Bugs

iMessage issue causes headaches for stolen iPhone users

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 a 10:48 pm

Multiple users who've had their iPhones stolen are reporting that iMessage is still linked to their stolen device even after they've conducted a remote wipe, deactivated their iPhone with the carrier, and even changed their Apple ID password. This means that whomever steals or buys a stolen iPhone may have the ability to iMessage from the original owners account, pretty much impersonating them.

Although Apple has yet to comment on the situation, Ars Technica was able to get iOS security expert Jonathan Zdziarski to chime in on his thoughts of why this may be occurring.

iOS Bugs: All apps stuck on "Waiting" to install

By Anthony#IM, Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 a 12:50 am

After updating to iOS 5.0.1 via iTunes and rebooting, I found all the App Store apps installed on my iPhone were suddenly waiting to download. That's right. All of them. Just "Waiting". Unable to launch.

I tried force-quitting the App Store app. I tried rebooting. I tried resetting. I logged into and out of the App Store app. I checked if there were any iTunes Store downloads, like podcasts, that might have gotten "stuck" (there weren't). I checked if any large apps like Navigon were slowly -- very slowly -- downloading (they didn't appear to be.) I tried re-syncing with iTunes on my desktop (the apps came back, still waiting).

Facebook for iPhone bugs: Pictures showing up wrong

By Allyson Kazmucha, Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 a 10:09 am

On the current version of Facebook for iPhone and iPad, whenever I tap on a picture someone uploaded, it either brings up a totally different picture, or when I flip over to comments, they don't match the comments that go with that specific picture. It's incredibly annoying if you want to comment on a picture and can't even get the correct one to pull up.

If you use Facebook for iPhone or iPad you're probably aware that it doesn't come without a bug or two. This one we've had several readers report and it's something I've experienced myself since the newer revamped version of Facebook was released.

The only workaround I've found is to actually go in and open the album the picture is in and click on the picture in the grid of photos. That typically tends to load the correct image and bypass the issue.

Caching bug in iOS 5 Safari

By Anthony#IM, Friday, Nov 4, 2011 a 10:31 am

On some websites, like CNN shown in the video above, when I hit "back" to return to the previous page, instead of getting the previous page I get a version of the previous page that's from some time in the past, as much as a day or so. I've also had this happen on sites like Reddit. Unless Apple included highly advanced tachyon-based time travel functionality in iOS 5, there's some problem between the web server, the cache, mobile Safari, and my eyes that's conspiring to give me pages from the past.

What is Notification Error "no valid 'aps-environment' entitlement string found for application?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011 a 2:15 pm

TiPb's getting a lot of questions about Notification Error "no valid 'aps-environment' entitlement string found for application, what it means, and what can be done about it. Reason being, Google released their new Gmail for iPhone and iPad app today today, and subsequently pulled it due to some launch-time bugs involving Push Notifications.

Short answer: Google messed up Push Notifications and there's nothing you can do about it until Google fixes it and Apple pushes out that fix.

iOS 5 Bugs: Disappearing Wi-Fi Personal Hotspot

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 a 11:56 pm

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So you just updated to iOS 5 and you find you have a problem -- you go to use the Wi-Fi Personal Hotspot feature and it's gone. Don't fret. It's not really gone, it's just hiding, and here are a couple things you can do to coax it back.

Apple's servers hammered, iOS, other updates causing frustration

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 a 5:30 pm

Facebook for iPhone updated to 3.5

By George Lim, Tuesday, Sep 6, 2011 a 8:22 pm

Facebook for iPhone has been updated and brings a few new features and many improvements including the ability to tag friends and places in posts.

Added the ability to tag friends and places in posts
Added the ability to share external links from a web view
Added new design for Profile and Group Walls
Improved the sharing tool to add privacy controls on posts and match your settings on the web site.
Improved Notifications Speed
Fixed a number of Chat bugs
Made it easier to select filters in News Feed
Fixed a bug with the notifications bar disappearing
Fixed a number of Photos bugs
Improved performance and stability overall

Facebook for iPhone is available for free.

Switch to Sprint, iOS 5 beta 7 bugs, iPhone on other carriers, App reviews [From the Forums]

By Jeremy, Tuesday, Sep 6, 2011 a 12:04 pm

Let's be blunt -- if you're not in the TiPb Forums you're missing out on the best darn discussion in iPhone and iPad today, so head on over and register now!

See you in the forums!

Podcasts streaming as music samples in iTunes app? [Bugs]

By Georgia, Tuesday, Aug 30, 2011 a 10:23 am

Whatever changes Apple has been making to the iTunes Store back end lately has caused iTunes app on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad to stream some podcasts as music samples, rather than handing them off to the built-in media player like they're supposed to.

We've tested and everything seems fine and working properly for all of our TiPb podcasts like iPhone Live or iPad Live, or ZENandTECH, Superfunctional, or Iterate, or any of the Mobile Nations podcasts for that matter.

However, shows on other networks like 5by5 and TWiT do seem to be experiencing the problem, and it's annoying to say the least. So what can be done?