Crashes

Apple addresses corrupt App Store binary bug

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jul 5, 2012 a 11:53 pm

Apple addresses corrupt App Store binary bug

Apple has issued a statement concerning new App Store app installs and updates that were crashing on load for users over the last 48 hours. You can read the full text over on The Loop, but here's how Apple explained it:

We had a temporary issue that began yesterday with a server that generated DRM code for some apps being downloaded

Newly installed and updated apps reportedly crashing on launch due to corrupt App Store binary bug

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jul 4, 2012 a 10:49 pm

If you've downloaded or updated an app from the iPhone or iPad App Store in the last day or so, and it's crashing every time you launch it, you might have gotten a bad binary from Apple. At least that's what Instapaper developer Marco Arment began trouble-shooting last night on Twitter, and has now posted in detail about on Marco.org.

How to troubleshoot common jailbreak issues on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

By Allyson Kazmucha, Monday, Jan 23, 2012 a 10:58 am

While jailbreak can unquestionably add loads of functionality to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - it isn't completely error prone. Whether you're having issues getting your device to jailbreak or running into problems after you've jailbroken, we've got the answers to lots of common problems.

Poll: Are you having issues with iOS 4.3.1 untethered jailbreak?

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Apr 8, 2011 a 3:21 pm

Our newest jailbreak ninja, Cody, recently let you know how to untethered jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 via redsn0w but since then, how has it been? I personally haven't had time to upgrade to iOS 4.3.1 and re-jailbreak. Cody however has voiced that he has had a lot more springboard crashes than he did under the previous iOS 4.2.1 greenpois0n jailbreak.

Facebook for iPhone down - crashing repeatedly

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010 a 10:43 pm

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Facebook for iPhone seems to be experiencing some -- hopefully temporary -- problems as we're getting flooded with users saying it's crashing for them on launch, repeatedly.

So take some solace in knowing it's not you or your iPhone, it's Facebook. Feel free to sound off in the comments until they get it fixed...

Update: As mentioned below, remember Facebook is a website and you can still go to http://www.facebook.com on your iPhone while you're for the app to come back online.

iTunes 8 + Vista = BSOD? WT*, QA!

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 a 6:55 am

Seems iTunes 8 for Vista 32/64 will crash if you hook an iPhone or iPod up to it, or, you know, look at it funny. Gizmodo says some users are having luck reverting back to 7.7, or doing a complete uninstall and then installing 8.0. Apple, meanwhile, is asking for crash logs to try to figure out what's happening.

Could Apple's Quality Assurance department really not have any Vista machines in-house to run tests on? Any other company, and we wouldn't even ask but as reader Bryan points out in the comments:

Steve Speaks: Apple Will Fix App Crashes in September

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 a 6:55 pm

Gotta love Steve Jobs and his blunt-force emails. This time, it's a lucky AppleInsider reader who sent it on a complaint about crash-prone applications, a problem which has plagued the iPhone 2.0 pretty much since launch. And what did the drive-by-Steve'ing say?