Nexus 4 issue

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Nexus 4 issue

highpowerxh opened this issue 11 years ago · comments

The NFC hardware is working normal on my Nexus 4, But it pops up a dialog saying No Mifare Support onCreate.
I cloned this project and I'll check that out.

Gerhard Klostermeier · Answer 1 · Thu Mar 14 2013 01:03:05 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Unfortunately the dialog is right. The Google Nexus 4 (and others) does not support Mifare Classic.
Mifare Classic is a proprietary technology by NXP and therefore it is not working on all hardware.

A lot of Android devices (like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus) have NXP's PN544 as NFC controller.
However, the Nexus 4 (and 10) has a Broadcom BCM20793 NFC controller.
(see: http://www.nfcbrief.com/2012/11/nexus-4-and-10-incompatible-with-mifare.html)

Due to the Android reference it is optional for Android devices to support Mifare Classic.
(see: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/advanced-nfc.html, Table 2.)

I'm sorry about that.
Kind regards,
Ikarus

Some informative links:

List of devices with no Mifare Classic support:
(Have a look at the readme for an up to date list)

Foxcon InFocus M320
Google Nexus 4
Google Nexus 5
Google Nexus 7 (2013)
Google Nexus 10
Huawei G620S
LG F60
LG G2
LG G2 mini
LG G3 S
LG Optimus L7 II
Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Galaxy S5 (900P, Sprint)
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
Samsung Galaxy Ace 4
Samsung Galaxy Express 2
Samsung Galaxy Mega
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Samsung Galaxy Note 4
Xiaomi MI 3

A list of working devices can be found here

Tomas Chladek · Answer 2 · Tue May 26 2015 02:52:33 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge have not support for Mifare Classic.

Gerhard Klostermeier · Answer 3 · Sun Jun 07 2015 15:44:14 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Added Samaung's Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge to the incompatibility list (d77b72e).

Zane Chua · Answer 4 · Sun Jun 07 2015 23:49:20 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Motorola Moto X 2014 does not have support for Mifare Classic

Alexandra Koch · Answer 5 · Tue Jul 14 2015 18:56:59 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@zanechua Can confirm, same thing here.

Gerhard Klostermeier · Answer 6 · Wed Jul 15 2015 01:13:10 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks for reporting. I added the Moto X (2014) to the incompatibility list (1c80a8b).

silentjet · Answer 7 · Thu Dec 15 2016 01:26:50 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

MotoX 1st gen (2013) works fine

Risyad · Answer 8 · Tue Mar 07 2017 21:06:06 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Samsung A5 2017 does not support Mifare Classic

levoniust · Answer 9 · Thu Mar 08 2018 12:10:20 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Super old thread, but is the Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950U supported?

Gerhard Klostermeier · Answer 10 · Sun Mar 11 2018 06:02:34 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Looking at the list of incompatible devices I don't think the Note 8 will work. I'm sorry.

sara-caballero · Answer 11 · Fri Feb 02 2024 02:29:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

How can I find out which devices support MIFARE Classic? My phone is not listed among either the compatible or incompatible devices. My phone is Oppo Find X5 Pro

Gerhard Klostermeier · Answer 12 · Fri Feb 02 2024 16:38:35 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Have a look at #467. I responded there.