I’ve been wanting to link my Android tablet to Signal for ages now and recently came across Molly as an alternative app to use, which allows this possibility.
To import a backup from Signal you must use a matching or newer version of Molly, though, and where Molly is 6.41.3-2, Signal is 6.43.2, so I’ll have to wait a bit before I can switch, I suppose. Looking at the open issues on Github though, it seems linked devices aren’t all that stable yet.
How are your experiences with Molly, if you have them?
(I came across this disclaimer too: “unofficial forks are not supposed to use Signal’s infrastructure so Molly violates Signal’s TOS”.)
Yep, I’m doing it right now. I have the official Signal app on my main phone, then Molly on the second one.
I have to say, one thing that happened to me; I used to use Molly for both phones, but I would suddenly stop receiving messages on my main phone for some unknown reason. I would receive them on e.g. my computer client, but not my main phone. So I switched back to Signal as the main driver and Molly as the linked device…
Great, thanks for your reply. Could you briefly say how the setup works? Can I install Molly and then chose “linked device” or such in the setup process or is it more complicated?
Yep, I don’t remember the exact wording, but when you install Molly on your other device, you can select to use as a linked device, or restore a back-up, or register from scratch. Of course don’t enter your phone number, that will overwrite your account. There should just be a link on the main screen to link to your main.
I tried it and yes, it is that easy.