For those who use NFC and didn't know, the antenna is built in to the battery in the Mega as it is in other devices from Samsung. I'd been using an aftermarket battery in mine and couldn't understand why I could not pick up any NFC tags or devices. If for any reason you need to replace your battery make sure it says 'Near Field Communication' on the new one.
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Does anyone know how i do make NFC working between Nokia Wireless Charging Stand and Droid DNA? I have heard that the stand as built in nfc tags and all you need it an nfc application on the phone to write to the tag on the stand, so you can open an application when you put the phone on the stand?
Has anyone done it or can help set it up?
I looked at the battery, and there it talks about NFC.
So I am considering buying some more batteries to have a replacement in case of my main one goes out of energy, but are chinese ones.
That's why I ask if NFC reading "chip" is located in the battery or not, just to know if I could still read NFC tags with the other batteries before proceeding to buy them.
Many thanks!
Dunno about the 'chip' but the NFC antenna is in the battery, AFAIK.
Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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yes, choose the batteries with NFC
Just got the Samsung wireless charger and stuck a nfc sticker on it and it will not read it even when I switched nfc to always be on (even with screen off) any ideas how I can get it to work?
Dragonsla said:
Just got the Samsung wireless charger and stuck a nfc sticker on it and it will not read it even when I switched nfc to always be on (even with screen off) any ideas how I can get it to work?
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Do you mean the OEM one or one of the inserts? Many (most?) of the inserts block (or at least hamper) NFC. I have the OEM back and I think it works BETTER than the battery antenna. I used it at the cafeteria at work and it picked up from about a 1/2 inch away through a case.
Edit: also, there is a massive thread in the accessories section (wireless chargers and cases) that discusses this ad nauseum.
The OEM back from Verizon. I am talking about physically putting the nfc sticker on the charger itself. It scans fine when not on charger but I stuck it on the charger and it doesnt read :S
Dragonsla said:
Just got the Samsung wireless charger and stuck a nfc sticker on it and it will not read it even when I switched nfc to always be on (even with screen off) any ideas how I can get it to work?
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There's a related threads on this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2296301
and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267462
The consensus is that it probably won't work without doing some kind of modification with cases.
Is wireless charging dependent on NFC functionality? I've read through any thread on the topic I could find and haven't seen this directly discussed. I'm running Illusion 5.0.2, and like every other rom I've tried or reviewed, NFC is quirky.
I bought an Anker charging pad and an NFC sticker for my cover. It kinda works for about 10 seconds, and then it stops charging. It happens every time no matter how the phone is sitting or if I have my thin case on it. This tells me I installed the sticker correctly and the pad works, but something is jacking up the charge. This is more about my curiosity than a need. I don't know how much I'd use it anyway. While plugged in and charging, I can use my phone. Not so much when it's sitting on a pad. Not very functional, IMO.
Still, I'd like to know why this isn't working. Does this all come down to NFC functionality?
I don't think NFC has anything to do with wireless charging. Wireless charging doesn't work on any AOSP roms that I have tried for this phone. I would think the reason it's not working is either it hasn't been implemented in CM yet or maybe it requires oem framework, which in this case, it may never work on AOSP. Kinda like WiFi calling will prolly never work on AOSP.
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Well, that's interesting. Fortunately, as I said, I don't think it's very convenient. Thanks for the feedback.
hi, I have European version D620 for my girlfriend, incl. a NFC chip, attached to the inside of the back cover. So it has 2 contacts in the phone that connect to that. We do not use NFC at this point, would prefer Qi Wireless charging... would putting in a Qi wireless charger foil connected to those 2 contacts instead of the NFC chip do the trick? Would it be something LG would have need to have built in, or would it be recognized by Android? This D620 has Android 4.4, my Nexus 5 had that too.... Concerning the Nexus 5, hardly anywhere it's mentioned that it is compatible with Qi wireless charging, , but I would not want a phone without it anymore.... (now with the S6 having it standard it will come to life i'm sure!!)
Any technician who would now the answer??
I'm thinking of buying a Samsung NOTE 2 compatible foil for a couple of dollars,put it in and and just give it a try...( I checked for the size, should be able to fit it in easily, hopefully it will not be too thick...
thanks in advance,
Wil
nice idea, but it won't work, i'm pretty sure. charging doesn't work with any two contacts you have on your phone especially if they're designed for something that runs on low power like nfc. it's the same as if you would try to take out the ir blaster diode and use it's two contacts to charge the phone... that's why there is a usb port on the bottom of the phone
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