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When my phone gets turned off I get a signal can't connect error message on the current desktop app. I don't know if that's just how my account and desktop app
by vel0city 3y ago
When my phone gets turned off I get a signal can't connect error message on the current desktop app. I don't know if that's just how my account and desktop app is linked, but that's my current experience.
- Vinnl 3y agoOh huh, that is weird - I can use Signal Desktop even with my phone turned off, that I am certain of.
- vel0city 3y agoActually, I retract my earlier statement. I just successfully sent a message on Signal while my phone was turned off. I'm not sure when that changed or if its different on other machines, but I've definitely seen the yellow warning of not being available to send messages on a different computer in the past month or two.
- imkh 3y agoThe Desktop app is definitely independent from your primary device, once it's been linked. The WhatsApp desktop app used to require a connection to your phone, but even they updated it recently to the same architecture as Signal, where each device connects directly to the server. If you don't open the Desktop app for a few weeks though, there is a "syncing" step where it fetches the recent messages queue from the server (can't remember the exact number, might be the last 1000 messages or all messages from the last 30 days or something similar).