Why do we have to activate individually all third party apps!!! There should be as easier way!

Why do we have to activate individually all third party apps!!! There should be as easier way! Apple TV is not Apple anymore...

Primarily because those third party apps are just that, they are not Apple apps, and each have their own requirements for activation.

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    I have restored my 16G 3G iPhone several times, yet repeatedly run into the same problem in which any and all third party apps will immediately quit out right after an attempted launch. However, all of the original pre-installed Apple apps work fine.
    I currently have about 87 third party apps, which iTunes reports as taking up 574.8MB of space. It does not matter as to the order or last app installed, the problem still crops up.
    Needless to say I am extremely frustrated over this loss of function and the enormous amount of time spent in trying to troubleshoot the problem. Each attempted has been made with a clean restore. I have started from scratch with no backup data being reinstalled.
    Is anyone else experiencing this problem and, or might know what’s going on and offer a solution?

    This is what I have come up with.
    I am having the same problem with the 2.0.1 software update. What I did to fix the problem was:
    1.)Unsync the apps off the iPhone.
    2.)Disconnect your iPhone from the computer.
    3.)Reset iPhone: press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least 10 seconds. During this time, a red "power off" slider may appear and the screen may go black, but do not release Sleep/Wake and Home buttons until the Apple logo appears.
    3.)Reconnect your iPhone to the computer and resync your apps and they should work again.
    But there is still a "bug" with the software 2.0.1. If you "Reset" your iPhone at anytime by holding the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button the apps will not work again after the restart completes. Then you will have to perform the same steps I have listed above to get them working again. This is a huge pain in the ***. And apple needs to fix and address this problem. I am having this problem on my iPhone 2G and my girlfriends 3g iPhone. I have had to do this 10 times already between both phones, it's not fun. =8-(

  • All third party apps won't open after moving to 4g

    I updated the desktop to iTunes 10 and downloaded all of the updates to my iPod apps. I bought a new 4g to replace a lost 2g. I synced after dl'ing app updates to the desktop.
    All 3rd party apps only open and close all in 1/2 second.
    Will the suggestion on the support page about reauthorizing the computer help this issue?
    I haven't been able to get back home to try. Thanks.
    (disregard specs below.... I still have all that, but now I'm on my 4gTouch)

    Sorry, I was sending that from my iPod.
    I lost my last iPod. It was backed up on iTunes on my Desktop computer. It was a 2G model.
    I've been off the internet for about 4 months but recently bought a new 4G Touch and got a new Broadband2Go card.
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    All apps are there, just like before, but nothing will open. Only the Apple apps. They flash but close right away.
    I'm home now, and will try the Apple suggestion in the FAQ.
    I just wanted to make sure it was the best way to approach my particular problem.

  • All third party apps stopped working (crash at launch)

    Ok, so there's a BUNCH of people having the exact same problem as I do (search this forum or Google with the title of this post). And I'm posting this in iPad but it does happen on iPhone too. Summary :
    Often after an iOS update (but not always) third party apps stop working. When started, they flash open and then just quit.
    Apple built-in apps keep working fine.
    NOTHING solves the problem : hard reboot (home+power until reboot), deinstall+reinstall one/all apps, restore the iPhone/iPad, buy a new (free) app from the store to "reset" software authorization, de/reauthorize computer, reset password from app store account, deinstall app and then reinstall using the iPad directly (not via iTunes), etc.
    I have one iPhone 4 and one iPad with this issue.
    Oddly enough, on the iPad, only apps that have recently been UPDATED crash. Apps that were present and left alone on the device keep working. On the iPhone, there was an iOS update so everthing was reinstalled and therefore doesn't work anymore.
    Strangest thing : reset the device to make sure nithing is open in the background, launch an app, app crashes and returns to springboard, double click "home" and... tadaam, the crashed app is in the list of open apps. On the iPad, 4-finger slide does even go to that app's screen (which is pitch black).
    As I said, 30 minutes of googling revealed at least 50 identical cases. All seem related to iOS 5.1. My iPhone rune iOS 5.1.1 (that was the upgrade) and my iPad runs iOS 5.1 and I'm NOT doing the update until I can solve this crazy thing.
    Please, all, HELP !
    Thanks in advance.

    Please, Alan, I know my message might be a bit long, but do read it! I DID try that and absolutely everything else that was mentionned in the other posts about this subject. Nothing works. And it doesn't work for the others either, not just me.
    The only thing I can think of right now is to put the iDevice in DFU then make a clean install and configure it as a new iThingy. This looses all stored data and config so it's a pain in the a... and I won't try it unless I'm pretty sure nothing else can be done. And I'm not entirely sre it'll work, either…

  • Printing from iPad - Why do I need third party app to print to a local network printer??

    Why do I need to pay for a third party app to print to ALL local network printer?? I understand that only some printers are compatable with iPads, but yet application like "iCanPrint" allow me to print just fine to a printer connected to my network. Why can't Apple include this as one of its features? Technology is apparently there?

    For that, and the many other apps to work, you need to be running a pc or Mac on the network.  The answer is drivers.  Every printer in the world needs a driver.  There simply is not enough space on a pad to load every possible printer driver that might be in play.  in the pc world, the operating system comes preloaded with hundreds of common drivers, and when you buy and install a new printer, you download the new drivers for that new printer.
    That all just will not work on a pad or phone.  So apple flipped the issue upside down, and said...'here is the printer driver we will make standard for its devices.  We call it AirPrint.  Include this in your printer'.    A lot of manufacturers have, and more printers are enabled each month.   
    So your choice is pretty basic.  You can buy an AirPrint enabled printer and print directly to it, or buy a non AirPrint printer, or use the one you have, and rely on your pc to act as the translation device to manage the print job.

  • Many apps are just flashing (not all third-party ones, though)

    Hello,
    I know this is the umpteenth post about this issue, but I have tried all tricks I've read before going for a full restore and I'm wondering if some other trick might be known to the community.
    First, the well-known issue is the following: some apps, when executed, cause only a brief "flash" on the iPad's screen, and then the desktop is shown again. The "flashing" app appears nevertheless in the bar with all running apps, but nothing changes if I hit the minus sign to "quit" the app. If I then restart the app, it's flashing again and I'm back to square one. Moreover, also opening the app from the bar with all running apps causes the same behaviour.
    In the past I've already faced the most common version of this problem, where all third-party apps would exhibit this behaviour and only Apple's apps where working. In those cases, either the "get a free app" trick or the "sign out/sign in" trick with the Apple Store solved the issue. Now, nothing seems to solve the issue and, moreover, in this case several third-party apps work as expected. Nevertheless, at first sight it seems that roughly half of all third-party apps don't work, it's not just some isolated app. Please note that some of those apps work perfectly on the iPhone 4S with the same OS version, so I tend to rule out a compatibility issue with the OS, also because some apps were still working on the same iPad after updating to 5.1.
    Here's the list of operations I've performed, to no avail:
    Quitting all apps and restarting the failing ones
    Installing a new app from the iTunes Store on the iPad, entering the iTunes Store password
    Signing out from the Apple Store on the iPad, and then signing back in
    Removed one of the failing apps from the iPad, resynched, added back the app to the iPad from iTunes, resynched.
    Switching down the iPad and restarting it
    Forcing a restart of the iPad by keeping both buttons pressed
    Is there any other reasonable procedure to be attempted before going for a complete backup/reset/restore of the iPad?
    Thanks and best regards,
    Giovanni

    Just an update, in order to collect more feedback about this issue.
    I have added three further attempts at a solution:
    Resetting all settings
    Removing iCloud from the iPad (there's a user here in the community quite vocal about problems with iCloud)
    Restoring the iPad using the latest backup
    After the last move, which was what I meant to avoid but then I had apparently no other options, the problem got worse. Now all third-party apps, and even Apple's iWork touch apps, crash suddenly, even those that worked before the restore operation. I was hoping that such a condition was the well-known problem solved with any new download from the App Store, but that's not the case, unfortunately.
    I'm then going to reset the iPad and restart from scratch. It's a waste of time, but hopefully less painful than keeping on chasing a solution for my weird issue.
    If anyone has actually solved this kind of problem, please add your reply here.
    Thanks and best regards,
    Giovanni

  • Updated Carrier Settings - All 3rd party apps now crash on startup.

    Updated the new Carrier Settings today. Now all 3rd party apps on the iPhone crash on startup. Am I the only one experiencing this?
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    Just wanted to post in the event someone else had the same issue. I did a restore and reset. All third party apps went away (poof).
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    Hi there,
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    why do I have to log in all the time into iCloud every time in spite of clicking the "keep me logged in" box?

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    I started seeing the same symptoms today. I also noticed that at some point my iPhone's name in iTunes had changed from "<my name>'s iPhone" to "iPhone".
    I tried all suggestions in this thread with no luck.
    Since I had sync'ed several times after the problem started, my "restore from iPhone backup" operation was restoring the iPhone to the same wrong state. I wanted to restore it to the state it was before the problem started this morning. However, iTunes only restores to the latest backup.
    I found that on the Mac, the iPhone backups are kept in:
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    There were two directories for my iPhone (there's supposed to be only one). One was a long string of characters, the second one was the same string plus a string with a date at the end (as in "328... - 20090820"). I figured whatever happened, happened this morning and iTunes started considering my iPhone a different phone, not authorized to run my apps.
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  • Why do I have to contact support to purchase an app?, Why do I have to contact support to purchase an app?

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  • A third party app keeps showing in my podcast app even after restoring as a new phone.  Why?

    A third party app that I've used for a long time through iTunes to download a specific podcast not available through the iTunes store has gotten a bit messed up.  I've used this for 3+ years with no problem. Lately though the name of the podcast will show up as an empty folder even though I've downloaded and synced it up.  The episodes may stay for about 24 hours but then the app disappears from inside of iTunes and all the episodes are deleted.  I've removed the app, reinstalled it, etc., and the same thing happens.  I restored the phone from a back up, same problem.   I even set the phone up as new and this same empty folder was on the iPhone immediately.  That I don't understand...how is that even possible?
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    I solved this through a combo of reinstalling the app and removing it but the real kicker is to make sure to go into the iPhone if you have any phantom podcasts and go to settings/general/usage/manage storage and see what is there for podcasts.  Delete it from this location to start over.  I found this file was larger than justified compared to what was in the podcast folder.  Somehow this had gotten corrupted.
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