Basic "Tasker" Alternative

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In my collection of RFID Bits and pieces, I have and unused pack of Samsung TecTiles.

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Small “NFC” stickers, that appear to be Mifare Classic 1k gen1a, and maybe? the reason why Samsung phones are “NFC” compatiable with MF1kS50 :man_shrugging:

They were a short lived product and the App is no longer available. So I went interwebulator hunting and grabbed the .apk

Samsung Tectiles_v1.5.0_apkpure.com.apk (8.3 MB)

I tested on my xM1 and NExT Implant (xNT) and got them to work so assume others will work also.

Therefore the reason for the thread; and as the title suggests.
Here are some screenshots

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If you want to do the same, you will need to do a couple of steps.

  • Install the .apk
  • Format implant as NDEF
  • then you HAVE to add the following url
    tectiles://www.samsung.com/tectiles
  • Use the App to write your task / Dataset

It’s clearly not as good as Tasker
It’s pretty similar to TagWriter and NFC tools, I probably wasted my time, but thought I would share anyway

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Have you looked at Bixby routines? There’s an “NFC tagged” trigger, and it should be able to do a lot more than this app, especially if you install the routines+ app from good lock. It’s obviously still not on the level of Tasker, but for simpler things it works pretty well.

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What’s wrong with using Tasker itself? Too complex for the most basic stuff?

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Believe me, I love tasker, but sometimes I don’t want to spent 10 minutes messing with it when I can do the same thing in a few seconds with another app. Also, AFAIK Bixby routines is exempt from any battery management/deep sleep issues since it’s a system app

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Only in Samsung smartphones :wink:

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honestly… i am tired. i looked at that barcode sticker attached to the package and read it… 3 times… as NFC TENTACLES

:expressionless:

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Honestly, if DT sold NFC Tentacles, I’m in!

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