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Blackstone RFID capable?

Boys and Girls,
i ran across a thing that i want to share because it it confused me.
A Microsoft Research project made this monitor tool that uses, i believe, several techniques to scan and log.
Because i have this habit to install programs and to see what it does, i installed this program and fired it up on my blackstone.
What startled me was that it started to report on RFID scans in the logging.
I contacted one of the people that was involved but communication is a bit slow, maybe due to timezones.
Here is a link to the download:
https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/610ee5dd-12c3-4c5f-8403-2a1ccea5ba5c/default.aspx
and a link to this guy who wrote about it, and the one that i contacted.
http://juliovaz.spaces.live.com/blo...246.entry?ccr=9454&wa=wsignin1.0&sa=774996000
Maybe my real question is, is this true or not, does the blackstone have RFID scan possibilities.
Maybe someone can build a nice app or solution..

Connect Android to Enterprise Java Bean

Hi!
Im sorry if this is a dumb question but I googled some stuff about it and never found a straight YES/NO answer.
Im a student in my final year and as a semestral project I have an electronic voting system built on Java Enterprise technology with enterprise java beans (EJBs) running on Glassfish.
For my final work id like to create an app for android that could communicate with those beans on a Glassfish server and thus a people could vote by a cell phone.
My question is Is this even possible? Over the past three days ive been googling stuff concerning this matter but nothing really helped. Id really appreciate a straightforward answer because my time for choosing a final project is almost up and I dont want to end up doing something that is impossible.

Don't take it bad, but it looks like you are a student who doesn't even know what he's working with. Not that it surprises me, but I'm willing to help you.
Answer these straight questions.
1. What is an EJB?
2. Who "runs" an EJB?
3. Where does an EJB "live"?
If and when you answer these three questions you'll know what is needed for a project where "people could vote with a cellphone".
What I can tell you in the most straightforward way is that it is possible for you to have people using their android phones to vote with your Glassfish server.

Android <-> Glassfish
I am looking for the same thing - to write Android apps that communicate with session beans on an app server (i.e. Glassfish). Since I will own both ends of the app, I am looking for a simple approach (e.g. RMI) as opposed to a lot of unnecessary bru-ha-ha (e.g. why turn Java objects into SOAP, just so we can turn them back into the same Java object ... not that Android really supports SOAP).
It looks like Google, for some reason, crippled the Android's ability to communicate. About the only built-in mechanisms I've found are REST (and I don't like REST) or writing my own protocol and using servlets.
Surely, by now, someone has come up with a simple, concise, mechanism for addressing this issue ... I just can't find it.

[Q] Copy NFC Tag and use Nexus instead

Hi,
the search function doesn't work right now, and I'm looking for a solution for hours now. So please excuse me if this is solved already and please redirect me to the solution if so. If its important on any level: My phone is rooted and I use Nexus 5 Experiance rom 9.3 CAF
At work, we have a NFC key tag to open doors and use our copymachines. I would love to copy the Tag on my Nexus 4 and use it instead.
So, what I have done till now: I can read the NFC Tag (with NFC Tools and i can make a copy of it with NFC ReTag), and its a Mifare Classic 1k (NFC Tools, tells me, the Technology is "NfcA" and the serial number, which are 4 hex digits, one ATQA and one SAK number). Also if I hold my Nexus to the NFC Readers next to the doors, they respond to me, that they can't read it (which makes sense, because its just a Phone with NFC enabled, but without the needed information of the key). Summary: I can read my tag, can copy it to my phone, and the Readers also respond to my phone.
But: I can't come up with a solution to use this information, to use my phone as the key instead of the tag. As I understand, I need to copy the information on my phone and than tell it to be a tag instead of a phone (emulate). Now I read, that KitKat introduced HCE(host card emulation), which sounded like the right thing, but after reading a lot here I found, that this feature is specificly designed to money transactions (which probably was only implemented for Google wallet).
Now, dear community: I know, that this is indeed a security risk for the company, if this would really work (to copy the key), and this should not be possible in theory. But thats another topic. We use this system for 6 years now and maybe there is a possible way now.
So my question is: Is this possible at all? That means: Can somebody redirect me to the solution? Or is this NOT possible at the moment? Or will this not be possible at all (also in the future) with my Nexus 4, because of some technical differences, and I don't need to bother searching any longer?
edit: So I just found NFC Taginfo and it tells me, that Mifare Classic is not supported by the device. I still don't know, what to think, because NFC Tools had no problem of reading the Tag

Implementing Smartwatch support (Android Wear <-> WP8.1)

Hey guys,
today I found this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...ndroid-wear-ios-devhelpneededappbeta-t3051156 where they basically got an Android Wear Device to connect with iOS.. now my thinking was, shouldn't this be possible for Windows Phone aswell? BLE is present, there are even Smartwatch Apis. So, shouldn't we just be able to get Android wear to accept a Windows Phone connection aswell in rerouting the correct apis etc.?
Here's a sample sourcecode to get an idea on what they did https://github.com/zhangfh/ANCSSample
Now, since this involves both Windows Phone AND Android, I am not sure on where to post this, so I'll just post it here. If you guys want it moved, that's fine with me.
Now to the Windows Phone part. Even if the Apps itself won't push to wear, it should always be possible to just write a notification app (like Boxcar for iOS) where you log into your social networking stuff and let THAT push to wear. Now, I'm not sure if there are enough apis or if they are even available for public use or OEM/MS restricted, but I thought it was worth a post, since we've been missing out a lot with those shiny new gadgets.
Also, I think an unencrypted MS Band/Health appx should help in determining the correct apis, calls etc (I'm still learning, not there just yet.) needed.
I hope this post is not completely worthless and if someone has already done some stuff, I'd be willing to test it out since my G Watch R (using a secondary phone just for that...) will be arriving next week!
cheers, hutchinsane_

WP8.1 does indeed have BTLE APIs, so it should be pretty easy to use them for this. As you say, you'd have to write the apps yourself because the current WP ones probably don't interface with Android Wear, but it would probably be fairly popular if you did...

GoodDayToDie said:
WP8.1 does indeed have BTLE APIs, so it should be pretty easy to use them for this. As you say, you'd have to write the apps yourself because the current WP ones probably don't interface with Android Wear, but it would probably be fairly popular if you did...
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Unfortunately, Microsoft ignored some important BT4/BLE specs in their BT stack implementation. For some (let me say - STUPID!) reasons, BLE device must be paired before it become available for the MS BLE API I have no idea why they did it; probably, they are trying to be more "secure" even they ruin whole BLE idea...
So, if BLE device not supported pairing, you can't support it on WP8.1 or Win 8.1... One more "thanks" to MS...
P.S. What's why I can't control my PowerUp 3.0 paper plane gadget from my Lumia 920 (but it works perfect on iOS or Android)

sensboston said:
Unfortunately, Microsoft ignored some important BT4/BLE specs in their BT stack implementation. For some (let me say - STUPID!) reasons, BLE device must be paired before it become available for the MS BLE API I have no idea why they did it; probably, they are trying to be more "secure" even they ruin whole BLE idea...
So, if BLE device not supported pairing, you can't support it on WP8.1 or Win 8.1... One more "thanks" to MS...
P.S. What's why I can't control my PowerUp 3.0 paper plane gadget from my Lumia 920 (but it works perfect on iOS or Android)
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My G Watch R arrived today and it does pair and connect with my phone. The phone says "connected", the watch says "connecting" but none of the functions work, as expected. So connection shouldn't be a problem!

@hutchinsane_, it means you still have a hope You may try some BLE-enabled apps from the store like a "BLE Scanner" but for the full support of your LG "G Watch К" you should wait until someone will write an app for this gadget (actually - I just re-read topic - not just for your gadget but for Android Wear OS. This is kinda complicated job so there's not much hope...)

sensboston said:
@hutchinsane_, it means you still have a hope You may try some BLE-enabled apps from the store like a "BLE Scanner" but for the full support of your LG "G Watch К" you should wait until someone will write an app for this gadget (actually - I just re-read topic - not just for your gadget but for Android Wear OS. This is kinda complicated job so there's not much hope...)
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well someone already did it for iOS, so I guess it can't be that hard. But I'm way to inexperienced and lazy. hope someone will be inspired by this post. I'll try the BLE Scanner!
Edit: I just noticed that Android Wear Devices show up in Device Hub... they are recognised as watches. Veeery interesting.
Edit 2: @sensboston I just noticed that the watch wont pair with my 920 either, maybe it's the phones fault that your PowerUp doesn't work

Emulate an entire MIPS system (or at least make it boot)

I have in my Renault Kwid the default, MediaNav Evolution (MN2) screen, with software version 9.1.3. I'm looking to modify some of the "hidden" configs, by entering to menu called MICON MENU, but since documentation and information about that hidden menu is so limited and contradictory, I wouldnt like to try it on the hardware itself, but instead, have a virtual machine where i can easily test what things go.
Its obvious that i would have to also emulate all the peripherals that the device itself has, but i think its possible to "bypass" them. I dont know yet, but i would like to try it out.
First of all i would like to get the OS to boot.
This is all the info I got for now:
CPU: 667MHz MIPS
RAM: 1GB
OS: WINDOWS CE 6.0
Ive also got an "update file" wich appears to have most of the operating system (i think).
Ive looked a bit in how to get starded. AFAIK, i will need to use qemu, but thats all i could understand.
Thanks!

Hello, i got a 2017 Clio recently with the same piece of HW and im looking through every exploit i can before paying to get an after-market screen, did you have any luck with your tries?

JDogg_679 said:
Hello, i got a 2017 Clio recently with the same piece of HW and im looking through every exploit i can before paying to get an after-market screen, did you have any luck with your tries?
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Sorry, I left the idea as the renault system is already pretty crappy, and trying to mod it was already worthless. If you have any MN2, your best option is to change it for the new one linux based MN3, or buy a third party one

ffpp.2003 said:
Sorry, I left the idea as the renault system is already pretty crappy, and trying to mod it was already worthless. If you have any MN2, your best option is to change it for the new one linux based MN3, or buy a third party one
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No worries thanks for the rapid response, do you have any links for a MN3 head unit ? I've been searching to check if its worth the money but no luck so far, all i can find is 3rd party ones.

JDogg_679 said:
No worries thanks for the rapid response, do you have any links for a MN3 head unit ? I've been searching to check if its worth the money but no luck so far, all i can find is 3rd party ones.
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i dont think you can buy them. you'll have to probably go to a renault service center and ask them to change it. you could try looking on facebook marketplace, but you have to find a good deal

Hey, I also have an MNE, I agree that it's crap, however I would like to ask if anyone has tried to run AutoKit-WINCE on it?
@FAB1150 mentioned it in another thread
Or maybe someone tried to launch EasyConnected ?

ZgredekLCD said:
Hey, I also have an MNE, I agree that it's crap, however I would like to ask if anyone has tried to run AutoKit-WINCE on it?
@FAB1150 mentioned it in another thread
Or maybe someone tried to launch EasyConnected ?
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Well, it would probably fail, as the guy in the thread you linked said, since those head units are made different but with the same propose, meaning that the hardware and software might be different, but they do exactly the same.
Also, one big factor about Windows CE, is that every OS build is strictly limited to work with the desired hardware that it was built for, more or less like any android ROM. The difference lays that Windows CE manages hardware resources different than any standard OS, thus forcing the app developer to make as many versions of the app as head units he wants to support.
Because of that, is that I want to emulate the entire MNE system, so I can test apps without ruining the device itself.
So far, I haven't made much progress. All I know now is that the CPU is an R4000 based mips cpu, with the model number AU1320. I haven't been able to find any datasheet yet. I also been learning about QEMU/KVM, but I did no progress given that I'm having some trouble to make a basic machine and support about mips emulation is very limited.
My main idea now is to port/develop some kind of scrcpy for the MNE