Frequently Asked Questions

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FAQ

Troubleshooting

• The app is extremely buggy, and/or is receiving messages sporadically? First, please disable all battery optimizations, enforced by your OS. This will generally solve the problem. If it doesn't, please report an issue. For more information, see Don't Kill My App.
• Strange characters are appearing in received texts? This is most likely a compatibility issue with Google Messages and is related to RCS.
• How do I collect logs? Occasionally, when solving an issue, the developers will ask for logs of the issue. These can be collected in multiple ways. On Graphene OS, after the issue has been reproduced, head to the app settings page, and tap Collect App Logs. On other versions of Android, you can use adb, with this command: adb shell logcat --pid=$(pidof -s dev.octoshrimpy.quik)
• Why are all my outgoing images/GIF's/videos low resolution? This is most likely caused by the Auto-compress MMS image attachments setting. We reccomend, trying different amounts of image compression, to see if this solves the problem. If this doesn't work, please open an issue.

Common

• Will RCS be supported? Currently it is not supported. There are many technical challenges to implementing RCS, including getting access to the RCS servers, and developing an application that implements all the required standards and features. Please see #124, where this issue is being tracked.
• Will End to End Encryption (E2E) be implemented? This is a planned feature that is on the roadmap for the near future. Any implementation will most likely involve using Deku SMS's system, of double-ratchet encryption, originally implemented by Signal.
• Will this app be available on Google Play? This is planned, and should be implemented soon.
• How can I send text messages using a computer, or another device? Currently, we recommend using KDE connect. It is also planned to develop some sort of web/desktop application. However, this is a massive undertaking, and will take time.
• What is the roadmap for this project? Please see planned features and all issues with the enhancement label.