Curve Pay: does it work with Fairphone 4?

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Hi,
I heard about a non-google tap-to-pay solution that should work even with some community OS:s. Curve (curve.com).
Well, have been trying it with my stock Android FP4. Can add a card nicely, but then it gets stuck in “enabling tap-to-pay”.

So, a simple question: has anybody used Curve Pay in FP4?

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Hi. I can use Curve pay on my FP4 with /e/OS. I remeber that in the first time I had a problem but after the restart of the app then it works

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Just to make visible what the App includes to “avoid” Google

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Nice to hear that it might work.
I still have no luck, I even can’t define the Curve app as a tap-to-pay method…
I have rebooted the phone and the app, uninstalled Google Wallet, nothing seems to help. Well, it is what it is.

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Two things that differ or might differ between your FP4 and @jobal’s:

  • /e/OS for the FP4 is on Android 14, Fairphone’s Android OS for the FP4 is on Android 13. The Curve entry in the Play Store names Android 9 as the minimum though.
  • Gaël Duval’s article on using Curve specified it as a “a European (EEA + UK) fintech provider”. I don’t know in how far this might rule you out or not.

For others: /e/ forum discussion inspired by the article.

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I Would like to add a third difference: Google, Google Pay, Google Wallet is/was on the phone…

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Thanks, I’m in the EAA indeed. Addind a card wasn’t a problem, just enabling the tap-to-pay…
(would be nice seeing it work, that would remove another – imaginary? – barrier in switching to some community os.)

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Finally got it to work: nothing weird, just uninstalled the app, reeboot and reinstall.
Now hoping it will indeed permit paying. :grin:

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Would suggest you to take a look at their privacy policy. I dont think its really better than google

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Maybe, but if I want to use another OS than stock-Android, I need an alternative payment solution…
(Or a cheap second hand Garmin watch…)

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True, I also spent quite a lot of time researching and I came to the conclusion that I really dont need such apps. also because my bank does not really support such things.

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