Apps won’t open after update to iOS 5
A few months ago I wrote a blog post about apps not opening any more after updating Apple iOS from 4.3.2 or below to 4.3.3 or higher. Now that iOS 5 has been released this problem seems to be still persistent and hasn’t been fixed in iOS 5. While updating your iPhone, iPod or iPad from 4.3.3 or higher to iOS 5 does not seem to be a problem, updating from earlier versions indeed does. So again: when your 3rd party apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, Amazon, eBay & Co. do not open any more after updating, simply try one of these methods:
- Open the app store and update any app that has updates available, or
- Download any free app from the app store
After successfully logging in to your account all 3rd party apps should open as usual…
Excellent. Very easy fix for this annoying problem. Thanks.
Worked for me!
Thanks that did the trick!
thank you… as much as i love iPhone.. i hate the monopoly that they have created. and their instructions are not user friendly.. but your help was great
Hi,
Didn’t work for me. I have several workout video apps and none will open following the update. I have deleted and reinstalled and have followed the advice here but no luck. I can see the app icon but when I click on it, it looks like it is about to open and then it closes and I am back to the home screen. I also bought a new workout app from the same company and it too has the same problem. Any ideas? They all worked fine before the update.
Good solution, worked well on iPhone 4S iOS5.01
This would be great except I can’t get the App store to work either since that upgrade. Does it work if you update apps while connected to a computer?
It works for my iphone 4..!!! Thank you very muchhh for the solutionnn ^^
does not work atall… it works once, but when i reboot it has the same problem, while the apps are all updated…
what if the apps doesnt have any update? what should be done?
Worked great, thanks for the tip
Thank you, worked great for me!
after i updated the new software IOS 5 all the apps disappeared even after i did restore back up and now i cant find whatsapp in app store and i cannot downloaded from google
Thanks! Easy fix to a very annoying problem. Upgraded to os5.
@stts
I know that problem too. But I don’t know a fix yet but downloading all apps again. As far as I know will Whatsapp be available again soon, read more at http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/01/whatsapp-messenger-disappears-from-the-app-store
You can also follow Whatsapp Inc on Twitter to stay up to date: https://twitter.com/WhatsApp They say: “Sorry, WhatsApp is temporarily unavailable on iTunes. We submitted a new version and are awaiting approval and publication by Apple”
Do you guys accept guest blog posts?
Well, depends on the post, right?!
I’m having the same issue. Upgraded my 3GS to ios5 and apps won’t open. I can’t follow your solution because the app store app itself won’t open. Any ideas?