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Connect a new device

If you work on a new computer, on a new phone or in a new browser, connect the new device with a device on which fepli already unlocks. No admin is needed for this.

Prerequisites

  • Your account has access to the encrypted data.
  • A connected device is next to you, for example your phone.

Steps

  1. Sign in on the new device and select the lock in the top bar.
  2. Select Connect with another device and keep the window open.
  3. Open fepli on the connected device and select Connect new device in the top bar. Only connect if the new device is right in front of you.
  4. Connect the device:
    • With a QR code: if the new device is a computer, it shows a QR code. On your connected phone, select Scan QR code and point the camera at the code. There is no emoji comparison.
    • With emojis: select Start comparison. Compare the 7 emojis on both screens, picture and order. If all of them match, select They match on both devices. If one differs, select They don't match.

If the new device is a phone, it shows no QR code, because a phone cannot scan its own screen; compare emojis instead.

Result

Both devices show Device connected. From now on, the new device unlocks by itself and is listed on the Security page under Connected devices.

If it does not work

ProblemRemedy
Connect new device does not appear on the connected device.Reload the page there. If the lock is closed, unlock first.
The phone's camera app opens nothing with the code.Scan the code in fepli with Scan QR code. Only there is it read.
Scan QR code is missing.The button is there on a phone only. On a computer, select Start comparison.
“The camera cannot be opened. Compare the emojis instead.”Allow fepli to use the camera and select Scan QR code again, or select Start comparison.
“This request is no longer valid. …” after scanningThe request has expired or was cancelled. On the new device, select Connect with another device again and scan the new QR code.
You have no connected device left.On the new device, select No connected device left? and then Set up access again. A colleague with access confirms it: Confirm an access request by comparing emojis.
“Only you have access in the team. Restore it with the emergency kit.”Recover access with the emergency kit.
A device is lost or no longer yours.Remove it on the Security page under Connected devices with .

See also

← BackConfirm an access request by comparing emojisNext →Create a new emergency kit