Uses for NFC

irishguy

Are there any apps were I can use for loyalty cards or payment methods that I could use on the Nexus 5. Ireland specific obviously.

akaSol

irishguy wrote: »

Are there any apps were I can use for loyalty cards or payment methods that I could use on the Nexus 5. Ireland specific obviously.

Highly unlikely.
NFC requires the vendor to have an NFC terminal; as such I think only Insomnia and a few others ( via Zappa) use this service. Everyone else uses the aged swipe and go method.

>Sol
( also its nfc it's payment, I believe , is tied to google wallet . A service not in use here )

J_E

http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/samsung-tectiles-nfc-stickers-do-cool-stuff-with-your-phone/

This is a pretty cool application of NFC if you're the geeky sort and want to automate certain tasks.

Julius Seizure

akaSol wrote: »

Highly unlikely.
NFC requires the vendor to have an NFC terminal; as such I think only Insomnia and a few others ( via Zappa) use this service. Everyone else uses the aged swipe and go method.

>Sol
( also its nfc it's payment, I believe , is tied to google wallet . A service not in use here )

No Google wallet just makes your phone into a virtual MasterCard which is accepted anywhere that's a MasterCard paypass which means it should work on all Irish terminals. It works in most UK ones anyway. Although there's often auth issues as Google Wallet gives you a US card. But technically possible

truedoom

only thing i use it for is swapping photos with my girlfriend.

don't know if there are many places in ireland that are NFC compatible as it is.

irishguy

Arent all the new contactless terminals NFC capable? Not sure what they would say if you swiped your phone.

flazio

Heck even my Visa debit card is NFC these days.

Mantis Toboggan

McDonald's use NFC.
Have only used it with my NFC enabled debit card though.

IrishStuff09

There's NFC at the Bus Shelters now. Beside the advertisement, there's a QR code and a place to tap your phone.

coylemj

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

There's NFC at the Bus Shelters now. Beside the advertisement, there's a QR code and a place to tap your phone.

In order to scan the QRCode you need to open a scanner app - what app would interact with the NFC device on that bus stop?

DERPY DERPFACE

If you have nfc on it does it itself.

flazio

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

There's NFC at the Bus Shelters now. Beside the advertisement, there's a QR code and a place to tap your phone.

What does it do?

Guy:Incognito

flazio wrote: »

What does it do?

Finds the muckiest picture on your phone and displays it on the shelter

Squeeonline

I've ordered an NFC ring (nfcring.com) and I hope to use it to unlock my phone when I take it out of my pocket.

My new laptop also has NFC and it would be awesome if I could lock/unlock windows 8 with the ring alone.

same ol sh1te

Squeeonline wrote: »

I've ordered an NFC ring (nfcring.com) and I hope to use it to unlock my phone when I take it out of my pocket.

My new laptop also has NFC and it would be awesome if I could lock/unlock windows 8 with the ring alone.

For security reasons Nfc is disabled until the screen is unlocked

Squeeonline

same ol sh1te wrote: »

For security reasons Nfc is disabled until the screen is unlocked

I'm sure I can get around that.

It's a minor inconvenience anyway since if I want to key in my current passphrase or pattern, I have to turn the screen on anyway.

thomasj

flazio wrote: »

What does it do?

Basically give you information on the product(s) advertised.

Fresh Pots

same ol sh1te wrote: »

For security reasons Nfc is disabled until the screen is unlocked

An app called nfc ring unlock claims to be able to unlock your phone by just holding the ring up to it. Gets mixed reviews though.

same ol sh1te

Fresh Pots wrote: »

An app called nfc ring unlock claims to be able to unlock your phone by just holding the ring up to it. Gets mixed reviews though.

Yeah, there are also hacks to disable it with root access. The reason for this security is that nfc is intended for micro transactions, a thief would be able to rob you of up to 15 quid without picking your pocket

Gryzor

If you're rooted there's an exposed module that'll do it for you. I haven't tried it to unlock the phone, only to enable nfc while locked. I can change profiles in certain locations like the car, work etc without have to unlock. This would defeat the purpose imo.