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Devices

Paired phones, reconnecting, and forgetting a phone.

The Devices page lists the phones paired with this PC, and is where new ones pair.

Paired phones

A paired phone keeps a key for this PC and presents it when it connects. The PC keeps only a fingerprint (a SHA-256) of each key, so the key itself never sits on the PC. It remembers up to 16 phones, and forgets the one it saw longest ago when a seventeenth pairs.

Phones that are away stay on the list, ready to reconnect.

Disconnect or forget

  • Disconnect closes the connection now. The phone stays paired and can reconnect.
  • Forget revokes the phone's key. To use it again, pair it again.
  • New code replaces the six-digit code. It doesn't disconnect anyone.

Reconnecting

When the phone comes back to the foreground or back online, it reconnects at once. While connected, it keeps its screen on.