Guest dec1153 Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Can you recieve and send things on nfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ribs85 Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Kinda, but nfc itself is very slow, and only designed for small transfers, like sending a contact or something. Nfc is good for sharing settings, so two phones can communicate wifi direct settings to each other with nfc, and use wifi to send the actual data. I believe this is how Android Beam works, but I've yet to try it myself, so don't quote me on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ribs85 Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Kinda, but nfc itself is very slow, and only designed for small transfers, like sending a contact or something. Nfc is good for sharing settings, so two phones can communicate wifi direct settings to each other with nfc, and use wifi to send the actual data. I believe this is how Android Beam works, but I've yet to try it myself, so don't quote me on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueMoonRising Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 I might be wrong but is Android Beam not ICS only? In which case you'll have to wait for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ribs85 Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Good catch, sir. As you can tell, I haven't used it. But playing with those nfc tags is rather fun :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dec1153 Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Nfc tags work- how much and where did you get them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ribs85 Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 eBay, less than £10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueMoonRising Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 All over Amazon as well. Not tried them yet but you need to make sure you get large capacity ones for anything more than the odd switch action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vermat17 Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Kind of a noobish question, but is payment actually possible via NFC on the OSD atm?? And if so, does it have to be through Google Wallet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueMoonRising Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Kind of a noobish question, but is payment actually possible via NFC on the OSD atm?? And if so, does it have to be through Google Wallet?? It would depend on the seller having an NFC capable checkout, I have no idea how many(or if any) exist. Do you not link your DC or CC details to the phone for payments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vermat17 Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 (edited) I've seen a fair number of NFC checkouts in my area, so that shouldn't really be a problem... As for card details, I have absolutely no idea :P Edit: Done a bit of research on the mastercard site, and apparently you do just download the card payment details onto your phone Edited September 26, 2012 by vermat17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Calloutman Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Has anyone got NFC payments working? I'd like to try it out but I don't thing the OSD supports google wallet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest i am not a hacker Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 I believe it does support it actually.it is on the orange ROM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Calloutman Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 When I go on the google wallet website it shows me this... any ideas on how to fix this? "Orange Intel Xolo_X900 This item cannot be installed in your device's country." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon O Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Google Wallet needs one of the patched apks but unless you are in the USA it's pretty much useless. Orange have their own NFC payments called Quicktap which is on the Orange ICS ROM. You need a special quicktap SIM to use this though which you can get by calling Orange up. There is no cost. Once you have the new SIM and set up the app you can add any UK debit card or any Barclays card including Barclaycard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Barnett Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 tags 've been considering buying some Nfc tags to put my OSD into various modes, eg bedtime, Car etc. Can anyone recommend a particular brand? Ebay seems to be filled with either Sony Or mifare tags, although the ones in the image attached look quite funky. Also, is there a particular app anyone recommends for doing the above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueMoonRising Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 tags 've been considering buying some Nfc tags to put my OSD into various modes, eg bedtime, Car etc. Can anyone recommend a particular brand? Ebay seems to be filled with either Sony Or mifare tags, although the ones in the image attached look quite funky. Also, is there a particular app anyone recommends for doing the above? Not tried NFC yet myself but I do believe you need the "higher" capacity ones. The lower capacity ones only allow a couple of commands before running out of space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Barnett Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Does nfc use much battery? I'm considering using it to automatically turn blue tooth on when the phone goes in the car cradle, but if it uses more battery than blue tooth then no point really is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thedarkphonetech Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Yes leave it on, it wastes no battery. I have kept mine on from day 1 and I haven't noticed my battery go like hell down ""!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueMoonRising Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 It's not going to cost you anything to find out one way or another anyway. Go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Barnett Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 It's not going to cost you anything to find out one way or another anyway. Go for it. That is a good point; for some reason I did not think of that! :wacko: However I would expect there must be some kind of extra battery use if it is constantly checking for nearby tags. I have turned it on and will monitor battery stats over the next few days..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thedarkphonetech Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Get the Sony xperia ones, they have lots of memory and they're cheap. I got 6nfc official ones for £4.50. It is easy to setup too there is an official app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Barnett Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 I found 2 for that price on ebay. Do you have a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thedarkphonetech Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 No. They don't sell it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Barnett Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Found these ones on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Sony-NT1-Android-NFC-SmartTags-Smart-Tags-Kit-for-Xperia-S-P-Sola-2-/150875136027?pt=UK_Mobiles_Accessories_RL&hash=item2320dbe01b Are these the ones you bought? It says "suitable for Xperia S, Xperia P, Xperia Sol" in the description, but I guess that they should work on the OSD too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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