Friday life hack with transport cards (legal)
How often have you ever forgotten a subway pass at home? I do this with enviable regularity. I would even agree to sew an RFID tag in my hand, but it will be difficult to replenish it at the box office. But as it turned out, the problem has a simpler solution.
I proceeded from the fact that there is an object that I forget at home much less often. That's right, this is a smartphone. I’m not young, NFC doesn’t support it ... Yes, even if it did, nobody would allow me to rewrite encrypted transport cards. And I began to experiment.
First, a ticket was placed under the back cover, to the battery. This did not lead to anything, since the plastic of the lid (although not too thick) successfully screened the waves. Or maybe it's just the distance to the ticket ... One way or another, I rejected this idea as inoperative. The same thing happened when I tried to put a ticket in a silicone galosh case. It was decided to go all-in.
The ticket, pre-soaked in warm water, free from paper. The mark is a square made of thin transparent plastic, in which all simple electronics are placed. We glue it on the back cover of the smartphone (in my case, on the cover). Using transparent or color tape. It turns out pretty elegant.
Now I go into the subway and the bus, touching the reader to the reader at ease. Interestingly, readers in land transport are less sensitive: if the subway works instantly, then you sometimes need to move the smartphone on the bus, looking for the focal point.
Metro employees do not react to innovation. However, in case of unnecessary questions, I carry a cashier's check with me. A ticket for 60 trips is enough for a month or a little more, so the gluing operation does not have to be done so often. A small fee for convenience, I think ...
Good luck to everyone and a good weekend!
I proceeded from the fact that there is an object that I forget at home much less often. That's right, this is a smartphone. I’m not young, NFC doesn’t support it ... Yes, even if it did, nobody would allow me to rewrite encrypted transport cards. And I began to experiment.
First, a ticket was placed under the back cover, to the battery. This did not lead to anything, since the plastic of the lid (although not too thick) successfully screened the waves. Or maybe it's just the distance to the ticket ... One way or another, I rejected this idea as inoperative. The same thing happened when I tried to put a ticket in a silicone galosh case. It was decided to go all-in.
The ticket, pre-soaked in warm water, free from paper. The mark is a square made of thin transparent plastic, in which all simple electronics are placed. We glue it on the back cover of the smartphone (in my case, on the cover). Using transparent or color tape. It turns out pretty elegant.
Now I go into the subway and the bus, touching the reader to the reader at ease. Interestingly, readers in land transport are less sensitive: if the subway works instantly, then you sometimes need to move the smartphone on the bus, looking for the focal point.
Metro employees do not react to innovation. However, in case of unnecessary questions, I carry a cashier's check with me. A ticket for 60 trips is enough for a month or a little more, so the gluing operation does not have to be done so often. A small fee for convenience, I think ...
Good luck to everyone and a good weekend!