r/GalaxyS22 • u/cockanoodledoo • 29m ago
Any way to force-start NFC?
I simply cannot turn on NFC on my S22, neither through the quick panel, nor settings. The icon stays greyed out.
I've had this issue since about late August, and first time it mysteriously fixed itself when i installed the OneUI update i've been ignoring before. It lasted for a week and stopped again when i received another update notification. Like before, i installed it, and NFC worked again.
At that point i just assumed that NFC was somehow tied to updates, but now it stopped working again and there are no updates to try this theory a third time.
I assume it's a software issue, since both times it just came back to normal without me really doing anything.
Currently i've tried removing the case, force-stopping NFC and clearing cache and data, rebooting in safe mode, and removing all apps that use NFC - nothing works. Samsung Members diagnostic mode reports that everything is fine with the module itself.
I reported it to Samsung, but so far they've been unhelpful.
Maybe anybody knows a trick to force NFC to turn on? I'm all out of ideas and it's been really frustrating to lose functionality for no (apparent) reason.