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Re:Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal by finnn on Saturday February 11, 2017 @08:49PM (#13626112)
Yes, it's possible to use this from with a smartphone. The README did say something specific, like, how to do it. In the app go to Settings -> Linked Devices -> add a new one. Decode the URL in the QR code, then add it to signal-cli like this:

signal-cli -u USERNAME addDevice --uri "tsdevice:/…"

As outlined in the README under the "Linking other devices" section

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Re:Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal by Trolldemorted on Sunday February 12, 2017 @04:17AM (#13627549)
Settings -> Linked Devices -> add a new one won't give you a QR code.

The QR codes are encoded tsdevice:// links which are presented by ready-to-mate slave devices.

If you want to link a signal-cli instance to an Android, you have to encode the cli's tsdevice link into an qrcode and scan it.

If you want to link an Android to a signal-cli instance, you have to use my fork. https://github.com/Trolldemorted/Signal-Android/tree/multide...

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Re:Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal by privong on Saturday February 11, 2017 @09:05PM (#13626197)
Thanks. Though the README also says:

> To be able to receive messages signal-cli uses a patched libsignal-service-java, because libsignal-service-java does not yet support registering for the websocket support nor provisioning as a slave device.

So maybe you can add a smartphone if you've already registered via the CLI but not the reverse? The wording is unclear to me.

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Re:Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal by finnn on Saturday February 11, 2017 @09:13PM (#13626228)
That line is explaining why signal-cli doesn't use the real libsignal, but a modified copy of it. They've modified it to support shit like that. However, https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/issues/49 makes it sound like you may have other issues.
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