I cannot find it on my GNex. Also, do I need to enable NFC for it to work, and how do I do that.?
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marriedman624 said:
I cannot find it on my GNex. Also, do I need to enable NFC for it to work, and how do I do that.?
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Under "Data Usage" click "More".
You'll see NFC and AB; and yes NFC has to be on for Android Beam to work.
Do I have to open the android beam app? I I tried to send a contact to my wife's phone but couldn't get it to work.
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marriedman624 said:
Do I have to open the android beam app? I I tried to send a contact to my wife's phone but couldn't get it to work.
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Just enable NFC and put two phones together, that will work. No app needed.
tititake said:
Just enable NFC and put two phones together, that will work. No app needed.
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To clarify, navigate to the contact you want to transfer. Then put the two phones back to back. Then tap the screen on the source phone and it will transfer
Yeah, Android Beam requires that you have your web page/contact/Youtube video up in the foreground before you send it over. When you hear the chime after the two devices come together, touch and hold down on middle of your screen until the info gets sent. Often times a quick tap isn't quite enough, especially for web pages.
Just For Kicks, I'm Going To Have To Mention BOTH Phones Must Have NFC
Wonder if u can send pics like that
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Pictures don't work. I assume the files are too big to do it that quickly.
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Hi all,
is there really no way to use the A101 as a phone? (with the SIM! - not Skype etc)
I'm wondering why other tablets (Odys, Galaxy Tab) are able to do so
You could use text+ from the market.I tried it before and worked pretty good to turn this to a phone tablet.but wwsnt sure how I would eventually need to start spending money.but tot turn it into a phone,try that app.
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don't know if you understand me
I need to make and take calls with the tablet - SMS and UMTS is working, but there's no way to make or take calls
I wasn't able to find a app called text+ / plus in the market
No. The A501/A101 doesn't have the hardware for making calls.
FloatingFatMan said:
No. The A501/A101 doesn't have the hardware for making calls.
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I think he means something like VOIP.
jakob95 said:
I think he means something like VOIP.
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He said quite clearly in the OP, not like Skype. He means like an actual phone.
c-tec said:
Hi all,
is there really no way to use the A101 as a phone? (with the SIM! - not Skype etc)
I'm wondering why other tablets (Odys, Galaxy Tab) are able to do so
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No
The closest you can get that I am aware of would be to use either Skype, or Google Voice GrooveIP combo which could be used over the access provided by the SIM and associated provider, however it would still be VOIP and not the type of phone you speak of, BUT it would allow you to send and receive normal phone calls from/to real phones/mobile phones. SO I don't see any reason to care. GrooveIP is like $6 and then the google voice number is free. don't knock it lol
I used text+.
It worked as a phone.
I understood,don't know if its still on the market,but it works as a phone for your tablet.its not like Skype.
It makes your tablet a phone,and it gives you a real phone number.
Understood!
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Text plus. I just checked on ny sons acer.
It is available for acer.
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sunlaw2 said:
I used text+.
It worked as a phone.
I understood,don't know if its still on the market,but it works as a phone for your tablet.its not like Skype.
It makes your tablet a phone,and it gives you a real phone number.
Understood!
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It's VOIP app. Same thing as Skype.
Lol.then the answer is buy a phone.
Booya
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Forgive me if this has been asked before. I did search and didn't find an answer. Is there a way to prevent NFC from being disabled in airplane mode? I currently use a tag at work to turn airplane mode on when I get to my desk. I have virtually zero signal and no wifi, so leaving airplane mode off eats a lot of battery in the order of 25% or more an hour. I would like to be able to just tap the tag when I leave to turn everything on. I have tried a simple task in tasker (Status=Airplane mode on -> enable NFC), but its sketchy at best. I know the nfc.apk has been modded to enable at lockscreen and at screen off conditions. Could the nfc.apk be modded to survive airplane mode, or would that hack be somewhere else. If it matters, I'm on an AT&T Galaxy SIII running the stock rom, rooted.
On my Galaxy Nexus, I'm able to go into the menu and enable NFC once I activate aeroplane mode; is it different for the S3? Or are you looking for an automatic solution?
I'm looking for an automatic solution. I can manually enable this too.
I am also looking to do this, or find a work around that turns off everything airplane mode does except NFC
lordmorphous said:
I'm looking for an automatic solution. I can manually enable this too.
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I mean not to be an ass or anything but would it kill you just to do it manually? It takes like 3 seconds...
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AshtonTS said:
I mean not to be an ass or anything but would it kill you just to do it manually? It takes like 3 seconds...
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I guess that is what he means by automatically rather than manually.
AshtonTS said:
I mean not to be an ass or anything but would it kill you just to do it manually? It takes like 3 seconds...
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But that defeats the purpose of using the nfc... Automation.... Why I bought an NfC capable phone
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bacidath said:
But that defeats the purpose of using the nfc... Automation.... Why I bought an NfC capable phone
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I added this to NFC Task Launcher - essentially there is a comma delimited string that tells Airplane Mode what radios to toggle. If you remove nfc from this list the broadcast receiver for the nfc service doesn't disable it when airplane mode changed is broadcast. It only scans this setting on boot though so you'll need to change it and then reboot.
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I added this to NFC Task Launcher - essentially there is a comma delimited string that tells Airplane Mode what radios to toggle. If you remove nfc from this list the broadcast receiver for the nfc service doesn't disable it when airplane mode changed is broadcast. It only scans this setting on boot though so you'll need to change it and then reboot.
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That is the NFC app I use, fantastic app by the way thanks. So is it in there now?
kiwitrc said:
That is the NFC app I use, fantastic app by the way thanks. So is it in there now?
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Yeah, it's been in for the last few updates. Under preferences and advanced.
Ignore my comment, found it thanks!
Sorry, I didn't mean to abandon my own post....lol.
I didn't realize this option was in the app...awesome!
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Yeah, it's been in for the last few updates. Under preferences and advanced.
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Thanks... I should have looked in there
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kiwitrc said:
Ignore my comment, found it thanks!
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I can not find!!!!!! Please help.
NFC task launcher is now Trigger. Is this OK.
Thanks.
Dadomih said:
I can not find!!!!!! Please help.
NFC task launcher is now Trigger. Is this OK.
Thanks.
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Haven't used it for a while. Had a look but I can not see it anywhere in the new app, sorry.
kiwitrc said:
Haven't used it for a while. Had a look but I can not see it anywhere in the new app, sorry.
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Thanks Kiwitrc.
Can anyone make a backup of NFC task launcher and send it to me via e-mail?
I honestly think this is a great feature on the stock ROM. I could send app apk's to a buddy of mine and everything. Even HD movies.
So I'm only left to wonder, is this a feature of S Beam? Even though I didn't touch the phones, we just paired via WiFi Direct.
However he does have a S3 as well.
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There are a few apps in the play store that do essentially the same thing. Bump being one I've used since my iPhone days.
But I have to admit, sbeam and the integration in the TW interface is much more user friendly. Would be nice to see something of the sort in CM10 but I wouldn't count on it
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Bluetooth or try something called xlink in playstore. But with xlink you need to be on same wifi but its really fast.
This should work stock if you are on CM9/CM10. Google added Android Beam in ICS. It uses NFC to pair and transmit files, contacts and whatever.
The video here shows how to make sure it is turned on and how it works.
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This should work stock if you are on CM9/CM10. Google added Android Beam in ICS. It uses NFC to pair and transmit files, contacts and whatever.
The video here shows how to make sure it is turned on and how it works.
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Yea, but the one he is talking about is the S3's ability to pair with another S3 through WiFi, not NFC, to share files.
elementaldragon said:
Yea, but he is talking about is the S3's ability to pair with another S3 through WiFi, not NFC, to share files.
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I see... Jelly Bean uses NFC to set up a bluetooth connection which is faster but not as fast as Wifi...
Google added support for wifi direct in ics. Sadly it is just sdk. It took samsung to make an app. Even more sad is that in play store nobody took up the mantle and develop a third party app using that sdk.
Tried sending files with nfc with galaxy Nexus and my sgs3 and even that does not work properly, well it does send bookmarks, contacts and opens apps or opens play store to download that app, but it does not send actual files.
The only way is manually sending via bluetooth, but that's way too slow.
Also note that even with Samsung, the current file size limit for wifi direct is about 1 gigabyte.
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Idan73 said:
Google added support for wifi direct in ics. Sadly it is just sdk. It took samsung to make an app. Even more sad is that in play store nobody took up the mantle and develop a third party app using that sdk.
Tried sending files with nfc with galaxy Nexus and my sgs3 and even that does not work properly, well it does send bookmarks, contacts and opens apps or opens play store to download that app, but it does not send actual files.
The only way is manually sending via bluetooth, but that's way too slow.
Also note that even with Samsung, the current file size limit for wifi direct is about 1 gigabyte.
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I know that sucks. I tried WiFi shoot in the play store, but its nowhere as good. But the weird thing is, I've actually sent a 2gb HD movie via WiFi direct before... its a great feature IMO.
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I know that sucks. I tried WiFi shoot in the play store, but its nowhere as good. But the weird thing is, I've actually sent a 2gb HD movie via WiFi direct before... its a great feature IMO.
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Not sure about the movies but it repeatedly gets stuck sending my titanium backup (zipped to 1.5gb), the other phone never starts receiving, while it sends and receives smaller than 1gb zip files no problem.
This is between i747m and i9300 models.
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Idan73 said:
Not sure about the movies but it repeatedly gets stuck sending my titanium backup (zipped to 1.5gb), the other phone never starts receiving, while it sends and receives smaller than 1gb zip files no problem.
This is between i747m and i9300 models.
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Hmm. Yeah I do notice a delay with that large file
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ima bump this hoping someone has a fix =D
Send files over WIFI
What I do is:
on Phone 1 make a wireless hotspot (tethering)
connect phone 2 to this hot spot.
use ES File explorer (free) to create a ftp server on phone 1 (in the settings)
Use ES File explorer on phone 2 to log into phone 1 by putting in the settings on your notification bar on phone 1 (the one that says FTP server is running)
then you can see all your files in phone 1, just copy what you want over or even stream a movie from your phone to your tablet...
then benefit to doing it this way is you can stream from another phone and you can also access files from a PC using filezilla(free)
Idan73 said:
Google added support for wifi direct in ics. Sadly it is just sdk. It took samsung to make an app. Even more sad is that in play store nobody took up the mantle and develop a third party app using that sdk.
Tried sending files with nfc with galaxy Nexus and my sgs3 and even that does not work properly, well it does send bookmarks, contacts and opens apps or opens play store to download that app, but it does not send actual files.
The only way is manually sending via bluetooth, but that's way too slow.
Also note that even with Samsung, the current file size limit for wifi direct is about 1 gigabyte.
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there is, its called fast file transfer, available on google play!
For anyone with a Samsung phone or tablet, have you tried NFC transfers between it and your N7? I was able to transfer a photo from the N7 to my S3 but I'm unable send anything from the S3 to the N7. Both devices make the noise but nothing happens.
Are you guys able to make it work?
clankfu said:
For anyone with a Samsung phone or tablet, have you tried NFC transfers between it and your N7? I was able to transfer a photo from the N7 to my S3 but I'm unable send anything from the S3 to the N7. Both devices make the noise but nothing happens.
Are you guys able to make it work?
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I've been sending Web pages and pictures from my S3 to the N7 fine. I haven't tried the other way from the N7 to the S3 yet
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Jamin13 said:
I've been sending Web pages and pictures from my S3 to the N7 fine. I haven't tried the other way from the N7 to the S3 yet
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Can you walk me through how you did it?
clankfu said:
Can you walk me through how you did it?
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Turn on NFC and Android beam. It works with my Note2...
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sunny68 said:
Turn on NFC and Android beam. It works with my Note2...
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On my N7, I have NFC and Android beam turned on. On my S3, with NFC on and S Beam on, nothing happened - not even a sound. With NFC on and S Beam off, there was a sound from both devices but nothing happened. I don't see "Android beam" anywhere in the S3 settings.
Found the Android Beam setting in the NFC menu and got it to work. Thanks guys.
One more question...when I beam something, bluetooth toggles on for both devices. Is this normal?
clankfu said:
Found the Android Beam setting in the NFC menu and got it to work. Thanks guys.
One more question...when I beam something, bluetooth toggles on for both devices. Is this normal?
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I never noticed that. By my limited NFC knowledge, that's basically how all NFC transfers work besides S-Beam. I could be wrong so don't hold me to that info lol
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It should only turn Bluetooth on if you're transferring a larger file (say an image or video file). NFC, while low power has a VERY slow transfer speed (about 53 KB/s at maximum). For example, if you wanted to transfer a 8 MB image, it would take around 2.5 minutes. Now it might not seem like a long time, but keep in mind you have to have both devices touching (or near touching) for that entire period.
Instead what Google has done is that when Beam detects that you want to send over a picture/video it will automagically turn on bluetooth, pair the devices, send the data and turn off bluetooth. Pretty convenient in my opinion.
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It should only turn Bluetooth on if you're transferring a larger file (say an image or video file). NFC, while low power has a VERY slow transfer speed (about 53 KB/s at maximum). For example, if you wanted to transfer a 8 MB image, it would take around 2.5 minutes. Now it might not seem like a long time, but keep in mind you have to have both devices touching (or near touching) for that entire period.
Instead what Google has done is that when Beam detects that you want to send over a picture/video it will automagically turn on bluetooth, pair the devices, send the data and turn off bluetooth. Pretty convenient in my opinion.
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Gotcha...the picture I was sending from my S3 to the N7 was a little over 2MB. The thing is, the bluetooth did toggle off after the transfer on my N7 but it did not toggle off on the S3. I guess Samsung does it a little differently?
One odd thing I've noticed is that while NFC transfers that activate Bluetooth work, I can't connect my N7 to the S3.
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I had to turn Sbeam off at the samsung device,then it worked both directions.
My Nexus 7 sucks and doesn't send files at all. They all end in error.
I have noticed a couple of this on my Note II running JEdiX16:
1. If I beam a picture from my Note II's gallery app it sends me to the play store with a blank page that says, "file not found" or something like that. I think its trying to find the Galaxy Note II's gallery app.
2. I have the Jelly Bean gallery installed also, and that one works to transfer files.
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My Nexus 7 sucks and doesn't send files at all. They all end in error.
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I've also had that happen. But then it worked, I think I may of had to enable Android beam on one of the devices. Not sure if this fixed it or it just started working.
Double check you have Android Beam enabled on both devices.
Settings>More (or More Settings)>Android Beam and make sure it on.
Probably not what you're looking for but if you wanted to do a large amount of files via wifi-direct using NFC as the handshake, i use superbeam from the play store between my N7 and Evo 4G LTE and transfered a 560 meg folder of vacation photos without a hitch. Both devices have to have superbeam installed of course.
I also have an S3 and everything is fine for me. For file transfers, I love and highly recommend SuperBeam from the play store.
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I have this odd ICON that showed up late yesterday. I don't know that it is and I cannot find it in the manual. Can some one help ?
it should be in the attached image.
Anthrax79 said:
I have this odd ICON that showed up late yesterday. I don't know that it is and I cannot find it in the manual. Can some one help ?
it should be in the attached image.
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That is your NFC icon. Turn off NFC and it goes away.
Yeah NFC proved to be worthless for me. I couldn't get it to connect to my wife's s4. My brother-in-law could get his to work on his note 2 either.
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Ugh. Thanks, I totally forgot that I turned it on.
I hate the logo but love to use NFC between my N7 2013 and my One. I wish HTC went all stock google and left the logo off when NFC was on.
Luckily it drains like zero battery keeping it on, so I just do...
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Yeah NFC proved to be worthless for me. I couldn't get it to connect to my wife's s4. My brother-in-law could get his to work on his note 2 either.
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Works fine for me. Do you have whatever you're trying to share (video, picture, etc.) open on one of the devices before touching them together?
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Works fine for me. Do you have whatever you're trying to share (video, picture, etc.) open on one of the devices before touching them together?
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From what I read online, I gathered that all you do is open the file>share>nfc. But the NFC option would never show up. Is there something I am missing?
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sanders539 said:
From what I read online, I gathered that all you do is open the file>share>nfc. But the NFC option would never show up. Is there something I am missing?
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I don't have to do any of that. Make sure NFC is enabled on both devices. Open the content you would like to send, in Gallery for example, touch phones together and transfer/"beam" begins.
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Yeah NFC proved to be worthless for me. I couldn't get it to connect to my wife's s4. My brother-in-law could get his to work on his note 2 either.
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That's odd its never been an issue for me... Could be that the s4 is jealous and is being *****y lol.
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isdnmatt said:
I don't have to do any of that. Make sure NFC is enabled on both devices. Open the content you would like to send, in Gallery for example, touch phones together and transfer/"beam" begins.
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I never used it before so I am sure I was doing it wrong. (still talking about NFC. ) I am almost certain what I read said to select the share option... oh well. I will try again tonight.
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I never used it before so I am sure I was doing it wrong. (still talking about NFC. ) I am almost certain what I read said to select the share option... oh well. I will try again tonight.
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Sounds good. Let us know. Like I said, you shouldn't have to tell it to "share." If you have media open that can be beamed, all you have to do is touch the phones together.
Also, FYI..
Settings>About>Help>Icon Glossary...
Shows all of the potential Sense notification icons
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Sounds good. Let us know. Like I said, you shouldn't have to tell it to "share." If you have media open that can be beamed, all you have to do is touch the phones together.
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It works just like you said. However, the transfer would start, but not complete... do you gave to leave the phones touching? For some reason my brother-in-law's note 2 would try to pair Bluetooth, and his Bluetooth was turned off...
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