Whisperfish - The unofficial SailfishOS Signal client

Okay thanks, now it is clear for me too :slight_smile:

Since SFOS 5.0.0.55, my Whisperfish cannot receive messages anymore. Whisperfish is set up as a primary device on the Xperia 10 ii.

@best-test-400 has reported a similar bug: “Updated Sony Xperia 10 II to Tampella 5.0.0.55 → Whisperfish can send messages but does not receive them any more, no matter which internet data option is selected.”

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@best-test-400 made an issue on Gitlab too, but reinstalled the whole phone, so we can’t debug it anymore.

Any chance you can try the same? Run harbour-whisperfish --verbose from CLI, and see whether it gives some interesting output?

I also have the same problem

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I created issue #734 for this on the Gitlab.
I’m a newbie there so I hope the writings and stuff makes sense there :relaxed:

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I want to say greetings for all the Whisperfish users and welcome all the new comers to the forum.

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:warning: Whisperfish beta.34 :warning:

Contains two mitigations for vulnerabilities, discovered by @valldrac. Vulnerabilities will be listed as CVE-2025-24904 and CVE-2025-24903, and could practically bypass end-to-end encryption, which means that a malicious actor could, theoretically, impersonate one of your contacts. We have no knowledge of exploits in the wild.

Changes

  • Fixes for two impersonation vulnerabilities
  • Preliminary parsing and linking of geo:-urls
  • Fixes for linking and registration
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Updated thank you very much, working fine! :blush:

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Linking did work for me :slight_smile:
Thanks !!!

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I don’t know whether the issue that @lumen mentions (gitlab #734) is the same what I experience, but: my primary device is an Xperia 10 III with AppSupport (official Signal client). WF on the Fairphone 5 is linked as secondary. Now, whenever I send a message with my secondary device, it never gets marked as read in the primary client, although recipients have read and answered my message. If I send messages with the official client, they become marked as read, if the recipient reads them.
If the issue is already mentioned in this epic thread, I am sorry for double-posting :wink:

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My guess is that we experience exactly the same thing :relaxed:

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Interesting article about phishing attacks on Signal:

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I noticed one more strange thing: I also have the Signal Desktop App running on my Debian-Laptop. When I receive a message and the chat is already open on my Laptop, the message is never delivered to my Whisperfish secondary device.

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Is it a group chat? Does the message arrive from the same sender in the same chat when Signal Desktop is closed?

It is a chat only 1:1, and yes, the messages before and after the message in question arrived at my WF. Only the one that was sent while I had the chat open in Signal desktop is missing.

Hi Rubdos, at first, many thanks for this fantastic app! With the C2 I decided to get rid of the Signal Android App. So I registered Whisperfish on the C2 as primary device. Everything works as expected, but I have one question:

My profile picture is not shown in my profile and contacts I chat directly with, do not see my picture. But in groups I can see my picture. Is there anything I can do, that my existing profile picture is available for all again?

Btw.: This is only a nice-to-have :wink:

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Dont get rid of android.
There are every now and then weeks when something breaks due to signal api changes :slight_smile:

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Yes, it is better to have a backup. If you switch of the Notifications for the Android App it doesn’t disturb

Ok, I tried this on my old XA2, but Signal always notified me at least 2 or 3 times a day. Very annoying, but ok, I try it again.

How did you set your profile picture? The only way I know, is to have a linked device (e.g. Signal Desktop) to set the picture. Note that your registration has been nullified since you registered Whisperfish as primary, so you started with a fresh account.

EDIT: Hmm, does Whisperfish implement uploading profile pictures? I vaguely recall that possibly @direc85 implemented that at some point. :'-)