Nexus 4 issue

[highpowerxh]

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.

[ikarus23]

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

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Some informative links:

• http://www.nfcbrief.com/2012/11/nexus-4-and-10-incompatible-with-mifare.html
• http://www.nfcbrief.com/2013/08/google-completes-broadcom-transition.html
• http://www.andytags.com/nfc-tags-compatibility-issues.html

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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

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A list of working devices can be found here

[ThomasCZ]

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

[ikarus23]

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

[zanechua]

Motorola Moto X 2014 does not have support for Mifare Classic

[Ugion]

@zanechua Can confirm, same thing here.

[ikarus23]

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

[silentjet]

MotoX 1st gen (2013) works fine

[ngoding]

Samsung A5 2017 does not support Mifare Classic

[levoniust]

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

[ikarus23]

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

[sara-caballero]

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

[ikarus23]

Have a look at #467. I responded there.