I’ve recently started using signal and getting some of my contacts switched. I have a signal contact that’s in my iPhone contact list, but isn’t linked and I can’t find any way to get that link created. He’s tried toggling the privacy->phone number options on and off, the “who can see” and “who can find me”, with no luck.

One possible clue - my first signal connection to this contact was in a group chat, I texted the link and he joined signal that way. No idea if relevant.

Any thoughts?

  • The Hobbyist@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    I think this is the case if you add them to your contacts from within signal, compared to doing it yourself in your contacts app.

    • krelvar@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Correct, that’s exactly what I did. We got it sorted out, through some combination of deleting the contact, deleting the chat, etc. I think the actual fix was to delete the contact and have them send their QR code directly and open it that way.

      • Delamcode@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        I had a similar issue, noticed I had a different version of their phone number (usually happens with (0) numbers, though I’m not sure about Signal specifically)