diff --git a/www/js/services/controlHelper.ts b/www/js/services/controlHelper.ts
index da2e60ed7..9334ee318 100644
--- a/www/js/services/controlHelper.ts
+++ b/www/js/services/controlHelper.ts
@@ -39,48 +39,38 @@ export function getMyDataHelpers(fileName: string, startTimeString: string, endT
   function localShareData() {
     return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
       window['resolveLocalFileSystemURL'](window['cordova'].file.cacheDirectory, (fs) => {
-        fs.filesystem.root.getFile(fileName, null, (fileEntry) => {
-          logDebug(`fileEntry ${fileEntry.nativeURL} is file? ${fileEntry.isFile.toString()}`);
-          fileEntry.file(
-            (file) => {
-              const reader = new FileReader();
-
-              reader.onloadend = () => {
-                const readResult = this.result as string;
-                logDebug(`Successfull file read with ${readResult.length} characters`);
-                const dataArray = JSON.parse(readResult);
-                logDebug(`Successfully read resultList of size ${dataArray.length}`);
-                let attachFile = fileEntry.nativeURL;
-                const shareObj = {
-                  files: [attachFile],
-                  message: i18next.t(
-                    'shareFile-service.send-data.body-data-consists-of-list-of-entries',
-                  ),
-                  subject: i18next.t('shareFile-service.send-data.subject-data-dump-from-to', {
-                    start: startTimeString,
-                    end: endTimeString,
-                  }),
-                };
-                window['plugins'].socialsharing.shareWithOptions(
-                  shareObj,
-                  (result) => {
-                    logDebug(`Share Completed? ${result.completed}`); // On Android, most likely returns false
-                    logDebug(`Shared to app:  ${result.app}`);
-                    resolve();
-                  },
-                  (msg) => {
-                    logDebug(`Sharing failed with message ${msg}`);
-                  },
-                );
-              };
-              reader.readAsText(file);
-            },
-            (error) => {
-              displayError(error, 'Error while downloading JSON dump');
-              reject(error);
-            },
-          );
-        });
+        fs.filesystem.root.getFile(
+          fileName,
+          null,
+          (fileEntry) => {
+            logDebug(`fileEntry ${fileEntry.nativeURL} is file? ${fileEntry.isFile.toString()}`);
+            const shareObj = {
+              files: [fileEntry.nativeURL],
+              message: i18next.t(
+                'shareFile-service.send-data.body-data-consists-of-list-of-entries',
+              ),
+              subject: i18next.t('shareFile-service.send-data.subject-data-dump-from-to', {
+                start: startTimeString,
+                end: endTimeString,
+              }),
+            };
+            window['plugins'].socialsharing.shareWithOptions(
+              shareObj,
+              (result) => {
+                logDebug(`Share Completed? ${result.completed}`); // On Android, most likely returns false
+                logDebug(`Shared to app:  ${result.app}`);
+                resolve();
+              },
+              (error) => {
+                displayError(error, `Sharing failed with message`);
+              },
+            );
+          },
+          (error) => {
+            displayError(error, 'Error while downloading JSON dump');
+            reject(error);
+          },
+        );
       });
     });
   }
@@ -117,7 +107,7 @@ export function getMyDataHelpers(fileName: string, startTimeString: string, endT
  * getMyData fetches timeline data for a given day, and then gives the user a prompt to share the data
  * @param timeStamp initial timestamp of the timeline to be fetched.
  */
-export function getMyData(timeStamp: Date) {
+export async function getMyData(timeStamp: Date) {
   // We are only retrieving data for a single day to avoid
   // running out of memory on the phone
   const endTime = DateTime.fromJSDate(timeStamp);
@@ -125,7 +115,8 @@ export function getMyData(timeStamp: Date) {
   const startTimeString = startTime.toFormat("yyyy'-'MM'-'dd");
   const endTimeString = endTime.toFormat("yyyy'-'MM'-'dd");
 
-  const dumpFile = startTimeString + '.' + endTimeString + '.timeline';
+  // let's rename this to .txt so that we can email it on iPhones
+  const dumpFile = startTimeString + '.' + endTimeString + '.timeline.txt';
   alert(`Going to retrieve data to ${dumpFile}`);
 
   const getDataMethods = getMyDataHelpers(dumpFile, startTimeString, endTimeString);