NFC Tags - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

Thought I would start a topic about NFC tags.
I just got mine from TagsForDroid and will be testing it when my phone FINALLY gets in.
Here is a video explaining a few things you can do and how to program them: NFC Tags - Android Police
Here's a list to buy some: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662367
What will you do with yours?

Just ordered a few tags but my pho.e is here
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I plan on having one in each car to turn on BT and activate music. Also going to have one at work and home to turn on wifi and activate other things

I ordered some. Can't wait to tinker with them around the house and office.
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What's the best way to write and rewrite the tags... I just ordered some from same company... Got free shipping and free keychain NFC tag.
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Ep3n3wp said:
What's the best way to write and rewrite the tags... I just ordered some from same company... Got free shipping and free keychain NFC tag.
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Forgot to put the link up in the OP lol.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ating-simple-tasks-with-an-nfc-capable-phone/

Better yet, people should post ideas what they can do with these NFC tags.... Would it be possible to integrate NFC tag to say a business card to add to your phones contact?
I'm going to order a few and see what I can come up with

th3b055 said:
Better yet, people should post ideas what they can do with these NFC tags.... Would it be possible to integrate NFC tag to say a business card to add to your phones contact?
I'm going to order a few and see what I can come up with
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I think with free keychain NFC tag you can make it your contact card so when some one puts their phone to keychain it sends them all your contact info like a bussines card I guess
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How long did it take to get them from tags for droid?
EDIT: just found it on their website, it's free shipping and it goes out in 1 to 2 days and it ships via usps 3-5 day shipping

th3b055 said:
Better yet, people should post ideas what they can do with these NFC tags.... Would it be possible to integrate NFC tag to say a business card to add to your phones contact?
I'm going to order a few and see what I can come up with
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That's what this thread is for ^^. And yes, I do believe you can. Worst case, I think I read somewhere where if you put 2 VFC capable phones together, you can send stuff like contact info.
alainater said:
How long did it take to get them from tags for droid?
EDIT: just found it on their website, it's free shipping and it goes out in 1 to 2 days and it ships via usps 3-5 day shipping
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Ordered mine on Thursday of last week and got them yesterday. So 8 days total.

Ok I ordered 15 from the droidtags
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Will the NFC still work with the otterbox defender case on?

Jabawockee said:
Will the NFC still work with the otterbox defender case on?
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It should have no issue. I've used wallet a few times with the defender.
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PayPass Locations
Official PayPass map locations app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mastercard.paypass
I only have McDonald's, Sunoco, Circle K, CVS, and Meyer's that use this PayPass near me.

I ordered some. Anyone use Tasker? I am trying to figure out how to set up some tasker tasks. I would like to have a NFC run a task to open maps, nav to home, SMS the wife that I am "on my way" with ETA from maps. Then open pandora.
I have a 200 mile a day commute. When I leave work I send my wife a On My Way SMS with my Eta, Start Nav to home, (traffic view), start pandora. I would love to be able to tap a tag when getting in the car and be done.
Any Tasker experts out there?

HuDuVuDu said:
I ordered some. Anyone use Tasker? I am trying to figure out how to set up some tasker tasks. I would like to have a NFC run a task to open maps, nav to home, SMS the wife that I am "on my way" with ETA from maps. Then open pandora.
I have a 200 mile a day commute. When I leave work I send my wife a On My Way SMS with my Eta, Start Nav to home, (traffic view), start pandora. I would love to be able to tap a tag when getting in the car and be done.
Any Tasker experts out there?
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Not an expert, but here's my $0.02. You can probably accomplish mostly everything you noted above, except I don't think there's a way to do the ETA in the SMS. I believe you can send a pre-programmed SMS from either NFC Task Launcher or Tasker, but I don't know of a way to have it include your ETA from Navigation. You may be able to have it pre-type the SMS, then you'll just need to add the ETA once Navigation is booted up and data is pulled down.
Keep in mind that although you can link Tasker tasks in NFC Task Launcher, certain tasks such as killing apps, disabling keyguard cannot work with external apps. There's a short dialog box that pops up when you try and link a tasker task from NFC.
Also keep in mind your NFC tag "memory" size and the size of the tag you're programming. Certain tags have higher capacity than others, and thus can hold "bigger" tags with more tasks. I didn't buy 1K tags, and I've already run into one situation trying to program a switch tag where it exceeded the tag's memory size.

HuDuVuDu said:
I ordered some. Anyone use Tasker? I am trying to figure out how to set up some tasker tasks. I would like to have a NFC run a task to open maps, nav to home, SMS the wife that I am "on my way" with ETA from maps. Then open pandora.
I have a 200 mile a day commute. When I leave work I send my wife a On My Way SMS with my Eta, Start Nav to home, (traffic view), start pandora. I would love to be able to tap a tag when getting in the car and be done.
Any Tasker experts out there?
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Cool ideas. Have you tryed Glympse for letting someone else track your progress on a trip? I've used it countless times and it is damn awesome. It's a free app and shows real-time progress and even speed. It does allow you to set a destination but I haven't tried that - that may allow you to show your wife ETA.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS5nbHltcHNlLmFuZHJvaWQuZ2x5bXBzZSJd

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Cool ideas. Have you tryed Glympse for letting someone else track your progress on a trip? I've used it countless times and it is damn awesome. It's a free app and shows real-time progress and even speed. It does allow you to set a destination but I haven't tried that - that may allow you to show your wife ETA.
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Thanks that is cool. I DL it and will try it on my drive home tomorrow. If it work well that will save me alot of time setting up tasker. I could just set up a tag to have tasker to send a Glympse favorite I have set up to send to the wife with a note and to end Glympse when I get home. Start Navigation to home, start Pandora.
gmtom1 said:
Also keep in mind your NFC tag "memory" size and the size of the tag you're programming. Certain tags have higher capacity than others, and thus can hold "bigger" tags with more tasks. I didn't buy 1K tags, and I've already run into one situation trying to program a switch tag where it exceeded the tag's memory size.
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I did order the 1k tags.
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Has anyone tried to format tags with the E4GL? I saw that the android tags aren't pre-formatted. Any issues?
*Edit: N/M. I just realized that particular bug was fixed with ICS 4.0.3, which is what our phone is.

@Browning
Just did a test and that will work perfectly. Went to pick up my sister from work. I ran the program. Started getting texts from the wife. "THATS COOL, it even shows your speed." "SLOW DOWN. LOL "
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Any news on the progress of ISIS and enabling NFC?

Just wondering if anyone heard was the latest progress on ISIS. It looks like that is what is keeping AT&T from activating the NFC chip on our SGS2.
We've managed to enable NFC on Gingerbread, but not for mobile payments.
As a result it's mostly a toy.
I hope either Google Wallet or ISIS kicks off soon for the GS2.
If iPhone had NFC you know this would have been mainstream by now.
something tells me att won't credit all new accounts with a 10.
My friend has a Nexus and we were able to successfully do a "Beam" transfer of a web page he was watching. I'm using Gingerbread so I had to use an NFC app to receive as raw data but it worked nontheless.
I assume when ICS comes out for GS2 we could take advantage of the NFC to use the Beam feature and transfer our contact information or web pages to other users.
gaijinboricua said:
Just wondering if anyone heard was the latest progress on ISIS.
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http://www.bgr.com/2012/02/27/google-wallet-competitor-isis-finally-announces-launch-details/
TL;DR - Launch mid-2012 in Austin & Salt Lake City; "national rollout to follow". Chase, Capital One + ISIS reloadable card.
http://www.paywithisis.com/
Entropy512 said:
As a result it's mostly a toy.
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Thanks to your hard work I can use NFC Launcher with NFC tags to enable all kinds of neat stuff. When I dock my phone in my car, at the office or on my bike, the appropriate apps, wireless connections, audio and display properties are automatically configured. Undocking will revert those profiles back to a neutral state.
FWIW the PayPal Mobile app has some NFC-enabled mobile payment functionality built into it. I don't use PayPal so I can't speak to how well it works on the i777.
--L.

New to NFC

Like a lot of people here I'm new to NFC. Other than Google Wallet (which I am not overly interested in at this point) I'd like to know what the capabilities of NFC are. I've seen a few android beam demonstrations and it seems like more of a novelty than of practical use.
I'd like to be able to use NFC to switch on bluetooth when in my car and to set my alarm when going to bed. Automation of simple tasks that I do every single day would be greatly beneficial.
Would I need a special app to do this? What kind of tags do I have to buy? Can I buy any tag and tell my phone what to do when I scan it? Do I have to program tags myself?
Thanks in advance to everyone who helps and I hope I'm not the only one who benefits from answers to these questions.
There's a thread here that discusses everything from where to get tags to how to program them using different apps. I posted some guides in there too.
To get you started:
Buy tags here, comes with an awesome NFC keyring.
Program the tags with this.
Use Tasker to make the above application more powerful.
If you need help with anything specific post in that thread and I'll help you out or PM me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher&hl=en
Here's the app I use, it's fantastic. You can make simple tags, complicated ones, or even switches(a tag that does 2 different things).
For example, I have a switch configured for when i get to/leave work. It toggles wifi, Bluetooth, ring volume, ring tone, media volume, and notification tone, all in one tag, all in one touch. Watch the video in the link, it's pretty helpful too!
There is a mod in the EVO 4g LTE and HTC one x forums that let's you choose when NFC can be read.
Screen on and unlocked,
Screen on and locked, or
Screed off (obviously locked)
I modded the phone to read tags when the screen is on and even if the phone is still locked. Allowing it to read while the screen is off may be a security risk for some.
Anyway,
On my keychain:
Switcher:
WiFi off, Bluetooth on, volume up, brightness up, latitude check in, plays media player.
This is great because it automatically connects to my car Bluetooth headset and the HTC aux stereoclip so music starts playing through my car speakers wirelessly via swipe of the keychain.
Tap again to disable all these and check in again w latitude.
I also have a separate tag in my car low on the dash to enable GPS and open maps so I don't have to fiddle w my phone througg the settings and open the app drawer to open maps. Makes driving that much safer. Also, I don't always use GPS, so having a separate tag for it from my keychain saves battery by using it only when needed.
Trying to set up a tag to enable WiFi tether for root users and stick it to my laptop/pc for quick swiping and enabling. But that has been tricky as you either have to use tasker or a custom activity in NFC task launcher.
Can't think of any others relevant to my interests. I don't see the need in making 38583983 tags. I definitely use the ones in the car tho.
I may order a wristband and think up something creative for it. Assigning a "sync all" activity would rock for it as I keep auto-syncing on my phone off and only sync email and such when I see fit.
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Great info. I think I'll pick up a handful of tags.
1 - At work to set phone to vibrate, turn on Wi-Fi.
1 - In Car to turn on GPS, Bluetooth, Disable Wifi, Open Music App.
1 - At home that turns Alarm on before going to bed.
There are so many possibilities...I can't wait to get this going.
Racer Of All said:
To get you started:
Buy tags here, comes with an awesome NFC keyring.
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Yeah, unfortunately they are all sold out. I was about to checkout with a kit from them a little while ago when stupid work distracted me and I forgot to come back to it. Really does look like a nice set.

[Q] Near Field Communications Chip

This is the first phone that I and probably a lot of people have owned with the NFC chip. I have been digging around on the phone and reading about it on the internet but I still have some unanswered questions. I know it takes two chips to tango so there may not be much information or many users with experience with the technology out there, but any info would be appreciated.
1. What native capabilities/apps does the DNA have to utilize this chip? - Found the setting for it under settings>more
2. What apps on the Google Play store are good to use for this?
3. Any tips/tricks/interesting uses people have found for it?
4. Any other pertinent information.
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This is the first phone that I and probably a lot of people have owned with the NFC chip. I have been digging around on the phone and reading about it on the internet but I still have some unanswered questions. I know it takes two chips to tango so there may not be much information or many users with experience with the technology out there, but any info would be appreciated.
1. What native capabilities/apps does the DNA have to utilize this chip? - Found the setting for it under settings>more
2. What apps on the Google Play store are good to use for this?
3. Any tips/tricks/interesting uses people have found for it?
4. Any other pertinent information.
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1. Transferring pictures, videos, music
2. Google Wallet
3. Showing it to people with an iPhone
4. No
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Some people on the Galaxy Nexus forum started writing their own NFC tags. My friend fooled around with it, and made some tags that opened things like Facebook and Gmail when scanned.
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Take a look at the app nfc task launcher. You can buy some nfc tags and program them to automate all sorts of tasks and activities on your phone.
There are a few other nfc apps to play around with.
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jasoraso said:
Take a look at the app nfc task launcher. You can buy some nfc tags and program them to automate all sorts of tasks and activities on your phone.
There are a few other nfc apps to play around with.
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I will, sounds like something fun to do in my free time.
Where is a good place or who is a good manufacturer for these tags?
Edit: Found a link on how to program your tags: http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57370478-285/how-to-program-an-nfc-tag-with-your-android-device/
There are a lot of useful/cool things you can do with NFC Tags. Most revolve around automation.
On my website, I keep a list of the NFC Apps that I find work the best and are most useful (there are a ton of nfc apps on google play, but many of them are useless or just not built well). Here's the link to that list: http://www.andytags.com/nfc-apps.html
On other pages, I have list of ideas of things you can do as well as some videos demoing some of the apps/uses. If you use Tasker, then the possibilities are endless since Tasker can do almost anything. But even without tasker many of the apps will do the things you'd want to do most.
hollywoodfrodo said:
There are a lot of useful/cool things you can do with NFC Tags. Most revolve around automation.
On my website, I keep a list of the NFC Apps that I find work the best and are most useful (there are a ton of nfc apps on google play, but many of them are useless or just not built well). Here's the link to that list: http://www.andytags.com/nfc-apps.html
On other pages, I have list of ideas of things you can do as well as some videos demoing some of the apps/uses. If you use Tasker, then the possibilities are endless since Tasker can do almost anything. But even without tasker many of the apps will do the things you'd want to do most.
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Tasker looks amazing.. has anyone tried it on their DNA? Some people were mentioning compability issues so I just wanted to see if anyone here had any experience with it.
For those of you who are interested, here's the app we're talking about: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
I finally bought some Mifare 4k NFC tags and tried some stuff with NFC Task launcher from the app store. I programmed one to open Pandora that I can scan when I get in my truck and another to toggle airplane mode for my building at work. I haven't gotten a lot of use it of them though because they are a little problematic to scan. Sometimes it takes several seconds. I can just unlock my phone and start an app in that amount of time. Not sure if it's the tags, the chip in the phone, or both.
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I use them to program my business card into my customers phones.
Posted from my Verizon Employee Edition DROID DNA #01749.
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Tasker looks amazing.. has anyone tried it on their DNA? Some people were mentioning compability issues so I just wanted to see if anyone here had any experience with it.
For those of you who are interested, here's the app we're talking about: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
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Tasker works fine for me, I have it set up to detect when my phone is wireless charging.

NFC Tag Writing

Is there an app out there that we can write/config NFC tgas to launch apps, wifi, Bluetooth etc?
I wouldn't mind getting some and putting them around the house & car!
zok-star said:
Is there an app out there that we can write/config NFC tgas to launch apps, wifi, Bluetooth etc?
I wouldn't mind getting some and putting them around the house & car!
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I've used NFC Interactor to write tags, I think it's a dollar or two. Just so you know apparently there is a windows phone limitation where it can't format tags. In my case I had to use a friends android tablet for that. I don't think there is a way to toggle wifi/bluetooth at the moment and it might not be possible with the SDK. But you can definitely start apps or phone settings if you find the GUID for it.
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I've used NFC Interactor to write tags, I think it's a dollar or two. Just so you know apparently there is a windows phone limitation where it can't format tags. In my case I had to use a friends android tablet for that. I don't think there is a way to toggle wifi/bluetooth at the moment and it might not be possible with the SDK. But you can definitely start apps or phone settings if you find the GUID for it.
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that's a bit of a shame!
Found some useful links!
URI scheme listing
Reserved file and URI associations for Windows Phone 8
NFC tags, is there a good reliable place to get blank tags (no graphics on them) in Canada? I've been looking around on the net for the plastic ones but all I can find are paper ones or ones with company or product logos. Any recommendations are welcome.
NFC Publisher
Hi all
I've downloaded NFC Publisher but haven't tested it yet.
God bless
andrew-in-woking

[Q] Google Now location based reminders

Anyone having any luck with the latest release of Google Now and location based reminders? Time based ("Google, remind me to feed that cat at 9:00 am") seems to work great, but no joy with "Google, remind me to buy cat food at Kroger's".
Running stock 3.16.xxx
Thx
Take57 said:
Anyone having any luck with the latest release of Google Now and location based reminders? Time based ("Google, remind me to feed that cat at 9:00 am") seems to work great, but no joy with "Google, remind me to buy cat food at Kroger's".
Running stock 3.16.xxx
Thx
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I've found that I need to leave the "Remind Me" part out and just say "buy coffee when I get to work".
And it only recognizes Work and Home for me at the moment.
Echodawg said:
I've found that I need to leave the "Remind Me" part out and just say "buy coffee when I get to work".
And it only recognizes Work and Home for me at the moment.
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Thanks. I suspect it's Sense that is crippling the location element. Really too bad because, in your example, unless you're employed by Starbucks it might be slightly difficult to buy anything but a cup of coffee at work
Take57 said:
Thanks. I suspect it's Sense that is crippling the location element. Really too bad because, in your example, unless you're employed by Starbucks it might be slightly difficult to buy anything but a cup of coffee at work
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I went into Maps>Settings>Location Settings>Manage Your Places and found a list of places including "Home".
I tried "Buy coffee when I get to (a few of those places)" and it worked.
"Buy coffee when I get to Target" brought up search results.
I Starred Target and no change.
I'm hoping it just takes some time to sync.
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I went into Maps>Settings>Location Settings>Manage Your Places and found a list of places including "Home".
I tried "Buy coffee when I get to (a few of those places)" and it worked.
"Buy coffee when I get to Target" brought up search results.
I Starred Target and no change.
I'm hoping it just takes some time to sync.
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You bring up a good point. I tend to try and fly under the radar as far as location based social apps/tracking (foursquare/check-in type things) so it's entirely possible I've disabled what ever it is that Google Now needs to find me for reminders. Come to think of it, I've not gotten the Public Transit card to work either.
If I were to give Google another piece of my soul, any idea which Location Settings would I need to enable to trigger the reminders and location based cards? Which one's might I be able to leave turned off to keep my whereabouts mysterious?
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You bring up a good point. I tend to try and fly under the radar as far as location based social apps/tracking (foursquare/check-in type things) so it's entirely possible I've disabled what ever it is that Google Now needs to find me for reminders. Come to think of it, I've not gotcard to work either.
If I were to give Google another piece of my soul, any idea which Location Settings would I need to enable to trigger the reminders and location based cards? Which one's might I be able to leave turned off to keep my whereabouts mysterious?
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I keep Latitude off but that's the only one I try to stay away from because it broadcasts where you are to people based on your settings and it's a battery hog.
There are so many settings in maps, and sync, and settings, and ....
I'd go in, poke around for a while and see what your willing to give up.
Hootie Hoo, I've had some success. Enabled the "Report from this device" setting in Google Maps>Settings>Location settings and I got a location based reminder. I believe I asked "Google, remind me to buy a raspberry shake at the nearby Culver's restaurant" No problem at all submitting the request by voice and having the right information come up for approval.
I'll add a couple of caveats. The reminder triggered after I has been in the location for at least 5 minutes or so (and had already ordered the milkshake ) and I happened to be in a location where I was picking up 4G data speed. I think there is defiantly an issue of how fast the phone/app is able to report back to the Google mothership and fire off the reminder as opposed to having the location coordinates processed from within the phone itself. I suppose that might be one more reason you are encouraged to enable the WiFi detection element of location services.
In any event, while currently this is not a particularly smooth and seamless feature, I think as the network builds out and the app matures the Now location reminders have a lot of potential to be an extremely valuable and handy tool.
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I'm finding that "remind me to <do stuff> when I get home" always works great but "remind me to <do stuff> when I get to work" only ever returns search results. Google Now hes the 2 locations in Settings but doesn't seem to be able to use the Work location.
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I've released an app that aims to deliver accurate location based reminders. It's called Geobells. If you're still having trouble, you should try it out. Click to visit on play store
Ergates said:
I'm finding that "remind me to <do stuff> when I get home" always works great but "remind me to <do stuff> when I get to work" only ever returns search results. Google Now hes the 2 locations in Settings but doesn't seem to be able to use the Work location.
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Have you been able to get this to work? I'm on a VZW GNex , but have the same issue with my work location as you. It recognizes home, and even lots of random nearby stores, supermarkets. But it will not recognize anything based on my work location.
breakthestatic said:
Have you been able to get this to work? I'm on a VZW GNex , but have the same issue with my work location as you. It recognizes home, and even lots of random nearby stores, supermarkets. But it will not recognize anything based on my work location.
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Nope, still have the same problem ATM
breakthestatic said:
Have you been able to get this to work? I'm on a VZW GNex , but have the same issue with my work location as you. It recognizes home, and even lots of random nearby stores, supermarkets. But it will not recognize anything based on my work location.
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I gave this another try this morning and it seems to be working
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