Compatible Phones

Our scanner applications currently only run on Android phones/devices.

Barcode Decoding Basics

When it comes to decoding barcodes, particularly high-density ones found on the South African driver's license card, it's essential to have a GOOD quality image of the barcode. Lighting conditions play a significant role, as the software relies on detecting the edges between the white and black components that make up the barcode. Any smudges, pixelation, or reflections in the image can have a detrimental impact on the detection and decoding process of the barcode. Therefore, ensuring a clear and well-captured image is crucial for accurate barcode decoding.

Determining the Optimal Distance between Barcode and Scanner

Finding the optimal distance between the barcode and the scanner can vary depending on the device and its camera's focus points. It is challenging to provide a specific answer to this question. However, a good approach is to experiment and discover the best focus point for your particular device. Keep in mind that the barcode should fit comfortably within the viewfinder of the scanner to ensure accurate detection and decoding of barcodes. So, adjust the distance accordingly to find the sweet spot for optimal barcode scanning performance with your specific device.

Understanding Device Variability in Barcode Scanning

The discrepancy in barcode scanning performance between your friend's device and yours can be attributed to several factors. In our scanner applications, we utilize the Google Barcode library for processing barcode images captured through the apps. However, it's important to note that not all devices can consistently provide high-quality images (as explained in Barcode Decoding 101) or offer full support for accurate barcode decoding using the Google library.

To enhance your scanning experience, we recommend ensuring that your Google Play services are up-to-date. Google regularly works on expanding device compatibility and improving barcode decoding capabilities, which are rolled out through the service updates. Keeping your Google Play services updated can help ensure that you benefit from the latest advancements and enhancements made by Google to support a wider range of devices.

While we strive to optimize the scanning experience across various devices, the inherent variability in hardware and software configurations can impact barcode detection and reading. We appreciate your understanding and encourage you to regularly update your Google Play services for the best possible scanning performance on your device.

Tested devices

Giving a list of devices that DOES NOT work will be easier as their users contact us and the ones that DO WORK use the scanner and will most probably never read this section BUT if you use our apps to scan and decode barcodes and the device is NOT in the below list please contact us to inform and we will update the list.

Make	Model
Blackview	BV6800 Pro - BV6800Pro
Blackview	BV5900 - BV5900
Cat	S61 - S61
Doogee	S35T - S35
Doogee	S86 Pro - S86
Gionee	Marathon M5 - Mara
Hisense	F27 - Hisense
Hisense	Infinity H50
Honor	7C - LND-L29
Huawei	Mate 20 lite - SNE-LX1
Huawei	Mate 20 lite - SNE-LX2
Huawei	Mate 20 Pro - LYA-L29
Huawei	Mate 30 - TAS-AL00
Huawei	P smart - FIG-LX2
Huawei	P smart - FIG-LX1
Huawei	P smart 2019 - POT-LX1AF
Huawei	P smart 2021 - PPA-LX2
Huawei	P10 - VTR-L09
Huawei	P20 lite - ANE-LX1
Huawei	P20 lite - ANE-LX2
Huawei	P30 lite - MAR-LX1M
Huawei	P30 lite - MAR-LX1A
Huawei	P30 lite - MAR-LX1M
Huawei	P30 lite - MAR-LX2
Huawei	P30 lite - MAR-LX1M
Huawei	P30 Pro - VOG-L09
Huawei	P30 Pro - VOG-L29
Huawei	P40 Pro - P40
Huawei	P50 Pro - HUAWEI
Huawei	P9 lite - VNS-L31
Huawei	Y5 (2019) - AMN-LX9
Huawei	Y5 lite (2018) - DRA-LX5
Huawei	Y5 Prime (2018) - DRA-LX2
Huawei	Y6 (2019) - MRD-LX1F
Huawei	Y6 (2019) - MRD-LX1
Huawei	Y6p - MED-LX9
Huawei	Y6s (2019) - JAT-L29
Huawei	Y7 (2019) - DUB-LX1
Huawei	Y7 Pro (2019) - DUB-LX2
Huawei	Y9 Prime (2019) - STK-L22
Huawei	Y9 Prime (2019) - STK-L21
Huawei	Y9a - FRL-L22
Hytera	PDC680 - PDC680
Hytera	PTC680 - N2G47H
Infinix	Zero X Pro - Infinix
LG	G5 - LG-H840
LG	G6 - LG-H870
LG	Wing 5G - LM-F100
Motorola	Edge S30 - S30
Nokia	8210 4G - Nokia
Nokia	C12 Pro - Nokia
Nokia	G21 - Nokia
Nokia	G300 - Nokia
Nokia	X100 - Nokia
OnePlus	11 - ONEPLUS
Oppo	A15 - CPH2185
Oppo	A16 - CPH2269
Oppo	A16s - CPH2271
Oppo	A53s - CPH2135
Oppo	A54s - CPH2273
Oppo	A55 - A55
Oppo	A74 5G - CPH2197
Oppo	Reno5 5G - CPH2145
Oppo	Reno7 Lite - itel
Phone finder	- Hisense
Realme	C21Y - RMX3263
Samsung	Galaxy A01 - SM-A015F
Samsung	Galaxy A02 - SM-A022F
Samsung	Galaxy A02s - SM-A025F
Samsung	Galaxy A03 Core - SM-A032F
Samsung	Galaxy A03s - SM-A037F
Samsung	Galaxy A04e - SM-A042F
Samsung	Galaxy A04s - SM-A047F
Samsung	Galaxy A10 - SM-A105F
Samsung	Galaxy A10s - SM-A107F
Samsung	Galaxy A11 - SM-A115F
Samsung	Galaxy A12 - SM-A125F
Samsung	Galaxy A12 Nacho - SM-A127F
Samsung	Galaxy A13 - SM-A135F
Samsung	Galaxy A2 Core - SM-A260F
Samsung	Galaxy A20 - SM-A205F
Samsung	Galaxy A21s - SM-A217F
Samsung	Galaxy A22 - SM-A225F
Samsung	Galaxy A22 5G - SM-A226B
Samsung	Galaxy A23 - SM-A235F
Samsung	Galaxy A30 - SM-A305F
Samsung	Galaxy A30s - SM-A307FN
Samsung	Galaxy A31 - SM-A315F
Samsung	Galaxy A32 - SM-A325F
Samsung	Galaxy A32 5G - SM-A326B
Samsung	Galaxy A33 5G - SM-A336E
Samsung	Galaxy A5 (2017) - SM-A520F
Samsung	Galaxy A50 - SM-A505F
Samsung	Galaxy A51 - SM-A515F
Samsung	Galaxy A52 - SM-A525F
Samsung	Galaxy A52s 5G - SM-A528B
Samsung	Galaxy A53 5G - SAMSUNG
Samsung	Galaxy A53 5G - SM-A536E
Samsung	Galaxy A54 - Galaxy
Samsung	Galaxy A6+ (2018) - SM-A605F
Samsung	Galaxy A71 - SM-A715F
Samsung	Galaxy A73 5G - SM-A736B
Samsung	Galaxy A73 5G - A7
Samsung	Galaxy A9 (2018) - SM-A920F
Samsung	Galaxy J2 Prime - SM-G532F
Samsung	Galaxy J4 Core - SM-J410F
Samsung	Galaxy J4+ - SM-J415F
Samsung	Galaxy J5 Prime - SM-G570F
Samsung	Galaxy J7 Prime - SM-G610F
Samsung	Galaxy Note10 - SM-N970F
Samsung	Galaxy Note10 - SM-N9700
Samsung	Galaxy Note10 - SM-N970F
Samsung	Galaxy Note10 Lite - SM-N770F
Samsung	Galaxy Note10+ - SM-N975F
Samsung	Galaxy Note20 - SM-N980F
Samsung	Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G - SM-N986B
Samsung	Galaxy Note5 Duos - SM-N920C
Samsung	Galaxy Note8 - SM-N950F
Samsung	Galaxy Note9 - SM-N960F
Samsung	Galaxy NoteS10+
Samsung	Galaxy S10 - SM-G973F
Samsung	Galaxy S10+ - SM-G975F
Samsung	Galaxy S10e - SM-G970F
Samsung	Galaxy S20 - SM-G980F
Samsung	Galaxy S20 FE - SM-G780G
Samsung	Galaxy S20 FE - SM-G780F
Samsung	Galaxy S20 FE - SM-G780G
Samsung	Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G - SM-G988B
Samsung	Galaxy S20+ - SM-G985F
Samsung	Galaxy S21 5G - SM-G991B
Samsung	Galaxy S21 FE 5G - SM-G990E
Samsung	Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G - SM-G998B
Samsung	Galaxy S21+ 5G - SM-G996B
Samsung	Galaxy S22 5G - SM-S901E
Samsung	Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G - SM-S908E
Samsung	Galaxy S22+ 5G - SM-S906E
Samsung	Galaxy S23 Ultra - Galaxy
Samsung	Galaxy S5 - SM-G900F
Samsung	Galaxy S7 - SM-G930F
Samsung	Galaxy S7 edge - SM-G935F
Samsung	Galaxy S8 - SM-G950F
Samsung	Galaxy S9 - SM-G960F
Samsung	Galaxy S9+ - SM-G965F
Samsung	Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) - SM-T515
Samsung	Galaxy Tab A7 10.4 (2020) - SM-T505N
Samsung	Galaxy Tab S7 FE - SM-T736B
Samsung	Galaxy Z Fold3 5G - SM-F926B
Samsung	S8600 Wave 3 - S86
Sony	Xperia XZ1 - G8341
Sony	Xperia XZ2 - H8216
Sony	Xperia Z - C66
Tecno	Pova 5G - TECNO
Tecno	Spark 10 Pro - TECNO
Tecno	Spark 7 - TECNO
Ulefone	Power Armor 13 - Armor
vivo	iQOO Neo5 Lite - V2118
vivo	iQOO Z6 - vivo
vivo	V23 5G - vivo
vivo	X70 Pro+ - vivo
vivo	Y20i - V2027
vivo	Y21 - V2111
Xiaomi	11T Pro - 2107113SG
Xiaomi	Mi 8 Lite
Xiaomi	Redmi 10 - 21061119AG
Xiaomi	Redmi 9A - M2006C3LG
Xiaomi	Redmi 9C - M2006C3MG
Xiaomi	Redmi Note 10 Pro - Redmi
Xiaomi	Redmi Note 10 Pro - M2101K6G
Xiaomi	Redmi Note 11 - Redmi
Xiaomi	Redmi Note 11 - 2201117TY
Xiaomi	Redmi Note 11 Pro - Redmi
Xiaomi	Redmi Note 11 Pro - NOTE
Xiaomi	Redmi Note 12 Pro - Redmi
Xiaomi	Redmi Note 8 - Redmi
Xiaomi	Redmi Note 8 MIUI
Xiaomi	Redmi Note 9S
ZTE	S30 Pro - S30