NFC Interference?

[ItsBaldDave_]

Afternoon all,

New S25 Ultra owner here with a question. I'm having a little difficulty using Google Pay in shops. It takes a couple of attempts for it to be recognised when holding it against the POS machines, and I wondered if it has anything to do with my MagSafe case and magnetic pop socket?

I know the NFC chip is roughly in the middle of this phone, which is where the magnets are, but I wasn't sure if NFC would interfere with magnets.

Thanks.

EDIT... the accepted solution worked for me, I was clearly holding the phone wrong near the card reader 🤦‍♂️

[witchypants]

I don't know it worked for me adding curve. But I've just been into the Samsung shop. They sorted it with Google pay in seconds yet to try paying.

[MC4444]

I am also having the same issues, I thought buying a case from samsung would rectify it but still does not. Take phone out of the case, then works every time

[kactus]

Si,

I'm also an S25+ user, and I too have an issue with poor NFC performance. Like you, it takes a good three or four attempts to get it to work.

Hopefully a fix is available.

[SiHeaton1]

Im hoping its just a software issue and either a system update or google wallet update will fix at some point. I even had issues on my new Galaxy Watch 7 too

[SiHeaton1]

I have noticed if your at a payment terminal and it doenst work move your phone away wait a second then try again. I now have it down to 2 attempts. First one never works move phone away bring it back to payment terminal and second attempts workd

[ItsBaldDave_]

Ever since I started using Samsung Pay, it has been alright for me.

[gwenjeffskin]

I am having the exact problem. Everything tested fine, but NFC rarely works. When it did, I was trying for several minutes. I had issues with my S23 Ultra as well. I think it is a bug with the Samsung "S" series.

[gwenjeffskin]

NFC rarely works for me, with or without the case. Samsung Pay or Google Pay, it doesn't matter. It rarely works.

[Zerkoto]

I have the same issue with S25. When I attempt to pay at the POS it always fails the first time ( nothing happens) but when you move the phone away and try again, it works. This is using the Google wallet. My Samsung wallet doesn't work for some reason. I can only use the app for passwords but not card payments. I think it's blocked for my country. However, I suspect that samsung wallet may be interfering with Google wallet.

[gwenjeffskin]

I think I found the solution. When I went into Settings, Connections, NFC and contactless payments, Default wallet app, I had three apps selected as default. I don't know how that happened. When I unselected the other two and left only Google Wallet, my NFC problems went away. Please give it a try.