PEpetodo·Jan 25, 2023
here you can download APK since he doesn't provide one
https://github.com/johanw666/Signal-Android
In Show HN: Signal-Android – A fork of Signal that provides SMS supportjohanw666
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Signal-Android
Fork from a private messenger for Android with extra options added.
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I couldn't agree more, and I love to see this kind of a response to their change in focus. Here's another fork doing something similar:…
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What Hacker News says
7 sourcesthere is already Singal fork with no APK expire whrere you can keep using SMS as long as you want
https://github.com/johanw666/Signal-Android
In Show HN: Signal-Android – A fork of Signal that provides SMS supportYou could save yourself work and just link Johann's fork with no APK expire
https://github.com/johanw666/Signal-Android
Personally I just uninstalled the fork yesterday and just switched to default Lineage messaging app to receive SMS messages (and rarely write some) and for the rest I'm using Whatsapp, since only like 4 of my contacts were on Signal anyway (and I talk rarely only with 1 of them).
But I'm always looking for E2E messaging app with SMS support as backup option for Whatsapp (and pls no Facebook/Google/Microsoft product, I'm aware they all have something like that).
In Show HN: Signal-Android – A fork of Signal that provides SMS supportI couldn't agree more, and I love to see this kind of a response to their change in focus.
Here's another fork doing something similar: https://github.com/johanw666/Signal-Android/releases
In Show HN: Signal-Android – A fork of Signal that provides SMS supportDunno about stories, but Johann's fork has no APK expiration, so just keep version with SMS support prior stories added and you should be fine.
https://github.com/johanw666/Signal-Android/releases
In Signal Introduces StoriesJust use Johann's fork with SMS support and no APK expiration and don't update it. This would either buy you some months before proper alternative will be introduced or at best work infinitely.
https://github.com/johanw666/Signal-Android/releases
In Signal Introduces StoriesThere is a fork that has the ability to export to encrypted zip, plain text, and the full database [1]. There seems to be a general theme of the dev's not supporting export/import functionality [2].
[1] https://github.com/johanw666/Signal-Android
[2] https://community.signalusers.org/t/lets-talk-about-backups/...
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