I have a question to all users of the app Signal (former Redphone) who run on Fairphone’s OS (yes, I’m talking to you, @madde ). Can you place secure calls?
I’m asking because, surprise surprise, most of the time I can’t. I have just performed a hard reset, so all installations are fresh - still, about 9 out of 10 times Signal calls won’t work.
When that happens, often the first call is established (the ping sound emerges) but I can’t hear anything (nor the recipient can). In subsequent attempts a strange screen appears, without any information about the recipient:
I filed this into the Café category for now, as it is not about Software maintained by Fairphone. If we find out that it is indeed a misbehaviour of Fairphone OS, it will be moved back.
I updated from former Redphone App and can place calls as before and it works fine for me. It has, and had before, sometimes difficulties to place a call, depending if the remote does other things on its phone or if it’s idle, probably also on network connectivity between the phones and the server.
Thanks guys. Yeah, 3.3.1 includes a commit that addresses certain problems with calls. The last times I checked, I could place calls successfully, too. Besides, before that, other devices seem to have been affected as well, not just our favourite gadget.