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[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] happysunshine:
Hello man!

[2 Questions, 1: get back stock rom]SOLVED maybe next time i better get peanut butter of my eyes first.. Thanks for talking about!

O2 German Ace S5830 stock rom PDA:XWKPY CSC:VIAKP1 BASEBAND:XWKP8

(found on sammobile, its the one from 1969...) flash first other multi-csc rom and set to VIA for future kies updates.

Get my ace a few days ago and flashed sth here and there without thinking about getting back to stock rom later. Had a HD2 some time ago where you get stock rom for all country and provider on htc homepage..

So im sitting here and want my ace back to out-of-box state but no rom ive found seems to be right. looked on sammobile.com, searched xda and at last tons of google results.

didnt know what the name of stock rom was.. only baseband XWKP8 which i only found on some russian site and that it was android 2.3.3. doestn want to try unless sbdy can say me its save..

Got my ace from O2 Germany without contract, so no simlock etc..

My intention is to get some o2 germany rom back, so i can update with kiez to latest. tried a lot of roms from sammobile, modified csc to DBT (germany) and VIA (should to be o2 germany csc code).

[2 Question unsolved]

Had problems with several ROMs with wifi / 3g network, couldnt activate/deactivate or wifi is not getting IP, need to reboot every time to fix that.. Which baseband is best for which rom / my country? (gingerbread, ics, etc...)

Maybe i am spoiled from HD2.. sry for that

PS[Maybe irrelevant: now flashing leaving EFS blank, seems to work fine too, dont know yet if better]: Something else.. Instructions for flashing rom with ODIN are confusing me, sbdy say dont touch PDA others say dont touch EFS. Flashed all the time not touching PDA, putting boot to boot, code to phone, csc to csc and modem to efs. Still have my IMEI so all right or just lucky? Read all the newbie guides (which were very confusing) imo i read sth about backup imei but i am not sure as if and how.

Hope you can help me, thanks for all guys reading and thinking about.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G.E.O.:
Hi,

suddenly i got this problem.

When i try to call somebody with the wifi on, the SIP dialer pops up the message "Internet calls not supported".

When wifi is off there is no such problem, and i can call normally via my mobile provider.

Is there any way i can disable SIP calling?

Or better, get rid of it permanently, since i'm not using it?

I got a rooted phone but that's all, so, as you can guess i'm still new to this.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chickentuna:
I've noticed on several custom roms the android market is not being updated nor i was being prompted to upgrade it. Why is that? Can anyone help? I want to update to the newest android market. Thanks in advanced
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rohitiskul:
Google for android market latest apk and copy that apk into /system/app check permissions and restart. done your new market is ready to use :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chickentuna:
alright will try this later, i just want the new market bec. i was using stock roms for a while and got used to it
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 3Shirts:
I just thought I'd bang a little thread together to help people understand and be more flexible with NFC.

NFC means Near Field Communication and allows you to swipe your phone near a tag and have the phone perform some action.

The Smart tags that Sony provide are simply NFC tags with a certain URI (snippet of code) that the device understands and uses to launch it's built-in app.

You can actually buy any NFC tag and write this code in and it will work the same way as a smart tag so you can save some money by buying generic tags or buy some more flexible or fun types of tag.

Head to this thread for the code you need and some discussion on where to buy tags in your country. I am in the UK and used the below:

http://www.rfidshop.com/nfc-tags-80-c.asp

Personally I am using the sticker disks but as you can see there are lots of options like credit card sized tags and wristbands.

Once you have your tags, you need to write them. There is a free app in the market called NFC Tagwriter by NXP which will do this for you.

There is also a great app called NFC Task Launcher which not only lets you write tags but also performs actions based on the tags. It's different to the way Sony's smart tags app works because it writes the commands to the actual tag. That means that the tag tells the phone what to do, rather than the phone's app itself. Handy if you have multiple devices.

It is also much more flexible and supports 'profiles' which I will get to shortly.

One of the main things to understand with NFC tags is that they are a one-time function. You can't, for example, leave your phone laying on one that makes it silent and have it go loud when you take it away. It will simply repeat the silent action each time it reads the tag

The NFC reader in the device will fire each time you turn on the screen (under ICS you must also unlock) so leaving the phone in range of a tag might cause multiple launches.

To help overcome this 'limitation' NFC Task Launcher supports profiles which means it will perform a different action the second time it 'sees' a tag. This is great for situations like getting in and out of the car or arriving at/leaving work.

NFC Task Launcher also supports Tasker which is a scripting tool for Android and with these two apps you can set up some very advanced automation. I won't go into how to use Tasker as it is quite a steep learning curve but to whet your appetite, how is this:

When I get in my car, the tag puts my phone on loud, enables bluetooth, starts Car Home and opens maps. When I leave, it closes these and sets the volume to default, it then gets my location and the time and saves it. All this is automatic and means at any time I know when and where I parked my car!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] awf:
Thanks for sharing I'm experimenting with the tags myself too and discovered some things you can't turn off and on based on the different tags for example alarm...

red off black on it just launches the app ;-)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JimmyVD:
Awsome post mate!

Getting my XPS tomorrow and very excited to give this a try!

Just the info i needed!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] radmac:
Hi,

sorry for somewhat silly question, but I couldn't find answer to this before: is XPS capable of savingto NFC tags or is it read-only?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 3Shirts:
Yes it is capable of writing them as long as you have the software. The paid version of NFC Task Launcher can write them or there is a free app called NFC Tagwriter by NXP in the market which can write them.

If you only intend to use them with the Smart Tags app then just use the free NXP app and write the URI for the different colour tags:

semc://liveware/A1/1/NT1/1/smarttags1

semc://liveware/A1/1/NT1/2/smarttags1

semc://liveware/A1/1/NT1/3/smarttags1

semc://liveware/A1/1/NT1/4/smarttags1 (white)

They will then behave exactly like the Sony Smart tags
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 3Shirts:
A bit more info. The Smart Tags app can only handle the four tags, one of each colour. Using the above method you could create several tags that behave like the same colour but obviously you couldn't have them do different things.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] awf:
In it's current form Sony has a basic implementation with no if then condition of vars which can be applied...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Evil_Sephiroth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PDoPqBNp64

I can't obtain This...why sony app don't store various tag?

this to be more precise
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Galaxen:
Thx for the info!! I cant buy paidapps but wonder if there is a free NFC app that can enable Alarms!?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bardamuz:
Special tanks to all& especially 3Shirts

hi guys, thanks for your help, we get some days ago our Xperia S as we are manufacturer and we want to develop stuff NFC based without your post and the useful information you give us we will took more long time to understand the NFC field.

In the coming future we will need a Android developer for an app's we will need.

Other than this i have a small question; As i read is not possible to have in/out in NFC any turn around possible

PS: by in/out in mean when you enter in the car turn the mobile in car mode and when leave return to normal mode

thanks again to all
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] electrash:
Know something, but good to see new info about this, i can improve my use.

Thx mate :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] pseudoyams:
Great post, thanks!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Joen7:
I had the issue that I could not add a second tag (the black tag in my case) to the Xperia SmartTags widget. Although it read the correct URI with NXP TagWriter.

Issue was solved after clearing the cache of "Xperia SmartTags", under Settings -> Applications. Somehow it must have screwed up...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bardamuz:
i also have this problem several time and finally found is an other NFC app’s i have give trouble (NFC Tag Info) i guess too many tag:confuse NFC app’s make some bug since i have delete the trouble one .. no more bug …
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kevjs1982:
Is this a setting or limited to certain apps or something (on gingerbread) as mine will only fire when the device is unlocked - which kinda makes it pointless as by the time I have unlocked, and made a pattern it's just as easy to tap a button as it is a tag - Ideally I would just tap the phone against the bedroom door to get it to change my settings :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] warface:
Has anyone found a way to enable Juice Defender via an Nfc tag?

I can open the app, but would like to be able to actually turn it on or off with a tap.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
NFC Tasker.

Also, thread bump, what is everyone doing with their tags?

Anyone got big ones, I need to get a 1KB one so I can try to copy my train card, for shítz and giggles.

Also, this
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BobsHaero:
Hi everyone. i got a little problem with this smartags.

for the "car" one i've programmed (by standard sony launcher) to turn on GPS and turn on Sygic(the navigator i use). The phone keeps asking everytime i turn on gps to "accept" that there will be infos sent anonimously and that i could be charged for some payload traffic i may do if i turn on the GPS.

this popup window comes out also in smarttag utilization, and i have a fraction of a second to "accept" before sygic comes in and hides everything(with GPS still turned off, soas also sygic gives me an error to fix manually).

well, what's the point in having a smartag if anytime i have to accept (and carefully, in that tiny fraction of a second) GPS on, causing all this work? aren't they made for not to touch the device and perform some tasks automatically?

how can i fix this?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jonmorris:
Not sure you can. It's also a pain for the bundled power saving app, as it means you have to confirm you want to share information every time it re-activates GPS in the morning.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
AFAIK it cant be without root, the only way for apps to toggle GPS is to get the user to go to settings and do it(opening settings for them) but that triggers the silly popup.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BobsHaero:
I do have root permissions, but i'm still grounded to that level. it's really annoing and it vanifies many and many things. i mean, i bought a top class smartphone with some NASA-level processor and stuff, i obviously know what could be done by switching on a simple GPS module. hate this sillyness.

do anyone knows where to report this bug, so as to be fixed in some newer release? thank you all
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
Actually, you can do it, pretty simple actually.

1. Get NFC Tasker

2. Associate Tag

3. Set instructions - Turn on GPS, Start Sygic

Win.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BobsHaero:
this will avoid the popup? what a genious app! where do i can find it? is it nfc task launcher? i can't find it on googleplay.

Thank you, i'll surely try it out. (but it's ridicolous how silly sony can be.)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bardamuz:
buy some new glass

or maybe you ask too much for a free app’s , how you can’t find it in the market, maybe buy some new glass
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] warface:
Don't be rude. I can't find an app called NFC Tasker either.

I wear glasses.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
Yeah, Its NFC Task Launcher

Tried to do it, according to this, again, we need root.

Using a Sony SmartTag isnt an option either as it too small :S

Tried to make a switcher instead(it has a label for an action rather than the full instruction for android, so is smaller), it wrote, but did nothing :(

Really craving root right now.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Evergreen74:
Thanks for the post. Very useful. A couple of questions: in the example of the car, is there a way that once you leave the car the phone returns to the standard settings that had before you read the tag. I mean, what do you have to do to revert the changes made when a tag is read.

Second question: leaving the NFC connection always on will cause any battery drain?

Thanks again.

PS: apologies for my poor English. :-/

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BobsHaero:
link me if you can find it, mate, and i will buy ya a beer. by that name, no app exist, glasses or no glasses.

i'm not asking too much, i'm asking just what sony promised: turn on gps and nav without hands on the device.

thanks for the tip, to the others.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
If you use NFC Tasker and set up a switch, then you could swipe once when you get in and once when you leave and it'd turn it off again.

NFC is only on when the screen is on, so it doesnt use much power. If you arent using tags at all, dont bother having it on, otherwise its fine to leave going.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BobsHaero:
how can you avoid the 46bytes problem? my task are always 50 or something. obviously i'm searching a mode to perform a series of task allocated on the phone when and only when the tag triggers them with a ultralight code..using tasker maybe?

where do i find the app if i turn it "system app"??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
Same place as always.

If its simple task the Sony Tags app will do it.

Other than that, probably a good idea to get better tags, the ones sony sent us, while nice looking/robust, are terrible. You can get ones all the way up to 1KB(1000Bytes) for next to nothing.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BobsHaero:
well, i turn "system app", then he tells me to reboot systemm the app crashes, i reboot and then it disappears, i can't find it anywhere, nor on the application lists from menu, nor on the task manager, nor from astro. it simply disappears. i've done this 5 or 6 times now.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
Its somehow incompatible so I suspect. Cant do it so cant really tell ya much.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Evergreen74:
Ok. I will try this app. Thanks!

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] themonyo:
NFC transfer error

hi guys

i tried the NFC image transfer from my Xperia S to my friend's Galaxy S3

i'm getting this error:

when i try to receive an image sent from the S3, this is what I get

anybody experienced this and know how to fix this?

thanks :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zlotvor:
Tag sources

Anybody tried tags from ebay? I've found a lot of 10 for $10, ebay #150838546843

Seller specs:

MIFARE 1K IC S50 FM1108

13.56 MHz. (HF-High Frequency).

1 Kbyte EEPROM (768 free bytes availability)

I believe they should work, but need to test it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
Same but tried with galaxy nexus no idea why

.......

ANYONE KNOWS WHY WOULD THE ALARM JUST DON'T RING WHEN ITA ACTIVATED VIA SMARTAGS?

Please help
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zagorteney:
NFC widget

Is there any NFC app or widget, that could reverse actions with button, like stock widget? For example, with NFC Tasker, you can put the phone to airplane mode, but you can't revert it to previous or favourite state.

Regards, Zagor

Or there is any solution to put phone in Silent (not Vibrant) with XperiaSmartTags?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bardamuz:
in Plane mode NFC doesn't work at all. you can put your mobile in silence with almost all NFC app's in the market play
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zagorteney:
Dear Bardamuz!

I know that NFC in plane mode doesn't work, but with XperiaSmartTags widget you can put the phone in favourite state. So, for me the major problem is that with XST you can't put the phone in Silent and all off other apps in market doesn't support enough tasks for daily use. For example, with NFC Task launcher I couldn't even make a switch: data off, silent / data on, normal sound, because off bytes limits.

Regards, Zagor
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bardamuz:
hi the Sony Smart tag are really small in term of memory size, now i understand your problem , you have to buy bigger one over the web, and with NFC task launcher and Tasker you can do everything you want
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zarg2:
Is there a way to switch from WCDMA (preferred) / GSM to GSM only with NFC (and not rooted)?

Don't have my tags yet (they are on their way) but tried NFC Task Launcher and didn't see this option.

I'd like to use this because WCDMA signal is weak in my bedroom, and the battery goes down fast, so I set it to GSM only at night (Airplane mode is a no-go, I have to be able to receive calls).

With this, I could make a switcher tag, gsm only + alarm, then back to WCDMA (preferred).

Thanks :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
Not particularly constructive, but funny.

My bro just got an XperiaS and I explained NFC to him. He didn't understand why I laughed when he asked if he could switch on NFC with a smarttag.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ijen0000:
NFC in airplane mode

NFC task Launcher now has an option to enable NFC in airplane mode

Settings>>Advanced>>Enable NFC in Airplane Mode (checked)

Ian
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zagorteney:
NFC Task Launche switch

It would be perfect, if NFC Task Launcher has somekind of switch, like XperiaSmartTags widget, to turn back to favourite state.

Regards, Zagor
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bardamuz:
i believe you have no clue or even tested for say such non-sense
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
No such option here.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ascsa:
toggle airplane mode with nfc retag...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtAihg9QHXY&feature=youtu.be
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zarg2:
So... What is this ? (Version 3.7.2, updated on July 5th)

What ijen0000 said is true...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ijen0000:
Oh

OK, lets have a look the version, latest from Play Store (3.72)

screenie attached

appolligies accecpted :D

Rooted Xperia s
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
I stand corrected, I had the wrong app :-D

I don't use NFC that often lately.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] yoko89:
Dear all I have now 6 smart tags (2 came with the mobile) and 4 i bought i figured after that the two red and the two blacks actually the same can i write one of them to act differently from the other with the same color?

thanks in advance
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rawisace:
Thanks for this post
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] luiseteyo:
REPOST. I am sorry, mod, please delete this thread

Original post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23564837#post23564837

Along with the Galaxy S II ICS update roll-out announcement, Samsung has also revealed that it will be releasing a value pack Gingerbread update for original Galaxy S users in March-end. This update will be available via Samsung Kies.

According to company, value pack update contains features like Face Unlock, Snapshot, Photo Editor and several others, but it will still be based on Android 2.3. We have already seen a leaked value pack ROM from the company and it included improved camera performance with the ability to take pictures while recording videos, new lockscreen sounds, and improved performance in browser, gallery and gaming. So all these features are expected to be available in this update.

Company has also announced that GALAXY Tab 7”, GALAXY S Plus, GALAXY S SCL(Super Clear LCD), and GALAXY W will be getting newer Gingerbread build by the end-of-March. There is no word on what these builds will include.

SOURCE: http://androidos.in/2012/03/samsung-galaxy-s-users-to-get-value-pack-update-in-march-end/

Those are not bad news, my friends. Let's see what happens

For the ones who didn't know it SGS II got Official ICS
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kirikoro:
Yes! Good news. Thanks luiseteyo!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chickentuna:
awesome! I would love to have that facial unlock feature on the i9003
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] StifMaster:
really?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] whitebaldman:
Any news?we are in april now and nothing yet!:(

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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] varunthapliyal999:
We will receive the update "possibly" by 2-3rd eeek of april.Although there is no confirmation yet
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] whitebaldman:
Wow, thanks for answering! I'm very excited waiting the update!:D:D:D

Only one more question...I bought my phone liberated and it had froyo by entel (Chile), I use movistar (Argentina) and I found an update to gingerbread 2.3.6 in kies and I updated my phone but before erasing all entel stuf so,I don't know if the update was a free update or an update from entel and if the "value pack" update will be free, from entel chile or movistar argentina? That's my dilema...Hehe:what::what::what:

Cheers!

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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chismay:
is there any more news on this?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] TheBlacklight16:
are we ever gonna get this value pack????
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Wahaha123:
it'll take months before we get this value pack. samsung as always, works like a turtle race.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] andr0id_xda:
if they will release...IF..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xtremer87:
Are there any news about the Value Pack for the 9003 guys???

Samsung support Center Germany replied me that dont know if there will come something...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] whitebaldman:
Nothing yet? I think samsung lied to us...:mad:

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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] andr0id_xda:
they are not serious !! :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crk1995:
Someone please ask samsung about the update...

I feel they have forgotten....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chongns:
agree. jellybean is coming in nov. and they properly busy to deal with ios 6 also.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
Give me their email id. I want to express my all anger.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chongns:
you have my all supports, dude:thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bobby_loveing:
no value pack :(

Since we have been waiting for this value pack,They are not even caring about us.

if cm9 comes to beta,we will not even think about it....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crk1995:
Check out the box of the phone for e-mail address...

Add my anger too in your email.. hahahahaha
[Desire HD General] Zeitraffer:
I just found this very interesting article, maybe you'll like it too:

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

Short summary:

1. "A partial discharge reduces stress and prolongs battery life. Elevated temperature and high currents also affect cycle life."

2. "Higher charge voltages boost capacity but lower cycle life and compromise safety."
[Desire HD General] scaryshark:
its also suggested that you let your phone go through one complete discharge from 100 - 0% at least once a month.

- also on the heat front mentioned in the OP, i take it that means its best to remove your cover when charging your phone to stop a build up of heat?
[Desire HD General] Zeitraffer:
You mean taking of the case, like Otterbox?

No, I wouldn't do so because my battery never gets warmer than 26-29 degrees.

Bad would be everything above 30°.