Axolotl - no contact import or creation possible

ma

I had the same problem today. I could not add a new contact. As a result, I added the person (only the name and phone number) manually in the following file:

~/.config/textsecure.nanuc/registeredContacts.yml

DerRalf1983

Hello @fla , thank you for the fast response!

Ok, good to know! Sadly i am just now starting to learn the Go language, so that i would not be of much help.

@ma : Thank you for the thint, the workaround works!

Volkmar

@ma Thank you for the hint. As I am a new user, I do not have any registered list and hence the file does not exist on my device.
Could anybody please post a file dummy here?

Thanks!

Fla

@volkmar if you click on the "+" icon in the bottom right, that doesn't allow you to add a contact?

(also to @ma @DerRalf1983 and others): only add a contact this way if you are sure that this number is a registered Signal account otherwise you can be blocked by Signal.

I just did a new Axolotl version warning about this, I will publish it tomorrow.

Fla

if you click on the "+" icon in the bottom right, that doesn't allow you to add a contact?

Answering myself: No, that doesn't work at the moment.

Please do not try to import or add contacts using Axolotl v0.9.3. We're pushing a v0.9.4 in the coming hours with a workaround. Thank you.

Fla

The release is now tagged https://github.com/nanu-c/axolotl/releases/tag/v0.9.4
Coming soon to the OpenStore.

ma

@fla I now get the message "Your registration is faulty. Please consider to register again." Do you think this is because of the manually added name in registeredContacts.yml? Do you have any idea how to solve the problem other than re-registering? Thanks.

GT

@ma I didn't do anything with contacts, but I also get the message "Your registration is faulty. Please consider to register again."

Attention: The dialog recommends to delete the registration and registering again. Registering again seems to delete all chats!!! Is there any way to get the chats back? Thanks in advance.
--> I posted this question here: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5485/axolotl-all-messages-contacts-gone-after-your-registration-is-faulty-please-consider-to-register-again

Fla

@ma Signal servers were overloaded this afternoon, situation is back to normal now.

Moem

@ma said in Axolotl - no contact import or creation possible:

I had the same problem today. I could not add a new contact. As a result, I added the person (only the name and phone number) manually in the following file:

~/.config/textsecure.nanuc/registeredContacts.yml

Thanks to the information in your post, I just succesfully exported my Axolotl contact list from one device and imported it into another device.
I did this by copypaste, using the file manager to put a copy of registeredContacts.yml into an accessible part of the file system (Downloads); I then transferred it to the Downloads directory of the new device, using the file manager of my laptop (both devices were connected with cables).
Then I placed the transferred file into the ~/.config/textsecure.nanuc/ directory of the new device, and when I started Axolotl on the new device, the contact list was populated.

I have described the process in a newcomer-friendly way here so that people like me can understand it.