I'm new to using NFC and discovered that apparantly there are issues with transfering data between different platforms (android to windows) and sometimes even between different versions of Android. Has anyone come up with a way to transfer files between different platforms or does anyone have any tips and tricks to make the best use of NFC? I know NFC tags are probably the easiest answer, does anyone know of the best tags or where to buy them? Thanks!
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I'm new to using NFC and discovered that apparantly there are issues with transfering data between different platforms (android to windows) and sometimes even between different versions of Android. Has anyone come up with a way to transfer files between different platforms or does anyone have any tips and tricks to make the best use of NFC? I know NFC tags are probably the easiest answer, does anyone know of the best tags or where to buy them? Thanks!
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Can you please explain what you mean by issues with transferring data? Like what kind of data? NFC is for like sending contacts to another phone by tapping them together. NFC tags are pretty cool you can program them to do all sorts of thing from enabling WIFI when you get home or disabling it when you leave. NFC isnt for sending files back and forth from phone to phone... as far as im concerned you cant use it from phone to PC.
Sorry not to be clear on that. I'm referring to transferring data such as pictures and videos between android and Windows phone 8. I've also read that some different droid phones have issues doing this as well.
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I'm also curious about NFC. I've never used it before and don't see any kind of app or settings regarding NFC in the menus. How does this stuff work?
It's actually easier to use than I thought. All i did was browse to a contact or webpage and then touch another NFC phone. Once you make contact you'll see your screen change at the top to say "touch to beam" just simply tap the screen to send. That assumes that you have NFC turned on in Settings > More. Also be sure to turn on the Check box for "android beam". My problem was that I thought we could transfer pictures and video from android to windows phone but apparently we can't do that yet, only android to android for that stuff.
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Ah, the Settings > More part is where I'd missed it. Thanks!
Yea its really simple android makes it super easy and all you gotta do is turn it on. Currently not too much is supported by it because it is a newer technology give it another year and more stuff will be using it
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I was wondering if it would be possible to.develop.an android
App that exploits a phones transmit and reciever to make carrierless calls direct
From mobile to mobile.
Sorry if I wasn't clear on the last post.
Let me elaborate, now that I'm sitting at real keyboard.....
I don't know enough about how the hardware in modern smartphones work,
but it seems to me that all phones have the capability of transmitting and receiving signals.
Has anyone thought of developing something that can make use of this without using a carrier in between?
An app that can transmit and receive directly to another mobile that is in radio range.
There are many apps that support various forms of communication without carriers, but they depend on bluetooth or wifi.
I am talking aout an app that uses the phones GSM/GPRS/ETC radio - the one that has enough power to reach a cell tower - only it's designed to be picked up directly by the other phone (provided it's in range).
I guess what I'm trying to find out is if an app can be developed to turn my fancy smartphone into a "walkie talkie" or "2 way radio".
The advantage is free calls when in radio range.Hope this makes sense and someone can point me in the right direction.
You mentioned push to talk which there are apps for that just go to the market and type in push to talk. Although I believe they require a carrier access. Although there's Google voice that if your within range of WiFi. There's free apps called text for free. If you go to related apps there might be something there. I'm not a hundred present sure if its possible. But hopefully with my suggestions it might help you find what you need
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I just found the app that I think you are looking its called cb radio chat. It's a new app if you have problems the developer has his email on the description so s/he must have no problems finding a solution to what ever problem you might have.
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I was wondering if any developers were working on porting s beam over to our devices? Android Beam lacks the feature of sending larger files so s beam kind of solves the problem. I hate having to go through settings to enable wifi direct and then manually connect to other devices and manually send files. I think it's actually pretty smart to have nfc establish this connection automatically.
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I was wondering if any developers were working on porting s beam over to our devices? Android Beam lacks the feature of sending larger files so s beam kind of solves the problem. I hate having to go through settings to enable wifi direct and then manually connect to other devices and manually send files. I think it's actually pretty smart to have nfc establish this connection automatically.
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I don't think its possible
Honestly it sounds more likely that someone would modify Android Beam to accommodate larger files and such, since its manufacturer agnostic.
This is not a solution but when jelly bwan comes out for the I1777 we will be able to send larger files.
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I don't think its possible
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I realize I'm necroing, but why isn't this possible? We have Wifi direct and NFC, and some ROMs retain Touchwiz if TW dependencies exist with S Beam, so why wouldn't it be possible to port S Beam over? I think it would be both cool and useful if we could mod our phones to work with GS3s, and besides, there aren't many other current uses for NFC right now anyway.
Side note, what is the current file size limit for Android beam transferring?
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I realize I'm necroing, but why isn't this possible? We have Wifi direct and NFC, and some ROMs retain Touchwiz if TW dependencies exist with S Beam, so why wouldn't it be possible to port S Beam over? I think it would be both cool and useful if we could mod our phones to work with GS3s, and besides, there aren't many other current uses for NFC right now anyway.
Side note, what is the current file size limit for Android beam transferring?
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From what I understand, when transferring media files with android beam, all it does is enable bluetooth and transfers via that. So, I don't think there would be a file size limit.
Task 650 ROM has this enables and works well
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Task 650 ROM has this enables and works well
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An initial search of the AOKP thread doesn't mention anything specific about S Beam, it seems to be only Android Beam. I'm just wondering about a full S Beam port, that would work with stock S3s and any other Samsung devices that include S Beam, especially since I've heard people have problems using Android Beam with S3s, which get confused. Samsung's Android devices are so prevalent nowadays, so it would be nice to be able to interact with them easily without having to fuss around with extra apps or settings. I just want to know if it's possible or not.
EDIT: So a little more research done. Android beam isn't a separate app but is built into ICS (guess I forgot that lol). It uses Bluetooth to share data and is limited to links and contacts (maps and YouTube videos fall under links, you don't beam the whole thing, you just beam the specific urls). Please correct me on that point if I'm wrong. This is already possible with S3s, I didn't know they retained Android beam in addition to SBeam, which uses wifi direct and can transfer larger files like pictures (it's faster too).
As useful as Android beam is because it works with all nfc-capable ICS devices, I still think a full S Beam port would prove useful since it can transfer larger files faster and with newer Samsung devices (of which there are now several, and they're the most popular). So is it possible? And if not, why not?
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EDIT: So a little more research done. Android beam isn't a separate app but is built into ICS (guess I forgot that lol). It uses Bluetooth to share data and is limited to links and contacts (maps and YouTube videos fall under links, you don't beam the whole thing, you just beam the specific urls). Please correct me on that point if I'm wrong. This is already possible with S3s, I didn't know they retained Android beam in addition to SBeam, which uses wifi direct and can transfer larger files like pictures (it's faster too).
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Fyi..this stuff is very old news. In Jellybean, you are now able to send larger files via android beam, such as audio and video. But files aren't actually transferred through android beam, all it does is activate bluetooth and automatically pair your device with the other phone to initiate transfer via bluetooth. S Beam is the same thing, except it activates wifi direct instead of bluetooth.
I'd give up on this whole s beam thing if I were you. I have not seen any devs ever mention implementing it on our phones.
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.
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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.
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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.
If the phone has an IR blaster is this possible?
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Theres an app called gmote in the play store, to control your computer, it works with windows and mac .
Just make sure your Pro doesn't have a retina. The Retina ones don't support IR unless you get an external receiever.
You could give this app a try
http://phandroid.com/2013/05/04/uniquely-android-mac-remote/
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Neither of the two apps utilize the IR remote. I'm looking for one that will allow that. Seeing as the phone just came out, maybe one will show up over time.
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Yes, MacBook Pro will respond to HTC One IR Blaster
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If the phone has an IR blaster is this possible?
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Yes, this is possible. You simply use the TV app that came preloaded on your HTC One.
While the buttons aren't labeled exactly the same, you can make it work just fine by configuring a custom remote. Just click through the service provider selection screen, answering however you like even if you don't have service, though I suggest being as accurate as possible in case you want to check listings at say, your friend's house for a football game.
Personally, I configured all applicable buttons: both direction and volume, and enter/play/pause/select, etc. I didn't want to have to hunt for buttons, so it seems easier to program them all, even though another button will do the same thing.
I'm hoping someone will make (or there already is) a custom IR blaster app that will allow us to share profiles for some of the more complicated devices, or HTC will add a "Custom Remote Profile Sharing" feature. This way, you won't need an original remote to copy signals from, and you won't need to use a more root-intensive app if you wanted to copy your configuration to another device or owner.
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Hi.
I'm new here, so apologies in advance if i ask a question that was handled in a previous thread.
I'm looking for a decent app that will allow me to control an android device from a pc. I have a tablet that is being used as a kiosk device and i would like to connect remotely and check the status of apps, run scripts, generally just troubleshoot issues that might pop up from time to time. I would like screen sharing also, that would make things a lot easier. I've tried webkey, teamviewer, airdroid but none of them give me the kind of functionality I need
At the moment I'm using a Nexus 7, but I'd like the app to work on any device. In future we might start using generic android devices, nothing brand-specific.
Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated
meshegan said:
Hi.
I'm new here, so apologies in advance if i ask a question that was handled in a previous thread.
I'm looking for a decent app that will allow me to control an android device from a pc. I have a tablet that is being used as a kiosk device and i would like to connect remotely and check the status of apps, run scripts, generally just troubleshoot issues that might pop up from time to time. I would like screen sharing also, that would make things a lot easier. I've tried webkey, teamviewer, airdroid but none of them give me the kind of functionality I need
At the moment I'm using a Nexus 7, but I'd like the app to work on any device. In future we might start using generic android devices, nothing brand-specific.
Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated
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Hey,
once there was ShareKM the dev kinda dropped the projekt. I found some Guides for it because the old version stopped working.
Here is the original thread ShareKM on XDA
If you read it a bit they start to talk about the workarounds.
Hope that helps you I'm also very interested in this.
i found app that will help you to remotely control your tablet
BBQ Screen Remote Control
screen.bbqdroid.org/
it is a paid app
but you can search and download its apk in google
shubham1358 said:
BBQ Screen Remote Control
screen.bbqdroid.org/
it is a paid app
but you can search and download its apk in google
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Thanks. But as far as I can see, this only works if the pc and android device are on the same network. My kiosk devices are hundreds of kilometers away, so I need something that works over the internet