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The confusing case of two Android “NFC TagInfo” apps

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/15

For a long time, I had an “NFC TagInfo” app on my phone. It worked well, and combined simplicity with straightforward easy use.

To my dismay, when upgrading to a new phone, the icon had been copied over, but the app was unavailable as per the cropped¹ image on the right.

The important message there was “Your device isn’t compatible with this version” which, as I quickly discovered, means “This app has not been updated to be compatible with the Android version you run” (without telling up until which Android version it would run on).

What I however initially missed on the screenshot was the [Wayback/Archive] Michael Roland bit (this is his Stack Overflow profile link where he, as on [Wayback/Archive] User Michael Roland – Stack Exchange, explicitly mentions [Wayback/Archive] NFC TagInfo – Apps on Google Play²).

However, when you search you get another NFC TagInfo app: NFC TagInfo by NXP.

The confusing bit

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auroraoss.com: AuroraStore can help to bypass Google Play Store region blocks

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/09

[Wayback/Archive] auroraoss.com

Via:

–jeroen

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Looking for an alternative to the (now dead) ZXing Barcode Scanner – Apps on Google Play

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/07

Edit 20250807: (thanks [Wayback/Archive] twm/dummzeuch!) at [Wayback/Archive] dummzeuch: “@wiert yeah, I found out about…” – Mastodon

@wiert yeah, I found out about this a few weeks ago, when I wanted to install it on my new phone.
I switched to this one:

gitlab.com/Atharok/BarcodeScan

But I haven’t used it enough to be able to make a final evaluation.

So I will try [Wayback/Archive] Atharok / Barcode Scanner · GitLab with the install from the Android App-store [Wayback/Archive] Scanner: QR Code and Products – Apps on Google Play.

Original post:

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ACR Phone Dialer, Call Recorder, SIP client & Spam Blocker by NLL APPS official website

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/07/25

[Wayback/Archive] ACR Phone Dialer, Call Recorder, SIP client & Spam Blocker by NLL APPS official website:

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Google has stopped (Dutch: Google is gestopt) on older Anrdoid devices

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/11/12

I got the Dutch message “Google is gestopt” on an older Android device which translates to the below English error message “Google has stopped”.

Below is the solution based on [WayBack] Google is stopped – OnePlus Community

  1. Go to “Settings”
  2. In “Settings” go to “Apps”
  3. In the application list, browse to “Google”
  4. Uninstall all updates (sometimes this is under the hamburger or 3-dot icon)
  5. Confirm
  6. Start the Google Play Store
  7. Update the “Google” application

Related:

–jeroen

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Google Maps Hacks by Simon Weckert – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/10/05

This is from almost 2 years back, so I wonder if the physical and virtual Google Maps spoofing still works.

Via:

–jeroen

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Android: Island – app freezing, privacy protection, parallel accounts

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/23

Requires admin privileges, but can be worth your effort: [WayBack] [APP][5.0+][BETA] Island – app freezing, pri… | Android Development and Hacking

“Island” is a sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data outside the sandbox (including call logs, contacts, photos and etc) even if related permissions are granted. Device-bound data is still accessible (SMS, IMEI and etc).
Isolated app can be frozen on demand, with launcher icon vanish and its background behaviors completely blocked.

Via:

–jeroen

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From Yahoo closing Answers tonight to blocking ads on YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/05/04

The discussion on Yahoo closing Answers tonight quickly went from alternative text based question/answer sites to long YouTube videos having hardly any content but ads, to blocking these ads: [Wayback] Yahoo sluit Answers-dienst na vijftien jaar en verwijdert inhoud – IT Pro – Nieuws – Tweakers

So here are some links where I can learn a bit of browser plugin and Android development technology as well:

(What I dislike most about ads is that they start at unnatural positions in the stream and cover topics I’m totally not interested in).

–jeroen

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Nick Craver on Twitter: “1. “Are you ready to work on the auth code?” 2. New dev: “Hell yeah, bring it on!” 3.… “

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/01/28

[WayBack] Nick Craver on Twitter: “1. “Are you ready to work on the auth code?” 2. New dev: “Hell yeah, bring it on!” 3.… “.

Relevant because security often is a nightmare:

 

Both threads are a good read.

–jeroen

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Roderick Gadellaa on Twitter: simple app that (re)sets the volume of the TV to 8% of the max volume every time you turn it on.

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/01/08

[WayBack] Roderick Gadellaa on Twitter: “In case anyone who owns an Android TV is interested: I’ve built a (very, very) simple app that (re)sets the volume of the TV to 8% of the max volume every time you turn it on.  #androidtv #tools…”

[WayBack] Roderick Gadellaa on Twitter: “Some instructions: – You have to sideload it (google is your friend: “how to sideload app on android tv”) – You have to start the app once. It won’t show up on Home, so go to Settings > Apps > TvVolsetr > Open – Android TV 7.0 Nougat or higher required”

[WayBack] Roderick Gadellaa auf Twitter: “Some instructions: – You have to sideload it https://t.co/8aK0bmXXFl – You have to start the app once. It won’t show up on Home, so go to Settings > Apps > TvVolsetr > Open – Android TV 7.0 Nougat or higher required”

Follow only the images links from [Archive.is] “how to sideload app on android tv” – Google Search, as the others point to phishing sites.

This image link for instance is useful: [WayBack] How to Sideload Apps on Android TV: Android TV is an excellent product for anyone who wants to expand their current living room setup—it makes easy work of streaming most content, has a slew of games (that are actually worth playing), and is relatively inexpensive. But what happens when an app you want on your TV isn’t available for your device?

Download: [WayBack] tvVolsetr.apk

–jeroen

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