diff --git a/mobile/shhclient.go b/mobile/shhclient.go
index cada62e581..573aa47554 100644
--- a/mobile/shhclient.go
+++ b/mobile/shhclient.go
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ func (wc *WhisperClient) AddSymmetricKey(ctx *Context, key []byte) (string, erro
 }
 
 // GenerateSymmetricKeyFromPassword generates the key from password, stores it, and returns its identifier.
-func (wc *WhisperClient) GenerateSymmetricKeyFromPassword(ctx *Context, passwd []byte) (string, error) {
-	rawVersion, err := wc.client.Version(ctx.context)
-	return string(rawVersion), err
+func (wc *WhisperClient) GenerateSymmetricKeyFromPassword(ctx *Context, passwd string) (string, error) {
+	rawSymKeyID, err := wc.client.GenerateSymmetricKeyFromPassword(ctx.context, passwd)
+	return string(rawSymKeyID), err
 }
 
 // HasSymmetricKey returns an indication if the key associated with the given id is stored in the node.
@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ func (wc *WhisperClient) GetFilterMessages(ctx *Context, id string) (*Messages,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	res := make([]*Message, len(rawFilterMessages))
+	res := make([]*whisper.Message, len(rawFilterMessages))
 	for i := range rawFilterMessages {
-		res[i] = &Message{rawFilterMessages[i]}
+		res[i] = rawFilterMessages[i]
 	}
 	return &Messages{res}, nil
 }
diff --git a/mobile/types.go b/mobile/types.go
index 83ac5b8e4e..80403f3d89 100644
--- a/mobile/types.go
+++ b/mobile/types.go
@@ -377,9 +377,9 @@ type Message struct {
 	message *whisper.Message
 }
 
-// Messagea represents an array of messages.
+// Messages represents an array of messages.
 type Messages struct {
-	messages []*Message
+	messages []*whisper.Message
 }
 
 // Criteria holds various filter options for inbound messages.
diff --git a/whisper/shhclient/client.go b/whisper/shhclient/client.go
index 61b4775d95..aa96e6491a 100644
--- a/whisper/shhclient/client.go
+++ b/whisper/shhclient/client.go
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ func (sc *Client) AddSymmetricKey(ctx context.Context, key []byte) (string, erro
 }
 
 // GenerateSymmetricKeyFromPassword generates the key from password, stores it, and returns its identifier.
-func (sc *Client) GenerateSymmetricKeyFromPassword(ctx context.Context, passwd []byte) (string, error) {
+func (sc *Client) GenerateSymmetricKeyFromPassword(ctx context.Context, passwd string) (string, error) {
 	var id string
-	return id, sc.c.CallContext(ctx, &id, "shh_generateSymKeyFromPassword", hexutil.Bytes(passwd))
+	return id, sc.c.CallContext(ctx, &id, "shh_generateSymKeyFromPassword", passwd)
 }
 
 // HasSymmetricKey returns an indication if the key associated with the given id is stored in the node.