Android Beam from Galaxy Nexus to Galaxy S4

[Michelle Killmer]

Hi! My boyfriend recently got the Galaxy S4 and I've been trying to teach him how to use it (with my knowledge from using my Nexus) since he's a new Android user. I was reading about the Android Bream and was excited to learn that not only does my Nexus have it, but his S4 does, too, in addition to the S-Beam. Is it possible for our phones to use Android Beam to transfer photos and stuff? Or is my phone too old of a model to play with the new kid in town?

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[Golfdriver97]

Hi! My boyfriend recently got the Galaxy S4 and I've been trying to teach him how to use it (with my knowledge from using my Nexus) since he's a new Android user. I was reading about the Android Bream and was excited to learn that not only does my Nexus have it, but his S4 does, too, in addition to the S-Beam. Is it possible for our phones to use Android Beam to transfer photos and stuff? Or is my phone too old of a model to play with the new kid in town?

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It shouldn't be that old. You can share photos you take, but ones you find on the net may not always be shared.

Sent from a M.O.A.R. Galaxy S3

 

[Michelle Killmer]

We both have our Android Beam settings turned on, but either we're not doing it right when we try to share or these two phones just aren't compatible. I'm kinda bummed.

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[Golfdriver97]

We both have our Android Beam settings turned on, but either we're not doing it right when we try to share or these two phones just aren't compatible. I'm kinda bummed.

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I think a big thing does depe d o what you are sharing. Anything you do like take a picture of your say, flower bed, is yours. However, you download a pic of the banging Gardens in Babylon, that may have a copyright attached and beaming may not work.

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[Michelle Killmer]

Well, to provide an example, said boyfriend and I went to a friend's wedding and he handed off his phone to someone to take a picture of us together while he was still dressed up. The next day he tried to beam it to me but nothing happened.

The way I read how to do it is to tap the backs of the phones together and press the image or webpage that's on screen and a dialog should appear along if you want to beam it. Nothing happens, though. :/

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[DroidXcon]

Well, to provide an example, said boyfriend and I went to a friend's wedding and he handed off his phone to someone to take a picture of us together while he was still dressed up. The next day he tried to beam it to me but nothing happened.

The way I read how to do it is to tap the backs of the phones together and press the image or webpage that's on screen and a dialog should appear along if you want to beam it. Nothing happens, though. :/

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I think the nfc locations are on different spots on the phones. For example on my Note 2 the nfc is at the top of the phone and on the nexus its in the middle of the battery so in order to beam I need to touch the top of my note to the center of the nexus.

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[castigs]

I'm not sure about the s4 but on the s3 their "s-beam" feature prevented "android beam" from working with the gnex. If you went into the s3 settings and disabled "s-beam" then "android beam" worked fine with the gnex.

 

[Mellimel22]

Make sure the sbeam option is off on the s4 but android beam is on. The Gnex doesn't have sbeam. I beam to gnexes and s3 4 and my friends htc one.

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[FattySparks]

Can the OP update?

Did this work or not?
Thanks!