Frequently Asked Questions

Connectivity Issues

Enable Notifications! This app needs push notifications to synchronise you with your connections and establish connections. You can block or mute people if there is a problem, but this app simply will not work right without

Update your phones!

If someone tried to connect to you, you may need to try and connect back to them as background threading is limited by mobile devices

Direct peer connections are not always possible, at this point we are not relaying

It seems like WebRTC is not officially supported on Apple. This stuff is kind of experimental, but we've tested and it seems to work

App more or less needs to be open on both devices to maintain a live connection.

You can retry after 30 seconds or so

Disconnect from Wi-Fi, force close the app, or try waiting 10 minutes.

Sometimes push alerts to Apple devices take minutes or timeout from APNS.

Account

FlyTexting can only be logged into on 1 phone at a time with a given account

There are recovery/transfer options you can configure in settings

You can sign onto your new phone by having a code sent to your old phone that you are logged into, or via recovery email