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Just got my Samsung Pay Beta activated on my phone two days ago (Sprint GS6) and I wanted to share my experience. In short, it works brilliantly. I tried it today for the first time. I have my chip & pin Bank of America card attached to it.
The first place I tried was Walgreens. They have NFC readers, but I turned off NFC because I wanted to try the MST part to see how good it would work. As soon as the cashier told me how much I had to pay, I put my phone up to the reader and it worked almost instantly. I was actually surprised at how fast it was, even faster than NFC (Google Wallet) from my past experiences. The cashier didn't even flinch or ask questions, I guess she is used to people paying with their phones.
The second place I tried was Dollar Tree. I pretty much did the same thing, as soon as she told me the price I held the phone to the reader and it worked instantly. This time the cashier had never seen someone pay with their phone. She asked me if I had just paid with my phone and I said yes. She told me I was very advanced and modern (she was an older lady) and the old lady behind me said the same thing. She was smiling the whole time I was walking out the door. I laughed and told them it was the new Samsung Pay.
So far it has been a really nice positive experience from ease of use, to cashier response. I need to try it at more places obviously. Just one thing to mention, when the phone is off and you pull up the credit card, you have to swipe up all the way to the middle of the screen for it to recognize what you are trying to do and turn on. I wish they made it a smaller swipe motion.
I'll update this as I try it at more places. I plan on getting the Gear S2 Classic, so I'm excited to try NFC on that as well.
Got my beta a few days ago, just updated my FW today (T-Mobile Latest) still can't get the placeholder app to give me the install button.
no experience yet. samsung just keeps emailing saying im invited to test the beta and i just keep putting in my email....maybe I'll get the link to the beta app on the 27th....
nolimit78 said:
Got my beta a few days ago, just updated my FW today (T-Mobile Latest) still can't get the placeholder app to give me the install button.
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Are you signed into your Samsung account on the phone? Your Samsung sign-in has to be the same email as the email you signed up for in beta.
rob219 said:
no experience yet. samsung just keeps emailing saying im invited to test the beta and i just keep putting in my email....maybe I'll get the link to the beta app on the 27th....
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What carrier are you using? Do you have the Samsung Pay app on your phone already?
@senneca01, though i think i know the answer but you must be on stock rooted isnt it? Has anyone tried the samsung pay on rooted device?
senneca01 said:
Are you signed into your Samsung account on the phone? Your Samsung sign-in has to be the same email as the email you signed up for in beta.
What carrier are you using? Do you have the Samsung Pay app on your phone already?
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att and no app
Yeah. I wasn't at first but I fixed that quick. Wiped the galaxy app store, account, Samsung pay and samsumg÷ app. I even tried downloading someone else's Samsung pay and framework app. That got me further. I was able to get all the way to where it sees your login and I hit next it tries to load but fails.
rob219 said:
att and no app
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Okay, I guess ATT has not updated their FW yet.
nolimit78 said:
Yeah. I wasn't at first but I fixed that quick. Wiped the galaxy app store, account, Samsung pay and samsumg÷ app. I even tried downloading someone else's Samsung pay and framework app. That got me further. I was able to get all the way to where it sees your login and I hit next it tries to load but fails.
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I've read that it takes a few days to show up for some people, I hope it works soon for you.
used it the other day. Strange experience. but it worked flawlessly at Home Depot
Its also cool you can swipe up with the screen off and active it so you dont have to have it active all the time
(FYI: i had to call Samsung Pay to get beta activated because this is my 2nd phone and they had tied to the original IMEI i had)
Tried it at GameStop today and the MST worked flawlessly. Only this time the cashier asked me for the last 4 digits of the card. Samsung just updated the app yesterday and now it shows the last 4 digits of the digital card right under the last 4 digits of the real card. It did not show that before, so it is a nice update. Showed him my phone and was out the door. He was totally confused about the whole transaction, had never seen it done before.
had to report my first bug today. Samsung pay seems to break my IR blaster. have a ticket in so we'll see what happens
Lockeskidney said:
had to report my first bug today. Samsung pay seems to break my IR blaster. have a ticket in so we'll see what happens
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Reported the same bug and got a ticket in as well. It seems to break both the top IR blaster (used by the Peel remote) and the proximity IR emitter on the front (used by Beep'nGo).
I've been racking my brain trying to figure out what was wrong with my IR Blaster. I'm glad my hunch was right and that Samsung Pay (once a card is activated in the software) is the culprit.
Well, I was very excited to see Samsung Pay available for my use today. After the hour or so of updates that I needed, I went to start adding cards to it. Out of about 6 cards in my wallet, only one actually works. So, yeah, it's great that it can be used at more places than Google Pay or Apple Pay, but only with one of my cards, which happens to be an AmEx, which also means that it's NOT accepted at a lot of places.
Also, when I tried using it at the grocery store, I couldn't get it to work. I kept holding it near the card swipe slot, moving the phone around, never got it.
Does anybody know when it will come to Europe ?
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tomihbk said:
Does anybody know when it will come to Europe ?
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This depends on the given country and also the local banks AFAIK.
I got it activated today and added a card.
Seems a bit laggy at times,
It's froze a couple of times on me.
Have yet to try it, I will next time IF I REMEMBER lol.
Gotta get used to it.
Also Question, do you have to have NFC activated or android beam in order to use sam pay?
Crisisx1 said:
I got it activated today and added a card.
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Also Question, do you have to have NFC activated or android beam in order to use sam pay?
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Nope. NFC is merely a fallback if it cannot do a MST. I keep NFC off just to try and get MST sales to go through.
I just used Samsung pay at auto zone. . It was so easy and effortless! !
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It worked great for me on my second try, using a vending machine today.
i got mine today and Samsung pay is not installed. i went to the google play store and it said samsung pay was not compatible with my phone? everything is stock...no root or other hacks.
Thanks.
Try Galaxy Apps
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I agree I'm missing it too On my samsung galaxy s7 edge. I went to galaxy apps and it looked like it downloaded but I can't find it anywhere. I must be missing something or its hidden in a folder. I'll keep looking!
Trying to remember how I activated it on my wife's S6. I think you have to go into settings > tap & pay.
I just read that Verizon forced Samsung to remove Samsung Pay from VZW S7 and Edge. You can also side load it from APKmirror.com also.
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Found this when searching for Samsung Pay in Google Play Store comments
Sheena Caballero March 6, 2016
Won't download I am trying to download/install this on my s7 edge and it has been at 43% downloaded for the past 3 hours?????
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. March 7, 2016
We are sorry for the inconvenience. Galaxy S7 is scheduled to be released on March 11th, and Samsung Pay service for S7 will be enabled once it is officially released.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...alaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-but-you-can-sideload-it/
One post said that Verizon has also removed any mention of Samsung Pay from their S7 manual.
Wow you are completely correct! Verizon just pulled that lowball move and demanded that Samsung remove it. I'm sideloading it as we speak.
Has anyone had any trouble getting past the finger print registration on samsung pay?
emmawilliam834 said:
Has anyone had any trouble getting past the finger print registration on samsung pay?
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Had this issue on the s6, remove your fingerprints and clear cache in the fingerprint app then set it up with a pin. Once you finish the install turn on fingerprints
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I had to download the apk, then install. Once I installed I was able to register my card fine.
dandiaz21 said:
Found this when searching for Samsung Pay in Google Play Store comments
Sheena Caballero March 6, 2016
Won't download I am trying to download/install this on my s7 edge and it has been at 43% downloaded for the past 3 hours?????
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. March 7, 2016
We are sorry for the inconvenience. Galaxy S7 is scheduled to be released on March 11th, and Samsung Pay service for S7 will be enabled once it is officially released.
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Seems you may be correct. (Update)
"We've spoken with Samsung, and they have clarified that while Samsung Pay currently cannot be installed via the Play Store or Galaxy Apps on the Verizon model, it will be available to Verizon Galaxy S7s and S7 edges via those channels starting on March 11th, the official launch date for the phones. Samsung Pay is not pre-loaded on Verizon models, unlike some other US carriers, and Verizon does not advertise the app - and even went so far as to strip it from the user manuals of its versions of the S7 and S7 edge - but sideloading will not be necessary by the time we reach the retail launch date for the devices."
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...axy-s7-and-s7-edge-but-you-can-sideload-it/#2
Samsung pay is live on the play store.
It works on mine!
Spoke with a Samsung rep yesterday about this. I was looking into the phone and he said that the VZW version just won't have it. He said that only Android pay would work.
jdubya42 said:
Spoke with a Samsung rep yesterday about this. I was looking into the phone and he said that the VZW version just won't have it. He said that only Android pay would work.
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another good reason to not ever call customer service! haha
Got the S7 today. Just downloaded Samsung Pay from the Playstore, installed and registered a card without a problem.
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I don't have any cards that work with Samsung pay. I got all excited to get my free charger and try out the service and nothing. At least android pay works
stanfna said:
another good reason to not ever call customer service! haha
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Yep haha. I just happened to be a in Best Buy store because my friend works there and I was able to hold the phone without the security tether. Their resident "Samsung Expert" was the one who told me that. Only for me to see an article the next day about how VZW was allowing it on phones.
I was able to install Samsung Pay from the Play Store, but adding a card won't work on my Verizon S7.
I called Samsung Pay support and ran through settings, clear cache, uninstall, restart device, reinstall Pay and still won't connect to server to add any cards.
They have sent it up the chain at Samsung Support and said I should hear back within 48 hours.
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I was able to install Samsung Pay from the Play Store, but adding a card won't work on my Verizon S7.
I called Samsung Pay support and ran through settings, clear cache, uninstall, restart device, reinstall Pay and still won't connect to server to add any cards.
They have sent it up the chain at Samsung Support and said I should hear back within 48 hours.
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Works perfectly for my Verizon S7 and Bank of America debit
I was thinking about how I missed having root but haven't because I like Samsung pay. Well now that the Gear S3 has MST unlike it's predecessors would that mean that if you use the Gear and have a rooted phone that you could use Samsung Pay from the smart watch? And would it only be available from the Frontier model that way it's not communicating directly with the phone through Bluetooth, just through LTE, or could it work with the classic as well? Just something that has got me wondering, maybe it will allow me to get back into having root again. Thanks for the help and replies everyone.
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So doing some research I happened to find this directly from Samsung's website:
"Make up to five payments on your Gear S3 without a Galaxy smartphone nearby after initial setup. Reload payment capability by connecting to a Galaxy smartphone via Bluetooth."
Doesn't sound too promising...
This is a very good question, we may just have to wait and see unfortunately. But really curious as you are to know the answer.
Can anybody who has received a US Unlocked 950U1 (or 955U1!) please check and see if it's working on the GearVR and report back to this thread? Thanks!
Not mine, sadly. It's the SM-G955U1.
I broke my S7 Edge, and got the S8+ specifically so I would still have a phone that worked with Gear VR. But it doesn't work, and nothing I've found online lets me get it working.
Samsung is actually aware of the issue now.
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...d/Gs8-HT/highlight/false/page/1/thread-id/277
raduque said:
Samsung is actually aware of the issue now.
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...d/Gs8-HT/highlight/false/page/1/thread-id/277
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Awesome. It's funny that you can't even get samsung premium care on the unlocked phones because it rejects the model number as well. Go samsung lol.
Its working for me on the G950U1 firmware with the 2016 Gear VR
I got the unlocked s8 yesterday, and it works with GearVR 2016 perfectly.
Hi There, yes it does work for me....but I am Alpha or 0m3ga depending on who you ask...
So I just bought a Galaxy Watch and would like to use Samsung Pay, but it seems that Samsung doesn't support non-Samsung phones.
As other forums suggested, I installed older Samsung Pay app versions but this won't work on the Galaxy Watch either.
So does anyone have an idea on how I can use my OP6T and the Galaxy Watch for mobile payment?
Thanks in advance.
uniQ191 said:
So I just bought a Galaxy Watch and would like to use Samsung Pay, but it seems that Samsung doesn't support non-Samsung phones.
As other forums suggested, I installed older Samsung Pay app versions but this won't work on the Galaxy Watch either.
So does anyone have an idea on how I can use my OP6T and the Galaxy Watch for mobile payment?
Thanks in advance.
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I've been using Samsung Pay with my Gear S3 with no issues since I bought the phone in November. Make sure you download the Samsung Pay plugin and the gear plug in from the Galaxy Wear app.
Update: I bought the Galaxy Watch yesterday. Samsung Pay works just fine. My 6t is not rooted. Make sure you have the Galaxy wear app installed on your phone. You can use the Galaxy Wear app from the Play Store. Doesn't have to be from apkmirror.com.
pjosman said:
I've been using Samsung Pay with my Gear S3 with no issues since I bought the phone in November. Make sure you download the Samsung Pay plugin and the gear plug in from the Galaxy Wear app.
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Same working fine for me.
do you need to be root to have Samsung Pay on your 6T
ruff97 said:
do you need to be root to have Samsung Pay on your 6T
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No
borijess said:
No
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so I can install Samsung Pay this https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/samsung-pay/samsung-pay-3-7-61-release/
it will work just fine
ruff97 said:
so I can install Samsung Pay this https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/samsung-pay/samsung-pay-3-7-61-release/
it will work just fine
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Just install the gear S3 app and select Samsung pay. It will install the plug-in.
borijess said:
Just install the gear S3 app and select Samsung pay. It will install the plug-in.
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even though I don't have gear
ruff97 said:
even though I don't have gear
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you have to have the watch the OnePlus does not do Samsung pay you need to watch to do Samsung pay
I successfully installed the latest Samsung Pay App and the Framework from APK Mirror, but everytime I try to run the app it just quits with "You Watch might not be compatible".
I'm not sure if Samsung Pay is available in Germany yet, so maybe I should change the region of my watch as mentioned in this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/sm...nging-region-samsung-gear-sport-r600-t3771324 ?