lol, fair enough. Just checking that you didn't have a weird one-off super efficient S3. ;-)

Hey!
Did you read the newest update?
http://blog.nfcring.com/unicorn/with-pride-of-lion-kickstarter-update/

@MichaelB you're possibly using google 2 step authentication which would require you to create a temporary application specific password for use with the unlock screen bypass. Then set a pin in the unlock app.

@Memnoch said:

@ shama: User didn't say he ordered White, they just mentioned Carbon Fiber.

But they did say CF - which could have been swapped to white. John also didn't specifically say 'if you're awaiting a white ring', just anyone who was still waiting. Anyway, OP was answering Johns call to find out if users would be wanting to engage in a conversation that might speed up their ring delivery. I made a post about that topic

@bramzee, mileage can vary wildly between phones, even examples of the same model. This is because the phone is the device powering the ring and if that power transfer isn't properly efficient then you get poor communication, tiny sweet spots etc. A properly built and well maintained phone has a far better hit rate with the NFC Ring (I've had great success with the Xperia range, they have an excellent antenna size and design).
It does look like phone manufacturers will be adjusting the way they do things though and this should mean a major improvement from the active reader side of things in the future.

@Lokki said:

@SinNYC, if your order has been changed then it may be down to difficulty with the factory creating your ring. Some rings at this late date have been arbitrarily changed in order to get rings to people rather than waiting an extra 6 months for them to try, try, try again. With changed orders it will be possible to request a voucher to get a replacement ring further down the track but if it's worrying you then shoot support@nfcring.com an email and query your options. Expect support to be slow at this point, they're dealing with a lot of requests!

Will do, Lokki. Thanks.

Thanks for providing an easy access way :-)

Just to add to what @Lafunamor has been suggesting, your phone should at the very least be able to read the 'spare' tag. It really does sound like NFC isn't switched on properly or is inactive for some other reason.
Does your battery say 'NFC' on it at all, and is NFC switched on through your settings menu?

@chrono4548 the only way to do this while the screen is off is to root the phone and install the appropriate Xposed framework to handle NFC while the screen is off. If you've already rooted then it's easy enough to set up but if you haven't rooted yet I'd suggest looking into the possible ramifications for you and your device - on some devices you can permanently disable features that the manufacturer requires the phone to be in a standard state for.

No worries, thanks for keeping us in the loop on it!

Got it working uninstalled the app and reinstalled...I seem to have missed a message last night. I hadn't turned off the stock android lock screen .

Thanks for providing those information. It's hard to explain what happens or help without those.
It seems like your ring got lost during shipment and it will be replaced. You were right that there is a big chance that you'll have to wait on a new shipment from china as Alphas are probably not in stock.

@Chivo said:

Ill back off now but would love an official reply from the support email so I feel as though some progress has been made.

You will get one just give them a bit time. It currently takes about a week to get a response on the support mail as they still get a lot of requests. Just gibe them a little time, they are a small team and have a lot to do.

@Lokki said:

I just received the same thing and was sitting here wondering how to handle it.
Personal contact = good.
Vague details = whut?

I completely agree with your response to the email too, it echoes mine.

Dear Team

Which rings are okay Which rings are not What will you be changing if we allow carte blanche and Would it perhaps be a good idea to confirm changes before shipping

I'm fine if things require changing, I've cruised along happily thus far. I understand that not everything has worked. But I would like to venture the opinion that this email does not do as much to clear things up as you may have hoped it would.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who got that email and thought - whut?
Without knowing which ring(s) are causing the delay, and what the likely options are for swapping it is still a vague guessing game. As these are going to be permanent swaps to my order I'd like a say, and not just give full creative freedom away. For example, I'm cool with 0.5 size bigger, and ok with swapping a certain ring for a classic - but one of my rings I want as it is. But I don't know if that is a ring causing a delay or not. From the update I'd assumed the delay was with white inlays, but from John's comment in another post it seems that alpha's are also now going to be 8 weeks delayed.

Anyway, I'll go into the specifics of what I do/don't want as a reply to that email, but it certainly didn't help clear things up in the way the team maybe hoped it would. It is just going to give them more communication traffic now, rather than a simple rely of what I want to replace with what.

**same issue here... **
The lack of a note served as a fresh smack of disappointment when I opened the box and saw the rings for the first time. No soft letdown.
Just an "OH yeaa... these are those NFC Rings I ordered that went fumbling through time for 7-8 additional months, only to get me substitute ring designs I now don't even like.."

I sure hope those vouchers dont take another 8 months.

Tbh we sent out so few stealth bombers they will probably become collectors items in the future so just keep it somewhere safe and in the future you should own a piece of history. That's my thought on it..

Ah thanks. That's probably it, but I'm not an early backer - in fact I only ordered last week and would have been happy to wait for the black. Hopefully support will reply back soon.

No worries @randumb, fingers crossed that the next one works better!

Thanks, it's nice to know that it works regardless if I take it off or not.

sadly this may happen to a few rings due to the glue issue. if you want to know more about it please use the search tool in the forum. your options can be found under http://nfcring.com/returns
basically it's either a return and replace or a discounted new ring. but support will tell you all you need to know.
hope this helps you.

@johnyma22 Thanks! I guess I'll shoot support an email when I can look more into it.