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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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SMS support #76

Closed Teetoow closed 1 year ago

Teetoow commented 1 year ago

Hi,

Since official signal app removed the SMS support, is it possible for your fork to keep getting sms working? I tried this app thinking sms was still available but i didn't found how to enable it. Thanks in advance.

robjob1938 commented 1 year ago

Teetoow, the apk expire is turned off on this apk. You can download the older Jan 13 version before the SMS timer was installed.

https://github.com/johanw666/Signal-Android/releases/tag/v6.8.2.0-JW

It would be better if the developer disabled the SMS timer on a newer version, but I doubt they will. Please note, backups don't work when going to an older version, so you will start from scratch.

johanw666 commented 1 year ago

I won't do the probably lots of extra work of maintaining sms support, which outside the US is only a small niche. If it is possible at all with phone number privacy,