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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dhendy91:
On a different note was snooping around the gnex nfc thread again and there is some guy in there talking about using nfc to unlock his front door and stuff like that :D (he hasn't managed it yet but is working on an idea).

I think it is awesome technology just wish google wallet was available in the uk :(
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Wow.. that's really interesting.. be neat if he pulls it off!

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] explodingboy70:
I thought I saw a write up on the portal the other day where they have screen off/NFC working now on the Nexus.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Its working now.. a mod is in the dev section. Gonna add it to the OP this weekend!

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] M@31:
Most of these can be done through Tasker no?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Some yes.. others no. And now we can use NFC with the screen off and locked. As far as I know tasker cannot do that ;)

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] M@31:
Im in Korea....

No ROMS or anything (including the phone) yet.

In the past, the SGS I and II were lacking support in ROMs.

So, I do not have much faith that the other custom ROMs will work for my phone, they have not in the past.

Still, using NFC with Tasker, could bring on some interesting possibilities!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] paulseward:
Here is a demo off unlocking a door with your NFC phone.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/20/yale-demos-nfc-enabled-residential-locks-germaphobes-rejoice-v/

Paul
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] paulseward:
Here is an app which will lock your phone until you scan a NFC chip or put in a password.

It works but I found sometimes it kept relocking itself so beware.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.biwota.cerbero&hl=en

Paul
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Machtkampf:
For similar location based automated tasks you can also check out Llama. It changes settings based on which cell towers you are close to. So when I am at home it turns on wifi and shuts off my work email notifications. When I'm at work it turns on wifi and changes notifications, and when I'm at neither of those places it turns off wifi and does some other stuff.

Only issue is if you live, work, and hang out all in the same area on the same cell towers then it is completely useless.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kebab.Llama&hl=en
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Thanks guys for the feedback and updates.. I still plan to update the OP this weekend with all the new relevant info. If not tonight then tomorrow. So check back for a more organized OP with more links and info! Thanks! ;)

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ultramag69:
I was wondering if the NFC chips are the same as the chips put on articles bought from big stores, generally small items like dvds and stuff. If they aren't locked then here is a steady supply of NFC chips for free.

I wouldn't think them locked as they are swiped at the checkout to let you through without alarms going off, unless that very action locks the chips (if they are NFC chips)...
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] NeoVR:
Go and see... (the phone will make a noise if it detects something it can read)

So far I've found it recognises a london underground oyster card and can also read RFID passports using the NFC taginfo app.

No success with m&s smart tags, or office key fobs tho.

I've also just ordered a bunch of NFC stickers from rapidNFC to mess about with.. (thinking work/home/sleep/car mode) As well as mobile payment capabilities.. It's all very disjointed in the UK at the moment. Just blackberrys are available with payment-NFC
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dhendy91:
Haha thanks for this, just read my student card , which uses nfc to open doors and stuff so cool!

Never though my phone would be able to do that!:D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Kaibosh:
Same in Australia - There's actually no mainstream "official" use for NFC here, at least not with Android. One of the major banks has NFC payment functionality, but only with iPhones (with an additional sleeve that needs to go onto the phone to give it NFC functionality), instead of with phones where some come with NFC built in..
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ultramag69:
Does anyone know of an app that records the NFC information off a chip. I found a chip in my wallet I want to play with but may want to restore it back later...;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Bizdady:
Just bought a couple tags to play with. I would make 711 runs just to use google wallet on my Nexus lol
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Necro990:
My tags arrived the morning :D

Cannot wait to get home and start messing around with them :D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] impoze:
Got my s3 last week and ordered some tags today

Can't wait for em to arrive
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dhendy91:
Hey guys I have google wallet working on my S3 (running CM9). I am going to write a quick guide to get it working tonight. Do i need to post it in genral or themes and apps? Don't want to hijack this thread :)

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] wingzero124:
I don't know but I would go with Themes and Apps personally. Looking forward to reading your guide. I'm gonna have to switch roms but I really want GW working :D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dhendy91:
Thats what I was thinking. Will get on it tonight when I watch the football. If corey says it alright I will post the link here. If not just keep an eye on the Themes and app section.

Now to go spend my free $10 all on mcdonalds! The healthy option:D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Yes.. please post up a link and I'll make sure to include it in an updated OP. Really wanted to do it this weekend but got a surprise from an old friend.. so I've only had a chance to just see the posts. But. An update is on the way! Thanks for the guide and thanks for posting in here to let us know and like I said please leave a link in here and I'll include it in the OP! :)

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dhendy91:
Done!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27579313#post27579313

BOOM:D

Put it in general in the end
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Thanks bud.. gonna add it to the OP when I update. ...soon :D

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] 1SiK1500:
i thought of a great idea.

Sears has those new wifi Enabled garage door openers. It would be cool to have one like on your visor, swipe and garage opens or closes.

Same for Wifi Enabled digital thermostat. Swipe and your AC drops to 74* before you get home...or to your office..
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Necro990:
So far I've setup the tasker profile following:

->Toggle auto brightness

->Set brightness to full

->If Ringer volume < 4

Set ringer volume to 4

Else

Set ringer volumne to 2

->Toggle Bluetooth

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Have programed a NFC keyfob to launch this task - which allows me to quickly toggle between the mode I like my phone to be in when I'm driving and the mode I like my phone to be in when I'm not driving.

:D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
OP updated to reflect new links- NFC screen off MOD and Google Wallet guide and a quick list of NFC tag vendors ;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Shadamehr:
I must be missing something..?

Forgive me guys, but it feels like I am missing something...

I ordered me some nice NFC Tags to play with. I then bought and paid for NFC Task Launcher, as it seems this is the only tool that allows you full customisation/tagging options. And I set about programming a tag, to do a Foursquare Check-In to my home address.

Alas, two things...

Firstly, on my phone, I found the task is not really all that automated - all it did was load up my home in Foursquare, as a venue, for me to then MANUALLY play with, or hit check in, if I so wished.

I always thought the use of NFC tags allowed this to be wholly automated, right through to actually completing the Check In, in the way that gets done at special event venues.

So if so, what am I missing here?

Secondly, and even worse though... when I programmed the tag, when I tried scanning it on my partner's SGS3 however, all that happened is that she was asked whether she wanted to use the Google Play App, or the internet, to visit the Google Play Store, to then purchase NFC Task Launcher - the tool I used to program the tag.

So someone please tell me - what use to man or beast is all of this, if it requires everyone else who you might want to use your NFC Tag, to first purchase at cost, a particular app, to scan the tag...?

I just don't get it, as again, using my previous example, people checking in to special event venues using NFC Foursqaure Tags - I've never known of THEM all needing a special, individual app on their phone, just to get checked in using NFC? So how on earth do you program an NFC Tag so that it is UNIVERSALLY readable by any NFC equipped device...?

I'm so not getting all this *lol*

Any help folks?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mmeidl78:
Maybe you should try the Samsung App (TecTiles). Don't know if this works without the app installed on the other phone.

The Foursquare-Thing is a security-thing I think. Otherwise you're not able to controll what your phone is doing, when touching a NFC-Tag somewhere.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Necro990:
I would think - but I'm not sure - that a NFC tag written with an NFC Task Launcher Task would need NFC Task Launcher app to perform the tag's task.

And that the other options: "New URI", "New URL", "New VCard" and "New Message" would be universally usable by any NFC enabled device.

I have yet to test the above theory - as I'm the only person I know with a phone that has NFC capabilities.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Shadamehr:
Thanks - just curious how those special Foursquare venue check ins work at special events then, if a special app is needed.

Seems unusual to me...
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Thalinor:
I got tired of buying Car kits every time I bought a new phone so I decided to buy a Ram universal windshield mount. The one feature I was going to mess was having the phone automatically turn on car mode and set the back light to permanently stay on. With NFC my problems are solved. The only thing I'm wondering is if I take that NFC tag and stick it directly to the car dock, is it going to cause battery drain problems because the phone is stting on top of the tag whenever in the car dock? Ideally it would read the tag and then ignore it till the phone was taken out of the car dock away from the tag. I would hate if it kept trying to read the tag order and over. My plan uses second tag to turn off the back light and set the phoneback into normal mode.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alias_neo:
It shouldn't keep reading it, once it's touching and read once it should be fine.

Also, if you use NFC Task Launcher with its "Switch" mode, you don't need a second tag, just take your phone off the same one and tap again to switch it back to normal mode.

I have one set up in work and one next to my bed.

Work:

===

1st Tap:

*Wifi On

*Connect to work wifi

*Ringer Silent

2nd Tap:

*Wifi Off

*Ringer to Normal

*Start Player Pro

Bed:

===

1st Tap:

*Notification light off

*Auto sync off

*Mobile data off

* Wifi off

2nd Tap:

* Notfication light on

* Auto-sync on

* Mobile data on

I'm thinking of writing an app I can hook into from NFC Task Launcher to, for example, log my in and out times of work into a database.

If anyone can come up with a useful idea I'm happy to throw a quick app together if it's useful (and isn't too involved, I don't have unlimited time you know :P).
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mayhemer:
Are there very small NFC Tags, so I can stick them on the inside of a ring? So the diameter should be not more than 0.08inches or 2mm?

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] vinokirk:
Isn't the NFC chip for the phone in the battery? Or does NFC have something to do with the battery?

If so, then when I swap my battery out for a cheap Chinese battery, I'll loose NFC capabilities.

Seems like a way for the phone companies to get more revenue from people buying their batteries, not cheap knock off ones.

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Or am I going completely crackers?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Bizdady:
Ya its on the battery so you would need to buy an oem replacement with nfc.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Thalinor:
Amazing, thanks for the info. I saw the app on the market a few days ago and thought it was was going to be something I wanted to pick up. Ordered Samsung's "Official" NFC tags a few days ago. Figured $15 for 5 was a pretty good deal. Probably should have checked how much data they could hold vs other brands, but as you said NFC Task Launcher only needs to read the Tag Serial. Good stuff. Now if they can just hurry up and send the damn phone. I hope Verizon ships the 28th and not the 9th like my pre-order says.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] seth73:
house automagic

after reading the whole thread here, i'm even more excited about getting my new phone soon.

i have the idea of some kind of small home automation:

- comin' home, swipe the phone on the tag at the entrance and then

1. the phone switches to and connects with my w-lan

2. on the phone starts the mpd client

3. some kind of ir sending device (need some tips here, i know only of ir-receivers) switches on the audioreceiver (which is already hooked to the server with the mpd)

4. et voila, music starts even be4 i switched on my computer (which btw might also be waked-on-lan from the server while i step out of my shoes ;)

so i need only a linux-compatible ir-sending device which is programmable/usable in a webserver/network-connection... :)

thanx for this thread,

seth73
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Necro990:
Hmmm - and NFC tag to send a wake-on-lan packet to my desktop at home would be amazing. :D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Thalinor:
FYI The branded Samsung tags hold 1kb. Just picked up the 5 pack for $15. These are small, about a 1" square. I don't have my SG3 yet as I am with Verizon so I can't speak to how well they work, but I was impressed with the quality of these tags.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Necro990:
5 for $15 - Isn't that quite expensive?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
It depends.. not sure what sizes hold what but if they can hold more info, web pages or whatever than I think the tags get a little more pricey. I know half of the ones I have are "ultra light" and can only be programmed to do little things.. I tried to add a video and the tag didn't have enough space..

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alias_neo:
A video? WTF? :D

Are you sure you understand what kind of sizes we're talking about here?

The largest type hold 1024 bytes, generally. Although there are NFC cards which hold 4k bytes (4096).

Generally you're looking at closer to ~137 bytes user space on NTAG203 or as little as 46 bytes on Ultralight.

Now bear in mind a single character in ASCII is 1 byte (8 bits).

You can store about 137 characters (on the NTAG203) or about 1024 character on the larger 1k ones.

Refer here for details: http://rapidnfc.com/which_nfc_chip

Now, for a little further info, there are two ways that tags are used.

Either, they have data written to them, the phone scanning it then reads the data and performs an action, this requires a defined protocol, or if all scanning devices run the same app, they can perform the tasks encoded into the tag.

The other, useful for particular apps and read-only or small tags is that they write only an ID to the tag, then the app on the device determines what to do when this ID is recognised. This second method will of course only work on the device that wrote the tag or recognises the ID.

It's like giving someone a cake, vs the recipe for the cake. Anyone can make a cake from the recipe, as long as they understand what it says.

However, when given a cake, only those able to decipher the ingredients are able to make one, to everyone else it's just a cake.

Perhaps not the best analogy...
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Nice explanation! :) I was thinking a tag to open up and play a YouTube video..

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alias_neo:
That should be completely doable. Program it with the URL for a YouTube video, and when you scan it, choose YouTube app as the app to use. Win. :D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Necro990:
Would a Youtube link not open in the Youtub app by default?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alias_neo:
If you had set the default previously yes, for me however I get options for all my web browsers and then youtube app.

I have never set a default though.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Necro990:
Ahh fair enough.

I must say that NFC Task Launcher + Tasker make an awesome combination.

Recently programmed a NFC sticker to do the following:

I created a tag that does the following:

->Turns WiFi on

->Waits until I'm connected to my home WiFi connection.

->Sends a WOL packet to my desktop at home

->Wait 20 seconds

->Turn Wifi Off

So when I get home from work I can put my phone down on the tag and my PC will automagically begin booting.

The waiting for the WiFi to connect step needs a little tweaking but otherwise it's working wonderfully well :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] zen0s:
How do you put delays on nfc?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jiggytom:
Why are you turning wifi on/off? You can do this without even being on Wifi..over the data connection. Just need to setup a dyndns account and forward ports on your router (might need a static ARP table setup as well).
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Necro990:
The delays were done using Tasker.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] winwiz:
I made a mistake of ordering the Xperia tags. They only hold 4096k of data.

Need the larger tags! I cant even open an app with these xperia tags :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alias_neo:
Only 4M of data?? Impossible :D

Also, if you read my earlier post, 4k is the largest size you can get, 1k is the usual large size with standard ones usually only being hundreds of bytes
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] SiNJiN76:
Is there a tutorial on how to use Tasker somewhere here? I've looked at it...but seemed a bit complicated...and nothing I made worked.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
YouTube has a couple
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Necro990:
Have a look here: http://tasker.wikidot.com/step-throughs

:)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] winwiz:
oops I mean 4k, lol

I wanted to set a tag to do the following

switch on GPS, switch on auto rotate and then open copilot

but this is too large for the tag and also to set through tasker.

how can I achieve this?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alias_neo:
That isn't right, cause 4k is huge by nfc standards, and it should take about 6 to 10k tops do perform those few functions with NFC Task Launcher. I'm not sure if Tasker does some really inefficient tag writing cause iv never used it but trust me, you could write an essay in a 4k tag. (~4096 characters). I wrote short essays lol.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Necro990:
You can use NFC Task Launcher to call a Tasker task - that's what I've done with most of the tags that I've played around with.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] winwiz:
thanks for the help guys

I have it working (partially)

if I get two tags, I can switch on GPS with one and launch CO-Pilot

and then with the other, I can switch off GPS and kill Co-Pilot

I cant however use one tag to do both using NFC Task Launcher and the new switch option

Here is what I am trying to do. Task 1 is showing as 12 bytes yet the total task size is 46 bytes

and this is what task 1 is

any tips please?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] eldorado89:
I have one on my desk, if i put my phone on it it will turn of the vibration. My galaxy S3 used to wake up everyone at work ;-).
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alias_neo:
You don't need tasker for this, NFC Task Launcher already has features to launch an app and toggle gps, use that.

The reason the switcher task is larger is because it needs to wrote code to tell itself its a switch, other devices running NFC Task Launcher can also use these tags.

Get ve it a go, this is how iv done all my tags.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] winwiz:
I used NFC Task Launcher first buddy, but the reason I switched to tasker is because the task was too large and wouldn't write the tag using NFC TL :(

I'll try again and will post some screenies....really appreciate your help bud

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ok mate here you go.

Wrote a simple task, Switch on GPS and launch Co-pilot
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Three6ty:
Hi,

NFC tag launcher tells me I need to root my phone to be able to toggle GPS. Is there a way round this without rooting. Would using tasker sort this out or do I need to root my S3?

Cheers, Rich
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
You can try straight tasker app. I personally root my phones almost immediately so I'm not restricted with any apps. :o
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] BrokenPixel:
Tasker will ask for "Secure settings" and secure settings will ask for root, IF you want to toggle the switch on the GPS.. I think that's how it went for me. I'm rooted so no worries.

And to add to the topic, I'm using about 4 tags, one for the office, home, and 2 for the car I have one for GPS.on, and open Waze and the other for BT.on and starts up my media player, my Bluetooth is a speakerphone and FM transmitter and audiogateway, its all win!!! the home and office tags do pretty much the same turns off bluetooth, gps and turns on wifi and sets the ringer to HI.

and recently I got my hands on an S2 i777 with NFC so I'm gonna stick a tag on the bathroom so my GF can read my messages in the morning, lol

EDITED: typo
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Jason71:
A friend at work has some items he is responsible for that people need to borrow. He was sick of not getting them back so he put nfc tags on them. Every time someone wants to borrow one he scans the tag on it which triggers the camera to take a photo of the person then stores the picture with the name of the item and the time it was borrowed. that way he always knows who borrowed what when without having to do anything dull like you know write it down.

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It seems to me that there are 2 ways to use these tags for "tasking" You either

a)put all of the info about the task on the tag (this is what NFC task launcher does)

or

b) you just use the tag as a trigger and have an app ( tasker is best) do the complex stuff.

method a becomes a problem when you want to do complex tasks because it uses a lot of space on the tag. The only reason for doing this is if you want anyone to be able to scan your tag and perform the same actions. Even then they would need the same program that you used otherwise the info on the tag would be garbage. I don't think that this is what most people really want.

What I do is option b program the tag with a simple phrase like "Car Dock" then create a tasker task with as many wierd and wonderful actions as I like e.g. Turn up volume, turn on bluetooth, turn off wifi, launch car home app, increase screen brightness etc. Then, using the Tasker/locale plugin program the tag to trigger the task.

sure to anyone who doesn't have my tasker profile all the tag does is say " car dock" but then I'm not expecting anyone else to use my car dock except me so no problem.

I think method b would actually suit most of what you are trying to do better but it does rely on learning Tasker. Which is not the most user friendly app till you get to know it. Fortunately I have been using it to run my life for about 3 years I have an insane number of profiles to do every thing from change the settings at night, turn off the 3g and wifi when I play angry birds, through to sending low battery warnings to my bluetooth watch so all I needed to do was swap some of my existing triggers like time for NFC ones.