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[HTC Desire S] rowbaggie22:
Ok, ive got the zip file on my computer SD card in and I find the zip on my downloads folder and right click and copy then go in2 SD card and right click paste it says.copying then after a few minutes it says it can't find it and won't copy it in2 my SD card
[HTC Desire S] metalbender:
^ Unzip the contents first on your PC. Connect your phone to your PC, select "Disk Drive". A window should pop up , showing the contents of your SD card. Using your PC, make a new folder on your SD card, then copy the apk's from your PC to your SD card. To install the apk's you'll need apps like Astro which will allow you to browse the contents of your SD card and give you the option to install them. Use Astro to locate the new folder you made and open it to view contents. Select the appropriate skin apk and install it. Once installed you will be able to find the new skins at "Skins" under Customization. This is assuming you haven't recieved the new HTC over the air system update, because if you did you won't be able to install the new skins anymore ( which is what happened to me, and unfortunately I don't know how to roll back the update ).
[HTC Desire S] rowbaggie22:
Ok thanks I will try it soon
[HTC Desire S] slimfeed:
thx too, i test it too!
[HTC Desire S] rowbaggie22:
Hi I don't know if I'm doin sumthink wrong but I've extracted the zip file 2 SD card and when I open it in astro nufink happens am I susposed 2 do just the 1 file cuz I've done them all and it not working
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
I've been looking closely at Google Wallet product and I think is fantastic, not just for paying quickly a bill with your phone but also for using data stored as keyring.

Since the S2 does not have an NFC chip, I looked for alternatives and Visa does offers their payWave system through the DeviceFidelity In2Pay sdcard. Yes, you will lose the extra space. Personally I don't use an external sdcard, most of my personal stuff is synced through online services like Google Music, Docs, etc. I contacted DeviceFidelity to ask them how I can get one of their sdcards.

Now, the trick is to get the Wallet app working on S2. It requires many dependent libraries that were recently updated on Nexus S. I was wondering if any of the devs can look into this and create an Update.zip file compatible with S2.
[Galaxy S II General] nicolasf:
I believe it's technically impossible as the SGS2 doesn't have NFC.
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
Did you read my OP? :)
[Galaxy S II General] Croak:
I may wrong here, but I suspect that Samsung put all of the NFC hardware functionality in the NFC-specific battery...everything else is just software and SIM support (SIM support is a big component to securing it).
[Galaxy S II General] AllGamer:
I though the AT&T version of SGS2 have NFC build in

is it not? :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] nicolasf:
Okay, shame on me.... :D

That's quite interesting, I didn't know such product existed.

I might be wrong, but I believe that Google Wallet probably uses the NFC through standard APIs, so my approach to your idea would be to somehow make this micro-SD NFC card available on Android through standard APIs, as if it were a built-in NFC.

I have no idea on how communication works with this micro-sd card, but the Android part shouldn't be that hard.

Sorry again for not reading everything :(.
[Galaxy S II General] Croak:
Guys, let me clarify why I say the battery is the key. I have the "Near Field Communications" battery, bought it as a spare out of Korea.

It's thicker and heavier than the "standard" battery, but has the same mAh rating.

Besides, the NFC units don't have ROOM to stick a NFC pad on the inside of the battery cover like the Nexus S, nor do the NFC units have an extra set of contacts for the NFC antenna.

So, it's my strong suspicion that all of the NFC hardware is inside that battery. All of it. With the right firmware and SIM card support, it should be possible to convert any I9100 into an NFC device with that $30 battery.

The problem is, the real key for Google Wallet is the strong carrier-based support. The IMEI and SIM card both need to be validated via the carrier. Kind of doubt the carriers will support "modded" phones that weren't NFC from the factory, as far as trust verification goes.
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
It does, not the international model. Well, the In2Pay sdcard adds the missing functionality:

Technically, it adds NFC to the phone. I'm awaiting a reply from DeviceFidelity, let's see what they say. On the other hand, anyone knows where we can get In2Pay in States? I know Visa has an Android app that works with In2Pay and Galaxy S. From there to Google Wallet is a small step. In theory, if I have an In2Pay card I can test it with DeviceFidelity app and use it with Google Wallet.

Since Google released the Wallet app, I'm pretty sure Visa/DeviceFidelity will be interested to merge their efforts and get it working together. There are zillions of phones with microSd cards but no NFC chip.

Personally, as first step, I would be very happy to use the Wallet as data store app.

Why go through all this trouble when you can use an In2Pay card and have it working out of the box? :)

NFC support was added in Android since 2.3.3 firmware. In 2.3.7, they added Google Wallet as system app.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Nice feature, but it may lead to a double headache when losing your phone... not sure if I want it :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
They have a PIN to protect the purchases, and a setting preference to enter it every time or remember it. IMO, is faster than paying actually with your credit card and get it cloned by a douche thief. :)
[Galaxy S II General] rj3005:
Where did you buy the battery? Can it be fitted in a non-nfc SGS-II? (contacts at the same place)

I have opened lots of Lithium-ion battery packs for my projects so I wouldn´t mind to crack one open to prove whether NFC hardware is inside the battery (which sound plausible to me as it can be connected to the same I2C line as the battery monitor hardware)
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTENDED-3500mA-BATTERY-Korean-Samsung-Galaxy-S-2-i9100-/170672968760

I would be really surprised to see a NFC chip inside.
[Galaxy S II General] rj3005:
That´s an non-official (Samsung) / non-NFC battery. I´m looking for an original Samsung battery with the NFC markings
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
I never heard there is such a battery that includes the NFC chip inside.

Do you have a picture that shows the NFC logo on it?

Samsung announced in December 2010 that its near field communications (NFC) chip comes with the embedded flash memory, not into battery.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Coming back to the topic, I've found support for the OP claim on the Q&A section by Pulser ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1065995 ):

But I still have my doubts if I want it or not. I think I'll wait and see first... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
Thanks. I got a reply from DeviceFidelity:
[Galaxy S II General] Croak:
Direct link here for the full 8mp picture:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wVx6rn_ARhdbGqmghn34YSI45J-rMgL-7ZCJKlqLzqQ?feat=directlink

---------- Post added at 09:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:16 AM ----------

Bought it on eBay. It's a direct replacement for my stock battery, works fine, though like I said it's visibly a bit thicker and heavier. Haven't taken a micrometer to it to see how much thicker, but my Mark 1 Eyeball is saying it's roughly 0.75mm thicker.
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
Thanks for the picture. :)

See the above explanation posted by another user, it contains another radio antenna.
[Galaxy S II General] krazykat:
It would be nice to get nfc on SGII. For a flagship phone, I'm surprised the audio and nfc are lacking. =/

Hopefully the sim card or sd card will fix that. I want nfc on this phone!
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
New video presented by Laptop Magazine, on galaxy S. I got a reply from DeviceFidelity:

I asked him to provide me with a list of retailers or financial institutions in Canada/States that can sell me the card. Let see what he replies.
[Galaxy S II General] Steffe2:
Remains to be seen, as it says on the ebay description that it does not contain it :/

Edit: or well, it might be correct that it contains an antenna, but would still lack the NFC functionality.
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
Right now, I'm in contact with Visa and DeviceFidelity to see where and how we can get the microSD card. That is all we need to make the S2 NFC compatible. See the YouTube video I posted earlier, Visa explains very well how this works with Android. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Croak:
Wrong. The extra thickness of the Korean PHONE is because it has the digital television receiver.
[Galaxy S II General] compuguy1088:
Then why does the battery say "near field communication"? and where is the nfc antennae if it is not in the battery.
[Galaxy S II General] Shyraja:
I think DeviceFidelitys solution is great. I would love to get hands on the sample App.

How do you access the NFC chip? Dose it use some custom API or can you use the android API?

Also are there limitation in terms on what you can do with the NFC chip?

UPDATE: I've read the whitepaper and it seems that the only thing that can get this done is In2Pay v3.0. The other versions only support NFC card emulation, no Tag Reading and no P2P. But it seems that for v3.0 you have to build an external NFC antenna that has to be connected to two pins of the sd card slot. Also the question remains how accessing to the nfc controller is done afterwards.
[Galaxy S II General] socalphil:
I posted in another thread about this. If you look at the internal pictures of the circuit board on I fixit for our European models. In the radio section we have 4 band 3G/4G. Now if you go to the FCC filing for the AT&T version you can clearly see the NXP NFC chip. They gave up Band 8 3G/4G to make space. The 2 circuit boards are different.
[Galaxy S II General] @johnsin:
at&t update

Well I managed to get a Galaxy S2 even though At&t refuses to carry them in any of their Northern Californian stores. None the less the device does ship with an NFC chip however its disabled until Google Wallet is properly released I figure.

I have to admit that the lack of support for the softbuttons in most custom Rome is also annoying. But I'll manage.. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] dvd1970:
I have the Galaxy SII for T-Mobile and it DOES have the NFC active. I have some NFC tags I used with my Nexus S, and the Galaxy SII scans them perfectly.

Dave
[Galaxy S II General] Entropy512:
The I777 (AT&T GS2) has NFC but the upper levels of the userland stack are missing.

No I9100 has the required hardware to my knowledge.

Some of the Korean GS2 variants (SHW-M250, I think K and S?) have it

The T-Mobile T989 is a GS2 in name only - the only things that make it a GS2 are sAMOLED+ and the name. The rest of the hardware has nothing in common with other GS2 models.
[Galaxy S II General] sgs2withantenna:
I have a Korean Galaxy S2 (SHW-M250S) and it has NFC. It would be so nice to have Google Wallet. I'm not american so I can't install it from the market. :(
[Galaxy S II General] MarkSkov:
I9100P is NFC ready.
[Galaxy S II General] Omega Frost:
As far as i know, there are some pictures on the internet of some NFC Battery and they only include the Antena, i can't imagine a complete hardware using only 2 wires of the battery to talk with the main board.
[Galaxy S II General] soulicro:
Look at the NFC battery. See how it has other connectors, beside the regular battery connector? That's because it needs to "talk" to the NFC chip inside the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] sgs2withantenna:
This is not true. The battery has only the antenna. The NFC chip is inside the phone. Someone has already tried to install an NFC enabled rom and an NFC battery to his GS2 but it did not work.
[Galaxy S II General] alangrig:
NFC is built in battery. So there is official battery replacement on sale at Amazon store with NFC chip build in battery!
[Galaxy S II General] benlc:
Nop. Read above
[Galaxy S II General] dan1431:
I asked a good friend of mine who works for SAMSUNG Foundry (granted it is not in their Consumer Electronics Division) if he could find out any info about what an Samsung NFC battery can and cannot do.

He has some good friends who do work their consumer electronics division and they might be able to shed some light on the situation.

I will post any update if and when my friend has further info,

Dan
[Galaxy S II General] hIdd3N-:
Oh yeah a friend of a friend of a friend.. I'm just gonna believe everthing you say... :sly:
[Galaxy S II General] dan1431:
Feel free to do whatever you like, I am trying to be helpful, if you do not find my posts helpful, my apologies.

Dan
[Galaxy S II General] benlc:
NFC battery is only an antenna, nothing else. There's absolutely no NFC chip on the international SGS2. There's pictures somewhere on XDA comparing the inside of the korean device to the international one, and the piece is just missing, unfortunately :(
[Galaxy S II General] dan1431:
Pretty much what I have read here (and elsewhere) but as this thread did seem popular and if I could somehow use NFC, I did ask my friend.

His answer was that the device does indeed lack the needed NFC chip, but that Samsung is toying with the idea of a insert-able chip (maybe SDcard??) that along with a new battery and updated software could enable NFC on GS2. However, he did say that idea may never materialize (but did not give more specifics).

Again I do realize he works in a different group within Samsung and the info IS third party, but I pass it along as such.

Dan
[Galaxy S II General] d3ck4rd:
I have read that the international gs2 does have room for the nfc chip but it isn't there. How feasible would it be to install a nfc ourselves?
[Galaxy S II General] spoonflames:
I have a UK (Orange carrier) Galaxy S2 I9100P.

The 'P' edition has NFC out of the box (its called 'Galaxy S II NFC' on the retail packaging)

It's enabled in stock kernel that came with the device
[Galaxy S II General] shinji257:
The AT&T phone has NFC embedded in the chip out of the box yet I found it peculiar that I got this in the logcat.

V/NFC ( 4737): this device does not have NFC support
[Galaxy S II General] zelendel:
Sounds like ATT disabled it or that it is not there at all. As anyone looked for it to see if it was there?
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
If I understood correctly, the NFC chip is embedded into battery, right?

Any idea if the battery size on I9100P is the same as I9100? If it is, then all we have to do is switch the battery and have a smart dev enable NFC into kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] :
There is an NFC enabled SGS2 on eBay UK atm if your quick. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-G...12211?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones&hash=item256ab49fb3
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
I have a S2, why would I buy another one? All I'm asking is if the batteries are identical so I can switch them.
[Galaxy S II General] :
It seems from reading your thread that (MicroSD solution aside) you cannot as the SGS2 does not have the NFC chip built in nor is it in the battery, Only the antenna is in the battery. So only way is to buy one which is enabled. (MicroSD solution aside)
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
You are right, I completely forgot about it.
[Galaxy S II General] TheSopranos16:
I don't know how it is in other countries, but in USA there is nothing to do with NFC yet. By the time there is any place to buy something with NFC, we will all have upgraded our phones anyway. I don't really see NFC as something that were missing out on now. We will all have new phones by the time it becomes relevant...
[Galaxy S II General] TECK:
There are tons of places taking NFC payments. Just type a zip code to see what is in your area. I tried 10024 for New York and on that block there are near 2500 stores that process NFC payments. My postal code in Montreal Canada showed only 600 stores, but still.
[Galaxy S II General] TheSopranos16:
Cool, thanks for sharing. I stand corrected, I didn't realize google wallet could work with the existing NFC equipment that reads the chip in your credit card....now I want it lol
[Galaxy S II General] Entropy512:
Plenty of places support NFC... Wegmans, Rite Aid, McDonald's at the very least in my area.

If it works with Citi PayPass (and EVERY contactless terminal I've seen does) it'll work with Google Wallet.

Right now partial NFC support is in the AT&T GSII, but not enough for Google Wallet. Also, stock I777 firmware has 0 NFC support, Settings.apk explicitly checks for an I777 and disables it!
[Galaxy S II General] mjgspr95:
I've got NFC working on my ATT s2. I'm just looking for a tweaked wallet apk. The one I found recognizes that its not an approved firmware and forcecloses.
[Galaxy S II General] ghatothkach:
any development on this....

I recently surgered my i9100 to replace the screen, and did be more than happy to add in any NFC components if at all possible...

May be the better option is to sell the gsII on ebay and get a new gsIII when it comes out hopefully with NFC built in...

G
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] amanojyaku01:
Anyone having trouble transfering mkv files??

I rename the file to avi and then it was able to copy the file to my samsung epic 4g touch. The file size was only 358mb.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] romma1:
It's in the Market!!

https://market.android.com/search?q=hulu&so=1&c=apps

http://www.hulu.com/plus/devices?src=sem-plus-google
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ExNight:
I think your wrong... It's not in the market and the hulu website does not have the Inc 2 as a supported device when trying to install from the browser market
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
Nope not seeing it. Only way is my fix I posted
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
Edit: it.is on the site as a supported device, but was not in the market for me.

Edit 2 using the website I was able to click install but it has yet to come to my device..we will see lol
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] romma1:
I loaded it while I was running Cyanogen. Worked fine, then I discovered that I deleted my backed up Miui somehow by accident. What a ***** reloading all my apps and reconfiguring everything.

Anyhow, when running MIUI, it the online market says my device is incompatible. My market shows no app when running MIUI either.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
Running miui the market Sony show it but I can click install on the online one..but nothing happens
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Lokean13:
It popped up in the market, installed and is working great for me on 722 radio and Incredible HD2 1.0.1
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ExNight:
It does nothing when you click install on the website because the Inc 2 is unsupported and not selected as the device. When you try to click the device from the drop down list it clearly states that it is not supported
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
No it shows its supported. As noted by the posts above yours
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] romma1:
Certain roms that are installed are showing up unsupported for installation.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Joey563:
How is it working for everyone?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ExNight:
Well as noted in the post above yours its not supported verified by myself on my phone. But as someone just noted some roms are showing up unsupported.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
Haha well it shows up supported for me. Just nothing happens.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] romma1:
I wonder if a Dec can solve this? I want hulu on my MIUI rom.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
I posted a way to get hulu working...just not official

Edit: here it is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1182668
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] slacka-vt:
Sent from my Incredible 2 running Newts Incredible 2 HD. Installed and working great. I've never seen so much incorrect information in one thread. Just because you can't install it on one custom ROM, does not mean it's not supported.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
Well I was trying to say for me it wasn't working. I know it is for most
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] romma1:
most of us know it's supported. I know it, I posted the thread. I installed it when I was running Cyanogen, now I am wondering why it is working for certain roms but not others.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] slacka-vt:
That's a good question and i apologize for my negative demeanor. Posted before my coffee this morning and was a bit grumpy. Sorry to all.

Could be something as simple as the build.prop needing to be edited. I haven't looked at the Miui's build.prop. Would be interesting to compare it with one that works.

I had the same issue on my DX when it was officially supported by Netflix -it would say unsupported device on the custom ROM I was using. I went so far as to SBF back to to stock ROM and it still didn't work. Drove me bonkers and never did figure it out.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marik1234:
I bought my Nexus S like a couple of weeks ago from someone and it came with CM7.1.0-RC1, it also has mathkid's kernel installed on it. I used to have a MyTouch 4G before the S and wow I've definitely noticed a significant battery decline in the S compared to the MT4G. The MT4G battery life was definitely better, I'd say about a half hour's worth AT LEAST, it felt more like an hour's worth better though, that's huge. My MT4G had RC0 IIRC and I didn't install a kernel on that. This S eats up a lot of battery on standby aside from when I'm using it with the screen on because every Android phone I've ever owned from the Nexus One, G1, MT4G all eat battery super fast when you're actually using them for whatever use/purpose with the screen on, but the MT4G was pretty good out of all of them in both things(standby and actually using it), it used the least amount of battery.

So I wanna try to flash CM7 stable onto my S but that's my question, do I have to wipe or can I just flash it? If I do have to wipe I guess I can always just do a nandroid backup right and then restore it after I have CM 7.0.3 installed.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
before you go that route try Trinity TUV10 kernel or the 800 mhz kernel

they are super power efficient, yet keeping the phone running smooth in CM7 RC1

more details here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1251669
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
cm stable is way out of date now, the cm7 nightlies/kangs are much more stable than the last cm7 stable. many things have been fixed/updated since the"stable came out.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Cero92:
Hi all, we all know the main Windows Phone 7 bugs on our HTC HD2.

There were lots of threads and everytime we stated that the fixing process would need a professional developer (and he has to be a good one).

Professional developers work for money, so i had this idea:

We can propose a job for a developer on www.getacoder.com and pay him with our money, together.

I'm not asking for money, i'd just like to know how much will you pay for this.

I'll take the total amount as payment, so please be honest as, if you say you'll give to this project 10$, your 10$ are needed by the project itself!

I also thought about splitting the work (fixing one bug at time), this will make it easyer to find developers to work on it succesfully.

So, how much are you going to pay to get a fully working Windows Phone 7?

If you think this is a good idea, thank me and share it with your friends :D Higher we get, faster we will get bugs fixed
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] phikal:
15 euro ...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] zcdg:
Ahother funny thread .....
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Cero92:
Why? Don't you think anybody will be able to do that?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] jianC:
I hope this doesn't turn into a crazy high bounty thread.. haha
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] trav_44:
dual boot mango and AmericanDroid?

I would love a stable build WP7 mango and dual boot American Droid 2. 3. 4, I would donate up to 50$

has anyone done this successfuly?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Cero92:
Not yet as far as i know, that's why we are here

In fact, let's hope so :) Higher "bounties" means more money to pay developers :)