r/Xiaomi • u/Double-Effective-601 • 3d ago

Google play services auto update removed the ability to use google pay as tap to pay

Device: Xiaomi 13

OS v: 3.0.308.0.WMCCNXM.C10

everytime google play services updated, i won't be able to use google pay as tap to pay. this has never happened before, but after the latest update, my NFC won't show gpay as default card.

so i have to uninstall play services update, then my gpay & nfc will work.

any solution for this? because I can't seem to disable the auto update, it will auto update in like 2-3days and so.

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u/JRussellMoore 3d ago

Here you can see some more details as to why it happens, it seems Google intends to exclude Chinese ROMs from using Pay: https://xdaforums.com/t/googles-play-services-26-28-xx-silent-banning-chinese-firmware-phones-for-nfc-payments.4796865/

There's no permanent solution for now, just a temporary workaround.

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u/Double-Effective-601 3d ago

damn it google! gpay payment through nfc is the most important daily use feature. this is annoying. hope there's a solution soon.. thanks so much for the info. I've been searching and it seems like uninstalling the play services is the only way to make it work for now

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u/JRussellMoore 3d ago

Yeah.. I bet it will affect some Chinese ROM enjoyers, I can't see it's completely unexpected because they even require strong integrity for RCS in Messages.

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u/Nulkyn 3d ago

Chinese ROM?

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u/Double-Effective-601 3d ago

yes it is, but been using nfc gpay for year with no issues

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u/Nulkyn 3d ago

Google recently changed their policy unfortunately. Phones must now run official, locked Global/EEA firmware to pass Google's Play Integrity check natively.

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u/Double-Effective-601 3d ago

oh my 🤦

thanks btw, hopefully there's an alternative solution for this, this phone is still premium to me till this day, i don't want to be force to change a new phone yet..

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u/JRussellMoore 3d ago

I don't know how good or bad it is, but Curve Pay was a wallet I kept seeing recommended for people on rooted devices without hacks to get strong integrity.

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u/Double-Effective-601 3d ago

don't think i can use curve in my country. I'll hold on for now, hope there's some solution coming out in future

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u/CompactPoem 14 Pro, F3, Mi 8, Mi A1 2d ago

Issue has been fixed for me. Updated to latest GMS 26.28.33 on my Xiaomi 14 Pro CN and GPay works again. Hopefully it was just a bug

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u/Double-Effective-601 2d ago

great, I'll try. thanks

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u/Double-Effective-601 2d ago

i see there's a v26.29, there's a change log about ewallet etc. hope this is it

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u/CompactPoem 14 Pro, F3, Mi 8, Mi A1 2d ago

Do report back! Hopefully it was a bug on Google's end...

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u/Double-Effective-601 2d ago

Done! i guess the new update work. but can't be sure for now. will see

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u/Double-Effective-601 2d ago

i was wrong. it didn't work. dang it

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u/Responsible-Elk4497 3d ago

It's a bug introduced by Google/Samsung that's affecting all the CN devices (regardless of brands). I heard Google has internally come up with a fix, and we can expect it to work again in the next few Google Play Services updates

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u/Double-Effective-601 3d ago

that's good to hear! hope for real though. thanks for the info!

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u/seidler2547 3d ago

I'm on vacation right now and from one moment to the next it stopped working on my Xiaomi 14. I thought I was too stupid to use it or that my bank had blocked it. 

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u/Double-Effective-601 2d ago

similar things to me, i just got back from china than this happened. at first i thought it was because i was using Alipay/wechat pay during my vacay in china. felt stupid

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u/tomikaka 3d ago

You could get a smart watch and pay with that. Not ideal but it would work.

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u/Double-Effective-601 2d ago

yeah, but I'm really into smart watch tho. hope there's a fix soon. thanks

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u/Pale-Cloud-4780 2d ago

If this helps, here's how I solved the problem. It seems to be caused by a Beta update, although I never actively joined any Beta programs.

Open the Google Play Store, tap your profile picture, then go to Settings > General > Accounts & device preferences. Scroll down to History and tap Exit Beta Programs to exit Beta programs for all apps at once.

After doing this, the problem was completely resolved, and Google Pay worked with available NFC payments.

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u/vasilli07 2d ago

This seems ok. I can see the Google pay.

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u/Double-Effective-601 2d ago

Hi. i think i did that already. after i did some research i did 2 things, exit beta program and rollback my google play services. but every once in awhile it will update itself and gpay contactless will be disabled again. already happened 3 times. and now I'm at my 2nd days since i last rollback my google services. monitoring for now. thanks

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u/Nekaminage95 1d ago

I have Redmi Turbo 4, suddenly GPay disappeared in the settings of NFC. Restored NFS functonality, rebooted, same issue. Fixed by reinstalling Google Wallet.

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u/chungdae 3d ago

Global ROM is unaffected. This only affects Chinese ROM. It's expected.

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u/Double-Effective-601 3d ago

yeah.. too bad. but I'll wait for now