Google Wallet is not a service that I consider “amazing.” In fact, I think that the service is still completely broken, even after its updates that added more support.
Apparently, I’m not the only one who sees the fault in Google’s payment app: Verizon (or Google) has just cut support for Google Wallet – again. Users of the Verizon LTE-compatible Galaxy Nexus found out that Big Red no longer supports Wallet as of today.
It should be noted that Verizon never officially supported Google Wallet, but users have been able to sideload the payment app for a long time. Today, that no longer works.
If you own a Verizon Galaxy Nexus, don’t fret: some users are reporting that a revert to a previous version of Wallet, namely 1.5-R79-V5, will set everything straight again.
Let us know if that works, or if you don’t care since you never use Wallet anyway!
Interesting decision considering it is a Nexus and all.
We’ll see what happens in the future with this.
Unless your reason for seeing fault with Google Wallet is *also* because you run a competing credit-card replacement service, I think you and Verizon have different reasons for it.
I’m on T-Mobile now and was on Sprint, but I’ve never used Wallet — mainly because of all the horror stories I’ve heard about how it works with flashing, but also because of your article about it.
While the wallet app did have a lot of problems with it, I don’t think that verizon should have ended support for it completely. I’m wondering if they have their own competing app coming out soon. Plus isn’t the whole point of a nexus supposed to be that it’s pure android?
I A correction. 1.5-R79-V5 is not an older version. It is a newer release of the same version – namely 1.5. The previous release was 1.5-R75-v6.
Version is 1.5. Old release was 75, new release is 79. I am pretty sure the v6 vs v5 is “build” or something similar.
So the old version was 1.5, release 75, build 6 (of release 75) and the new one is 1.5 release 79, build 5 (of release 79).
My latest story with Wallet involves a newly-opened Piggly Wiggly (don’t laugh) that I stopped in at yesterday. NFC-enabled credit card reader with “paypass” written on it, same as I’ve used once before.
Tried using it, the clerk who doesn’t happen to be able to speak (I do not know what was wrong but he did not form words) informs me via grunts and mime that there they use credit cards by repeatedly using a swiping motion and making noises and shaking his head at my phone.
It then came to me that I’m standing in the middle of a Piggly Wiggly with a non-functioning Mastercard Paypass terminal staring me in the face being informed via mime and grunts that I’m insane for attempting to use my phone to pay for it.
So yeah, look for that little light being on on the terminal… if it’s not, nfc isn’t going to work… I don’t think most people will get mimed at, but… man… second weirdest thing of the weekend behind seeing Killer Joe
oh paul youre a trip
ive used wallet since ive had my nexus on sprint. never have had any issues other than non-working terminals, and even thats rare. theyre everywhere in richmond va. i hate verizon. they are so customer unfriendly and people pay out the wazoo for that crap
I have had good & bad Experiences with Google Wallet. Saturday my son was trying to use his and it wouldn’t come up properly till he re-booted the phone, but mine worked fine. The next day I was in CVS just to buy a case of water for $2.77. The person in front of me had paid with cash & the cashier had to call up the manager to get change. She went ahead & rung up my water & I paid with Google Wallet (using my Amex card). I had paid already & the cashier was waiting for my payment, when I told her I had already paid with my phone. She said “oh” and the other person waiting for their change said, “I need to get me one of those”. I was out of there before she had her change!