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Simple use... two of these by the door would make my life easier. Going out: turn off WiFi, turn on GPS, Bluetooth, turn up the ringer volume and screen brig

by 51Cards 14y ago

Simple use... two of these by the door would make my life easier. Going out: turn off WiFi, turn on GPS, Bluetooth, turn up the ringer volume and screen brightness, etc. Coming in: do the reverse. Of course I can make it even easier with On{X} and trigger the same on detection of my home WiFi network (other than turning off WiFi of course)

gojomo 14y ago
When you lose the home Wifi signal, do the 'going out' actions (including turn off Wifi). When GPS tells you you're back home, do the 'coming in' actions (including Wifi back on). Seems even smoother than NFC touchpoints.
- __alexs 14y ago
  That requires running GPS a lot. Better to just look for certain sets of cell towers. Llama does this on Android already.
  - coob 14y ago
    iOS does this with Location reminders. Not editing system settings, but you can geofence like this.
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- BHSPitMonkey 14y ago
  That would be a vulnerability inherent in the OS / tag-reading software itself, and would need to be dealt with just like any other threat (malicious file downloads, URLs, etc.) Under normal circumstances the phone shouldn't have any bug causing it to execute anything read from the NFC tag as code.
Blara 14y ago
You would only need one and toggle the actions instead :) That's what I did anyway, but the biggest drawback (at least on galaxy nexus) is that the phone needs to be unlocked to read NFC.
Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
Curious to know why you want to do most of those things? Why not just leave them on? Is it a battery issue?
furyg3 14y ago
Why not do this with a geofence? Then you don't even have to remember to 'check out' with your phone when you leave the house...
edvd 14y ago
Well you can use a Bluetooth Low energy tag like the Nordic Semiconductor nRF8002, to create a geo fence as well, as you can create a much more precise geofence, but you cannot turn off Bluetooth when you do that :) .

by 51Cards 14y ago

gojomo 14y ago

When you lose the home Wifi signal, do the 'going out' actions (including turn off Wifi). When GPS tells you you're back home, do the 'coming in' actions (including Wifi back on). Seems even smoother than NFC touchpoints.

__alexs 14y ago
That requires running GPS a lot. Better to just look for certain sets of cell towers. Llama does this on Android already.
- coob 14y ago
  iOS does this with Location reminders. Not editing system settings, but you can geofence like this.

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BHSPitMonkey 14y ago
That would be a vulnerability inherent in the OS / tag-reading software itself, and would need to be dealt with just like any other threat (malicious file downloads, URLs, etc.) Under normal circumstances the phone shouldn't have any bug causing it to execute anything read from the NFC tag as code.

Blara 14y ago

You would only need one and toggle the actions instead :) That's what I did anyway, but the biggest drawback (at least on galaxy nexus) is that the phone needs to be unlocked to read NFC.

Tyrannosaurs 14y ago

Curious to know why you want to do most of those things? Why not just leave them on? Is it a battery issue?

furyg3 14y ago

Why not do this with a geofence? Then you don't even have to remember to 'check out' with your phone when you leave the house...

edvd 14y ago

Well you can use a Bluetooth Low energy tag like the Nordic Semiconductor nRF8002, to create a geo fence as well, as you can create a much more precise geofence, but you cannot turn off Bluetooth when you do that :) .