diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/NewContactThreadViewController.m b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/NewContactThreadViewController.m
index e1421e0d4..9ed219369 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/NewContactThreadViewController.m
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/NewContactThreadViewController.m
@@ -459,7 +459,10 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
         // No Contacts
         OWSTableSection *contactsSection = [OWSTableSection new];
 
-        if (self.contactsManager.isSystemContactsAuthorized) {
+        // Loki: Original code
+        // ========
+//        if (self.contactsManager.isSystemContactsAuthorized) {
+        // ========
             if (self.contactsViewHelper.hasUpdatedContactsAtLeastOnce) {
 
                 [contactsSection
@@ -490,7 +493,10 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
                     [OWSTableItem itemWithCustomCell:loadingCell customRowHeight:40 actionBlock:nil];
                 [contactsSection addItem:loadingItem];
             }
-        }
+        // Loki: Original code
+        // ========
+//        }
+        // ========
 
         return @[ contactsSection ];
     }
@@ -759,7 +765,10 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 - (void)showContactAppropriateViews
 {
-    if (self.contactsManager.isSystemContactsAuthorized) {
+    // Loki: Original code
+    // ========
+//    if (self.contactsManager.isSystemContactsAuthorized) {
+    // ========
         if (self.contactsViewHelper.hasUpdatedContactsAtLeastOnce && self.contactsViewHelper.signalAccounts.count < 1
             && ![Environment.shared.preferences hasDeclinedNoContactsView]) {
             self.isNoContactsModeActive = YES;
@@ -768,11 +777,14 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
         }
 
         [self showSearchBar:YES];
-    } else {
-        // don't show "no signal contacts", show "no contact access"
-        self.isNoContactsModeActive = NO;
-        [self showSearchBar:NO];
-    }
+    // Loki: Original code
+    // ========
+//    } else {
+//        // don't show "no signal contacts", show "no contact access"
+//        self.isNoContactsModeActive = NO;
+//        [self showSearchBar:NO];
+//    }
+    // ========
 }
 
 - (void)setIsNoContactsModeActive:(BOOL)isNoContactsModeActive
diff --git a/SignalMessaging/contacts/SystemContactsFetcher.swift b/SignalMessaging/contacts/SystemContactsFetcher.swift
index 82433ab4d..32a6bbb4c 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/contacts/SystemContactsFetcher.swift
+++ b/SignalMessaging/contacts/SystemContactsFetcher.swift
@@ -231,29 +231,34 @@ public class SystemContactsFetcher: NSObject {
 
         switch authorizationStatus {
         case .notDetermined:
-            if CurrentAppContext().isInBackground() {
-                Logger.error("do not request contacts permission when app is in background")
-                completion(nil)
-                return
-            }
-            self.contactStoreAdapter.requestAccess { (granted, error) in
-                if let error = error {
-                    Logger.error("error fetching contacts: \(error)")
-                    completion(error)
-                    return
-                }
-
-                guard granted else {
-                    // This case should have been caught by the error guard a few lines up.
-                    owsFailDebug("declined contact access.")
-                    completion(nil)
-                    return
-                }
-
-                DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                    self.updateContacts(completion: completion)
-                }
-            }
+            return completion(nil)
+
+            // Loki: Original code
+            // ========
+//            if CurrentAppContext().isInBackground() {
+//                Logger.error("do not request contacts permission when app is in background")
+//                completion(nil)
+//                return
+//            }
+//            self.contactStoreAdapter.requestAccess { (granted, error) in
+//                if let error = error {
+//                    Logger.error("error fetching contacts: \(error)")
+//                    completion(error)
+//                    return
+//                }
+//
+//                guard granted else {
+//                    // This case should have been caught by the error guard a few lines up.
+//                    owsFailDebug("declined contact access.")
+//                    completion(nil)
+//                    return
+//                }
+//
+//                DispatchQueue.main.async {
+//                    self.updateContacts(completion: completion)
+//                }
+//            }
+            // ========
         case .authorized:
             self.updateContacts(completion: completion)
         case .denied, .restricted: