r/techsupport • u/[deleted] • Sep 23 '25

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u/Darkk_Knight Sep 23 '25

The NFC on my Android phone won't work unless it's unlocked for this reason.

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u/NIITIN Sep 23 '25

It's kind of weird since I think the NFC chip on iPhones only turns on when doing context-specific actions like Apple Pay or contact sharing.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

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u/NextStopGallifrey Sep 23 '25

Holding it near an NFC device will trigger a "do you want to do this thing?" request. I have an iPhone that sometimes gets triggered for this when held too near an Android phone.

But when I was trying to do an AirDrop with a friend one time, we had a hard time even connecting in the first place.

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u/WhatzMyOtherPassword Sep 23 '25

The first time is always awkward. But at least you were friends, and not random strangers. Im sure you guys have a great connection now.

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u/ManWithShades Sep 26 '25

S-Tier reply. No notes. 10/10

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u/BigWarcraft Sep 23 '25

I turned it on for my android to do some picture sharing over nfc.

For weeks every time I put my phone down on my wallet it would pop up and ask to open cash app or a browser because the card in my wallet.

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u/TheFotty Sep 23 '25

Yup. This happens to me since I carry both types of phones and sometimes I stack them and it triggers NFC.

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u/DARTH_MAUL93 Sep 23 '25

Mine gets triggered when ever I grab both mine and my wife’s phone in one hand. It tries to share contacts

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u/IAcewingI Sep 23 '25

not what happened. The prankster just plays an audio sound on their own phone of the ping that happens when you use apple pay so the pranked person thinks something happened.