I've got both Android Pay and Samsung Pay installed on my UK Note 8. I'm used to Android Pay and prefer it so far over Samsung Pay.
I've tried to play about with Samsung Pay to see what it can offer but it forces you to set it as the default payment option before you can even use it. Is there anyway to disable this? Android Pay is happy to let you add payment/loyalty cards without having to have it as the default.
Does this annoy anyone else?
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Hello,
I was just wondering if anyone knows with the new 4.4 kitkat & nexus 5, if developers (namely banks/credit card providers) are now able to access NFC for developing apps to make use of tap & pay?
I ask because google wallet seems to be strictly limited to the US, and getting around the geo-block is near impossible & very much a hassle. I'd just like to know if anyone knows if we are going to see other payment apps being made other than wallet? I see in the tap & pay settings that it would show a list of apps that make use of it, so that means more than 1 (wallet)?!
Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I really would love to be able to use NFC to shop in Australia, it's very useful!
Thanks
I have an S7 (930F), baseband,AP CP is: G930FXXU1DQ1C and CSC is: G930FPHN1DQI1.
I would like to use Samsung pay in the US with rewards earning.
The Samsung pay framework is currently 2.5.94! and the Samsung Pay app is not installed yet from the Play store.
My question is: for full US Samsung Pay usage including rewards earning, which combination of framework version should I try to get and which version of the Samsung Pay app should I try to get?
Also, what would happen if I just downloaded the newest version of the Samsung Pay app from the app store and tried to use it in the US? Would my nice, old, SP framework number be automatically updated?
For now, I have all automatic updates on the phone turned off for everything including apps and phone software.
My phone did notify me that it wants to install G930FXXU2DRB6, I declined at this time.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Thought I'd share a bit of good news. The latest upgrade of Gear app that changed it to Galaxy Wear app now offers fully functional Samsung Pay for Gear for Canadian consumers. To set it up, do the following:
Upgrade your "Gear App" to the new "Galaxy Wearable" app from the Play Store.
Go to APKMirror or a similar site and download, then install the latest version of the "Samsung Pay for Gear" app (the latest version on APKMirror as of this post is 1.6.8906). Note that the app is currently not available from the Play Store or Galaxy App store, at least not on a non-Samsung phone (I am using the Essential PH-1 with my Gear S3 Classic).
Once installed, launch the app, allow all permissions and you will be prompted to update your "Samsung Pay for Gear" app.
Complete the update as prompted, then re-launch the app to complete the setup.
Accept the terms, follow the prompts to add your supported Canadian credit cards, and complete the required verification.
Once complete, test that it is working correctly by pressing and holding your back button on the Gear S3 watch from any screen.
Enjoy Samsung Pay for Gear in Canada!
Note that to make this work your card has to be supported by Samsung Pay (or really, your bank for Samsung Pay) and you have to have NFC enabled on your Gear S3.
I have the S3 Classic. It automatically did the update for me. One question though....Is it correct that the Samsung pay for wearable devices, right now in Canada, only allow credit cards???? I tried to add my debit card but it couldn't VERIFY which is weird because I have my debit card on my phone (Note 8). Is there an issue with the app or will it eventually allow debit cards over time? I also tried to add my credit card but its not supported yet, go figure .
BooBooWinnie said:
I have the S3 Classic. It automatically did the update for me. One question though....Is it correct that the Samsung pay for wearable devices, right now in Canada, only allow credit cards???? I tried to add my debit card but it couldn't VERIFY which is weird because I have my debit card on my phone (Note 8). Is there an issue with the app or will it eventually allow debit cards over time? I also tried to add my credit card but its not supported yet, go figure .
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This is correct. Gear Pay only supports credit cards for now. Considering that Samsung hasn't even officially announced Gear Pay in Canada I have no clue when we can expect to see debit card support. The issue with debit vs. credit and the inconsistent implementation by Samsung and our dear banks always annoyed the crap out of me so I feel your pain.
Hi I have tried installing the Gear Plug-in for Samsung Pay but right after I allow all the permissions i get the message "Can't open Samsung Pay Your watch may not be supported". Any idea how I can get past this?
I am facing the same issue. even after installing the apk manually, when i try open it says-"Your watch may not be supported"
Google pay is supported in my country. (Romania)
I installed the app on the watch from the appstore, added the card , confirmed it through the bank. All fine.
Problem is that when I open the google pay app, it asks it to be set as default then redirects me to a menu to enable NFC, and there is only Samsung pay available there.
I searched a lot for this. A lot of people reported this error. Any solution to fix it ?
Sorry if this has been already discussed. I just couldnt find anything. Hence .. this post.
Many thanks,
Samsung locked it down
no way to make it work anymore ?
Yeah same on my device too.
I also tried uninstalling samsung pay through adb.
Google pay still doesnt appear. anybody finds a solution please post it here.
Might be an error with the current watch softawre (DOJA) in my case. Lets see if future updates solves it. But i doubt it.
Dont know why samsung insists on their software since its not supported here. Lets see them also allow google assistant as well so we can take full experience on this wearos watch.
Anybody finds any solution to google pay to reappear on default apps please post here.
Have a read through this post. I've done it on mine and now when I long press the bottom button G Pay opens instead of Samsung Pay.
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i managed to sideload the google pay app and managed to configure it however whenever i reboot the watch the icon just vanishes . can you kindly advices if there is any workaround it please ?
i doubt the gpay works if its not selected as default payment app
I am facing the exact same issue. Google Pay is supported in my region but when I open the app it asks me to make it default for payments. In the NFC settings I only see the Samsung Pay app. I also uninstalled Samsung Pay through adb but GPay still asks to make it default and it is not opening.
I guess it has to do with the region the firmware was designed for (Samsung Pay is not supported here). Not sure if I can return the watch based on the fact that they sell it here with a firmware that is meant to work on another region.
Samsung Pay isn't available in my country, I installed the universal APK and tried a couple other things but it wouldn't be worth changing the CFC because I bet my bank/card wouldn't be compatible with Samsung Pay anyway.
It would be cool if I could change the cover screen swipe up to a different app, such as my local bank's contactless payment app and use that instead. Is this possible or is anyone working on it?
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Samsung Pay isn't available in my country, I installed the universal APK and tried a couple other things but it wouldn't be worth changing the CFC because I bet my bank/card wouldn't be compatible with Samsung Pay anyway.
It would be cool if I could change the cover screen swipe up to a different app, such as my local bank's contactless payment app and use that instead. Is this possible or is anyone working on it?
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I don't believe this is possible, however if you delete samsung pay the cover screen swipe up will disappear altogether.
I use gpay and can use it even with the phone folded. If you are able to add your current bank card to gpay that would be the easiest solution.