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Question

How do you power down your phone with a NFC.tag?

Feb 1, 2013 8:02AM PST

I have a Samsung galaxy s3 and 5 nfc tags. I would like to tap my phone on one of them and have it power down. For example before I go to bed, tap a nfc tag and have the phone turn off.
I would really like this , and no airplane mode is not good enough.
Thanks!

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Did you notice it's not in the API?
Feb 1, 2013 8:11AM PST
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Is there anyway around
Feb 1, 2013 11:45AM PST

Like you said it would be a hack but do you think it may be Put into the new API? Or is there any hack that would do this, or a way I could do it?

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No.
Feb 2, 2013 4:29AM PST

I don't want to upset you but you asked if you could and if you could you would.

I don't see this in the API. As I can't guess which Android OS you actually have, I hope you understand I can't check the dozen versions today. But it's not a feature I found.

I remember a similar research on iOS and it doesn't have it either.
Bob

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sorry
Feb 2, 2013 7:18AM PST

I forgot to say, I have android 4.1
Hope this helps

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No power off call.
Feb 2, 2013 9:34AM PST