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[masterfisto]

So has anyone taken a serious look into enabling the nfc chip in the razr? According to the teardown we have the chip, and we just need the software to make it work?

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[kendive]

Sorry but what is NFC?

[G8orDroid]

Near Field Communications, Unless someone has discovered something new about the Razr/Maxx, there is no NFC chip in it. There was talk at some point about the possibility of NFC capability being added through an sdcard with the technology built in.

[masterfisto]

It's short for Near Field Communication. It's what makes Google Wallet work.
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[masterfisto]

It does have an nfc chip, see the engadget teardown:

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[G8orDroid]

It does have an nfc chip, see the engadget teardown:

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Silicon

• CPU: TI OMAP 4430 at 1.2GHz, 2x 2395 BogoMIPS
• GPU: PowerVR SGX540 (Frequencies not specified)
• Baseband: CDMA Qualcomm MDM6600 (Same as Droid Bionic, Verizon iPhone 4)
• LTE: Motorola Wrigley (Same as Droid Bionic)
• NFC controller: NXP PN544 (Note: the Linux driver is present, but hardware appears to be missing or misconfigured)
• HDMI: OMAP4 HDMI output with HDCP support
• RAM: 1GB included, 919MB available to the OS

Sensors

• Accelerometer: STMicroelectronics LIS3DH 3-axis
• Magnetic Field sensor: Asahi Kasei AK8975 3-axis...

[andr0id n008]

moto has like three different sensors on the razr that aren't being used like the gyro, barometer and NFC. its prob just so that people buy there new phones instead of just sticking with and older model but still that messed up in a way way to leave us in the dust moto

[txkssnapper]

I'll have to find the source, but I remember reading somewhere soon after the Razr's release that it contains an nfc chip but no antenna. There was also talk of motorola developing an sd card that had the antenna built in, but I haven't heard anything about it recently.