I am too. Apple Pay is the reason I left the Dark Side after 27 years.I could have, but alas, I only read the thread now. Glad it's working for you now though!
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Problem with Apple pay
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Two modifications to above for a truly successful and faster Apple Pay transaction: 1) Do not mention "Apple Pay" but do say you'll be paying with credit. Too many clerks are uneducated about Apple Pay and some (especially those in Subways) will see your phone and assume you're trying to scan the QR code, and 2) if you're paying with your default card, it's not necessary to wait for the Apple Pay screen to appear before putting your thumb on the home button. You can lay your thumb on the home button and bring to the reader, and this will automatically make the payment with your default card. You do as you suggested in #3 only if you want to pay with a different card from the default one, in which case you can tap on the default card and it'll show all the available cards to choose from before you authorize with TouchID.
I hear what you are saying. I put the pause in because it will keep anyone from invoking Siri if they press too early or too hard. It basically idiot proofed it for me.
Well, the rest of us are managing without a trip to the Genius Bar for a personal tutorial.
No, you trigger Siri only if you actually press the button. Just lay the thumb on the home button but don't actually press. What you did was simply user error and the same thing would happen if you actually press the button after Apple Pay screen appears so not really idiot proof.
So in other words I am the only person in the whole world who could not figure it out? How come no one on this forum could explain it to me?Well, the rest of us are managing without a trip to the Genius Bar for a personal tutorial.
So your problems were you accidentally triggered Siri by pushing it too hard and may not have been close enough to the reader for the Apple Pay screen to appear, which are nothing more than user errors. Plenty of posters correctly explained about your first problem as illustrated below, but I guess you had to learn about being close to the reader the hard way, although one member did suggest opening up Passbook which could have helped your situation.
Happened to me today. Worked at Popeyes before. Usually I put the phone near the NFC and the phone would come on to use Touch ID. Today, nothing. hovered over half a dozen times, store clerk was moving the NFC around. I went into passbook to the credit card, checked Apple Pay settings. Nada. End up using CC and signing. Lame.
I think my problem was the NFC wasn't on or broken. They select credit on their part once I paid with Apple Pay from my previous transactions.
I think my problem was the NFC wasn't on or broken. They select credit on their part once I paid with Apple Pay from my previous transactions.
Do be fair to those who tried to help you. Four posts outlined what you finally learned as JayLenochiniMac quoted.
You also threw people off by claiming you'd tried every combination, I think people probably assumed you'd tried it with the phone right next to the terminal since you'd tried every combination.
BTW, Apple does specifically mention contactless payments require close proximity of an inch or so. It's in The Friendly Manual, page 125/126: