Bug in iOS 6 Causes Multiple Downloads of Podcasts, Is Fixed in 6.0.1

MacRumors · Nov 14, 2012, 05:10 PM

The Next Web reports on an apparent bug in iOS 6's AV Foundation that caused podcasts and audio streams to be downloaded multiple times unnecessarily.

The issue was first discovered by the Public Radio Exchange labs, which thoroughly examined the issue.

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The issue is a potentially major one. The audio streams that are being pulled down by iOS 6 through a variety of apps including Apple's Podcasts and others are being increased in size by a huge factor. The streams are being downloaded multiple times as connection errors cause them to fire off a new session. And, the entire time that a stream is active, it is being downloaded over and over.

TNW notes that the issue appears to be fixed in iOS 6.0.1, and did not occur in iOS 5. It appears to affect both customers on Wi-Fi and over cellular networks, so there is the potential for data overages affecting users downloading podcasts frequently. TNW claims that "some users have reported success contacting their carrier to have the overage charges removed."

Article Link: Bug in iOS 6 Causes Multiple Downloads of Podcasts, Is Fixed in 6.0.1

wordoflife · Nov 14, 2012, 05:12 PM

iOS 6 is a bug

rpenzinger · Nov 14, 2012, 05:13 PM

wonder if this fixed duplicated voice memos that don't sync

gregwyattjr · Nov 14, 2012, 05:14 PM

Podcasts, podcasts everywhere.

chrismarle · Nov 14, 2012, 05:15 PM

Funny that they still find new fixes in iOS 6.0.1 even after a few weeks after the roll out.

bbeagle · Nov 14, 2012, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by gjac0m

Funny that they still find new fixes in iOS 6.0.1 even after a few weeks after the roll out.

iOS is the only software ever with bugs in it. I guess you're right.

chrismarle · Nov 14, 2012, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bbeagle

iOS is the only software ever with bugs in it. I guess you're right.

Because Android is bug free now?

rhett7660 · Nov 14, 2012, 05:20 PM

I am wondering if that was the cause of the some of issues with the podcast stand alone app? It took for ever to load and when it did it would start and stop in the beginning.

So far I have not had this issue.

bbeagle · Nov 14, 2012, 05:23 PM

This is a page of current bugs in Android Gingerbread: http://source.android.com/source/known-issues.html

Here is just one example issue Gingerbread currently has:
* Camera, GPS and NFC don't work on Galaxy Nexus. As an example, the Camera application crashes as soon as it's launched.

So, should we avoid Android?

Mac Fly (film) · Nov 14, 2012, 05:27 PM

Holy ****. Bad enough downloading it once.

Stella · Nov 14, 2012, 05:28 PM

Not sure how Android got in the comments - but shock horror - software has bugs! Wow just wow :-/

And Steve would have never of let this happen :more sarcasm:

Twinsbb17 · Nov 14, 2012, 05:29 PM

I wish the app allowed you to manually enter in a podcast URL. Maybe iOS7 will do that for us...

xionxiox · Nov 14, 2012, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gjac0m

Because Android is bug free now?

SARCASM NOT DETECTED BY BOTH PARTIES. Please try to get your point across without assuming the other person is an idiot. Makes the forum a lot better.

nihilisticmonk · Nov 14, 2012, 05:31 PM

First discovered my eye!

This has been known about since launch within the Mac & Podcasting communities.

First outlet to have the balls to report it more like.

Stella · Nov 14, 2012, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xionxiox

SARCASM NOT DETECTED BY BOTH PARTIES. Please try to get your point across without assuming the other person is an idiot. Makes the forum a lot better.

Smilies are a good way of getting emotion across - better to use them than not.

Arzy · Nov 14, 2012, 05:32 PM

I got crushed by this bug. Racked up 6gb of data in 48 hours. Had to wipe whole phone and OS to get it to stop.

Gage · Nov 14, 2012, 05:35 PM

The world is going to Hell in a handbasket. Of course if you're a dude, then it's a European carry-all

Shrink · Nov 14, 2012, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Fly (film)

Holy ****. Bad enough downloading it once.

Yeah, those patch downloads really take it out of you.

Horrible!

I have to go lie down after clicking on that "Download" button.

Jeez, life's a bitch, ain't it!?

Juiceboy · Nov 14, 2012, 05:38 PM

I downloaded 2 gigs in 2 days over 3G because of this. I just knew it was the dodgy podcast app. How can they release something so terrible and big ridden. Got charged $160 excess data fees. Luckily I got it removed as I have never ever gone over my data cap before let alone download that amount in a single day.

chrismarle · Nov 14, 2012, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xionxiox

sarcasm not detected by both parties. Please try to get your point across without assuming the other person is an idiot. Makes the forum a lot better.

Quote:

Originally Posted by stella

smilies are a good way of getting emotion across - better to use them than not.

asterizk · Nov 14, 2012, 05:41 PM

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"some users have reported success contacting their carrier to have the overage charges removed."

Would love to know what they said. "Ah, yeah, there's some, uh, data, that shouldn't be on my bill....?"

WauloK · Nov 14, 2012, 05:56 PM

I managed to get about $550 cut off my bill from my carrier.
Also switched to iCatcher podcast app. Didn't like the Apple one anyway.
I like the fact that it has a "Leo Skip" of 2 mins for Leo Laporte's commercials

elmo0629 · Nov 14, 2012, 06:03 PM

I guess that explains my AT&T bill last month.

I stream podcasts and SiriusXM radio regularly. I noticed last month I used over 3 GB of data streaming a 640 MB video podcast. I did a test after that and watched 10 minutes of a 150 MB file and it came in at over 300 MB.

I had read about the podcast bug when investigating my data usage and so started to download rather than stream to conserve data (though it appeared to download even when playing a downloaded file too). Since I thought the issue was isolated to the Podcasts app I got to where I only streamed SiriusXM. Problem is it clearly wasn't. For those who do not know SiriusXM is a 128 kbps stream and in five minutes it used over 50 MB. Due to all of that I just quit streaming things altogether.

Maybe now I can roll the dice and safely try streaming again.

PS - I contacted AT&T but no luck on getting them to credit my unnecessary overages.

Stetrain · Nov 14, 2012, 06:03 PM

I definitely noticed this. After seeing my data usage shoot way up (3GB in two weeks, usually I do less than 2GB for the whole month) I started testing the data usage of various tasks using the Usage tab in Settings.

I noticed that when I streamed a podcast from the Podcasts app instead of downloading it and then listening to the downloaded copy, it would use 200mb+ of data for a podcast that was only 20-30mb total to download.

Glad they fixed it, I've been avoiding streaming completely for the past month.

Jalopybox · Nov 14, 2012, 06:04 PM

Didn't entirely fix podcasts starting after missed calls.

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chrismarle macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada	Funny that they still find new fixes in iOS 6.0.1 even after a few weeks after the roll out.
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bbeagle macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Buffalo, NY	This is a page of current bugs in Android Gingerbread: http://source.android.com/source/known-issues.html Here is just one example issue Gingerbread currently has: * Camera, GPS and NFC don't work on Galaxy Nexus. As an example, the Camera application crashes as soon as it's launched. So, should we avoid Android?
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Nov 14, 2012, 05:27 PM	#10
Mac Fly (film) macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ireland	Holy ****. Bad enough downloading it once.
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Nov 14, 2012, 05:28 PM	#11
Stella macrumors 603 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada	Not sure how Android got in the comments - but shock horror - software has bugs! Wow just wow :-/ And Steve would have never of let this happen :more sarcasm:
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Nov 14, 2012, 05:31 PM	#14
nihilisticmonk macrumors regular Join Date: May 2005	First discovered my eye! This has been known about since launch within the Mac & Podcasting communities. First outlet to have the balls to report it more like.
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Nov 14, 2012, 05:32 PM	#16
Arzy macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2010	I got crushed by this bug. Racked up 6gb of data in 48 hours. Had to wipe whole phone and OS to get it to stop.
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Nov 14, 2012, 05:35 PM	#17
Gage macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2011	The world is going to Hell in a handbasket. Of course if you're a dude, then it's a European carry-all
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Nov 14, 2012, 05:38 PM	#19
Juiceboy macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2011	I downloaded 2 gigs in 2 days over 3G because of this. I just knew it was the dodgy podcast app. How can they release something so terrible and big ridden. Got charged $160 excess data fees. Luckily I got it removed as I have never ever gone over my data cap before let alone download that amount in a single day.
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Nov 14, 2012, 05:56 PM	#22
WauloK macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	I managed to get about $550 cut off my bill from my carrier. Also switched to iCatcher podcast app. Didn't like the Apple one anyway. I like the fact that it has a "Leo Skip" of 2 mins for Leo Laporte's commercials
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Nov 14, 2012, 06:03 PM	#23
elmo0629 macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Dallas, TX	I guess that explains my AT&T bill last month. I stream podcasts and SiriusXM radio regularly. I noticed last month I used over 3 GB of data streaming a 640 MB video podcast. I did a test after that and watched 10 minutes of a 150 MB file and it came in at over 300 MB. I had read about the podcast bug when investigating my data usage and so started to download rather than stream to conserve data (though it appeared to download even when playing a downloaded file too). Since I thought the issue was isolated to the Podcasts app I got to where I only streamed SiriusXM. Problem is it clearly wasn't. For those who do not know SiriusXM is a 128 kbps stream and in five minutes it used over 50 MB. Due to all of that I just quit streaming things altogether. Maybe now I can roll the dice and safely try streaming again. PS - I contacted AT&T but no luck on getting them to credit my unnecessary overages.
	0

Nov 14, 2012, 06:03 PM	#24
Stetrain macrumors 68030 Join Date: Feb 2009	I definitely noticed this. After seeing my data usage shoot way up (3GB in two weeks, usually I do less than 2GB for the whole month) I started testing the data usage of various tasks using the Usage tab in Settings. I noticed that when I streamed a podcast from the Podcasts app instead of downloading it and then listening to the downloaded copy, it would use 200mb+ of data for a podcast that was only 20-30mb total to download. Glad they fixed it, I've been avoiding streaming completely for the past month.
	3

Nov 14, 2012, 06:04 PM	#25
Jalopybox macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2012	Didn't entirely fix podcasts starting after missed calls.
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