NFC Tags

**jstar8000** · 09-04-2012, 09:39 PM

Does anyone have a particular brand of NFC tags they are using? I want to buy some to make it auto connect to my school wifi

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**bawboh86** · 09-04-2012, 09:50 PM

I just bought a starter pack from . They're on their way now. That site was recommended to me in another thread.

**alicechong7789** · 09-06-2012, 10:34 AM

You can also try . They sell stickers, tokens, key chains, and more. The NTAG ones work well with Android devices and have enough memory to store a few activities/actions on one tag.

**seriyb** · 09-06-2012, 10:48 AM

Can anyone list some useful use cases for these tags?
My WiFi is always on so I'm not even sure what would be a useful user case.
thanks

**bawboh86** · 09-06-2012, 11:14 AM

Well, I have no wifi at work, and I'd like to turn it off when I leave the house anyways. So, have a tag in my car that turns off wifi, turns on GPS (which I don't need at home) and maybe bluetooth for my car, if I had it off, opens my music app so that I can listen to music via bluetooth, and turns my ringer back up (in case getting in from work). Get to work, have a tag here that turns off wifi (just in case) and puts my ringer on silent. Have one at home that turns wifi back on, and turns my GPS off (maybe ringer up here, too, just in case).

Situations like that, pretty much. I'm sure there's more, but those are my initial plans for mine.

**alicechong7789** · 09-07-2012, 12:20 PM

Here is a long list of things you can do with NFC tags:

**jimj21** · 09-14-2012, 08:12 AM

Has anybody successfully been able to read an NFC tag with the screen off or with the lock screen on? I'm not sure if it is meant to work like this, but figured I would ask.

**bawboh86** · 09-14-2012, 09:51 AM

I don't think it's meant to work like this. I have not, but then again, I haven't gone out of my way to figure it out. I think they turn off the radios when it's sleeping to help conserve power and make it more secure.

**Jaysus** · 09-14-2012, 10:01 AM

My buddy has some at his brewery for different things, one to check in on forsquare, another to open the brewey webpage... things like that. It's pretty neat.

**alicechong7789** · 09-18-2012, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by Jaysus

My buddy has some at his brewery for different things, one to check in on forsquare, another to open the brewey webpage... things like that. It's pretty neat.

Have you seen this?

This would be a good way to use nfc to engage customers.