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[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00208:
Hey all,

I've tried really hard to attribute this to the nightly, but it's really souring my tab experience.

Anyone here use Apex Launcher on CM9 deal with regular FCs? I'm talking at least 3 FCs within an hour or two. I'll also have a few other apps FC on me regularly (Currents, Chrome, but Apex is the biggest culprit)

I've wiped data/cache for app, I've done a fresh rom install (data/cache/dalvik wipe) and it's still there.

I feel like the only recourse left could be I messed up an install a while back and some messed up code just keeps making its way through the data/cache wipes. Should I consider a complete wipe? Take this thing back as if it was straight out of the box, and re-root / re-flash CM9?

If so, any recommendations how to do so? I was going to follow QBKing77's video, unless there are other recommendations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuoseX0bxHQ

Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 General] ddemers:
Lumia 710 and sim card?

I am not really certain how SIM Cards work, but I currently have a Samsung Nexus and I want to get a WP phone. I was waiting to see what the upgrade paths were to WP7, since there is none I figure now is a good time to purchase a cheaper WP.

What I need to know is if I have both a Galaxy Nexus and a Lumia 710, can I just move the sim card to either phone when I want to use it to transfer the phone number? or do I have to call Bell each time I change phones?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ddemers:
I guess I am not the only one who doesnt understand sim cards??
[Windows Phone 7 General] daAppu:
You don't need to transfer contacts from SIM card. Just sync your phonebook with a Google account and both your phones will keep the phonebook updated.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vinscg:
the lumia is a micro-sim phone (smaller sim card)
[Windows Phone 7 General] sermann:
SIM stands for Subscriber Identity Module. It is designed so that you move it from phone to phone without contacting the operator.

But there are 3 physical sizes of cards (credit-card size - not used anymore, mini and micro). They work the same way, but have different sizes. You can cut them down and you can buy adapters to insert small SIMs into phones that need larger ones.

The Lumia 710 uses micro SIMs, so you might have to cut down your SIM card. The phone store will usually do it for you for free.

While SIM cards can store quite a few things, like applications and phone numbers, neither the Nexus nor the Lumia 710 care much about what's on the card.

As daAppu mentioned, if your contacts, calendar and emails are online, they will normally be synchronized automatically between the phones.

But apps will not be compatible and will not work on the other platform. If you bought Angry Birds on the Nexus, you will have to buy it again on the Lumia if you want to play it there... And vice-versa.

Hope this helps,

Stephen
[Windows Phone 7 General] ddemers:
Thanks, I use an Exchange for my email system so my contacts are stored on my server already.

Exaclty what I needed Sermann!
[General Questions and Answers] Susheel_cool01:
Guys need help...... Can you tell me how to back up stock rom... I just rooted my phone.. Reply asap.. Thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] Faiz Malkani:
Recovery mode : flash cwm recovery : backup/restore : backup
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
Any one get some yet? I have but I'm having trouble programming them, it keeps saying unable to write, or un able to read and after a bunch of times trying it, it finally programs it but then to scan it it takes lots of tries also, it keeps saying empty tag, was wondering if any one is having issues with them as well,

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] stevesprivateaccount:
Mine should arrive today, looking forward to playing with them. Let me know if you figure out what your problems are.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jeepik:
i have been using mine just fine, occasionally i get the empty tag error, i figured out that the phone needs to be flush with the tag, then it reads it just fine. the error seems to come up when the phone cant properly read the tag,

other then that they have been working flawlessly
[Galaxy S III Accessories] demarcmj:
To answer your question right away... No, I don't have any.

Sorry if the rest of this gets a little bit off the topic of programming/scanning issues... this seems to be the only thread discussing these things...

I just learned about the existence of TecTiles today. Came across it in Engadget's review of the Sprint/AT&T variants when I was looking for a picture to use in another post.

I'm pretty excited about them. I can see myself putting 1 beside my bed, 1 in my car, and 1 on my desk at work.

I have a couple questions for you guys about these things:

The Samsung description page lists all the sorts of things they can do, but doesn't say whether you can do composite actions with them (i.e. Set a volume profile, set an alarm, and then launch an app). Can you do that sort of thing or is it just a single action?

Can they be used to launch something else, like a tasker profile (which would mean they can do pretty much anything), or just the specific things it says?

Lastly, the last guy said the phone has to be flush with the tag to read properly. I'm planning on buying a proclip mount for my car and hoped to just stick the tile right on the flat part which would be right behind the phone (see picture)

Do you think that small gap there would be a problem?

EDIT: I just discovered this on the Samsung website: "Sensitivity: Up to 2cm Operating Distance"

Some of you who are having scanning troubles may be interested in that figure. For me, It seems I'll have to do some testing before I stick it onto that car mount.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
I was trying to scan it with out any case and still have the same results. I'm using a clean silicon case that's real thin, but I only get that error and stugle on 3 of them, the other 2 I dint have any problems, but I haven't stick them no where yet, but if you do decide to stick them, make sure it's not on a metal surface or else it won't work.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
Another question is

Are you using the tactile official app? Or nfc task launcher?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jiggytom:
1) Yes you can string things together. I would recommend NFC Task Manager

2) Yes, you can do this with NFC Task Manager

3) Sounds like a good idea.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Bizdady:
Ya I use NFC task launcher and got my tags from tagsfordroid.com but they have been backordered lately.

I just need to figure out how to really use Tasker.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ScottC:
I find them overpriced, and since they are just standard nfc tags, I'd recommend ordering from Tagstand.com instead. Their starter pack is just $14.25 for 15 tags, plus they work just fine with the Samsung Tectile app...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
I wish I would of seen them earlier, I would of got them instead, but I'm going to try and use nfc Tasker instead to see if it works better
[Galaxy S III Accessories] faulkton:
No problems for me, they've been working great and were easy to program.

I actually put some on the underside of the table by my recliner and my bedside table. I wasnt sure if they would work through solid oak and a TPU case but they do :) I have them in car dock and on desk at work also.

I had no problem using the samsung ap or the nfc task manager.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tgmorris:
I ordered some of the Mifare tags off eBay after I saw they worked fine in youtube videos. A 10 pack was $10.20 shipped but will have to wait for them to show up.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] lgkahn:
they work fine with my phone but i found nfc task launcher to be better for programming and in general.. you can program more things like combining launching apps and settings etc, and also having one tag toggle between 2 different program sets such as car and home.

Also if you are having issues writing or reading.. make sure to hold phone steady with center of back of phone over tag, and also dont move for about 5 secs. even after it beeps as it is still reading or writing the tag after the beep.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
I'll give that a try, I always moved it and tried it over and over, thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] KING SKILLZ:
+1 for NFC task manager, the one i use the most is on the side of my wireless headphones, it activates and connects my Bluetooth and activates my music player(when i'm leaving to catch the train). when i tap it a second time it deactivates all those things and connects my home WIFI and turns on the vibrate setting. The combinations are plenty...a true lazy mans toy!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Beakerzor:
i bought official tectiles last week when I got my T-Mobile S III, and they have been working flawlessly with Samsung's TecTiles app, as well as with nfc task launcher

I also bought a bunch of 88cent tags locally here in Seattle and they also work perfectly.

I did notice on one website that sells NCF tags that they say "some tags may rarely come dead on arrival" so try another tag. Its unlikely all 5 are dead.

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these are the tags I bought

https://www.nfclabels.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=63&product_id=63

SO much cheaper than Samsung's $3/each
[Galaxy S III Accessories] KevTN:
Ok at first I thought this was just a gimmick so now I have a question

Can I program the textile to turn on the Bluetooth and open an app such as ituneradio? If that is possible that would be AWSOME as it help me a lot on the motorcycle...

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Beakerzor:
yes, you can do that, super easy

however, you have to have your phone on and the screen unlocked

i wonder if there is a work around for that

also, the NFC spec says NFC can work up to 0.2 meters, but your phone will need to literally touch the tag. hint: aim for where the battery is (i kept aiming for the camera area, like a noob)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] KING SKILLZ:
your screen does not need to be on or unlocked with this mod:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1740703&highlight=nfc
[Galaxy S III Accessories] pizz0wn3d:
Derp. Ignore me.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Beakerzor:
t h a n k y o u !
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tkdsl:
Just because I am not sure how to do this, but how are you guys programing them ? did you get a programing tool or are you using NFC task Launcher ?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] demarcmj:
From the app description for the Samsung TecTile app:

"Samsung TecTile is an app which lets you read & write TecTile NFC Programmable Tags"

So no extra HW required... just your phone and an app (whether that app is the sammy one or this one)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jiannichan:
Can someone school me on this or guide me to where I can read up more about the possibilities of what this does other than reading Wikipedia? So far I see people using it for switching their profiles automatically from silent/sound/wifi on/off BT on/off etc? What other things can be done? I see someone mention something of having a task be executed? I'd like to learn more about this NFC stuff as it sounds pretty interesting. I'll probably try to research further into this when I get home or this weekend, but maybe just a summary before then. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
Well it depends, the Tectile app let's you do very little compare to the NFC task launcher, but you could program it to turn alarm on /off, check in in foursquare /Facebook, check in Google latitude, open apps, send text, and a lot more options that I can't remember lol , if you look up Tectile app and nfc task launcher app at the play store ,it gives you a better description of what they do
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jiannichan:
Thanks. I went ahead and ordered 5 from tagsforandroid. No better way to learn more about it than to actually mess around with it hands on.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
Yup, I wish I would of seen those before I order my Samsung Tectiles, which where 5 for 15$,and honestly I like Nfc task launcher better, a lot more options, but yea there easy to use :-D
[Galaxy S III Accessories] pngface:
Does anyone know where I can order TecTiles in Canada?

Or should I just get the really cheap ones from my local electronics store (they look kinda ugly)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
I got mine from eBay , later on I could post the sellers name if you want
[Galaxy S III Accessories] evoer:
I got some from tagsfordroid, 10 of them plus the free key fob for $15.99 including super fast shipping. Tested all of them and each works perfectly. I use NFC task launcher combined with Tasker (free 7 day trial for now) to add even more functionality to them. I am working on how to one tap and place a phone call, so far I got, one tap pulls up the phone number/contact but still need to tap the "call" button on the phone to place the call, might be lazy but thought it would be cool to just be able to tap a tag once and have the call go through.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Drift King:
Ordered the package of 15 from TagStand. Cost was $17 shipped. Hope to have them here soon.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Jubmasterflex:
Another reasonable/cheap alternative would be Tagstand - http://www.tagstand.com/pages/catalog
[Galaxy S III Accessories] demarcmj:
FYI - That site seems to only sell Type 2 tags.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ingenious247:
Good thread, I'm going to get some of these tags and get it crackin!

Can't believe I didn't do all of this when I had my SGS2.. but better late than never
[Galaxy S III Accessories] biocalves:
Has anyone used nfclabels.com to get some tags? They are under $1 a piece and sell type 2 tags that have 144 bytes of usable space.

How many actions will 144 bytes be able to hold?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] wittycoder:
If you are trying to place a call to a contact you might be better off trying to bring open the contact, then enable the motion direct call. That way you could use NFC tag to bring up the contact and the motion will make the call for you. I haven't played with my NFC tags yet since I just got my phone today, but hope that works for you...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] phantomevo77:
My Samsung Rep came in today at work and gave me 5 of these bad boys since I was the only associate to have the phone. So awesome. No problems writing. Gotta be flush with the tag
[Galaxy S III Accessories] lnelms2:
Yeah my Samsung rep cam in today too and gave me 5 of them. I've had no problems reading or writing. I have one next to my desk now that turns down all my volumes and turns on my wifi. I'm using the Samsung app.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] evoer:
moved

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Ha... I got it, one touch to a NFC tag now places the call, just install the NFC Task launcher call plug in after installing NFC Task launcher and voila- call goes right through with one tap.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rEVOLVE:
OK, can we get some people to post what innovative uses they've found for these? I'd love to find some other examples than the ones we've seen mentioned already?

I should have some delivered any day from Tagstand.

The first one i plan to do is put one next to each entry of our conference room to mute our phones. Would this work for any NFC enabled phone once I put those there?

Another one mentioned for those that don't have a car dock to launch the dock mode action in the car.

At first it seemed that these NFC tags weren't as useful because I already have AutomateIt! (like Tasker) doing a lot of automation for me. AutomateIt! also has NFC support to trigger rules, btw.

The main usefulness for me seems when I want to manually trigger an automation it saves having to open the phone screen and launch a rule (once you enable the hack mentioned earlier in the thread about not having to turn on your screen).
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ElBeaner:
Well I did 2 simple tasks with task launcher

Task 1 - ringer to 0(vib)

task 2 - ringer to max

Those two task = 43kb according to task launcher
[Galaxy S III Accessories] evoer:
Yes, once a tag is programmed any NFC enabled phone should be able to tap it and perform the task

A real easy and useful one for me, stuck one to the cup holder in the car, tap once = bluetooth on tap again = bluetooth off
[Galaxy S III Accessories] biocalves:
I'm pretty sure this can't be done, but I figure I'll ask the community. I'm coming from a Galaxy Tab and plan on using that as a full time map system in my car once I receive my S3.

Since the Tab will be WiFi only, I plan on using the S3's NFC to open bluetooth and tethering when I get into my car. Is it possible for me to scan NFC and the S3 turn BT and tethering on but also force my Tab to open up Google Maps or Netflix depending on which NFC tag I scan over?

Doesn't sound feasible in my head either...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] sleepy13909:
Mine works fine
[Galaxy S III Accessories] demarcmj:
WTF! lol
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
With nfc task launcher app you can combine more things that the tectile app. Not sure if it can do all of those 3 things on one scan (not sure enough memory in one tectile) , but you can have it to toggle GPS , Bluetooth, and open apps . I have one set up to toggle WiFi , check in on foursquare , and check in on Google places .
[Galaxy S III Accessories] punzada:
You could definitely get the S3 to enable Bluetooth and launch the tethering app, however anything done on the tab would have to be done manually (UNLESS, you have both rooted, code some sort of custom service for them to communicate and script it to load apps on the other side - however that would be a fairly massive undertaking). It's possible there is some sort of app to handle this but I doubt it as it's a very specialized circumstance.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] pngface:
Theoretically it is possible. You'd have to have a custom service running in the background on the s3,and some sort of a listener on the tab. So when you touch the tag, your service on the phone will send a message to the listener on the tab which can start apps based on the tag
[Galaxy S III Accessories] concite:
Default dialer

I am trying to get the tectiles application to place a phone call. The problem is that is makes me choose a dialer before placing the call. Is there any way to set the default dialer for this?

I have the normal dialer, and also a VOIP dialer installed. I would like to leave the VOIP applicaiotn installed because I use it sometimes. This is jut a pain because it kind of defeats the purpose of tap and go. If I wanted to push buttons, I would not have used a nfc tag.....
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
Not sure who posted this but they said to program it like if your going to send a text, then just put the phone by your ear and it should call, make sure you have the text to call future enable
[Galaxy S III Accessories] SorryPoundsand:
Just place the Phone to your ear after you hit the NFC and it just needs the call button i should make the call just like the text to talk feature
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kyan~:
Did you attend a samsung event? I have 2 of them lol
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dragondagger55555:
Just wondering if anyone can help me answer these questions:

1. Where can the NFC tags be optimally read by the Galaxy S III (more or less on top of the NFC sensor), picture pointing to the location would be nice. Reference for me to place the tag when using it with the Fixed Proclip Dock.

2. If anyone is doing a setup with the Fixed Proclip Dock what are you tagging the NFC to launch? Car mode or Driving mode? Just read this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746270

3. Any desk mode trigger?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] zmore:
The NFC coil is located inside the battery itself (under the outer sticker afaik), so the sweet spot should be smack dab in the middle of the battery. Line it up with the back of the case.

I'm not quite sure where the sweet spot is on larger devices like my Nexus7, but it seems to be up higher than center.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tgmorris:
As far as #2 is concerned...

I'm using Google Car Home and the first touch of the tag sets BT on, ringer & media volumes to max and brightness to max. The Car Home app is set to start automatically when it finds a matching BT pairing once the BT is on. Conversely, Car Home is set to close when the BT signal goes away after a preset period of time. A 2nd tap the of the tag turns off BT, restores the volumes and sets the brightness to auto.

I stumbled across the auto start/close feature of Car Home while trying to figure how to best use the NFC tag as starting the app was easy but closing it was problematic without doing it manually.

I set up the tag using NFC Task Launcher.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] demarcmj:
There's no reason you can't use both. "Car Mode" is essentially the "Car Home" app (or similar). "Driving Mode" is more of a settings thing. So, you can enable Driving Mode and then Launch the Car Home app, if you want. Of course, you'd have to use NFC Task Launcher for this, since the Samsung programming app doesn't allow composite actions (AFAIK)

I don't have any tectiles (or generic NFC tags) yet, but I do have my ProClip holder and it is pretty dang nice. I'm still a little curious though, whether the gap between the back of the phone and the flat surface on the holder will be too much to receive the NFC. When I played with the tectiles in the store, it seemed like I had to physically touch the phone to the tags. Well, I suppose I could always put the tag on some DIY foam riser or something to bring it flush with the back of the phone. Just thinking out loud now.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
Quick update, I finally got my Otterbox defender series case and I'm still able to scan the tectiles I was able to program with no problems ^_^
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ponyboy82:
In case anyone's interested, Newegg has the Samsung TecTile pack for $9.99 with free shipping. Coincides nicely with the TecTile app's update to v3.0

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875990073
[General Questions and Answers] Faiz Malkani:
Hey :)

So I have a bit of free time and some spare computer parts lying around and wanted to do something worthwhile.

So far, I have :

An LCD screen

A webcam

Lots of cables

I was thinking along the lines of a surveillance system. Any ideas on how to start without using an entire computer?
[General Questions and Answers] Faiz Malkani:
Reserved
[General Questions and Answers] KayxGee1:
You need the PC regardless. Try a software called Active Webcam. It's great and is very easy to set up.
[General Questions and Answers] Faiz Malkani:
So there's no way tto do it without a PC?
[General Questions and Answers] Stevenator21:
Kinda. Yes, you do need a computer at the heart of it but at the same time you do not need a big PC. If you are comftorable with linux, go with Rasberry Pi (I would give a link but I have less than 10 posts). It is a very small Linux machine that you could easily mount onto the back of a monitor and is only $25.

The problem is, they are not available. There were way more orders that they expected, so they are currently making more, so there is a wait
[General Questions and Answers] Faiz Malkani:
What about an old Android instead of a Pi?
[General Questions and Answers] - Swift -:
IP Webcam?

What spare Android have you got, if any?

I'm not sure its possible, (but pretty sure it is) if you could port forward the port that IP WEBCAM broadcasts on.

It broadcasts on port 8080 as default.
[General Questions and Answers] Faiz Malkani:
Don't have any, but the old Droid's are pretty cheap
[General Questions and Answers] Rebellos:
Integrating it with phone could be problematic as phones are closed hardware. If you can't get Raspberry Pi, get Beaglebone or something similiar. Abit more expensive but I think this one has got everything you need - alot of free digital IOs, so you can connect LCD screen. Integrated JTAG-through-USB and 2 USB ports (!) so you can play with it and have WebCam connected at the same time. :)

http://beagleboard.org/bone/

And awesome amount of 256Meg RAM & 500MHz CPU.

PS: Requested moving this thread to HW hacking.