No activation code received via SMS.

[mschilli87]

I installed the pluging on SFOS as per the wiki.
I do have a 'Telegram' option in the 'Accounts' section of the 'Settings' menu but after entering my number (already in use with Telegram), I am prompted to enter a code I should receive via SMS. This SMS however, does not arrive. Is this a known issue? Is SFOS not supported anymore? Thanks in advance for your help.

[a-andreyev]

Hello! Not sure about the exact issue, unfortunately, but here are the issues that could be related:

• The desktop client can not log in with SMS anymore. Another device (e.g. Android or iOS) is required to authorize on the desktop. See also: no login by sms code in desktop version telegramdesktop/tdesktop#16153 and https://bugs.telegram.org/c/4239
• After successful login, an automated telegram ban system could produce false-positive cases for the non-official clients. See also: BANNED for logging in (do not use this client anymore!) procxx/kepka#254 (comment) and https://docs.telethon.dev/en/latest/quick-references/faq.html#my-account-was-deleted-limited-when-using-the-library

[mschilli87]

Thank you for the reply.
I can login using the same device and phone number using the Fernschreiber app. So I doubt my account is banned.
Also, I am not using the Desktop version but the SailfishOS integration described in the Wiki article I linked.
Is there a workaround like manually editing a file over SSH to set a session token or the like?
Has anyone else managed to connect to Telegram using the SFOS integration on a recent Sailfish version?

[a-andreyev]

The same issues are relatively recent and are general for the telegram clients and libraries (not limited by the desktop client or the mentioned python library). See also: Fernschreiber user recent ban report, so be careful anyway (as described via the mentioned projects' links).

Not sure how to set up the session-related data manually, sorry (some entry point is here: wiki/Troubleshooting#where-telepathy-morse-stores-the-account-data, the rest could probably be found via the telegram-qt project sources).

Do you have Android/iOS open sessions for your account (maybe the codes could be received there)?

Sorry, I don't have the recent Sailfish OS version with the project integration installed, so can't help with some success story example, unfortunately.

[mschilli87]

I never touched either an Android nor an iOS device. I'd rather stop using Telegram. Just wanted to rule out I am doing something wrong here. So I guess I'll consider this broken but wontfix (or rather can't?) and move on with my life. 😉
I'll leave this open for others and I am willing to try whatever suggestion people come up with but I won't actively work on this and wouldn't mind if you decide to close this issue.
Thank you for you support!