External NFC readers...

CosmicDan

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I still don't get the liquid cooling part. The teardown showed no liquid inside..
Yeah, I think that might have been a fib. As far as I've understood it, it's a rod thermally conductive metal, so it draws hear from the soc to other areas of the phone less likely to overheat (though when I was watching the teardown it looked like it was drawing hear to the battery - hot batteries didn't do Samsung a whole lot of favours. Jus' sayin')
It's the same as other phones with liquid cooling; it's an extremely tiny amount that's inside the thicker flat heat pipe, where the copper wick is. It's so small an amount that once it's cut into the water will evaporate into the atmosphere. That chamber is a vacuum, however.

It just assists in passive dispersal of heat, it doesn't have a pump or anything and you certainly won't see the liquid in such a tiny cooling system.
 

thesoupthief

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This will not work. The NFC hardware should have secure element. There are microsd card with NFC.
But I have not seen Google pay supporting it.
As @locolyric posted, the miband 3, NFC edition is kitted out to enable Xiaomi phones with NFC so they can use Chinese banking, transport etc. It launches next week (19th September iirc), when we'll find out whether it will work only in China or if it's a viable international solution.
A bit of light googling suggests that microsd cards with NFC didn't really catch on beyond a few limited trials.
 

Mike02z

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Does NFC feature came with galaxy gear s3/watch a writer or reader only? Can it be use to top up something like eMoney card?
It works as an NFC device for payments. Whether that is a reader or writer, no clue. It does need to install an app and on many phones, it simply will not work. Especially if rooted. I'll setup my S3 frontier and see if it works. You can get these at a good discount since the new Gear is out.
 

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I was able to install Samsung Pay on my Poco F1. The NFC on the S3 Frontier is working with the F1 ! I just tested it at a local gas station. Those that must have NFC and a F1 can pick up a Samsung S3 watch.
What? How? Elaborate.. details. How did you install the hardware on F1?
 

Mike02z

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What? How? Elaborate.. details. How did you install the hardware on F1?
None. Reset watch, downloaded the Gear app. I paired the S3 to the Poco F1 and launched Samsung Pay from the watch. The app opened on the phone. I added my CC information and it was accepted even though I'm rooted. I did set Magisk hide for the Samsung Pay app. Went to get gas yesterday and used the NFC in the watch to pay. Worked great. The F1 is not my primary phone so I tested then re paired with my daily driver.
 

MrGrimtech

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Payment Stickers

Has anyone tried one of theses?
May be a solution.... could possibly be stuck inside the back case?

Dam, i cant post a link!

search for "bPay by Barclaycard Sticker Contactless Payment Device" on Amazon.

Yes it cant do everything, but is does let you do payment without your credit card - which is all I use my google pay for on my Oneplus 3T phone which I am looking to replace with a Poco F1

**UPDATE**
The bPay sticker on the back of my phone, and covered by my Spigen case, is working perfectly to purchase items contactlessly in shops.
 
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TR24

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None. Reset watch, downloaded the Gear app. I paired the S3 to the Poco F1 and launched Samsung Pay from the watch. The app opened on the phone. I added my CC information and it was accepted even though I'm rooted. I did set Magisk hide for the Samsung Pay app. Went to get gas yesterday and used the NFC in the watch to pay. Worked great. The F1 is not my primary phone so I tested then re paired with my daily driver.
Hello, from where you downloaded the samsung pay app? I tried from apkmirror but when I enter the app it crashes. I have MIUI11