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Apps Crashing at Launch? Delete and Resync.
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Apple's 2.0 software update is highly unstable right now.
A reboot of your iPhone should solve this.
Bring on update v2.1.
R-Fly
A reboot of your iPhone should solve this.
Bring on update v2.1.
R-Fly
is this an issue with the app, hardware, or software? im just curious so i know if i have to exchange my phone or not. it kinda sucks having these problems so soon. ive only had the phone for 5 days.
and it also sucks when you are trying to show friends your phone and have to tell them that its broken already.
and it also sucks when you are trying to show friends your phone and have to tell them that its broken already.
is this an issue with the app, hardware, or software? im just curious so i know if i have to exchange my phone or not. it kinda sucks having these problems so soon. ive only had the phone for 5 days.
and it also sucks when you are trying to show friends your phone and have to tell them that its broken already.
If I had to guess I would say that it was software. I am in the process of a restore, "Updating files on "Ipod" Copying 296 of 335", but still have photos left. I will let everyone know if this fixes my App Crashing problem.
Christopher
A lot of people have posted temporary solutions to this problem, but for the record I will make a few clarifications:
In terms of the app crashes...
A. Rebooting will most likely fix the prob only once (never worked for me).
B. Deleting apps and re-installing from iPhone will fix the prob for a day or two (then crashes begin again)
C. Re-syncing with iTunes is a hit-or-miss fix, but again if the apps work this is still a temporary fix -- they will crash again soon.
D. Updating firmware could give the OS more general stability, and is a good idea, but this will not completely fix the problem either. Crashes will still happen randomly.
E. Deleting apps from iPhone, downloading on your iTunes (COMPUTER), re-authorizing apps on iTunes (COMPUTER), then re-syncing to iPhone seems to be the most stable fix so far, but I am curious if others have experienced continued crashing even after going this route.
As for me, option (E) proved to be the most stable. From the day I purchased my iPhone (July 11th), AIM was always crashing. I went through all the fixes from (A) through (D) but AIM (as well as other apps) continued to crash. After doing fix (E), I have not experienced an AIM crash in 3 days and counting. I will post an update on this if I experience a crash, or if I find a better solution to the problem. But until then, my suggestion is try option (E)!!
Lastly, one thing I realized is that when AIM was crashing on me (e.g. taking me to the Home screen), I just re-tried to open it a couple times. After about 3 or 4 times of opening AIM and it crashing, it finally opened and worked fine. The trick is try to press an option on AIM when you can see buttons (before it crashes), such as pressing "Active IMs" or "Favorites." Just try to interact with the program before it tries to crash -- eventually, it will work. This is obviously not a great fix, but I think it is the quickest way to make an app work (even faster than deleting and re-intalling from app store).
Would like to hear comments. And people, I kindly ask that if you post a solution to this problem, you update the folks here whether your solution was a temporary fix or not. I think I speak for everyone in saying that we want a permanent fix, not a temporary one!
- Mindcraft
In terms of the app crashes...
A. Rebooting will most likely fix the prob only once (never worked for me).
B. Deleting apps and re-installing from iPhone will fix the prob for a day or two (then crashes begin again)
C. Re-syncing with iTunes is a hit-or-miss fix, but again if the apps work this is still a temporary fix -- they will crash again soon.
D. Updating firmware could give the OS more general stability, and is a good idea, but this will not completely fix the problem either. Crashes will still happen randomly.
E. Deleting apps from iPhone, downloading on your iTunes (COMPUTER), re-authorizing apps on iTunes (COMPUTER), then re-syncing to iPhone seems to be the most stable fix so far, but I am curious if others have experienced continued crashing even after going this route.
As for me, option (E) proved to be the most stable. From the day I purchased my iPhone (July 11th), AIM was always crashing. I went through all the fixes from (A) through (D) but AIM (as well as other apps) continued to crash. After doing fix (E), I have not experienced an AIM crash in 3 days and counting. I will post an update on this if I experience a crash, or if I find a better solution to the problem. But until then, my suggestion is try option (E)!!
Lastly, one thing I realized is that when AIM was crashing on me (e.g. taking me to the Home screen), I just re-tried to open it a couple times. After about 3 or 4 times of opening AIM and it crashing, it finally opened and worked fine. The trick is try to press an option on AIM when you can see buttons (before it crashes), such as pressing "Active IMs" or "Favorites." Just try to interact with the program before it tries to crash -- eventually, it will work. This is obviously not a great fix, but I think it is the quickest way to make an app work (even faster than deleting and re-intalling from app store).
Would like to hear comments. And people, I kindly ask that if you post a solution to this problem, you update the folks here whether your solution was a temporary fix or not. I think I speak for everyone in saying that we want a permanent fix, not a temporary one!
- Mindcraft
Well I have gotten everything back onto my iPod Touch and everything seems to be working quite well. What I did was to sync my iPod and then did a restore. I have gotten all of my apps onto my Touch and they all work. I will in the future keep up with what apps I download on my Touch as compared with ones purchased on my computer and synced with the Touch, just to see which way causes more crashes. Hope this helps some people.
Christopher
Christopher
its broken again?!?!
i deleted all my programs and reinstalled each and every one of them thru the iphone yesterday and everything seemed to be working fine. but this morning i woke up and tried to turn on pandora and it just crashed on me AGAIN! then i tried another, crash. then another and the same thing happened to ALL my app store apps... CRASH!
tonight i will try the restore and see if that works.
i deleted all my programs and reinstalled each and every one of them thru the iphone yesterday and everything seemed to be working fine. but this morning i woke up and tried to turn on pandora and it just crashed on me AGAIN! then i tried another, crash. then another and the same thing happened to ALL my app store apps... CRASH!
tonight i will try the restore and see if that works.
AIM would always work on first launch, then fail until I reinstalled it. I went to iPhone settings and scrolled down to AIM, and set Sign-off on Exit to On. Now AIM is a lot more stable.
I tried everything that I could think of but in the end the only thing that worked was the restore.
What version 2.0 is everyone running though?
I am still running the original 5A345 and AIM crashes every so often and never truly stays running in the background as one of its settings makes it seem it is possible of doing (i.e., "sign out upon exit")...
I am hesitant about upgrading fully to the 5A347...as I heard some people say it is buggy. Although, this version seemed to end up automatically on anyone that upgraded a 1st gen iPhone and anyone who 'restored' their 3G.
I am still running the original 5A345 and AIM crashes every so often and never truly stays running in the background as one of its settings makes it seem it is possible of doing (i.e., "sign out upon exit")...
I am hesitant about upgrading fully to the 5A347...as I heard some people say it is buggy. Although, this version seemed to end up automatically on anyone that upgraded a 1st gen iPhone and anyone who 'restored' their 3G.
Ok, at first I thought I was cool with this but after having to "Fix" my applications several times and now none of the "Fixes" working anymore I'm starting to get pissed.
I've noticed that the problem seems to be related to the Sync process. Apps will work until I Sync, then they begin to fail.
Apple needs to release 2.1 ASAP.
I've noticed that the problem seems to be related to the Sync process. Apps will work until I Sync, then they begin to fail.
Apple needs to release 2.1 ASAP.
haha, AIM is a total POS. I uninstalled it, reinstalled it set the log off on exit (which makes it totally as worthless as the web apps for IM)...opened it, it worked, closed it, will never open again.
Screw Apple's apologies for their ME service, they need to apoligize for these apps and sync nightmare.
Screw Apple's apologies for their ME service, they need to apoligize for these apps and sync nightmare.
Im shooting for memory leak(s) as well. Reading through this entire thread I think everyone has exactly the same issue, just manifesting itself in different ways.
The people talking about WinMo stability are plainly wrong though. The iPhone itself is still running perfectly in the background and apps running and crashing aren't affecting the actual shipped iPhone applications and functions which is something WinMo does due to bad memory management and background processes running on underpowered hardware.
Something of interest to try is, get your iPhone in a state in which you know 3rd party apps will work, then open the app, let it load, then hit home and open another app. Keep doing that with all of your various apps and see what happens. I can pretty much guarantee that the iPhone will do a full reboot on me. I reckon its another sign of memory leak(s) and bad memory management with opening and closing of apps.
Lets hope the next point release shines a ray of light, Steve really did know what he was talking about with the whole 3rd party scene...
I Had This Problem Alot With The Band App And Various Other Apps It's Really Annoying Also Sometimes When I'm On Safari It Automatically Goes Back The Home Screen Without Me Pressing The Home Button
Apple is on the case
I just spoke to SOS Apple, and they are well aware of the crash on launch after splash screen bug and working hard to fix it. Yesterday's upgrade doesn't fix it.
Meanwhile, the only suggestion I have seen on the net that might work permanently until the bug is squashed is to erase the iphone completely, reinstall as a new phone, and limit the number of apps reinstalled to about 10. SOS Apple agrees.
I just spoke to SOS Apple, and they are well aware of the crash on launch after splash screen bug and working hard to fix it. Yesterday's upgrade doesn't fix it.
Meanwhile, the only suggestion I have seen on the net that might work permanently until the bug is squashed is to erase the iphone completely, reinstall as a new phone, and limit the number of apps reinstalled to about 10. SOS Apple agrees.