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How To Put Newsstand In A Folder
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I take that back, syncing it doesn't remove it. But if you rearrange your apps in iTunes, Applying it removes the folder from the folder.
Anata,
Awesome find for those who are truly bugged by this "problem". I'm not being a smart aleck, I've just ignored this "folder" since beta 1.
My question to you is, how did you find it? What made you think to try this, or what were you doing when it happened?
It'll probably be fixed, but this has been a glitch since iOS4 apparently. Just tried doing it on my old device. Of course iOS4 doesn't have newsstand, but it does have folders. And yup, you can put folders in folders in it, using my workaround.
Ive had newstand there since beta one, and until this update it literally did NOTHING, so i didnt even try messing with it. However, now that its an actual feature and i finally got to try it, i realized how pointless it was. I wanted to put it in a folder but couldnt. I kept trying and accidentally made a folder with another app, but somehow i got newstand in the folder while doing this. I thought it was an unrepeatable glitch, but i tried ways the glitch could have occurred. Eventually i figured it out, and told my friend, who posted it on his blog, The Coding Massacre. Then macrumors, and gizmodo picked it up, which is extremely awesome.
Ive had newstand there since beta one, and until this update it literally did NOTHING, so i didnt even try messing with it. However, now that its an actual feature and i finally got to try it, i realized how pointless it was. I wanted to put it in a folder but couldnt. I kept trying and accidentally made a folder with another app, but somehow i got newstand in the folder while doing this. I thought it was an unrepeatable glitch, but i tried ways the glitch could have occurred. Eventually i figured it out, and told my friend, who posted it on his blog, The Coding Massacre. Then macrumors, and gizmodo picked it up, which is extremely awesome.
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TechCrunch too.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/how-to-hide-newsstand-icon-in-a-folder/
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Is it possible to get two folders in one?
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/how-to-hide-newsstand-icon-in-a-folder/
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Is it possible to get two folders in one?
But if you use contacts to get other details (such as address), via phone app makes it two taps instead of one.
No problem!
Dont mention it
Your welcome. Im still shocked its on this site actually
Don't be. It's been my chief complaint with iOS 5. Glad to know I'm in good company.
Now if they would let a lot of their apps be optional like iBooks, it would be fantastic.
I decided I had enough Apple Apps to create a completely dedicated home screen for them...
It always bugged me that I couldn't fit all Apple apps on a page.. I am frantic about keeping the original home screen ...
I like this "workaround".. 1 slide to official apps.
It always bugged me that I couldn't fit all Apple apps on a page.. I am frantic about keeping the original home screen
... I like this "workaround".. 1 slide to official apps.
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This trick seems to work with putting any folder into a folder as well. But just like news stand you cant open that folder while it's inside another one.
Nm: people figured it out
This trick seems to work with putting any folder into a folder as well. But just like news stand you cant open that folder while it's inside another one.
Nm: people figured it out
Thanks for this trick! I was annoyed that I couldn't hide or get rid of Newsstand on my iPad (the best I came up with was an entire extra screen to the right that I would never visit on purpose).
Great point! That makes newsstand in a folder more useful than newsstand outside a folder!
If you try opening Newsstand while it's in another folder, Springboard crashes. You can use it as a was to quickly respring Springboard!
Great point! That makes newsstand in a folder more useful than newsstand outside a folder!
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What the hell the app dissapeared.
What the hell the app dissapeared.
I also wouldn't mind the stocks, calculator, weather, and clock apps for the iPad. It makes no sense why Apple didn't include them.
no my head is hearing stop with the inception
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good one i rofled hard
A trick to hide Newsstand in iOS 5
Video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnsVFomvwCg
1. Get 2 apps to make a new folder with
2. Drag and drop an app on top of an app (to make a folder)
3. As soon as you step 2, drag and drop Newsstand into the folder.
4. If done correctly, you will see it in the Folder.
The Newsstand app will be a blank icon in the Folder preview, if you add more apps, it will just leave that area blank.
Video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnsVFomvwCg
1. Get 2 apps to make a new folder with
2. Drag and drop an app on top of an app (to make a folder)
3. As soon as you step 2, drag and drop Newsstand into the folder.
4. If done correctly, you will see it in the Folder.
The Newsstand app will be a blank icon in the Folder preview, if you add more apps, it will just leave that area blank.
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After so many tries I finally go the timing right. Thank you so much!
Haha, this made me laugh so hard. It totally seems like a game, and I would definitely download it if it became a real game.
Haha, this made me laugh so hard. It totally seems like a game, and I would definitely download it if it became a real game.