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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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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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“To protect your privacy” this invisible app automatically scans all your images: Google System APK Transparency  |  Android Binary Transparency  |  Google for Developers

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/10

Remember [Wayback/Archive] Apple Provides Further Clarity on Why It Abandoned Plan to Detect CSAM in iCloud Photos | MacRumors Forums?

Google now forces a similar thing.

Uninstall this as soon as it appears on your Android phone: [Wayback/Archive] Google System APK Transparency  |  Android Binary Transparency  |  Google for Developers

Via [Wayback/Archive] jack: “You remember #Apple scanning a…” – Mastodon @ SDF:

You remember #Apple scanning all images on your #mobile device?
If you have an #Android #phone, a new app that doesn’t appear in your menu has been automatically and silently installed (or soon will be) by #Google. It is called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore and does exactly the same – scan all images on your device as well as all incoming ones (via messaging). The new spin is that it does so “to protect your #privacy“.
You can uninstall this app safely via System -> Apps.
For more information, see:

Query: [Wayback/Archive] “Android System Safety Core” – Google Search

--jeroen

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Forbes: NSA Warns iPhone And Android Users—Disable Location Tracking

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/16

[Wayback/Archive] NSA Warns iPhone And Android Users—Disable Location Tracking

Related: [Wayback/Archive] Advertising ID – Play Console Help

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How to reset OnePlus One – Factory reset and erase all data – A0001

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/12

I needed this a while ago for a OnePlus A0001: [Wayback/Archive] How to reset OnePlus One – Factory reset and erase all data

  1. Regular reset (keeping the current Android version)
  2. Factory reset (to the stock Android version)

–jeroen

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Note the Ziggo Wifispots certificate will often not install on Android the default way

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/26

A long time ago, I wrote about Wifispots instellen | Klantenservice | Ziggo « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff.

For that, you need a Ziggo VPN certificate, which you can download from [Wayback] www.ziggo.nl/content/dam/www.ziggo.nl/tools/WifiSpots certificaten/WifiSpots certificaat Android en Windows Ziggo.crt .

On many Android phones, that does not install the default way any more as back then.

The reason is that it is a CA root certificate (in this case identifying Ziggo as certificate authority) thereby allowing them to issue any certificate. This can be a serious risk, so you have to be really sure to trust them before installing the certificate.

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Bimostitch Panorama Stitcher – Android-apps op Google Play

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/10/13

Often, Google Photos does not auto-stitch a series of photos.

On Android, you can use this app in stead: [Wayback] Bimostitch Panorama Stitcher – Android-apps op Google Play

I stitched the panorama photo in the Tweet below with it [Wayback/Archive].

You can find it back in this Google Photo’s album: [Wayback/Archive] photos.app.goo.gl/XgovxiK2CKJzdH4u7

Via [Wayback/Archive] Force panorama creation on Google Photos – Google Photos Community.

--jeroen

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WhatsApp Help Center – How to use broadcast lists

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/08/18

Cool, did not know this and used readonly groups (with one writer) for this before: [Wayback/Archive] WhatsApp Help Center – How to use broadcast lists

Via: [Archive] Sylvia on Twitter: “Ik wist nooit van t bestaan van verzendlijsten op whapp. Zusje kwam er gisteravond mee. Ging wereld voor mij open. Ideaal in deze situatie. Gewoon 1 bericht er uit en hele familie en vriendenkring is op de hoogte.”

–jeroen

 

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What exactly is “Quick device connect”, and is it secure? : oneplus

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/27

After upgrading to Oxygen OS 12 The “Quick device connect” service started nagging me for permissions as soon as I upgraded to OxygenOS 12: [Wayback/Archive] What exactly is “Quick device connect”, and is it secure? : oneplus.

Hardly any information on it except truckloads of messages of battery draining for which you can either upgrade it and if that still fails, disable it completely:

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True Phone – How to enable Call Recording – YouTube, and where the recordings are stored

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/04/10

From [Archive] True Phone – How to enable Call Recording – YouTube:

True Phone Dialer & Contacts & Call Recorder is a free Android app. Get it here https://play.google.com/store/apps/de…

There are two ways to enable Call Recording

Way

  1. Open True Phone settings, Incoming / Ongoing call screens
  2. Select Ongoing call screen and manually change buttons layout

Way

  1. Open True Phone settings, Incoming / Ongoing call screens
  2. Scroll down and select Call Recording, enable it, accept the Disclaimer
  3. Record button will be added automatically

With ES File Explorer had a quick look where the calls are being stored and how they are named.

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