How to put iOS 5 Newsstand into a Folder [Temporary]
While Apple's new iOS 5 Newsstand is technically a Folder, and hence can't be put into another Folder, The Coding Massacre has discovered a glitch in the Matrix that can let Newsstand haters banish it into another Folder... at least temporarily.
Basically, you create a new Folder and in the first few seconds, while iOS is getting its act together, you jam Newsstand in there before it can stop you. However, if you launch Newsstand, it will come screaming back out at you.
So file this under temporary work around if you hate the look of Newsstand so much, even a short break
Whether or not Apple fixes this in a future update and your Newsstand comes glaring back in defiance, we can't say, but don't look a gift bug in the mouth.
Check out the step by step, below!
Source: The Coding Massacre via 52 Tigers
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"while iOS is getting its act together, you jam Newsstand in there before it can stop you."
Too funny!
Doesn't work for me at all. :(
THANK YOU!
This works great! That is if you want a restoring button for you unjailbroken device. You'll lose all functionality of newsstand, but at least you'll be able to hide it in a folder.
Suede
worked for me. thanks.
lol this is awesome! attempting to open newsstand in a folder instantly crashes the phone though, you're prompted for your password a few seconds later. I guess its good for the many people who want nothing to do with newsstand though.
Yep!
me to
Sounds good, but voice over users probably not be able to do this. Tha's sad as I want that to go away for good! Or at least hide from me lol!
Nice! It should probably be noted that Newsstand will not work at all in this configuration though! It will actually crash and restart springboard if you try to open newsstand!
I did that and then tried opening the Newsstand and it crashed the phone...
Mine rebooted into "Safe Mode" because I am jailbroken. I guess as long as you don't try to use it, the trick will work.
tried this on my iPad, and while I was able to get it into a folder, when i tried to launch Newsstand, the Springboard crashed and reloaded back to the lock screen.
Same thing happens on my iPhone 4.
So basically, you can put it into a folder, if you are not going to actually use it. If you are going to be using it, like I currently am, doing this is absolutely useless.
And just so everyone realizes, the magazines that appear in Newsstand are nothing more than Apps flagged to auto-populate Newsstand. In fact, a number of Apps that I had before I even installed the iOS5 developer versions, have now been automatically relocated to the Newsstand folder. Before that they just appeared as the normal app icon on the Springboard.
So if you did happen to have any of those App Mags before iOS5 and planned to not use Newsstand once you updated, you're gonna have to use it.
Just curious, can you put any app into the newsstand?
This is my first time ever posting to any blog. I just want to say thank you. Being able to put the news stand app into a folder really made my day.
You may wanna read the article above, it says not to use it or it will be thrown back out.
I just realized you can actually nest any folder you want using this move, however you will have no access to the apps in the nested folder. It could be used as a non-JB reset button for those who still want to maintain the functionality of newsstand, just put another app you don't want (compass? voice memos?) into that folder.
Thank you sooo much
Thank you sir this was bothering me all morning don't like any icons on my iPad desktop just in folders at the bottom!
Worked until I synced with iTunes, then it popped back out of the folder. Not sure if it happen from the regular sync or when I pressed Sync iTunes.
Thanks, no way I ever use it on my phone anyway.
Hmm, could this be a possible exploit for a jailbreak?
Already a jailbreak out for it lol
nice i love it
If you try to open it while it's in a folder the system crashes. I wish they would implement folders within folders or at least unlimited space in a folder.
Worked like a charm on my iPhone. Don't need it on the iPhone, I never do any magazine or newspaper readings on there. It's is nice on the iPad though, sure beats the app folder called "Magazine"
Great!!! So happy to get that clutter out of there!!!
WORKED PERFECT!!
I just drag all of the crap that I can't get rid of, to the very last Home screen and leave it out there. I rarely, if ever, go to that page. Game Center, Stocks, Weather and now Newsstand is out there in never-never land.
Just tried it with another folder, putting a folder in a folder. It crashes if you launch the folder. But it did give me an idea! If you have lots of apps you don't use very often, you put them into several folders (assuming you have that many), then put all of those folders in one folder! Then you can take them the folder out in the rare occasion you want to use an app!
At least until 5.0.1... :P
They need to allow me to uninstall newstand. I'm not going to use it.
Great tip. Works like a charm.
I can't delete either Newsstand or the Yahoo Reminders. This is the very antithesis of freedom when Apple decides what is best for us and what we can and can't have. Remember the commercial many years ago, where they portrayed IBM as Big Brother and Apple as breaking the bonds by smashing the screen? Apple has become Big Brother.
It Worked :D
Apple is forcing the newstand app down our throats - sounds like MS - mags says free until you try to open ??? WTF
I want the option to remove
how can i make another folder on my ipod touch with ios 5?
Even if you drag this piece of shit app to the last page it still annoys you with update notices..this app sucks azz Come on Apple, pull your head out of your ass.
Awesome!!!!!
Thank youuuuu :)
But the money that would be lost!
IHAVE A IPHONE 3GS AND WANT TO DELETE SOME OF MY APPS.I JUST GOT THIS PHONE AND AM NOT GOOD AT THESE THINGS.CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO DELETE THE APPS.
Thanks! Wish apple would make it easier to hide, but this will do.
My problem with the newsstand apart from not wanting it on the iPad is that magazines which I had organized the way I wanted them are now automatically placed in the newsstand when the mag is updated. I can't remove it from the newsstand once it's there.
I just want the damned thing to go away. Putting it in another folder isn't going to work if it's has all the updated magazines in it.
Don't really understand why they feel they need to jam this crap down our throats. It they think they are doing someone a favor by creating a place for everything and putting everything in its place than they are designing systems for the lowest common denominator and that's an insult to everyone else.
It doesn't work on my 4GS... A video how-to will be very nice..
This fix does not work for my phone. I want it gone I will never use it. And Apple support wants to charge me 69 dollars and something just so they can answer my questions. I am a support person too. I can troubleshoot and fix any other problem I come across. I have no need to pay for an answer to one stinking lousy question when I know I'll never call them again. I love my iPhone. But so far, from my experience, Apple Support sucks!