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                                            Joel Hedlund

Signal crashes during the initial setup process, making it effectively impossible to restore a backup

Repeating the above steps after app restart takes you to the Verify phone number screen, without the time consuming step of reading in messages from the backup. Phone number verification...

Signal crashes during the initial setup process, making it effectively impossible to restore a backup

Restarting the setup a third time inputting the correct PIN takes you back to the verify phone number step. Every verification eats one of your allowed attempts per day. Repeating...

Signal crashes during the initial setup process, making it effectively impossible to restore a backup

Signal now has a notification going (seemingly forever?) that says "Checking for messages".

Signal crashes during the initial setup process, making it effectively impossible to restore a backup

I've retried with the current beta, same behavior. Frankly, this inability to recover from disaster is quite a serious problem.

Signal crashes during the initial setup process, making it effectively impossible to restore a backup

At what point do you suggest I produce the debuglog? I made the ones below now after a fresh install of the beta. Just before the crash (after restoration of...

Signal crashes during the initial setup process, making it effectively impossible to restore a backup

Any suggestions on how I might recover my message history in the meantime?