Registering as primary device does not work
Hello!
I have been using whisperfish as primary device for some years and was affected by the recent policy change where signal disabled accounts without post-quantum cryptography keys set. Both whisperfish and the secondary desktop were disconnected. I removed .local/share/be.rubdos and .config/be.rubdos and tried to register with beta 34. When beta 35 came out, i removed the directories again and tried to re-register as primary device. It proceeds until I reach the captcha after entering my phone number. As soon as the captcha is solved, whisperfish shows an error message "Error Failed to setup Signal client" (same picture as other users posted in the sailfish forums).
I ran harbor-whisperfish -v and got the following output to stderr:
```
Creating new config path...
Creating empty config file...
Creating empty QSettings file...
Creating new storage path...
Creating storage and db folders...
library "libui_compat_layer.so" not found
library "libutils.so" not found
library "libcutils.so" not found
library "libhardware.so" not found
library "android.hardware.graphics.mapper@2.0.so" not found
library "android.hardware.graphics.mapper@2.1.so" not found
library "android.hardware.graphics.mapper@3.0.so" not found
library "android.hardware.graphics.mapper@4.0.so" not found
library "libc++.so" not found
library "libhidlbase.so" not found
library "libgralloctypes.so" not found
library "android.hardware.graphics.common@1.2.so" not found
library "libion.so" not found
library "libz.so" not found
library "libhidlmemory.so" not found
library "android.hidl.memory@1.0.so" not found
library "vendor.qti.qspmhal@1.0.so" not found
```
and the following messages to stdout:
```
2025-06-02T15:16:28.116948Z DEBUG whisperfish::qtlog: Using Wayland-EGL
2025-06-02T15:16:28.178863Z INFO whisperfish::gui: QmlApp::application loaded - version v0.6.0-beta.35
2025-06-02T15:16:28.179058Z WARN whisperfish::qtlog: src/sailfishapp.rs:211:int __cpp_closure_14317703314545309294_impl(QmlApplicationHolder* const&)(): Failed to load translator for ("en-US") Searched "/usr/share/harbour-whisperfish/translations" for "harbour-whisperfish"
2025-06-02T15:16:28.567199Z WARN whisperfish::qtlog: "Failed to attach key memory region for qtcontacts-sqlite-np: QSharedMemory::attach (shmget): doesn't exist"
2025-06-02T15:16:28.567314Z WARN whisperfish::qtlog: "Failed to open contacts transient store"
2025-06-02T15:16:28.567814Z WARN whisperfish::qtlog: "Unable to open synchronous engine database connection"
2025-06-02T15:16:28.568014Z WARN whisperfish::qtlog: QSqlQuery::prepare: database not open
2025-06-02T15:16:28.568109Z WARN whisperfish::qtlog: "Failed to prepare distinct display label group selection query: \n SELECT DISTINCT DisplayLabelGroup FROM DisplayLabels ORDER BY DisplayLabelGroupSortOrder ASC"
2025-06-02T15:16:28.584526Z WARN whisperfish::qtlog: qml/harbour-whisperfish-main.qml:441:5: QML Connections: Cannot assign to non-existent property "onRingingChanged"
2025-06-02T15:16:28.719390Z INFO run: whisperfish::worker::setup: identity_key not found
2025-06-02T15:16:28.719436Z INFO run: whisperfish::config::settings: Setting default settings.
2025-06-02T15:16:28.841284Z DEBUG whisperfish::qtlog: Starting favorites query at 385 ms
2025-06-02T15:16:28.842345Z WARN whisperfish::qtlog: qml/harbour-whisperfish-main.qml:41: ReferenceError: PeopleModel is not defined
2025-06-02T15:16:28.947782Z DEBUG whisperfish::qtlog: Favorites queried in 491 ms
2025-06-02T15:16:28.949032Z DEBUG whisperfish::qtlog: Starting metadata query at 493 ms
2025-06-02T15:16:28.952211Z DEBUG whisperfish::qtlog: All queried in 496 ms
2025-06-02T15:18:01.066678Z ERROR run: whisperfish::worker::setup: Error in registration: Not allowed to request verification code, reason unknown: RegistrationSessionMetadataResponse { id: "(removed)", next_sms: Some(0), next_call: None, next_verification_attempt: None, allowed_to_request_code: false, requested_information: [], verified: false }
2025-06-02T15:18:01.066991Z DEBUG run: whisperfish::qtlog: qml/harbour-whisperfish-main.qml:429:expression for onClientFailed(): [FATAL] client failed
2025-06-02T15:18:01.084458Z DEBUG run: whisperfish::qtlog: qml/pages/FatalErrorPage.qml:25:onCompleted(): [FATAL] error occurred: Failed to setup Signal client
2025-06-02T15:18:13.196067Z WARN whisperfish::qtlog: <Unknown File>: QML DBusAdaptor: Failed to unregister service be.rubdos.whisperfish
```
I guess the relevant line is: ```whisperfish::worker::setup: Error in registration: Not allowed to request verification code, reason unknown: RegistrationSessionMetadataResponse { id: "(removed)", next_sms: Some(0), next_call: None, next_verification_attempt: None, allowed_to_request_code: false, requested_information: [], verified: false }``` (I removed the message id but can add it, if it's useful).
Do you have an idea how to debug this? Repeated registration attempts didn't help, neither did choosing voice auth. My device is an Xperia 10 III with SFOS 5.0.062.
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