Iphone apple pay

Jeebo · Jan 7, 2016

Hi all, new to your world.

I currently work with chip and pin machines and want to be able to use apple pay, though it's not at the moment a phone I can afford to run as my daily user, at the moment. I currently have an affordable and good deal contract on my Samsung, but even downgrading the options of the data, minutes and texts, along with a lower spec iPhone, it would still over double my monthly cost, a pill I'm not wanting to swallow yet!

I am looking to buy a cheap iPhone 6 that will work for Apple pay and have learned of some risks, such as network and I cloud locks. One question... If I just wanted to start with using the phone for Apple pay, how cheap could I pick up a use able phone and what costs would there be, such as if I needed to replace a screen that could be one hundred,.

Secondly, I saw on eBay an iPhone 5 converted to an iPhone 6, I presume this is a software hack they have done, in which case is it possible to upgrade a 4 or 5 to a 6 and use that with Apple pay?

Appreciate your help and guidance!

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scifan57 · Jan 7, 2016

I'm afraid that there are no hardware or software hacks that will enable any iPhone older than an iPhone 6 to use Apple Pay. There is hardware in the iPhone 6 and newer iPhones that enables the use of Apple Pay. These hardware features cannot be added to older iPhones, despite what you may see on eBay or the Internet.

Jeebo · Jan 7, 2016

Many thanks for your reply. I must admit I thought that would likely be the case as I understand it uses a security chip and fingerprint scan to activate it... So the 6 is the only way to proceed, in which case, what is the realistic cheapest price I could buy one for? I presume icloud lock cannot be broken in any way, and I suspect apple pay won't work on jailbreak devices?

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scifan57 · Jan 7, 2016

Jeebo said:
Many thanks for your reply. I must admit I thought that would likely be the case as I understand it uses a security chip and fingerprint scan to activate it... So the 6 is the only way to proceed, in which case, what is the realistic cheapest price I could buy one for? I presume icloud lock cannot be broken in any way, and I suspect apple pay won't work on jailbreak devices?

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Apple Pay also requires the NFC radios built into the latest iPhones. There is no inherent reason why Apple Pay would not work on a jailbroken iPhone.
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Jeebo · Jan 7, 2016

Many thanks for the guidance. If it's going to cost hundreds as it appears to, I may have to await the arrival of Android pay at least until the apple pay devices come down!

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bear7962 · Jan 7, 2016

Also jail-broken, Unlocked, and iCloud activation password are 3 separate things. A jail-broken iPhone lets you modify parts of the IOS. An unlocked iPhone can be used on more than one network. I am unaware of anyone successfully defeating the iCloud Activation lock although some claim to be able to, for a price. But they are lying.

Jeebo · Jan 8, 2016

Thanks bear, yeah I appreciate they differ, jailbreak I understand to be the equivalent of Android rooting, unlocked I appreciate can work on multiple networks but I recall reading something about ios 8 losing network signal? As for the icloud, yeah I heard it's almost undefeated. It's a good idea really but a shame for the genuine buyer looking for a project phone.

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bear7962 · Jan 8, 2016

The only way , a simple one, to "defeat" the iCloud activation lock is for the account owner to do so. I don't think that's a bad thing. You just want to get the usage without the price. A struggle for most consumers. A used iPhone 6 is probably you best bet but if I was happy with my phone, I wouldn't switch it to get Apple Pay. I am sure Samsung Pay will be attractive to you too.