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What do you use your NFC tags for?

Well I just received my NFC tags and have come up with some pretty good uses and locations for them, but I'm curious as to what everyone else uses them for! Please state the function and location of your tag(s)!
Nightstand: Pandora, vibrate, alarm
Front door: WiFi turn on, ringer on
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Chughes13x said:
Well I just received my NFC tags and have come up with some pretty good uses and locations for them, but I'm curious as to what everyone else uses them for! Please state the function and location of your tag(s)!
Nightstand: Pandora, vibrate, alarm
Front door: WiFi turn on, ringer on
And more to come...
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Some ideas here: https://plus.google.com/102023090624091726129/posts/4qBJBvby5Su

I too got my Nexus a couple of NFC Tags. I've kept one in my car which disables Wi-Fi, enables Bluetooth, activates GPS, plays music (to my car's Bluetooth audio) and opens Foursquare for checkin.
Bringing my phone the second time to the same NFC tag will undo the above things except foursquare.
I use NFC Task Launcher app.
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Home: Enable 15min data refresh / WiFi.
Disable Bluetooth / GPS / mobile data / auto-brightness.
Reduce volume.
Google check-in.
Car Keys: Toggle all the above.
Bedside: Enable Airplane mode / alarm. Brightness: minimum. Open Kindle.
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got one in kitchen to start a stopwatch, and another in the living room to give my htpc a restart when wmc getting buggy
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I stuck one to my laptop to enable hotspot.

When it goes into my pocket on my motorcycle jacket it disables WiFi ..dims screen and automatically pairs itself to my Bluetooth receiver in my helmet.
Other than that, don't really need it for much else.
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I'm going to be ordering a few more soon, but I have one of my door frame for when I leave that disables WiFi, turns on auto brightness, and lowers ringer volume. There's also one on a side table next to my couch that enabled WiFi and connects to my home network, full brightness, ringer/media volume all the way up and disables Bluetooth/GPS if they're on. One in my car to start Bluetooth and GPS, and starts slacker and DSP manager.
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i dont use them

Can you program the NFCs yourself or does it need to be done in the shop/manufacturer first? Awkward if you need to change one setting for any reason.
edit: never mind, googled for a bit!

poveda30 said:
i dont use them
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So why post in this thread? Oh you are just trying to get your post count up. Be careful about posting useless stuff to get your post count up. If a mod sees it they will just erase what u posted or worse if it continues. Just a heads up...
I bought some NFC tags but have yet to use them as I'm waiting to get better WiFi. Then I'll put one on my front door frame to turn WiFi on when I enter my house. I have a second one also but I'm still unsure what I want to do with it. I was thinking about using it on my work truck to set up some settings there but for the most part I don't change many settings. Cool Lil things though if u can find some good reasons to use them as you guys have.
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Basically only in work to silent phone, turn off Bluetooth and turn on WiFi
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DowntownJeffBrown said:
So why post in this thread? Oh you are just trying to get your post count up. Be careful about posting useless stuff to get your post count up. If a mod sees it they will just erase what u posted or worse if it continues. Just a heads up...
I bought some NFC tags but have yet to use them as I'm waiting to get better WiFi. Then I'll put one on my front door frame to turn WiFi on when I enter my house. I have a second one also but I'm still unsure what I want to do with it. I was thinking about using it on my work truck to set up some settings there but for the most part I don't change many settings. Cool Lil things though if u can find some good reasons to use them as you guys have.
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I do similar:
I have a tag on my keyring which toggles wifi with 3g.
Would be useful if tags would function on a locked phone...
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Salty Wagyu said:
Can you program the NFCs yourself or does it need to be done in the shop/manufacturer first? Awkward if you need to change one setting for any reason.
edit: never mind, googled for a bit!
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You Can program each NFC chip using apps.
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drpepe said:
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I do similar:
I have a tag on my keyring which toggles wifi with 3g.
Would be useful if tags would function on a locked phone...
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That's a really good idea :thumbup:
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If you have a Bluetooth Media receiver or stereo w/BlueTooth you can use the app "BT Tag Writer" to create a tag that when tapped will automatically connect your phone to it.
Besides that, if you want to get real fancy w/NFC tags, then use Tasker and the free plugin app "Tasker URL Launcher". I have a tag on my nightstand that is not a toggle tag, but rather I set up time parameters in Tasker so if I tap it between 9pm and 2am it changes my phone settings to sleeping settings (lowers volumes, dims display, etc). If I tap it from 5am to 10am then it changes settings to awake settings (increases volume levels, changes display brightness to auto, etc). If I tap in during any other time, it does nothing which keeps me from accidentally triggering a change when I don't want to.
Anyway, with NFC and Tasker the possibilities really are endless...

How do I get wifi-direct to do anything?

So, I know wifi-direct is a standard to wirelessly transfer data between 2 devices without a network/router/other form of middleman and I know NFC gets 2 devices to connect and transfer the data. However, is there a way to do this WITHOUT a 3rd party app like Superbeam and WITHOUT NFC?
For instance: Going into the wifi settings, there is an option to manually connect to a device through wifi-direct. I have connected my HTC One to my Nexus 7 and a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. But I see nothing that allows me to transfer any data anywhere after connecting. It's not in the wifi-direct settings, it's not in any app I've looked at, nothing.
Any insight as to why this option is a part of Android if NFC or third party apps are the only way to do this? Or if I'm simply just missing something?
This is what I'm curious about

gk1984 said:
So, I know wifi-direct is a standard to wirelessly transfer data between 2 devices without a network/router/other form of middleman and I know NFC gets 2 devices to connect and transfer the data. However, is there a way to do this WITHOUT a 3rd party app like Superbeam and WITHOUT NFC?
For instance: Going into the wifi settings, there is an option to manually connect to a device through wifi-direct. I have connected my HTC One to my Nexus 7 and a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. But I see nothing that allows me to transfer any data anywhere after connecting. It's not in the wifi-direct settings, it's not in any app I've looked at, nothing.
Any insight as to why this option is a part of Android if NFC or third party apps are the only way to do this? Or if I'm simply just missing something?
This is what I'm curious about
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i believe this would be in your settings under transfer content instead of under wifi settings. just a guess if i am mistaken some please let me know.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll experiment with that. But that's asking for the other phone to install the HTC transfer app as well. It feels like it's designed to move your info from your old phone to new one, not exactly "here's a file for you" kind of use. I'll try it later and share what I find.

reading up that there may not be any system-level functionality for wifi-direct. Will need an app to take advantage of it. oh well...

[Q] HTC One NFC not working?

I tried to use NFC on my htc one (sprint) at my local wallgreens but not matter what I did,the terminal would not even detect the nfc chip,even though it is enabled.Is there anything I have to do first before I try tapping the phone to the terminal (see picture below).I have NFC enabled through the settings,and entered my pin in the google wallet app before I started the process,but to no avail...

I tried beaming an app to an N4 today. It didn't work. I'll try try use beam with another phone and see if tat works.

The other day I played with NFC between my phone and tablet. Had to hold them back to back and be in an application like gallery (with a picture open) where when I hear the tone on NFC, then an option came up do you want to share this. Probably the same with music, etc. Was able to transfer pictures via NFC.
Hope that helps...

My local Walgreens has those little things but they aren't hooked up my NFC works just fine, I transferred pictures and I can use at McDonald's, they have it working perfectly. It might just be that Walgreens, many have them but they don't have them hooked up, it's stupid
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I cannot even enable my NFC for some reason on my phone.
I check the box to turn it on, and it turns right back off.

Just in case you guys may have the positioning wrong. The NFC chip is the top left area of your phone. NFC works just fine for me.

Smart lock not working?

I have two connected trusted bluetooth device, LG G watch R and samsung level over. But most of the time it does not work and ask my lock pattern. It only work sometime like 1 out of 50 time. Any idea please?
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aungkhaingoo said:
I have two connected trusted bluetooth device, LG G watch R and samsung level over. But most of the time it does not work and ask my lock pattern. It only work sometime like 1 out of 50 time. Any idea please?
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Are you experiencing issues with bluetooth at all? Such as disconnecting from your devices randomly? It's just my initial thoughts but I'm going to keep looking around for more answers.

dwibbles33 said:
Are you experiencing issues with bluetooth at all? Such as disconnecting from your devices randomly? It's just my initial thoughts but I'm going to keep looking around for more answers.
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I am having both issues, bluetooth will just stop and now Smart Lock Location does not work at all. Both of these just started a couple of days ago. Any ideas?

brie987 said:
I am having both issues, bluetooth will just stop and now Smart Lock Location does not work at all. Both of these just started a couple of days ago. Any ideas?
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For the Smart Lock location issue there have been multiple people saying it's broken in play services at the moment. Some people have gone into maps and seen that their location was way off then it would get corrected and smart unlock would work.
Something worth trying is downloading GPS Status from the play store and it can reset your GPS and download new agps files for you to get better lock ons. It's worth a shot but I think you might be stuck until they fix it.
As for bluetooth, what are you doing when you notice it go out? Also are you rooted all that basic device info stuff?

#blamegoogle lol. Smart lock has been a bit buggy for a lot of users. I've had issues with the trusted places and trusted face. Hopefully Google will get this ironed out in future updates.

dwibbles33 said:
Are you experiencing issues with bluetooth at all? Such as disconnecting from your devices randomly? It's just my initial thoughts but I'm going to keep looking around for more answers.
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No i haven't experience with random disconnect. Just only smart lock not work properly.
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Tried many things......
aungkhaingoo said:
I have two connected trusted bluetooth device, LG G watch R and samsung level over. But most of the time it does not work and ask my lock pattern. It only work sometime like 1 out of 50 time. Any idea please?
Nexus 6 lollipop 5.1
Lg g watch r lollipop 5.0.2
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Nothing I've tried as fixed that issue, to the point of I don't even bother locking the phone anymore. Only time I really have any concern about anyways is when I'm away from home in public places, but I rarely leave my phone lying around for others to snoop or use or take!

aungkhaingoo said:
No i haven't experience with random disconnect. Just only smart lock not work properly.
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The only reason I ask is that if a bluetooth device disconnects and reconnects you have to input your password once then smart lock works again.

dwibbles33 said:
As for bluetooth, what are you doing when you notice it go out? Also are you rooted all that basic device info stuff?
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OOPS. This was my fault. Well actually it is still the phones fault technically. I stream music mostly so when I leave the house my wifi is being used so when I leave the house and become out of range my phone will start looking for wifi again so my streaming music will stop. I thought it was the bluetooth but in actuality it was my phone looking for a wifi signal instead of instantly/quickly switching the data from wifi to LTE.
What really made me think it was the bluetooth is that, I have Optimum hotspots so my phone will switch from my home wifi to Optimum hotspots but the signal is not very strong for the data but strong enough to hold the wifi and not switch to LTE, soooooo I would turn my bluetooth on and off which most of the time would not work but by turning off wifi the phone will immediately switch to LTE and music is back. So its the phone that cannot tell or rather gauge a signals strength to see if it is too low for data and switch to LTE.
BUT YES, my bluetooth device smart lock is not working at all. Neither is the location smart unlock and I have tried the "Right and left neighbor address" trick. Still not working. Its broken.

Try the new play services: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...d-wear-notification-dismissible-apk-download/
It fixed the home location for me.

What's the @&!#*%! point of Smart Lock on the Note 5!?!?

Seriously, can somebody fill me in on what it's supposed to do on our devices?
On my old nexus 5, it did exactly what it was supposed to do: disable the lock screen when a trusted device or trusted place was setup. This was really nice for when I was connected to my bluetooth speakers at home, or even just using my home address. I wouldn't have to unlock the phone with a lock pin or anything. Just turn it on and bam, right where it was before the screen went off.
On the note 5, and I've tried everything, it doesn't seem to do jack sh*t. I've checked settings and removed trusted places and devices and really added them, but the screen is always locked.
Please tell me I am missing something, as that was an awesome feature on my old phone, and I'd like to secure with a fingerprint or pink when not at home, while not having to do so in a safe environment.

Works fine for me. There is still a lock screen but all it requires is a swipe. Otherwise my fingerprint is needed.
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Works fine. However, go into the same setting where you turned it on and make sure it hasn't turned off. I have found, for some reason, that it turns off by itself sometimes. Usually when you first turn it on and/or after you do a battery pull reset.

When I am connected to my cars Bluetooth as a trusted device, I have to swipe and then use the fingerprint to unlock the phone. It wont even let me just use the fingerprint to unlock the screen. How are you guys getting it to work? Did it work out of the box for you?

I don't have to do that in my car - just swipe. It had worked correctly for me from daily 1...
I believe it times out after 4 hours, so I do have to use fingerprint 1st thing in the morning. But that's it.
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It's not working right for me neither. Still locks when I'm at home (my only trusted location) and is a hit or miss when it's on my body. Trusted Bluetooth works like a charm though. I think it may have something to do with the near 200 packages I have disabled, but I have neither the time nor the inclination to go testing each package to see which one works.
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JasonJoel said:
I don't have to do that in my car - just swipe. It had worked correctly for me from daily 1...
I believe it times out after 4 hours, so I do have to use fingerprint 1st thing in the morning. But that's it.
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Strange that it works for some and drives others of us crazy. I used it forever without incident on my nexus4.
For those that have it working:
1) Is fingerprint the standard security that you use?
2) Do you have/use Samsung Pay?

ElQuixote said:
Strange that it works for some and drives others of us crazy. I used it forever without incident on my nexus4.
For those that have it working:
1) Is fingerprint the standard security that you use?
2) Do you have/use Samsung Pay?
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1 - yes.
2 - no. Samsung Pay doesn't support any of my cards.
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I absolutely with you op. I cant use it too. Before that i have note 3 and when im home my phone connect to my pc and i didnt have to unlock my phone every aingle time. Now its shows my pc as greyed out. Its useless as sh..
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This is driving me nuts. Worked so easily on my Nexus4. Things I've tried:
* changing lock type (finger, pattern, pin)
* multiple Bluetooth devices for trusted device (including adding and removing)
* enabling ALL disabled packages and bloat
* uninstalling Samsung Pay
Still nothing. Wondering if maybe this is carrier specific... I'm on Tmo, others?

same here, I just canceled my smart lock, to live normally now. otherwise I get upset.

Yeah this doesn't work for me either. I see the lock, but swipe just then brings me to fingerprint. Same with setting my GPS / home as a trusted location. Never worked for me.

toskabab said:
It's not working right for me neither. Still locks when I'm at home (my only trusted location) and is a hit or miss when it's on my body. Trusted Bluetooth works like a charm though. I think it may have something to do with the near 200 packages I have disabled, but I have neither the time nor the inclination to go testing each package to see which one works.
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Let us know when you figure it out.

KruseLudsMobile said:
Let us know when you figure it out.
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I found out why smartlock doesn't work for my home location. My gps is out of whack. It's about 20-30 minutes off and I can't find a way to fix it without root. This phone's a dud. Hope the note 6 is a vast improvement.
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The whole phone design is a dud because the GPS on your one phone doesn't work? OK...
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JasonJoel said:
The whole phone design is a dud because the GPS on your one phone doesn't work? OK...
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No sir. The design is actually exquisitely beautiful. But I have been running into one disappointment after another with this phone. That didn't happen with my Note 2. Granted, that was many many moons ago, but I can't think of one complaint I had with that phone. So yes, comparatively speaking, in my mind it's a dud and I sincerely hope they get the next one right.
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That's fine, it's a dud for your uses. That's unfortunate.
Each to their own. This is my 4th note, and my favorite one at that. There are a few things I would like different, but I am OK with it as is.
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toskabab said:
I found out why smartlock doesn't work for my home location. My gps is out of whack. It's about 20-30 minutes off and I can't find a way to fix it without root. This phone's a dud. Hope the note 6 is a vast improvement.
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There must be a way to recalibrate it

No issues on AT&T Note 5. I've used both a Moto 360 and Gear S2 as smart unlock devices when connected. At pairing I got prompted to set it up as a trusted device and since then they've worked perfectly.
I use fingerprint lock and both Samsung Pay and Android Pay.

Working fine for me too. Used it first with my car, a Sony Smartwatch 3 and now LG Urbane. Never had any issue and works as intended. Only time it failed was when GPS was off and was using trusted location. Have you tried a reset? And is the 'On-Body' lock detection on?