Install the Signal desktop app.
Install Java either offline or online.
Download precompiled signal-cli binaries: signal-cli-*.tar.gz
and extract its contents to a new directory, e.g. C:\usr\signal
Replace ALL-CAPITALS
with your actual values.
bin\signal-cli.bat -u +COUNTRY-CODE-YOUR-PHONE-NUMBER register
- Receive the verification code in SMS
bin\signal-cli.bat -u +COUNTRY-CODE-YOUR-PHONE-NUMBER verify VERIFICATION-CODE-RECEIVED-IN-SMS
- Open Signal Desktop app
- Make a cropped screenshot of the QR code
- Decode the QR code with ZXing Decoder Online
bin\signal-cli.bat -u +COUNTRY-CODE-YOUR-PHONE-NUMBER addDevice --uri "tsdevice:/QR-CODE-PARSED-RESULT"
bin\signal-cli.bat -u +COUNTRY-CODE-YOUR-PHONE-NUMBER listDevices
Documentation: https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/blob/master/man/signal-cli.1.adoc
Start using Signal without a smartphone :)
Find user data to backup in %USERPROFILE%\.local\share\signal-cli\
Supported locales are stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\signal-desktop\locales
Change locale on the command line: Signal.exe --lang=en-US
I am sorry I am a newbee, I am not sure to understand
My understanding is that right JRE version is encompassed in the JDK and that the sole JRE program is an old version of it.
It did work for me installing JDK whereas the sole JRE install program I had didn't work