I used the Wallet for the first time today. I first woke up the phone then placed on the Paypass area but Wallet did not open as the app says it should. Opened Wallet and entered PIN then put back on the Paypass area and it sent it. Never did ask for Credit/Cash etc. Cashier did make me sign the terminal though. It was his first time seeing it too. Anyone else not have Wallet open when you place it on the Paypass area? They call it "tap" and pay, but assume it just has to be with in 1-2 inches of the Paypass reader. Also, was at Home Depot where I used it, not all the registers there have it, only select ones. that means you have to search out which cashiers are open, and go only to those? Can't use at the self check either I'm gathering as none of those have the Paypass pad on them......
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Google Wallet questions and use
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speede541
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I've been using mine a lot for the past couple months at Peet's, 7-Eleven, Petco and somewhere else.
In my experience, "tap" means physically touching the other reader. Not rubbing it around like a massage, just lay it on the reader's scan pad until the phone vibrates, beeps, and flashes the "Sent" message. This is not only my experience with PayPass, but with NFC phone-to-phone handshakes with my wife's GNex, too. When they refer to the technology as "Near Field," they're not kidding! (Mine is communicating though a thick Otterbox case, for whatever that's worth.)
At point of sale, you'll never be prompted to select which card to use. Under the Payment Cards icon of the app, whatever card you've currently selected as the Default will be the card that's used.
If the phone is unlocked and you use it on a PayPass terminal, but don't open Google Wallet first, then the Wallet app will automatically open. If you haven't unlocked Wallet with the PIN code inside of the timeout period you've selected in the GWallet settings menu (1, 5, 15 or 30 minutes), you'll be prompted to do so.
On the other hand, if you have opened Wallet and entered the PIN, you can back out of the app (as long as you don't hit the Lock icon in the upper right corner of the the screen), perform other tasks / open other apps, and even lock the phone, and Wallet will remain unlocked and ready to pay -- as long as the phone is unlocked, and as long as you haven't exceeded Wallet's PIN timeout period. This prevents you from having to enter your Wallet PIN when you're most likely to have an audience of the curious looking over your shoulder.
Because this NFC "looks like" an NFC-enabled credit card to PayPass readers, whatever signature policy the store has is going to most likely apply to Google Wallet usage. So far, the only place I've had to sign my name was on a paper receipt at Petco, for a $60 purchase. It was unexpected only because I wasn't asked for a signature any other place I've used it, but those places don't require my sig for traditional credit card purchases, either.
In my experience, "tap" means physically touching the other reader. Not rubbing it around like a massage, just lay it on the reader's scan pad until the phone vibrates, beeps, and flashes the "Sent" message. This is not only my experience with PayPass, but with NFC phone-to-phone handshakes with my wife's GNex, too. When they refer to the technology as "Near Field," they're not kidding! (Mine is communicating though a thick Otterbox case, for whatever that's worth.)
At point of sale, you'll never be prompted to select which card to use. Under the Payment Cards icon of the app, whatever card you've currently selected as the Default will be the card that's used.
If the phone is unlocked and you use it on a PayPass terminal, but don't open Google Wallet first, then the Wallet app will automatically open. If you haven't unlocked Wallet with the PIN code inside of the timeout period you've selected in the GWallet settings menu (1, 5, 15 or 30 minutes), you'll be prompted to do so.
On the other hand, if you have opened Wallet and entered the PIN, you can back out of the app (as long as you don't hit the Lock icon in the upper right corner of the the screen), perform other tasks / open other apps, and even lock the phone, and Wallet will remain unlocked and ready to pay -- as long as the phone is unlocked, and as long as you haven't exceeded Wallet's PIN timeout period. This prevents you from having to enter your Wallet PIN when you're most likely to have an audience of the curious looking over your shoulder.
Because this NFC "looks like" an NFC-enabled credit card to PayPass readers, whatever signature policy the store has is going to most likely apply to Google Wallet usage. So far, the only place I've had to sign my name was on a paper receipt at Petco, for a $60 purchase. It was unexpected only because I wasn't asked for a signature any other place I've used it, but those places don't require my sig for traditional credit card purchases, either.
AntimonyER
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I use mine exclusively at a pay pass vending machine where I work. But yeah you do have to put your pin in every time. Also if you are using the prepaid card, on the third load, you will need to put in some extra info due to government regulations (including SSN).
Thanks, mine worked, but I had to open the app and put pin in. It did not open when I placed the phone on the pad initially. but, since it was a register, I told the cashier "credit" then placed the phone on the pad expecting the app to open. Just trying to see what others experience on that was. When I opened and put PIN in it went through immediately. Pretty cool deal.
ya, I usually open and unlock the app first, then once I tap... it just sends the payment instantly... no asking for credit/prepaid. However I did have to sign for the first time the other day... I think that might be with the new update... or maybe it was a 'network' change on their part. Wish I didn't update it! I gotta stop clicking 'update' for apps that work! 