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Apps Crashing at Launch? Delete and Resync.
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I gave up on waiting for the SMS and just went to the "regular" jott.com and registered. I'm up and running now.I reinstalled the Jott application twice, tried to register, still no SMS message to validate my account.
Favorater
As the author of Favorater I can unfortunately confirm a crash bug that was reported by a customer the day after release. If you attempt to add a company as a contact, it will crash. An update which fixes this bug was immediately sent to Apple, but it takes several days for approval. Please email me with any concerns or suggestions.
thanks for your patience
As the author of Favorater I can unfortunately confirm a crash bug that was reported by a customer the day after release. If you attempt to add a company as a contact, it will crash. An update which fixes this bug was immediately sent to Apple, but it takes several days for approval. Please email me with any concerns or suggestions.
thanks for your patience
Apps are intermittently crashing for my wife and I as well. Last night I downloaded the Apple poker game via itunes and it was failing to install to my iPhone. It installed flawlessly on my wife's phone.
Then apps were locking up my iPhone (and it happened to her today as well). For her today it was when she tried opening her iPhone settings. It wasn't 100% locked up, but running as slow as molasses. So I held the power off button until I could force it to shutdown. I restarted and everything was running great. I've noticed that some apps will partially startup and then disappear from time to time. Sometimes it's when I don't have a wifi connection, and other times it's when they feel like it.
[edit]After submitting the response, I tried launching Monkey Ball. It got to the Sega screen and closed itself. Three cheers for adopting new technology early![/edit]
Then apps were locking up my iPhone (and it happened to her today as well). For her today it was when she tried opening her iPhone settings. It wasn't 100% locked up, but running as slow as molasses. So I held the power off button until I could force it to shutdown. I restarted and everything was running great. I've noticed that some apps will partially startup and then disappear from time to time. Sometimes it's when I don't have a wifi connection, and other times it's when they feel like it.
[edit]After submitting the response, I tried launching Monkey Ball. It got to the Sega screen and closed itself. Three cheers for adopting new technology early![/edit]
No matter what I do, AIM won't run. Resync doesn't work, reboot doesn't work. It just crashes right after start. This particular app seems to have this complaint a lot.
I'm not sure what would be different from one phone to the next. Mine is a pretty basic phone- I have music, a few videos, and a couple apps from the store. Nothing that would make it a rouge phone.
I've had other apps crash also, but with less predictability. I think things will tighten up over time. Luckily, the OS doesn't crash. But, I think developers need to do more testing. In the last year prior to the App Store, the only crashes I had were related to Safari, and that only happened like twice. The built in apps are remarkably stable- so the 3rd party apps can be as well.
I'm not sure what would be different from one phone to the next. Mine is a pretty basic phone- I have music, a few videos, and a couple apps from the store. Nothing that would make it a rouge phone.
I've had other apps crash also, but with less predictability. I think things will tighten up over time. Luckily, the OS doesn't crash. But, I think developers need to do more testing. In the last year prior to the App Store, the only crashes I had were related to Safari, and that only happened like twice. The built in apps are remarkably stable- so the 3rd party apps can be as well.
Possible new fix
I joined this forum just to post some possible help. This problem is *very* frustrating for those of us who spent quite a bit on this phone.
I've had the same problem mentioned before. All of a sudden, a downloaded app will stop working. The initial screen will come up, and then immediately go back to the home screen.
Once that happens no third party apps will load at all. They will all immediately crash in the same fashion. I've tried the reset/resync/restore and this only worked once. Rebooting (holding down the top button and watching the oh-so-long apple boot up) never fixed the problem.
I deleted all my third party apps, and did a re-sync. None of the applications were copied over. I noticed there was one app showing under "Applications" in iTunes that never synced (learn italian).
I clicked on "Applications" under Library, which showed me a list of apps that should be on the phone, but were not currently. When I double clicked one (twitterific I think) a message popped up saying that I had not yet authorized the use of the app on this computer. I clicked yes or whatever it wanted to authorize.
When re-synced again, I could clearly see the applications syncing in the progress bar, something I had never seen before. After the sync, the apps were downloaded to the phone, including the lost italian app.
All my apps are now back and working.
Hopefully, this helps someone else. Previously I did the full re-sync of my complete iPhone twice before (45+ minutes) and it's not fun. Especially when the problem didn't get solved.
I joined this forum just to post some possible help. This problem is *very* frustrating for those of us who spent quite a bit on this phone.
I've had the same problem mentioned before. All of a sudden, a downloaded app will stop working. The initial screen will come up, and then immediately go back to the home screen.
Once that happens no third party apps will load at all. They will all immediately crash in the same fashion. I've tried the reset/resync/restore and this only worked once. Rebooting (holding down the top button and watching the oh-so-long apple boot up) never fixed the problem.
I deleted all my third party apps, and did a re-sync. None of the applications were copied over. I noticed there was one app showing under "Applications" in iTunes that never synced (learn italian).
I clicked on "Applications" under Library, which showed me a list of apps that should be on the phone, but were not currently. When I double clicked one (twitterific I think) a message popped up saying that I had not yet authorized the use of the app on this computer. I clicked yes or whatever it wanted to authorize.
When re-synced again, I could clearly see the applications syncing in the progress bar, something I had never seen before. After the sync, the apps were downloaded to the phone, including the lost italian app.
All my apps are now back and working.
Hopefully, this helps someone else. Previously I did the full re-sync of my complete iPhone twice before (45+ minutes) and it's not fun. Especially when the problem didn't get solved.
Yes I have. Not sure why though. Thankfully never when I'm sowing off the phone- that would be embarassing!
Aren't these problems exactly why Jobs was holding off on the 3rd party apps in the first place? To ensure stability??
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Buggy,buggy,buggy I hope all the cash they made off us for the sale of the apps is spent well because if this phone keeps crashing off go the apps and emails to developers stating I want a refund. Feels like an MS phone always crashing : (
JMax1 said:
Buggy,buggy,buggy I hope all the cash they made off us for the sale of the apps is spent well because if this phone keeps crashing off go the apps and emails to developers stating I want a refund. Feels like an MS phone always crashing : (
The app probably has memory leaks. The iPhone has no swap, so when it runs out of memory it simply reboots.
Crash / Reboot happens on iTouch as well
The same symptoms happen on my iTouch as well. Random crashes to apple logo/reset screen or to home screen.
Seems the 2.0 firware is bugged up to its eyeballs.
Glad I didnt get the 3G iPhone yet...
The same symptoms happen on my iTouch as well. Random crashes to apple logo/reset screen or to home screen.
Seems the 2.0 firware is bugged up to its eyeballs.
Glad I didnt get the 3G iPhone yet...
i tried shutting down my phone but my apps still didn't work. i just ended up resetting all my settings on my phone and restored it and all my apps started working again.
Camera and Photos apps crashing
So I have a 16gb 3G iPhone and tried the new feature of saving pictures from safari and taking a screenshot of the phone and having it save them to the camera roll. Well after I did that I went to go see how they looked and when I hit the photos app it tries to open and then goes straight to the homescreen. Tha same is true when I attempt to open up the camera app.
Anyone else having those problems and what are my options that I can try.
(I know restore is an option, but my laptop is at home)
Thanks!
So I have a 16gb 3G iPhone and tried the new feature of saving pictures from safari and taking a screenshot of the phone and having it save them to the camera roll. Well after I did that I went to go see how they looked and when I hit the photos app it tries to open and then goes straight to the homescreen. Tha same is true when I attempt to open up the camera app.
Anyone else having those problems and what are my options that I can try.
(I know restore is an option, but my laptop is at home)
Thanks!
iPhone 2.0 app crash
I am having a similar problem where my app store apps crash ever since I synced. If I delete and reinstall, they work..
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I am having a similar problem where my app store apps crash ever since I synced. If I delete and reinstall, they work..
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I reinstalled the Jott application twice, tried to register, still no SMS message to validate my account.
Same here. No Go.
Something else I've noticed is that Safari will sometimes suddenly close for no reason (and I'm not pushing the main close button).
When the app crash problem happened to me, I also noticed that after deleting the apps from the phone, iTunes refused to resync them. I ended up re-authorizing that PC in iTunes, and since then, all backups, syncs, and apps perform as they should. Don't know the reason for the problem or why this fix worked, but thought I'd throw it out there.
2.0 apps crashing on all launches
Well I was looking forward to using apps just like everyone else, but as of lastnight every app that I have downloaded is crashing on launch. This is really annoying to say the least. All that I can think of to try is to restore it and see what happens. I will do that in a couple of hours if I don't get any replies on this thread.
Christopher
Well I was looking forward to using apps just like everyone else, but as of lastnight every app that I have downloaded is crashing on launch. This is really annoying to say the least. All that I can think of to try is to restore it and see what happens. I will do that in a couple of hours if I don't get any replies on this thread.
Christopher
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I had a similar problem but I don't know if it was the exact same thing. When I tapped the Apps it would say "This application could not be opened" or something to that effect. I was able to resolve it by removing all of the Apps and then syncing them back on again. Hope this helps.
I had a similar problem but I don't know if it was the exact same thing. When I tapped the Apps it would say "This application could not be opened" or something to that effect. I was able to resolve it by removing all of the Apps and then syncing them back on again. Hope this helps.
Mine will either go to the splash screen and then revert back to the home screen or it will just look like it is going to launch the app and then go back to the home screen. The strange thing is that I have used every one of my apps multiple times this weekend with no problems, but last night they all seem to have broke.
Christopher
Christopher
When I first noticed this I had the 10% battery life warning come up shortly after, so I thought it had to do with the drained battery. I tried a restart that that time and it yielded the same results. This morning, after an overnight charge, I tried the apps again but also had the same crash on every app.
As soon as I can dig myself out of the hole I am in at work I will start off by deleting the apps and reinstalling them. If it does the same thing I will just restore my iPod.