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Supported protocols (SMS) not always detected correctly

I've just come across an issue where presumably (?) the modem was not yet online/connected leaving both the chat history empty and the "add chat" button insensitive.

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After killing chatty and restarting it everything is back to normal.

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After looking a bit through the code has_sms seems to be false. https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/chatty/-/blob/master/src/chatty-window.c#L959

The modem stuff is handled here: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/chatty/-/blob/master/src/chatty-manager.c#L1472

Maybe we can periodically call manager_update_protocols if no protocol is self->active_protocols == 0 or self->active_protocols && CHATTY_PROTOCOL_SMS == 0 ?

Apparently people can still receive SMS which will then update the protocols and "fixes" the history and plus button.

Originally reported in the Pine64 forums

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