How to get your Carte Vitale onto your phone

I tried this morning but couldn’t win.
The comments on the app do not paint a good picture.
I’ve lived here for 20ans and have had a Carte Vitale for the last 16 years. No probs, but I thought it would be good to have it on my phone as well.

Has anyone succeeded?

There was a thread the other day, unless it was part of a thread. Someone posted an article in The Connexion where they say people couldn’t get it to work. IIRC someone here tried and gave up.

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I tried when the updated version came out last week, but the servers were inundated.

I managed to get it working the other day, it went ok, and I am now waiting for their email confirmation that it has been processed.

I registered my husband using the CV app on his new iPhone Air. No problem. Verified it’s working at the pharmacy today. Meanwhile, we’re filling in the form sent to replace the racked plastic card. Never hurts to have more ID :grin:

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We don’t carry mobile phones so have to make do with a wallet. Works just as well and doesn’t need a charging point.

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Thanks for the post - I have been wondering if this is worth doing. I might wait a bit.

I’d argue that it actually works better - open wallet, give card to doctor/receptionist/pharmacist receive it back, put it in wallet. Whereas open phone case, open phone, scroll through apps, find CV, open app, press phone against card reader or whatever. And then reverse the process…

And of course, no faff trying to download the CV app.

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That was my thought - the CV is so easy. But I am relatively new here, so what do I know?

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Yes, no bother, I set it up for the fun of it some time ago. I actually only used it for the first time this week. I was in the pharmacy and I’d left my CV in the car. There was a bit of confusion in the pharmacy, so it’s obviously not being used too much yet, but they scanned my QR code and… bingo it worked like a dream :slightly_smiling_face: It’s good.

More and more it’s becoming a case of what’s physically in the wallet is duplicated on the phone. I’m OK with that, I’d like to dump my wallet and have everything on the phone. You can’t backup a wallet :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Now Ryanair doesn’t even accept paper boarding passes.

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I did it a while ago, then forgot it was on the 'phone..! However, I’ll now be waving my QR code at my next pharmacy visit.

+1 to that.

When I tried to sign up I ran aground on the requirement to state my I.D. number. I don’t have an I.D. number.

But judging by the faff [as described above] of bringing up my Lidl ‘advantage card’ on the phone, I’m happy with the plastic CV

Either do I but the CdS number will do.

Despite all my reservations above about the usefulness of the CV app, I finally installed it on my phone. Just had a new message from the app, telling me that the app is out of date and that I needed to download the new version. So tried that, but was told it’s incompatible with my phone.

Think I’ll stick with the CV in my wallet.

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I have mine on my phone as backup, in case I have forgotten or can’t find my card.

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