Where is my phones "Sweet Spot"?

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  Phone sweet spot list *please check before posting*
  • Lafunamor

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  @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/)

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  John McLear's Tutorial: How to find your "Sweet Spot"
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  Did update the post so the video is showed again

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  Detecting where your NFC Ring will work best
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  Impressive. Thanks for giving me a new information.

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  Samsung S6 with clear cover
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  Edit: old thread is old, didn't see that.

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  Regular NFC Sweet Spots
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  Here is the spot on the Nexus 5X

  http://oi66.tinypic.com/2n9x9g4.jpg

  I haven't tried my old ring yet as I'm waiting for my new ring.
  It does work great with my key chain tag.

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  Can't share sweet spot or register ring
  • Hisham Omran

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  You're not running a security program that's blocking net access for the app are you?

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  Galaxy S4 S-View cover
  • peer

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  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.

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  Boosting the NFC antenna
  • klaus

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  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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  Nokia Lumia 928
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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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  NFCRING unlock the phone every time the phone detects the NFCRING
  nfcring unlock • • ijodar

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

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  My ring doesn't work on my Galaxy S4 - the sticker does
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  "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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  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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  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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  Nokia Lumia 820
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  Thanks for sharing! I've changed your post so the image gets displayed directly.

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  Improved UI
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  Finally we can share this! Multiple antennas on the back of phones = Multiple sweet spots! :)
  • johnyma22

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  @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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  Sweet Spot Won't Reset
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  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

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  Nexus 7 not recognizing ring
  • Flipper

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  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