NFC

NFC (Near Field Communication) is a short-range wireless technology that lets you exchange data with other devices, pay for goods using your phone, and scan special tags that give you more information about a product or service. You can share tags that you scan. You can also create your own tags and use them to send information to other NFC-compatible devices such as phones.

The tags you can create include contacts, URLs, map locations, or text. To scan or share a tag, you have to hold the NFC detection area of your phone right over the tag or next to the NFC detection area of the other device. The maximum reading distance is about one centimetre, which helps prevent unauthorised communications.

NFC may not be available in all countries and/or regions.

To turn on the NFC function

1From your Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Settings > Wireless & networks.

3Mark the NFC checkbox.

NFC detection area

The location of the NFC detection area is not the same on all phones. When sharing data with another phone using NFC, refer to the User guide of the other phone for more information.

To share a contact with another phone using NFC

1Make sure that both your phone and the receiving phone have the NFC function turned on and that both phone screens are active.

2To view contacts in your phone, go to your Home screen, tap , then tap .

3Tap the contact that you want to share.

4Hold your phone and the receiving phone back to back so that the NFC detection area of each phone touches the other. When the phones recognise each other, they both vibrate and the data transfer starts.

5Separate the two phones immediately after they vibrate.

6When the transfer is done, the contact information is displayed on the screen of the receiving phone and is also saved in the Contacts application.

Separating the phones immediately after they vibrate prevents repeated connection attempts that could interfere with the data transfer.

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