Security Flaw - Push apps opens the home screen on sleep?

I'm sure this is a security flaw. I have my iPhone on the sleep mode. I pressed the sleep button and placed it in my pants. So no way I'm pressing the button and sliding the finger to unlock.
After playing Words with Friends as one of the apps in question, I press the lock button. Seconds later my iPhone goes directly to home with an alert. No lock screen at all. I get the alert that says my friend made a move on the scrabble board.
Anyone know of any other apps that have this security flaw?

One more thing before you take it back to the store - try a restore. You will do this from within iTunes. Since you really don't have app data to concern yourself with, do a "restore as new". This will wipe it clean and reinstall the firmware. You can then sync to add everything back to it.

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I this normal?
I've had the iPad Air for about 2 weeks now... and I'm sure I haev set and disables restrictions about a week ago with no problem....
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If I restrict apps for age 9+ for example... those apps will be hidden from their folders... which is good and works as it should be.
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Thanks for the help... It's too bad that it works that way.... I have folders for each person in the family and wanted to age-restrict apps when my kids were playing, then disable restrictions whenever I was going to use it.... I guess I'll just have to leave those age restricted apps on the home screen.
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On iOS 7.0.2, after web (OTA) installation there are two icons for the app on the home screen; one is invalid.

Hello,
I have filed a bugreport, but I am curious if anybody else has noticed this.
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Icon that was displaying progress of installation stays on screen next to normal icon and it is impossible to delete it or start the app with it.
Steps to Reproduce:
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Icon that was displaying the progress should disappear after installation.
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I have the same problem!
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HT3053 I have a 13inch MacBook Pro and when I switch it on the apple logo appears then a slot and the circular symbol which is turning and then before opening the home screen it switches off again. Is there a sequence that I can use to force it to load.

I have got a 13 inch MacBook Pro and it got stuck in a loop so I switched it off by holding the power button down and now when I switch it on the apple logo appears then I get a blank slot at the bottom of the screen then the circle appears and rotates and then it switches off again, I have tried starting it again with the system disc that came with it when it was new but it makes no difference. Is there a sequence that I can use to force it to start.

Sorry. We can't help you. It's no longer an iPhone. Apple won't touch it.
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My phone got wet, and I let it dry. Now it has a picture of the android man coming out of a box.

StPeter wrote:
My phone got wet, and I let it dry. Now it has a picture of the android man coming out of a box.
It is helpful to people if you tell them your phone model. How did you let it dry? Did you take the cover off, the battery out, and put all of it in a bag of rice for a day?

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I've been using my phone the past three days, and myself as well as a friend have had the same problem, and it's software related.
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I did this, went back to the iPod, and was forced back again. No matter what I did I was instantly pushed back to the home screen until I turned off the phone and turned it back on.
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I think this means that the app crashed. I've had this happen multiple times in Safari and Google Maps.
To be sure, do this: try a sync of your phone with iTunes, and if iTunes asks you if it's okay to send diagnostic info to Apple, then that's what happened.
If iTunes does not ask you if it's okay to send diagnostic info to Apple, then it's a different problem.
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My new playbook keeps freezing up. Mainly on the home screen When opening or in a app.

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When I am on a phone call and I double click the button to go to my home screen, then open another application (usually my calendar program, Calengoo), my screen goes blank and I am not able to return to either the app, the phone, or the home screen. If I am speaking to a person, if they hang up then I am back to the phone application. If I'm leaving a message, I am unable to return to the phone screen to end the call, and have to wait until the other phone hangs up. I'm also unable to switch back and forth to look at my calendar if I'm calling someone about scheduling. This has only started happening since the most recent iOs update. I run into situations similar to this about once per day during the work week, as I use my phone is this manner quite often. While not life altering it is quite frustrating. Can anyone here help me figure out a way to avoid this? If it helps, I have noticed a general downgrade in overall performance starting two system updates ago (apps opening more slowly, closing unexpectedly more often, etc.). I have an iPhone 3GS with the latest OS update.
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You can check the notification settings for message.
Settings>Notification Center>Messages>Alert Style
It should be on Banners or Alerts.
Settings>Messages> Turn on Imessage and send as SMS and below that "Blocked" to check if you have any numbers block might be blocking the message.
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HT201272 I just bought a new iPad. When I tap on Purchase in the App store I see all my previously purchased apps each with a little box that says open. There is no download cloud. How do I get these apps onto my home screen?

I just bought a new iPad and the apps I had previously purchased are in the app store under Purchased. They appear with a little box that says "Open". There is no download cloud so I can't click on them to download the apps to my home screen. Is there a way to move these apps to my home screen?

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