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What are the goodies found in Market by my fellow users?
Is anyone used nfc yet?
Has anyone used nfc to pay in stores?
What apps do you use for nfc and why?
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to my understanding the phone does in fact have NFC but it is disabled. Who knows when it will be enabled via official software/firmware updates.
so just pretend it does not have NFC, as, it doesn't.. yet..
Devs are implementing the ability to turn nfc on and off in custom roms. Custom roms with this will have the setting. In menu settings wireless and networks. The cm7 rom has this
silver03wrx said:
Devs are implementing the ability to turn nfc on and off in custom roms. Custom roms with this will have the setting. In menu settings wireless and networks. The cm7 rom has this
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Yes i m running BeastMOD and it has the option i would like to use this as payment method in stores.
I don't understand what you mean by it turned off. Do you guys not have the option to enable it within "settings"?
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The stock rom does not allow us to turn on the nfc. There is no nfc option in it
silver03wrx said:
The stock rom does not allow us to turn on the nfc. There is no nfc option in it
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I guess AT&T got you guys locked down quite a bit.
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cue_32 said:
I guess AT&T got you guys locked down quite a bit.
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If the Rogers version has it enabled, how hard would it be to enable it on AT&T's based on the Rogers version?
I am using BoneSTOCKeteer rom by playin4sheezy on my AT&T version, and you can enable/disable NFC. I didnt do any more than check to see if it could be done though.
azraell33 said:
I am using BoneSTOCKeteer rom by playin4sheezy on my AT&T version, and you can enable/disable NFC. I didnt do any more than check to see if it could be done though.
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Yeah that one is based off of the Rogers ROM. I've already tested the NFC feature and it works fine so it should work for you guys too if you're using BoneStocketeer
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Yeah that one is based off of the Rogers ROM. I've already tested the NFC feature and it works fine so it should work for you guys too if you're using BoneStocketeer
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how did you test it?
On my Rogers phone, I saw the option to turn it on so I did. Never really tested it until one day my phone kept beeping. I looked at it and it scanned something. I realized it was scanning the chip on my credit card since I put my phone on top of my wallet.
I've turned it off since. I don't really know what else I can scan at this point.
The Galaxy Nexus demos of ICS showed NFC being used between those phones. I am sure this will become active for us Yanks once the official ICS firmware becomes available, if you are stock that is.
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The Galaxy Nexus demos of ICS showed NFC being used between those phones. I am sure this will become active for us Yanks once the official ICS firmware becomes available, if you are stock that is.
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It is active now for our GSIIs. No need to wait for ICS. Watch this YouTube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vpjg5SD0qM
I use zoompass to pay by nfc at places they take mastercard paypass...it works well only problem is its like paypal, you have to replenish your account to pay
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polish_pat said:
I use zoompass to pay by nfc at places they take mastercard paypass...it works well only problem is its like paypal, you have to replenish your account to pay
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ya but that's for Canadian what bout something like that to use in US.
These are on a stock skyrocket... Can I enable nfc without a custom rom/kernel?
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appdroid said:
ya but that's for Canadian what bout something like that to use in US.
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i think if ATT doesnt want you to have NFC on an NFC phone you might have a little problem
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I use zoompass to pay by nfc at places they take mastercard paypass...it works well only problem is its like paypal, you have to replenish your account to pay
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I have zoompass also. I tried to read the nfc tag on the zoompass card with my GSII but nothing happens.
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These are on a stock skyrocket... Can I enable nfc without a custom rom/kernel?
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No! not unless you have custom rom that will let you use it!
Hello. I'm looking for a custom rom which could manage to switch back and forth between 2g and 3g either manually or preferably, automatically. I had a milestone with cyanogenmod before my skyrocket and I loved the feature it had where you could set the phone to connect using 2g exclusively while the screen was off and switch to 3g when you unlocked the screen.
thanks!
Juicedefender has this functionality.
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Juicedefender has this functionality.
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thanks for such a quick response. I tried juicedefender once and it had a few issues when switching switching connectivity back on. sometimes it went for hours without any notification for emails and such after setting it to check for emails after certain amount of time. also, I can't really buy the paid version. does the free version has this functionality? I don't want to switch off the data connection entirely, which is what I remember juice defender doing. I just want to switch to 2G.
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Juicedefender has this functionality.
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The Juicedefender functionality is beta, and as far as I know, actually incompatible with our phones, though correct me if I'm wrong.
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The Juicedefender functionality is beta, and as far as I know, actually incompatible with our phones, though correct me if I'm wrong.
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Corrected . It works, but not well
Running Superlite 5.0 I have the app downloaded but it says not supported
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It's not supported on any ROM.
The phone is lacking a secure element and Google Wallet should not be used on any phone that is rooted.
Rooted phones will get an "Unsupported device" message.
i downloaded this http://www.modaco.com/topic/354635-region-device-root-patched-google-wallet-apk-11-r67-v12/ and copied to /system/app and changed permissions. i gets far but it gets stuck on "activating account". i then read i should change ro.product.model, ro.product.name, ro.product.device to htc_jewel in build.prop which i did. cleared data for google wallet, cleared cache and dalvik cache in cwm. and i get the same results. anybody else get it working?
To my understanding it won't work on any non sprint phone per some contract
With that said, even those phones apparently don't work with Google wallet..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769083 <- well i found this here. dont flash that exact zip since itll break nfc. but to my knowledge you can actually get wallet working for att. the only issue im having right now is the activating account. i might try airplane mode in a bit, that gets rid of carrier restrictions in the market, who knows.
Oh man.. I'm excited to see this work. think we need some devs on it to figure things out
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There is no secure element so it won't work
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There is no secure element so it won't work
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have you tried?
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have you tried?
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You are free to try, but it will NOT work. Believe me. I work for the company who supplies the Trusted Service Manager (TSM) for the Google Wallet. Our software sends the credit card data from the bank to the mobile device and stores it on the Secure Element. Without a Secure Element, you cannot have a NFC Wallet.
However, the Skyrocket DOES have NFC and can use a Secure Element on the SIM card. The best hope of a NFC wallet for our device is Isis.
http://www.paywithisis.com/
Worked on my SIII, got stuck on "adding your account" on my skyrocket. Has any one tried it on the skyrocket running cm9 or aokp?
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Worked on my SIII, got stuck on "adding your account" on my skyrocket. Has any one tried it on the skyrocket running cm9 or aokp?
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We don't have the secure element, it won't work
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I noticed on GSM ARENA the specs for the Skyrocket phone say it has NFC.
So I got really excited, but then when I tried to use it, I realized it does not, in fact work.
ATT apparently marked it as not-present and disabled it. (Two problems.)
Anyhow, I found out how to enable it, and I wrote a quick Android App to verify it is present.
I did take a chance and used the Note hack as the model numbers were very close to being the same. I theorized the hardware was mostly the same, excepting the screen.
I searched and apparently nobody has announced doing this before.
The thread used was here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1545751
The tool to test NFC on Skyrocket SGH-i727 is here.
Its already enabled on the ICS leaks we have.
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Where is the nfc built in on our phones?? I kno on the note its built into the battery cover
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Its on the battery itself. If you remove the sticker on the battery you can see the antenna
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I read ICS has a bug where it can't initialize NFC tags.
This candhelp people on 3.x get their NFC working.
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NFC in the Skyrocket is on a chip inside the unit itself. Only the antenna for the NFC chip is located on the battery.
NFC was disables by AT&T in stock GB builds, however some custom ROMS, such as Alien, enabled it.
The 4.0X ICS releases (leaks) for the skyrocket have fully functioning NFC capabilities.
Specific phones did (or maybe) still do have an NFC bug (Verizon's Nexus) phone couldn't handle certain types of formatted tags, but the SkyRocket hasn't had this or any other problem NFC related that I am aware of.
I'm writing an NFC application.
I'll plan to upgrade to Alien in the near future. Sounds like fun.
Just the thought of putting a tag on the nightstand, in the car, ... I can do so much with it, but none the apps out there (even Samsung TecTiles App and NFC Task Launcher) do what I want to do. Not that I can run TecTiles on my phone version.
I'm currently running SKY ICS 4.2F-3B with the UCLE2 radio.
I use NFC tags in the car, at work and at home with an app called NFC Task Launcher.
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What distance can they be read?
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Promethyl said:
What distance can they be read?
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My handset does not read the NFC tag until it is within approximately 1cm.
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What distance can they be read?
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It's very close range by the nature of NFC itself. Depending on if you have a case on the phone, and which case it is, you might need to actually hold the phone to the tag and keep it there for a second. Stock NFC in the skyrocket, regardless of which ROM, gives an audible tone when reading a tag. A file is floating around XDA that will disable the tone, but it is nice to know if the tag was read correct or if there was an error.
How are you guys able to get the NFC to work? I can enable it but when I use NFC apps I get a secure settings needed.
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specter07 said:
How are you guys able to get the NFC to work? I can enable it but when I use NFC apps I get a secure settings needed.
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Are you using apps that require secure settings (secure eliment)? If so, it has nothing to do with NFC, it has to do with the app.
I want it to work so bad on cm
CM9 Skyrocket
To answer your question, yes. So which app would allow me to use NFC with out the secure elements?
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Can anyone share where you purchased your tags from? I would like a handful of reliable tags but cant figure out where to get them from.
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got mine from ebay just google there are plenty of places that sells tags for cheap.
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To answer your question, yes. So which app would allow me to use NFC with out the secure elements?
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None. The Skyrocket does not have a secure eliment. There are several threads about this already.
bobgodd said:
Can anyone share where you purchased your tags from? I would like a handful of reliable tags but cant figure out where to get them from.
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Bought mine here:
http://tagsfordroid.com/tags/Home.html
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None.
Bought mine here:
http://tagsfordroid.com/tags/Home.html
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+1 on the tagsfordroid
Those are the ones I use, too.
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I tried this on mine, and it didn't work oh well, guess I'll wait for the the official ICS update.
Hello,
I have a stock rooted Blaze 4G. In the Settings, I make sure that NFC is enabled, but it does not seem to work. I downloaded a bunch of NFC apps, and none of them could pick up any RFID tags (e.g., parking meters, work badge, US passport, etc). The battery states that it has NFC.
After I rooted my phone, I got rid of a lot of T-Mobile bloatware, so I am wondering whether I could delete something that would affect NFC.
I do not know if it is a software or hardware bug and whether this is a bug at all, so I would really appreciate any suggestions or comments. Thank you.
im running tweaked 1.6 and nfc works for me... you ha e to enable in settings and use an app but i can send bookmarks and contacts and data between phones at least.. i havent found any tags to scan yet...
if youre thinking that you might have dumped some apps that you need, i would reccomend flashing tweaked, it is unbloated and smooth....
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grundlestain said:
if youre thinking that you might have dumped some apps that you need, i would reccomend flashing tweaked, it is unbloated and smooth....
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Thanks, I will try Tweaked 1.6.
Who has actually used their NFC for anything...?
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im buying a sheet of stickers off ebay and i wanna use them to rick-roll unsuspecting by sticking them on things that have scan codes...lol
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I tried Tweaked v1.6, and the NFC still did not work I could still try to flash the stock ROM, but I really doubt it would work either. I guess it is a hardware defect, and unfortunately, I cannot bring it back to T-mobile as I left them a while ago. I do not really use NFC often (apart from SF parking meters), but it is nice to have a fully functioning phone.
nfc on android phones only works with a frequency of 13.56 mhz so perhaps the tags you are scanning are on a dif frequency
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grundlestain said:
nfc on android phones only works with a frequency of 13.56 mhz so perhaps the tags you are scanning are on a dif frequency
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The US passport works on 13.56 MHz frequency, but my phone cannot pick it up. Parking meters clearly say NFC, and my phone cannot pick them up either, so I have to enter the long number manually.
my phone doesnt even have NFC
my battery says near field communication on it, and the option to turn it on is in wireless and network settings... did you by any chance change your battery?
i have deffinately sent stuff between phones, but havent found a tag to scan yet...
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grundlestain said:
my battery says near field communication on it, and the option to turn it on is in wireless and network settings... did you by any chance change your battery?
i have deffinately sent stuff between phones, but havent found a tag to scan yet...
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Yes, the battery is stock, and it says Near Field Communication. I have not tried to use it to communicate between phones, but that is not what I would use it for on a daily basis anyway.