Originally Posted by
Sixth Freedom
Each time I have gone through T5 (three times in 2014 so far and four times in 2013) I have been asked to place my device under the scanner myself at all three stages (security, lounge and gate).
That's interesting as my experience is almost exactly the opposite. There was a time when I would occasionally be asked to scan my mobile boarding pass myself (never at the lounge though) but more recently it has always been taken from me and scanned at all stages.