I have 0% luck trying to activate Apple Pay when the phone is locked. Touch ID unlocks the phone instantaneously. What's the workaround?
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Now that Touch ID is lightning fast, it's nearly impossible to trigger Apple Pay
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place finger on touchid ring, do not press. move phone closer at terminal. done.
Just in case you missed it, the answer is do not press the button.
We don't seem to be on the same page; I'm talking about this feature:
The cards automatically pull up when your phone is next to a reader. You could just leave your finger on the button while your phone is asleep and when you move it next to the reader, it will wake up and your card will open, scan your finger, and pay.We don't seem to be on the same page; I'm talking about this feature:
We don't seem to be on the same page; I'm talking about this feature:
I'm able to trigger it just fine. Try doing the double click a little faster
We don't seem to be on the same page; I'm talking about this feature:
Yeah, the double tap home while locked to open Apple Pay is useless with Touch ID being so fast.
Time to get an Apple WatchWe don't seem to be on the same page; I'm talking about this feature:
We don't seem to be on the same page; I'm talking about this feature:
Start with the screen off. Do both taps in quick succession, don't delay the second tap.
We don't seem to be on the same page; I'm talking about this feature:
It says "Double-Click". Not clicking twice. Double-click like you would double-click your mouse.
Why would that be an issue? Just put your phone up to the payment device, will automatically wake and pull up your wallet. You can then choose a different card.
That behavior was very flaky for me on my 6. It would rarely activate the screen even when next to the NFC device.
But if I held touch ID, it would go through with my default payment method.
Maybe a silly question, I've only used Apple Pay twice, both times I've used the double tap home button to bring up my card then hovered over the terminal to pay... do I not actually have to do that?
No you don't, just put your phone close to the reader and then it flashes up on screen for your touchid.
Have you tried double tapping as fast as you can? I honestly can't make it not work if you do it quickly.
I was able to do it, and that's with my left thumb (haven't put any other fingers in yet), which isn't that fast (non-dominant hand).
Repeated 10 times with left thumb, 9 were successful. I figure I would be 100% with right hand. Even if I had a hard time with it, I'd just use a non-registered finger, or tip of finger or fingernail.
Repeated 10 times with left thumb, 9 were successful. I figure I would be 100% with right hand. Even if I had a hard time with it, I'd just use a non-registered finger, or tip of finger or fingernail.
You can store other cards here as well (i.e. Starbucks and other gift cards). So I can see this being annoying, to say the least. Paying with a Starbucks card doesn't lend me the luxury of activating wallet by means of nfc.
Double click allows you to change which card you want to use before scanning. Some of us have multiple cards in Wallet and don't necessarily want to use the default card every time. Apple built this feature for a reason. Example: I'm on a business meeting and my default ApplePay card is a personal debit card. Theoretically, I should be able to double click the home button, select the appropriate credit card and then place the phone next to a scanner.
To the OP, with a default card selected, mine is working fine. If yours isn't, I suggest double clicking with a non-registered finger for now.
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