title: Android NFC card emulation / use phone as card
body: <p>I'm searching for a way to send specific commands from my phone to a reader.
  I have already read that card emulation is not supported on android due to securtiy reasons, but it is possible via a <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281946" rel="nofollow noreferrer">firmware patch</a> for android 2.3.4 on the Nexus S.</p>
  
  <p>My main question is, do I really need card emulation to send defined APDUs to the reader and to recieve the answer APDUs or is there any other posibility maybe by misusing android Beam?<br>
  If I need to use card emulation are there any new insights?
  The <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6611810/nfc-card-emulation-android/6690356">last posts</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6992869/android-and-symbian-nfc-mobile-development-questions-and-answers-faq/7595889">few posts</a> I found are nearly one year old...</p>
  
  <p>As adiditional information in the end I will not have any control over the reader.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for answering and on any new insights on card emulation.</p>