Everytime I sync my iPhone 3G in iTunes an error window pops up saying MDCrashReportTool closed unexpectedly. What is that and why does it keep crashing?
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MDCrashReportTool Crash???
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im glad im not the only one and it happens everytime I sync my phone... so every time I click report hopefully apple gets the memo
Are you running Little Snitch too? That's when I get it....
I am not running Little Snitch. MDCrashReportTool just crashes everytime I sync. With my old phone I told it not to send crash reports (from the iPhone) to Apple. This time I allowed it. I guess that is why I never saw this before. I'm going to have to search for a way to change my answer so it stops trying to get crash reports from the phone.
I made this stop by using iTunes to Restore the iPhone. Takes a long time (like, half an hour), but it does restore all your settings as well as the software. I suspect this will only be a temporary fix, though.
There are reports that you can make this stop by removing or renaming MDCrashReportTool. On OS X, it's at
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework/Resources/AppleMobileDeviceHelper.app/Contents/Resources/MDCrashReportTool
On windows, see http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1376735&tstart=0
These strike me as hazardous, as updaters might not like your messing about where you're not welcome.
What I think I've learned from all this: Looks like
1. when an app crashes in the iPhone (I've had several), something is recorded there
2. next sync, the crash record is uploaded to the host (Mac or PC)
3. if you chose to do so during installation, this is sent to Apple for their bug-fixing pleasure
4. this would be handled by this MDCrashReportTool thing
5. but there's a bug in that
Resetting the iPhone, I suspect, cleared the record of old crashes, but the next time I have an app crash, it'll start all over again.
i have it too.... it started happening after i upgraded someone else phone to 2.0 on my omputer. I have a new 3G and upgraded an 2g iphone. with my own phone i allowed to send crash data to apple, with her phone i didn't... i suppose that is what ****s up the system... anyone found out how to disconnect from that tool all together?
Can't help you there, but I can say that the procedure I described, restoring the iPhone, seems to be better than I expected: I've had many iPhone-side app crashes since, but no more sync failures. It looks rather as if it's a permanent fix.
I've been having this crash on me for the last few days as well and it's getting incredibly annoying... has anyone found anything else out about this?
the MDCrashReportTool is used by apple to get information about recent crashes on your iPhone. You have the option to either send the report to apple or not.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1261991
can anyone confirm the link and if this is true? Arn?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1261991
can anyone confirm the link and if this is true? Arn?
I have the same problem as well. Been experiencing it for almost 2 weeks now.
Can anyone else confirm that restoring the iPhone through iTunes is a permanent fix?
I don't want to rename the MDCrashReportTool just to make it stop, I still want to report crashes to Apple we can improve our quality of life as iPhoners
Can anyone else confirm that restoring the iPhone through iTunes is a permanent fix?
I don't want to rename the MDCrashReportTool just to make it stop, I still want to report crashes to Apple we can improve our quality of life as iPhoners