yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OverDrive33:
What kind of tag is it? It should say on it.

Most of the HID cards are proprietary implementations of RFID, and much less frequently NFC.

RFID is more like a cousin of NFC. The NFC radio in your phone can only read 13.56Mhz tags (NFC) whereas RFID operates at 125KHz and therefore will never be compatible with our phones.

However in most cases, even if they are NFC they use proprietary protocols. Meaning it doesn't adhere to the standardized NDEF protocol your phone is set up to read. The people who make the security badges could in theory make software capable of using their proprietary implementations, although none that I know of have done this yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cenobyt:
Thanks for the info guys. I had thought that NFC and RFID were same minus distances. It is in fact a HID system.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mora_93:
is it in all sgs2 or specific devices only and ist fast sending data
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Watcher64:
The I9100 does not have NFC the US versions do ....

It is only for sending small a mounts of data I think it is like 18k, so for 18k it is fast ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OverDrive33:
The T989 variants have it (In Canada: Rogers + Telus, but NOT Bell). The Korean i9100 have it. The rest don't.

The data transfer speed for NFC is poor, the theoretical maximum is 424 kbit/s -- however you can setup and instigate ad-hoc wifi or Bluetooth PANs by tapping on an NFC tag. So if you need to transfer large data sets you can set the connection up over NFC, but then do the actual transfer over bluetooth or wifi.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fraz82:
Tagsfordroid.com is cool, but just in case, youre looking for a cheaper alternative, theres also tagstand.com which sells tags for about $1.00 a tag, or $1.65 for the plastic laundry proof ones, that can be washed as well. They charge about $2.00 shipping though, but it still comes out pretty cheap. And you can buy as many or as little as you like.

Put them everywhere, in the bathroom, in the kitchen, in the living room, the car, the office, the mistresses apartment, under your shoe... Whatever.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
Awesome, thanks for the recommendations. I was a bit deterred by the price at TagsForDroids.

Have you tried these out? Would any of the ones labeled either Mifare or Type 2 work?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fraz82:
it would appear so, but i'll be getting mine in a few days, so ill know more then. meanwhile tagstand.com also has a few tutorials and faqs about nfc compatibilty and how to program tags, i would suggest going through them, and i will do the same. will let you know if i learn something :-)

i think the basic gist was that they should all pretty much work, but there was definitely a compatibilty list somewhere in the site, and it listed the galaxy s2 as compatible.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jessejames111981:
tagsfordroid is something I only hear about through this thread but I guess has been around for a bit. But this story from androidcentral http://www.androidcentral.com/hands-nfc-powered-xperia-smarttags from CES shows similar tags as something NEW and note the price

four = $25-40
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Watcher64:
Yeah the ones I got from tagsfordroid.com , 9.99 for 5, before they raised the price a 1$, with free shipping, they are the little PVC tags with an android logo on them ..

I am using the pretty much for functions like they suggest in that article ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] androidtoy09:
Finally some use

http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...-smartphones-for/&category=classic&postPage=1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] duckhater:
Cool beans...but any indication of when this will actually happen?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fraz82:
yeah, those are the Xperia branded tags. premium brand means premium prices, in functionality, there is nothing that differentiates them from the $1 tags. in fact the $1 tags have stickers in them so they can be stuck onto surfaces, instead having to place them somewhere they wont fall out off, unless you hang them with a nail or something :S... like the experia tags.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] racerx250:
Not true. Directed electronics has smart start. They are the same people that make clifford and viper alarms. I saw a commercial for GMC the other day where they're starting to incorporate this technology from the factory. Like everything else in this world, it's not free.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] degeneration:
I ordered 5 stickers from tagstand for 8.85 shipped. Plan to use them with my Phillips AS140 dock so I don't have to use the stupid app that comes with it, and another for in my car (well, '78 VW Bus... can't call it a car without feeling a little dirty). Not sure what to do with the others...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fraz82:
well i use mine in conjunction with this app from jwksoftware on the market called NFC task launcher, it allows you to set some guidelines like Tasker for apps to launch or settings when the tag is scanned. in fact it even has tasker profile support built in to the app... so i use it to program my tags.

i keep one on my bedside table to automatically silence ringer, set alarm for 5 am, dim screen brightness... then when i wake up i rescan the same tag and it defaults to home profile.

similarly i keep a tag next to the front door, so when i leave the house i scan it, and it turns off my wifi, turns on 4g, puts phone on vibrate, puts screen on auto brightness, turns sync off. And does the opposite when i re-scan it when i return.

there's a tag on my fridge, which launches my to-do list, there's a tag in the living room with wifi passwords and network name, and there's a tag on the kitchen counter which launches the recipes app and sets screen timeout to never, and vol to high. (i know.. its just fun doing random things)

in the car, i keep an nfc tag either in the car mount or in the cup holder where i usually place my phone, and it automatically turns bluetooth on, gps on, starts the voice talk app in driving mode, and sets speakerphone volume to loud, and plays back incoming sms'es.

these are all things that tasker can do, but instead of setting up geo-fences, which are sometimes unreliable and battery sucking, i just scan a tag to set up conceptual geo-limits.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jessejames111981:
http://www.androidcentral.com/open-...e-android-40-makes-nfc-hardware-easy-use-oems

NFC/Android related news but not 100% sure what this means for me/us
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
Whenever anyone receives their stickers from tagstand, be sure to post back here about which ones you got and how they worked out for you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] degeneration:
I got "5x Outdoor Type 2 NFC Sticker (PVC) - Square (35mm x 35mm)" and they just showed up today.

I programmed them first to say "Hi" 1-5 and it worked well... then I programmed one to turn blue tooth on, notifications to about 50% volume and media all the way up and another to turn every thing off. Transitions between the two perfectly fine...

They look/feel like little white glossy magnets, but the back is 3m tape (instead of a magnet that is).

Not all that much to say, any specific questions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fraz82:
i got a few more yesterday, i now have 10 outdoor PVC type 2 stickers, and 3 Black laundry token nfc tags.

another thing to note, the smaller ones have less memory ~ 64bytes, in most circumstances this wont matter, since the profile is saved on the NFC Task launcher app, and just uses the tag to identify the profile. But in case you want to actually program data onto the tag itself, each task uses up memory on the tag, in my experience about 3 continuous tasks take up about 64bytes roughly, if you want to add more complex data or more tasks, then go for the 1K tags.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bongostl:
I'm trying to DL NFC Task Launcher, but for the life of me the market won't let me buy it (to this phone).

Anyone have any advice?

Do I need to edit build.prop?

My new NFC tags just arrived, and I really want to program them!

(running juggernaut 4.1)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] linye:
Really good information in this thread. Lots of things I didn't
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jessejames111981:
yes editing your build.prop will work by changing what you can view in the market. I'd assume you should use a NFC phone such as a nexus device. So much stuff doesn't show up on our phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Watcher64:
If you have changed your LCD density this can cause it, I have had no problems downloading NFC stuff from the market on either stock or Jugs, but if either your density or type of phone have been changed in the build.prop this could cause it ..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jdiddy_ub:
does your phone have to be in a ready state for it to read the tags or can you swipe your phone while the screen is off? im asking because if i have to turn my screen on and unlock my phone to read a tag i can just toggle a lot of the things myself..using a tag isnt much more convenient
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Wilsonium:
Yep... to simply read a tag your screen needs to be turned on but that's it. Whether or not the phone needs to be unlocked for more actions is predicated on the type of tag read and action to perform. At my office I just wake it up by hitting a volume or power button then shove the phone at the access panel and I'm in.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kife42:
this is something i've been looking into for awhile now. technically it should be possible to have NFC turn the display on, but i haven't found a way to do it yet. and in a way that doesn't affect the phone's deep sleep. anyone have any ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kwiggington:
I used it on the nexus s thats all

Sent from the bridge of the

U.S.S. Enterprise using L.T.Com Worf
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Wilsonium:
The NFC receives it's power from the phone's battery and only when the screen is on. Unless they figure out a way to keep it on and not drain the battery I think there's no way to have it idle all the time. Credit cards, on the other hand, draw power from an induction coil built into the card that's energized by a field around the scanner making it easy for rogue scanning. If your phone is off, no chance someone is going to be able to read the internal tags and you won't end up accidentally paying for someones Jamba Juice (unless they're cute of course).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jdiddy_ub:
Cool..thanks for the response
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kife42:
well, i'm not looking to use the phone as a data source like a credit card. what i want is for the NFC reader to always be on, which in reality only seems to check every 5 seconds or so. i'd expect it to use much less battery than running GPS with the display off, for example. and as for security, you could configure to only read certain types of tags. for example, always allow car dock but ignore everything else unless display is on.

on another note... does anyone know what NFC sticker has the longest range?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Wilsonium:
Running the GPS receiver will definitely take less power than building a field around the back of the phone to power up nearby NFC chips. I have never noticed any delay beyond the initial second for the NFC response so I wouldn't guess it's pulsing every 5 seconds. If it pulses at all it's probably more like every 1 second. If it really did take less power than running the GPS receiver then I would expect to see an option to leave it on all the time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Watcher64:
Considering that turning on NFC will give you a pretty good reading on an EMF detector, and turning GPS on and off does nothing ...

Remember, NFC is both a transmitter (creating an RF induction field around the back of your phone to power passive NFC tags, as well as sending info), and a receiver .. GPS is absorbing ambient microwave radiation that is always bathing us ...

So there is no way that NFC would use LESS power than GPS ...

Range on NFC is only partially dictated by the tag you are trying to read, if it is a passive tag , it's range is going to be based on how much RF field your phone is able to generate to power the tag ... Active tags, well , just like any radio, limited only by power and antenna ....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] minotauri:
I've been using my NFC reader to automate some tasks with the help of NFC Task Launcher and Tasker.

I put a sticker on the side of my front door frame that turns off mobile data and turns on wifi when i enter my house, and then i scan it again when i leave and it does the opposite effect.

i also have one in my car that turns on bluetooth and pops up the bluetooth setting so i can pair my car with my phone, and then launches spotify to play music. :)

im trying to find other uses. the other sticker i have is at work where i have it set to turn on spotify and lower my media volume down so i dont blow my ears off if its set to high with headphones on. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kife42:
i exaggerated saying it checks every 5 seconds, it probably is closer to 1 second, my point is that it seems to send a very small pulse and not a constant drain on the battery.

i did some testing today to compare different setting and here's what i found. i left an ebook running to keep the display on.

ebook 4% per hour

ebook with NFC 3% per hour

ebook with backcountry app running GPS in background 9% per hour

although running NFC actually seemed to use less battery, i think the battery drain should be pretty much the same whether it's on or off. for GPS I didn't turn on any recording, I just let it sit and receive GPS signals.

for the NFC range, i'd be really interested to know how to increase it on the phone but i don't think that's possible yet. so i'm wondering if there is a particular sticker out there, being passive of course, that gives the longest range.

-kife
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Watcher64:
Your trick here is you say ebook with "backcountry app running GPS in background 9% per hour" , that means the app is also using power polling the GPS constantly, the question was which used more power GPS or NFC ... scan a NFC tag every few seconds for the same time and you will see that NFC uses a lot more power, the magnetic field is passive, and uses power, but the actual initiation of the scan and receive uses more ...

So in summary , GPS apps update their fix every so often , usually every few seconds, so if you can find out what that is ..

Then Scan a tag at the same interval for the same amount of time ...

Example GPS updates every 5 seconds for an hour ...

Example Scan an NFC tag every 5 seconds for an hour ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kife42:
there's no trick here. the question isn't whether reading a NFC sticker takes more power, because no one is going to be reading stickers every 5 seconds. the question is whether running the NFC detection with the display off, will drain the battery. and although I didn't run the battery 100%, based on my testing the NFC should run at least 25 hours with the screen _on_.

-kife
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Android_Guy:
Actually they do....its called Viper SmartStart and I use it every day;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] slipmagt:
Anyone out there know where I can find that file? Or have the ability to upload it some where for me?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
http://www.multiupload.com/VIO3QJ9V8T

here it is.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
If you zip it, you'll be able to upload it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
check my last post. edited.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] slipmagt:
TYVM. :D

Plus I need 10 characters.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shipleythump:
I have been looking for this tone for about a week now, and I keep getting this link and one for megaupload (RIP). Obviously megaupload isn't going to work, but I cannot get this link to work either. Any chance for a reupload, please?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryude:
Here you go.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] zelendel:
Request granted

Thread closed
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tianshi maomao:
i try all methods ,but fail.so i want to konw how to root it （ROM zskk1 or zckk1 ）
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The peculiarities are:

sound effects: useful to avoid staring at the screen to check icmp_seq

runs in background: meanwhile you can use other apps (other network tool as WiFi strength analyzer)

ping weather: It suggests you the number of packets lost. e.g. a clear sun indicates 0 packets lost, storm indicates no good network connection. ;)

Use case: you can check and test the WiFi coverage on a wide area without staring at the screen. Every lost packet will be immediately identified by sound. NO MORE NEED TO CHECK icmp_seq NUMBER ONE BY ONE!

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hagras:
l flashed my galaxy s2 hd lte with the room of galaxy s2. I thought them the same and my galaxy s2 hd lte does not work at all now . some told me that I need PDA and pit files and flash it using the odien and it will work again but where to find them please help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
samfirmware.com

some told me that

hope they know what they are telling you .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_Vex:
I don't know if is there a rom but samfirmware have changed url to sammobile.com
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marlon411:
someone's help

me also, i need PIT files for s2 hd lite shv-e120s (korean fone)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Skyline111:
U8800+ Gingerbread official update 2011.12.31

http://www.4shared.com/rar/Ia88oddK/U8800_V100R001C00B540G001Ginge.html?

This is rooted version of 12.31(u8800+) also can change cpu frequency.Genokolar realese from bbs.anzhi.com No gapps,but i tried

gapps-gb-111202-lite and it's work fine.

Rom:

http://www.4shared.com/zip/0B9HvW51/u8800pro-gingerbread-v4.html?

Gapps:

http://www.4shared.com/zip/XwQ-iERs/gapps-gb-111202-lite.html?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ooie:
Let's see when (or if) the regular U8800 receives the same treatment. Unless the 28th Dec release really is the final one, as it seems to be..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] solarspeed:
Any hint of changelog?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dancer_69:
This rom is for U8800+

Is the same model with U8800 pro?

Then why before a month they release official 2.3 update for pro and now for plus?

If the models are the same why they didn't mention this on eather release?

Anyway you sould change the tittle to U8800+
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Skyline111:
U8800+ is same as U8800pro
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dancer_69:
Ok, then

Just seems weird that huawei don't mention this on the roms.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Doctor Who:
I give up! I've tried everything I could with my rather limited linux & android knowledge, but I couldn't root this thing, nor install CM7/MIUI. I also tried the method in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1420728

Methinks I'll have to rollback to the previous version, unless anyone knows of a way to properly root the device and allow Clockwork to be installed. Thanks in advance.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bronxitas:
Try via pink screen changing boot.img and recovery.img

Sent from my ragelis
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dancer_69:
I'd always had problem to root 2.3 betas, and especially normal.

I've found that my problems caused by adb communication problems with the automatic ways.

I have installed android-sdk and added adb path to system variables, so I can run it without the need to go to adb' s path first.

So, I just used the doomlord' s runme.bat file(opened with notepad++) as a guide to do rooting proccess manually from windows command prompt and by writing the commands one by one.

With this way I got root access every time without any errors.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Doctor Who:
Unfortunately, the latest version doesn't pop up an image folder when you boot up to the pink screen. It's a Huawei "feature".

I've tried doing the steps manually to analyze what's going wrong. It seems that

the step that remounts the system partition as writable fails with a permission error.

I've even tried uploading the su binary to /data/local/tmp then running it (as in ./su -) to no avail; it doesn't give me root acces (the prompt never changes to #).

EDIT: It appears that ro.secure is set to 1 and of course I cannot change it from within adb. Without a way to upload a modified boot.bin to the phone, I can't see any other way of achieving anything with this ROM. I'd be grateful if someone were to show me a way.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Skace13:
changelog

if someone has tried it could you report the changes from previous version and does it have fps at 55?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Doctor Who:
Well, the only changes I noticed were the inability to gain any kind of root access (by remounting the system partition, since the ro.secure property was set to 1).

That wouldn't be as bad if it weren't for the fact that now the pink screen does not mount the image folder allowing you to change boot.img to root on boot and install Clockwork by replacing recovery.img. Inevitably this leads to the inability to install CM7 or MIUI.

Regarding fps and touch screen lag, at least in my phone every official ROM was laggy and locked at 30fps (tested with fps2d). I had to revert to the previous Huawei ROM which was very stable for me; in the 2.5 months I own the phone, I only had one sudden reboot.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] matteof93:
has anyone tried to access to the image folder using linux???

ps: remove the FPS limit is possible, there's a script which disables the kernel's vsync (tested by me on stock 2.3.5 and custom kernel by genokolar). the phone will be really smooth ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] greddyrx7:
Where is that script?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Doctor Who:
This worked like a charm. Got my radio back, my CM7 bugs out, pre-su'ed, o/ced and with vsync off; I couldn't be happier. I might miss CM7's extra customization options but I can get over it. Thanks again!

Genokolar, where (and how) can I donate?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gkalen:
I tried to install the rooted version of this rom but stuck in a bootloop..

I use cwm 5.0.2.7 recovery and rooted stock rom (froyo 2.2.2).....

Do i have to upgrade first to 2.3.5 and then flashing a rom properly???
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Doctor Who:
I had already upgraded to the previous official 2.3.5 ROM before I installed this.

EDIT: For those of you who'd like an AnTuTu result: My previous results with the Jan 02 CM7 was 4102 (second run) at 1536MHz, Smartass v2, cfq.

This one (using the same settings) gave me slightly better 3D performance (about +10% on the knights' test) and a total of 3901 (second run). The difference is due to a slower performance in RAM (about -10%) and Database IO (~ -20%).

Don't get all worked up over a stupid benchmark though; this ROM is smooth even at 600MHz (one of my SetCPU low battery profiles), stable, with FM, Video et alia working perfectly.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] akalos:
U8800Pro V100R001C00B512G001 Overseas Normal Gingerbread

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=55XORRPE
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] GeorgT:
If somebody who flashed this rom and he have the time, it will very helpful for new users to make a step by step guide , pros and contras of every rom!

Lets make our forum as much helpful as its possible :thumbup:

Tapawhat