You might have heard the news of Elias Limneos working to unlock NFC on latest iOS some time back and many were really excited about that. Well, the good news is that it has now arrived with NFCWriter which is a Cydia jailbreak tweak and lets you unlock NFC and use it without Apple Pay.
Talking about Elias Limneos, the developer of NFCWriter tweak, he has always been rated quite highly in jailbreak community and has developed lots of popular packages that made their way to millions of iOS devices all over the world. Now, after quite some time, he has come up with another great tweak that gives iOS devices the complete power of NFC and is considered a must-have.
If you are a long time iPhone user then you’d definitely know that earlier NFC could only be used with Apple Pay on iOS devices. However, with this tweak that restriction has now been lifted and those who love NFC can now use it without Apple Pay as well. This iOS 10 jailbreak tweak is available for just $3.99 and has the capacity of reading common tag types. With this new package, the users will also be able to write, manage and save tags. Besides, there is Host Emulation Mode that, for now, allows for setting custom Serial Numbers for devices and emulating serial number of tag. However, there is no emulation available yet for the tag content.
With NFCWriter, you can be able to perform certain actions depending on various individual tags that it reads. It also offers information related to tags as well those who made them. The information might include memory size, type of the tag, manufacturer, etc.
If you are somehow involved in IoT world or you have to spend lots of time in researching NFC technologies and tags then NFCWriter is really a must-have for you. There is no other such package available on Cydia and it is complete in its own giving you everything you might need.
Though NFC might be opened for third-parties in iOS 11 but if you are still using iOS 10 and don’t plan to upgrade anytime soon then it definitely is a handy tweak for you to have. It allows you to use NFC-equipped models of iPhone to their full potential. And upcoming models can be expected to offer backwards compatibility as well for iOS 9.
Check the Video about NFC on iOS Part 2: Read & Write Data