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How To

Move to a New Phone

A new phone gets a new key. Add your hosts again, then remove the old phone.

Your device key lives in the Secure Enclave of one phone. It cannot be copied or restored from a backup. So a new phone, or a fresh install, needs to be added to each host again.

Steps

  1. Install pocketty on the new phone. It makes a new device key on first launch.
  2. Add each host again, with a code or the setup command.
  3. Allow notifications. pocketty pairs with each daemon when it connects.
  4. On each host, remove the old phone: its pairing and its key.

Imported Keys

If a host uses an imported key, paste the same key into the new phone. Imported keys stay in the Keychain of the phone where you added them.

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