How to activate NFC on Alcatel 3x

The NFC is a quite new and practical technology. This technology is increasingly used on Android mobile phones such as the Alcatel 3x. Due to the NFC it will be easy to do lots of things in many fields of activity. So we decided to write this article to rough the subject of the NFC and show you the right way to activate it on your Alcatel 3x. We will initially discover what the NFC is for. We will observe in a second time how to activate the NFC on your Alcatel 3x. Finally, we will explain to you how to use it in different situations.

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What is actually the NFC function on your Alcatel 3x

The NFC that stands for Near Field Communication is in fact a wireless transfer technology. With NFC you may exchange information as well as files between 2 devices. The peculiarity of this wireless technology is that it has a range of just a couple of centimeters. It will be required that the device with which you use the NFC is very close to your Alcatel 3x so that functions. Thus, the NFC will allow your Alcatel 3x to be able to exchange files, to connect to a new device or to pay without contact. There are so many ways to use the NFC of your Alcatel 3x.

How you can activate the NFC of your Alcatel 3x

To be able to make use of the NFC on your Alcatel 3x, it can be necessary that this setting is enabled on the cellphone. To activate the NFC on your Alcatel 3x, you must go to the Settings menu of the Alcatel 3x. Then go to PLUS or ADVANCED PARAMETERS and finally click on NFC. You may then activate or deactivate the NFC of your Alcatel 3x. If you’d like to save a little battery, we suggest you to activate the NFC only if you use it and to deactivate it the rest of the time.

How you can use the NFC with your Alcatel 3x

Exchange files with NFC

If you’d like to exchange files between your Alcatel 3x and another cellphone, you should use the NFC. For this you have to activate the NFC and you must also activate Android Bean. To accomplish this, go to Settings> More> NFC> Android Beam . Once done, simply bring the 2 devices closer and select NFC as an option to share your file.

Pay with the NFC of your Alcatel 3x

For now Banks are not yet too developed on the payment NFC. To be able to pay with the NFC of your Alcatel 3x, you have to do 2 things. The first is to have an app compatible with your bank. The second is to configure his credit card or his account in this app.

Connect to a device

If you desire to pair a device to your Alcatel 3x, it may be easier to do it with the NFC. Thus, it is frequently enough to activate the NFC Alcatel 3x and stick the cellphone to the device to create the association. This is for example the truth with some bluetooth headsets.