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Best app for stolen phone

I am looking for input from people who have used the apps out there. I have read a lot and see the articles, etc but I am looking for some real world experience.
I want an app that cannot be disabled, wiped, or the removal of the sim would impact. Anyone know what is best?

There's a Themes and Apps subforum for this.

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gocats7 said:
I am looking for input from people who have used the apps out there. I have read a lot and see the articles, etc but I am looking for some real world experience.
I want an app that cannot be disabled, wiped, or the removal of the sim would impact. Anyone know what is best?
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No matter what if you take the sim out it wont work because there would be no way of relaying the location of the phone without the service the sim card provides.
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Seems to me that if the phone can still access the network without a SIM card to make a 911 call, it should be able to allow an app access to report itself stolen or be located.

Seems another reason not to use a phone crippled and limited by a sim card.
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sixstringsg said:
No matter what if you take the sim out it wont work because there would be no way of relaying the location of the phone without the service the sim card provides.
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False. Some of the stolen phone apps will actually work just because of that fact. The phone detects the SIM was changed, so it sends out its location. However, I'm not sure how it'd work if they just took the SIM out for good. But that's just not really probable. Most people steal phones to either use them themselves or to sell them to people who end up using them.

Try Theft Aware, very good app, can't be detected, nor disabled, and reports location even after sim removal.
Overall, the best protection is insurance. Cover your assets. If it's lost/stolen suspend the service, file a claim, get another. Just had to do so myself, mine was took out of my pocket while I was in a fight at the club.
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Klyentel said:
Try Theft Aware, very good app, can't be detected, nor disabled, and reports location even after sim removal.
Overall, the best protection is insurance. Cover your assets. If it's lost/stolen suspend the service, file a claim, get another. Just had to do so myself, mine was took out of my pocket while I was in a fight at the club.
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How the hell did someone get in your pocket during a fight?? Play some defense man! Jk

Try droid seek it is very good. It costs $1 but its worth it. It says that it works without sim card (entirely) but I have never tried it.

studacris said:
How the hell did someone get in your pocket during a fight?? Play some defense man! Jk
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Lol, I got jumped. Started off one on one, I beat his ass, his boys jumped in, snatched my phone before security pulled them off, yup....unfortunately cowards run in packs
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since we sell it I really recommend taking a look at theft aware. It's definitely the only product in the market that survives a factory reset (if installed with root privileges), works with other simcards (many competitors do that too)
and - theft aware will soon offer a web remote interface where it also works without simcard (if a wireless lan is available)
here are two coupon codes offering a 40% discount on theft aware. be quick. each one only works once.
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joeshmoe08 said:
Try droid seek it is very good. It costs $1 but its worth it. It says that it works without sim card (entirely) but I have never tried it.
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+1 solid app

yea might have to look into getting an app like droid seek or theft aware.
after a gruely 5-6 days ive got my phone perfectly the way i like it and everyone knows thats when something happens to it.

if its already gone try plan b from the market and install it. It will gps it to a very good location and send google maps to show you where it is to your gmail acct

With hard reset and flashing to. stock with oneclick won't this app be useless?
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Need some help getting some scumbag stealing from my car....

Pretty long read, but added cliffs at the bottom.
My car has been broken into twice in the past month and a half. The first time they stole my GPS, radar detector (escort passport 9500i), and phone charger and one of those car outlet power strips. The second time was just a couple days ago and they stole my beats headphones, a bunch of change and a baton in my door.
They funny thing is there was no sign of forced entry, no pry marks, broken windows or doosr, or anything. I also have my spare set of keys with me, too, so no one could have gotten them. Either two scenarios could have arised from this.
1. I accidentally left the car doors unlocked( I have a key remote) although I'm 98% sure I locked it because I honestly have OCD about locking my car door.
or
2. Someone got into my house, took my keys(because I leave them on a radiator right by the front door) unlocked my car door, and stole the sh*t went back into my house and put the keys back.
My girlfriend left the house the night the first incident happened and forgot to lock the front door, so scenario 2 is likely.
The second incident, the front door was locked, but the back door was unlocked. So it would be pretty ballsy for a person to go through my back door, and do the same thing in scenario 2.
This really pisses me off and I want to find the person responsible so bad. I had a plan to try to track the person down, if they try to do it again. It doesn't make sense how or why this occurred, but the person must be extremely clever.
I have an old Droid Incredible that I had planned to use to find the perpetrator. I was planning on using the app Lookout and turning on the GPS and leaving it in my car every night until it got stolen again, then track down the coordinates of my phone. The only issue with that was you need working data to use the gps and the only way to do that would be to activate the line on my phone.
I currently have a Rezound and there was no way I was going to take a chance of having that stolen and never seeing it, that's why I chose the Incredible. Only problem is I don't wanna keep activating my Incredible every night and leaving it in my car and then deactivating it in the moring, because that would be very cumbersome.
Would there be any other way to be able to track this person using my Incredible? Also any other input or advice about this situation would be very appreciated: it's a mystery and it's really getting me down and worried about how this is happening.
Also, both times occurred over night, not during the day. Also, I do have a security system on my car so if anyone tried using a master key or lock pick, it would go off.
Cliffs:
Sh*t got stolen out of car
Pretty big mystery of how(read Scenarios 1 & 2)
Want to use old Droid Incredible GPS to track person
By leaving it in car to see if it gets stolen
Would have to activate phone to do so
Advice greatly appreciated...

Okay buy some romen noodles a thermos forbkeeping your hot water. A bat a chair blanket. Hide and camp out your house amd leave the doors unlock and the most important of all have patients..
If that dont work you can set up a camera using uour droid. I seen some apps that can stream to your pc like justin tv
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That could work, I can just use my house wifi for that. Also, I have all those things minus the ramen.... Looks like I'm stocking up.

Those pay as you go type of plans seem perfect for this situation. There are some that you can use your own phone and get a plan like 2 GB of data to use within one month. I think its from simple mobile or something like that. look it up. definitely worth it to figure out who stole from you. I would also get a night vision camera and hook it up to a laptop or something . The more evidence the better.

Justin. tv works with wifi. no data plan
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if money is no worries then hire a privated investigators and have them track that scumbag.<-that's the lazy way

Or buy a shotgun install some cameras with audio motion detectors then leave the house for a weekend but don't really leave if you get what I mean buy alot of snacks and sodas water stay locked up in the bedroom monitor all this via TV dvr system then shoot anyone who attempts to enter your property
Or could it be the girlfriend working alongside an accomplice *plays dramatic music*
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sextape said:
Or could it be the girlfriend working alongside an accomplice *plays dramatic music*
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Hahaha, probably one of his crazy exes?

flyrocket said:
Hahaha, probably one of his crazy exes?
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Word!!!!!
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You forgot a THIRD possible solution:
If your car is purchased USED, then who ever sold it to you, may have spare keys.
that is a regular stuff here in Serbia - You buy a car, and a guy who sold it to you already has information (adress, even work info) cause of the paperwork, so he comes by your house and unlocks the car, and steals the stuff from it, or steals the car itself.
Anyways, that actually happened to me once, so I purchased the cheapest motion detector from china, from alibaba. My steering whell had the menchanic protection (the metal lock that goes over it) so there was no fear of him taking it for a drive. and when the guy entered my car I waited for him to fully enter, and locked him in via remote. and then me and my brother got out and disabled his stealing hardware (arms and legs) so that's the way to go by my standards.
the guy actually tried to sue me, but law also doesnt work here, as such cases (fights and such) work only if you have expencive lawyer.

Well I bought it from a very large Acura dealership in another state about 5 or 6 hours away. That was over a year ago, so I don't know how high of a chance that is. Although there always is a chance.
What type of motion detector did you use? I might go that route.
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You also forgot a fourth situation: if you have a fob to lock and unlock your car remotely the frequency could have been captured when you were clicking to unlock. This is unlikely, but as I said, possible.
Anyway whatever the case since you have an old phone what I recommend you do is use it with your wifi to run the phone as a remote camera and stream and record the video to your hard drive. When the thief breaks in you'll have a nice clear picture of him taking everything, and the added bonus of the gps location if he/she takes the phone.

MissionImprobable said:
You also forgot a fourth situation: if you have a fob to lock and unlock your car remotely the frequency could have been captured when you were clicking to unlock. This is unlikely, but as I said, possible.
Anyway whatever the case since you have an old phone what I recommend you do is use it with your wifi to run the phone as a remote camera and stream and record the video to your hard drive. When the thief breaks in you'll have a nice clear picture of him taking everything, and the added bonus of the gps location if he/she takes the phone.
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I wouldn't be able to use the GPS unless I had a data connection. That phone's inactivated. Unless there's an off chance that where the thief brings my phone is to a place that has wifi and also the chance that it's not secured by a password.
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Found the right solution for you!
there are chinese *****y products but they work, I saw couple of them in Shenzhen, and they are awesome!
its a box-like little gadget, that has a SIM slot. then, you buy a prepaid simcard, place it in, and it works this way:
it has sound detectors, very sensitive. and when someone makes a sound, it dials your phone number, and it even enables you to listen whatever is going on in the room/space where it's placed.
it has a decent battery, cause the one I tested (considered smugling them back to serbia for sale) held on for 5-6 days with one charge.
It looks like this, but you could figure out a search from this link, to find it on ebay or alibaba: LINK

m1l4droid said:
If you can get a sim card in the incredible, there's this app called where's my Droid. It doesn't need data connection, it just uses text message to activate and sends back the GPS set location (coordinates) with text. It really works I've tried it. Pretty awesome app.
Now, about the robbery itself, if the thief had the keys to your car he/she could have simply taken the car itself, so there's a possibility that they know you. Can it be your neighbor?
Oh that there's this, my car prompts me for a passcode on door unlock, and will alarm if passcode wasn't enter within 20 seconds. This sure could help in your situation. The only way to disable the alarm w/o passcode is to pull the battery.
You can also get a cheap proximity alarm for the house door.
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Well the Droid incredible doesn't take a Sim card so that wouldn't work. The proximity alarm is a good idea though. Is there something available where I can put it in my car and not alert the person stealing, but let me know?
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Have you read my post .. ? those chinese SIM bug thingies really work.
1. you program it via USB so that it calls you when activated by sound.
2. EVERY change in sound is registered, so voice, door open/close, even air flow activate it.
3. when someone opens your car, it registeres it, calls you, and perp doesnt even know that he activated it.
4. your phone receives a call, from your SIM bug, and you know that something is in yo' car making noise
5. open the window, take Dragunov out of your closet. aim:
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6. go back to sleep.

Igoritza said:
Have you read my post .. ? those chinese SIM bug thingies really work.
1. you program it via USB so that it calls you when activated by sound.
2. EVERY change in sound is registered, so voice, door open/close, even air flow activate it.
3. when someone opens your car, it registeres it, calls you, and perp doesnt even know that he activated it.
4. your phone receives a call, from your SIM bug, and you know that something is in yo' car making noise
5. open the window, take Dragunov out of your closet. aim:
6. go back to sleep.
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Where could I purchase one? And where would I get a prepaid Sim? I live in the united states.
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ebay for - SIM bug. it is similar to the product from this link so you will find it: LINK
prepaid SIM - does no one in USA sell those ? when you buy a burner phone from a local shop, are they all CDMA, or are there sim-card phones for purchase also .. ?
Anyways, if you dont find prepaid sim, use some sim card from someone else, or buy a sim card with the weakest plan (money save)

Well actually I have a sim card in my Rezound, but then that would make my phone useless.
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Hello guys let me start of by saying I work hard for my money and when I pay for something i expect it to work as advertised.
So I was downloading a huge file from my drive account and was at 75 % and all of a sudden the network goes out on me and the download fails... It was a 350 mb file and being on the 30$ plan any data use is considered used even if the data was not used as intended. So I call T-Mobile and ask them what was wrong with the network as I tried downloading this twice and both times it failed. I asked if there was an outage in my area and they said no so I explained my problem to them and they said " due to the circumstances of your problem I can't give you the data back but here's 15$ credit for the data and an extra 5 for the inconvenience" I was like okay thanks and so I was compensated 20$ for my problem.. so one day i loaded ten more dollars to complete the 30 for my next cycle and i called to ask about a rate plan.. The lady ask hey i see youre out ofbdata and ninutes would you like to renew your plan early and I said no well point is she renewed my plan after I said no and when I didn't notice a change in my data speeds I called back to let them know something was wrong cause I hadn't been throttled and found out my plan was renewed. So they once again gave me credit. 15 $ ... So... I guess if you have any inconvenience with your service and call and complain about dropped called or dropped connections they compensate you. I'm not saying this is right to do but if you have ever been in my situation where you download something and it fails call in... Again I'm sure we all work hard to pay our dues. They're making millions and promoting a fast 4g network not dropped calls or data loss.

I sent in my phone for service, my old phone, not even to T-Mobile but to Samsung and I called T-Mobile and they gave me 10$ for being without service for a week, they seem to have good customer service. Same thing when I broke my phone and got the nexus 4.
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You might consider changing the title to something more along the lines of "Frequent data drops? Tmo credits you back" just to avoid people trying to abuse this (I realize this was not your position, it sounds completely legit in your case). Tmo is the only company right now I recommend NOT ripping off. If it was ATT I'd say do it 12 times a day, they've screwed every customer they've ever had. Tmo is being totally awesome as a phone company right now, let's not take advantage of the only company on our side
Useful thread, thanks for the info, just offering input
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compuw22c said:
You might consider changing the title to something more along the lines of "Frequent data drops? Tmo credits you back" just to avoid people trying to abuse this (I realize this was not your position, it sounds completely legit in your case). Tmo is the only company right now I recommend NOT ripping off. If it was ATT I'd say do it 12 times a day, they've screwed every customer they've ever had. Tmo is being totally awesome as a phone company right now, let's not take advantage of the only company on our side
Useful thread, thanks for the info, just offering input
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That's pretty much how I feel, but with HTC. Rip them off 12 times a day, and do no harm to good old Google. Lol, but I haven't had any issues with att yet other than locked into a 2 year contract then my phone catching on fire and them and HTC refusing to repair it, (for a reasonable amount) so here I am with the nexus 4 and I haven't looked back.
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Can't say I have ever called an isp because a file I tried to download failed.

donwhall70 said:
Can't say I have ever called an isp because a file I tried to download failed.
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compuw22c said:
You might consider changing the title to something more along the lines of "Frequent data drops? Tmo credits you back" just to avoid people trying to abuse this (I realize this was not your position, it sounds completely legit in your case). Tmo is the only company right now I recommend NOT ripping off. If it was ATT I'd say do it 12 times a day, they've screwed every customer they've ever had. Tmo is being totally awesome as a phone company right now, let's not take advantage of the only company on our side
Useful thread, thanks for the info, just offering input
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Yep. Left att after getting throttled after having unlimited data for years. Then went to sprint. Besides slow 4G, bad customer service, I finally left because I couldn't stand not having a gsm phone. Now with TMo for a few months, and love it. Customer service is great, people in the offices are good. Great phones, great company trying to do something for people and go the European way with cell providers.
Ya. Please don't screw them over.
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In my opinion T-Mobile is the best so far. I have been with them for 5 years and never had any issues. Well one time had called to try and better my plan and the lady forgot to add back on my unlimited texting and had a bill for $1000. Didn't know the wife and i text that much, but one call without any issue fixed the problem.
Depending on the area but where I live I feel has the fastest mobile 3g speeds. I have a crappy sprint Motorola for work and the 3g is complete garbage. I don't even attempt to use it.
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I have been with T-Mobile for 12 years (aka Voice Stream). I have had enough company phones on AT&T to avoid that train wreck!
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Now if I could get "Google Fiber" and ditch "Time Warner Cable", life would be bliss......

boborone said:
Yep. Left att after getting throttled after having unlimited data for years. Then went to sprint. Besides slow 4G, bad customer service, I finally left because I couldn't stand not having a gsm phone. Now with TMo for a few months, and love it. Customer service is great, people in the offices are good. Great phones, great company trying to do something for people and go the European way with cell providers.
Ya. Please don't screw them over.
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You shoulda tried playing with the APN settings (hint, if you're on an lte plan and use wap.cingular it doesn't count towards the throttle counter or the online account management console)
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Good to know.
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Google wallet and the note 3

What is the status of getting Google wallet to work on the note 3? Ive had Google wallet since my nexus 5 days and really like the app. .. Will 4.4 bring us access to it?
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What is the status of getting Google wallet to work on the note 3? Ive had Google wallet since my nexus 5 days and really like the app. .. Will 4.4 bring us access to it?
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Google wallet works, however the tap to pay feature doesn't. And that really sucks!
I believe Isis works now with 4.3, and if you flash 4.4 a certain way isis will still work. You'll have to search for that isis thread for more info.

So even with the N900A update this week we still do not have a working Tap to Pay on Google Wallet. I was hopefully both because of their response to my FCC complaint in Nov 13 that said 4.4 would have it and because its my understanding it works on the 4.4 update for the i337 S4.
I'm planning on starting a thread on the AT&T Community Support forums but I'd love to know if there's a simple way around this. I used to love Tap to Pay on my phones circa 2011/12 but I haven't had it for almost 3 years courtesy of all 3 Galaxy Note models. Has anyone attempted to side load the .apk from the Nexus 5?
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I too would like tap-to-pay to work in Google Wallet. But I'm curious about why people value tap-to-pay.
I've been using tap-to-pay in Isis Wallet, and it works well. But I find that it's slightly more work to take out my phone, start the wallet app, enter my PIN, and tap than it is to take out my physical wallet, remove the credit card, and swipe. Tap-to-pay is entertaining because it still has novelty value, but I don't see any practical advantage yet.

I was also hoping that the update would include support for tap to pay. I had the X-Note Rom installed for a while and tap to pay surprisingly worked. Probably because it was based off of an international Rom I would assume. I have gone back to stock and not having tap to pay again sucks. I hope Google can force AT&T to let us use it soon.

Gary02468 said:
I too would like tap-to-pay to work in Google Wallet. But I'm curious about why people value tap-to-pay.
I've been using tap-to-pay in Isis Wallet, and it works well. But I find that it's slightly more work to take out my phone, start the wallet app, enter my PIN, and tap than it is to take out my physical wallet, remove the credit card, and swipe. Tap-to-pay is entertaining because it still has novelty value, but I don't see any practical advantage yet.
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From a security standpoint it's far more secure than a physical card presented to the cashier. Convenience wise, it's easier to not carry multiple cards and safer too from a potential lose your wallet standpoint.
I agree there's a high level of novelty but it's a useful feature none the less. ISIS is a boondoggle and only works with AT&T provides sim cards. I'm usually on Straight Talk or Go Phone when in the US.
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Has anyone attempted to side load the .apk from the Nexus 5?
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Yes, and unfortunately it still doesn't use the tap-to-pay feature.
I'm like you. When I was with t-mobile, I returned my precious Note3 all because of this stupid carrier blocking this service. I went with the Nexus5.
My wife and I, recently moved to at&t, and knowing the 4.4.2 update was just around the corner, I jumped into another Note3.
Now, since I'm full blown official 4.4.2, I STILL CAN'T USE GOOGLE'S WALLET TAP-TO-PAY FEATURE!!!
WHAT THE HELL!?!?
Even side loading my Nexus5 Google wallet apk, it still won't activate the service I fell in love with on my Nexus5!
Just plain stupid!
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aygriffith said:
From a security standpoint it's far more secure than a physical card presented to the cashier. Convenience wise, it's easier to not carry multiple cards and safer too from a potential lose your wallet standpoint.
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Thanks, those are helpful points.
I can see those advantages arising eventually, but for me at least they're not here yet. I only use one card anyway, and until e-wallets are accepted everywhere, I still need to carry the card. Everyplace that accepts e-wallets also allows self-swiping of cards, so there's no cashier risk if I use my card instead of my e-wallet. Card readers can be skimmed, but so can NFC readers.
Nonetheless, I would like tap-to-pay to work.

I came here researching for a friend who wants wallet tap and pay on his AT&T note 3 and I have to comment on the "novelty" factor. I have a t-mobile s4 running TheSickness's Insane Kit Kat V8 and I use tap and pay on a daily basis. I have one bank account and 2 debit cards linked to wallet and each payday I allot myself an amount to use for lunches and things at work. There are two stores beside mine, a drugstore and an upscale, independent grocery store, who both have NFC registers. I don't have to pull out a card or fumble with cash because I already always have my phone in my hand. I tap the card reader and put in my wallet pin and I walk out. It's not just novel, it's incredibly useful and helps me budget my income better. Just my two cents.
Edit : come to think of it, the McDonald's and the subway there both have NFC, too.
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Gary02468 said:
Thanks, those are helpful points.
I can see those advantages arising eventually, but for me at least they're not here yet. I only use one card anyway, and until e-wallets are accepted everywhere, I still need to carry the card. Everyplace that accepts e-wallets also allows self-swiping of cards, so there's no cashier risk if I use my card instead of my e-wallet. Card readers can be skimmed, but so can NFC readers.
Nonetheless, I would like tap-to-pay to work.
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NFC can't be skimmed, not like a credit card. While its true the phone is using Host Card Emulation there is little to be gained by capturing the NFC data. The Wallet app communicates with Google's servers to generate unique card data for each transaction. That's why the Google Wallet app only functions when you have internet access.

[Q] What is the draw with samsung pay?

I didn't want to clutter up the root thread asking but some people seem very bent on being able to keep samsung pay but why? Isn't it pretty much just google pay just from a different company? I never use things like this so I am not sure if you get some kind of bonus or something using it.

RiffyDivine said:
I didn't want to clutter up the root thread asking but some people seem very bent on being able to keep samsung pay but why? Isn't it pretty much just google pay just from a different company? I never use things like this so I am not sure if you get some kind of bonus or something using it.
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google it then and see what its about. Believe you will find out information and no need to clutter here with information so readily available for you

Samsung pay works anywhere (even terminals where apple pay &Android pay don't).
It's really cool when u pull your phone out and the cashier say w"we don't have that here" and it works.
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deeznutz1977 said:
Samsung pay works anywhere (even terminals where apple pay &Android pay don't).
It's really cool when u pull your phone out and the cashier say w"we don't have that here" and it works.
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Okay so it's no different from just cards with tap to pay chip in them. I can see why some people care then but I don't know root or being able to use my phone as my wallet is a toss up.

RiffyDivine said:
Okay so it's no different from just cards with tap to pay chip in them. I can see why some people care then but I don't know root or being able to use my phone as my wallet is a toss up.
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No it's different Samsung pay will work on a regular "dumb"terminal where others won't
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I use to root every phone I had within moments of getting it. I liked Android Pay and on the Nexus 6 was not happy when on Marshmallow they took away Android Pay if the phone was rooted, however someone very smart figured out how to get around this. However on the S7 Edge root was not there right away and got to where I was using Samsung Pay a few times a week. I like being able to not have to pull out my wallet in stores and just tap my phone and pay. Since this works at I would say 85%+ plus of stores it because a standard that I expect to be able to do. Now that phones don't have to have root and custom roms to make them work good out of the box I would not trade having root to give up Samsung Pay.

deeznutz1977 said:
No it's different Samsung pay will work on a regular "dumb"terminal where others won't
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Witchcraft! Okay I got to try this out and see if it really works on something that is swipe only for the card.

RiffyDivine said:
Witchcraft! Okay I got to try this out and see if it really works on something that is swipe only for the card.
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Lmao
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Used it in Walgreens yesterday and the counter person was saying it won't work because her Apple Pay doesn't work. To her surprise the terminal approved the payment in seconds. Her jaw darn near dropped. Walked out with a smile.
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hahaha you guys still discussing this come on now like I said Google it watch the videos and check it out. Simple.... Now if yall talking bout Samsung Pay stories change the title and lets get busy on that...
Google IT brotha just Google IT and really how do you not know about Samsung Pay in the NOte 7 section? hmmmmm

dkb218 said:
Used it in Walgreens yesterday and the counter person was saying it won't work because her Apple Pay doesn't work. To her surprise the terminal approved the payment in seconds. Her jaw darn near dropped. Walked out with a smile.
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And you my friend made the best reason to get it, where do I sign?

The only time it won't work is on magnetic card readers that has a manual switch that a physical card has to touch to activate the magnetic head.
Can you guys list where it has worked for you (besides walgreens) so I won't look stupid when the clerk says "I told you so!"?
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Works damn near everywhere I tried, even on those old school terminals with the keypad. Since Samsung pay started, I've made about $200 dollars from promotions. New device promotions, being the first 100 to use any hour on a specific day, and referrals.
Places I used it at ......
7 Eleven
Rite Aid
Nike Town
Random corner grocery stores (most have the old school terminals).
Paid a contractor that had a plug in mag strip on his iPad. (I was surprised that worked)
Best Buy
MicroCenter
Apple Store
Random Super markets
Random clothing stores
and etc ....

So.. the few seconds it takes for you to pull out your phone, you pull out your wallet instead.
Talk about lazy first world problems

woofed said:
So.. the few seconds it takes for you to pull out your phone, you pull out your wallet instead.
Talk about lazy first world problems
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Actually Samsung Pay is faster. Loading your card into chip terminals takes longer to process. Sometimes you have to swipe first, then insert into chip reader. On mag strips only, sometimes my card or the mag strip reader itself doesn't read properly, I would have to swipe more than once. And also, using Samsung pay is more secure.

woofed said:
So.. the few seconds it takes for you to pull out your phone, you pull out your wallet instead.
Talk about lazy first world problems
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Talk about extra security.... paying either way with Samsung Pay is tokenized... so even if they some "dupe" the transaction, the information is useless... that's not lazy, that's just smart.... :highfive: :good:

woofed said:
So.. the few seconds it takes for you to pull out your phone, you pull out your wallet instead.
Talk about lazy first world problems
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Why pull out your wallet from your back pocket, use the other hand to take your card out from whatever slot it's on, hold your walllet with one hand while with the other had making sure you have the card facing correctly so you can swipe or insert it properly, then swipe your card or insert your card in the chip reader (hopefully you won't accidentally leave it if you're in a rush), then when done, open wallet, put card back in with the other hand, put wallet away, then grab your stuff.
When you can just take your phone out with one hand, wake up your phone, swipe up from bottom to launch Samsung pay, approve to use it with your finger print and put the phone next to the magnetic card swipe. When done just put your phone away all with 1 hand.
But if you feel it's all about the same then who cares whichever people use. Having options are always good in my book [emoji106]
Unless you happen to forget your wallet and you have only your phone, without Samsung pay then there's no option but to drive all the way back home. Lol
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If I could lay my wallet on a terminal and have my transaction completed, I would.
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dkb218 said:
If I could lay my wallet on a terminal and have my transaction completed, I would.
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Samsung wireless pay card. BT 4.1 enabled credit card size device you can keep in your wallet and manage via your phone. Well hasn't been invented yet but maybe Samsung will see my post. [emoji38]
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Samsung wireless pay card. BT 4.1 enabled credit card size device you can keep in your wallet and manage via your phone. Well hasn't been invented yet but maybe Samsung will see my post. [emoji38]
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I'll call from the year 2025 and let you know if it works. Still, that seems an extra step with less security.