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[Q] Ant+ and Garmin accessories

I went searching for Android devices that support the ant+ specification, or accessories to support them, and came across the Xperia line of devices that use a particular TI wireless chipset with built in ANT+ support.
Has anyone, or can anyone check to see if the current stock Rom has support for these accessories, while I know the device has support, I want to make sure that Sony included it in the current build.
Mods: move to development if you feel it should be there.

The Xperia Active, which is built with the same chip set as the play, does have ant + support. I guess they didn't program ant + support in the play because of marketing reasons.
The Xperia active is released in some places already, but I'm not certain where. There is a forum about the device in XDA (shared with the new Mini and mini pro), so feel free to go there and ask.

[Q] NFC chip on S4 mini LTE (9195)

I would like to know what NFC chip is inside S4 mini: Broadcom (like S4) or NXP (like S3)?
Otherwise, can you read Mifare 1K Classic cards with S4 mini?
Thank you,

If im not mistaken its the same one as S4, but the mini's chip is located inside the battery.
Not sure about the class tags though.
Sent from my GT-I9195 using xda premium

pudikas said:
I would like to know what NFC chip is inside S4 mini: Broadcom (like S4) or NXP (like S3)?
Otherwise, can you read Mifare 1K Classic cards with S4 mini?
Thank you,
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It cannot read Mifare 1K classics, so it probably uses broadcom unfortunately

cipetpet said:
It cannot read Mifare 1K classics, so it probably uses broadcom unfortunately
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thank you very much for your feedback
best regards,

Hey
how can i find out what nfc chip is inside the s4 mini?
Is it compatible with mifare Classic tags?

push

I believe the posts above yours answers your question?

if... ?
i have samsung galaxy s4 mini gt-i9190 (that doesnt have nfc) if i put on a battrey of the samsung galaxy s4 mini gt-i9195 (that have nfc) will it be enable on my device

[Q] NFC reading of CC and passport blocked on recent Android?

Hi!
I have 2 devices : Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2. Both could read CC and passport NFC chips with the apps I have (and would identify the NFC chip with a audio feedback when present). I note that since I've updated both of these devices recently, they can't read the NFC chips on several NFC enabled credit cards I've tested, as well as on my passport.
They can still read other NFC tags easily... and even write them. Just credit cards and passports don't work anymore.
Wondering if this is something that may have been recently introduced in Android?
The S3 is running Kit Kat (Cyanogen Mod 11.0). The Note 2 is running a stock Samsung 4.3 (latest) but rooted.
Anybody notice something similar?
Ideas?
Gilles.

How to enable nfc hce on s3 neo?

I have s3 neo. But we havent hce driver. How can I fixed it? Sorry for my English.

This is an interesting one. We really need to find the NFC sources

We can't reach the Galileo satellite in Europe.

Hello everybody,
I wonder why we can't reach the Galileo satellite here in Europe, while the our snapdragon 820 processor support this satellite.
The same says also Qualcomm in they site here:
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/relea...pport-galileo-across-snapdragon-processor-and
I'm using navigon and also a test software from play store, and compare with galaxy s8 it has support Galileo, our Zuk z2 plus hasn't.
Maybe somebody knows why?
Thnx!

The CPU may support the function but its a OEM choice to "enable" the function on the phone. Since the phone isnt made by just the CPU, in order to accommodate others functions for another ICs, or to "cripple" functions based on region only, or even if they dont want to pay royalties for the use of the tecnology, they may not implement all the functions the Chipset supports. This is true for the Quick Charge 3.0, for instance. Commonly used on all SD820 phones, isnt avaiable on Zuk Z2 saddly...

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The CPU may support the function but its a OEM choice to "enable" the function on the phone. Since the phone isnt made by just the CPU, in order to accommodate others functions for another ICs, or to "cripple" functions based on region only, or even if they dont want to pay royalties for the use of the tecnology, they may not implement all the functions the Chipset supports. This is true for the Quick Charge 3.0, for instance. Commonly used on all SD820 phones, isnt avaiable on Zuk Z2 saddly...
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Thnx for your answer, at least I know why!
And it is sad.For the rest and for €164 is wonderful phone ?

I was wondering the same. According to gsmarena, no phone exists with a snapdragon 820 (MSM8996) and supports Galileo. Therefore I doubt that Qualcomm offers this driver/software to manufacturers for our soc.

Since Qualcomm is american, and Galileo is in direct competition with the GPS, they may have disabled it to cripple the ability of the EU to spread the compatibility for its positioning system.

DavidWel said:
I was wondering the same. According to gsmarena, no phone exists with a snapdragon 820 (MSM8996) and supports Galileo. Therefore I doubt that Qualcomm offers this driver/software to manufacturers for our soc.
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Nope only the Zuk Edge supports it.

It seems that the Chinese Beidou satellites can be used without problem on my Z2. However I can't see Galileo ones either. There're only three types of satellites, probably, on the GPS test app: GPS, GLONASS, BEIDOU.