Android beam rarely works..

[adam355]

What am I doing wrong? I put the two phones up and sometimes get the noise but rarely does the screen change to allow me to tap it to confirm the transfer.

 

[adam355]

Anyone?

 

[nypcdoc]

Maybe a case or a thick case is preventing it from picking up the NFC signal?

 

[the block]

It took a few tries for me and a friend to get it to work on launch day, but it eventually did. Sort of gimmicky though, haven't used it since.

 

[snowmancomic]

I've tried mine three times..No issues, even with TPU cases on both units.

 

[syntrix]

Works just fine. IIRC it just transfers meta type data like url's, or deep links to the direct youtube video.

If you are trying to transfer a lasagna, it's not going to work.

 

[Evilgrin]

I've used it several times in the last week works great both Gnex's are in the Icipio cases.
I've transfers url's, photos just small stuffnoy going to transfer a movie or anything except YouTube type vids

 

[breadnatty08]

if you are trying to transfer a lasagna, it's not going to work.

lol!

 

[syntrix]

lol!

You can laugh all you want, I'm sure that someone has tried to transfer a lasagna already.

For those that need more info on this feature:

Android Beam on Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.0) Makes NFC Truly Social [VIDEO]

Again, don't try to transfer a lasagna, it's not mentioned as a feature, and could do serious harm to yourself and your SGN!