallet is an app that lets you use NFC for payments.
For example, only the Sprint Nexus S 4G officially has google wallet. The T-mo Nexus S doesn't. Neither do the SGSII varieties with NFC.
OP, I'd assume that once they have it working for ICS they'll make it happen with an update, but I'm not sure whats holding them from just launching with it.... then again they still haven't given it to the T-mo Nexus S lol so idk what's going on.
I'm really looking forward to Google Wallet too.
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Well I have a T-mobile Nexus S that I use Google wallet on. Of course it isn't officially supported, but they ported it over from the Sprint Nexus S. I was just holding out hope that it might be possible to bring it to the Galaxy Nexus. lol of course this is just a hope. I'm not sure what libs or framework is needed for it to work.
mysterioustko said:
Well I have a T-mobile Nexus S that I use Google wallet on. Of course it isn't officially supported, but they ported it over from the Sprint Nexus S. I was just holding out hope that it might be possible to bring it to the Galaxy Nexus. lol of course this is just a hope. I'm not sure what libs or framework is needed for it to work.
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I get a little miffed every time I see a google wallet enabled payment system and I can't use it on my TMo nexus s 'officially'.
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[hfm] said:
I get a little miffed every time I see a google wallet enabled payment system and I can't use it on my TMo nexus s 'officially'.
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Yeah you would think that "officially" you'd be able to do it. Heck all Google would have to do is just put the app in the market to be downloaded and they wouldn't have to deal with the carriers at all (I think lol). But hey, gotta love the guys here at XDA, that got us around all that and brought it to the tmobile nexus. I'm just hoping it can be done on the Galaxy Nexus too.
Consider yourselves lucky that you can even use a hacked version on your phones.
What about us poor saps in Australia who can install the app and use it, but can't add any funds to it. I really don't understand why Google choose to operate like this.
Niksko said:
Consider yourselves lucky that you can even use a hacked version on your phones.
What about us poor saps in Australia who can install the app and use it, but can't add any funds to it. I really don't understand why Google choose to operate like this.
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Perhaps there are legal issues with it. I have no idea. I just wish a standard would be established already so that we can use it in our day to day. I love using my phone to pay for things! lol
I loved wallet on my tmobile nexus
It worked flawlessly
I was hoping for a gs2 port but that never took place.
Why wouldnt the flagship device for google have wallet pre installed ?
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Is wallet available outside the US? If not, then it may not be on the gsm version since it's not being sold in the states.
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fdm1 said:
Is wallet available outside the US? If not, then it may not be on the gsm version since it's not being sold in the states.
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It's a US-only service, yes. It's just an app so nothing is stopping them from supporting it on the GSM/HSPA version.
I thought the Google Wallet app just makes sure the credit card data travels a save way from the NFC sender to NFC receiver. I don't see how it'd be US-centric, when there's no mobile data involved in the transaction, since Google said that it doesn't require a data connection.
Also, I've read people in Germany using their German T-Mobile Nexus S to pay at the very few Paypass terminals in that country.
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I thought the Google Wallet app just makes sure the credit card data travels a save way from the NFC sender to NFC receiver. I don't see how it'd be US-centric, when there's no mobile data involved in the transaction, since Google said that it doesn't require a data connection.
Also, I've read people in Germany using their German T-Mobile Nexus S to pay at the very few Paypass terminals in that country.
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I meant it as in "the service is currently available in the US only". As far as I know Google has only officially launched the service in the US as of yet. That could just have been a marketing thing though. I'm not sure if it works fine if a seller outside the US just plugs in a comatible NFC-enabled terminal.
Actually, the relevant standard is called Paypass and used outside of the US. In Europe, there's various sort of cards being distributed by Visa, Mastercard and sorts. But apparently there's a RFID version of Paypass, and a superset that does NFC. The current distributed cards are RFID. But there appear to be NFC capable terminals in at least Germany.
From what I could gather, Google Wallet does Paypass NFC. It seems mostly a matter of getting it to install and run on a phone that's not the Spring Nexus S.
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Actually, the relevant standard is called Paypass and used outside of the US. In Europe, there's various sort of cards being distributed by Visa, Mastercard and sorts. But apparently there's a RFID version of Paypass, and a superset that does NFC. The current distributed cards are RFID. But there appear to be NFC capable terminals in at least Germany.
From what I could gather, Google Wallet does Paypass NFC. It seems mostly a matter of getting it to install and run on a phone that's not the Spring Nexus S.
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Interesting. So it's nothing specific needed on the merchant's side other than an NFC-compatible paypass terminal? How does the service work software wise? They could very well have limits on the cards you can use it with.
You might want to check this out.
sitnlow4life said:
I loved wallet on my tmobile nexus
It worked flawlessly
I was hoping for a gs2 port but that never took place.
Why wouldnt the flagship device for google have wallet pre installed ?
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This is the same thing that I was thinking. This is supposed to be the flagship device...you'd think it would already have Wallet on it...or at least have it available.
Here's a 17-yo Brit's contribution to this (and his first ever to the Android communication - received my first Android phone 3 days ago!):
Google Wallet can be "enticed" to run on the Galaxy Nexus. I'm still waiting for an attempt to test it, so we may find out if it works on Monday.
I used the "googlewalletfix_1.1R38v5_ICS_aok.zip" file (no credit to me - found it elsewhere on these forums) - I did the following (with MoDaCo custom ROM):
Flashed MoDaCo, flashed googlewalletfix, reboot to "proper"
Found Google Wallet wasn't installed
Open root terminal, cd to /mnt/sdcard/gw/
mount -o remount,rw /data/system
cp system/app/NfcGoogle.apk /system/app/NfcGoogle.apk # this is probably a terrible, terrible thing to do to your phone. Turn NFC off first and cross your fingers!
cp system/app/Wallet.apk /system/app/Wallet.apk
I saw some logcat entries telling me it was doing something with my newly positioned apk and lo-and-behold, Wallet was installed and would allow me to get a prepaid Google card!
I attached some pretty pictures taken using the Dalvik Debug Monitor.
lukegb said:
Here's a 17-yo Brit's contribution to this (and his first ever to the Android communication - received my first Android phone 3 days ago!):
Google Wallet can be "enticed" to run on the Galaxy Nexus. I'm still waiting for an attempt to test it, so we may find out if it works on Monday.
I used the "googlewalletfix_1.1R38v5_ICS_aok.zip" file (no credit to me - found it elsewhere on these forums) - I did the following (with MoDaCo custom ROM):
Flashed MoDaCo, flashed googlewalletfix, reboot to "proper"
Found Google Wallet wasn't installed
Open root terminal, cd to /mnt/sdcard/gw/
mount -o remount,rw /data/system
cp system/app/NfcGoogle.apk /system/app/NfcGoogle.apk # this is probably a terrible, terrible thing to do to your phone. Turn NFC off first and cross your fingers!
cp system/app/Wallet.apk /system/app/Wallet.apk
I saw some logcat entries telling me it was doing something with my newly positioned apk and lo-and-behold, Wallet was installed and would allow me to get a prepaid Google card!
I attached some pretty pictures taken using the Dalvik Debug Monitor.
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Great work! Anyone willing to try this to see if it works? I'd try it but I don't have my Galaxy Nexus yet (thanks to Handtec....). Great to see progress being made so quickly.
Wonder if anyone that flashed takju is using Google wallet
Or any other way
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I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work because it would detect your carrier as a Canadian one and would just say unsupported.
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It is restricted and is locked by your location although I'm sure there are some applications that can mock your location.
msavic6 said:
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work because it would detect your carrier as a Canadian one and would just say unsupported.
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Cretheus said:
It is restricted and is locked by your location.
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You CAN use it. You just need to be using something like MarketEnabler, which makes your device look like it's using an American carrier.
Try Tim Hortons, they have Pay Pass.
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Lith808 said:
I have mobilicity in Toronto, and I ended up with the latest MoDaCo rom on my GN and it came with google wallet. I didn't have any problems activating it and even getting $10 credit on there. I just don't know if it would work when I would go and try to pay for something..
Anyone have any idea?
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It will work anywhere that has Mastercard PayPass terminals... off the top of my head they have them at McDonald's and Tim Horton's although I have never seen one work at Timmy's (not NFC, my regular PayPass cards never register with their terminals).
Market Enabler?
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You CAN use it. You just need to be using something like MarketEnabler, which makes your device look like it's using an American carrier.
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Do you have a link to an up-to-date Market Enabler? Something that works with Jelly Bean and the Play Store? I've been digging through threads looking for one, and I can't find an official thread for one. There's one called "Market Access" (sorry, I don't have enough posts to include an outside link here) that will apparently do it, but I'm hesitant to install something from a random link.
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Do you have a link to an up-to-date Market Enabler? Something that works with Jelly Bean and the Play Store? I've been digging through threads looking for one, and I can't find an official thread for one. There's one called "Market Access" (sorry, I don't have enough posts to include an outside link here) that will apparently do it, but I'm hesitant to install something from a random link.
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Here ya go: http://code.google.com/p/market-enabler/
Lith808 said:
I have mobilicity in Toronto, and I ended up with the latest MoDaCo rom on my GN and it came with google wallet. I didn't have any problems activating it and even getting $10 credit on there. I just don't know if it would work when I would go and try to pay for something..
Anyone have any idea?
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Try to add money to your Google prepaid card. It did not work for me, even if my Canadian Visa has a US billing address. I think it detects the institution who released the card and blocks it. I purchased my Nexus directly from Google Play, using the same card. From what I heard, they detect also if your phone is rooted or non-stock ROM:
We strongly discourage gaining system-level "root" access to your phone if you plan to use Google Wallet. We are unable to support devices with unauthorized operating systems as the security layers of the device may be limited.
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My phone is not rooted, and it does not work on Bell network:
It does work properly when I use my T-Mobile SIM card:
I used the market enabler, but it says my Nexus S is not supported by Google Wallet. Is that so? I don't see why since the The Nexus S has NFC just like the GNEX.
how long did it take you guys to set up... mines bee "verifying your account" for about 10 mins now...
edit:... nevermind... just finished lol
edit2: anyone been able to add their own canadian credit card at all?
c_86 said:
anyone been able to add their own canadian credit card at all?
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Do you really think Google is that stupid to allow adding a credit card with a fake address like others are trying to do?
Anyways, I have a Canadian credit card with an official US billing address on it. Guess what, Wallet does not work at all on Bell. Even if I put my T-Mobile SIM card on the phone, I'm pretty sure it will not work also with a Canadian card as the financial institution is not registered into Google's Money Network.
We have to wait like every one else... until Google decides to open Wallet in Canada, if it will.
At the rate they open products in Canada, we should have it enabled in about 10 years.
Ya I agree. Its stupid. Sorry Google but USA isn't the only country in the world. This the usa likes to think so. Lol
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Why is this? Everything you read says that Galaxy S3 supports Isis and it's available in the play store now. Just wondering....
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philly0429 said:
Why is this? Everything you read says that Galaxy S3 supports Isis and it's available in the play store now. Just wondering....
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Because you don't have the ISIS enabled SIM card yet.
Sent from my SGS3...
That comes from T-Mobile?
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You can buy them seperate after October 24
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Cool..... and whatever retail location has to support Isis as well correct?
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so far it's only available in two cities salt lake utah and austin texas and i read that the isis sim card was free....i think i'm going to wait until after it been out for a while and also it doesn't work with rooted phones....
shrty4luv said:
so far it's only available in two cities salt lake utah and austin texas and i read that the isis sim card was free....i think i'm going to wait until after it been out for a while and also it doesn't work with rooted phones....
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Exactly why I don't intend to use it unless some dev can hack it to work on rooted phones. I already use Google Wallet and it would be nice to have another option since PayPass isn't used in many mainline stores yet.
shrty4luv said:
so far it's only available in two cities salt lake utah and austin texas and i read that the isis sim card was free....i think i'm going to wait until after it been out for a while and also it doesn't work with rooted phones....
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I picked up an ISIS SIM in Salt Lake today and I still can't get it to work. It tells me that my device is not supported.
trickinit said:
I picked up an ISIS SIM in Salt Lake today and I still can't get it to work. It tells me that my device is not supported.
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Are you rooted?
Hacked google wallet is better IMHO. I think ISIS costs money and the name is terrible!
rizoh66 said:
Are you rooted?
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Yes. I tried temp unrooting through Superuser, but that didn't work either. I agree, Google Wallet is better anyway. You can use any card with it. ISIS only works with Chase or AMEX at the moment.
a4ol said:
Hacked google wallet is better IMHO. I think ISIS costs money and the name is terrible!
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+1
Open up your Isis wallet and tap to pay.
Haha.
Just like how I got that app on the play store. Play store.
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Isis is free
a4ol said:
Hacked google wallet is better IMHO. I think ISIS costs money and the name is terrible!
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You get 25 bucks for signing up.. on AT&T at least.. and it will not, I repeat, will not work on rooted devices. It's not even available in the play store. After I registered and got the SIM, it wouldn't work so I unrooted my i747, as I live in salt lake city, and I received the 25 bucks used it, and rooted it again. Google wallet IS a lot better though.
The card companies really ought to put pressure on the carriers to allow Google Wallet, seeing as more of the major players are on-board with it. Or maybe they should learn from Microsoft + IE's anti-trust issues - even IE isn't as bad in the sense that you can use IE to download another browser - it would be comparable if the carriers made ISIS bloatware that you couldn't uninstall - but they go a step further and bar you from using an alternative. I call BS.
I think ISIS is making their service too much about branding the experience - this "ISIS Ready" business when you can use it any place that accepts NFC already (payWave, PayPass, etc).
I've been using NFC in my card at my local grocery store for several years - personally I feel it encourages adoption to let people know clearly that they can use the Wallet anywhere they already might "tap" their card - and that it's the same process (ie, I must select "credit" even though the card is attached to my checking account). Promoting a brand is great and important - but so is integrating with your costumers' lives in a way that doesn't confuse and segment their ideas about NFC payment terminals.
I dunno, maybe average people are more n00bish than I am and have never used NFC in a card and need a pat on the back to know "yes, your ISIS-thingy will work here". But, still, ISIS ? WTF does a mobile wallet have to do with an Egyptian goddess who pieced her dead husband's body-parts back together ? At least name it after a deity of wealth or something awesome.
Ryan_28 said:
You get 25 bucks for signing up.. on AT&T at least.. and it will not, I repeat, will not work on rooted devices. It's not even available in the play store. After I registered and got the SIM, it wouldn't work so I unrooted my i747, as I live in salt lake city, and I received the 25 bucks used it, and rooted it again. Google wallet IS a lot better though.
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How did you unroot, i tried unrooting and it still says not supported.
Will Google Wallet Tap and Pay work on Galaxy Note 4?
gabbar21 said:
Will Google Wallet Tap and Pay work on Galaxy Note 4?
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Yes. Of course, it has NFC.
gabbar21 said:
Will Google Wallet Tap and Pay work on Galaxy Note 4?
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More than likely the tap-to-pay feature from Google Wallet will be locked like the Note 3. Everything else from the Google Wallet app will work just fine, except for the tap-to-pay feature. You can blame SoftCard (formally ISIS) for this. Well, really it's the 4 major US carriers, who are all in contract with Softcard, blocking this tap-to-pay feature. Why would they allow a competitor into the fold?
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Will Google Wallet Tap and Pay work on Galaxy Note 4?
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matrix2004 said:
Yes. Of course, it has NFC.
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Tap to pay has been blocked since the Note 2 unfortunately. They took away access to the secure element, and now the secure element has been moved to the sim, which of course is controlled by the carrier (read softcard)
Someone reported in another thread that Google Wallet works on their AT&T LG G3 - so here is hoping.
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Someone reported in another thread that Google Wallet works on their AT&T LG G3 - so here is hoping.
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Works great on my G3. Hope it works great on my Note 4.
zoso28 said:
Tap to pay has been blocked since the Note 2 unfortunately. They took away access to the secure element, and now the secure element has been moved to the sim, which of course is controlled by the carrier (read softcard)
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This is not true anymore. Any device running kitkat will do tap n pay. They changed Wallet to remove carriers ability to block it. Many will bring up issues with the Note 3, but with the very last update, even it became compatible. The odds of tap n pay working on the Note 4 are about 99.9% in my opinion.
boufa said:
This is not true anymore. Any device running kitkat will do tap n pay. They changed Wallet to remove carriers ability to block it. Many will bring up issues with the Note 3, but with the very last update, even it became compatible. The odds of tap n pay working on the Note 4 are about 99.9% in my opinion.
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That's great news! I'm not into Nexus's so I just gave up on it after the Note 2 but I'd love to use it again on the 4.. Guess we'll know in a week
I have At&t note 4 and I have tap and pay.
Yep, it's now working on the Note 4! I can even switch back and forth between SoftCard (formally ISIS) and Google Wallet within Android's settings to set the default tap-to-pay service. Yes!
Just received an email from softcard that it will stop service from 3/31 because it's aquired by google. But google wallet is not supported by Note 3, now what...?
Swipe your card like a normal human being?
By the way, the Google Wallet app works just fine. I get notifications about half a second after I use my card, every time. Life goes on without tap & pay.
Swipe a card!
Heavens to Betsey!!!
Lol.
Pp.
Swipe your card like a normal human being?
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Swipe a card!
Heavens to Betsey!!!
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You guys are kind of jerks.
"I bought a phone that had feature X. Now feature X doesn't work. How do I get something equivalent?" Is perfectly valid. Just because you swipe your cards like damn savages doesn't mean we all choose to live that way.
X is the last feature I'd look for, I just want to have quality call and messaging features when choosing a phone.
Hope you didn't miss out on your corn nuts and mountain dew because of X feature not working!
Pp. Lol
God damn there is some whiny little *****es in the Note 3 community.
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Google Wallet works for me. I assume you heard it didn't work with the T-Mobile Note 3. That's because T-Mobile had originally decided to go with SoftCard and blocked Wallet. The email I got had a link to download Wallet.
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Google Wallet works for me. I assume you heard it didn't work with the T-Mobile Note 3. That's because T-Mobile had originally decided to go with SoftCard and blocked Wallet. The email I got had a link to download Wallet.
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Google Wallet has always worked on the TMO Note 3. It was the Tap-to-pay functionality that was missing in Google Wallet.
I hope it is working in the new Lollipop update that's in OTA right now. Otherwise it'll be a huge disappointment (NOT like I can't swipe a card, but because I want everything to work on my phone).
I called Wallet support 1-855-492-5538 and their csr stated tap and pay "will definitely work as long as software is up to date." Perhaps they activated it with the new lollipop release.
I have to retract what I posted last night about Google Wallet. Last night a CSR stated it would work "with the latest software". I even got an email to that effect. It doesn't. So I called Wallet this am and, after a long time waiting for them to "research", I was told Tap and Pay will NOT work with T-Mobile Note 3. I asked why it worked for SoftCard and received no logical response. So basically, we're SOL with Tap & Pay on Google Wallet.
tap and pay on lollypop
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I have to retract what I posted last night about Google Wallet. Last night a CSR stated it would work "with the latest software". I even got an email to that effect. It doesn't. So I called Wallet this am and, after a long time waiting for them to "research", I was told Tap and Pay will NOT work with T-Mobile Note 3. I asked why it worked for SoftCard and received no logical response. So basically, we're SOL with Tap & Pay on Google Wallet.
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Just got lollypop, still no tap and pay. Very disappointed. I don't buy that wallet can't work on the note 3. Softcard works and google purchased (and rightfully killed) them. So use how softcard worked with nfc to to make wallet work with tap and pay. The phone will do it, its the software that won't. give us a fix or a viable replacement for softcard. As to the whiners that say just swipe a card, this is a technology I want to support and is one reason I have a smart phone. You guys miss the point completely.
I agree, scottslc. I'd gotten used to using tap and pay. One thing I enjoyed was not having to actually carry credit cards. And, as some states are testing, you may soon have digital drivers licenses. For the Note 3 (and a couple of others) Samsung chose a different NFC chip, which is why SoftCard required the secure sim. Like you, I'm hoping Google will adapt their technology. If not, I might have to seriously consider another phone.