hi.
This question was actually discussed a lot on this ml and on the gitlab.
You can read some examples:
here https://git.ring.cx/savoirfairelinux/ring-client-android/issues/518
and here https://git.ring.cx/savoirfairelinux/ring-client-android/issues/518
In short, if you uninstall ring and didn't save your account archive
somewhere... you have deleted your account forever and nobody will be
able to retrieve it. Ring doesn't use a central server to store accounts
infos and doesn't work with login/password.
So, when you create a Ring account, you will generate a pair of keys on
your device. These keys are only stored on YOUR device in an archive.
When you want to export these pair of key, you can use two ways:
1. Directly export the archive on a USB key for example and then, import
the account's archive (not available on Android for now)
2. Export on the DHT, then import on the other device. To protect this
archive on the network, the PIN is necessary (Ring can work without any
password)
I hope I am clear enough.
Sebastien
On 10/26/18 6:37 AM, Pierre Louis wrote:
Dear Ring community
I had to reinstall the Ring app on my Android phone (via f-droid). I
was not able to generate a PIN to add a new device (and this is
technically not a new device). Unfortunately, I cannot link my
existing account to the application anymore, without having the PIN. I
did not install ring on any other device, so I cannot generate the PIN
number from anywhere else.
Is there a way to solve this problem other than create another account?
Technically, why is the PIN code needed rather than a simple
login/password authentication method?
Thank you very much for your help
Pierre Louis
