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Woozle at 14:54, 4 November 2022

2022-11-04T14:54:55Z

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	* '''Question''': how do you add someone who already has Signal installed? The only way I can find to add a new person is to "invite" them, which just sends them a text inviting them to install Signal.		* '''Question''': how do you add someone who already has Signal installed? The only way I can find to add a new person is to "invite" them, which just sends them a text inviting them to install Signal.
	** '''Answers''':		** '''Answers''':
	*** ~~In the~~ {{l/sub\|desktop\|pfx=Signal/}} app, "search" for their phone number, and then send them a message.		*** '''{{l/sub\|desktop\|pfx=Signal/}} app''':
	*** ~~Unverified: In~~ the {{l/sub\|mobile\|pfx=Signal/}} app~~, it~~ may be that you just add people to the regular Android address book and they will show up in Signal if they also have Signal installed.		**** <s>"search" for their phone number, and then send them a message.</s> ''This doesn't work; it only searches content of messages already received.''
			**** Go into a group conversation and add a new user. Enter the phone number of the person you want to add, and invite them. (This seems to function independently of the phone's Contacts data.)
			*** '''{{l/sub\|mobile\|pfx=Signal/}} app''':
			**** <s>Unverified: It may be that you just add people to the regular Android address book and they will show up in Signal if they also have Signal installed.</s> This does not seem to work.

Woozle at 00:27, 15 January 2020

2020-01-15T00:27:21Z

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	* '''Question''': how do you add someone who already has Signal installed? The only way I can find to add a new person is to "invite" them, which just sends them a text inviting them to install Signal.		* '''Question''': how do you add someone who already has Signal installed? The only way I can find to add a new person is to "invite" them, which just sends them a text inviting them to install Signal.
	** '''~~Answer~~'''~~: Tentatively, you can~~:		** '''Answers''':
	*** ~~Unverified:~~ In the {{l/sub\|desktop\|pfx=Signal/}} app, "search" for their phone number, and then send them a message.		*** In the {{l/sub\|desktop\|pfx=Signal/}} app, "search" for their phone number, and then send them a message.
	*** Unverified: In the {{l/sub\|mobile\|pfx=Signal/}} app, it may be that you just add people to the regular Android address book and they will show up in Signal if they also have Signal installed.		*** Unverified: In the {{l/sub\|mobile\|pfx=Signal/}} app, it may be that you just add people to the regular Android address book and they will show up in Signal if they also have Signal installed.

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* '''Question''': how do you add someone who already has Signal installed? The only way I can find to add a new person is to "invite" them, which just sends them a text inviting them to install Signal.
** '''Answer''': Tentatively, you can:
*** Unverified: In the {{l/sub|desktop|pfx=Signal/}} app, "search" for their phone number, and then send them a message.
*** Unverified: In the {{l/sub|mobile|pfx=Signal/}} app, it may be that you just add people to the regular Android address book and they will show up in Signal if they also have Signal installed.