Logging in
After you have saved your API ID and hash (see Getting started), VueGram asks you to sign in to Telegram. There are two ways. The QR code is the easy one.
Log in with a QR code (recommended)
- On the TV, choose Log in with a QR code. A code appears under Scan to log in.
- On your phone, open Telegram.
- Go to Settings › Devices.
- Tap Link Desktop Device and point the phone's camera at the code on the TV.
That's it: the TV logs in and shows your library. The code refreshes itself until it is scanned, so there is no rush.
Why QR is the better way
When you log in with a phone number, Telegram sometimes puts a wall in the way:
- It may ask for a login email before it sends a code.
- It may ask for a paid SMS for your number.
The QR code needs neither. There is no SMS and no login email involved: your phone, which is already logged in, vouches for the TV. When VueGram meets one of those walls on the phone-number route, it says so and offers the QR code instead.
Log in with your phone number
If you can't scan a code (no phone with Telegram nearby, for example), choose or with your phone number:
- Enter your phone number, with the country code, and choose Submit phone.
- Telegram sends a login code, usually to your Telegram app. Enter it and choose Submit code.
If Telegram asks for a login email or a paid SMS at this point, go back and use the QR code instead.
2-step verification
If your Telegram account has a 2-step verification password (Telegram's cloud password), the TV asks for it after the QR code or the login code: Enter your 2-step verification password, then Submit password. This is the password you set in Telegram, not your phone's lock code.
Logged in for good
You stay logged in, like on any other Telegram device. The TV shows up in Telegram on your phone under Settings › Devices, where you can also end its session at any time.
If the login doesn't go through, see Troubleshooting.