How to activate NFC on Samsung Galaxy J5

The NFC is a quite new and useful technology. This technology is increasingly used on Android cell phones like the Samsung Galaxy J5. Due to the NFC it will be possible to do several things in many fields of activity. So we decided to write this article to rough the subject of the NFC and show you how you can activate it on your Samsung Galaxy J5. We will initially find what the NFC is for. We will see in a secondary time how to activate the NFC on your Samsung Galaxy J5. 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 Samsung Galaxy J5

The NFC that stands for Near Field Communication is in fact a wireless transfer technology. With NFC you can exchange information or files between 2 devices. The peculiarity of this wireless technology is that it has a range of just a few centimeters. It will be required that the device with which you use the NFC is very close to your Samsung Galaxy J5 in order that functions. Thus, the NFC will allow your Samsung Galaxy J5 to be able to exchange files, to connect to a new device or to pay without contact. There are numerous ways to use the NFC of your Samsung Galaxy J5.

How to activate the NFC of your Samsung Galaxy J5

To be able to utilize the NFC on your Samsung Galaxy J5, it can be necessary that this setting is enabled on the mobile phone. To activate the NFC on your Samsung Galaxy J5, you must go to the Settings menu of the Samsung Galaxy J5. Then go to PLUS or ADVANCED PARAMETERS and finally click on NFC. You can then activate or deactivate the NFC of your Samsung Galaxy J5. If you want to save a little battery, we advise you to activate the NFC only if you use it and to deactivate it the rest of the time.

How to use the NFC with your Samsung Galaxy J5

Exchange files with NFC

If you want to exchange data files between your Samsung Galaxy J5 and another mobile phone, you may use the NFC. For this you need to activate the NFC and you must also activate Android Bean. To achieve this, go to Settings> More> NFC> Android Beam . Once done, just bring the 2 telephones closer and choose NFC as an option to share your file.

Pay with the NFC of your Samsung Galaxy J5

For now Banks are not yet too developed on the payment NFC. To be able to pay with the NFC of your Samsung Galaxy J5, you need to do 2 things. The initially 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 wish to pair a device to your Samsung Galaxy J5, it may be easier to do it with the NFC. Thus, it is frequently enough to activate the NFC Samsung Galaxy J5 and stick the phone to the device to get the association. This is for example the case with some bluetooth headsets.