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This How.com.vn shows you how to read NFC tags on Android. Not all Android phones have NFC capabilities, so you may not be able to use NFC. You can spot NFC tags, for example, at terminals that accept NFC payments. You can also create and program your own NFC tags to complete tasks with apps like Trigger and NFC Tools, like turning off the lights and any outlets in a room when you hover your phone over the tag.
Steps
Turning on NFC
Getting and Using the NFC Tools App
Open the Google Play Store. You can find this app on either your home screen, in the app drawer, or by searching.
- You will be presented with the Home screen of the Play Store and lists of apps based on your activity.
Type in NFC Tools. The search box is along the top of your screen.- The application author is wakdev.
Tap the green Install button.- NFC Tools will be added to your homescreen and app drawer!
Open NFC Tools. This app icon looks like a white phone with an orange “N” inside with signal icons radiating from the sides.- Tap the Read tab to read an NFC tag.
- Tap the Write tab to write a command for the NFC tag to convey.
- Tap the Other tab to alter how an NFC tag works.
- Tap the Tasks tab to create a series of commands for the NFC to convey.
- You will need to buy the physical NFC tag from an outside source, like Amazon[1].
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Reading NFC Tags
Open NFC Tools. This app icon looks like a white phone with an orange “N” inside with signal icons radiating from the sides.
Tap on the Read tab.
Hold your phone within 10 centimetres (3.9 in) of the NFC tag.- Your phone will perform the programmed commands, like activating silent mode, setting the alarm time and volume, and turning on your sleep music.
- If you read a tag that you didn't create, it should open any corresponding information, often a URL.
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1. Navigate to Settings.
2. Tap More.
3. Tap the switch from Off to On next to NFC.
4. Hold your NFC-enabled device to the NFC tag.
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