When were NFC chips first included in US passports? My current one was issued in February of 2012 and my phone (HTC One M8) does not appear to recognize the presence of a tag.
I've tried with the passport open and closed, laying open and flat with the phone sitting on it, and have removed the case from my phone.
The app recognizes the presence of NFC support; if NFC is turned off, it complains and asks me to enable it.
EDIT: My phone (or the tag) appears to be very position sensitive. I had to place the phone directly on the inside of the back cover, vertically oriented, with the top edge of the phone 1-2 cm from the top edge of the passport. Once properly aligned, it would return my passport information, including the picture, every time.
Last edited by Dodge DeBoulet; Mar 31, 2015 at 8:09 am
Reason: additional testing