photoTAN app?

Commerzbank photoTAN is working on my Xperia XA2, I don't know about the Xperia X though.

On Xperia X android apps have issues getting sufficient information from the camera. So on this particular phone, you might get a pTAN app running and see the live view image, but the code is not recognized. That's the case for the comdirect app for me, which is basically the same app with a different corporate design. I think we will not get a solution for it unless somebody with knowledge dedicates a bunch of hours to it. For Jolla the number of affected phones is most probably too small give it sufficient priority.

While extracting the list below, I recognized that no app is working on X device. But why? It has the same Aliendalvik version as JP1, as far as I know.

Has anyone successfully used the Commerzbank / comdirect / deutsche bank pTAN apps on a device out of the XA2 range without going through the extra effort of installing MicroG as explained by DrYak ?

photoTAN is IMHO quite trustable because the only data getting transferred is between the colorful image on your PC screen and your phone's camera - there is no need for being online.

Until now I refuse to do online banking on a phone, but if you're looking for a banking app, maybe native SFOS app "Zaster Banker¨ could help - although I did not try it out yet. But if you don't trust aptoide, maybe get yalp store...?

Zaster shows you online your transactions. You cant send money with this app.

I fetched the App from DKB via yalp. On my XA2 I get a message about google play services and after that only a blank screen. It seems to me thhat it is bot working at all.

Regarding comdirect photoTAN, their Android app is distributed via Google Play exclusively. They aren't even willing to provide a direct download of the APK (as stated e.g. in this thread: "PhotoTAN-App direkt herunterladen").

Makes you wonder as to why you'll find this app in Aptoide and how trustworthy it is.

Thanks a bunch. I have some hope that one day the camera access of Sailfish X on Xperia X gets improved so this also works. Until then...mTAN.

My bank charges 25€ for the dedicated photoTAN device... I can use 280 mTANs (9ct) for that and hope that a future Sailfish device will be able to handle photoTAN ;)

I installed Raiffeisen PhotoTAN on my XA2 with microG, but PhotoTAN will not load.. it just shows a never ending revolvong spiral. Are there any tricks to that? CreditSuisse SecureSign starts up fine.

@danfin: the current 7.x branch or Raiffeisen PhotoTAN doesn't wok on my XA2 neither.

I've reverted to using the old 6.x version, this one perfectly suits my needs.

thanks for the tip, @DrYak - I tried with no success, photoTAN replied it's outdated. If I try to install alongside version 7 there's a conflict. Is there any trick about using 6.x?

The way I did it:

• (make sure to have the original letter from Raiffeisen).
• uninstall photoTAN 7.x completely (it's not possible to downgrade, it's not possible to install two package with the same classe name - both version are called ch.raiffeisen.phototan)

• copy an .apk file of version 6.2.0 on you SD card

  (so you also have it handy to re-install it if the next verion 8.x turns out to be broken too)

  • I got mine out of an old backup.
  • It's possible to fetch older versions from the Google Play Store with a client software such as Raccoon, for photoTAN try fetching the version code 620
  • There are also 3rd party website with older versions if you have any trust in those.
• click on the APK with your favourite file manager or type apkd-install ch.raiffeisen.phototan.apk on the command line.
• Re-do the whole app validation with the original letter.

I guess there is a good chance that they use different apps: "Kim Hammonds, Deutsche Bank’s chief operating officer and the woman responsible for streamlining the company’s IT systems, said the bank was the “most dysfunctional” place she’s ever worked" here But if you dare to test it on 3.0.1.11, I would be very interested in the results ;)

@cg Would you maybe try the Deutsche Bank/comdirect app from the jolla aptoide store on your phone with Sailfish 2? I would like to know if they worked with it.

I could of course try these apps, but I don't have an account. So what does work apparently and what not?

@cg thanks in advance. You don't need an account. You just need to try scanning a photoTAN (one of your bank should work), that works without an account right away. What works for me: Installing and starting the app, touching buttons. I also see the camera live view and it focusses on the code. It just doesn't recognize the code as such and I get a timeout message of the live view after some seconds.

I have an Account @Deutsche Bank Berlin. I can use mTAN (Mobile Tan) or a Tan-List. No Photo-Tan.