Galaxy S2 and NFC

[Akis]

Is it true?I read somewhere that the Galaxy S2 have the NFC chipset but its not activated till ICS come.Also what Samsung did is put the NFC in the battery.Anyone knows if you put this battery and ICS the NFC will work?

Genuine Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 Replacement Battery w/ Near Field Communication NFC [EB-L102GBK / EB-F1A2GBUCSTD]

 

[camel_456]

All I know is that my GS2 I got from Orange UK back in September doesn't seem to have any NFC options and wasn't described in the spec as having NFC.

My flatmate just upgraded to a GS2 from Orange and her phone has NFC options, the NFC logo on the box on the sticker on the screen when she bought it. It's also shown in the task bar on the phone.

Seems to me that my phone doesn't have it and hers does. That's what you get for being an early adopter these days!

I'm on 2.3.5 and she's on 2.3.4.