Help Jelly Bean and NFC tags

[phil75231]

So if and when (damn Verizon!) I finally get the update to JB, will all of my NFC tags still work or would I have to reprogram them?

 

[mrhomiec]

they will all still work. and even if you get a new phone (with NFC) or someone else's phone (with NFC) scans the tag, it will still do what it was programmed to do.

 

[phil75231]

What I thought. Nice to know for sure. Thank you.

 

[andrejhoward]

Just remember that Verizon does not allow Google Wallet. So you'll need to do a little workaround to get that part of NFC working if you want to use it.

 

[Ches111]

If I remember right the answer to your question is "it depends". The reason I say this is that there are two application types for NFC right now. Apps that "program a tag" and apps that run a program based upon a tag id.

The two apps act upon the NFC tags differently. If you have programmed your tags to do certain tasks you should NOT have an issue. If you have programmed your PHONE to do XYZ with tag id 12345 then you will have issues.

Let us know which apps you are using with NFC and we can help target an accurate answer.

Hope this helps.

 

[phil75231]

At this point I mainly use the tags to change phone settings. The only apps I use NFC tags for are Waze and Winamp (to turn them on). Everything else is just setting toggles (WiFi on/off, Bluetooth, Data, Sync, etc.). I am not interested in Google Wallet.

 

[Ches111]

Which app do you use to "program" your tags?

 

[phil75231]

NFC Task Launcher. The Samsung Tectile one is waaaay too limited.

 

[Ches111]

OK.. The one you are using writes To: the tag your commands.

See Here:

http://androidforums.com/4643221-post33.html

If you were using re-tag it uses the tag id to initiate tasks that you have written instead of writing those tasks to the tag itself.

Hope that helps!