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[APP] NXP Launches NFC Tagwriter App for Android 2.3.3

Wrote this FREE application for the Android Community.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nxp.nfc.tagwriter&feature=search_result
NXP TagWriter allows to store contacts, URLs and text messages on any NFC tag.
The NXP TagWriter application allows you to store contacts, URLs and text messages on any NFC tag.
Features:
- Easily create tag content from your contacts and bookmarks;
- Write multiple tags in sequence;
- Backup the contents of a tag before writing it;
- View the existing contents of a tag;
- Erase the contents of a tag;
- Write-protect a tag;
- Keeps a history of all written and backed up tag content.
The application fully supports the NFC Forum Type 1 Tag, Type 2 Tag, Type 3 Tag, Type 4 Tag portfolio.
This includes a whole range of NXP and third party contactless IC card products like MIFARE UltraLight, MIFARE Classic, MIFARE DESFire and many others.

no one has 2.3.3 yet :-(

Wow, great to see some early practical demo work! Gives me hope that NFC might not be so useless in the near term after all.
Thanks! ...Now I just have to wait for 2.3.3. >.>

wow! thank you!
time to play with it
darn that sucks, it wont let me install it because of the version

Sorry we made you guys wait, but we wanted to make sure it was in the market the second the OTA came out, which is any day now according to google.

AllGamer said:
darn that sucks, it wont let me install it because of the version
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Correct, we make hooks in the software so it only installs on phones with 2.3.3 and NFC. These requirements are needed to do NFC tag writing.

thepro8 said:
Sorry we made you guys wait, but we wanted to make sure it was in the market the second the OTA came out, which is any day now according to google.
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Great, so unless the OTA is on this weekend, maybe in the coming weeks
Can you tell us of other features on 2.3.3 other than the official ones? bugfixes and whatnot?

chaval said:
Great, so unless the OTA is on this weekend, maybe in the coming weeks
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OTA is expected to happen any day now (I'm hearing Monday is the day, but don't know for sure).

Sounds good to me, don't know where I am going to be able to test it out though, not much nfc stuff on the go in the UK lol
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Yubikeys are quite neat, fairly inexpensive, USB security tokens. They happen to have a MiFare classic NFC chip built in too. Fairly easy to get hold of across Europe if you want to experiment.
http://www.yubico.com/rfid-yubikey

Check you WWW.Laks.com too. They sell a NFC watch.
Sent from my Nexus S featuring NFC by NXP

ok so its clear that 'some' I9023's have 2.3.3 pre-loaded. its also clear that NXP guys have it, coz well they made the chip in the nexus (right?) and they cant test it without it. there's apparently some BT profiles also coming with 2.3.3 (file transfer, etc). can anyone confirm this?
I wonder what the hold up is.

I now have 2.3.3 but it still won't let me install.
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lancehudson said:
I now have 2.3.3 but it still won't let me install.
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same problem!

Same for me grrrr
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NFC TagWriter doesn't show in Android Market.
Can NXP investigate the problem?
Thanks.

Same for me. I just upgraded to 2.3.3 but I can't find the TagWriter app in the Market from my phone. If I go to https ://market.android.com/details?id=com.nxp.nfc.tagwriter on my PC, it won't let me push it to my Nexus S either as the device is grayed out.

argilo said:
Same for me. I just upgraded to 2.3.3 but I can't find the TagWriter app in the Market from my phone. If I go to https ://market.android.com/details?id=com.nxp.nfc.tagwriter on my PC, it won't let me push it to my Nexus S either as the device is grayed out.
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Things like this are common when google updates a handset. They need to update the servers to allow the updated devices to access apps. some other apps will be missing to like the official Paypal app.
Have to wait.
Seen this on another thread somewhere the other day.

For those of us who manually installed the update early is there any chance of NXP posting up a direct link to the apk? Not sure if that will work but I dont see why not

I'm starting to think this is Vapor Ware, or maybe Malware, they hyped the app, then seemed to falloff the face of the earth. Anyone try to install the app and see any weird things on the phone after?
Not saying I have, just asking if anyone has.

NFC demonstration on Google Nexus 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pxZjyu8HMY&list=UUuwPU1eNzPaH014YTsGbjkQ&index=2&feature=plcp
In this video I take a look at NFC on the Nexus 7. NFC is a way of sending files to people or preforming tasks, there is a lot of things you can do with it. Hope you enjoy the video
Link to NFC Task Launcher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher&feature=nav_result
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something wrong with my browser or with your links? cheers

suriya83 said:
something wrong with my browser or with your links? cheers
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Updated Tell me if it still does not work.

Cool video
Nice video, easy to understand :good:, where did you buy your NFC stickers from?
cheers

Another nice app to use NFC tags, even ones you can't even write to, is NFC ReTag. It basically uses the ID of the NFC tag to do actions. It does a lot of stuff internally, but it can also call Tasker is how I personally use it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.widgapp.NFC_ReTAG_FREE
So you can use any NFC tag, hotel keys, etc.. But I didn't have any, so I got tags from tagstand, specifically MiFare 1k, but any will do since you don't actually HAVE to write anything to them.
http://www.tagstand.com/collections/mifare-classic-stickers/products/nfc_circle_25mm_w

Interesting post.

That was a great video, thanks for sharing.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pxZjyu8HMY&list=UUuwPU1eNzPaH014YTsGbjkQ&index=2&feature=plcp
In this video I take a look at NFC on the Nexus 7.
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Dag nab it - your video was so good it sucked me into ordering a tag kit!
At the risk of offending, you sound young, and do a really good video for your age. Keep it up - you will have a great future.
Reminds me a lot of my all-around favorite electronic tutorial guy, Jeremy Blum: http://www.youtube.com/user/sciguy14

Thanks for the feedback guys! You can buy them here if you are interested http://www.amazon.co.uk/RapidNFC-Mi...UQR6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344448461&sr=8-1

Just ordered this 10 label kit from ebay.co.uk for £8.49 inc. postage (slightly cheaper).
They have a huge 144byte user memory and the tags are slightly smaller
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-X-SMARTRAC-25mm-Round-Circus-NFC-TAGS-Stickers-compatible-all-mobiles-/271048285193

I am seriously going to stick these all over my flat now

Final Word on Nexus 4 and NFC Tags Compatibility

I'm the owner of AndyTags.com and my sole business is selling NFC Tags so you can imagine how thrilled I was when a customer contacted me shortly after the Nexus 4 came out to let me know his tags didn't work with his phone. To make things even more fun, a few days later another customer contacted me to say he had just gotten the Nexus 4 and was worried that his tags wouldn't work, but they did. So I began a lot of research, and along with a fellow Android fan who owns a Nexus 4 conducted extensive testing to get the final word on compatibility. There's a lot of confusing info out there so I thought I'd share these facts with you guys to make it simple so you could buy the correct NFC Tags for your new groovy Nexus 4.
The Nexus 4 & 10 are NOT compatible with Mifare Classic tags because Mifare Classic tags do NOT adhere to the NFC Forum's Standards. They can not write to the tags nor can they read information that someone else has written to the tags. However, they can detect the UID Code (kinda like a UPC code) of a tag which is unique to every tag. So, if you use an app like NFC ReTag or NFC Task Launcher which has the ability to just detect a tag and read it's UID code, and then launch settings/profiles/etc then you can still use Mifare Classic tags with the Nexus 4 & 10. This is why some people keep saying they are compatible. Just remember, technically they are NOT compatible - the phone can just read the UID code off of the tag.
What kind of tags DO work with the Nexus 4 & 10? Any tags that do adhere to the NFC Forum's standards. The most popular of which is the NTAG203. Unlike the 1K Mifare Classic which has 700 bytes of usable memory and is fairly inexpensive, the NTAG203 tags have about 140 bytes of usable memory and are slightly more expensive in general. However, 140 bytes is plenty of memory for most settings/tasks launching NFC Apps. Many apps, such as NFC Smart Q, allow you to create tasks and see how much memory is needed even without having tags so you can do that before ordering tags to make sure it's enough. The only things that it might not be enough for are vCards or if for some reason you want to program a really long text string to a tag (like more than 130 characters); but since most of us want to use tags to automate things, 140 bytes is enough for that.
What problems might you encounter using Mifare Classic tags to trigger events using the tag's UID? If you only use one app that detects a "blank" tag (Mifare Classic's are seen as blank by the Nexus 4/10) and read's its UID code and triggers a set of rules/settings/tasks based on that then you shouldn't have any problems at all! However, if you have more than one app that detects blank tags, then anytime you tap a Mifare Classic tag, you'll get a pop-up box asking you which app you want to use to execute the action which defeats the purpose of automation.
What is the deal anyway? Why don't the Mifare Classic tags work with the Nexus 4/10 like they do with all other Android phones? Basically, NXP is one of the leading manufacturers of NFC products. They not only manufactured the NFC hardware built into pretty much every Android phone out there up to this point, but also manufactured most of the popular NFC Tags in use. At some point they designed the Mifare Classic NFC Chips and designed them specifically to be compatible with their NXP hardware, but did not design them according to the NFC Forum standards which meant they wouldn't necessarily be compatible with all NFC hardware by other companies. Since pretty much all Android phones used the NXP NFC hardware, this wasn't really an issue and still isn't for most people. However, either Google, LG, Samsung or all three decided to use another company's (Broadcom) hardware in the Nexus 4/10. While any NFC Tags made by any company that adhere to the NFC Forum's protocols will work fine, because the Mifare Classic does not meet those criteria it is not compatible with the Nexus 4/10.

Great info. Thanks.

The kind of post intended to be on xda. Great information and very helpful!
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Thanks for this. Just bought some more tags to replace the old mifare.

Excellent post, and information! Thank you!

Hopefully this will push the industry towards fully NFC standards compliant tags, rather than Mifare classic.

Thanks for the information. Just placed an order for the ntag203. Looking forward to trying them out.
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Thank you for the useful information and I just ordered a 20 pack for shipping to the Philippines.
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Thanks - This is terrific information. I already have a Nexus 7 and a nexus 4 is on the way.
Have few questions. Would appreciate your inputs:
1) Do you ship to international addresses? What do you charge for the shipping?
2) Will be using the NFC tags for lots of automation - for ex: turning off WiFi while leaving, enabling BT when getting in the car etc. Are these functions pre-programmed in tags you sell?
3) If I want to customize functionality, what kind of hardware would I additionally require?
4) Do you sell blank NFC tags so that I can program tags as I wish?
5) Costs - how much per tag and how much for the NFC reader / writer?
I haven't visited your site yet (as It's blocked at work), so apologies if this information is already available on the site.
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your nexus 4 will be your nfc reader/writer, no additional hardware required. There are apps to program these tags
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Awesome. Thanks!
managed to browse through the site as well, and got most of the information I wanted.
...now, If my nexus 4 came along...

If I want to place a tag on my router so that guests coming over dont need to ask for the password, will the native NFC app on their phone be able to read the data or do they need a specific app? If their phone will automatically read the tag, how will it be displayed on the device?

I have an n4.
Is there a way to make a tag that any android phone using 4.xxx (I.e. gs3, gn2, n4, gnex) do a check in with Facebook etc?
I bought a few tektiles to play with, but obviously can't write then properly.
Is 140 bytes enough to write a check in on Facebook command?
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I wonder about security. Say you make a tag for your office, don't lock it and while you are gone someone wants to rewrite the tag to steal your information is this possible? If so is there any way to tell if your tag has been rewritten without reading the tag before using it? Can you read the tag before using it? Do any tags allow security like requiring a pin number to write to them?

Sorry, but my classics are working fine for both read and write. Definitely reading more that just the uid. Make sure your device is on 4.2.1.
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pedxing said:
Sorry, but my classics are working fine for both read and write. Definitely reading more that just the uid. Make sure your device is on 4.2.1.
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I am, and I can't write anything to a tektile.
And according to documentation, I'm not supposed to be able to. What NFC app are you using?
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mrbkkt1 said:
I am, and I can't write anything to a tektile.
And according to documentation, I'm not supposed to be able to. What NFC app are you using?
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It can't write them, period. This shouldn't even be a discussion, it's not capable of reading or writing classics. It wasn't updated in 4.2.1 to support classics.
You *can* pull a UUID from a classic tag. However you cannot write to the physical tag or read regardless if the tag is blank or already formatted NDEF.

I couldn't write to them either until 4.2.1 was released. But all i own is 10 mifare 1k classics and all but one was blank prior to owning the n4. I've written to 4 others since that time using NFC task launcher.
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pedxing said:
I couldn't write to them either until 4.2.1 was released. But all i own is 10 mifare 1k classics and all but one was blank prior to owning the n4. I've written to 4 others since that time using NFC task launcher.
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It's not writing them.
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Duuuuude.... what the heck is it doing then? You think I'm lying about this? What possible reason would i have to do that?
Edit: also if you look at the ota package for 4.2.1 you'll see that a couple of NFC related packages and driver files were edited. I haven't bothered to look at the source on git but I'm fairly sure that was the mod they made.
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Casio G-Shock Bluetooth 4.0 wristwatch and WP8 support?

Hi!
I'll soon get the fantastic Casio G-Shock with Bluetooth 4.0 link function - which normally works with iOS and Android OS. As i also have a Nokia Lumia 920 additional to my iPhone I'd like to use it with this new gadget. Is there any possibility to convert the existing Android App into a working WP8 App? Any solutions out there?
best regards,
Oliver

Nope, no chance. Thank Microsoft for the restriction.
I'm a GShock fan btw. Tough Solar with auto illuminator, black on black my favorite watch.

vetvito said:
Nope, no chance. Thank Microsoft for the restriction.
I'm a GShock fan btw. Tough Solar with auto illuminator, black on black my favorite watch.
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G5600E? And how is it MSFT's fault?

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G5600E? And how is it MSFT's fault?
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Was that a serious question? It couldn't be, it can't be. Seriously?
They don't allow it.

vetvito said:
Was that a serious question? It couldn't be, it can't be. Seriously?
They don't allow it.
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How do they not allow it? Bluetooth APIs are open, heck, you can even open bluetooth sockets and transmit raw data over them (unlike NFC, which is limited to NDEF formats). It's up to Casio to make the app. If Casio decides WP is not a big enough market, fair enough. They could release the protocols the watch are using, and developers can make an app for them.

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How do they not allow it? Bluetooth APIs are open, heck, you can even open bluetooth sockets and transmit raw data over them (unlike NFC, which is limited to NDEF formats). It's up to Casio to make the app. If Casio decides WP is not a big enough market, fair enough. They could release the protocols the watch are using, and developers can make an app for them.
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Smh. You obviously know how to use the internet, clearly you do because you're on this board.
How about searching the internet for the kind of access Casio needs. Its more than a simple app that is needed.
Apple just added the functionality IOS 5 & 6.
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vetvito said:
Smh. You obviously know how to use the internet, clearly you do because you're on this board.
How about searching the internet for the kind of access Casio needs. Its more than a simple app that is needed.
Apple just added the functionality IOS 5 & 6.
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Do you mean BT 4.0? I'm using the HTC 8X and according to the FCC, the tested the 8X WITH BT 4.0.

matthew5025 said:
Do you mean BT 4.0? I'm using the HTC 8X and according to the FCC, the tested the 8X WITH BT 4.0.
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Wow that's amazing! Bluetooth 4.0.
You're still missing the required SPP and MAP profiles.
Try researching and understanding next time.
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Have the decision!
Hi!
Try this
Bluetooth LE Connector for Windows Phone (www windowsphone com/s?appid=d95e1ee2-a9b5-4377-81ef-c7504f4b6684)
best regards,
GWolf
Benz-Driver said:
Hi!
I'll soon get the fantastic Casio G-Shock with Bluetooth 4.0 link function - which normally works with iOS and Android OS. As i also have a Nokia Lumia 920 additional to my iPhone I'd like to use it with this new gadget. Is there any possibility to convert the existing Android App into a working WP8 App? Any solutions out there?
best regards,
Oliver
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Nexus 4 - Card Emulation (like google wallet) but for anyone anywhere.

I have been doing alot of research on getting google wallet to workoutside the US. but since google wallet has stopped the $10 prepaid card service. there has been no easy way without getting an american master card. so i've foudn some very interesting projects that people are working on.
1.NFC proxy. http://sourceforge.net/p/nfcproxy/wiki/Home/ it allows a card to be read by the device, store it and allow the device to emulate the actual card. (goal accomplished). to in order to do this, someone needs to compile these codes (https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_Nfc/commit/75ad85b06935cfe2cc556ea1fe5ccb9b54467695) into a CM rom. which basically allows the device to work as card emulation.
2. SimplyTapp. http://www.simplytapp.com/howitworks.plthis is an app that works pretty much exactly like google wallet. it allows you to add funds to a prepaid card and then emulate it on your phone. but this is obviously open to the world. THIS ALSO NEED THESE CODES TO BE COMPILED INTO THE LATEST CM ROM TO WORK
also i have mentioned all of the above in this NFC thread also. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2135238
if anyone can start working on this project. it would be very much appreciated! and anyone who is also interested in this project please help getting this out there! thank you!

+1 I am very interested.
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+1
sent from my Nexus 4...

AFAIK NFC card emulation (also called tag-emulation) on the Nexus 4 may be different to implement as on previous phone models, because it uses a different NFC chipset (in the Nexus 4 we have a Broadcom "BCM20793" while most previous phones used a chipset from NXP Semiconductors).
(That's btw also the reason why the Nexus 4 doesn't support Mifare Classic tags. The Mifare Classic - produced by NXP - are not standard tags and therefore only read by NXP NFC readers.)
But guessing from this source file I was thinking that the Broadcom chip in general also should support Card Emulation:
https://android.googlesource.com/pl...-nci/+/android-4.3_r2.1/src/nfc/tags/ce_t4t.c
So I just wanted to ask if anybody had already worked in this direction or any information on this? (I didn't find anything.)
Thanks!

Do you know an app for the Nexus 4 who allow card emulation ?