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Dual Messenger For Signal App

(Topic created on: 01-14-2021 05:49 PM)
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karandriems
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Dual Messenger is limited for few apps only. Just we have started new messenger app like signal but we are not able to implement for signal  app.

Please provide dual messenger for signal app also.
Thanks 
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They'll. Whatsapp Facebook messenger those were/are most popular apps . That's why they optimized their dual app function for them. Wait for sometime. Let Singal be the popular app and see what happens next. Else you can give them feedback from members app home page.
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ghost135354
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+1 for this - I can't imagine it being much more than adding the application com name to the features supported app since it's just using the underlying Android Work / Knox feature. 

 

 

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benjaminbellamy
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You can force "dual messenger" installation, but note that app permissions won't work so you won't be able to share pictures:

- Enable developer mode on your phone (Setting > About Phone, then click 7 times on Build number, then Setting > Developer, enable USB)

- Plug your phone to your computer

- On your computer install adb : https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools

- Run "adb devices" on your computer terminal to verify that adb can access your phone (it should say "List of devices attached" then list all attached phones)

- Run "adb shell", then "pm list users" to get your dual user ID. You should get something like :
y2s:/ $ pm list users
Users:
UserInfo{0:Benjamin:c13} running
UserInfo{95:DUAL_APP:20001030} running
(where 95 is my dual user ID)

Then type "exit" to exit adb shell

- Download Signal APK : https://signal.org/android/apk/
- Install Signal on your phone with dual user ID by running: "adb install --user 95 Signal-Android-website-prod-universal-release-5.1.9.apk"

(where 95 is your dual user ID and Signal-Android-website-prod-universal-release-5.1.9.apk is the Signal APK you previously downloaded.)

That's it!

PS: Remember to disable developer mode when you're done for security reasons.

 

More info here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/add-non-messenger-apps-to-samsung-dual-messenger.3817250/

bullmastiffo
Beginner Level 4
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I've found a way to do it much simpler, once you have adb shell.

- Enable developer mode on your phone (Setting > About Phone, then click 7 times on Build number, then Setting > Developer, enable USB)

- Plug your phone to your computer

- On your computer install adb : https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools

- Run "adb devices" on your computer terminal to verify that adb can access your phone (it should say "List of devices attached" then list all attached phones)

- Run "adb shell", then "pm list users" to get your dual user ID. You should get something like :
y2s:/ $ pm list users
Users:

UserInfo{0:Benjamin:c13} running
UserInfo{95:DUAL_APP:20001030} running
(where 95 is my dual user ID)

type:
pm install-existing --user 95 org.thoughtcrime.securesms

You should see:
Package org.thoughtcrime.securesms installed for user: 95

Done!

benjaminbellamy
Beginner Level 4
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It seems that you need a "regular" messenger app (Whatsapp, FB, Snapchat, FB messenger…) installed in order to have a dual account.

Now that I uninstalled Whatsapp I don't have a "95" dual account anymore… 😕

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SauravArora
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You can install a second copy of Signal in Secure Folder.
ray-j
Beginner Level 4
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Can you please provide further infos on how to do this?

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Teun
Beginner Level 4
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Yes, I also need this. Why is Telegram supported but not Signal?

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jamal01
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Please add signal to dual messenger 

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