A week ago I got a NExTv2 implanted and have been unable to get it to read the HF chip with TagInfo at all over the course of the week. Is this expected due to the healing process? Am I just being impatient? The couple of posts I’ve seen people have been saying they were able to get a read right away or within a day or two.
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Many, (and especially the HF side), of the xSeries implants often can’t be read consistently for upwards of two weeks, sometimes closer to four.
If you have an iPhone, their antennas also reeealy suck for xSeries. Some androids are not much better. Long term, a RSP might help. But for now, just wait it out for another two weeks IMO. There’s lots of swelling still, even if it doesn’t look so.
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the Apple Phones do not suck, the reader is right by the camera, if you implant has moved it may be in a vein or a tendon
I find they with really well as long and you understand the phone needs to be held up not flat against the skin…
This is based off of me/my SO’s experience with my NExT, her new iPhone, her old iPhone, both of my Pixels, and some other phones from friends and such. It’s not so much that the antennas are truly terrible. It more appears to be terrible by comparison to pixel devices. Some Samsung devices are worse, some better than the iPhones I’ve dealt with.
What has given us the best luck is placing the phone in the same orientation as the implant, as in, long ways with long ways. Also holding the bottom away from the skin slightly seems to help, though that may just be due to my odd forearm placement.
I oversimplified my experiences into a generalization and somewhat of an exaggeration. But I still hold that they are some of the worst I’ve used with xSeries.
Interesting…
My hunch is that it’s not the antenna but the polling rate and varying power levels per pulse on iPhones can create a kind of delay that is not present with Android phones. The power control of iOS is extremely interesting, which is how they keep the iPhone so slim with smaller batteries than most Android phones.
If you get the chance, try this orientation;
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It’ll be quite the task to map out signal strength to horizontal and vertical rotational orientations, not to mention positioning along the top edge of the phone… basically mapping the entire 3D space around the phone.
For some reason a dm to you appeared here instead of in the dm. Weird.
Anyways I’m not looking to map out the specific area but more put numbers to individual iphone models. The one I have as a tester is absolutely terrible at most NFC tasks without a repeater sticker. It does excel at tap to pay though.
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After doing some quick testing a few months ago ourselves, we (me and SO) have found this orientation to work the best when combined with a slow-drag down my arm.
My setup here is less than ideal, but this should get the idea across. Card is phone, awl is my NExT in this case. Roughly 45°
This is very possible, yes.
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I gave it another 4 weeks after my first post and I’m still not getting any readings. I did have it installed in a non-standard spot, so my worry is it’s possible it might be too deep. I’m not sure what my next course of action should be honestly, if I should go back to the shop i got the install done at to see about getting it removed so i can use the resterilization process and see about trying to reinstall it, or if i should just wait longer to see if it migrates any closer to the surface.
Thats not a great sign.
What is your HF arsenal you have available to you?
What is that location?
Photo or describe…
very possible, can you feel it under the skin.
What you go on to suggest is a viable option.
lets work our way through it before you commit to that.