iOS pairing for existing account is hard
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Description
Onboarding a new account with iOS is easy, but trying to log in with an existing account (on Linux PC) on iOS is hard.
The help documents say to tap "add device" and a QR code will appear, but no QR code appears on the phone or the PC.
However, when I tried to pair an account made on iOS with my Linux PC, the PC showed a QR code in the terminal, and my PC was able to log in to my phone's account.
I'm guessing the opposite should mean my phone should show the QR code and my PC should scan it???
I ended up fiddling around for a while until I just generated a paper key on my PC and typed it into my Phone.
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Research direction
Reproduce the existing-account pairing flow between an iOS phone and a Linux PC, starting with the help-document instruction to tap "add device" and the contrasting terminal QR-code flow. Determine which device should display or scan the QR code, then verify that pairing works without resorting to a paper key.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, linux
- Domain
- authentication, mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100