Ios 18 update - Spectre not starting

claferriere

Since updating my iphone 14 pro max to IOS18 and having previously tested the Beta versions,
Spectre starts, I enter
my credentials and then when pressing enter the app dissapears and never start and I cannot access my list of pwds.
Any ideas on what to do ?
I wrote to Maarten and sent my log dump

anyone

Same here. Spinning forever. Did you solve it?

claferriere

anyone Actually I just found a bit of a bug in the IOS version. I could not recreate my old account with my passphrase that used special characters (!!) But when I recreat it with a passphrase without exclamation marks, it works fine. However, the passwords generated are obviously not the same since I changed the pass phrase.
I have written to Maarten about it and if this cannot be resolved I'll have to move on to something else. I really like this app and concept but now this issue on IOS and Spectre will not work on my Intel macbook pro which is a pain in the ass. I am not ready to upgrade the macbook...I guess this is to be anticipated from a small developer. He lacks resources to fully develop this.

lhunath

Hey folks,

I am attempting to reproduce the crashing issue, but so far no luck. If anyone can discover a way to reproduce the issue with a test user and test secret that you can share publicly, please do respond to this thread with your steps to reproduce.

If anything is preventing you from accessing your Spectre passwords, you can always use our web-based solution as an interim: https://spectre.pw/

claferriere

I just finished and email with Maarten about this.
So if I recreate an account with a long password including double exclamation points at the start and end of the password it works fine. When I try and reuse my old credentials which contain the double exclamation points, the app crashes !
I am really stumped !
I can only think that perhaps even after reinstalling the app there remains some crap on the Iphone that is causing this problem. I was running the betas on the phone prior to upgrading to the final IOS18.
My fear is that I'll have to wipe the iphone and reinstall everything...

gunslinger

I have the same problem on iPhone SE (2022) since I updated to iOS 18 a few days ago. And the following update to iOS 18.0.1 did not change the situation.

I don’t think that the problem is caused by any special characters: If I try to add a new user “Fred” with personal secret “qwertyui” the app crashes, too.

gunslinger

gunslinger Addendum: And if I create a new user “Fred” with personal secret “qwertyuio” instead of “qwertyui”, the app doesn’t crash. Really strange, isn’t it?

lhunath

Hey folks,

Spectre development is approaching a stage where alpha testing is opening. As part of this process, I will also be able to address concerns raised here.

As soon as the first alpha build is ready, I will post a registration link.

I have no exact timeline on when the first alpha builds will go out, but it shouldn't be too long now.
Please keep in mind that alpha builds are very new and experimental, I always recommend making a backup of your phone first and noting the option of reverting back to the App Store version if necessary.