Before you start
- Install Bramble on the new device.
- Keep a device that already has your vault unlocked and nearby.
- Have your master password ready. If you unlock with only a security key, turn on a master password first.
- Both devices need to be online.
On the device that has your vault
- Open Settings → Sync. Under Device sync, choose Add a device.
- Enter your master password and choose Continue.
- Bramble shows a QR code and a text code. Keep this screen open: the code lasts 3 minutes.
On the new device
- Open Bramble, choose Create your vault, then the Join a device tab. If this phone already has a vault, choose Create another vault on the unlock screen first.
- Choose Scan QR code and point the camera at the code. Or choose Paste code instead and paste the text code.
- Enter the master password of the device that made the code, and choose Join vault.
- Open the Bramble browser extension or desktop app, choose Create your vault, then the Join a device tab. If it already has a vault, choose Create another vault on the unlock screen first.
- Paste the text code into Pairing code. On the other device, Copy puts the code on the clipboard.
- Enter the master password of the device that made the code, and choose Join vault.
Check the symbols
Both devices now show the same row of symbols.
- On the new device, Check this matches shows the symbols. Leave it open.
- On the device that has your vault, Is this your device? shows them too. If they’re exactly the same, choose They match, approve. If anything differs, choose Reject: someone else is trying to join.
- Keep both screens open while the vault copies.
Approve before the 3-minute timer runs out. When the copy finishes, the new device opens your vault, and from then on your devices sync on their own.
Add more devices
Repeat these steps from any device in the group. Once a device has joined, the button reads Add another device.