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Enabling Osaifu-Keitai function on non-Japanese Google Pixel phones.

3 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 0 stories, 3 comments · first 2023-08-28 · latest 2025-05-17

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  1. If you want to root your Pixel to enable it: https://github.com/kormax/osaifu-keitai-google-pixel
    comment by delfinom · 2025-05-17 · in Japan's IC cards are weird and wonderful
  2. …model Pixel 9 Pro on my Japan trip last year to enable it. :D Literally a boolean in a config file. https://github.com/kormax/osaifu-keitai-google-pixel (The author's write up has more theories on why Google blocks it on non-Japan SKUs)
    comment by delfinom · 2025-05-17 · in Japan's IC cards are weird and wonderful
  3. …want to pay licensing costs?). If you have a rooted Android phone, you could bypass this check, see https://github.com/kormax/osaifu-keitai-google-pixel . Hopefully it means that a future version of the Pixel will officially support it…
    comment by aloisklink · 2023-08-28 · in Tokyo by Train (2016) [video]