Global X tried this experiment. It didn’t go well:
I waved my Palm Pré close to the RFID reader, even touching it at several angles –it didn’t work. The conductor asked me what I was doing. Rather than get into a technical explanation, I just gave him $2 in cash. EPIC FAIL!
I tried this with a key card once. Worked fine.
Read on if you want.
Usually theres a wire loop antenna in the rest of the card.
Could that be sliced out and taped into the back of a Palm Pre too?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RF-Smartcard.svg
lol.
Don’t use scissors as you’ll cut the antenna fo sho.
An acetone bath will get the job done?
http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2010/09/20/drop-your-new-muni-clipper-card-into-acetone-to-reveal-the-rfid-chip-then-make-a-clipper-bracelet/
sometimes they’ll even stop working if they get cracks around the edge, i think they’re making them too thin
not sure why you would do this when keeping it in your wallet and pressing your wallet against the sensor works every time
I’m thinking the thinking here runs: why carry a wallet and phone when you can just carry the phone?
OK, I just did the same thing to my French NAVIGO metro card – losing a one month, 80$ subscription.
then discovered this thread =]]]
Any Ideas on how i could salvage the thing?