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Apple Pay Not Working "Hold Near Reader to Pay"

I have tried Apple Pay at Several locations, including Mc Donalds and such, with no luck.

1. My iPhone 6 Plus prompted me to pay with Apple Pay

2. I gently placed my finger on the fingerPrint Reader and it reads my fingerprint

3. Says Hold Near Reader to pay. Then nothing... I wait and wait and nothing.

I have tried with and without a case, holding it near and directly on the reader, and with both Credit and Debit cards.

Does anyone have any ideas?

the last time was at a shop with a NFC reader, and the lady ahead of me used her iPhone 6 just fine.

Thank You

David

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.1

Posted on Nov 5, 2014 1:27 PM

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Banga1

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Jul 1, 2017 11:17 AM

Ok, so when it says 'reader', what is it talking about? What is the reader? The camera? I put my fingerprint on the scanner whatever and then it said hold near reader but *** is the reader? I feel stupid for not being able to figure this out. Google has not helped.

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samsaint

Level 1

4 points

Aug 18, 2016 6:27 AM in response to David_Grossman

I've had the same problem. I found that simply updating to the latest iOS (9.3.4) it worked straight away 🙂

Aug 22, 2017 9:19 PM in response to David_Grossman

You need to point the top of the iPhone near the card reader.

Apple Pay Not Working "Hold Near Reader to Pay"