Update removed all filters
mshale87 opened this issue · comments
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iPhone App Store auto updated Bouncer to 2.3.0 and then over night all of my filters were gone and I have hundreds of unread text messages that are spam- I have since deleted them. There no categories listed from Bouncer in Messages app, and there are no filters present in Bouncer anymore. Settings showed that Bouncer became unselected.
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- iOS Version: 16.3.1
- Device: iPhone 12 Pro
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Hi @mshale87.
An error could've caused this during the migration. Do you happen to know which version you had before?
Thank you @mshale87.
I did check the migration script for the current version and did not find any issues. I'm sorry about the data loss, but not really sure what could've happened.
Do you see iMessage categories when selecting Bouncer as you filter?
Let me know,
Daniel
Yea, unfortunately it seems you'll have to re-create the filters, but Apple does not allow applying filters to already delivered messages, so likely you'll have to delete them by hand. Sorry about the troble. I'll follow up with a review to try understand what happened there.
This happened to me as well.
Even though no rules were shown I tried "export block list" and was able to email myself a json blob with 86 rules. I was also able to save it to files but when I try to import I get:
The file "filters.json" couldn't be opened because you don't have permission to view it.
I looked around but couldn't immediately find documentation on how to use import. (When I select "help" from the app pulldown nothing happens.)
I'd rather not post my filters but am happy to share them off-line. But here's an example:
{
"id": "647938C1-4A88-4E93-B1C7-165DD3D1A723",
"phrase": "\\.run\\b",
"useRegex": true,
"type": "message",
"action": "junk"
},
Hi @leres
Thanks for the details. Yes that import error is a bug that was reported to me yesterday, caused by some permissions being different in the latest iOS.
I've submitted a new version to Apple and is waiting for approval. In the meantime, you should be able to get 2.3.1 beta soon from the public testing group as beta approvals are a lot faster.
I'm not sure you would be able to import your filters directly from that list without updating to the new format, but is worth a shot. If that does not work, I can help with info about the new format, or give you a hand with updating the json so it works.
If you are willing to share your filters privately, theres "Need Help" link in the help section of the app that you can use to send them directly to me. That would help me understand the issue a bit better.
Sounds like first I need to wait for the new version to hit the apple store before I'll even be able to try and import anything?
I think I can create a couple of rules and export to see what the new json format looks like and then know how to update my old rules.
As I said before, when I select "help" from the app pulldown nothing happens so I don't even see the "Need Help" link.
Ok, so I installed the testflight version on my backup phone. First I tried importing my old format json file, that gives INCORRECT_FILE_FORMAT.
Then I created a filter, exported, and saw that my old format was missing caseSensitive and subAction; I added those and still get INCORRECT_FILE_FORMAT.
I emailed you my modified filter list, I'm sure it'll be obvious what the problem is.
I have a M2 mini so I fired up xcode and after (painfully) uploading an updated json file to the simulator I get this unhelpful error:
2023-05-07 11:06:25.844936-0700 Bouncer[21056:1499222] [DocumentManager] The view service did terminate with error: Error Domain=_UIViewServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(null)" UserInfo={Terminated=disconnect method}
Hey @leres.
That error, you can safely ignore, it has nothing to do with the import.
I’ve sent you back a fixed file, but that also helped me realize the original issue, which should be fixed in 2.3.2.
Some filters were missing the useRegex bool, which was optional in 2.2.x but required in 2.3.x.
Let me know if it works.
Hah! I installed the testflight 2.3.2 version on my main phone and bam, all my filters are back! And I upgraded my backup phone and imported the filters so now I have them there as well.
Thanks for (the app and) the quick fixes!
Thank you folks! We can consider this one closed now 🙌