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Can we use MST in our Java apps?


I'm planning to root my Samsung device (Galaxy S6 Duos) and it can and will trip KNOX which disables Samsung pay. What's unique with Samsung pay is that it can use Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST). It allows the phone to broadcast data by simulating a magnet/magnetic strip.

Now, I'd still like to utilize the hardware after rooting. It would be a waste to have MST hardware but no software.

I've done quite a bit of research about it but what turned up is mostly just explaining what MST is and why Samsung has bragging rights about it.

Is there an SDK I'm not aware of that lets me use MST in a Java app?


Solution

  • If there is such an SDK, Samsung (or whoever) is keeping quiet about it. I can't find anything using Google. (As suggested in a comment, you could ask Samsung directly on this.)

    Here's why I think you won't be able to obtain a (free) SDK.


    1 - Clearly, that is debatable. However, I'm trying to represent the mindset of the current Samsung management who would need to decide to commit resources to make their internal MST codebase into a freely downloadable SDK. See also, the first bullet ...