Any way to enable NFC? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

I haven't been able to find if there is any current way to enable NFC on the ATT Note, supposedly a custom ROM did it, but not 100% sure, anyone know?

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I believe there is a thread from an xda member giving instructions on how to enable it on a rooted device but it was hit or miss from the comments..plus nobody could get Google wallet to work..
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA

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jonathan413 said:
I believe there is a thread from an xda member giving instructions on how to enable it on a rooted device but it was hit or miss from the comments..plus nobody could get Google wallet to work..
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA
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Honestly I don't even know what google wallet is, I meant just so I can use like cool things around my house to activate certain features on the phone when I stepped into the vicinity and stuff like that.

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Custom rom definitely enables it.
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MSigler said:
Custom rom definitely enables it.
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Wow, which ROM.
And after checking out Google wallet, it does seem cool, wish we had that working too.

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What are tags? And what is the benefit to using them??
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orangekid said:
I haven't been able to find if there is any current way to enable NFC on the ATT Note, supposedly a custom ROM did it, but not 100% sure, anyone know?
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This is I used.......http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530517

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orangekid said:
Wow, which ROM.
And after checking out Google wallet, it does seem cool, wish we had that working too.
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Saurom, the latest version, but it's worked on all of them I believe.

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orangekid said:
I haven't been able to find if there is any current way to enable NFC on the ATT Note, supposedly a custom ROM did it, but not 100% sure, anyone know?
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PHONE MUST BE ROOTED TO DO THIS BELOW -
1. Create a file on your computer named "android.hardware.nfc.xml"
2. Inside of that file post the following code:
___________________________________________________________________
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at the Apache website.
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
-->
<!-- This is the standard feature indicating that the device can communicate
using Near-Field Communications (NFC). -->
<permissions>
<feature name="android.hardware.nfc" />
</permissions>
__________________________________________________ ________________
3. Email that file to an email account you have on your phone
4. Open the email on your phone and save the attachment
5. Open up "Root Explorer" (App)
6. Navigate to your "downloads" folder and copy the file "android.hardware.nfc.xml"
7. Navigate to "/system/etc/permissions"
8. Click "Mount R/W" (Icon on top of root explorer)
9. Paste the file "android.hardware.nfc.xml"
10. Click "Mount R/O" on the top of your screen (inside the root explorer app)
11. reboot your phone
12. go to Settings - Wireless and enable "NFC"
Done !
Google wallet does not work still, but other NFC apps work great

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Thanks, I created the file on my phone using file manager instead of emailing it. Works great. :beer: