Hi there,
Is there any NFC Apps that i can make use of the NFC hardware, i downloaded a few apps from the play store, but it seems like all they do is read the tags. How about replacing my contactless credit card that my phone can read to use my phone as the card?
Any idas guys
Only people I know that are doing it right now are Orange together with Barclays. The One X isn't supported however as you need their special app which isn't loaded on the phone and doesn't appear on the market.
http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/contactless/overview
Apart from Orange+Barclays, nobody else seems to be doing it. There are plans for a joint NFC wallet system from Orange + Voda + O2 but nothing has happened yet.
http://www.cio.co.uk/news/3345939/orange-o2-voda-mobile-wallet-nfc-plans-go-to-eu-regulators/
thanks for the info, i thought as much but wasnt sure.
alicechong89 said:
I am using the HTC Amaze, NFC tags from buynfctags.com and the NFC Task Launcher App.
With the NFC Task Launcher App, you can program the tags to do one single task or multiple tasks all on 1 sticker. You might need to get NFC Tags that can store more data (like the NFC tags with the NTAG or 1K chip).*
I've tried creating tags to turn my phone to vibrate and turn off wifi and tags to do the opposite. I even have tags to set my alarms and open up my Facebook App.*
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If you want to go a stage further you can combine this with tasker.
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NFC Task Launcher seems a great idea.
But if you use tags in public places (say to automatically connect to a secured customer only network at a coffee shop), I can think of numerous potential security issues.
At the moment the only use for NFC tags for this phone is for your own purposes. So you could stick one near your bed...and in your car and things like that to automate daily tasks.
I am sure in the future you will be able to use it to pay in places like Starbucks or McDonalds, but its not quite there yet.
I think there are also plans to embed NFC tags in posters in train stations etc so you can wave your phone at it, and get some publicity on your phone.
I had some Xperia S tags so I tested the One X with them just to make sure NFC was working.
Here is some more info about reading and writing NFC tags. The purposes are endless. So much cool things you can do!
http://www.nfclabels.com/
pnnorth said:
If you want to go a stage further you can combine this with tasker.
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Has anyone tried to assign a Tasker Task to an NFC using NFC Task Launcher ?
It's not working for me on the One X
wait, Google Wallet won't work? i was ordering this next week with the assumption i could use Wallet and pay for gas somewhere.
i use this app called nfc hunter it is fun https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.hayatoinformation.nfchunter&hl=en
Tiersten said:
Only people I know that are doing it right now are Orange together with Barclays. The One X isn't supported however as you need their special app which isn't loaded on the phone and doesn't appear on the market.
http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/contactless/overview
Apart from Orange+Barclays, nobody else seems to be doing it. There are plans for a joint NFC wallet system from Orange + Voda + O2 but nothing has happened yet.
http://www.cio.co.uk/news/3345939/orange-o2-voda-mobile-wallet-nfc-plans-go-to-eu-regulators/
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O2 wallet will go live in the next couple of weeks. We've been testing it around the offices for months now and all is working perfectly. Some lucky customers got to try it early too
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O2 wallet will go live in the next couple of weeks. We've been testing it around the offices for months now and all is working perfectly. Some lucky customers got to try it early too
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Are you talking about the NFC-enabled O2 Wallet? If not, O2 Wallet has been available on the Android market for three weeks now
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Are you talking about the NFC-enabled O2 Wallet? If not, O2 Wallet has been available on the Android market for three weeks now
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NFC
In the description it also says "This is just the start, There's still lots more to come soon"
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In the description it also says "This is just the start, There's still lots more to come soon"
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That's interesting. If it's working so well, I don't understand why they didn't just release it with NFC. Now I've been left with a negative view of the application, as well as many other people (check all the reviews on the Play Store). As it is, the application doesn't realistically provide better options than Pingit. Launching with NFC would've made O2 the first company to officially enable NFC payments on a Android phone in the UK, but now that's not so sure.
Speaking of which, are you using the HTC One X to test it? Or the Galaxy Nexus? Also, I'm curious about if O2 are using the embedded secure element or the UICC. Did you have to get a new SIM card for NFC payments to work?
Just to confirm, have you tried paying for items outside of your office, in McDonald's or Greggs for example?
jonstatt said:
I am sure in the future you will be able to use it to pay in places like Starbucks or McDonalds, but its not quite there yet.
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Just to confirm, have you tried paying for items outside of your office, in McDonald's or Greggs for example?
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Actually, the future is almost here. Google Wallet works like a charm outside the office/house
Not only that I paid a McDonalds menu & a pack of cigarettes, but I also did it in Romania, a European underdeveloped country
Head over Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S forums for more "success stories" regarding GW and NFC payments.
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Actually, the future is almost here. Google Wallet works like a charm outside the office/house
Not only that I paid a McDonalds menu & a pack of cigarettes, but I also did it in Romania, a European underdeveloped country
Head over Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S forums for more "success stories" regarding GW and NFC payments.
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Yes, we're aware of that - I've used Google Wallet many times myself. There's no equivalent service in the UK; we were talking about the O2 Wallet.
My bad. I was reading in diagonal
Lol you like glasses? right to read ><'
Some cool ideas:
1) Put a tag in the car mount, match with Tasker to enable Bluetooth for handsfree and disable WiFi without draining battery via location sensing...
Profit!
2) Sew a tag in your jacket pocket. When no tag has been in contact for 10mins consider it stolen and enable Prey
More ideas?
Wallet
Google Wallet is great and with a rooted phone you can definitely use it on almost any device. I have the CDMA (Verizon) Galaxy Nexus and it works just fine. Anywhere they have the quickpass mastercard scanner thing. You see it as a little pad on top of the credit card reader. Anywhere you can scan you credit card without swiping you can use wallet.
You get $10 free from google for using it, the only problem is unless you have a certain mastercard, you have to load up money to a google gift card from another source ahead of time to use wallet.
It's not that big a deal since you can do it from your phone. It has a pin for protection to keep you secure, in case someone scummy enough to steal a phone has the mental capacity to know what google wallet is.
Has anyone used it with the screen off or while the app is closed? I have only used a few times and both times I'd already typed my pin. If you do it with the phone screen on but haven't opened wallet, it asks for pin right?
It's scary the first time you use it, I almost didn't believe it would work, but it DID!
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Hello,I heard great things about nfc tags like put one on door entrance so when you get home,scan phone and it turns on Wi-Fi, increases ringer or whatever your home profile may be. How do I do this? I see tags on eBay....getting my nexus but how easy is it to set up so I can have a sticker at home or car etc..
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+1 I want to know it too
Looks like you might need this app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher
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Just got my tags today, got them from tagsfordroid.com. You need to be running Android 4.0.3 to be able to write them.
The tags i got are small discs, like 3 cm diameter, all white with a green android. They are rewritable and i can write to them stuff like text, a URL, a contact card, send an SMS or make a call. With NFC Tasker, i can add actions like turn wifi on, connect to a wifi network, etc.. pretty flexible. You just write the tag and then you can read it back, its basic.
NFC sounds amazing, I have just ordered 10 Stickers. Will test the functionality when they will arrive and maybe when I'm successful, write a small howto.
greets from austria
streilu said:
maybe when I'm successful, write a small howto.
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Please! x 10
got my tags from tagage.net.
they have a nice starter pack which includes different form factors/sticker types and different memory sizes.
(ask them to NDEF format them for you as this might not be possible with ics < 4.0.3)
the nfc functionality works pretty good as far as I've played around with my tags. reading a tag is more or less instantaneous and if an app is associated with the data type you've put on the tag, this app is launched and the corresponding action, e.g. opening an url, is executed without hardly any waiting time.
for personal use the app NFC Task Launcher is the way to go as you don't want to scan url/sms/text/vCards all the time. With this app you can automate your daily routine, e.g. turning wifi on when you arrive home.
NXP has two apps in the market that are really helpful. NFC TagInfo by NXP is for getting information about a tag (pretty technical) and NFC TagWriter by NXP is (as the name suggests) for writing tags (contact/url/plain text/sms).
If you have any questions regarding nfc feel free to ask. maybe I will write down my personal experience some time in the future.
A lot of good information here. Where to buy tags, how to get the formatted properly, etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359057
Awesome...sounds great, but why do I need 4.03?
This wont work on 4.01??
I might as well wait, not sure how long before my new nexus updates, i think next update is 4.02
nevermind...read up on why , 4.03 allows formatting.
I shall wait
Bigal77 said:
Awesome...sounds great, but why do I need 4.03?
This wont work on 4.01??
I might as well wait, not sure how long before my new nexus updates, i think next update is 4.02
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Why not just install a custom rom?
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nevermind...read up on why , 4.03 allows formatting.
I shall wait
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You can order the tags preformatted as NDEF. Buynfctags will format them for $0.05/pc. I got 5 sticky tokens formatted and shipped for less than $10.00.
I bought 14 tags from tagstand.com. They have a wide variety of tags (as small as 25mm I believe), as well as "outdoor" styled tags. Their prices are competitive ($1.00 USD/ea), and they have an option to pre-format the tags for you.
I should receive the tags in a week, and I'll post back if they work well.
brobits said:
I bought 14 tags from tagstand.com. They have a wide variety of tags (as small as 25mm I believe), as well as "outdoor" styled tags. Their prices are competitive ($1.00 USD/ea), and they have an option to pre-format the tags for you.
I should receive the tags in a week, and I'll post back if they work well.
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I just bought some of the outdoor ones from them as well, I can't wait to play around with them
Do you guys know a good shop for nfc tags. Located in Europe? Or that delivers fast and cheap to Europe?
Thanks
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TulpiX said:
Do you guys know a good shop for nfc tags. Located in Europe? Or that delivers fast and cheap to Europe?
Thanks
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http://www.jwksoftware.com/nfc-tags
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Do you guys know a good shop for nfc tags. Located in Europe? Or that delivers fast and cheap to Europe?
Thanks
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These guys are in Finland, and it looks like they are doing some pretty cool stuff with custom logos and such. I have no idea about how good/bad they are to do business with though...
http://www.tagage.net/tagage-shop/
It looks like the big ones are jumping on the ship as Sony has presented xperia tags.
w ww.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/xperia-smarttags?cc=gb&lc=en#view=overview
I can't post links yet...
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These guys are in Finland, and it looks like they are doing some pretty cool stuff with custom logos and such. I have no idea about how good/bad they are to do business with though...
tagage.net/tagage-shop/
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I created a new user account for their shop. three minutes later I got an email stating that I should have a look at some page where the problems around unformated tags and the galaxy nexus are explained. and they format them for free if you ask them to do so.
i'm living in hamburg, germany, they are from finland. ordered on the 4th of january, got them on the 9th. (I ordered the starter pack)
so from my point of view I would totally recommend them.
Thanks.
I will look into that
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Which online shop should I buy blank NFC tags from that ships to Asia, Singapore? Recommendations?
BryanChung said:
Which online shop should I buy blank NFC tags from that ships to Asia, Singapore? Recommendations?
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still dont know wat nfc is... i know u can use it as a credit,card, but what about debit？ and what s with the tag？
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Kevin Ma said:
still dont know wat nfc is... i know u can use it as a credit,card, but what about debit？ and what s with the tag？
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+is+Near+Field+Communication?#
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+is+Near+Field+Communication?#
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LOL!!! What a link!
I have had great experience from Tagstand - http://www.tagstand.com/
They say they ship "International" but not sure how far they will go. Great customer service though.
opensourcefan said:
I have had great experience from Tagstand - http://www.tagstand.com/
They say they ship "International" but not sure how far they will go. Great customer service though.
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We are supposed to order those that are NDEF formatted right?
Has anyone found an actual practical use out of these tags yet? Am tempted but not really sure if I'm tempted just for the sake of it being new tech.
andrewsoong said:
Has anyone found an actual practical use out of these tags yet? Am tempted but not really sure if I'm tempted just for the sake of it being new tech.
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Check out the Creative uses for NFC tags thread for suggestions. Lots of people are using them to change phone settings when the they get into the car - turn off wifi, turn on car mode, increase notifcation volume, etc. and for setting alarms.
You can use NFC Task Launcher to change your settings and you can pick up the tags for a couple of quid here.
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Has anyone found an actual practical use out of these tags yet? Am tempted but not really sure if I'm tempted just for the sake of it being new tech.
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Haha same here! I am tempted for the sake of trying something new!
andrewsoong said:
Has anyone found an actual practical use out of these tags yet? Am tempted but not really sure if I'm tempted just for the sake of it being new tech.
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As was mentioned, the best use I've found is switching to and from different settings profiles depending on where I am. Some might say Tasker is good for this, and they're probably true, but as far as I know using Taskers location based setting changing can only go so far.
This allows fine grained control. Say you work on the same block that you live, but you want different settings for work and home...Tasker won't be able to do that for you. With these, though, you just stick one to your desk at home (or door, as some people apparently are doing ) and stick one to your desk and work. It's fast, simple, and convenient.
Also, they allow you to do a thing called profile tags. Basically, it allows you to switch between one set of settings and another using the same tag. I have one next to my nightstand that'll switch my phone to home mode on the first tap and switch it to sleep mode on the second tap...very nifty
All in all, they're a minor time saver. But they're cheap and easy to program, so why not?
Peter
I just bought 10 from buynfctags.com. I ordered them last Thursday and they arrived Saturday from Seattle, WA to Plano, TX with standard shipping.
The only problem I found is each item has a 5 item minimum. Total was about $12 for 5 cards and 5 keyrings. I got the NTAG variety after seeing somewhere that they are fast, reasonably sized (data-wise) and preformatted.
They work just fine and I've set up using NFCTask Launcher for use in my car that will turn off my wireless, turn on bluetooth, set my volume to 14 and start playing my music.
So I am supposed to order those that are NDEF formatted right?
andrewsoong said:
Has anyone found an actual practical use out of these tags yet? Am tempted but not really sure if I'm tempted just for the sake of it being new tech.
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Uh.... hello!
Yes, buy the NDEF formatted ones.
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Yes, buy the NDEF formatted ones.
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Thanks for the reply
It's going to cost me USD33.95 to order the NFC Hobbyist Starter Kit - (15 Stickers)
NDEF Formatted to ship to Singapore. Expensive to just play with it. =l -reconsiders-
hey I am from Greece. here we don't have nfc tags. except from Xperia tags which only one shop have them. and I don't know if they work for other brands. so where I should look to buy some nfc tags?what type of nfc tags for my a5(2017)? please help.
I live in Norway and have a Galaxy Nexus with NFC. I really the idea and prospect of this technology, though I cant seem to find any current use case for it here. Google Wallet isnt here, and no other NFC based payment systems either, so I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for what can be done with NFC without payment, that would work in Norway. Cool NFC based apps are welcome.
xLexi said:
I live in Norway and have a Galaxy Nexus with NFC. I really the idea and prospect of this technology, though I cant seem to find any current use case for it here. Google Wallet isnt here, and no other NFC based payment systems either, so I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for what can be done with NFC without payment, that would work in Norway. Cool NFC based apps are welcome.
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Try NFC ReTag for device automation ... Use NFC tags to change your settings, launch apps, make calls, enable Hotspot, launch websites and many more .... You can use writeable tags or even read only tags (like nfc enabled public transport tickets or your nfc company badge)...the possibilities are endless :laugh:
Well, if you live in Oslo like i do. Maybe you can pay for the bus ticket via NFC, as the card uses NFC to pay.
My 2012 Ruter card is a MIFARE DESFIRE EV1...
Maybe we can manage to clone it and you our phones as a ticket!
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I want to try out some nfc tags and apps. Which tags are peopke using with which apps? I want to be able to turn toggle bluetooth, wifi, and gps when I get in and out of my car. Maybe a few other things.
Thanks!
I dont know even how to use that????
I had just purchased some tags from tagsfordroid.com after reading this post on what all can be done with NFC - http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/10vipw/android_just_blows_me_away_sometimes_nfc/
I just ordered 10 tags from droidtiles.com. I was more interested in adhesive tags rather than keychain tags, so at $11 for 10 of them, you can't go wrong. Paid an extra $2 to ship to Canada. Can report back once I try 'em out.
i bought the official Samsung TecTiles. the only thing that sucks about them is that you need an app (that isn't compatible with the Nexus 7) to read the configuration (unless it's supposed to work that way).
i originally read about someone's setup, where they allowed the vistor to scan the NFC tag to connect to a protected Wi-Fi, but what's the point of that if you have to download an app first before being able to scan the tag?
For basic stuff like open website, or transfer a vcard you don't need any apps and works on every phone blackberry included..
Anything else.. You need an app...
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I just ordered 10 tags from droidtiles.com. I was more interested in adhesive tags rather than keychain tags, so at $11 for 10 of them, you can't go wrong. Paid an extra $2 to ship to Canada. Can report back once I try 'em out.
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Received them yesterday (pretty quick given that the tags were shipped from Hawaii and I'm in Toronto). They works like a charm. Highly recommended and much cheaper than TecTiles. Watch out if you're a TacTiles user, there's not enough memory on them, so they don't work with the tectiles app. Work perfectly with NFC Task Launcher though.
evilmonkey1987 said:
Received them yesterday (pretty quick given that the tags were shipped from Hawaii and I'm in Toronto). They works like a charm. Highly recommended and much cheaper than TecTiles. Watch out if you're a TacTiles user, there's not enough memory on them, so they don't work with the tectiles app. Work perfectly with NFC Task Launcher though.
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You will want the Mifare 1k size to use with the Tectiles app.
I was curious if anyone has tried using Samsung TecTiles with their HTC One..
I haven't played around with NFC yet, and saw these for sale at my local AT&T Store. I know I can order tags online that would work, but I'm just curious.. I read things online that said they would work, and other sources said that they won't. I believe they are MIFARE Classic 1k, but admittedly have no clue what that really means. Like I said, I have zero experience with NFC, and was curious if anyone has had a chance to play with them from an M7UL.
If you use a different tag or whatnot that you would recommend, I'd love to hear about that too, as well as what cool stuff you crazy guys have cooked up or hacked together with NFC...
Thanks!
Tested not very much, but works
Works. Used with NFC task launcher
I got some on sale, 5 for $1, and they work fine with the HTC One. I assume they are being cleared out because of incompatibility with the Galaxy S4 which needs NTAG203 tags.
deeevan said:
I got some on sale, 5 for $1, and they work fine with the HTC One. I assume they are being cleared out because of incompatibility with the Galaxy S4 which needs NTAG203 tags.
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where did you get them?!
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where did you get them?!
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I think the cost of the airfare and time machine would outweigh the savings. I bought them from an Australian store called **** Smith a couple months ago.
Tried it and works with NFC task launcher.
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I bought the mifare classic 1k tags from tagsfordroid.com and use nfc task launcher. Fun little toys.
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