Hi,
I was wondering if NFC on the Galaxy S4 can be used to copy and then transmit data from RFID cards.
I have a swipe card into my building and I was wondering if I could load the data onto my phone. That way I could "swipe" my phone against the reader rather than using the card
Does anyone know if there is an app for this or even if the phone is capable of doing such a thing?
Thanks
Its called NFC Emulation, currently, you cant. Unless the building can detect a visa/mastercard, in which case you could try a virtual wallet.
Search:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731448
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360413
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This is more of an FYI...
I found out today that my Nexus S can detect MyKi cards (Subway/train access cards in Melbourne Australia - http://www.myki.com.au ) when NFC is turned on. To test it out, just place the phone on top of your wallet with the MyKi card in it and you'll hear the detection sound.
Now the question is, when will I be able to use the phone instead of the access card?
It would be much easier just to open an app and touch the back of the phone to pass through the gates at the train station.
The future, just one step away
I use the same (stupid) smart-ticket system here in melbourne, waste of money the myki card is. anyways, to answer your question, the card is an nfc enabled device. and it has a chip inside which stores information (an unique code for the card). and the phone (NS) reads that info, and beeps indicating it recognises it. if there is an app utilises NFC, like NFC task launcher, it will automatically launch it and respond with appropriate actions. source? i have and use an myki myself
The building is my condo which I am referring to which currently has swipe access. All condo owners have the "tab" which we currently pass over the little box (please excuse my technical jargon ) to open the door.
I was hoping my nfc phone could copy/mimic/be sent to the same "frequency" as the tab to open the door thus eliminating the need to carry the tab on my key chain.
is there any way my phone can learn the signal?
Man I can't help you with that, but it seems like a cool idea though. good luck
http://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/passive-rfid-tag-cloning/
I believe there are certain door locks that can be opened via bluetooth, so I'd think it's not out of the question
It really depends on the type of technology used in your condo. I checked with one of my friends condo tags and my phone wouldn't recognize it. The phone could read stuff like subway cards and my XPERIA's SmartTags and you can copy all* data from those onto the phone itself.
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Matt1408 said:
It really depends on the type of technology used in your condo. I checked with one of my friends condo tags and my phone wouldn't recognize it. The phone could read stuff like subway cards and my XPERIA's SmartTags and you can copy all* data from those onto the phone itself.
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could you tell me which app you used for copying the data????
While cool in theory, I would hate for something like that to actually work. The whole point of a system like that is that nobody can copy them, otherwise you could have people who have no business having access to your building able to come and go. Former residents, friends of residents, strangers who happened to see someone's key laying out and quickly copied it with their phone, etc.
For this to work the system would first of all have to be compatible with standard ISO/IEC 14443.
Secondly: modern NFC phones do not support card emulation in the way a "normal" reader would be able to read. You would have to have operator support and special SIM card to be able to clone the card as you intended.
I am afraid that there is no easy solution how to make a normal access control system support NFC mobile phones.
Is it possible to read an NFC tag, for example one that lets me enter a hotel room, and then reproduce the signal to be read by another NFC reader?
For example, I read an NFC tag that lets me into my hotel and store the data on the Android device. I then tap my device (not the card) against the NFC reader on the hotel room door and the device sends the data that was on the card, and the door opens.
If so, what program allows me to do this? I've tried downloading a few random ones but haven't found this functionality and am beginning to doubt it's possible.
No, the N7 can read and write tags but not emulate one. The best you could do might be to copy data from one tag to another and use that.
Or even better, I tap your access card against my tablet and store your hotel room access info and wait for you to go out and then enter your room.
I think you may struggle to find something openly available that would allow you to clone NFC tags so simply, though in theory it may be possible
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Hi,
I've read that KitKat brings Host Card Emulation. Do I understand it rignt that I can record any wireless card into my phone and later use my phone exactly as I would use that card? (credit card, tesco benefit card, door card etc.?)
I know I can connect google wallet with US credit card and pay with it, but this is for US only (I'm from Europe) and payments go through wallet account etc.
I would like to use it just as card emulator. Can someone please tell me, how to achieve this?
Is google wallet app necessary (because I struggle a little with country check).
I've tried to search but I couldn't find any usable informations, only discussions that HCE is enabled only for Broadcom NFC chips (which N4 has, so I presume it sould work on N4)
Thanks for any usable info
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/google-wallet-updated-with-kitkat-nfc-host-card-emulation/
I think it doesnt work without Google Wallet but I could be wrong.
We have a NFC hack section on xda..
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Hello,
Thank you for viewing my thread and potentially helping me with a few questions I had.
I'm looking into purchasing a SmartWatch sometime in the near future. I'm seeing all types of watches. i.e. Sim card slots etc. I also saw that on some of the SmartWatches that do not have a sim card slot, one feature is to check apps like Facebook. Maybe I'm just not getting it but how is this possible without a data connection.? Is the data being transferred to the watch via Bluetooth? If so, does that also mean I could watch YouTube on the watch solely off of the Bluetooth connection? Which also leads me to my next question. On a watch with a sim slot, instead of paying for a whole new data plan, could I just pair it via Bluetooth and have all of the same functionality as if it had a data plan itself? Or would the watch be totally useless in terms of Internet capabilities without a sim card? Some watches are able to download apps from the play store. Could I still do this if I wasn't at home and was not in a location with WiFi and without tethering from my phone?
Thanks!