diff --git a/src/hooks/constant.ts b/src/hooks/constant.ts
index 44299bb2..ab13ea59 100644
--- a/src/hooks/constant.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/constant.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,15 @@ export const PROFILE = {
   SET_CONFIG_PROFILE: 'com.symbol.datawedge.api.SET_CONFIG'
 };
 
-export const PROFILE_CONFIG = {
-  PROFILE_NAME: 'OPENBOXES',
+// DataWedge reads every value of a profile config bundle as a String, so all of the
+// values below are quoted (including the booleans and the intent delivery mode).
+// See sendDataWedgeConfig in useScanListener for how they reach DataWedge intact.
+
+// The profile only becomes active for the app it is associated with, so the package
+// name has to be the one the app is actually running under - it is not always
+// com.openboxes.android (branded and experimental builds append a suffix).
+export const getProfileConfig = (packageName: string) => ({
+  PROFILE_NAME: PROFILE.NAME,
   PROFILE_ENABLED: 'true',
   CONFIG_MODE: 'UPDATE',
   PLUGIN_CONFIG: {
@@ -45,13 +52,14 @@ export const PROFILE_CONFIG = {
   },
   APP_LIST: [
     {
-      PACKAGE_NAME: 'com.openboxes.android',
+      PACKAGE_NAME: packageName,
       ACTIVITY_LIST: ['*']
     }
   ]
-};
-export const PROFILE_CONFIG2 = {
-  PROFILE_NAME: 'OPENBOXES',
+});
+
+export const INTENT_OUTPUT_CONFIG = {
+  PROFILE_NAME: PROFILE.NAME,
   PROFILE_ENABLED: 'true',
   CONFIG_MODE: 'UPDATE',
   PLUGIN_CONFIG: {
@@ -60,6 +68,7 @@ export const PROFILE_CONFIG2 = {
     PARAM_LIST: {
       intent_output_enabled: 'true',
       intent_action: 'com.openboxes.android.ACTION',
+      // 2 = broadcast intent, which is what registerBroadcastReceiver listens for.
       intent_delivery: '2'
     }
   }
@@ -71,7 +80,7 @@ export const PROFILE_CONFIG2 = {
 // typed into the focused field as keystrokes), and re-enabled otherwise so plain
 // inputs elsewhere can still be populated by scanning.
 export const getKeystrokeOutputConfig = (enabled: boolean) => ({
-  PROFILE_NAME: 'OPENBOXES',
+  PROFILE_NAME: PROFILE.NAME,
   PROFILE_ENABLED: 'true',
   CONFIG_MODE: 'UPDATE',
   PLUGIN_CONFIG: {
diff --git a/src/hooks/useScanListener.ts b/src/hooks/useScanListener.ts
index 669c5235..c1c93010 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useScanListener.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useScanListener.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { DeviceEventEmitter, Platform } from 'react-native';
 import DataWedgeIntents from 'react-native-datawedge-intents';
+import DeviceInfo from 'react-native-device-info';
 
 import {
   ACTION,
   FILTER_ACTIONS,
   FILTER_CATEGORY,
   getKeystrokeOutputConfig,
+  getProfileConfig,
+  INTENT_OUTPUT_CONFIG,
   LISTENER,
-  PROFILE,
-  PROFILE_CONFIG,
-  PROFILE_CONFIG2
+  PROFILE
 } from './constant';
 
 export type ScanResult = {
@@ -24,25 +25,36 @@ let profileConfigured = false;
 // muted while this is > 0 (see below).
 let activeConsumerCount = 0;
 
-function sendDataWedgeCommand(extraName: string, extraValue: unknown): void {
+function sendDataWedgeCommand(extraName: string, extraValue: string): void {
   DataWedgeIntents.sendBroadcastWithExtras({
     action: ACTION.API_ACTION,
     extras: { [extraName]: extraValue, SEND_RESULT: 'false' }
   });
 }
 
+// A profile config is a nested bundle, and the native bridge builds it by calling
+// String.valueOf() on whatever it is given and re-parsing that as JSON. Handing it a
+// plain object therefore serialises a Java Map ("{PROFILE_ENABLED=true, ...}"), whose
+// unquoted values parse back as booleans and numbers - DataWedge then rejects them
+// ("Key PROFILE_ENABLED expected String but value was a java.lang.Boolean"), leaves the
+// profile disabled and never sends the scan broadcast. Passing real JSON keeps every
+// value the String that DataWedge expects.
+function sendDataWedgeConfig(config: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+  sendDataWedgeCommand(PROFILE.SET_CONFIG_PROFILE, JSON.stringify(config));
+}
+
 function configureProfileOnce(): void {
   if (profileConfigured) {
     return;
   }
   profileConfigured = true;
   sendDataWedgeCommand(PROFILE.CREATE_PROFILE, PROFILE.NAME);
-  sendDataWedgeCommand(PROFILE.SET_CONFIG_PROFILE, PROFILE_CONFIG);
-  sendDataWedgeCommand(PROFILE.SET_CONFIG_PROFILE, PROFILE_CONFIG2);
+  sendDataWedgeConfig(getProfileConfig(DeviceInfo.getBundleId()));
+  sendDataWedgeConfig(INTENT_OUTPUT_CONFIG);
 }
 
 function setKeystrokeOutput(enabled: boolean): void {
-  sendDataWedgeCommand(PROFILE.SET_CONFIG_PROFILE, getKeystrokeOutputConfig(enabled));
+  sendDataWedgeConfig(getKeystrokeOutputConfig(enabled));
 }
 
 function extractScan(intent: Record<string, any>): ScanResult | null {
diff --git a/src/screens/SortationPutaway/PutawayTaskListScreen.tsx b/src/screens/SortationPutaway/PutawayTaskListScreen.tsx
index a9f984fa..f5f4fe59 100644
--- a/src/screens/SortationPutaway/PutawayTaskListScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/SortationPutaway/PutawayTaskListScreen.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useFocusEffect, useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import { StackNavigationProp } from '@react-navigation/stack';
-import React, { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Alert, ScrollView, Text, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
 import { Button, Chip, Divider, Paragraph } from 'react-native-paper';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
@@ -96,11 +96,12 @@ export default function PutawayTaskListScreen({ route }: PutawayTaskListScreenPr
   const putawayTasks = useSelector((state: RootState) => state.putawayReducer.putawayTasks) as SortationTask[];
   const [searchTerm, setSearchTerm] = useState('');
   const [expandedZones, setExpandedZones] = useState<{ [key: string]: boolean }>({});
-  const [enteredManually, setEnteredManually] = useState(true);
+  // A hardware scan fires onChange and onSubmit in the same tick, so state would still read its previous value here.
+  const enteredManually = useRef(true);
 
   const resetFilters = () => {
     setSearchTerm('');
-    setEnteredManually(true);
+    enteredManually.current = true;
   };
 
   const navigateToTask = (task: SortationTask, requiresValidationScan: boolean) => {
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export default function PutawayTaskListScreen({ route }: PutawayTaskListScreenPr
 
   const handleScanChange = (text: string) => {
     setSearchTerm(text);
-    setEnteredManually(false);
+    enteredManually.current = false;
   };
 
   const handleScan = (code: string) => {
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ export default function PutawayTaskListScreen({ route }: PutawayTaskListScreenPr
     const matches = (putawayTasks ?? []).filter((task) => isProductBarcodeValid(trimmed, task.inventoryItem?.product));
 
     if (matches.length === 1) {
-      navigateToTask(matches[0], enteredManually);
+      navigateToTask(matches[0], enteredManually.current);
       return;
     }
     if (matches.length > 1) {
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ export default function PutawayTaskListScreen({ route }: PutawayTaskListScreenPr
 
   const handleSearchSelect = (productCode: string) => {
     const matches = (putawayTasks ?? []).filter((task) => task.inventoryItem?.product?.productCode === productCode);
-    setEnteredManually(true);
+    enteredManually.current = true;
     if (matches.length === 1) {
       navigateToTask(matches[0], true);
     } else {
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ export default function PutawayTaskListScreen({ route }: PutawayTaskListScreenPr
 
     const selectedTask = zoneTasks.tasks[taskIndex];
 
-    navigateToTask(selectedTask, enteredManually);
+    navigateToTask(selectedTask, enteredManually.current);
   };
 
   const handleClearSearch = () => {