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(Created page with "==How To== * In the settings on your phone, go to the linked-devices listing. * There is a blue "(+)" button at the bottom right -- press that. * This will activate the camera...")
 
(There are now instructions for connecting a desktop via QR code.)
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* There is a blue "(+)" button at the bottom right -- press that.
 
* There is a blue "(+)" button at the bottom right -- press that.
 
* This will activate the camera so that Signal can scan the [[QR code]] and add your desktop.
 
* This will activate the camera so that Signal can scan the [[QR code]] and add your desktop.
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==Woozle Notes==
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==Questions==
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At first, it really wasn't obvious how to do this. Here was my first attempt:
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* [[Signal/question|Questions]] 1-3 apply to the desktop app.
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* I run the desktop app.
 
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* A window pops up with a QR code and the text "Link your phone to Signal Desktop".
 
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** Minus: there are no instructions explaining how to do that.
 
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* I run the camera app to detect the QR code.
 
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* I open the link found by the camera (in the QR code), and I get a message that the Signal app has crashed. (Have tried it twice.)
 
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** Note: the Signal app I was already running has not crashed, because I got a message on it just a couple of minutes later.
 
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The Signal app still thinks my laptop is linked, and there doesn't seem to be any way to pull the QR code into the app directly.
 
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The Signal app does have a camera feature, but the feature refuses to switch to the normal camera, and the self-facing camera doesn't seem to recognize the QR code.
 
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I finally noticed that there were some cryptic instructions next to the Android and iOS icons underneath the QR code. They suggested there is a "(+)" button in the "devices" page. I had looked at that page, but hadn't noticed the "(+)" because it was down at the bottom right instead of at the top (where command-graphics usually go) or under the last item (where new-item things usually go).
 

Revision as of 00:33, 15 January 2020

How To

  • In the settings on your phone, go to the linked-devices listing.
  • There is a blue "(+)" button at the bottom right -- press that.
  • This will activate the camera so that Signal can scan the QR code and add your desktop.

Questions

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