Bugs

App Store ratings M.I.A.?

By Brian Tufo, Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011 a 11:44 am

It appears for some strange reason that the App Store ratings seem to be missing as of this morning. On the featured page all of the ratings are gone and show each app has no ratings. Once you click on the app the rating seems to be back but for some reason on the main page the rating is no where to be found.

Also when I was trying to update a few apps this morning it the download began to hang taking much longer than usual. I also had two Game Center requests which took ages to accept and register on the server. Maybe something strange is going on with Apple servers this morning and hopefully these strange issues go away quickly.

iPhone bugs: Alarms still not working properly for some users

By Brian Tufo, Monday, Jan 3, 2011 a 11:51 am

Well it's January 3 and some iPhone alarms are still not been going off at their correct times. We first told you about the alarm bug on Friday as Australia hit the new year and started noticing the issue. Apple promised us over the weekend that on January 3rd things would fix themselves and users would wake up on time.

Apple confirms iPhone alarm bug, says wait for tomorrow and it'll fix itself

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Jan 2, 2011 a 10:33 am

That pesky iPhone bug that caused one-time alarms not to go off in 2011 has been confirmed by Apple (phew!), as has the "fix" -- either set a recurring alarm or wait, as it corrects itself on January 3rd and works properly thereafter:

We're aware of an issue related to non repeating alarms set for January 1 or 2. Customers can set recurring alarms for those dates and all alarms will work properly beginning January 3.

Warning! iPhone bugs: Alarms not working in 2011

By Georgia, Friday, Dec 31, 2010 a 9:32 pm

One of our Australian forum members, TrAJik let us know that his iPhone alarm failed to wake him up this morning, January 1, 2011 (Australia time) and doing a quick look around the web it seems like he is not alone.

The iPhone had trouble with repeating alarms back during the change to Standard Time ~~so this could be the same bug rearing its ugly head again~~.

UPDATE: According to comments below, this affects **ONE TIME ALARMS* rather than recurring ones, so the opposite fix should work:

Bugs: Disappearing iBooks and configuration problems

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Dec 29, 2010 a 2:52 pm

Problem with iBooks disappearing from your iBookshelf, or getting a configuration error telling you have to restore your iPhone or iPad and reinstall iBooks? You're not alone. We'll go over the bug and try to troubleshoot after the break!

iPhone bugs: Blank messages in Mail

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Dec 28, 2010 a 6:31 pm

If you go to check your email in the iPhone's Mail app only to see a blank -- either literally a blank space between messages or a place-holder that says (No Sender) (No Subject) -- you may have this bug. If you do we'll tell you how to work around it, after the break.

Skype not working for you? You're not alone

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Dec 23, 2010 a 11:01 am

Skype, the most popular VoIP (Voice over IP) service on the planet, has been down for many users for almost a day now. Users either can't log into Skype or if they can, when they try to place a Skype call they're told they're offline. It's the same if you're on the desktop or using the iPhone app. You just can't connect.

Bugs: Using Google DNS and suffering super slow iTunes rentals and downloads?

By Georgia, Monday, Dec 20, 2010 a 5:07 pm

TiPb's gotten lots of reports from iPhone, iPad and Apple TV users of super slow iTunes rentals and downloads -- we're talking hours and hours! -- and it looks like Google DNS (and OpenDNS) could be part of the problem. According to Joe Mailer:

iTunes 10.1.1 causing install problems, crash bugs?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Dec 15, 2010 a 11:15 pm

We've gotten emails, comments, even angry ALL CAPS shouts during iPhone Live's chat, that some users aren't able to install today's iTunes 10.1.1 update through Software Update, while others who are able to install can't launch it without it crashing.

For both bugs try going to apple.com/itunes and download the latest version directly.

If you're having any problems or issues with iTunes 10.1.1 let us know, along with any solutions that help you through.

Apple TV bugs: Sorry we could not reach the Netflix service...!

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Dec 13, 2010 a 9:19 pm

Turn on Apple TV, click through to Netflix, find what you want to watch, press play and -- "Sorry we could not reach the Netflix service. Please try again later. If the problem persists please visit the Netflix website. (112)" I've had this problem consistently lately and the weird part is Netflix on my iPhone and iPad -- on the same Wi-Fi network! -- work fine. It's only Apple TV that has the problem.