Whisperfish - The unofficial SailfishOS Signal client

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#445

Do you mean whisperfish will not import the backup from the Signal app?

#446

Yes, it will always start with an empty database, it never imports anything.

#447

Isn’t that the case with the original app also?

#448

As far as I know, it is! Don’t they have some import functionality though? Back-up/restore?

#449

Yes, you can transfer Signal from one phone to the other with their backup/import functionality.

#450

i am back on saiflish on a gs290, fernschreiber works, whisperfish crrashes in authentication
i can see shortly something white then gone

Failed to configure collation for en US
Failed to attach key memory
are the last two lines

any hints ?
i have signal running of my linux laptop if that hellps

#451

That’s not in verbose logging (–verbose), but probably doesn’t matter: the captcha rendering is currently broken, apparently for almost everyone.

#452

Exact same symptons, same phone. Still works on 3.4.

#453

Hi,

I installed the last week wisperfish in my xa2, with sf 4.3 build 4.3.0.12, and it’s crashing when I try to authenticate. I think it’s the same as @pawel.spoon have. Can we have something to help you?

Thanks

#454

Yep, every installation with 4.3 is impacted on registration. We’ve been looking for a solution since December, but alas, for now. At first sight, 4.4 doesn’t fix it either.

Additionally, Whisperfish doesn’t install on the 4.4 EA, which is current priority.

#455

Ok, thanks!

Any dependency that I should know? maybe I can try to build it this weekend in my machine…

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#456

Feel free to try, but be wary of the difficulty. The current upstream cargo and rustc are not sufficient to build Whisperfish, and I only expect the patched version to come in the 5.0 SDK (or 4.5 if that would happen).

If you want to try, I suggest you sync up with us on Matrix (#whisperfish:rubdos.be)

#457

oh, it’s rust! ok, in that case, I cannot help.

Sorry, I hope you get a solution soon!

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#458

4.5 was mentioned already in the release notes because at that point rpm compression changes to zstd, and that’s why 4.4 is a stop gap release.

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#459

Is the current Whisperfish working with SFOS 4.4?

#460

For me, it is’nt (20)

#461

It doesn’t install, and it doesn’t have SailJail compatibility. I should be able to get the next version out on Saturday, which will also include a workaround for registration and a whole bunch of other good stuff.

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#462

That is great news, thank you!

#463

Thank you. Just wanted to mention that the upgrade to 4.4 on an XA2+ requested the removal of wisperfish. I did not upgrade because of it haha ;-p

#464

ah good, looking forward to it! <3