How to activate NFC on Honor 5C

The NFC is a quite new and practical technology. This technology is increasingly used on Android cell phones like the Honor 5C. Because of the NFC it will be possible to do several things in many fields of activity. So we decided to write this content to rough the subject of the NFC and show you tips on how to activate it on your Honor 5C. We will initially find what the NFC is for. We will see in a second time how to activate the NFC on your Honor 5C. Finally, we will show you how to use it in different circumstances.

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What is the NFC function on your Honor 5C

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 Honor 5C so that it works. So, the NFC will allow your Honor 5C to be able to exchange files, to connect to another device or to pay without contact. There are several ways to use the NFC of your Honor 5C.

How to activate the NFC of your Honor 5C

In order to make use of the NFC on your Honor 5C, it can be necessary that this setting is enabled on the phone. To activate the NFC on your Honor 5C, you must go to the Settings menu of the Honor 5C. Then go to PLUS or ADVANCED PARAMETERS and finally click on NFC. You may then activate or deactivate the NFC of your Honor 5C. If you’d like to save a little battery, we advise you to activate the NFC only when you use it and to deactivate it the rest of the time.

How to use the NFC with your Honor 5C

Exchange files with NFC

If you’d like to exchange data files between your Honor 5C and another phone, you may use the NFC. For this you must activate the NFC and you must also activate Android Bean. To do this, go to Settings> More> NFC> Android Beam . Once completed, just bring the 2 devices closer and choose NFC as an option to share your file.

Pay with the NFC of your Honor 5C

For now Banks are not yet too developed on the payment NFC. In order to pay with the NFC of your Honor 5C, you will need to do 2 things. The first is to have an application compatible with your bank. The secondary is to configure his credit card or his account in this application.

Connect to a device

If you’d like to pair a device to your Honor 5C, it may be easier to do it with the NFC. So, it is often enough to activate the NFC Honor 5C and stick the cellphone to the device to generate the association. This is for example the truth with some bluetooth headsets.