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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
This was definitely the first thing that came to mind with the nfc tags, not sure how I want to implement this for the car yet, but definitely will be there.

I did go ahead and make a tag to reverse all the sounds/notifications I disabled on the sleep tag, but kept the brightness low. Called it 'first wake'.

Made another one that jacks brightness all the way and pops open maps, so I can tap it on the way out the door and have navigation ready by the time I hit the vehicle at a brightness level I can see.

Made another one to send my lady a text when I cross my state border, but can't seem to get the auto-send plugin to work at first brush, now it just populates the text but I still have to send manually. When I have more time to play with it i'll probably get it figured out pretty quickly.

I still have more then a dozen fresh tags to play with, so all the excuse in the world to find stuff to use them on. Easy to carry and quick to program.

Like the feature of being able to use the nfc tags in airplane mode in the app, but haven't tried it yet.

I got the samsung tec-tile nfc tags, and they are sticky on one side. I am thinking the best thing to stick them to is a soft side of a velcro strip, one of the ones with sticky on one side that you cut to length. Find a roll as wide as the tag and then cut to fit, sticky to sticky promises good adhesion.

Then it's just making rough side velcro landing spots everywhere. Couple of velcro strips in specific places in my car, my house, on notebooks and camera/phone cases, backpacks - you name it, I believe velcro is the correct answer to dynamic use of the tags. I'll pick some up tomorrow and see how it goes, maybe get some pictures if it works as well as I imagine it will.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Echodawg:
Try rubber cement

I tried Velcro but it was too thick for most of my applications.

I now use a little rubber cement on the spot and a little on the nfc tag(paper backing left on).

Let it dry and stick it together.

It's easy to remove and the cement just rolls off in your fingers for clean up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sycobob:
I just added one to the top of my PC case that turns on ES File Explorers FTP server. I tried a few alternatives, and this way met my goals best. SMB sharing was too slow at <1 MBps. Wifi File Explorer was a painless solution, but it was mediocre at about 2 MBps plus I didn't want to have an extra app for that one function. ES's FTP server allows me to use one app for all my file moving needs at transfer speed of 3-6 MBps with FileZilla. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to kill the server with an NFC tag so I still have to do that manually. I emailed the dev about adding a kill shortcut or toggle for the server, though.

All in all it's nice not having to dig around for a USB cable when I want to grab a quick file off my phone or push a mod.

Also, for you guys trying to make the tags reusable, might I suggest sticking them to a piece of static cling sticker? You know those removable clear plastic ones you can put on your car windshield. They don't have any adhesive and peel right off (but still stick perfectly well). They only work on smooth surfaces, but if that suits you they'd work really well. I've bought some of the static cling multiple times from this site to use with my parking passes (I hate putting stickers on my car, especially when it comes time to remove them). You can probably find it cheaper somewhere else for a larger sheet that will do multiple tags, then just cut them down to size.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Echodawg:
Great idea, I actually have some larger sheets around here somewhere.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
That is a good idea. This vehicle is one i'm going to run into the ground. At a thousand miles a week or so travelling, that grave is fast approaching since it wasn't designed for the weight i'm dragging around.

I have no problems with shooting a few self-tapping screws right into the dash to secure the velcro with - past experience with adhesives in the heat this thing gets to on the daily has taught me how unreliable they are.

Next step is to find something to stick a tag to that I can mount in my hotel rooms on a temporary basis as I go from place to place. Here is where I think the static cling idea will come into it's best use for me.

...if not the runner up idea is dollar-store keyring tags I can hang in places.

I'm parked at a place where I can see about some velcro, so i'll let you guys know how that works out.

Loving the ideas and accounts of experiences on this subject, definitely adding a whole new dimension to interacting with my android i'm really enjoying.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Echodawg:
Same here, 1993 Saab 900 turbo. Still has a ton of miles in her.

I installed a $120 Sony BT stereo so I now have a few stickers hidden around.

How about cheap refrigerator magnets? I tried some in the car but there isn't enough metal surface around the dash.

Hotel room doors are usually metal(or at least the door frame is).

I think you have to use the shielded NFC tags but it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] txkorm:
Never thought I'd use these until I read this thread. I'll be getting some for sure now.

Currently not being productive on my S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Echodawg:
Yeah, I spent a lot of time searching for complex recipes but I found that the use of my phone was very contextual.

For instance, I would love to be able to take inventory on my phone but it just isn't practical(yet), but an NFC sticker on my clipboard to open the calculator just seems to work for me.

The reason I use NFC stickers on my work notebook is because it doesn't look like I'm fiddling with my phone while I'm in a meeting, when I'm actually spinning through my app drawer, trying to find the tool that doesn't warrant a spot on my home screen.

Part of my job is to help plan large events at places that don't have the facilities to do large events, like a field, or a park, or a city corner.

This takes lots of planning, from auto and pedestrian traffic, to power supply and high tides, to porta-pottys and staging emergency vehicles (not to mention the artist(or event) and a stage).

I mainly use Sketchup to build a model and Layout to make the presentation, but all the on-site info I collect is been on my Galaxy S3 running CM 10 Nightly (I started off with the Hero, then an EVO 3G, to an EVO 3D, and my current SGS3). Obviously the S3 is the only one with NFC, but my phone has always been my primary collection device.

These are the NFC quick-links I stuck to my work notebook to collect the info, in order of most scans...

Camera

Calculator

Compose Gmail

Dropbox

Evernote

Google Maps

Google Earth

Calendar

Contacts

Google Goggles

These are so quick and easy that they're second nature now.(and I always

seem

to be paying attention rather than checking the latest FB post).

As I said in an earlier post, I have a bunch hidden around the house but I've forgotten about some of them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
I've been getting the itch to replace Tasker/Locale with something less resource-intensive and contextually timely for my needs. Plus, Tasker is a dark beast to program efficiently while Locale has resource-hogging limitations built into the base code, IMHO.

However, with nfc task launcher actually kicking off a Tasker task chain, perhaps I can toggle my home settings easily, without having Tasker (or Locale) poll my Wifi all day?

One of my primary uses for Tasker and Locale has been to change my Google Voice phones which are rung for incoming calls, based upon my location: at home, my cellular and home numbers ring, when in my spouse's house or at my in-laws', other phones would ring, etc.

Sure, I also toggle Bluetooth, Wifi, etc. based upon location and situation, but would think that reading a NFC tag would be more efficient in this regard. Keep tags at home by the computer, in our cars, etc.

Anyone here try integration with Tasker or Locale, perhaps? Those are the only apps I know with plugins available to configure Google Voice based upon an event trigger.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Echodawg:
I tried Tasker and Locale(at different times) but things got confused(or I did). All of my Tasks were based on a phone running at my house with an Airrave and Wifi based in my closet. In the real world it was different though. One office I work out of, is in the basement of an old theater, another is outside in an office construction type trailer. Wifi and 3G are spotty at best, so, on the second floor I have one set of circumstances, while another set exists in the main lobby. Tasker and Locale would flip things on and off at very inconvenient times.

I like taking the action to accomplish the task and short of a mind-reading phone, this is the cleanest way to access the tools I need.

And it's very easy to set up!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
I guess that's my question: the nfc task launcher seems to describe kicking off a Tasker task from my action of hovering the phone over a tag - if that does work as expected, I can easily toggle Google Voice on/off using Tasker tasks and the NFC tags, without asking Tasker to read my mind.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Echodawg:
Ahh, yes, you can run Tasker tasks with an NFC tag. You should be able to do anything you can program Tasker to do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
I'm digging through the nfc task launcher app piece by piece.

The reason I couldn't get the plugin to work to autosend the text message before was because I used the wrong tag command.

I was using the sms option under the menu:

New uri

...when I should have been using the option in:

New task

...then:

Phone

...then the sms message option.

So, if we want to pre-populate a message but still be prompted to send or not, then "new uri" is the category to choose from.

If you download the text message plugin, then you can just auto send the message without further interaction then simply tapping the tag using the "new task" category and sms message in the "phone" subcategory.

I also downloaded the phone autodial plugin, and set a tag to call my lady - now calling her while travelling is a simple tap away.

I can't wait to play around with setting off task chains, but first am trying to work my way through the standard options and understanding them before making up my own stuff.

I have also come to decide that I don't like toggles. Inevitably they cause more confusion and headache then they are worth.

If there's an option, for example, "if bluetooth is off, turn on. If on, then ignore" so it doesn't turn it off if it's already on, I haven't found it yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Echodawg:
In NFC Task Launcher...

<New Tag

<New Task

<+ Add Action

<WiFi, BT & Connections

<Bluetooth On/Off

Tap where it says Enable to open the dropdown menu, switch it to Enable(edited from "toggle")

That's how I got it to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] earnric:
Just use ONE tag to do both the volume up and then volume down: I setup a SWITCH type tag that does the vol down/set alarm sequence the first time you trigger it ... then does the vol up/wifi on when you activate it the next time. Switch type tags are great!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
Tried that. Too much thinking and tapping tags.

When I firat wake up and am all groggy, something to be said about just hittong alarm to off and putting it back down on a specific spot for an absolute action.

I am sure toggles work well for people who like them, but altogether it adds too much thinking to an activity i'm using to remove the need for just that.

I'd rather buy more tags and have them do absolute things, then have fewer and have to invest more thought into how I use them on the daily.

So here's four programmed tags I tried out on a strip of velcro next to where I slept today. The tags have soft-side white velcro covering the whole sticky back of the tag, and I used another slim roll of velcro I had around to stick them to.

Worked out pretty well for a first run.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] whitfield77:
I might try a little play on this idea. I have a couple of travel bugs to release; thinking I'll write a url to the tag that takes whomever directly to the travel bugs page on geocaching.com.

edit: Apparently the metal travel tag doesn't play well with NFC. Will have to include a non-metallic object to stick the NFC tag on.

Several other good ideas here also!

Chris
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sycobob:
You can buy NFC tags that work on metal too, btw. They are about the same price as regular ones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
if i had my GS3 when i prpopsed to my fiance I would have done it with NFC tags and led her on a scavenger hunt type deal. Each tag would have had some type of meaning to our relatinoship and she would follow them around till she finally got to the last one that sent her the text of Will you marry me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bendirkss:
You'd propose to your wife with a text?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sycobob:
That's a pretty awesome idea for people with a really geeky significant other. Have each tag give a clue that leads him/her to a location around town with meaning, like the location of your first date. Wait for her at the last one with a ring.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
i wouldve been waiting at the last tag so she could scan it, obviously.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] whitfield77:
Good to know. Apparently, Samsung TecTiles don't.

Still cool though. I like to listen to Pandora getting ready for work in the morning; created a tag that launches Pandora & turns volume up - figured I'd stick it behind the bathroom mirror or something.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ALUCARDDEV:
Such great ideas!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TeeX2.0:
this thread is great!

I've just started with NFC, so I'm getting some really cool idea. Thanks! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] piiman:
I think you're all lazy ;) joking don't kill Me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] whitfield77:
Heck yeah. If only I could program a NFC tag to pour me a fresh beer...:cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dreadtesla72:
I ordered some tags this morning and have a quick question. Will the tags work from the lock screen with the screen off?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sycobob:
"From the lock screen with the lock screen off" doesn't really make any sense. Assuming you mean from the lock screen and with the screen off separately, the answers are yes and no respectively. I think it won't work from the lock screen on stock ROMs, but I'm not 100% sure. I'm running Synergy r73 and it definitely works from the lock screen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] whitfield77:
I'm running CleanROM 2.5 and it does not work from the lock screen. Only works when my phone is unlocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mdt73:
My phone does not need to be unlocked in order to read a tag.

Stock rom, rooted.

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There's a patch to NFC Task Launcher that will allow it to automatically send a text without user invervention. You must have this installed for the zippo escape tag to work properly. IFTTT was interesting to set up, now it works perfectly! Thx for the tip.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] silver04v:
Where do you folks get your nfc tags from?

Shot out a unicorns ass and onto the screen. Aokp status
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
Amazon. If you are a prime member then you can forget about paying shipping too, enough tag vendors stock through amazon.

I usually restrict my searches to prime-eligable only.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Legato Bluesummers:
Agreed. I've found Em as low as $8-$9 shipped. It's great since Samsung charges $15

Sent from a GlaDos Baked Potato
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sycobob:
Without knowing the amount, those numbers are useless.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Legato Bluesummers:
They always ship in packs of five tags.

So from Sammy that's like $3 a piece. Costly. $8 for 5 is great

Sent from a GlaDos Baked Potato
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sycobob:
$8 for 5 is still pretty expensive, actually (unless you're looking at something special). 1k tags should be a buck apiece at most. There are some links earlier in the thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dbow32:
Can you program more than one process on a tag? For example, can I set it to start maps, turn Bluetooth on and GPS?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sycobob:
Didn't so much as read the OP, eh?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Has anyone bought "anti-metal" (i.e., insulated) tags, possibly?

I have some tag ideas that would probably benefit from their being able to operate on or near metal surfaces and possibly get wet or damp, and saw these tags that have the added benefit of being waterproof. They mentioned 130 characters, which I figure is enough for storage of relatively simple command information.

The above tag does not mention Mifare, so I wonder about potential compatibility issues with this phone.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
Not true - I bought a 20 pack from tagsfordroid

Kinda like them better then the tec-tiles, the keyring tag is awesome - if only I could get them in a black background...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] flash_27:
Man, I didn't know NFC is this awesome.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mdt73:
Trying to make a new tag for the nightstand that disables the phone from activating the lock screen when it's fully charged... but I don't know how to set it. Any ideas? It turns into the sun at night when trying to sleep, and the wife has to be the lightest (due to lights) sleeper.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
i dont think you can do that.

just place it screen down? lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] maniac2k:
It could probably be done with tasker.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
Okay - got some 4k tags coming in, curious to see what I can get away with.

I carry an id for work and can put on with it. I can use my phone for a veriety of things with my job so more to come there.

Got a keychain tag - very handy and definitely need more. Hold up better then the paper ones and applications are different. Every time I put my phone on the floor is so I can use the calculator. One that opens the calculator hanging from one of the shoelace holes on my shoes saves time.

I couldn't see getting away with a paper one lasting long without hardening it for environmental abuse.

So my sixaxis controller got one that opens the sixaxis app. Handy.

Blutooth keyboards/peripherals (if possible) got a bluetooth toggle.

Other stuff too but out of time for the moment.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
I have some anti-metal, all-weather 144byte (NTAG203) and 1K (Mifare) tags coming in to work with - will 4K take much longer to scan?

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
Not sure - will find out and post here.

Definitely curious about the anti-metal tags and how well they work! Also have some ideas where a metal surface prohibits.

Also, I don't think i'll be happy until I get a lighter leash for my rearview to put a keychain tag on.

I think the idea of a tag on a small retractable lanyard is just the ticket for keeping a bunch of ideas organized. Lighter leash generally has a belt clip' so a thin strip of metal can stage a handful of them in easy reach ... say by my computer at home or whatever.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mdt73:
Why on earth would you need tags so big? I am currently using the 1k tags and don't come anywhere close to filling them up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
Good question - figure the best way to answer that question is to get some and see what I can do with them :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
One of the more simple examples I'm considering:

Place an anti-metal tag in an inconspicuous but easily seen area of a metal-framed swing and the metal table on our deck, either of which will launch Squeeze Commander for quickly wirelessly selecting or controlling music to play through the outdoor speakers.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mdt73:
That will around 64 bytes. LoL.

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Will be. Hate that I can't delete posts from the app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Which is why I plan to use 144 byte tags for that . . .

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
Tags printed with Andy (need these with black background...)

4k Tags -plain white, no branding!

Tectiles
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rlreddy:
This is a great thread! So I have a pretty stupid question, are the commands (code) that you want executed actually stored on the tags or do the tags just emit a unique string (or sequence) that is read by the phone which then executes pre-programmed code associated with that unique string? I always assumed the latter but with the discussion around the amount of storage on the chips lead me to believe that I have been wrong (obviously, not a new state for me - being wrong - been married a long time). :laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sycobob:
The actual commands are stored on the tag in most cases. This is why a tag, once written, can be read by any NFC enabled phone (usually). There are standard formats for things like URIs, URLs, plain text, contact vCards and SMS messages. However, when it comes to things without an associated standard format, it probably just depends on the particular apps implementation. With NFC Task Launcher the custom commands (ie device settings toggles) are still written to the tag so that anyone with NFC Task Launcher can use the tag. There's a setting in the app to write shorter tags that only saves an identifying key of some sort to the tag, but makes the tag only useful to your device. Also, if you link to a Tasker task, it's only saving the name of the task, not the commands.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
Toggles are also a good way of leveraging commands much longer then would fit on a tag. Just make some obnoxiously long command list for a tag and then choose it as a toggle option.

Only thing on the tag is a redirect to the command list stored on the device.

....

I had also meant to drop this link to a photo of the tags:

http://db.tt/FMNaqKg0

It's at the highest resolution the S3 could muster, a field of various nfc tags sized against known objects.

I can't wait to get home and play with them a bit, I am curious if there is a noticable time increase on reading the 4k tags - that was a good query.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] maniac2k:
Tasker integration with nfc task launcher is easy and opens up unlimited options. The nice thing about it is all the commands are stored on your phone. So you write a tag that calls a tasker command. You can update the tasker command and dont have to rewrite the tag. Saves space on the tag and time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
Know what - I just had a thought.

NFC tags are the perfect object for printed qr codes.

You can add another level of information/options available per space already being committed to use.

Here's what happened:

I got a new charging cradle for the sixaxis controllers. The way it sits in the cradle I had to pull the andy-printed tag off because it wouldn't make contact, too thick.

So the option left of what I have is basically a tec-tile because it's so flat.

I have the tag set to open the sixaxis app. It would be awesome to be able to bang the tag, connect the controller, then scan the tag to open fpse.

I foresee a whole lot of qr printing to blank mailing labels and cutting to tag size in my near future...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] msav:
I ditched the samsung nfc app. and installed NFC task Launcher. It allows almost unlimited toggles and configurations on a single tag.

I use one in the car to turn on bluetooth, turn on GPS and launch google maps app.