Phone guide

Sign in to this site with your own PCOC on the phone app. Make that file first with the desktop guide. The app download is on Demonstrations. Screenshots for this guide are coming. More guides are on the Help page.

1. What you need

   An Android phone, the debug APK from Demonstrations, and the nsec you saved on the desktop.

   You also need your own PCOC from the desktop guide. The phone stores that file. It does not use a published demo key. If you have no PCOC yet, make one on the desktop first.

   

2. Install the APK

   On Demonstrations, download the debug APK. Side-load only. It is not on the Play Store.

   1. Download the APK.
   2. Copy it onto the phone if you downloaded it on a computer.
   3. Open the APK.
   4. If Android asks, allow this source to install apps.
   5. Confirm the install, then open the app.

   

3. Add your account

   Open Accounts and press Add an existing account. On Sign In, press Paste Your Key and paste your own nsec, then press Sign In. Use the same nsec as the desktop hike. A new account from this app is a different key.

   

   

4. Import your PCOC

   Open the drawer and press PCOC. Two ways to bring the file in:

   • File. Press Import PCOC, then Choose a file, and pick pcoc.cbor. The screen says the file is saved for this account.
   • Nostr DM. After Send on the desktop, the phone shows PCOC .cbor DM received. Press Approve. Dismiss stores nothing.

   

   

   

5. Open the Sign in page

   On https://groundinglab.io/sign-in/, press Sign in with PCOC. The page shows a QR code. It lasts about two minutes. New code starts another one. Copy code is the same link, if the camera cannot scan it.

   

6. Scan and approve

   In the app, open PCOC, then Sign in. The first time, press Sign in on the short intro. Point the camera at the QR. The screen says Signing in to https://groundinglab.io. Let it finish. It signs with this account and the saved PCOC.

   If the camera cannot read the code, press Paste code and paste the link from Copy code.

   

   

7. See the website result

   Look at the website tab. When the check is accepted, it opens Welcome. The phone says Sign-in submitted and Check the site you're signing in to. Press Close to leave that sheet.

   

   

8. Troubleshooting

   • Wrong file. Import PCOC says the file could not be read, and nothing was stored. Pick pcoc.cbor from the desktop data folder. A PCOC for a different login says This saved PCOC is for a different login. It was not sent.
   • Expired QR. The code lasts about two minutes. Press New code on the website and scan again. The phone can say Expired.
   • Not a sign-in link. The phone says That is not a sign-in link. Nothing was sent. Scan the QR from Sign in with PCOC on this site, or paste that same link. Press Scan again to retry.

   

No PCOC yet

The phone can say You need a PCOC first. Create one on this phone, or use Import PCOC. Make yours on the desktop, then come back to step 4.

Desktop guide