IPhone 5S: random reboot triggers vanished apps (Settings, Mail, Phone and more...)
For the last day or so, a high percentage of apps that I'd tried launching crashed instantly on my iPhone 5S with iOS 7.0.6. Reboot didn't help that problem. Facebook app, for example, still opens briefly and a second later crashes. Every. Time.
Cut to this morning when my phone rebooted itself randomly and upon returning, many apps had vanished including system apps including Phone, Settings and Mail as well as Tweetbot, Google Voice,Kindle and much more). None of these apps show up in Spotlight search at all. App Store has, for the apps that are missing (at least the few I spot checked) an OPEN button instead of download. But when I hit the OPEN button nothing at all happens.
I can't make calls. I can't check or send emails. I can't use many of the apps actually on my phone still. I can't reset even without my Settings app.
What happened and what do I do? Does this require a trip to my local Apple Genius? Never seen this before and I've had an iPhone sine day one.
Anybody? Thank you in advance for any ideas, advise and suggestions...
Thanks, Jim. Sadly this doesn't appear to be possible at this point. I can't restore my phone from iTunes as it asks me to turn off Find My Phone in my phone's settings app which is no longer an app accessible on my phone. Sigh.
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