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App to toggle GPS on/off

I would love to have an app that would allow me to switch GPS On/Off. It appears that applications sometimes do not turn GPS off upon exit.

Are you referring to GPS or GPRS? As they are 2 completely different things.

fraudulent said:
I would love to have an app that would allow me to switch GPS On/Off. It appears that applications sometimes do not turn GPS off upon exit.
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How can you confirm this to be true other than guessing by thinking that your battery is wearing too quickly?
Maybe it is the app that did not exit correctly. TomTom 7 definitely does not have this problem. Which GPS app are you using?

salada2k said:
How can you confirm this to be true other than guessing by thinking that your battery is wearing too quickly?
Maybe it is the app that did not exit correctly. TomTom 7 definitely does not have this problem. Which GPS app are you using?
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Neither does Garmin Mobile XT
I assume he is talking about GPRS (since he used the word applicationS. I mean.. don't see any reason for anyone to have multiple GPS Applications installed on their phone. Unless you are testing them out)

L o r d R a j said:
Neither does Garmin Mobile XT
I assume he is talking about GPRS (since he used the word applicationS. I mean.. don't see any reason for anyone to have multiple GPS Applications installed on their phone. Unless you are testing them out)
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I've got multiple installed. TT7, Google Maps, real time GPS Tracking, GPS Tag for photos. That's 4 already

akito said:
I've got multiple installed. TT7, Google Maps, real time GPS Tracking, GPS Tag for photos. That's 4 already
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Hmmmm...
interesting.

two app for me
I am using garmin XT and GPS utilities
The second one is great for just watching speed/elevation, coordinates, or covered distance.
It's much smaller than Garmin
Includes stop/start GPS...

Abs. said:
Are you referring to GPS or GPRS? As they are 2 completely different things.
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I am talking about the Global Positioning System, GPS.
I am a Geocacher so I use three different apps to utilize the GPS system. First I have mostly used BeelineGPS, and Google Maps. I have recently begun evaluating Geoscout which shows real promise as a geocaching app.
The problem is that I have drained my battery a couple of times and have recently begun resetting my device to avoid my battery running flat. I strongly suspect that GPS is the problem.
I would love to have an app to toggle GPS on/off.
I will do a search for GPS Utilities, thanks for the tip bertrand13

Use BAF GPS Toggle
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hendrixus,
GPS toggle is cool, but doesnt work properly on the diamond... cos of diamond's VGA screen...
Any other thoughts?

uccoffee said:
hendrixus,
GPS toggle is cool, but doesnt work properly on the diamond... cos of diamond's VGA screen...
Any other thoughts?
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Nope. Or yes Ask the programmer to make it VGA aware.
I basically posted in the wrong forum. Though it was the few threads about gps on/off. I have a MC IV never use it, thought. I neither works on WM5. It gives me an error on WM6. Programmer is looking at it.

I am also interested in toggling G-P-S on and off. I currently have an HTC HD2. I would like to turn GSM and GPRS off in favor of keeping GPS on. Anyone tips?

[APK] Tmo Sapphire AppPack APK available

www.tmoapps.com/documents/apppack.apk
installed on my g1, but shows no sherpa nor facebook apps, internal email shows it's bugged and updates will be coming

Installing now, thanks.

For those wondering the app pack just is an application that contains market links for the following:
imeem Mobile
Phonebook
T-Mobile My Account
T-Mobile Mobile backup
Movies by Flixster

Shame. I want that offical Facebook app. Any word that this is the legit one that will come with the MAGIC?

thanks alot for this and here's screenshot of the AppPack
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Just for those that dont know
rename the file extension from .zip to .apk to enable installation on phone
thanks for the link, but as a uk user the T-mobile us apps dont show up in the search..just the other 3 apps

Sherpa and Facebook app doesn't show up because it's probably not "released" yet. When the MyTouch 3G officially launches, then it'll show up.

nxt said:
Sherpa and Facebook app doesn't show up because it's probably not "released" yet. When the MyTouch 3G officially launches, then it'll show up.
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not according to these internal memos i got from a rep
Champions,
Hopefully by now you’ve had the chance to make your myTouch reflect you, inside and out! Today, we’re excited to announce that the new T-Mobile ‘AppPack’ is available for Champions, including the much-anticipated Sherpa application. In addition, ‘Work Email’ Exchange support has been issued broadly. Set up instructions for both are included below.
With only 3 weeks left until the launch of myTouch, we ask that Champions continue to lead by example and learn the phone, explore the marketplace and showcase how you’ve personalized your phone with your teammates. Let’s make this phone the most popular employee phone on your team!
AppPack
The AppPack, a “super app” that houses a number of T-Mobile recommended applications, is now ready for use. You can download it by clicking on this URL from your myTouch device and following the below instructions: http://www.tmoapps.com/Documents/AppPack.apk .
Applications include:
· Sherpa
· World Tour (Previously Le’ Tour Eiffel)
· Visual Voicemail
· myAccount
· Hotspot Locator
· imeem
· Movies by Flixster
· Facebook
· Enhance Phone Book
To ensure the download and installation is successful on your myTouch:
1. Select: Menu >Settings >Applications. Check the box to allow install of non-Marketplace apps (i.e. "Unknown Sources").
2. In ‘browser’ type the URL: http://www.tmoapps.com/Documents/AppPack.apk.
3. Select the AppPack.apk and install.
4. Once downloaded, the AppPack icon will appear in the App Drawer.
5. Select and drag the app to the Home screen.
Please note: You will need to re-download at the time of national launch, August 5. Again, this is a unique customer experience for Retail Champions that gives a “sneak peek” at these applications before launch. At launch, customers will receive an SMS with the link to the AppPack and be able to download all of them directly to their phone from the marketplace.
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All,
We are evaluating issues with the AppPack and will circle back with updates. We understand many of the applications are missing and thank you for your patience. Please direct any troubleshooting questions or tips to the Firestarter Champion Forum:
http://salestraining.internal.t-mobile.com/MIB/retail/community_champion.html.
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Can someone with a MyTouch build.prop enabled test the AppPack and see if the other apps show up?
EDIT:I'm doing it...on JACHero 2....whatever the latest version is.... and the MyTouch build.prop
EDIT2: Still the same......needs mytouch market APK(diffrent code?)?

tmoandroidfan1 said:
not according to these internal memos i got from a rep
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You work for T-Mo? Sweet!

bolmedias said:
You work for T-Mo? Sweet!
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I don't think he does, I think his rep does. Hence being a rep

Well, I work for an exclusive third party retailer, i.e. I sell T-Mobile phones and service, but do not actually work for T-Mobile, and we have "Reps" that are sort of our ambassador to T-Mobile. They give us info on new phones, features, system changes, and what not. Perhaps that's what he is refering to.

cl2eep said:
Well, I work for an exclusive third party retailer, i.e. I sell T-Mobile phones and service, but do not actually work for T-Mobile, and we have "Reps" that are sort of our ambassador to T-Mobile. They give us info on new phones, features, system changes, and what not. Perhaps that's what he is refering to.
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no, i have no affiliation with tmobile in anyway, just that a local rep was nice enough to keep me informed

j2kquest said:
Just for those that dont know
rename the file extension from .zip to .apk to enable installation on phone
thanks for the link, but as a uk user the T-mobile us apps dont show up in the search..just the other 3 apps
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how to rename ext.

kingskidd268 said:
how to rename ext.
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never mind

....I'll be trying to get sherpa and other "MyTouch only" apps to show...does anyone have a myTouch ROM?
EDIT: Spoke to a t-Mobile rep,they say Sherpa isin't on the market until the mytouch official launch on August 5th....still looking for a Mytouch rom....

otto888 said:
....I'll be trying to get sherpa and other "MyTouch only" apps to show...does anyone have a myTouch ROM?
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Isn't this a myTouch ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=536841

You dont need the myTouch ROM to have the apps show...

Post threads in the right sub-forum (Apps), or i will be forced to ban you for 3 days or till you learn.
Thanks
Thread Moved!!

If the Sapphire rom is out, why can't anyone pull the .apk out of there and upload it?

Google Maps adds Download Map Area

This is a feature that some of us have been requesting for a longgggg time, and it is finally here.
It is especially helpful for Nooks, since they don't have cell phone.
In Google Maps 5.7 - just released - go to Labs, and enable Download Map Area, and then, when you have Wifi access, you can download maps onto your Nook for places you are going to.
Then later, when you don't have Wifi access (because you are not home, nor in a hotel, coffee store or library), you can still use the downloaded maps to find your way ... to somewhere with Wifi access.
Thanks to Ole, the dev at Google for this feature.

Very cool. Will have to try it out.
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Except the d/l maps only cover 10 square miles. It's hardly effective at doing anything except routing you over to your neighbors.

skylar.sutton said:
Except the d/l maps only cover 10 square miles. It's hardly effective at doing anything except routing you over to your neighbors.
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No, it is a 10 mile square = 100 square miles. And you can download more than one area if you want. But you cannot do routing on downloaded maps, so this is probably more interesting for pedestrians than for drivers.

Just tried this, and it's actually 10 miles in each direction from the point you select, which means 20x20 miles = 400 sq. miles.
Only problem, where does it download the map to? I've got 7.0.3 running from my SD card. And yes, I'm new, or I'd probably know the answer.

Found the download location. Open the maps app (even though you're offline), menu/More/Cache Settings/Downloaded map areas.
Totally cool feature, OP is right. I prefer not to use a GPS, this'll come in handy.

Hell yes! Now I can download maps for all of the areas I may frequent and have them ready to go, no need to tether (painfully, mind you) with my GhettroPCS data...
Tested by downloading a map area that I hadn't cached before, turned off my wifi, and then zoomed into the square. Voila, all the street names appeared and the correct zoom-level map tiles loaded.
It takes only seconds to download map areas on WiFi.

Nice feature!

Nice feature, but still fairly worthless as it limits the downloads to 10. Perhaps the next update will allow you to cache a reasonable amount of maps.....

It's only 10sq miles at a time, you can just keep adding on more and more, I've cached the whole of greater Phoenix, Tempe and Sun City Arizona. This will definitely come in handy for me... if they add offline routing all the better...

joenathane said:
It's only 10sq miles at a time, you can just keep adding on more and more, I've cached the whole of greater Phoenix, Tempe and Sun City Arizona. This will definitely come in handy for me... if they add offline routing all the better...
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I mean you can only have 10 squares cached at any one time. And in a state like NM, you need all the squares you can get.

Divine_Madcat said:
I mean you can only have 10 squares cached at any one time. And in a state like NM, you need all the squares you can get.
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I have quite a few 10sq mi areas cached, and let me tell you, the ladies love it!

"What we have here is.... failure... to communicate."
The squares for the city look good, but MY complaint is that basically, i would like to cache my entire state (I love being outdoors and on the road, and having a variety of maps available is always a good thing). But because you can only have 10 squares at any one time, the caching is still worthless to me (cached city data is not what i need. I need data on the boonies).

Divine_Madcat said:
"What we have here is.... failure... to communicate."
The squares for the city look good, but MY complaint is that basically, i would like to cache my entire state (I love being outdoors and on the road, and having a variety of maps available is always a good thing). But because you can only have 10 squares at any one time, the caching is still worthless to me (cached city data is not what i need. I need data on the boonies).
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Oh, so you can only have ten, 10 sq mile areas at any one time? LOL, that is indeed hard to communicate

ChromeCast Linux + hacking

Hi all,
I'm going to start hacking on the ChromeCast... to boot or run a tiny Linux distro, and also to run homebrew apps without the necessity of the whitelisting process, etc. I'll be keeping a log of my work at chromecastdev.com. Collaboration is welcome.
The first thing I'm going to play with is trying to dump the bootloader (resides in the little NAND on the Marvell SOC?).
milesc

I wish you luck in your conquest!
Hopefully developers on this forum can do some cool stuff with Chromecast!

Port it to Raspberry Pi. *fingers crossed*
Wait, it's an enclosed system, how do you plan to snoop it?

Ethernet over HDMI or the USB port could provide a path. Also there is a header inside it looks like that isn't listed as a spec so it could be a serial/JTAG point. High hopes for this getting hacked and running an XBMC or Plex client, although I guess Plex web might be fine.
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I don't know if you've already found it, but there are various source files available here. Bootloader sources are in the "sdk" repo. A cursory glance at them makes it seem like you can boot from a USB device by holding down the button on boot, but the image needs to be signed by Google.

any chance you can take some high-res photos of the pcb? The marvell chip isn't listed on the marvell website yet, would be great if we could find a block diagram.

I would sink porting Android would be the best step right now as this is an android forum and is younger brother ran android
Just my opinion.
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Thanks tchebb!!! And here I thought I was finally going to have a reason to play with a logic analyzer to try to dump the bootloader off the bus.
Edit: Well, maybe it's not that simple after all. They didn't include everything... for instance, pin_settings.h is missing.

hajj_3 said:
any chance you can take some high-res photos of the pcb? The marvell chip isn't listed on the marvell website yet, would be great if we could find a block diagram.
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Just found this on the chromecastdev.com site - http://chromecastdev.com/ccdev/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=7

milesc22 said:
Thanks tchebb!!! And here I thought I was finally going to have a reason to play with a logic analyzer to try to dump the bootloader off the bus.
Edit: Well, maybe it's not that simple after all. They didn't include everything... for instance, pin_settings.h is missing.
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Yeah, the source doesn't seem to be in a buildable state. I was thinking there might be something like an Android repo manifest.xml to bring all those git repos together into one source tree, but I couldn't find anything like that. Also, like you said, there are lots of missing files referenced in the build scripts.
I found the link to the source after downloading the Chromecast app (my device hasn't arrived yet) and letting it scan and fail to find anything. It directed me here, which has the Google Code link in the "What's Under the Hood?" entry.
The other interesting documentation I found is here, specifically the part about pressing "Apps" seven times to enable developer mode (very reminiscent of dev mode on new Android versions). It's unclear whether that just exposes additional info in the desktop app or actually sends a packet to the Chromecast to enable some sort of on-device dev mode.
Once I get mine, the first thing I want to do is get a full packet capture of the setup and update process, and some sample network traffic generated by normal use.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...ongle-is-left-a-little-too-open-to-hijacking/
https://plus.google.com/117916055521642810655/posts/Md6py81N2Ag
DIAL server (developed by netflix/google)
http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/
FAQ for developers (about app on 2nd screen(aka app on your phone/PC), and 1st screen(on the chromecast)
http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/details-for-developers
there is example source code available
supported apps:http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/dial-registry/namespace-database
looks like there should be hulu, BBC, Time Warner, Yahoo, SLing support soon

nmap scan.
Here is my nmap scan of the dongle.
Code:
Starting Nmap 6.25 ( _REMOVED_URL ) at 2013-07-26 20:01 CDT
Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.90
Host is up (0.015s latency).
Not shown: 998 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
8008/tcp open http?
9080/tcp open http Mongoose httpd
1 service unrecognized despite returning data. If you know the service/version, please submit the following fingerprint at
_REMOVED_URL:
SF-Port8008-TCP:V=6.25%I=7%D=7/26%Time=51F31BE8%P=x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.
SF:0%r(GetRequest,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Len
SF:gth:0\r\n\r\n")%r(FourOhFourRequest,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent
SF:-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\r\n\r\n")%r(HTTPOptions,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501
SF:\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\r\n\r\n")%r(RTSPRequest,32,"H
SF:TTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\r\n\r\n")%r(SI
SF:POptions,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\
SF:r\n\r\n");
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at _REMOVED_URL.
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 150.36 seconds
I will run more scans but I thought I would point out that it appears to be running a web server on two ports 8008 & 9080. One of which is listed as Mongoose.
I am too new to post links so I removed all outside URLs. Mongoose can be found on Google Code.

https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast
Does this do anything for you?
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moocow1452 said:
https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast
Does this do anything for you?
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Nice find man. This is for sure the beginning of good things to come.

oh my...it runs Android!!
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SSH/Telnet access is now possible! All we need now is the unlocked bootloader image and a powered MicroUSB OTG cable.

Nooter said:
SSH/Telnet access is now possible! All we need now is the unlocked bootloader image and a powered MicroUSB OTG cable.
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they did it! http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-newest-device-by-google/

moocow1452 said:
https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast
Does this do anything for you?
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The only thing that works for me is starting a youtube video from the Android youtube app.
No controls yet, it is not implemented.
Tab casting from Chrome spawns an empty chrome window.
Other Chromecast apps (Play Music) do not detect leapcast yet, or more precisely detects it but do not show the cast button.

bubbleguuum said:
The only thing that works for me is starting a youtube video from the Android youtube app.
No controls yet, it is not implemented.
Tab casting from Chrome spawns an empty chrome window.
Other Chromecast apps (Play Music) do not detect leapcast yet, or more precisely detects it but do not show the cast button.
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We may want to keep any eye on this project too.
https://github.com/taterbase/hello-chromecast-sender

Question NFC in Realme 8?

So, i thought if the realme 8 has NFC or not and searched it in YouTube and found soume videos that show it has NFC but when i searched it in settings i could not find the freature, i thought first that it may be because the videos i watched had a deferent realme 8 variant from another country, but i wanted to see if i find anything in the settings from a shortcut app(shortcut apps sometimes show hidden settings) and found this
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so when ever i open it it crashes can someone look into this and figure out if i can someone enable nfc.. sorry if my English is bad this is not my first language..

Initial question - have you uninstalled / disabled anything using ADB?
Enabling and disabling NFC is done with the quick settings toggle.
If you don't see this toggle, try using the EDIT button to see if the toggle is hidden and then bring it up into quick settings.
In the settings, NFC is located under "Connection & sharing"
If for whatever reason you don't see these, there is an issue with your device. I tried googling around and found no mention about Realme 8 not having NFC. Region-specific versions very rarely differ in NFC/WIFI/Bluetooth/GPS functionality, they mostly come with different bloatware and antennas.
I'm from Europe, so my European version came with minimal Realme bloatware and all of it could be uninstalled without needing to use ADB.
Also try uploading screenshots of the "About phone" tab, if someone more knowledgeable tries to help you, this info might be useful to them.

CrazzyLogic said:
Initial question - have you uninstalled / disabled anything using ADB?
Enabling and disabling NFC is done with the quick settings toggle.
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If you don't see this toggle, try using the EDIT button to see if the toggle is hidden and then bring it up into quick settings.
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In the settings, NFC is located under "Connection & sharing"
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If for whatever reason you don't see these, there is an issue with your device. I tried googling around and found no mention about Realme 8 not having NFC. Region-specific versions very rarely differ in NFC/WIFI/Bluetooth/GPS functionality, they mostly come with different bloatware and antennas.
I'm from Europe, so my European version came with minimal Realme bloatware and all of it could be uninstalled without needing to use ADB.
Also try uploading screenshots of the "About phone" tab, if someone more knowledgeable tries to help you, this info might be useful to them.
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I have not uninstalled anything using adb, and my quick settings drawer does not have nfc -
as you can see, it's also not in the settings-
And the about phone as you asked
Also i am half sure can be just my imagination tho when i bought the fhone i think it was there. And my phone is the Indian version and in the comments of some how to turn on nfc in realme 8 videos some people have commented that they also don't have it -

CrazzyLogic said:
Initial question - have you uninstalled / disabled anything using ADB?
Enabling and disabling NFC is done with the quick settings toggle.
View attachment 5475507
If you don't see this toggle, try using the EDIT button to see if the toggle is hidden and then bring it up into quick settings.
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In the settings, NFC is located under "Connection & sharing"
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If for whatever reason you don't see these, there is an issue with your device. I tried googling around and found no mention about Realme 8 not having NFC. Region-specific versions very rarely differ in NFC/WIFI/Bluetooth/GPS functionality, they mostly come with different bloatware and antennas.
I'm from Europe, so my European version came with minimal Realme bloatware and all of it could be uninstalled without needing to use ADB.
Also try uploading screenshots of the "About phone" tab, if someone more knowledgeable tries to help you, this info might be useful to them.
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I just checked it on gsmarena it says it's region dependent

Ryan⠀ said:
I just checked it on gsmarena it says it's region dependent
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I'm sorry about that. Realme website also has no mention of NFC on the indian version, but it does on my european version, along with more FDD-LTE supported bands.
Interestingly, the build number and hardware version are the same as my device, I would think atleast 1 of those would be different.
Also weird is that you can search for NFC and actually get results, to me it seems like the NFC chip is present, but is for whatever reason disabled on software level. If this would be true, rooting the device might allow you to enable it, but you would need someone way more knowledgeable than me to help you.

CrazzyLogic said:
I'm sorry about that. Realme website also has no mention of NFC on the indian version, but it does on my european version, along with more FDD-LTE supported bands.
Interestingly, the build number and hardware version are the same as my device, I would think atleast 1 of those would be different.
Also weird is that you can search for NFC and actually get results, to me it seems like the NFC chip is present, but is for whatever reason disabled on software level. If this would be true, rooting the device might allow you to enable it, but you would need someone way more knowledgeable than me to help you.
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I was thinking about rooting it but at time my laptop isn't with me.. and it also does not have any custom rom since there is no official twrp for it

Hi, use this page if not speak Spanish use translator.
https://www.hardreset.info/es/devices/realme/realme-8/

at least in EU Version - NFC located at right segment to the Cams ...
tested - working good ... also as writing to
* on mifare classic

Indian versions don't have NFC. Even my last phone moto g6 had NFC for other countries but not in India
Cost cutting maybe , idk