Posts made by randumb

@Lokki No worries Lokki. Just tried it on my wife's SIII. Same results. My other NFC tags worked fine, neither of the inlays worked. Will be sending email today. Thanks!

Well guys. I just tried using the ring with another NFC app (Trigger) and neither of the 2 inlays work. So I tried replicating the error messages in NFC Ring Unlock and it's not picking up either inlay either. Seems like it's 100% out if order now. I have tons of NFC tags laying around that I use daily and they all work fine right now so it's definitely the ring. I can do a video if needed.

That's my problem. I can't add a ring. When I click add and scan the one inlay that works, it says invalid.

And thank you guys for trying to help me out! ^___^

@Lokki I completely understand that. I'd rather have an OK looking ring that works, than an AWESOME looking ring that doesn't work. I will try that.

@Lafunamor there's no rings on the list to begin with so there's nothing to remove.

I emailed support for an exchange and was told to make a thread first. So here's my thread with my problem and everything I've tried.

[picture of ring: http://randesigns.com/s4/nfc-myring.jpg]

PROBLEMS ///

• I have yet to get to actually USE my ring to unlock my phone. So far all it is, is a ring that can launch a website that says I found my phone’s sweet spot. When I go into NFC Ring Unlock > Device Security Settings > Enable, it gives me the following error: “Invalid key, try again.” when scanning my ring.
• On top of that, I only get the error with one of the inlays. The second doesn’t launch the website, nor does the NFC Unlock app pick it up to even give me an error message. It’s like it’s not there.

[picture of error message: http://randesigns.com/s4/nfc-screenshot.png]

WHAT I’VE TRIED ///

• I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the latest NFC Ring Control and NFC Ring Unlock apps
• Made sure NFC was turned on
  [link text]- Tried going to Manage Keys, when I tap my ring to reset it says “Read Error” or something to that affect.

MY HARDWARE ///
Ring: Stealth Bomber Classic (not Alpha)
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S4
ROM: Custom (Rooted)
Carrier: Verizon
Battery: Stock Samsung w/ NFC

So what else can I try? What are my options? Can I get a SB Alpha? Would that work better maybe? Please let me know. I’ve been dying to post a review on my Pandroid Youtube channel, but I don’t want to review a ring that doesn’t work.

@Lokki It doesn't work on my wife's S3 either, and I'm not due for an upgrade until next year so I'm suck with this S4 for a while. If it doesn't work on my phone, but works on others it's still useless to me. I've accepted the fact that I'll lose out on a cool, unique ring in exchange for the common titanium one. It's the classic, not the alpha.

So yeah. Got my stealthbomber ring 2 weeks ago and have off and on trying just to get it to unlock my phone and not have had ONE single success. For starters it seems my phone (Galaxy S4) only reads ONE of the inlays. Secondly, the unlock app constantly says: “Error, Invalid Key” so when I go to Manage Keys and try to add/reset it says “Read Error”. So I think it’s safe to say I have a 100% dud. Guess I’ll return mine then. Thank you for the write up!

@johnyma22, @Lafunamor @shama, thank you so much guys! I'll try all this today. And if I can't get wood, then black on black is definitely the next best thing, thanks!

Same issue.

Kickstarter Backer
Stealth Bomber NFC Ring
Get Started link embedded and functioning.
In The Control App (0.1.16) I get: ALERT NOT NFC RING error for both inlays.
In the Unlock App (1.5.113) I get: "Invalid key, try again" error for both inlays.

Looks nice, fits perfect! Hope I don't have to send back this one of a kind ring!
(Also, my email said one in-lay was supposed to be wood, did those get ousted?)