For those who ever wondered if Galaxy S6 Active (updated to android 5.1.1) supports MST technology for Samsung Pay the answer is YES! (thanks God).
Yesterday Samsung announced support for Chase cards so I went ahead and added them to Samsung Pay app . While playing with it I got to the payment screen and heard some high pitch noise in the back of the phone. That was MST transmitter!
I ran the sensor test mode (*#0*#) under MST option if you press on you can here same noise.
Well today I've tested on my own at a local coffee shop and it works just like regular S6 or S6E.
Go ahead and try it yourself. Notice you need to be updated to latest firmware 5.1.1.
I'm even more happy I bought this phone. Love my G6A.
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Hi,
I am a Galaxy Nexus owner and I sent an email yesterday to Orange asking if they were planning on porting the Orange Quick Tap app (mobile NFC payments) to Android phones like the Galaxy Nexus.
I got a call back just now and she said she didn't know, but she read a list of phones that have Quick Tap and the Galaxy Note was one of them. However I searched online and I don't see any reference to Quick Tap payments relating to the Galaxy Note.
Do you guys have the Quick Tap app on your Notes? If so I'd love to get the apk and try it on my Galaxy Nexus!
I don't have it on mine - emailed Samsung and they said they might support NFC on an ICS upgrade at some point. Very confusing, as the Note doesn't seem to have the chip required...
Did you ask for Technical Team?
Call operator CS on Orange is useless, especially when asking them about Android Upgrades
case0 said:
Hi,
I am a Galaxy Nexus owner and I sent an email yesterday to Orange asking if they were planning on porting the Orange Quick Tap app (mobile NFC payments) to Android phones like the Galaxy Nexus.
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I just emailed Samsung UK and this is their response:
Thank you for contacting Samsung and I have pleasure in providing the following assistance.
In response to your query, the Samsung Galaxy Note currently would not support NFC with or without an NFC battery. The gingerbread operating system does not support NFC. In the future when the Galaxy Note receives the Ice Cream Sandwich update then the device would have the software that supports NFC.
So it would seem that we will get NFC when the ICS update appears. Hooray!
At least I think that is what that reply means...
and how would you use NFC without the NFC chip?? software is not everything
Nice and confusing since NFC was "optional" for the Note and not integrated into the European model as best I can tell. NFC is available in the Note 2... Most likely if the option to enable NFC was not there in Gingerbread the device doesn't have it.
Android Gingerbread did not support some of the technology required to make work Quick Tap work (Single Wire Protocol IIRC) and therefore Quick Tap will never work on a Gingerbread phone. To answer the original question - Oranges' Android Ice Cream Sandwich update for some devices included the Quick Tap App - but it doesn't work yet. Although some devices, the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S3 being prime examples, have an embedded secure element for Wallet-type payments Orange and Barclaycard have opted for the Secure Element to be located in the SIM card. This also applies to the Galaxy S2 NFC (aka GT-I9100P) which lacks the secure element but does have NFC so with an appropriate SIM card will also support Quick Tap. FWIW the only phone currently supported for Quick Tap payments is the Galaxy S3.
Well, looks like Samsung will indeed be sticking to its usual schedule of announcing new Galaxy S flagships in March and launching them in April. Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of the company’s mobile business, confirmed to Bloomberg that the Galaxy S5 would launch sometime in April, along with the second-generation Galaxy Gear (already hinted at by another Samsung exec.)
“We’ve been announcing our first flagship model in the first half of each year, around March and April, and we are still targeting for release around that time,” Lee said. “When we release our S5 device, you can also expect a Gear successor with more advanced functions, and the bulky design will also be improved.” He also mentioned that the Galaxy S5 would feature a radically different design with a focus on the display, as the lack of visual differences between the Galaxy S III and Galaxy S4 were part of the reason why the latter didn’t sell as well as expected.
Lee also mentions that the company is looking at implementing iris/retina scanning technology for its next flagship, lending credence to the plethora of rumors that have been swirling around in the last few months. “Many people are fanatical about iris recognition technology and we are studying the possibility,” said Lee; his words suggest that even if the Galaxy S5 doesn’t sport the iris scan feature, at least the Galaxy Note 4 could do so when it launches later this year.
The Galaxy S5 is expected to sport a QHD (2,560×1,440) 2K display, a Snapdragon 800 processor/64-bit Exynos processor, 3GB/4GB of RAM, 16-megapixel camera, and Android 4.4 KitKat. It is also expected to be the first Samsung flagship to have a metal construction, at least on one of its variants.
Source:
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/01/09/samsung-planning-april-release-for-galaxy-s5-considering-iris-scan-technology/
huh
I don't know how keen i am about retina scans for your phone. I have had eye surgery and really dislike the idea of stuff messing with my eyeballs.
I mean at one point you gotta ask yourself " how much security is to much?". I will stick with a pin number. Finger print scans, iris/retina, God only knows what is next?
Samsung Galaxy S5 model numbers confirmed: Report
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/01/29/all-model-numbers-sm-g900-galaxy-s5-confirmed/
In related news, the model numbers of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone have been confirmed. Shared by SamMobile today, the various Galaxy S5 version will be known SM-G900(X), where the ‘X’ will change depending on the region or variant of device.
Here are the full model numbers:
SM-G9006V_CHN_CHN (China)
SM-G9008V_CHN_ZM (China)
SM-G9009D_CHN_CTC (China)
SM-G900A_NA_ATT (AT&T)
SM-G900D_JPN_DCM (Japan)
SM-G900F_EUR_XX (Open Europe)
SM-G900H_EUR_XX (Open Europe)
SM-G900I_SEA_XSA (Asia)
SM-G900J_JPN_KDI (Japan)
SM-G900K_KOR_KTC (Korea)
SM-G900M_LA_VF (Vodafone)
SM-G900P_NA_SPR (Sprint)
SM-G900R4_NA_USC (US Cellular)
SM-G900S_KOR_SKC (Korea)
SM-G900T_NA_TMB (T-Mobile)
SM-G900V_NA_VZW (Verizon)
SM-G900W8_NA_BMC (BMC)
I heard somewhere that Samsung gonna release it in Barcelona on 23rd February
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So much for that retina scanner talk. Galaxy S5 was a disappointment. Good but still a disappointment.
Hello Everyone,
Its time to change my phone finally. After eagerly waiting for the Note 5 for a while now, I was looking at the specs of the phone but, is it just me or does the S6 Edge+ specs although almost identical to the Note 5, is better? Or am I missing something here?
At almost $770 it quite a hefty investment!
They are literally identical besides the S-pen for the note5, and the curved edges on the S6 edge+. Everything else is the same. The S6 edge+ is more expensive for the same storage though, so I personally went with the Note5, as I also believe the S-pen offers more functionality than a curved screen.
From GSMArena:
Note5:
- S Pen stylus
5 MP Secondary Camera.
S6 Edge+:
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
5 MP, [email protected], dual video call, Auto HDR
These are the only different features i could see.
And you said you bought it. How?? Isn't the launch on August 21?
hell_storm2004 said:
From GSMArena:
Note5:
- S Pen stylus
5 MP Secondary Camera.
S6 Edge+:
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
5 MP, [email protected], dual video call, Auto HDR
These are the only different features i could see.
And you said you bought it. How?? Isn't the launch on August 21?
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The Note5 has samsung pay as well, the literal only differences are the screens and the S-pen.
And yes, I bought mine last thursday when it was announced from AT&T, it arrived monday afternoon and I have been using it all day today. It's a really nice phone.
Ah... AT&T! I am planning to buy it. Lets see when its available on Expansys! Currently on pre-order there.
it's the same resolution screen on both phones the curved edge technically makes you lose some of that however. the edge gives you a couple features that aren't on the note but the note has the pen which has way more functionality than any edge screen in my opinion. i've been using my phone since yesterday and it's definitely a great device!
Yup. The S pen is really beneficial. I am gonna order it as soon as its available. Thanks!
They're slightly different screens for example the edge+ is brighter while the note has a better delta
Please don’t delete this topic it’s fair warning!
I hate to be right sometimes but as I told long ago after years of testing it turns out that the best camera of Samsung was in S6 / S6Edge+. Test it yourself. Hold S6 in one hand and for example S8 in the other and take a photo in good light. Then zoom it on the phone and you will see that S6 has better details, no artificial brightener while for example S8 has it.
S6 has 16 Mpix and all flagships that came after had 12 Mpix rear camera.
I’ve tested S6 Edge Plus vs. S7 / S8 / S8+, Note8, S9, S9+ and…
only S9+ finally beat S6. (look how Samsung did bad for us from Sep2015 till March2018)
I wish I had NOT sale my S6 and bought a newer one
If You don't believe me? Ask XDA members who has S6 and a later Galaxy S model (but not S9+)
This is a Warning for You don't sell your S6!!!! or sell only if you can afford to buy S9+.
I did the wrong thing so I Warn you no to make the same mistake that I did
Hi,
Today I bought the latest samsung smartwatch R800. Apparently this watch is not compatible with my galaxy tab S2 (T819). I called Samsung support but they couldn't help and told me I have to use a phone. Is there a way to make it work on this tab? If not it's going back to the shop because it's no use for me if can't link to the tablet. Strange Samsung even makes products that are not compatible with their own devices!
Greetz
Ruff Rider
I'm wondering that too. It's been 2 years for you, and how did it go??? I'm switching to an old Tab S2 8.0 and my watch isn't connecting.