iPhone Apps Not Working!
Posted by: koldfyre on: August 17, 2008
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What is going on? My apps were working just fine until they just stopped suddenly working! What gives, Apple?
I’ve done a bit of research and testing on the ‘tubes and it seems that rhe only way to get them working is by downloading a new app or replacing an existing app. Don’t know why, but I just replaced “Tap Tap Revolution” and all my other apps started working.
You can delete an app by going to the home screen and holding your finger down on any app. All apps will start to shake and at that point, all you have to do is press on a black “X” icon next to every app you downloaded.
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68 Responses to "iPhone Apps Not Working!"
August 26, 2008 at 1:02 am
Additionally, updating any app seems to work too 
Just go to App Store and update 1 app or all apps (but when updating all apps, do it manually one at a time because my experiences have been that this “update all” options crashes my iPhone).
November 28, 2008 at 11:27 pm
How to fix apps not working on iphone 3g: here is what I did to fix it: I went to app store on my iphone to update a 3rfd party app since they all wouldnt work and found that my friend’s email was stored for some reason. i plugged in my iphone to my computer and and in itunes I went to sign in. I used my correct sign in. then i synced up the iphone and they all work now
December 24, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I had the same problem. I deleted and then reinstalled the same app and it fixed them all.
January 17, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Tks for posting the solution, I had the same problem on my 3G. I simply downloaded a new free app, and everything is working now.
This is the 2nd time I have this issue. The first time it was because one app had to be updated, and when I updated it, the problem was solved, but this time there were no updates. I’ll try the hard boot next time as well, maybe that works too.
February 1, 2009 at 9:25 pm
I had the exact same problem. One by one, my apps stopped working. I deleted Tap Tap revenge and re-downloaded it. All my apps work fine now. Tap Tap seems to be the problem.
February 7, 2009 at 4:52 am
thanks man! great advice on the dling a new app. everything works now.
February 9, 2009 at 4:02 am
Hi,
FYI, I had the same problem and your advice worked! Well, I authorize my iPhone on two computers so the apps may have stopped working due to that. But, as you said, I simply deleted an app and re-synced my iPhone with that app back on. I went back to my iPhone and, presto, they all work again!
Thank you!!!
February 12, 2009 at 11:22 am
Just had the same problem after the 2.2.1 update – no 3rd party apps worked.
Hard reset didn’t fix it but your suggestion of deleting and re-installing one app (did wikipanion) appears to have fixed them all.
Thanks for the useful info.
February 18, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Thanks soooooo much I deleted an app and reinstalled it and now they al work!!!!! Thanks soooooo much!!
February 18, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Does anyone know or have advise on why my Craigsphone app doesnt let me POST. when i try, it opens a new page and tells me “we’re sorry but something went wrong. go back or try again.”
February 27, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Had this problem twice in less than a week. I sync the phone with two computers (Macbook Pro & iMac24) and am wondering if this is the problem? I deleted and reinstalled facebook… worked fine and got everything else working. My Mobile Me push email however is no longer working. Phone settings all seem to be correct. Any ideas anyone?
March 13, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Ive get the same problem from time to time but my app store thinks im in a different country atm !
March 26, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Thanks for posting this, the same just happened to my 3G. Downloaded a free App & back to normal. Cheers.
March 31, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I had the same problem but it resolved after I downloaded a new app. (maybe because you need to put your password in to install it?)
April 1, 2009 at 3:29 pm
thanks for the solution. installed a new app and everything went working again. appreciate the useful suggestions! 
April 14, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I have the first gen iPhone unlcoked for tmobile and just started getting the same thing!! i just updated apps in the app store and works fine for me as well! No need to hassle with deleting and reinstalling unless updating doesn’t work first!
April 29, 2009 at 3:34 pm
I had this problem like 3 days after i got my nw iphone 3g , was not impressed i thought perhalps i shall delete all of the apps i downloaded and re-install them again, it worked.
The Next day the apps weren’t working again , so today i updated one (when i was on the ap store on my iphone) and now they’re all working again.
P.s When i updated them on my computer this did not work.
May 2, 2009 at 8:54 am
What do I do if the App Store icon itself is not working. I am not able to do anything with the phone. I have it unlocked for Tmobile and at at ver 2.2.1. Everything was working just fine till today evening. 
May 15, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Thanks, deleting one app and reinstalling the same one made everything work again.
May 21, 2009 at 10:29 pm
I updated, reset, synced and still, the finger piano, nor the facebook app are working. They begin to load, then stop. I deleted the finger app & now Apple wants me to pay again for it. I don’t think so.
May 29, 2009 at 12:10 pm
A disgrace!
I didn’t buy an iPhone to spend hours fixing it. Thats what I paid Apple for in buyign the phone.
If your new car breaks down. Do your fix that as well?
June 6, 2009 at 3:43 am
After 2.2.1 upgrade none of my appstore apps are working
Triedreinstall and reset as well please help.the phone is 2g
June 19, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Good job it worked!! I thought I had to ditch 3.0 upgrade..It wasnt the problem at all
June 20, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Can’t believe this worked….I just spent an hour in line at the apple store and didnt get any help. I should of just googled it in the first place. I just deleted tap tap revolution and added another free app….my problem started when I updated all my apps……
June 20, 2009 at 9:52 pm
hahaha
Glad that I could help so many people!
I’m especially surprised that the OS 3.0 didn’t fix it, based on comment #30.
June 21, 2009 at 8:56 pm
I tried reinstalling applications and resetting the IPhone and still nothing worked; i am in a different country now, can this be the reason why the applications are working.
i have the 3.0 OS.
Can anybody help
June 22, 2009 at 12:48 am
@Ayoub Try updating an application. Also, I don’t think applications wouldn’t launch just because you are in a different country.
June 22, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Great advice! I have had this problem in the past and found that installing or updating an app will solve the problem. this time though i simply just syncd my phone and pc and all apps were worked again fine. Both times this has happened i noticed that i had several apps on my phone that were not syncd with my pc, dont know if that any reason for this to happen.
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July 2, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Yeah so.. I just bought the 3Gs and had the same issue, I am surprised that Apple is not doing anything or that they have not resolved this issue by now. Either way thank you Koldfyre, I re-installed the Weather Channel Application and everything is back to normal… but did give me a little scare.
thanks!
July 25, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Tried to remove apps and synch, install apps and synch, install new apps directly on Iphone, everything apple store apps failed. Apple screewed up the DRM again….
July 22, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Another happy uninstall/reinstall! Thanks koldfyre.
Now if I could repair my iphone’s stress cracks as easily Getting a replacement tomorrow, what a ginormous bummer
July 23, 2009 at 6:24 pm
This worked for me too when itunes wouldn’t sync my apps from my 3GS and then my apps wouldn’t work at all. Just re-installed one of the free apps and they all worked again.
Thanks much!
July 28, 2009 at 2:50 pm
That didnt work for me!!!!
i deleted and updated it and also downloaded the apps again but it still doesnt work!!!!
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP MMMMEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
August 18, 2009 at 3:44 am
i did what koldfyre told me 2 do and it worked!!!……then it happened all over again help!!
August 23, 2009 at 1:50 am
Thanks for the hint!
And I think I know what the problem was.
I did not have any updates, so I just downloaded a free App, when I did, Apple required me to read a new “change of policy” statement.
I clicked agree, and all my Apps started working.
So if you don’t have any updates to do, find a free app to download, and agree to the policy.
August 28, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Thanks for the tip!
I deleted and reinstalled a free app and all other apps started working.
September 16, 2009 at 12:42 am
i have tried deleting all and restarting and nothing works! whatelse can i do? been on the phone with tech support for 40 min
September 30, 2009 at 12:42 am
Wow! Thanks so much! That worked like a charm!!! Thought I was gonna have to reset my iPhone which was not gonna be cool! Thanks again!
September 30, 2009 at 10:40 pm
It worked for me. But interestingly I appeared to be logged out of iTunes. I had to log back in to download. So I wonder if that was the problem.
This happens on my phone quite often. 3 times in the last 4 months. I have reset the phone each time until this one. Can’t wait for the next time so I can test the log in theory.
October 1, 2009 at 2:07 am
This is completely unacceptable Windows-style BS – I’ve had this piece of crap for a week and had this app thing happen three times already…this is Apple Quality?
October 3, 2009 at 2:29 pm
nothing has been working for me.
ive tried re installing tap tap. ive tried deauthorizing and authorizing my computer. hard reboot. installing free apps.
i just updated mine to 3.1 firmware. and it just stopped working after that. i restored my iphone too. practically done everything can someone help me please
October 3, 2009 at 2:53 pm
i just deleted all my apps. downloaded facebook. and it still doesnt work this is really starting to annoy me
October 4, 2009 at 2:52 am
i dont know why this happened.. but thanks for the help. i just uninstalled one of my apps, and reinstalled it and now they all work.
October 20, 2009 at 2:30 am
Deleting and re-downloading Facebook Worked for me! Now all Apps work fine. Thank You!!
October 21, 2009 at 7:56 pm
All apps downloaded from AppStore do not work all the other ones work any help thanks
October 29, 2009 at 12:21 am
Genius! I tried switching on and off, hard rebooting, no joy. I didn’t have any updates so downloaded an app and that sorted me out! Thank you!
October 29, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Thx for the tip. I just deleted an app that I no longer used and the rest of my apps and all of my music began working again!
November 1, 2009 at 7:57 am
THANK YOU!!! This is the second time this has happened to me. The first time was after I did the last update for picture messages. I was worried I would have to download everything again. I just updated one app and they work again.
November 10, 2009 at 10:13 pm
thanks ! that helped me !
it’s back up and working again!
August 24, 2008 at 8:06 am
Another thing you can do is a hard reset which is different from turning off your iPhone (by holding down the sleep/wake button). You can do a hard reset by:
Holding down sleep/wake and the home buttons for about 10 seconds. Keep holding until you see the black background with the white Apple logo.