Recently, a couple of weeks ago, I’ve noticed that my apex will no longer scan. I went to get an OTP off of it and one day it was fine, a couple days later I couldn’t read it no matter how hard I tried.
At first I figured it might be because I broke my phone that read real good and had to go back to the one that for some reason had trouble scanning, but I’ve gotten this phone to read the Apex multiple times since I went back to it. Then I recently got a flipper zero and that couldn’t read it either. That pushed me from coping and hoping that this was just a temporary issue for reasons unknown, to accepting that something is indeed wrong.
Ive tried and failed to find any signs of life with my LG velvet, my work iPhone 16 and my flipper zero.
I have not tried yet and will update with the results of (although im not hopeful at this point) a samsung active tablet that seems to have nfc, my proxmark with a flakey wire, and my KBR1.
Additional info for thoroughness:
Installed on Dec 1, 2023 using included needle and no other tools
First sign of failure was about 3 or 4 weeks ago ish
Located between pinky and ring finger metacarpals, annoyingly under a vein, on the left hand
I dont remember any impacts or other incidents to this area of that hand between the last time it worked and the day i noticed it didnt work.
I would absolutely love to discover that somehow this Apex isnt dead if anyone has any more ideas to troubleshoot or try to revive it but at this point im about ready to accept that it might just be dead…
Edit: My tesla also cant read it anymore, and it used to read quite well