Latest release can't import JSON backup

[bradgranath2]

Latest release can't import JSON backup

[tmo1]

From the forthcoming documentation:

Version 2.0.0 introduced a major rewrite of the SMS and MMS messages import / export code, implementing a new message storage format:

• The messages are now stored in a Newline-delimited JSON file (always named messages.ndjson), as opposed to the standard JSON previously used.

• Binary MMS data is now stored separately from message text data and metadata; the messages.ndjson file, along with a data/ directory containing the MMS binary data files copied directly from the Android filesystem (with their original filenames), are both encapsulated in a ZIP file.

• All (ND)JSON tags added by SMS Import / Export are now prefixed with a double underscore (e.g., __display_name, __parts), to clearly indicate that they have been added by the app.
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These format changes unfortunately render versions of the app from 2.0.0 and on incompatible with JSON message files produced by earlier versions of the app. A conversion tool may eventually be released; as of now, however, if re-exporting messages using the current version of the app is not feasible, then the latest version of the app prior to version 2.0.0 should be used to import message JSON files produced by versions of the app prior to version 2.0.0.

[bradgranath2]

Thanks so much for this app! The docs are great, and it sounds like I was just caught in middle of an update. Thanks!

[tmo1]

Thanks so much for this app! The docs are great, and it sounds like I was just caught in middle of an update. Thanks!

You're very welcome! As you surmise, I haven't posted the updated documentation since the new version is still only a pre-release.

[mjeammet]

Same thing here, I exported my messages before updating (v1.5.4 probably) and was trying to import it today (v2.0.0), without success.

Thank you, I installed 1.5.4 again and it worked perfectly ! 🚀