So for many people getting the galaxy S3 on verizon, you are without the praised app, google wallet. You can only get it on sprint. However, like many people who tinker, people have found ways to get it to work on their GS3's. I just got my phone yesterday. Had it rooted and romed in less then an hour of owning it of course. Then I set fourth onto getting google wallet to work.
Here is the problem I ran into. There are so many ways of doing it, and some don't always work. and it gets confusing. I went back to the beginning and worked out a way that works, and it is more simple.
First thing that I found. You do not have to mess with build properties at all. That was a pain.
Step 1: Reboot into recovery.
Step 2: Mount system
Step 3: Push the latest com.google.apps(ETC) file to system/app. For instance I used "com.google.android.apps.walletnfcrel.modaco.1 .5-R79-v5.apk" because that was the latest I could find.
Step 4: Push nfcee_access.xml to /system/etc which I will include as a download on this thread.
Step 5: Reboot and run wallet. it will work.
Once you have pushed the nfcee_access.xml file, which give the app appropriate permission to work, when ever you have to update with a newer com.google.app(etc) file, all you have to do is this.
Stepv1: Using root explorer or other root file manager, copy the new com app file to system/app
Step 2: Copy the name of the existing file that is already in there then delete it.
Step 3: rename the new com app file to the old file.
Step 4: Reboot into recovery.
Step 5: Reboot normally.
The new version will now work.
You could very easily make a bat file to do this for you, but we are talking 2 adb commands.
I hope this helps other new S3 owners and people who have not yet tried to get google wallet working.
Here is the problem I ran into. There are so many ways of doing it, and some don't always work. and it gets confusing. I went back to the beginning and worked out a way that works, and it is more simple.
First thing that I found. You do not have to mess with build properties at all. That was a pain.
Step 1: Reboot into recovery.
Step 2: Mount system
Step 3: Push the latest com.google.apps(ETC) file to system/app. For instance I used "com.google.android.apps.walletnfcrel.modaco.1 .5-R79-v5.apk" because that was the latest I could find.
Step 4: Push nfcee_access.xml to /system/etc which I will include as a download on this thread.
Step 5: Reboot and run wallet. it will work.
Once you have pushed the nfcee_access.xml file, which give the app appropriate permission to work, when ever you have to update with a newer com.google.app(etc) file, all you have to do is this.
Stepv1: Using root explorer or other root file manager, copy the new com app file to system/app
Step 2: Copy the name of the existing file that is already in there then delete it.
Step 3: rename the new com app file to the old file.
Step 4: Reboot into recovery.
Step 5: Reboot normally.
The new version will now work.
You could very easily make a bat file to do this for you, but we are talking 2 adb commands.
I hope this helps other new S3 owners and people who have not yet tried to get google wallet working.