When Sprint first came out with the news that it is adding the HTC EVO 4G LTE to its lineup of Android-powered devices, one of the main selling points mentioned by the carrier about the handset is its ability to take advantage of the NFC chip in its chassis. With this in play, the HTC EVO 4G LTE is able to take full advantage of its Google Wallet functionality.
However, there were numerous reports from last week that Sprint subscribers rocking the HTC EVO 4G LTE for their mobile weapon of choice were unable to use the Google Wallet feature on the handset. Users of the handset reported not being able to access the feature and are getting an error message that says “Google Wallet has not yet been certified in your country or on your device / carrier”.
Buy the HTC Evo 4G LTE starting at $49.
In normal times, this kind of news would have seemed strange, weird even, because Sprint is the only carrier in US shores who has openly showed interest in the mobile payment system. However, conspiracy theorists claim that a sinister air was felt when the news came out because of a recent report that the wireless provider is also in the process of developing its own mobile payment system called Sprint Touch which will directly compete with Google Wallet.
To clear things out, Google came out a few days after the news broke out and ended all the speculation by announcing that the Google Wallet issues encountered on the HTC EVO 4G LTE stems from a software issue on the NFC component of the handset. Furthermore, the company also announced that it is already working on a fix that will get this taken care of.
Just today, Google announced that the fix for the Google Wallet issue has already been deployed and the feature is now fully working again on the HTC EVO 4G LTE. With this taken care of, users of the handset again now have the ability to add credit card information and use the Google Wallet functionality on their smartphones to make purchases – which was the plan of Google right from the start. As for those who haven’t tried this functionality on the handset, they should be able to launch Google Wallet without encountering any issues at all.
As for the HTC EVO 4G LTE, the handset is the current flagship device of Sprint. It already runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its operating system and this draws power from the handset’s QualComm MSM8960 SnapDragon chipset. The flawless performance of the handset on the other hand is courtesy of its dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor and 1GB of RAM. The storage space onboard the handset comes up to 16GB and a user also has the option to have it expanded by using the microSD card slot of the device. As for its display, the HTC EVO 4G LTE sports a 4.7-inch SuperIPS LCD2 panel with a 1280 x 720 resolution while its camera department is composed of a main 8MP shooter at its back panel and front-facing 1.3MP webcam out front, both capable of 1080p and 720p video capture respectively. Buy the HTC Evo 4G LTE starting at $49.
Source: PhoneArena.com, Phandroid
June 29, 2012 at 10:51 am
I call shannanigans…Im still getting the error “Unfortunately, Google Wallet has not yet been certified in your country or on your device / carrier” message after running the update…still not fixed
June 29, 2012 at 12:25 pm
I agree with J.M., I’m still getting the same “Unfortunately, Google Wallet has not yet been certified in your country or on your device / carrier” message. In fact, I haven’t heard of anyone who isn’t getting this message.
June 29, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Show me this statement from Google that Wallet is working. It seems there is an effort from the blog community to spread rumors that it is working, when in fact there has been no evidence among actual users that it has been fixed.
June 29, 2012 at 1:17 pm
The information in this article is wrong. The issue has not been fixed as of 6/29 at 12:15PM.
June 29, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Same here still getting the error message
June 29, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Ditto, still not working since this story first came out 3 days ago. This websites a little behind
June 29, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Google Wallet is not working on my HTC EVO 4G LTE at this time. How do we obtain this update that will fix Google Wallet on our phones?
June 29, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Still not working 5pm est . Want this so I can clear my settings and flash custom roms without bricking my NFCsecure. Even unrooted too.
June 29, 2012 at 8:07 pm
No go here. Still same error message.
June 29, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Still not working! “Google Wallet has not yet been certified in your country or on your device / carrier”
June 29, 2012 at 9:27 pm
Wow I was unaware this what was capable of 10080p. My tv cant even do that. Fix your type on the last line of the story.
June 29, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Thank you for pointing that out!! Have a great weekend.
June 30, 2012 at 12:16 am
Wallet is not working on the EVO LTE, please point us to the “announcement”
June 30, 2012 at 12:40 am
well it’s 9:37 PM PST and the error is still there. maybe the point is getting hits on the site.*shrug*
Lousy reporting….methinks they should verify before publishing!
July 1, 2012 at 5:19 am
OMG this just keeps getting better, I just noted that I had updates available. one of which was Wallet.
WOO HOO thought I, they finally have this thing fixed. I updated the app and gee guess what?
Not Supported; “Unfortunately, Google Wallet is not yet available for your device or mobile network”
Seriously? are they kidding? the only thing that seems to e different is it’s a new “Not Supported” message *sigh*
For all of this hassle I vote that instead of the promised $10 of “free” Goggle bux they up the ante to at least $25
Funny too… I thought just for kix I’d uninstall Wallet… well, that can’t really be accomplished…the option is there to uninstall updates, but you will still have the factory installed app,