[REQ] Silent NFC with no icon (ICS) - Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go

Hi,
I am fed up with NFC making that stupid noise! I use it to change my phone to silent so it's normally in a place where I want the phone to be silent but it plays the sound when reading a tag. I know the ogg files are in the Nfc.apk but when I've tried replacing them with silence and pushing the apk back it always breaks NFC on my phone entirely
I also really dislike the NFC icon you get on the system bar under ICS, that wasn't there on GB and I always leave NFC on so it's pretty annoying.
Would someone who know how be able to mod NFC so it is silent and has no (or just a transparent) icon?
Thanks

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3Shirts said:
Hi,
I am fed up with NFC making that stupid noise! I use it to change my phone to silent so it's normally in a place where I want the phone to be silent but it plays the sound when reading a tag. I know the ogg files are in the Nfc.apk but when I've tried replacing them with silence and pushing the apk back it always breaks NFC on my phone entirely
I also really dislike the NFC icon you get on the system bar under ICS, that wasn't there on GB and I always leave NFC on so it's pretty annoying.
Would someone who know how be able to mod NFC so it is silent and has no (or just a transparent) icon?
Thanks
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The sound doesn't bother me but the icon does, as you say, was much nicer on GB without the icon there. Wondering if it is the standard or something that Sony put in?

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It wasn't there on my Nexus S with CM9 but I don't know if that was a CM9 thing rather than ICS

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No, stock ICS doesn't have that icon.
Wysyłane z mojego LT26i za pomocą Tapatalk 2

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k_myk said:
No, stock ICS doesn't have that icon.
Wysyłane z mojego LT26i za pomocą Tapatalk 2
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I have Sony ics and tbh the icon doesn't bother me. If I want it gone I would switch off NFC.
Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.

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You can disable the icon in build.prop. ro.nfc.icon or something.

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Lord Takyon said:
I have Sony ics and tbh the icon doesn't bother me. If I want it gone I would switch off NFC.
Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
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Then, forgive me, why post in this thread at all. I'm not asking that it be permanently removed from existence. I just want a mod

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3Shirts said:
Then, forgive me, why post in this thread at all. I'm not asking that it be permanently removed from existence. I just want a mod
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You don't need a mod, you need an attitude adjustment. I was merely voicing an opinion.
It's a tiny icon, hardly stealing screen space.
If you want a mod then place a bit of black tape over that part of the screen ;-)
Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.

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Lord Takyon said:
You don't need a mod, you need an attitude adjustment. I was merely voicing an opinion.
It's a tiny icon, hardly stealing screen space.
If you want a mod then place a bit of black tape over that part of the screen ;-)
Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
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I'm not saying your opinion is not valid but you do appear to be saying that of mine.
If you don't mind the icon and sounds, bully for you, but I dislike them so I created this thread.
Now back on topic. That build.prop mod worked for the icon, so many thanks K900 but it's the sound that is the bigger annoyance really. Any ideas how to get shot of that? As I say, when I tried replacing the ogg files in the apk and pushing it back on, it broke so I obviously did something wrong.

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3Shirts said:
I'm not saying your opinion is not valid but you do appear to be saying that of mine.
If you don't mind the icon and sounds, bully for you, but I dislike them so I created this thread.
Now back on topic. That build.prop mod worked for the icon, so many thanks K900 but it's the sound that is the bigger annoyance really. Any ideas how to get shot of that? As I say, when I tried replacing the ogg files in the apk and pushing it back on, it broke so I obviously did something wrong.
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Lol in not being stroppy and I'm sorry if I offended you. I'm fine with the icon, but that bloody noise is annoying.
Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.

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3Shirts said:
Now back on topic. That build.prop mod worked for the icon, so many thanks K900 but it's the sound that is the bigger annoyance really. Any ideas how to get shot of that? As I say, when I tried replacing the ogg files in the apk and pushing it back on, it broke so I obviously did something wrong.
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Could you please share exactly what you changed? Did you add a line (if so where did you place it?) or remove one? What was the exact string?
Many Thanks.

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Do this....
chippyuk said:
Could you please share exactly what you changed? Did you add a line (if so where did you place it?) or remove one? What was the exact string?
Many Thanks.
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Go to /system/ with Root Explorer or another file manager with root acces
Open "Build.prop" with Text Editor
In the line "ro.nfc.icon.enable=true" change to "ro.nfc.icon.enable=false"
And reboot your device
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Regards

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Thanks for the reply. I actually have an S3 and cannot get rid of the icon and so did not have the original line in the build.prop. Adding the above did not help though!