iPod touch

Apps won’t open after update to iOS 5

Posted by on Oct 18, 2011 in Apple, iOS 4, iOS 5, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch | 38 comments

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...

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iPhone apps won’t open after update to 4.3.3

Posted by on May 25, 2011 in Apple, iOS 4, iOS 5, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch | 40 comments

Yesterday I updated my Apple iPhone to iOS 4.3.3 (no, it is not jailbreaked). After that I noticed that none of the installed apps run any more. Of course the built-in apps ran fine (like Maps, App Store, Calendar, Mail, Messages, Clock, Contacts, iTunes, Calculator, YouTube …). But none of the custom installed apps (I tried Facebook, WhatsApp, Amazon, eBay and at least every other app) – they just start, seem to run shortly (not even a second) and then the phone will return to the desktop, homescreen or whatever you call it. Rebooting the phone didn’t fix the issue…...

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