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Apps keep disappearing
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Pointless post - and surely a troll would make much more of a fuss about it to provoke if that was why they were posting.
OP - don't know what the problem is. Have you tried restoring from a previous backup and seeing if that makes a difference?
JodyK said:
My device is jail broken but the app in question thAt keeps disAppearing is atomic browser. I purchased the full version, downloaded and installed but it keeps disappearing. When i do a search nothing. Since vie posted this post it hasn't vanished yet so I'm hoping it was just a glitch. ( oh and world atlas vanished once before so i reinstalled and it's been fine thus far )
Also, the reason I jb'd my iPad was so i could install sbsettings and backgrounder. I hve no desire to steal apps without paying for them, I believe in supporting the developers.
gavd said:
If it does it again within the next few days then i will restore. Was curious if anyone else Was having the same issue.
Wel another app vanished. I noticed pockettunes was gone this mornging, but the thing is all of the install apps are still contained in installous so i just have to open it and go to the downloaded menu and reinstall but even so, i have noooo idea why some apps are disappearing and such. This may ne an isolated issue,... Anyone else use installous... Have a similiar issue?
Well it is almost certainly related to the jailbreak. If you are using the Spirit Jailbreak, it isn't finished for iPad yet and is a bit buggy. Cydia, too, aswell as installous, is a bit buggy. (I jailbroke my iPad for backgrounder - just not worth it). Regardless of whatever apps you are using, pirated or not, I wouldn't recommend jailbreaking. But, of course, thats your choice.
As I said in a previous post, restore the iPad in iTunes, and then if you are desperate, jailbreak it again. Takes 10 mins tops, and almost always solves all software problems.
Brookzy said:
Thanks for your thoughts. Makes sense, and i just didnt put two and two together that the jailbreak, cydia, installous r all beta rit now rsight the ipad.
Ill give it another day or so and if it keeps it uo, ill certainly restore. I mean i have all my purchased apps backed up on my imac so that works for me.
Cheers, have a great monday mate!
Thanks for the replies. I appreciate it.
I missed the part where you said you'd jailbroken. My iPhone 3G is jb'd for various reasons, and its stability definitely took a dive after the jb. So that would be the first thing to suspect, especially in a product as new as the iPad.
Bottom line: if you don't have a compelling reason to jailbreak, don't. If there isn't a particular app in Cydia or someplace that you absolutely must have for solid and thought-through reasons, don't jailbreak.
I am sure this disappearance happens after an iTunes sync. I think it's a problem with app sync and iTunes that just deletes apps not loaded in iTunes on the desktop. For a fix make sure you add the ipas installed through installous to desktop iTunes also.
tuxing said:
Fantastic, thank you!
I hVent tried this yet but i suspected as much and also im certain it was related to installous but i wikk know more when i sync next and apply my apps to itunes.
Have you buy any chance used rename 2 from cydia to rename these apps? I noticed this happened shortly after I renamed GWars:Touch to Geometry Wars, other apps I've renamed have been fine.
Like you the reason I've jailbroken is for SBSettings and Backgrounder (and Scrobbl)