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Apple Identifies Issue With GasBuddy App Causing Some iPhones to Become Unresponsive [Updated]
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How exactly does your power company distribute only electrons generated 100% by wind to your home? On the plus side, you keep paying for electricity generated via wind turbines, it funds my chemical company pension.
GasBuddy also has tracking software built-in that tracks your location and sells this data to a 3rd party firm.
Google it. Then delete the app. Use their mobile website if you really need it.
Google it. Then delete the app. Use their mobile website if you really need it.
Thank you followed that stories link and deleted gas buddy and noaa weather for now.
Please people read this and a give the man a hand.
This is one more reason that I am happy that I just purchased an all electric Chevy Bolt EV! I can charge it emission free, for no cost with solar and get to use the PlugShare app instead of risking my iPhone with GasBuddy. Goodbye gasoline. Goodbye GasBuddy.After watching "Who Killed the Electric Car" on Amazon Video and finding out about GM's actions, it is normal to feel some animosity toward GM? Are any of those executives involved still working for GM?
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Apple has identified an "issue" with the GasBuddy app that may result in some iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max devices becoming "unresponsive," according to an internal announcement shared with Apple Stores today. The memo was obtained by MacRumors from a reliable source.
Apple says affected iPhones will have a black screen with an endlessly spinning wheel--aka a respring loop. In its memo, Apple says it is working with GasBuddy to "resolve" the issue, which started "sometime after October 18, 2018."
If a customer reports the issue at an Apple Store, Apple has instructed its Genius Bar employees to force restart the iPhone, and then ask the customer to uninstall the GasBuddy app. If the device is still unresponsive, Genius Bar employees are instructed to continue with the standard service process.
It's unclear why the GasBuddy app is crashing some iPhones. A spokesperson for GasBuddy said its team "has been and continues to investigate," and delayed further comment until the company has more insight about the matter. A spokesperson for Apple did not immediately respond to request for comment.
GasBuddy is a popular app for locating gas stations with the lowest-priced gas in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. The app, which boasts 70 million users, relies on users submitting gas prices when they fill up to help alert others. GasBuddy also provides alerts when gas prices are set to increase.
According to GasBuddy's release notes, the app was updated on October 17 with support for iOS 12. The update also "fixed some crashes." On October 19, the app was again updated with bug fixes, including one that caused some location-based information to not appear, and another related to gas station details.
Update: A spokesperson for GasBuddy has issued the following statement to MacRumors, indicating that it is "rapidly preparing an update" that it believes "solves the underlying issue." In the meantime, GasBuddy will be temporarily removing its app from the App Store to limit exposure.GasBuddy has also tweeted about an incoming fix:
Update - 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time: GasBuddy has returned to the App Store with an update that "resolves an issue that was causing some devices to crash."
MacRumors will update this article if and when we receive any new information from Apple or GasBuddy.
Article Link: Apple Identifies Issue With GasBuddy App Causing Some iPhones to Become Unresponsive [Updated]
My phone did this twice, totally sucked
I have looked at the numbers. The emissions produced by manufacturing batteries will be erased by the first year, even for larger batteries. While the manufacturing uses more emissions than ICE cars, it's not significantly more, at about 15% more for a mid-sized EV and up to about 60% more for longer ranged models depending on the amount of lithium mined. As we move into recycled lithium batteries, that is going to shrink. I think you need to look for more accurate statistics.
Maintenance costs have consistently shown that EV are cheaper and easier to maintain. EVs have about 20 moving parts in the drivetrain, while ICEs have hundreds. The battery cells used for EVs are not the same as the one you have in your phones, and they are much less susceptible to degradation. Many Teslas that have hit the 200,000 mile mark have only shown about 6% degradation in range, with the most aggressive degradation being 10%. That was back in 2015, so the stats should be even better today. Tesla is probably the best case scenario though, but even with a much larger 20% degradation, say, it's still impressively long. There are no data to support any of your claims.
If an app can do something to make the entire OS unresponsive, that is indeed an iOS problem. Changing the app code is a workaround. Fixing the underlying vulnerability (you can think of it as a DOS attack) will need an iOS update.
Appreciate it, but all I did was remember last month’s MR story. Cheers to them for posting it! (Btw, since the story broke, Homes deleted the location tracking code from their app. GasBuddy knows that we know, and so far doesn’t care.)
I received a rather disturbing email from my ISP (ATT). The email indicated they detected suspected botnet activity originating from my WAN IP address. The time of occurrence correlates to shortly after I arrived home from work when my iPhone, with GasBuddy installed, connected to my WLAN.
I have since performed packet capture looking for suspected activity and found none, but that was after my iPhone already installed the updated GasBuddy app.
So it seems Apple and GasBuddy may not being very forth coming on information. Kudos to both for the quick app takedown and pushing out a new version, but it still begs the question what prompted such a rapid response.
I have since performed packet capture looking for suspected activity and found none, but that was after my iPhone already installed the updated GasBuddy app.
So it seems Apple and GasBuddy may not being very forth coming on information. Kudos to both for the quick app takedown and pushing out a new version, but it still begs the question what prompted such a rapid response.
My guess is the app secretly (with or without themselves knowing, many app development are actually outsourced to developers in China/India despite what they stated on their marketing materials) uses some unauthorized APIs. Frequently this is hidden to the point that it will take time for Apple to discover it (and assuming the developer is not misleading Apple on every update).
Steve Jobs have stated that there are many (a ton of) apps that do this (and hide them). But if Apple put some restriction, the masses will go into an uproar on how draconian Apple is.
Steve Jobs have stated that there are many (a ton of) apps that do this (and hide them). But if Apple put some restriction, the masses will go into an uproar on how draconian Apple is.
Another possibility is that Apple could themselves stop using private API's and other "secret sauce". Use only the same stuff that other developers are expected to use.
Of course, no app should be able to crash or make iOS so unresponsive, this is thus technically an iOS bug, triggered by that app, not a bug in the app per sé.
Shouldn't 'the world's most advanced mobile operating system' be immune to that sort of thing ?
No.
Just imagine the issues with the lesser operating systems...
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90% of the days of the year, I drive less than 25 miles a day. Even some of the poorest range vehicles have double that (which is probably what I do another 5%+ of the days) while most are pushing quadruple that (all the others in this list more than triple that). https://www.fleetcarma.com/2018-electric-vehicle-range-comparison/
If it's really saving me money I can easily rent a vehicle for the few road trips that I make a year.
But is the electric vehicle more inefficient at a snail's pace? Would this actually be an issue? (I'm seriously asking)
I thought it was better at lower speeds, but not certain about the slowness you are talking about.
If you are correct, then obviously this would NOT be an intelligent choice for someone. Just like it wouldn't be a choice for someone who needs to drive hundreds of miles with a car with a range that's less than that...
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I had issues with the buffering “respring since July/August. Had it happen again on November 8th. This time the Apple saw in their search it was announced that GasBuddy seems to cause the iPhone 8 & 10 to buffer and go back to the lock screen. This never happened on my 6S Plus and it was before I got iOS 12. Now, did an iCloud back up there at the store after GasBuddy was deleted.
Have the iOS 12.1, and so far no buffering. Since it didn’t do at all between the. August Henius visit until 11/8, will see if this happens again