Which NFC tags are you using?

**funkyreuben** · 02-22-2012, 09:49 AM

I was looking to buy some more NFC tags and thought about buying them in bulk to resell here or on ebay/amazon. I've seen some good prices where I can get some for well under $1 each, but I wanted to see what types of tags others were buying. I was looking into 35*35MM Ultralight C label with sticky backs, since they fit my needs well. What do you guys think?

Chris

**tony bag o donuts** · 02-22-2012, 11:11 AM

tagstand.com

**funkyreuben** · 02-22-2012, 12:19 PM

I'm interested more in which type of tag you use. Size, shape, color, sticker, etc.

Chris

**tony bag o donuts** · 02-22-2012, 05:11 PM

These are what I am using and are getting replaced (there was an error when they had a batch made so they are swapping them)

**sq0nk** · 02-22-2012, 07:58 PM

I ordered the 35mm Mifare Classics - NDEF. Seem to work just fine.

**yosteve** · 02-22-2012, 09:55 PM

They absolutely have to hold more than 44kb. I too had a "bad batch". If you can get any with more memory than the website it would give you the best market share.

**7stringer** · 02-23-2012, 09:01 AM

Ordered mine on Amazon from Web Evolved. Got a 10 pack of 1mb mifare 35mm circle classics. Works amazingly well with NFC Task Launcher. Web Evolved ruled and had amazing customer service.

**alicechong7789** · 04-04-2012, 08:17 PM

sells a variety of NFC Tags.
The NFC Key Chains they sell come in many different colors, I have some of these.

If you are not sure which NFC chip to get, take a look at this comparison table

**tony bag o donuts** · 04-05-2012, 04:45 AM

Tagstand replaced the unformatted ones for me.
ICS 4.02 doesn't recognize unformatted tags.
So I downloaded a free competititor's program, wrote a small text file and then was able to program the tags with Tagstand's app.
They sent me every tag they have to review so when I have some time I will do a review of how easy it is to program them, etc.
Only thing I haven't figured out is Task 1 and Task 2 in the app itself.

**alicechong7789** · 04-05-2012, 08:24 PM

Are you talking about the Task 1 and Task 2 in NFC Task Launcher App?
You can set 1 single tag to do two different activities. The first time the tag is tapped, it will do Task 1 (ex: turn on wifi and turn off bluetooth) and then tapped again it will do task 2 (ex: turn off wifi, turn on bluetooth, etc).
The phone will alternate between the 2 tasks.

**jennyfur** · 04-06-2012, 08:39 PM

I'm using a few tags, NDEF formatted. I like em cuz they're clear.

**alicechong7789** · 05-10-2012, 02:51 PM

Hey guys,

I just wanted to post up a picture of the NFC Tags I got from . They work really well with my Nexus.

Anyone else have different tags they want to share? Has anyone seen NFC Tags in other products?

**Small_law** · 05-11-2012, 12:38 AM

Went with the ones sold by tagsfordroid.com. Android Police did a great walk through of how to set them up. I'm using two for pretty simple stuff (toggle wifi, turn off Bluetooth, turn off silent mode for home and toggle Bluetooth, turn off wifi, turn on silent mode for the car) and they've worked great. I bought NFC task launcher to program the tags. If you're on 4.0.2, you have to use NFC Tag Writer to format the tags first.

**whiteshadow001** · 05-11-2012, 03:00 AM

Ok I'm a noob with the whole NFC tags, can someone explain what they do?

**Small_law** · 05-11-2012, 05:34 AM

NFC (near field communication) tags are pretty much stickers that can hold a small amount of data. If your phone has NFC capability, it can read these stickers, which will cause the phone to perform whatever function programmed onto the stickers. It can open a web page, transfer a contact, or automate functions and settings..

The last part is the most interesting. You can buy NFC stickers pretty cheap and program them yourself to automate your phone as you see fit. If you use your phone on wifi at home, you've probably toggled wifi on and off thousands of times to save battery (I have). You can program an NFC tag to do that. When you get home and want to turn on wifi on your phone, you just hold the phone near or on the tag.

That's a simple example. People have programmed these things to change the phone state half a dozen ways with a single tag. Any setting or combination of settings and apps that can be launched is fair game (except the cell radio I think; there's one thing that doesn't work but I forget which). Instead of turning on Bluetooth, muting my phone, shutting off wifi, and opening the music app, I have a tag in the car that does that for me when I touch the phone to it.

Edit: initially, I was worried that having NFC on all the time would drain the battery and lead to misreads. The NFC radio, however, is on only when the phone is unlocked and the screen is on. There hasn't been a noticeable drop in battery performance or problems with the phone tagging something I didn't want.

There are different types of tags and some have issues with compatibility. I went with the tags and apps I describe above because they've been shown to work. Other types will definitely work, just go with ones that people confirm to be compatible with the ICS version you're running (4.0.2 in my case).

**alicechong7789** · 05-11-2012, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Small_law

Went with the ones sold by tagsfordroid.com. Android Police did a great walk through of how to set them up. I'm using two for pretty simple stuff (toggle wifi, turn off Bluetooth, turn off silent mode for home and toggle Bluetooth, turn off wifi, turn on silent mode for the car) and they've worked great. I bought NFC task launcher to program the tags. If you're on 4.0.2, you have to use NFC Tag Writer to format the tags first.

I just checked out . I like the tag with the droid on it, but do they only have 2 types of tags?
tagsfordoid tokens cost $7.99 for 2 tokens!
The prices seem a bit high compared to . Tokens on buynfctags.com are less than $1.50 each if you just buy a few.

**curney** · 05-13-2012, 09:08 AM

I am also a noob... can I keep one on my key chain and have other folks with NFC at events see it? I own a small biz and having my website on there would be cool. Thanks!

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**alicechong7789** · 05-15-2012, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by curney

I am also a noob... can I keep one on my key chain and have other folks with NFC at events see it? I own a small biz and having my website on there would be cool. Thanks!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Yes, you can encode your website on the NFC Key Chain and have people tap their phones to your key chain and open up your website.