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Request for Google Wallet
AT&T please allow google wallet to install on our phones. I have a Galaxy S2 i777 which I bought hoping that I'd be able to someday use the NFC chip. Google just made their wallet app awesome today. From my understanding AT&T is the only reason that I can't install it.
They call it death by a thousand paper cuts. This isn't the reason, but it's added to a list of many that I'll be shopping for new carriers when my contract is up if you don't start changing you policies.
hertzsae
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12 years ago
I was under the impression
I was under the impression that the latest google wallet update moved the secure elements to the cloud. It could be that they still need the secure elements chip.
I would accept it if my phone is not compatible due to a real technical issue like that. That's a problem I can fix with a new phone. What I'm not fine with is the fact that the AT&T will not allow phones with the required hardware to run Google Wallet.
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johnbourdette
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12 years ago
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Trinition
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12 years ago
I'll paraphrase what I learned on Xda-Developers: the new Google Wallet sotres a single, virtual credit card number in the secure element, and that card number is proxied to one of your real card numbers in the cloud. It was a way for google Wallet to support multiple credit cards, but it still requires the secure element.
So, we're still stuck. Doesn't at&t realize Google Wallet is one of the hopes I had when I bought this phone from them?!
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hertzsae
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12 years ago
Thanks for that info Trinition. I won't expect it to ever work on my S2 then. I've been a mostly happy customer for a long time.
Free tethering (I should not have to pay twice for my data) and google wallet are the two features that I will be looking for on my next phone. Let's hope that I don't have to switch carriers to achieve it.
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21stNow
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12 years ago
Mobile Share will allow you to tether with the data that you already have. As far as using Google Wallet on AT&T, you may be limited to the Galaxy Nexus for now.
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hertzsae
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12 years ago
Mobile share would also significantly raise my bill. $110/month for using slightly more than 1GB a month through a single phone does not sound like a good deal to me. If I pay for 2GB a month (non mobile share), then I should get to use that tethered or not.
Verizon customers are fortunate due to the fact that their carrier is beholden to extra rules that protect the customers:
http://gigaom.com/mobile/fcc-tells-verizon-you-cant-block-tethering-apps-verizon-settles-for-1-25m/
http://www.fcc.gov/document/verizon-wireless-pay-125-million-settle-investigation
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21stNow
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12 years ago
Tethering is also included in the 5GB data plan that AT&T has now.
While VZW customers may be able to tether, I hardly consider us (since I have an account there, too) fortunate.
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hertzsae
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12 years ago
If we're not vocal, it's not going to change.
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JackTheKnife
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Entropy512
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12 years ago
I don't know about the GS3, but on I777 it's starting to look like a fundamental technical limitation of the phone.
To my knowledge, Google Wallet is not running on any I9100P device either. The "P" is an I9100 variant with NFC added - the I777 is almost identical to the P except for the touchkeys and call audio configuration.
However I'm disappointed that AT&T has been outright removing NFC from their I777 releases even though it DOES have uses other than GW.
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