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Registration fails with "error registering with server": project is discontinued. Therefore as the open bug won't get fixed anymore changing "open bug" to "unfixed bug"
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Tips and tricks: Link to the signal-cli website
 
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=== Registration ===
=== Registration ===
NOTE: The registration process described here was still [https://gitlab.com/signald/signald/-/issues/372 broken] when the project was discontinued. Please refer to the [[Signald#Troubleshooting|troubleshooting section]] below for a workaround using signal-cli.


Connect and register a phone number of an existing Signal account using following command. It will print a QR code which you can scan on your mobile device. Navigate to "Settings -> Linked devices" on your mobile app.
Connect and register a phone number of an existing Signal account using following command. It will print a QR code which you can scan on your mobile device. Navigate to "Settings -> Linked devices" on your mobile app.
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Sometimes you'll have to generate and supply a [https://signald.org/articles/captcha/ captcha verification code] to this command by using the <code>--captcha</code> parameter. The registration process described here might be [https://gitlab.com/signald/signald/-/issues/372 currently broken], please refer the troubleshooting section here for a workaround.
Sometimes you'll have to generate and supply a [https://signald.org/articles/captcha/ captcha verification code] to this command by using the <code>--captcha</code> parameter.


In the last step, enter the verification number you received via SMS using this command
In the last step, enter the verification number you received via SMS using this command
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== Tips and tricks ==
== Tips and tricks ==
=== Similar projects ===
[https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli signal-cli] is the successor of Signald and the project recommended all former users to migrate towards it.


=== Python chat bot ===
=== Python chat bot ===