> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.firstresonance.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Scan on a phone

> Scan with a phone's camera or a handheld scanner in ION's phone layout, from the home screen, a kit, a location, or a pick run.

In a browser window narrower than 640 pixels, such as a phone's, ION shows its phone layout. You can scan with the phone's camera or with a handheld scanner, on these pages only:

* The home screen.
* The kit queue, and each kit you open from it.
* A location's page.
* A pick run.

On any other page, a scan fails with **Scanning unavailable here**. A page the phone layout doesn't support shows **Best on desktop**, with **Back to scan** to return to the home screen.

The phone camera reads one label at a time: after a read, the camera closes, and you open it again for the next label. Moves and kitting happen without the questions the camera dialog asks on a computer or tablet.

## Scan from the home screen

1. On the home screen, tap **Open camera**, or scan with a handheld scanner.
2. Scan a label. What happens depends on what you scanned:
   * **A part**: it joins the part list in the scan tray. Scan more parts, then scan a location to move them all there, or a kit to add them all to it. To move only part of a lot, lower the part's quantity before the location scan.
   * **A location**: ION opens that location's page.
   * **A kit**: ION asks what to do with it. Tap **Pick kit** to open its pick list, or scan a location to move the kit there.

A run label isn't recognized in the phone layout.

## Pick a kit

1. On the home screen, tap **Kits**, then tap a kit. You can also scan the kit's label and tap **Pick kit**.
2. Tap a line that still needs parts.
3. Under **Scan item label**, tap **Open camera** and scan the item's label, or scan it with a handheld scanner. ION checks the part and adds it to the kit.

On a line that needs more than one unit, tap **Pick with custom quantity** to set the quantity yourself.

## Scan on a location's page

On a location's page, scanning another location opens that location's page.

## Confirm a pick-run stop

On a pick run, scanning an inventory label ticks off the row it belongs to. The pick-run page has no camera in the phone layout, so scan with a handheld scanner. See [Scan to confirm](/manage-supply-chain/kitting/pick-runs#scan-to-confirm).


## Related topics

- [Scan with a camera](/build-hardware/labels-and-scanning/scanning/scan-with-a-camera.md)
- [Scan with a handheld scanner](/build-hardware/labels-and-scanning/scanning/scan-with-a-handheld-scanner.md)
- [Troubleshoot scanning](/build-hardware/labels-and-scanning/scanning/troubleshoot-scanning.md)
- [Overview](/build-hardware/labels-and-scanning/scanning.md)
- [Set up scanners and cameras](/build-hardware/labels-and-scanning/scanning/set-up-scanners-and-cameras.md)


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