diff --git a/crates/dsm-android-anchor/src/install.rs b/crates/dsm-android-anchor/src/install.rs
index 220c9e651..962953792 100644
--- a/crates/dsm-android-anchor/src/install.rs
+++ b/crates/dsm-android-anchor/src/install.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 //! v2 needs NOTHING receiver-side (no relay, no counter reader, no verifier slot) — the receiver
 //! accepts from the release alone. So this is the ENTIRE device-layer install story.
 //!
-//! NOT auto-called from `initDsmSdk`: the install is gated behind an explicit device-layer trigger
-//! (feature `on_device_installs`, bench builds; the production flip is the owner's call). The
-//! factory is called once per send-session and fails CLOSED if the Pico/chip is absent — an
+//! Registered once at app start by the Kotlin `DsmInitProvider`, in every .so that carries it
+//! (feature `on_device_installs`; the production flip of that feature is the owner's call).
+//! Registering opens nothing. The factory is called once per send-session and fails CLOSED if
+//! the Pico/chip is absent — an
 //! uninstalled factory or an unreachable chip means every offline-bearer send errors
 //! ("offline = chips"); nothing falls back to a mock.
 
diff --git a/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/DsmInitProvider.kt b/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/DsmInitProvider.kt
index b04daa1c8..ea408d884 100644
--- a/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/DsmInitProvider.kt
+++ b/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/DsmInitProvider.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ class DsmInitProvider : ContentProvider() {
             // it only opens the Pico lazily on the first counter read, and accepts no value by itself.
             context?.let { com.dsm.wallet.bridge.LocalPicoUsb.init(it) }
 
+            // The sender's anchor appliance: register its USB transport with Rust, so the
+            // first offline read attaches the appliance by itself and every later one reuses
+            // it. Registering opens nothing; Android asks for the USB permission once, on first
+            // use. A build without the anchor capability has no such export: offline sends are
+            // unavailable there, and Rust refuses them saying so.
+            try {
+                com.dsm.wallet.bridge.Unified.installAnchorTransport()
+            } catch (e: UnsatisfiedLinkError) {
+                Log.w("DsmInitProvider", "this build carries no anchor appliance transport; offline sends are unavailable")
+            }
+
             // Library loaded successfully - clear any previous incompatibility flag
             context?.let {
                 it.getSharedPreferences("dsm_system", android.content.Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
diff --git a/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/bridge/Unified.kt b/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/bridge/Unified.kt
index b0badb0e5..bf12879af 100644
--- a/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/bridge/Unified.kt
+++ b/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/bridge/Unified.kt
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ object Unified {
     // installs the USB anchor appliance factory so offline-bearer sends drive the phone's own
     // physical RP2350/TROPIC01 (v2: the receiver needs NO hardware — this is the entire device
     // install story). Fail-closed: without it every offline-bearer send errors ("offline = chips").
-    // Catch UnsatisfiedLinkError.
+    // `DsmInitProvider` registers it once at app start. Catch UnsatisfiedLinkError.
     @Keep @JvmStatic external fun installAnchorTransport(): Boolean
     @Keep @JvmStatic fun dispatchStartup(requestBytes: ByteArray): ByteArray =
         UnifiedNativeApi.dispatchStartup(requestBytes)
diff --git a/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/debug/PicoSelfTestActivity.kt b/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/debug/PicoSelfTestActivity.kt
index 4b37fa318..e834c5e4b 100644
--- a/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/debug/PicoSelfTestActivity.kt
+++ b/dsm_client/android/app/src/main/java/com/dsm/wallet/debug/PicoSelfTestActivity.kt
@@ -111,18 +111,6 @@ class PicoSelfTestActivity : Activity() {
                         Log.e(TAG, "counter-init REFUSED: confirm must be 'yes-init-counter-max' (got '$confirm')")
                     }
                 }
-                // GATED sender-transport install (for the 2-phone test): the USB anchor appliance
-                // factory — the ONLY v2 device install (the receiver needs no hardware). Runs ONLY
-                // when launched with `--ez install_anchor_transport true`. Absent from the default .so.
-                if (intent?.getBooleanExtra("install_anchor_transport", false) == true) {
-                    val ok = try {
-                        com.dsm.wallet.bridge.Unified.installAnchorTransport()
-                    } catch (e: UnsatisfiedLinkError) {
-                        Log.e(TAG, "installAnchorTransport not in this .so (needs on_device_installs): ${e.message}")
-                        false
-                    }
-                    Log.i(TAG, "*** installAnchorTransport = $ok ***")
-                }
                 // GATED IRREVERSIBLE slot-0 birth burn. Runs ONLY when launched with
                 // `--ez run_birth_cage true --es confirm yes-birth-cage-slot0`. Run LAST in device
                 // setup, AFTER counter-init. A normal launch never reaches this.
diff --git a/dsm_client/frontend/src/components/qr/QRCodeScannerPanel.tsx b/dsm_client/frontend/src/components/qr/QRCodeScannerPanel.tsx
index 1648c8bc1..8c2f3b98b 100644
--- a/dsm_client/frontend/src/components/qr/QRCodeScannerPanel.tsx
+++ b/dsm_client/frontend/src/components/qr/QRCodeScannerPanel.tsx
@@ -149,11 +149,15 @@ export default function QRCodeScannerPanel(props: QRCodeScannerProps = {}): Reac
     <div className="qr-scanner">
       {phase.status === 'adding' && (
         <section className="sb-card sb-card--dark sb-card--hero" aria-live="polite">
-          <img
-            src={eraTokenSrc}
-            alt="Adding contact..."
-            style={{ width: 48, height: 48, imageRendering: 'pixelated' }}
-          />
+          {/* The coin on its light, bordered tile, as the faucet shows it: bare
+              on the dark card its artwork has no edge. */}
+          <span className="sb-coin-tile">
+            <img
+              src={eraTokenSrc}
+              alt="Adding contact..."
+              style={{ width: 48, height: 48, imageRendering: 'pixelated' }}
+            />
+          </span>
           <div className="sb-hero__label" style={{ marginTop: 6 }}>Adding Contact</div>
           <div className="sb-hero__sub">
             {phase.alias ? <>Saving &quot;{phase.alias}&quot; to your contacts...</> : 'Saving the contact...'}