I'm going to do an adb pull to insert an icon into Tasker, for it to be used for notifciations. I'll do the icon add in windows, then push the app back to the Aria. Where should I expect to find the Tasker app? It does not allow install to the sd, so it is somewhere in the internal. Anyone have Tasker and can find it?
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I'm going to do an adb pull to insert an icon into Tasker, for it to be used for notifciations. I'll do the icon add in windows, then push the app back to the Aria. Where should I expect to find the Tasker app? It does not allow install to the sd, so it is somewhere in the internal. Anyone have Tasker and can find it?
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/data/app/net.dinglisch.android.tasker-1.apk
Is there a way to use terminal emulator to push a file into this app?
My last Intruder was a Grumman A-6E.
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Is there a way to use terminal emulator to push a file into this app?
My last Intruder was a Grumman A-6E.
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Great question - I don't know. What you might check out is PULLING the APK and extracting it with WinRAR or you're alternative zip program and placing the file you want in there...what exactly are you trying to accomplish? After you replace or place your file rezip and rename to .apk ... please note I do not know if this 'method' is suitable for what you are trying to do, don't know if it will work or what...in my eyes its worth a shot...if anything your phone just wont install it.another thing I'd try is, unseasonable of unzipping, then rezipping just drop the file in there and place/replace, then put on SDCARD and try to sideload it.
If you are familiar with Tasker, this should make sense. I'll give you the quick version.
I have three modes, Home, Car, and Work. When I leave home, Tasker detects my home network has been disconnected and switches to car mode (wifi off, bluetooth on, gps on). When I arrive at work, Tasker's gps function detects my location and switches to work mode (wifi off, gps off, bluetooth off). When I leave work, Tasker uses "cell near" detection to see that I have left work and goes back to car mode (wifi off, gps on, bluetooth on). Tasker monitors gps data and knows when I have returned home sets everything back to home (wifi on, gps off, bluetooth off). There are other settings that get changed as well, such as brightness and volume levels. Quite complex to set up, but it is totally automated. I believe it saves battery by keeping unnecessary functions off when not needed.
So, what I'm trying to do is have Tasker initiate a notification (tasker does this also) when each state changes. The notification can be made to be "permanent" and is only cleared by the change of mode. When setting up Tasker to do these notifications, there are only a few stock ones to chose from. Things like teddy bears and penguins and stars. I'd like to use different icons. So I believe the solution is to find suitable icons (24x24 or 32x32 png images) and name them the same as what is found in the apk. The file icon_notify_bear.png will become a VW logo for car mode, etc. It should show up in the list of icons available for the notification. I intend to replace those that are not of interest and add a few others, using the same file name structure.
More info (though outdated) can be found here http://tasker.dinglisch.net/tour.html#notify
Tasker has been updated many times since that, it has many more and better features and functions now. Except easily adding icons for notifications. The dev says that android won't allow it through the app itself. So I'm going in through the back door.
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If you are familiar with Tasker, this should make sense. I'll give you the quick version.
I have three modes, Home, Car, and Work. When I leave home, Tasker detects my home network has been disconnected and switches to car mode (wifi off, bluetooth on, gps on). When I arrive at work, Tasker's gps function detects my location and switches to work mode (wifi off, gps off, bluetooth off). When I leave work, Tasker uses "cell near" detection to see that I have left work and goes back to car mode (wifi off, gps on, bluetooth on). Tasker monitors gps data and knows when I have returned home sets everything back to home (wifi on, gps off, bluetooth off). There are other settings that get changed as well, such as brightness and volume levels. Quite complex to set up, but it is totally automated. I believe it saves battery by keeping unnecessary functions off when not needed.
So, what I'm trying to do is have Tasker initiate a notification (tasker does this also) when each state changes. The notification can be made to be "permanent" and is only cleared by the change of mode. When setting up Tasker to do these notifications, there are only a few stock ones to chose from. Things like teddy bears and penguins and stars. I'd like to use different icons. So I believe the solution is to find suitable icons (24x24 or 32x32 png images) and name them the same as what is found in the apk. The file icon_notify_bear.png will become a VW logo for car mode, etc. It should show up in the list of icons available for the notification. I intend to replace those that are not of interest and add a few others, using the same file name structure.
More info (though outdated) can be found here http://tasker.dinglisch.net/tour.html#notify
Tasker has been updated many times since that, it has many more and better features and functions now. Except easily adding icons for notifications. The dev says that android won't allow it through the app itself. So I'm going in through the back door.
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Alright, well I am familiar with tasker but didn't know about the different notification icons. Anyway, what I told you above is exactly what I would try. Pull the APK from your phone, open it in winrar have a looksie at what you can find (note you may have to unzip to see what each file is, but I wouldn't rezip it to achieve this task), once you find what you need to replace drag and drop from windows to winrar...winrar SHOULD ask you if you want to replace what's already in there. If it doesn't, this 'method' will probably not work. If it does, either push it back to your phone or just drop it on your sdcard and sideload it, test it out and see what you can come up with. May take a few trial and error failures but that's all part of the learning experience in my opinion.
I've read a thing or two about apps in the /data/app need to be signed after edit. Not a clue what I am to do with that advice
My last Intruder was a Grumman A-6E.
duckredbeard said:
I've read a thing or two about apps in the /data/app need to be signed after edit. Not a clue what I am to do with that advice
My last Intruder was a Grumman A-6E.
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Look into SignApk...i tried to do this after editing ROM frame apk with UOT so I didn't have to flash two files and I failed...well...I may have succeeded in signing the apk but the ROM was stuck at the boot animation so i gave up there...
These should help you out some:
http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wjOCFS-pQc
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Hello:
I have SPB time and recently the alarms seem to have stopped working.
They work if I place a test alarm in the afternoon for example, but the ones in the morning to wake me up for work never go off.
I have tried, wakeupteak, and scarybears check notify, to no avail, I have re-installed SPB time and the alarms. I have rebuilt my unit from the ground up. Still the same problem!!
SPB time are out of ideas themselves.
Any ideas on what the problem may be, or can someone suggest an alternative clock/alarm program for the PPC for me to try.
Thanks.
Aame problem here. AlarmX from MTUX seems to work but it's not as pretty.
There are posts on the forum somewhere telling why this is. It's something like the device goes in to sleep mode (excuse the pun). The built in alarm works Ok (for me) and so does the alarm in Stop Time.
I've had problems with alarms for almost two years - I've found only two solutions:
Try SuperAlert from WhittakerMoore - it cured my alarm problems except when I had stuff which clashed with it, however it is commercial.
A more recent and radical approach which has also worked for me is as follows (you will need software which can modify the Notifications database, such as Anton Tomov's Pocket Mechanic).
The root of the problem is the CALNOT process which runs at midnight - it performs housekeeping and if it doesn't complete correctly, it fails to trigger the first alarm of the day (and therefore any subsequent ones until you turn the device on).
Use your product of choice to simply delete the midnight notification entry which runs CALNOT.exe - this means that the housekeeping isn't done every night but the alarms will be reliable, since it now cannot fail to complete(!). To make sure the cleanup does occur now and again, put a shortcut to CALNOT.exe in the startup folder. Yes, it makes startup after a soft reset a little slower but it's worth it I feel for reliable alarms. Alternatively you could run CALNOT manually. You must remember to remove the CALNOT notification after each time it runs (including timezone changes) as it reinstates its midnight entry each time.
Although I have over 350 entries in my calendar, I haven't noticed any degradation without the regular housekeeping but I have noticed the alarms working - it now wakes me every morning except when I forget to delete the damned entry after a soft reset.
Let me know how you get on.
Note: If anyone out there wants to knock together a tiny app. which runs CALNOT then removes the notification, I for one would be very grateful - I haven't had the time to do any WM coding yet.
I almost missed a plane because the alarm didn't ring so it's important to fix it. However:
simply delete the midnight notification entry which runs CALNOT.exe
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how to find this program?
I searched at "calnot.exe" in the registry: nopes, searched in windows/startup: nopes. So how to find the program that calls calnot.exe to delete it? Or just delete the file calnot.exe?
Please help
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how to find this program?
I searched at "calnot.exe" in the registry: nopes, searched in windows/startup: nopes. So how to find the program that calls calnot.exe to delete it? Or just delete the file calnot.exe?
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(you will need software which can modify the Notifications database, such as Anton Tomov's Pocket Mechanic).
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Use your product of choice to simply delete the midnight notification entry which runs CALNOT.exe
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Do NOT delete the program calnot.exe! Re-read what I wrote, in particular the need for software to edit the notifications database - THAT is where the entry is which needs to be deleted.
Do not quickly skim across the post details, getting half the picture then blindly blundering around in your device - that is the fast way to a hard reset!
Thanks for the quick reply. I didn't read it well, indeed, sorry.
So I deleted calnot from the notication queue and now it has to be fixed, apart from running calnot now and then? Do you (after a run) have to delete calnot again from the queue?
No worries, I just didn't want to be the cause of a hard reset.
Generally running calnot doesn't seem to restore the notification entry, there is a special system notification entry (which I don't recommend you delete) which restores it at each soft reset.
Good luck and let us know how you get on.
@mtbsoft. Thanks for you're warning. But now I have some troubble with calnot.exe : can't copy/shortcut it to startmenu as you mentioned, can't even rename the read only status and can't run it (i.e. after double clicking I don't see it in the notification database appear). Any sugestions?
Tapping on it will run it - it doesn't have a user interface so won't be visible. I think you've misunderstood about the notification - running calnot.exe manually WON'T put the notification back, that only occurs when you soft-reset.
I assume you are using the in-built File Explorer, you should be able to navigate to calnot.exe then tap and hold to select Copy. Now go to the \windows\startup folder and use the Edit menu at the bottom left to select Paste as Shortcut. calnot.exe is actually in ROM so you can't rename or delete it (easily).
It worked! I tried it several times like you described, but got the message it was in use, or something like that. But now it's ok. Thanks a lot, the alarms seems to work properly.
@mtbsoft: I found a program/tweak that may solve the problem. It's free.
Look at http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php for wakeup tweak
All wakeup tweak does (to my recollection) is adjusts the Power up timeout that so many others also do - the results are variable and it doesn't work for me. I actually found a better solution in the shape of SuperAlert from www.whittakermoore.com - finally 100% reliable.
I didn't no, learnt again something. I'll give it a try. Thanks
Hello
I waited a lot of time for Google to release the support of a API to allow changing the 2G/3G with one click
As many others I would like to have the ability to do it without need to go to the settings.
Since Google didn't do it, I decided to do it by myself.
For that I modified the Phone and Setting applications that are delivered in the Cyanogen 6 version.
I made a new Power Control widget that now has the following:
Additional buttons:
- 2G/3G toggling (one click. With 3G only or 3G preferred)
- Ring mode toggling (Different possibilities)
- Screen timeout (15s/1min/5 min or 30s/2m/5Min)
- Toggle orientation sensor(enabled/disabled)
- Brightness levels (added different possible levels)
- Airplane mode enable/disable
- Lock Screen enable/disable
- Flashlight (screen mode works on Magic. on N1 it doesn't work=Don't use it)
Options:
- Can now be set with vertical layout
- you can choose different buttons on the widget
- possibility for a transparent widget
- possibility to avoid the widget "round corners"
- Option to change to 2G automatically when Mobile data is disabled
- Option to change to 3G automatically when Mobile data is enabled back
- Option to disable sync automatically when WIFI is disabled (avoids sync on mobile data)
- Option to enable sync automatically when WIFI is enabled back
- Option to choose if Ring mode is ON with vibrate or with sound
- Option to monitor the Data roaming (set the icon to red if enabled)
Other changes:
Changes done to GPS or Mobile Data in normal Settings page are now automatically synchronized in the widget.
Limitations:
- Setting page still very ugly
- Like the original one, limited to a single 4x1 widget.
- Button order is fixed
Before I contribute with my code to Cyanogen, I would like to see the feedback of other persons to confirm if this change is interesting or not.
If not, I would keep it just to myself.
It was only tested in my own HTC Magic. So I cannot guarantee that it will work 100%. If you want it, then use it at your own risk
Unfortunately it require changes of main Phone applications so I don't think it is possible to do it for all the Phones.
For now it will only work with CM6
I hope this is also interesting for several other people.
How to download:
update.zip file:
http://share1t.com/lg7prf
Screenshots:
My personal update procedure (flashmode):
Step 1:
Copy the update.zip (power_control_v2.01.zip) to the SD Card
Shutdown phone and boot it in recovery mode (On HTC Magic, press HOME + POWER to boot)
Step 2: (optional but recommended)
move the directory of your computer to were to store the backup files
Wait for the Recovery console
Connect the usb cable
adb.exe shell mount /system
Make a backup of the original files:
adb.exe pull /system/app/Settings.apk Settings_original.apk
adb.exe pull /system/app/Phone.apk Phone_original.apk
Step 3:
Select the Flash option on the recovery, and select to choose the file name
Select the power_control_v2.01.zip
Confirm and wait for it to finish.
Reboot the phone.
Step 4:
Add the new Power Control widget
Thank you verry much !
Is this the app from BK Mobility? Of so, this would be considered a WAREZ and you will get banned for it, because it is an paid app.
to futango:
Can you even READ?
Any screens?
Now it has
anwoo said:
to futango:
Can you even READ?
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Sorry OP. Was tired when reading.
That thing looks great BTW.
installed. looks good and works. very nice and thanks.
can i add a suggestion? possibility to reorder the buttons
When i do
Code:
# mount /system
i have error: device or recovery busy ...
What now ?
nice thanks
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When i do
Code:
# mount /system
i have error: device or recovery busy ...
What now ?
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Well I'm not experienced in that.
Maybe the volume is already mounted?
If you really have boot the phone in Recovery mode (not the normal mode)
then check the following after the shell part:
ls /system/app
if you see a lot of files ending in *.apk, then the system is mounted.
You can see if you can execute the remaining operations (starting with the adb pull)
If not, then I don't know how you can push it. maybe in a next CM6 build it will be available.
You read my mind and made it work. Ive been looking for a widget that would do this properly. All other programs could disable apn but then it would mysteriously start up again on its own.
So far so good.
Thanks
Edit: my phone had a force close and when it rebooted, it had automatically reverted back to the normal power widget, with no sign of your version???
If we can have a toggle for the rest of the items it would be perfect.
Specifically hiding bluetooth, GPS and autosync since I never touch those.
xaueious said:
If we can have a toggle for the rest of the items it would be perfect.
Specifically hiding bluetooth, GPS and autosync since I never touch those.
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You can select what options do you want to see. So you can hide these three and keep the other ones.
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Edit: my phone had a force close and when it rebooted, it had automatically reverted back to the normal power widget, with no sign of your version???
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That is strange for me.
I can only see it happening if the original settings apk get installed on the system. I don't think there is any "recovery" rom for that.
What could happen is for it to loose the configured settings and revert to the default one.
There you will have two differences:
1- In my case, the disable mobile data is after the GPS icon. in the original one it after the wifi I think.
2- 2G/3G data is automatically changed when you enable/disable the mobile data.
Perfect
Good work !
Works fine on Vodafone Magic 32b with Chromatic Rom (4.2)
Thanks !
Can you add Airplane Mode toggle, please?
Wow cool
Gonna try it asasp, been looking for this aswell!
Is it workable if I change the phone.apk and settings.apk into yours and resign the ROM?
Cuz my Magic seems fail to mount...
Anyway Good Jobsince I hate the original CM's Power Control Widget much(the number of buttons are fixed to 7,quite hard for me to press the right one...)
With the help of a few other posters and Tasker's user guide, I figured out how to make a macro (script?) that will allow you to turn GPS on with honest-to-god one click. Specifically, if you open Navigator, Maps or any other app that uses GPS, this will check to see if GPS is off and if so, turns it on and returns you to said program.
I hope this helps. It is far from perfect. I'm still learning Tasker, but it definitely works. Has fixed a great annoyance for me and 2.3.x.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg56IgNHA0Y
"This tutorial explains how to make a one click GPS solution for Android 2.3.x, which by default, disables apps from automatically turning GPS on or off. Annoyed by having to press three or four different times just to turn GPS on? Not anymore. Tasker fixes that (with some work) and makes it legitmately one-click.
If you'd like to import the script directly into your Tasker, download this:
http://hotfile.com/dl/147479329/497bda8/userbackup.xml.txt.html
or
http://oron.com/u26ogc0s8dvk
Thanks!"
I am running Dman's rooted stock UCLB3 with Entropy's DD and Voodoo Lagfix. I love the setup but one this is really bothering me: I can't set the screen security time. I like the screen to go off in 15 - 30 seconds, but I want to be able to decide how long it will be until I have to use the security unlock. Now, there used to be a setting for this under Location and Security, but for some reason it is no longer there. Is it this ROM or is this missing from all 2.3.6 builds (i.e. stock)?
In case you aren't following me, I am attaching two screenshots, one from Samsung's website, the other from my phone. As you can see there is no "Timeout" menu on my phone. Was this somehow stripped from Dman's ROM (not impossible since the android.policy.jar file - the one that I believe is related to this menu - sometimes encounters issues from deodexing) or is this feature just gone from the phone? If it was stripped, how might I go about getting it back?
This is driving me mad right now, so I'd love to hear a definitive answer.
The setting that you are looking for can be found under Settings / Display. It wasn't stripped, you're just not in the correct menu.
No, that is a different setting. You'll notice that the display setting is to determine when the display will go to sleep (when it will automatically turn off), the setting I am talking about determines when the screen will lock after the screen turns off.
There are two programs with similar functions: Delayed Lock and JuiceDefender Ultimate. However, I suspect that the phone setting is still partially alive somewhere because both programs seem to wreak havoc with whatever settings are now default.
Oh, okay, now I understand. That feature isn't available in stock UCLB3, and there were no issues when deodexing.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks. That's basically the answer I wanted. I've been poking through the guts of both the stock and rooted builds trying to find out what happened. It is really irritating that it's not there (well, for me it is!) because the security screen seems to have a mind of its own, particularly if you introduce alternative lockers into the mix.
For anyone who may be interested, you may be able to set the timeout by editing values in the android.policy.jar file in framework folder. Search around, you'll find instructions. I haven't tried this.
The two apps I have found that enable this functionality are Delayed Lock and Juice Defender Ultimate. However, neither app works well with 3rd party security locks such as Go Locker. The lock delay apps trigger the system security screen lock so you may have to go through as many as 3 screens before you get to your home screen.
Sorry, there is one other app: Password Delay. I did not try this because I want to use a pattern lock. PD does not work with patterns.
Yeah, join the club lol. I just learned to deal with it after a while. But I hear you. Tried looking for some alternative ideas... and I just kept unlocking everytime.
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***UPDATE***
I upgraded to ParanoidAndroid and had to use a different apk. I don't know who made this one (i downloaded like 10 from xda and tried about 4 before it started working), but here's the winner:
techneesh.com/paranoidandroidnfcscreenoff.apk
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Hey guys,
I searched for hours but could only find reports of people *NOT* getting this to work on the Verizon GS3 (hence the name of the thread).
I tried hacking my stock Nfc.apk using dex2jar & modding the smali files (after looking up the appropriate values to change using decompiled dex2jar classes.dex's nfcservice.java), but after much frustration decided to just go ahead and try the existing versions out there.
By the way, if anyone is looking for how to do this (decompiling/modding/recompiling an apk) with 4.0.4 (and getting the 'bad magic number with smali/baksmali), refer to the comment on May 8th in this thread.
I'm pleased to report that mayhemer's AT&T version (for the SGS-I747) works for us Verizon folks!
You can grab it on his thread here.
I've also uploaded it to my server. Here's a direct link:
techneesh.com/Nfc.apk
I posted this in the Development section because I would really like to encourage devs to work on modding Nfc functionality further. Also, this is a more advanced mod for a system app.
Google Wallet did not throw errors with this .apk (as it did with others), although I have not tested it yet.
NFC reads trigger the nfc tag's function and the alarm/beep, but do not turn on or unlock the screen (while it is off).
Also, I just got a whole bunch of NFC tags in and plan to make some cool products for them... if you have any ideas let me know on my 3D-printing-on-demand-for-xda-samsung-gs3-folks thread.
Note- I am on Bean's Custom Stock R3.1 07/28 (I know, I need to upgrade)
4.0.4, SCH-I535, Baseband I535VRLF2, Kernel 3.0.38imoseyon+, Hardware I535.10
Instructions for apk:
1. Get apk onto your phone
2. Stop NFC (or else your phone will start lagging // freezing after the next step)
3. Copy the apk to /system/app/ with a root explorer and overwrite the existing Nfc.apk (you should make a backup first)
4. Change permissions to match other system apks (rw-r--r--)
5. Reboot & re-enable nfc. Profit. Share your uses.
For zip you should be able to just flash in cwm.
What reasons would one what NFC enable while the screen is off/ phone locked ????
yardi4life said:
What reasons would one what NFC enable while the screen is off/ phone locked ????
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So you don't have to unlock we are lazy people
Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S III
is this for reals?
really hoping this works..been waiting for it!
yardi4life said:
What reasons would one what NFC enable while the screen is off/ phone locked ????
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oh man, don't get me started!
think about it - you get to your desk and want to tether / turn on music / silence phone. just tap it on the nfc sticker on your desk. done.
you get into your car and want to enable gps / turn on music / navigate somewhere. tap your phone to the nfc sticker. done.
i have a lockscreen for security and even though it only takes a second to open it still adds up over the course of the day. the ability to quickly do (any) task on your phone without unlocking it or even pressing a button is huge.
for example, I canceled home internet last year when I got LTE but this means I have to turn on tethering every time i sit down at my PC. using a tasker nfc-activated command I can just touch my phone to my desk and it's on. time saving and just fun.
or maybe you are in a meeting and miss a call and want to call them back - have a pre-programmed nfc sticker that will command your phone to set an alarm for (e.g.) 1 hour. tap your phone to it without fiddling /unlocking/interrupting your meeting further.
what really made me think of this is while I was looking for something behind a wardrobe and wanted to turn on my LED flashlight on my phone. how cool would it be to have an nfc sticker (on your keychain? on a sliding mechanism on a custom techneesh.com case on your phone?) that could basically act as a 4th hard button to do a custom function (in this case, turn on the LED flashlight without 1. turning on screen 2. unlocking 3. going to home screen 4. finding LED flashlight app and opening)
and yes, this is for real
I'm trying to get this to work on CleanROM 2.5, with the G7 baseband. I followed the steps correctly, but it doesn't to anything different than the stock NFC
I can still read my tags when screen on and unlocked, but i get no response with the screen off or on and locked.
Triskite, did you modify the .apk from the linked At&t SGSIII thread at all? If not, would it be safe to try the other apk's listed there?
Thanks!
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I'm trying to get this to work on CleanROM 2.5, with the G7 baseband. I followed the steps correctly, but it doesn't to anything different than the stock NFC
I can still read my tags when screen on and unlocked, but i get no response with the screen off or on and locked.
Triskite, did you modify the .apk from the linked At&t SGSIII thread at all? If not, would it be safe to try the other apk's listed there?
Thanks!
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the apk worked as-is for me - only thing i can think of to try is to turn ON a lockscreen? (I use the pattern security one)
safe? I certainly can't assure that... but would I try them? yes.
Triskite said:
the apk worked as-is for me - only thing i can think of to try is to turn ON a lockscreen? (I use the pattern security one)
safe? I certainly can't assure that... but would I try them? yes.
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I went ahead and tried the .zips from that thread
I flashed the nfcmodI747_lockscreen.zip flashable from CWM and it works like a charm!
Once i did this, i wanted to see if the screen off nfcmodI747_screenoff.zip works, and it sure does (again, flashed via CWM)!
Don't know if it matters, but i did not disable NFC from settings before i flashed them via CWM.
Thanks again!
Just saying this is as of the moment the most unsafe mod someone can implant or put a nfc tag somewhere to run malicious code on your device. While I do not condone hacking of any sort, I know the possibilties of what these hacks can do from different forums (not naming any).
TLR, caution with this one guys. Especially if you're using wallet using my guide......
Ok...what are these tags you're talking about? I've never ran across NFC tags in "the wild"...do you buy them and then tell your phone what to do when it reads a certain tag?
backcourse said:
Ok...what are these tags you're talking about? I've never ran across NFC tags in "the wild"...do you buy them and then tell your phone what to do when it reads a certain tag?
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Yeah you can get nfc tags at stores and program it what to do when u tag ur phone with it, using the TecTiles app or some sort
Pretty cool
Sent from my SCH-I535
nfc keychain dongle for $5!
Hmong_Xiong said:
Yeah you can get nfc tags at stores and program it what to do when u tag ur phone with it, using the TecTiles app or some sort
Pretty cool
Sent from my SCH-I535
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I wrote up a post outlining some sweet stuff you can do and some cool apps to use, here.
I also just finished creating a keychain nfc dongle! Grab one for $5 on my site, techneesh
tonu42 said:
Just saying this is as of the moment the most unsafe mod someone can implant or put a nfc tag somewhere to run malicious code on your device. While I do not condone hacking of any sort, I know the possibilties of what these hacks can do from different forums (not naming any).
TLR, caution with this one guys. Especially if you're using wallet using my guide......
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Yea, I understand the risks and all.
I agree that it is a major security vulnerability for someone that wishes to highly protect their information.
I just wanted to try it for a proof-of-concept kind of thing.
Honestly its pretty quick to flash these via Cwm. I went back to stock Nfc.apk for parties/bars this weekend (Too many people close to me for security comfort), then today I flashed the lock screen version for my school week.
It would be really cool if it were possible to toggle this.
usatf1290 said:
Yea, I understand the risks and all.
I agree that it is a major security vulnerability for someone that wishes to highly protect their information.
I just wanted to try it for a proof-of-concept kind of thing.
Honestly its pretty quick to flash these via Cwm. I went back to stock Nfc.apk for parties/bars this weekend (Too many people close to me for security comfort), then today I flashed the lock screen version for my school week.
It would be really cool if it were possible to toggle this.
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Can somebody post the stock nfc apk file(s)? I guess they are needed to take the OTA update after mucking with Wallet, and i didn't save them.
I just tried the nfcmodI747_screenoff.zip with the latest paranoid android (2.16) and it does not work. The NFC settings disappear entirely.
morttt said:
Can somebody post the stock nfc apk file(s)? I guess they are needed to take the OTA update after mucking with Wallet, and i didn't save them.
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Here is my stock nfc.apk
I have flashed synergy (ICS), jellywiz and now cleanrom 2.5. I don't know if they've modified anything in the NFC.apk, but this is what I have.
If you wanna guarantee its ok, you can pull it from the stock ROM.
Md5: ddacac3aad2e700b91239404e193f88b
Has anyone got this to work with cm10? Im more interested in disabling the nfc scan noise. I tried to replace the ogg files in nfc.apk with silent ones using ninjamorph and zip signer but i keep getting force closes. Any ideas?
Triskite said:
oh man, don't get me started!
think about it - you get to your desk and want to tether / turn on music / silence phone. just tap it on the nfc sticker on your desk. done.
you get into your car and want to enable gps / turn on music / navigate somewhere. tap your phone to the nfc sticker. done.
i have a lockscreen for security and even though it only takes a second to open it still adds up over the course of the day. the ability to quickly do (any) task on your phone without unlocking it or even pressing a button is huge.
for example, I canceled home internet last year when I got LTE but this means I have to turn on tethering every time i sit down at my PC. using a tasker nfc-activated command I can just touch my phone to my desk and it's on. time saving and just fun.
or maybe you are in a meeting and miss a call and want to call them back - have a pre-programmed nfc sticker that will command your phone to set an alarm for (e.g.) 1 hour. tap your phone to it without fiddling /unlocking/interrupting your meeting further.
what really made me think of this is while I was looking for something behind a wardrobe and wanted to turn on my LED flashlight on my phone. how cool would it be to have an nfc sticker (on your keychain? on a sliding mechanism on a custom techneesh.com case on your phone?) that could basically act as a 4th hard button to do a custom function (in this case, turn on the LED flashlight without 1. turning on screen 2. unlocking 3. going to home screen 4. finding LED flashlight app and opening)
and yes, this is for real
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Tasker can do all of this.. no NFC needed
Lock-N-Load said:
Tasker can do all of this.. no NFC needed
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True, but this involves active running processes like GPS which can drain your battery. From my experience, NFC has no noticeable extra drain, not even the screen off modified version. Not to mention how easy it is to use the NFC programming apps versus Tasker, IMO.