[Lab] Adding NFC to a Non-NFC Phone

Anthony Scavarelli anthony.scavarelli at gmail.com
Fri Jul 7 14:11:37 EDT 2017


Okay thanks everyone. Pretty much what I thought but just wanted to leave
no stone unturned.
AS


On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:56 PM Amos Hayes <amos at polkaroo.net> wrote:

> I have seen NFC/Qi inserts and replacement back covers for a few models of
> phone on EBay. Might be worth hunting for your model + NFC cover or insert
> and/or popular brands + NFC cover and see what you find. If there is no
> accessible header for it or you have a non removable cover, then you are
> probably out of luck on internal options.
>
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> On 6 July 2017 at 15:14, Anthony Scavarelli <anthony.scavarelli at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks yeah that might be the only solution. was just hoping for a more
>> "invisible" solution as external attachments make mobility a bit less o.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Yannick Lamarre <yan.lamarre at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Anthony,
>>>
>>> Can't you use any of the USB-OTG dongles that they use for POS? Would
>>> be your safest bet. Otherwise, I can't think of any way that would
>>> enable you to do so.
>>> Regards,
>>> YL
>>>
>>> On 6 July 2017 at 15:02, Anthony Scavarelli
>>> <anthony.scavarelli at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi everyone,
>>> >
>>> > I am at a dead end as to the best (only?) way to add NFC to an Android
>>> phone
>>> > that currently does not have the hardware. I have read about sim cards
>>> that
>>> > carry NFC hardware but have found nothing that has/is actually
>>> created. Any
>>> > ideas?
>>> >
>>> > Preferably nothing external :)
>>> >
>>> > Thanks!
>>> > Anthony
>>> >
>>> >
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