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    • Lafunamor

      Phone sweet spot list *please check before posting*
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      lostboardmayhem

      @david-pinto From what I read at the NFC World website the Moto G doesn't have NFC, so therefore would not work with the ring. You should still check in the Settings if you have an option to turn NFC on under "Wireless & Networks" -> "More..." since I think there are a couple of versions of the model(at least one with and one without LTE radio).

      "Motorola has confirmed to NFC World that its affordable Android smartphone, introduced in November 2013, does not have NFC" (http://www.nfcworld.com/nfc-phones-list/)

    • Andreas

      John McLear's Tutorial: How to find your "Sweet Spot"
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      Lafunamor

      Did update the post so the video is showed again

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      "Sweet Spot" on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2
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      @northan

      Hi Akura.

      some NFC programs(NFC task launcher) have a minimum time frame for repeat NFC scans, maybe it would be good idea to integrate this option into the software

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      Nexus 7 2013 (deb)
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      johnyma22

      Ah that makes sense, nowadays the wireless charging coil and NFC antenna is bundled into one :)

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      Having issues with my ring
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      Lokki

      Good deal, let us know how you go.

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      Can't seem to find the sweet spot on my Samsung Galaxy S5.
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      johnyma22

      I haven't tried an S5 but if the S3,4 are anything to go by you are going to have a bad time.

      Future Samsung phones should hopefully be better, can't say much more than that at this point!

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      Nexus 7 not recognizing ring
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      Lafunamor

      that's actually the NFC ring control app for the NFC ring unlock you'll need to download the NFC ring unlock app from the Google play store

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      Sweet Spot Won't Reset
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      Lafunamor

      I believe the app shows you the common sweet spot (a merge between all submitted sweet spots) but I'm not sure if this is ture

    • johnyma22

      Finally we can share this! Multiple antennas on the back of phones = Multiple sweet spots! :)
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      Lokki

      @jasok2 the sweet spots are not indicative of multiple antennas, they're simply places on the one antenna where the RF field is strong enough to trigger a read of the ring. What they're talking about is multiple switched antennas which will give multiple read zones (potentially with multiple sweet spots).

      https://forum.nfcring.com/topic/52/nfc-antenna-theory

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      Improved UI
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      Nokia Lumia 820
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      Lafunamor

      Thanks for sharing! I've changed your post so the image gets displayed directly.

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      Ring stopped working?
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      Thanks for the info, everyone. Looking up the returns info now. The second NFC tag has also stopped working. :(

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      Ring not reading on Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Nexus 4 or Samsung S4 -
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      @Lokki said:

      Android unlocking is no more than a bonus to me.

      For me it was the prime reason for backing.

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      My ring doesn't work on my Galaxy S4 - the sticker does
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      johnyma22

      "The metallic cover is the original S4 Cover" -- Nope, the original S4 cover is not metallic on the QA phones we have!

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      nexus 4 with silicon cover
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      Memnoch

      Without a case makes a huge difference with the Nexus 4 w/Alpha ring.

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      NFCRING unlock the phone every time the phone detects the NFCRING
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      Lokki

      Hi, can you help us out a little by explaining what works and what doesn't? Can you read the nfc ring with the oppo?
      That is a huge nfc antenna so it leaves me curious about how well it will work with the ring.

      http://www.gizmochina.com/2013/10/28/oppo-n1-teardown-picture/attachment/2013102521055112912/

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      Nokia Lumia 920
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      I should also mention that this test was with the V1NTAGE ring, not the alpha.

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      Nokia Lumia 928
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      Boosting the NFC antenna
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      Lokki

      There are a few posts here concerning aftermarket NFC antennas, @jasok2 was modifying an Asus nfc reader and testing some of those antennas on it.
      Basically any phone with a removable back plate with the NFC antenna mounted there will have accessible contacts, most Sony phones are that way though the waterproof ones are of course inaccessible unless you're willing to lose your waterproof rating.
      Anything to do with aftermarket Qi is going to make NFC reception worse, not better.

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      Galaxy S4 S-View cover
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      Lokki

      Yeah, the cover just adds distance which is why it can make the sweet spot harder to hit.
      Thanks for the pictures, @SwordFire
      For anyone who hasn't noticed, the ring is oriented so that the long side of the battery mounted antenna is aligned with the long side of the ring.