Hello!
Sometimes when I unlock my screen, I hear a sound witch i dont know.
And how often do u hear this sound? I dunno what can it be, sounds like something is in the background. I am unsure, but is resembles like the Alert7 in the sounds... Correct me if I am wrong.
sounds like the NFC chip is interacting with something.. credit cards, or any other form of RFID cards may cause the phone to interact with them when the phone is on (screen on, does not happen when screen is off)
Hmm, i does not hear it often, just once oder twice a month. But when then I hear it a few times. Every time when I unlock the device. But ther is nothing with NFC or RFID next to my smartphone.
Got it this sound appears everytime when it lays on my pocket. Inside of my studentcard seems to be an NFC Chip.
Does anybody how I can read this chip? NFC Manager and NFC Tag Writer does not show anything.
from what I hear, the card has to be NDEF formatted for WP8 phones to be able to read it. I highly doubt the card is NDEF formatted, similar to credit cards etc
Glad the issue has been solved, now I got me some ideas about this Thx 4 the tip about the NFC cards, found my bus ticket, and now its time for some serious research about having a bus drive without paying... I wonder if this can be achieved
miodrage said:
Glad the issue has been solved, now I got me some ideas about this Thx 4 the tip about the NFC cards, found my bus ticket, and now its time for some serious research about having a bus drive without paying... I wonder if this can be achieved
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I already made it with a copycat app that I made modding one that was on geekchamp . com. It just sends the same bit code from my bus NFC ticket. Althought I made it, I can't deploy that app to everyone unfortunatly because it's breaking some rules from Windows Store... :/ and the coding isn't prepared for more than my type of card (Andante - Porto, Portugal), so... sorry guys :/
No problem, I found out that I cannot do a scam The stuff is pretty technical. I thought to copy a tag from the validator, and back onto the card. However, the validator is a reader-only, so I cannot copy anything. And I need the reader tag on my card in case of controls...
DAMN!
andante
digipix said:
I already made it with a copycat app that I made modding one that was on geekchamp . com. It just sends the same bit code from my bus NFC ticket. Althought I made it, I can't deploy that app to everyone unfortunatly because it's breaking some rules from Windows Store... :/ and the coding isn't prepared for more than my type of card (Andante - Porto, Portugal), so... sorry guys :/
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Ola eu sou do porto n conseguias arranjar isso para o andante?
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Hey All:
I was on the pdaPhone Home forum
( http://pdaphonehome.com/forums ) and I found this reply to a post I had made about the SD slot. It sounds like a challenge to the XDA developers to me! If anyone can do anything, it is you guys!!!
Here it is:
[The SD slot is]
more than you think it is. [I am]
new to this board, but I can tell you two things I know for certain.
One, the SD slot is not SD/IO directly, however.....
Viewtake does offer a camera than plugs into the SD slot of these phones and works very well. Takes decent pictures, with several options of picture size and type, will take 8fps video, and comes with a nice software suite. I know because I have one. Anyone who would like pics of or from it just need to ask.
Two, I happen to be a security systems installer (actual Security systems, not software or computer based) and one of the places I installed a system, I happen to get the chance to speak with someone who is part of the top eschelon of the windows mobile solutions development team. This person seemed to enjoy chatting with me about the OS and the products. In talking about the PPC PE I was told that, although nothing could be confirmed (non-disclosure agreements), that I would be VERY surprised what the SD slot on the PPC PE was capable of. I do believe that more can be done with it than is thought. Has ANYONE actually tried the install of any SD/IO devices like a Bluetooth or 802.11b SD Card?
if i were you i'd try to do a search on the subject
and you'll get plenty of useful posts
also there are many posts about cams which works for xda in the Accessories forum
of cause it's possible to make many many things which today needs sdio using just a normal sd connector
a sd connector works for ram
if a sd card have some flash apart from the stuff which take care of it's function
and both the device and the sd's non mem part have access to that mem
they can communicate writing in some files in the mem part of the sdcard
but since pretty much all new devices today come with SD IO
i doubt there is a big market for those devices which is also more complex to make then a normal SDIO which is a descriped std
we have seen bluetooth headsets which works for xda
but it's a bit of a cheat since it goes into the headset connector
and just make the analog signal bluetooth to the headset
this mean you cant use anything else then the headset
pretty much everything is possible but when there is lots of work involved and not a pile of coins in the end people dont really line up to get involved
Easily done withour SD/IO
A camera for xda could easily be developed without requiring anything special from the SD slot.
If the camera were fully self contained with the ability to write to flash mem that is also addressible from the device as a standard SD card would be... all the camera is doing is saving to sd, and the xda is reading from sd the files that the camera saved.
Pretty simple... the tricks are on the camera, not the xda.
Josh
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Or maybe it would be a better description : locator after theft.
Now I hear you all thinking.. utfs.. I know and I did..
So here is a description of why I want this program and how it should work.
Why
Recently my motorbike has been stolen. At the place where I live I don't have the possibility to stall it indoors,
so it has to stand near the wall of my apartment building.
Of course the cops don't bother and the bike is of to be never seen again.
Now for my next bike I don't want the same to happen again.
So I thought of installing my old Touch Diamond into the new bike, attached to a car power converter directly onto the main battery of the bike
(and if there is space a backup battery). Of course the Diamond would be fitted with a prepaid sim with enough credit.
How
would I like to use the program. (With this info I think it's more understandable then when I tell you what functions I'd like it to have.)
When I get home on my bike I would park and lock it. After this I would send the build in Diamond a message like : "Arm" So the alarm kicks in.
From this moment of the device will :
- Watch its GSensor for movement
- Start to determine its GPS position (if not already done)
- And tart to determine it's location based on cell tower information (for in case the device does not get any GPS signals)
When nothing happens this day or night I will disarm the alarm with a "disarm" message when I want to leave with the bike the next day.
As soon as the device is armed and moved (GSensor) for more then, lets say, 20 seconds (to minimize false alarms).
The device should SMS me that there is movement and start to send me it's location.
Every minute for the first 10 minutes or something and after that only when I send it a message like "location"
Also off course the device should make no noise. Unless maybe a short (not too loud) beep when armed and double beep when disarmed.
And maybe when receiving a message "Alarm" the device would make a lot of noise so I can find it when I'm near to the last known location.
While we're at it the device might also watch for sim card changes and sms me if a new sim is inserted.
And (optional) maybe the program could be cooked into a clean and stable rom so even a hard reset would not mind it at all.
I hope I covered all the basic elements I'm looking for.
If someone know's a program like this or could write it for me this would be awesome. If it is working good and stable I would like to pay some money for it too.
As you've probably seen on my writing If the program is in Dutch it would be awesome. If it is in English however it would still be awesome.
Finally it would be nice if some options could be set through sms (optional) (since the device will be bad accessible) and that I would be able to set some tags myself.
If you have any questions or any additions.. Please feel free to mention them.
With kind regards,
Richard Zondervan
I don't know if this will cover all your needs, as it's based around the phone getting stolen or lost, not something that the phone is attached to, but it may suit...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=594608
If not, how about something made specifically for the task?
http://www.lojack.com/
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I don't know if this will cover all your needs, as it's based around the phone getting stolen or lost, not something that the phone is attached to, but it may suit...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=594608
If not, how about something made specifically for the task?
http://www.lojack.com/
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Thanks for your input. Although the first option does't seem to cover all the needs, and the second seems not to work in the Netherlands.
I may be getting the S3, and I know it has NFC, but what can NFC do?
I understand that it can do this beam stuff, but I won't use that really. Do you need these little discs to make NFC work as you get with the Sony Xperia?
Can you buy any NFC disc and use it for what? are the discs for specific purposes? What do people who have NFC use it for now please? in day to day stuff?
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I may be getting the S3, and I know it has NFC, but what can NFC do?
I understand that it can do this beam stuff, but I won't use that really. Do you need these little discs to make NFC work as you get with the Sony Xperia?
Can you buy any NFC disc and use it for what? are the discs for specific purposes? What do people who have NFC use it for now please? in day to day stuff?
cheers
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NFC is basically a low-range, low-power(It draws power from the RF-field made by the phone) and low-storage device. So NFC can be used to transmit and/or store small bits of information.
It can be used for a lot of stuff, such as the Google Wallet contactless payment system, where you can basically pay by using your phone, however this system isn't live in many places yet, officially only the US i believe.
It can also be used together with nfc stickers or disks where you can program them to do specific stuff (Like go into car mode) when you touch them.
Those stickers and disks can also be programmed to contain contact information and other stuff like that.
Lastly it can be used to transfer small bits of information between NFC-enabled phones, and if both people have something like S-Beam that pretty much just establishes a WiFi-Drect link, then you can also transfer much bigger files by using NFC to establish the connection but Wifi to transfer the files.
The sort of thing I was hoping was for eg if I have one if these stickers in my car I.could get it to switch on Bluetooth, put phone into car mode (if there is one), switch on S-voice so can just ask instructions rather than press a button to wake 1st (not sure if S-voice works like this?)
I could then have another sticker on door panel or something to do the opposite when leaving the car. Is this possible?
Where do you get the stickers from? How do you program them?
Any other yes sorry from contactless payments (I'm in UK) or S-beam?
Thanks
Basicly, Sony came up with the idea, so it's not standard in Android nor TouchWiz. There might be developers and stuff who sells the NFC tags and have the same use as the tags from Sony.
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put phone into car mode (if there is one)
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Basicly, the idea behind car mode is that you put in what you think is needed for in the car (for instance, WIFI off, 3G on, BlueTooth on, Radio on, email off etc).
MrMrMr111 said:
The sort of thing I was hoping was for eg if I have one if these stickers in my car I.could get it to switch on Bluetooth, put phone into car mode (if there is one), switch on S-voice so can just ask instructions rather than press a button to wake 1st (not sure if S-voice works like this?)
I could then have another sticker on door panel or something to do the opposite when leaving the car. Is this possible?
Where do you get the stickers from? How do you program them?
Any other yes sorry from contactless payments (I'm in UK) or S-beam?
Thanks
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You can program the stickers with a NFC writer, there's apps on the Google Play store that can do it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nxp.nfc.tagwriter
As for the tasks, like the car one, you have to use a third party application to write and read those tags, but i've heard this app does it pretty well: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher
As for where you can buy them, Sony (Ericsson) have made some keychain tags that you can buy in retail, otherwise there are also different types of tags like stickers, creditcards, keyfobs, etc. that you can get from here: http://www.rfidshop.com/nfc-tags-74-c.asp
HKboy92 said:
Basicly, Sony came up with the idea, so it's not standard in Android nor TouchWiz. There might be developers and stuff who sells the NFC tags and have the same use as the tags from Sony.
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What idea? NFC or performing tasks by scanning tags? Because they came up with neither, they simply were the first to commercialize it.
I'll try to link it later but there's a thread on this in GNex forums. You can do hella cool things! I'll find the link soon.
Keep it Classy, Cali.
@ Alice
That's what I'm talking bout.
Keep it Classy, Cali.
Wow - I am utterly impressed. I thought NFC could only be used for contactless payment. I need to get me some of these - quickly!
Thanks for links. Contactless payment may be handy if it's rolled out, but the other uses interest me more.
If I get one I would definitely want a "car mode" one.
There is Pay Pass Locator, that accepts Google Wallet.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mastercard.paypass
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I had originally thought that the nfc was worthless to me because my phones are always rooted but I can see having followed the links I need to rethink that.
Would be cool if it could also be an NFC tag (with a learning mode). Then you will be able to open office doors with your phone and stuff like that. (or is that only possible with RFID )
Is there any good web sites to detail better uses, ie good profiles to use etc?
I would have thought Sony Mobile would have had some good ideas, pages if there selling there tags with the Xperia S. Do those tags come pre-programmed for some usr already?
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Would be cool if it could also be an NFC tag (with a learning mode). Then you will be able to open office doors with your phone and stuff like that. (or is that only possible with RFID )
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Yeah there's a variety of ways it can be done, there are different types of RFID technology.
It's possible that it's based on NFC, but even then it's not nessecary using the NDEF format. We have a card that we can use to pay for public transporation, it is based on NFC, but it's not formatted in a way that the phone can understand.
It's important to remember that not all NFC chips are equal. There storage space, range and security can vary. There's a neat little table here that explains the different spec of each.
They also sell NFC chips, stickers, cards, fobs etc. They will also pre-encode them and do custom printing on them. Well worth a look IMO.
Anyone found a used for NFC in the UK yet?
Is there any decent banking/payment apps for it or other cool stuff we can be using?
I see wireless credit cards as just another way to steal my money, and with things like this you don't have to mug me but just be in range and have the technology to steal it my details.
HaHa wave my phone around so the turds can grab my bank details .
Thats a good joke who thought it up trhe guys that sell cloned credit cards ??
jje
You can buy and program your own tags and use them to like... turn on wifi when you get home and stuff like that
I've never seen the NFC payment things in Manchester but other cities may have them, I dunno.
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Anyone found a used for NFC in the UK yet?
Is there any decent banking/payment apps for it or other cool stuff we can be using?
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Sony Xperia owners can get those "Smart Tags" - they're NFC enabled, so I'm guessing that perhaps the app they use them with is available?
Edit: looks like it isn't (boo), but there's other ones in the Play store that let you store information on the tags and/or activate actions on the phone by touch the tag to the phone. Check out NFC Task Launcher or NFC Tag Writer & Reader for two examples.
By the way, I'd heard that the range of NFC is in millimetres - so it's going to be difficult for a scum-sucking con artist to scrape your phone. Plus the eBanking apps I've seen discussed all have low limits on "unverified" transactions and anything of note needs you to enter a PIN code first - to authorise it.
Michael_P said:
I see wireless credit cards as just another way to steal my money, and with things like this you don't have to mug me but just be in range and have the technology to steal it my details.
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Actually most credit cards can be read from a distance. They have portable card scanners that can pull your information off of a card inside of your wallet. I remember reading about a year ago that the issue is credit card companies are not supposed to store any information on your card besides the account number, but they often do to "ease" transactions on their end.
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Actually most credit cards can be read from a distance. They have portable card scanners that can pull your information off of a card inside of your wallet. I remember reading about a year ago that the issue is credit card companies are not supposed to store any information on your card besides the account number, but they often do to "ease" transactions on their end.
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If it was possible you'd hear about with the billions of cards knocking about, where all it takes with wireless cards is follow someone in a crowd with some kind of scanner, because if it is technically possible them someone's gonna figure it out, and all because people want to save a few seconds putting their card in the machine.
Bus stops have NFC for adverts, I imagine that apps will be advertised like this too.
Soon oyster cards in London will be on your phone. But you really do have to be pushed up against these things, its very short range.
These things won't become mainstream unless they're secure.
Thieving people just by walking past them is a load of ****, don't believe it for a second.
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dladz said:
Soon oyster cards in London will be on your phone.
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I think I'll keep my Oyster separate... A phone is more likely to get stolen but at least I can get home I always try as much as possible to not have the the phone out "on display" in or near stations anyway, and with the roll out of free wifi at stations for the 'lympics it's likely that there is going to be an increase in stuff going walkies I think.
I might get some NFC tags to mess about with for stuff at home though, just to give it a try really.
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People who think that it'll be possible to steal your banking details wirelessly from your phone really make me laugh. The ignorance is incredible.
NFC is only activated when your phone's screen is on and unlocked. It's physically impossible for someone to communicate with your Android phone while it's in your pocket.
ive just got the S3 today, and also have an Xperia S LT26i, i can use my Xperia SmartTags on both devices to set things like profiles - switching on/off things like data, bluetooth, wifi and apps etc...
as an example, i have one tag programmed for use in the car on my car keys - it disables my wifi connection, puts the phone on loud settings, enables gps and bluetooth (pairs with stereo in car for handsfree) and launches maps - all by tapping the phone on the tag. i then have another tag on my house keys so i can do the opposite....
you need an app called "liveware manager" and "Xperia smarttags" from Playstore to allow this to be done
hope that helps anyone interested in using NFC
[email protected] said:
ive just got the S3 today, and also have an Xperia S LT26i, i can use my Xperia SmartTags on both devices to set things like profiles - switching on/off things like data, bluetooth, wifi and apps etc...
as an example, i have one tag programmed for use in the car on my car keys - it disables my wifi connection, puts the phone on loud settings, enables gps and bluetooth (pairs with stereo in car for handsfree) and launches maps - all by tapping the phone on the tag. i then have another tag on my house keys so i can do the opposite....
you need an app called "liveware manager" and "Xperia smarttags" from Playstore to allow this to be done
hope that helps anyone interested in using NFC
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I've done this too. You can programme any writable nfc card or sticker to be a Sony Smart Tag. There are instructions on the nfc forum. Then you can get the Smart Tag to change settings automatically for you. It works really well.
Use these with this. Works ace.
I own a mastercard paypass and would certainly feel more secure if it was on my phone, instead of on a piece of plastic. Unfortunately they only have that in the US yet. My phone can read it though (well it only recognizes it as a Mastercard, no other useful info), as well my transport card, a security pass and health card. I think when NFC finds its way to more phones, applications for it will expand (and hopefully my wallet will get less bulky).
I'll be getting some NFC compatible RFID chips to play with from ebay soon.
I wonder whether the anti theft tags in stores are using a compatible frequency. You often get those for free. I Should try.
Again as far as security - indeed it only works when enabled and when phone is 'awake'. It also has a sound notification whenever it communicates via NFC. And it's not a passive chip that can simple be read with a device and somehow duplicated. Payments would require an encrypted two-way communication.
Have ordered some tags off ebay so will have fun finding a use for them.
First will get one in the car to turn Bluetooth on etc.
Shame that the banks are slow on rolling it out, although they are supposed to be giving it a push for the Olympics but I guess only in small numbers at select locations.
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you need an app called "liveware manager" and "Xperia smarttags" from Playstore to allow this to be done
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Hmm, when I did a search (for "smart tag") in Play, the Xperia app didn't appear - bl**dy useless Google search.
Liveware I know about, because I think it's the same app as used for the smart watches.
Thanks for putting me straight though.
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Hmm, when I did a search (for "smart tag") in Play, the Xperia app didn't appear - bl**dy useless Google search.
Liveware I know about, because I think it's the same app as used for the smart watches.
Thanks for putting me straight though.
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try "xperia smarttags" - smart and tags have no space
I'm hoping 2012 will be the year for NFC - there's been noises around it gaining traction in time for the Olympics, but perhaps that will be London-only with Oyster cards etc.
I've upgraded to a GSIII from a Nexus S, which also had NFC. I rooted that and used Google Wallet to spend my free $10 from Google in the UK - a couple of Big Mac Meals and a coffee later, everything worked fine. All McDonalds have NFC-enabled tills, as do Starbucks I believe. However I won't hack Google Wallet onto my GSIII because I found out after the event that I'd changed some settings in the secure element by reinstalling too much, and now whoever buys my SNS from the secondhand shop will find out at some point it's incompatible with Wallet!
I said back in 2011 that NFC was going to be the next big thing, it's just a shame we're still waiting. It's more secure than debit card (pin for >£15 transactions, plus it's protected by your phone keylock, plus if you lose your phone you can wipe/lock it with Samsung Dive, Avast, or any other product. And as people have said, the range is tiny - 20cm theoretical, 4cm practical. If someone is that close to your pocket, you ought to have more worries than them scanning your NFC chip!!
I did manage to NFC a few contacts and bookmarks over from my SNS to my GSIII, and I have to say it worked really well - very clean implementation of business card swapping. A little "plip" noise and it's there, no need to open any apps first on the target phone.
I know that in the northwest there is a lot of research etc into using nfc within museums and art galleries as I'm leading a team doing so.
Using tags to give further info, images and links about art or subjects by tapping a tag.
I think using it for payment will take sometime to become widespread as the general public are a little scared of new technology like this!
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Well Barclaycard have the Pay Tag thingy (though currently only for some of their Visa cards, not Mastercard - I guess that's possibly 'lympics-related) see http://www.barclaycard.co.uk/personal/paytag and http://ask.barclaycard.co.uk/help/brochure/1_pay_tag/ but it doesn't make use of existing NFC capabilities in a phone, it's just a sticker to slap on somewhere which is completely meh really.
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I've had 3 hardware problems develop all at the same time:
The charging port has stopped reliably working
The headset jack is beginning to fail
The dreaded "No SIM Detected"
I know that the first two are relatively easy repairs if you can solder.
The third is a bit more of an issue. Reading here and in other places it sounds like it *might* be a bad SIM card reader (or a bad connection). Others have suggested that it could be a motherboard issue (not sure if that's the correct term for a phone).
Either way, the phone needs repairs and they seem way above my current paygrade/project time. Unfortunately my Note is out of warranty.
So, my bright friends, any suggestions on who to turn to? If I contact Samsung, how much might I be looking at for the repair? I'm primary interested in solving the SIM card reader thing first as I'd still like to use this unit as a phone.
Matt Bernius said:
I've had 3 hardware problems develop all at the same time:
The charging port has stopped reliably working
The headset jack is beginning to fail
The dreaded "No SIM Detected"
I know that the first two are relatively easy repairs if you can solder.
The third is a bit more of an issue. Reading here and in other places it sounds like it *might* be a bad SIM card reader (or a bad connection). Others have suggested that it could be a motherboard issue (not sure if that's the correct term for a phone).
Either way, the phone needs repairs and they seem way above my current paygrade/project time. Unfortunately my Note is out of warranty.
So, my bright friends, any suggestions on who to turn to? If I contact Samsung, how much might I be looking at for the repair? I'm primary interested in solving the SIM card reader thing first as I'd still like to use this unit as a phone.
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I just found this thread Matt... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2105966