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Welcome to the OpenTagViewer wiki!

This wiki contains a summary of some good-to-know information when it comes to using the OpenTagViewer Android app.

Prerequisites 🤓

To use the app at this point in time, you're going to need:

Android phone with OpenTagViewer app installed

👉 You can find back installation instructions here

A (free) Apple Account with 2FA enabled either via SMS or Trusted Device

⚠️ Note that other 2FA authentication modes are not currently supported.

You may choose to create a "throwaway" Apple account for this purpose as well, however the Apple account needs to have your AirTags shared with it.

One or more AirTags, which need to already be registered with Apple via the iOS FindMy app

• Currently registration of AirTags requires somebody to have an iOS device (i.e. iPad or iPhone) to register them with Apple
• This iOS device is only needed once during AirTag registration
• The owner of some iOS device can also simply share "their" AirTags with your (new) Apple Account after registering them

A Mac or MacOS/OSX Virtual Machine of MacOS version Sonoma (14) or LOWER (so: not MacOS Sequoia (15)+!)

• Check out the project: sickcodes/Docker-OSX, which allows you to set up a MacOS Sonoma (14) VM for free
• This Mac is only needed once to export details about the AirTags for import into the Android App

How to set everything up 🏃

1. Install the OpenTagViewer Android app on your phone 📲

👉 You can find back installation instructions here

2. Choose an Anisette Server (you can change this later) 🛜

👉 If you want to set up your own custom Anisette server, see 📖this wiki page

3. Log in to your Apple Account in the app 🍎

You will likely be prompted to enter your 2FA code the first time you connect to the chosen Anisette server.

Only SMS and Trusted Device authentication is currently available.

4. Generate an export .zip file by using the MacOS Exporter Tool 🧑‍💻

👉 How to do this is explained in 📖 this wiki page

5. Import the .zip file in the OpenTagViewer UI 📁

👉 The process of importing the .zip is explained in 📖 this wiki page

6. Profit! 🏆

You will now be able to track your AirTags on your Android phone indefinitely! 🎉🎉