diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d7394f85a6..d43eeec884 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -5,23 +5,6 @@ updates:
   schedule:
     interval: weekly
   open-pull-requests-limit: 10
-  groups:
-    # Both libphonenumber artifacts must move together — see the note in gradle/libs.versions.toml.
-    # Grouping them into one PR makes any version skew visible in a single diff rather than in two
-    # PRs that can land independently.
-    libphonenumber:
-      patterns:
-        - "*libphonenumber*"
-  ignore:
-    # Google's libphonenumber can only move when the Android port (io.michaelrocks) has a matching
-    # release — the two ship separate copies of the metadata and must stay on the same version, or
-    # they can disagree on whether a number is valid. See the note in gradle/libs.versions.toml.
-    # The port has no 9.0.37, so this specific version is held. Grouping alone does not prevent it:
-    # a group PR still gets opened with just the one artifact when only that artifact has an update,
-    # and closing such a PR does NOT suppress the version (Dependabot says so explicitly on close).
-    # Remove this entry once the port publishes 9.0.37 or later.
-    - dependency-name: "com.googlecode.libphonenumber:libphonenumber"
-      versions: ["9.0.37"]
   labels:
     - "dependencies"
     - "type: build"
diff --git a/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/build.gradle.kts b/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/build.gradle.kts
index 10ca5044b3..70a50cfdfc 100644
--- a/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.androidx.localbroadcastmanager)
     implementation(libs.bundles.kotlinx.serialization)
 
-    implementation(libs.lib.phone.number.google)
+    implementation(libs.lib.phone.number.port)
     implementation(libs.play.services.wallet)
     implementation(libs.kotlinx.coroutines.play.services)
     implementation(project(":libs:messaging"))
diff --git a/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/onramp/PhoneRegion.kt b/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/onramp/PhoneRegion.kt
index 1255d668e4..45978ca354 100644
--- a/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/onramp/PhoneRegion.kt
+++ b/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/onramp/PhoneRegion.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package com.flipcash.app.onramp
 
-import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.PhoneNumberUtil
-import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.NumberParseException
+import android.content.Context
+import dagger.hilt.android.qualifiers.ApplicationContext
+import io.michaelrocks.libphonenumber.android.NumberParseException
+import io.michaelrocks.libphonenumber.android.PhoneNumberUtil
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
 
 /**
  * Region derived from a phone number for Coinbase buy-options lookups.
@@ -22,33 +26,48 @@ data class PhoneRegion(
  */
 private val NYC_AREA_CODES = setOf("212", "718", "917", "646", "347", "929", "586")
 
-private val phoneUtil: PhoneNumberUtil = PhoneNumberUtil.getInstance()
-
 /**
- * Extracts the [PhoneRegion] from an E.164 phone number using libphonenumber
- * for country detection and area code heuristics for US subdivision.
+ * Resolves the [PhoneRegion] for a phone number.
  *
- * @return the detected region, or null if the number can't be parsed.
+ * Injectable rather than a top-level function because the Android libphonenumber port loads its
+ * metadata from the AAR's assets, so it needs a [Context] — unlike Google's desktop artifact, which
+ * exposes a static instance. See the note in `gradle/libs.versions.toml` for why the port is the
+ * only libphonenumber this app depends on.
  */
-fun regionFromPhone(phone: String): PhoneRegion? {
-    val parsed = try {
-        phoneUtil.parse(phone, null)
-    } catch (_: NumberParseException) {
-        return null
-    }
+@Singleton
+class PhoneRegionResolver @Inject constructor(
+    @ApplicationContext private val context: Context,
+) {
+    // Lazy so libphonenumber's metadata blob is parsed on first *use* (a background caller), never
+    // during construction on the main thread. Same reasoning as PhoneUtils in :shared:phone.
+    private val phoneUtil by lazy { PhoneNumberUtil.createInstance(context) }
 
-    val country = phoneUtil.getRegionCodeForNumber(parsed) ?: return null
-    val subdivision = if (country == "US") {
-        subdivisionFromUsNumber(parsed.nationalNumber.toString())
-    } else {
-        null
-    }
+    /**
+     * Extracts the [PhoneRegion] from an E.164 phone number using libphonenumber
+     * for country detection and area code heuristics for US subdivision.
+     *
+     * @return the detected region, or null if the number can't be parsed.
+     */
+    fun regionFromPhone(phone: String): PhoneRegion? {
+        val parsed = try {
+            phoneUtil.parse(phone, null)
+        } catch (_: NumberParseException) {
+            return null
+        }
 
-    return PhoneRegion(country = country, subdivision = subdivision)
-}
+        val country = phoneUtil.getRegionCodeForNumber(parsed) ?: return null
+        val subdivision = if (country == "US") {
+            subdivisionFromUsNumber(parsed.nationalNumber.toString())
+        } else {
+            null
+        }
+
+        return PhoneRegion(country = country, subdivision = subdivision)
+    }
 
-private fun subdivisionFromUsNumber(nationalNumber: String): String? {
-    if (nationalNumber.length < 3) return null
-    val areaCode = nationalNumber.take(3)
-    return if (areaCode in NYC_AREA_CODES) "NY" else null
+    private fun subdivisionFromUsNumber(nationalNumber: String): String? {
+        if (nationalNumber.length < 3) return null
+        val areaCode = nationalNumber.take(3)
+        return if (areaCode in NYC_AREA_CODES) "NY" else null
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/onramp/PhoneRegionTest.kt b/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/onramp/PhoneRegionTest.kt
index f0edd52a96..4590240120 100644
--- a/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/onramp/PhoneRegionTest.kt
+++ b/apps/flipcash/shared/onramp/coinbase/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/app/onramp/PhoneRegionTest.kt
@@ -1,41 +1,58 @@
 package com.flipcash.app.onramp
 
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
+import kotlin.test.BeforeTest
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertNull
 
+// Robolectric, because the Android libphonenumber port loads its metadata from the AAR's assets and
+// so needs a real Context. These cases are unchanged from when this resolved via Google's desktop
+// artifact — they are the parity check that the port agrees with it on every number here.
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+@Config(manifest = Config.NONE)
 class PhoneRegionTest {
 
+    private lateinit var resolver: PhoneRegionResolver
+
+    @BeforeTest
+    fun setup() {
+        resolver = PhoneRegionResolver(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication())
+    }
+
     // region NYC area codes
 
     @Test
     fun `212 area code returns US-NY`() {
-        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), regionFromPhone("+12125551234"))
+        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), resolver.regionFromPhone("+12125551234"))
     }
 
     @Test
     fun `718 area code returns US-NY`() {
-        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), regionFromPhone("+17185551234"))
+        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), resolver.regionFromPhone("+17185551234"))
     }
 
     @Test
     fun `917 area code returns US-NY`() {
-        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), regionFromPhone("+19175551234"))
+        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), resolver.regionFromPhone("+19175551234"))
     }
 
     @Test
     fun `646 area code returns US-NY`() {
-        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), regionFromPhone("+16465551234"))
+        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), resolver.regionFromPhone("+16465551234"))
     }
 
     @Test
     fun `347 area code returns US-NY`() {
-        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), regionFromPhone("+13475551234"))
+        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), resolver.regionFromPhone("+13475551234"))
     }
 
     @Test
     fun `929 area code returns US-NY`() {
-        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), regionFromPhone("+19295551234"))
+        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", "NY"), resolver.regionFromPhone("+19295551234"))
     }
 
     // endregion
@@ -44,7 +61,7 @@ class PhoneRegionTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `non-NYC US area code returns US with no subdivision`() {
-        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", null), regionFromPhone("+14155551234")) // SF
+        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("US", null), resolver.regionFromPhone("+14155551234")) // SF
     }
 
     // endregion
@@ -53,17 +70,17 @@ class PhoneRegionTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `Canadian number returns CA`() {
-        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("CA", null), regionFromPhone("+14165551234")) // Toronto
+        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("CA", null), resolver.regionFromPhone("+14165551234")) // Toronto
     }
 
     @Test
     fun `UK number returns GB`() {
-        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("GB", null), regionFromPhone("+442071234567"))
+        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("GB", null), resolver.regionFromPhone("+442071234567"))
     }
 
     @Test
     fun `German number returns DE`() {
-        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("DE", null), regionFromPhone("+4915112345678"))
+        assertEquals(PhoneRegion("DE", null), resolver.regionFromPhone("+4915112345678"))
     }
 
     // endregion
@@ -72,17 +89,17 @@ class PhoneRegionTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `invalid number returns null`() {
-        assertNull(regionFromPhone("12345"))
+        assertNull(resolver.regionFromPhone("12345"))
     }
 
     @Test
     fun `empty string returns null`() {
-        assertNull(regionFromPhone(""))
+        assertNull(resolver.regionFromPhone(""))
     }
 
     @Test
     fun `non-numeric string returns null`() {
-        assertNull(regionFromPhone("not-a-phone"))
+        assertNull(resolver.regionFromPhone("not-a-phone"))
     }
 
     // endregion
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index b15bedf5e0..8001287a60 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ protobuf = "4.35.1"
 protobuf-plugin = "0.10.0"
 protovalidate-kt = "0.1.1"
 
-# These two must stay on the SAME version. `:shared:phone` parses and formats with the Android port
-# while the services modules validate with Google's artifact, and each ships its own copy of the
-# libphonenumber metadata — so a version skew means the two can disagree on whether a number is
-# valid. The port lags upstream, so it sets the ceiling: only bump `-google` once the port has
-# published a matching release.
+# The Android port is the ONLY libphonenumber this app depends on, deliberately. Google's
+# `com.googlecode` artifact used to sit alongside it; the two ship separate copies of the metadata,
+# so any version skew between them meant they could disagree on whether a number is valid — and the
+# port lags upstream, so it always set the ceiling and blocked routine bumps.
+# Don't reintroduce the Google artifact. The port exposes the same API; it just needs a Context,
+# because it loads its metadata from the AAR's assets rather than from a static instance.
 lib-phone-number-port = "9.0.36"
-lib-phone-number-google = "9.0.36"
 zxing = "3.5.4"
 
 androidx-benchmark-macro = "1.5.0-rc01"
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ vico-compose = { module = "com.patrykandpatrick.vico:compose", version.ref = "vi
 
 # Phone number
 lib-phone-number-port = { module = "io.michaelrocks:libphonenumber-android", version.ref = "lib-phone-number-port" }
-lib-phone-number-google = { module = "com.googlecode.libphonenumber:libphonenumber", version.ref = "lib-phone-number-google" }
 
 # QR / Scanning
 zxing = { module = "com.google.zxing:core", version.ref = "zxing" }
diff --git a/services/flipcash-compose/build.gradle.kts b/services/flipcash-compose/build.gradle.kts
index 9fbc39e99c..86dd09fe4c 100644
--- a/services/flipcash-compose/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/services/flipcash-compose/build.gradle.kts
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ dependencies {
     ksp(libs.androidx.room.compiler)
     implementation(libs.fingerprint.pro)
 
-    implementation(libs.lib.phone.number.google)
-
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.junit)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.junit)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.test.runner)
diff --git a/services/flipcash/build.gradle.kts b/services/flipcash/build.gradle.kts
index 5df8adfb03..50199a10cd 100644
--- a/services/flipcash/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/services/flipcash/build.gradle.kts
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation(libs.fingerprint.pro)
 
-    implementation(libs.lib.phone.number.google)
-
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.junit)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.junit)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.test.runner)
diff --git a/services/opencode/build.gradle.kts b/services/opencode/build.gradle.kts
index 9b8b70c617..e0eba2380a 100644
--- a/services/opencode/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/services/opencode/build.gradle.kts
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation(libs.fingerprint.pro)
 
-    implementation(libs.lib.phone.number.google)
-
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.junit)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.junit)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.test.runner)