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johanw666 / Signal-Android

Fork from a private messenger for Android with extra options added: full backup and (partial, ony text) xml backup of messages. Restore can happen at any time, not only after a fresh install. Import SMS database. Import of (unencrypted) WhatsApp databases. Removed apk expire. Choose between passphrase protection and the Android screenlock. Choice for the backup location (internal or removable storage on Android < 11 (on 11 and higher this is already possible)). Set the maptype in the place picker. Option to treat view-once media as normal media. Option to ignore remote deletion. Choose between FCM or websocket notification delivery.
https://johanw.home.xs4all.nl/Signal/signal-jw.html
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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Will this fork support SMS after signal drops it? #58

Closed Jabraco closed 1 year ago

Jabraco commented 1 year ago

Hi, coming here after signal announced that they would be dropping SMS support from the app (https://www.signal.org/blog/sms-removal-android/)

Will this fork continue this feature? I am interested in this fork at the least because of the apk expiry feature (so I can keep old version and keep SMS), but would also like to know if this is something that is feasible for the future of this fork.

There is currently a large thread about the removal of this feature on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/y27x4d/removing_sms_support_from_signal_android_soon/) and many people are thinking of an exodus from signal without this.

johanw666 commented 1 year ago

No, I will not continue to support sms., doing so would require so much changes in Signal that it is way beyond the scope of this project.