What devices will work with Paypal HERE?

[awllp]

I currently have an iPhone 3 which will not work with Paypal HERE, so I'm considering purchasing a new Android device (cheaper the better) which will work. Unfortunately getting a list of devices that will work seems very difficult - two calls to Paypal have elicited nothing other than that an iPhone 5 will work.

So, has anyone used Paypal HERE - the Chip/PIN reader - with an Android device successfully, and if so which device.

Just to save time, I know the device has to run Android 2.3.3 or above - what bothers me is that there seem to be some devices with this level of software which still won't work, and I don't want to end up buying something that I then can't use...

[Bll225]

looks like a mystery that nobody knows the answer to. 

maybe they just want to force people to use apple products and discourage android by keeping that side vague

[awllp]

Indeed...so much so that we've abandoned thoughts of Paypal HERE and gone with Worldpay Zinc instead.

[Bll225]

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@awllp wrote:

Indeed...so much so that we've abandoned thoughts of Paypal HERE and gone with Worldpay Zinc instead.

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i'm with you there.  i've pretty much given up the possibility of using paypal here. i found another company called salesVu that seems promising.  i wrote to their company this weekend about android devices, and already got several replies to my questions saturday and sunday.  they use a cc reader from magtek which at least offers a list of android devices that work with their reader.  i might give a look into Worldpay Zinc too.

[rolf1234]

Would be interested to see if someone has used a Galaxy S3 with the Here card reader, I have Zinc, but whatever I try, I cannot log onto the Zinc server using the android app with 3G, works fine with WiFi, but that's not a lot of use when I'm out on site.

The only issue I have with Paypal Here, is that the reader is being sold at £99, which considering they are probably made in the hundreds of thousands in the far east and probably only cost a few dollars, it seems rather overpriced. The Zinc card reader is £59.99, still overpriced, but not quite as badly.

[awllp]

Are you by any chance using a PAYG SIM?

We've found that WP Zinc works fine via WiFi and using a contract SIM on O2, but will not work with a PAYG SIM (also O2). I'm using Android as well (Galaxy Ace 2). Also unable to logon, get a failure message shortly after entering the password.

[rolf1234]

No, it's a pay monthly SIM, Talkmobile, similar to Vodaphone.

In desparation this evening I reset my phone to factory default and it now works on 3G, even after adding back a lot of apps, including AVG Mobile, so no idea what was preventing it from working. The strange thing was that I could use the zinc app on my ipad Wifi successfully with Wifi turned off and using the 3G connection via tethering on my phone.

[Blackbear]

I use a Samsung note 2 works fine

[PayPal_Siobhán]

Hi Blackbear, 

Welcome to the community.

We appreciate the feedback and please let us know if you need anything going forward.

Siobhan