Can't move Newsstand to a folder [Merged]

[devyhevy]

Is anyone else having problems with the NOTIFICATIONS on the Newsstand app? I have downloaded two issues of two different magazines and the number 2 on the red circle on the app's icon just won't go away! And it won't go away even after READING the magazine! This is annoying... does anyone have a clue of how to fix this or is anyone else having the same issue?

 

[lnferno]

You make a folder, and while it's still forming, move it in.

Sorry if this has already been posted.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/how-to-hide-newsstand-icon-in-a-folder/

 

[benmrii]

Yes, it acts like a folder and another Apple app that can't be deleted, which is exactly why it's two worst problems exist:

1. You can't hide it

And worse, 2. It now automatically moves to and insists on keeping the applications 'linked' to it within itself. Which means not only do I have to use it for some news applications, but I now have to go to two separate folders to get at different apps.

Big, big fail in my opinion.

 

[bobr1952]

Just move it to another page. All the apps I use are in folders on the first page--other stuff on page two--including Newsstand.

 

[Jordan9]

You make a folder, and while it's still forming, move it in.

Sorry if this has already been posted.

I did this yesterday and it works. No more newsstand icon taking up screen space. And its mini icon doesn't show up in the folder icon.

 

[gyang333]

OMG thanks!

 

[ihonda]

impossible to do this on the 4S, there is no "lag time" to trick the folder

 

[marcusj0015]

Oops, didn't see this thread and created a dupe. Thanks, grapes911.

So far this is my only complaint about iOS 5.

So, they should stifle innovation because it'd be... innovation?

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impossible to do this on the 4S, there is no "lag time" to trick the folder

The iPhone 4S speed is really a pain in the ass! take meh back to my old slow phone!

 

[Dpops]

Newsstand is stupid, redundant.

The newsstand 'app' should be something users can delete. If we wanted our magazines (if you even have them) put in to a folder we would use the FOLDER ABILITY. I have one magazine on my iPad, and I don't want it in a folder. I want just the app icon so I don't have to open an app to get to the app. Maybe I'm just raging, but I am super irritated by this stupid Newsstand app/folder. I want it gone.

 

[silroc]

You make a folder, and while it's still forming, move it in.

Sorry if this has already been posted.

It worked!!!

For every 37 arrogant annoying posts, single gems like this appear

An this is why I still come to "Internet forums"

Thank you

 

[StPete]

Newsstand...

...can be moved back to an unused desktop. Out of sight out of mind.

 

[mimbrava]

Newsstand captured NY Times, won't let me re-put it in my News folder

Not only is Newsstand annoying, but it captured my NY Times app, moving it from my own News folder. When I deleted the app from Newsstand and tried to reinstall it, it went right back into the Newsstand folder.

I don't want to move it to an unused desktop because I want quick access to the NY Times. I don't want to fake it out by creating a new folder and putting it in it while the folder is generating because I'm afraid something would go wrong (I'm a coward, you see). I hope Apple reconsiders its decision to capture the Times inside Newsstand. Meanwhile:

#NewsstandFail

 

[JAT]

Sounds like we've got a new reason for some people to jailbreak.

Thanks for the tip, Newsstand is safely lost in a folder, now. Probably revert next time there is an update, though.

 

[jsh1120]

Not only is Newsstand annoying, but it captured my NY Times app, moving it from my own News folder. When I deleted the app from Newsstand and tried to reinstall it, it went right back into the Newsstand folder.

I don't want to move it to an unused desktop because I want quick access to the NY Times. I don't want to fake it out by creating a new folder and putting it in it while the folder is generating because I'm afraid something would go wrong (I'm a coward, you see). I hope Apple reconsiders its decision to capture the Times inside Newsstand. Meanwhile:

#NewsstandFail

Same problem with the New Yorker. You'll be able to tell when Apple "reconsiders its decision." It will be when folks in Hell begin complaining about it getting very, very chilly.

The Newsstand is Apple's latest plan to capture revenue (30% of subscription prices) and provide an unremovable advertising space for selected periodicals. You'll notice that the current crop of "featured" periodicals includes all 30 magazines published by Conde Nast. The idea is to capture the largest publishers and then force any other publisher to follow suit in order to avoid being at a competitive disadvantage.

In short, Newsstand is the digital version of Publishers Clearing House. All it lacks (so far) is a sweepstakes.

 

[scottish]

Ok, have now safely popped it away in my 'unused' folder.

Would probably have used it for all my news apps if I could put them in there - it seems not though, despite one of them being a magazine you can download via newsstand.

 

[mimbrava]

Well, that's depressing.

Same problem with the New Yorker. You'll be able to tell when Apple "reconsiders its decision." It will be when folks in Hell begin complaining about it getting very, very chilly.

The Newsstand is Apple's latest plan to capture revenue (30% of subscription prices) and provide an unremovable advertising space for selected periodicals. You'll notice that the current crop of "featured" periodicals includes all 30 magazines published by Conde Nast. The idea is to capture the largest publishers and then force any other publisher to follow suit in order to avoid being at a competitive disadvantage.

In short, Newsstand is the digital version of Publishers Clearing House. All it lacks (so far) is a sweepstakes.

****

I don't like when I don't have control of the apps on my iPhone.

 

[aicul]

Why can't anyone get it?

Newsstand IS a folder. When have Apple ever let us create folders inside folders? Exactly, never!

Get over it.

"Get over it." - is overly harsh comment

Overall, we should also get over the fact that a folder cannot have more than so many apps in it at the same time. Meaning : we can only have so many subscriptions at the same time

How Apple decided to implement Newstand is their business, but for the common mortal it is an app, and should behave like an app, otherwise, in common apple standard, it should look like a folder.

 

[alexreich]

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I've gotten it in a folder. It's a bit trivial though. What you have to do is drag two icons together to create a folder, and drag and drop Newsstand on it as quick as possible. After a few tries you should be able to get it to drop in the folder. You will not be able to open it once you out it in a folder though, as it resprings the device. Also, where the icon would be, is a blank spot when the folder is closed. I will upload a photo soon. Currently on my iPhone 4.

EDIT 1: Just added the photo.

 

[mimbrava]

30 featured periodicals?

Same problem with the New Yorker. You'll be able to tell when Apple "reconsiders its decision." It will be when folks in Hell begin complaining about it getting very, very chilly.

The Newsstand is Apple's latest plan to capture revenue (30% of subscription prices) and provide an unremovable advertising space for selected periodicals. You'll notice that the current crop of "featured" periodicals includes all 30 magazines published by Conde Nast. The idea is to capture the largest publishers and then force any other publisher to follow suit in order to avoid being at a competitive disadvantage.

In short, Newsstand is the digital version of Publishers Clearing House. All it lacks (so far) is a sweepstakes.

Where do you find those, jsh1120?

 

[johnnyjibbs]

Not only is Newsstand annoying, but it captured my NY Times app, moving it from my own News folder. When I deleted the app from Newsstand and tried to reinstall it, it went right back into the Newsstand folder.

I don't want to move it to an unused desktop because I want quick access to the NY Times. I don't want to fake it out by creating a new folder and putting it in it while the folder is generating because I'm afraid something would go wrong (I'm a coward, you see). I hope Apple reconsiders its decision to capture the Times inside Newsstand. Meanwhile:

#NewsstandFail

It's the developer's decision, not Apple's, which apps go into Newsstand. You have to build it into the app to make it appear in Newsstand. So you should take up this particular complaint with New York Times, not Apple.

 

[ACardAttack]

Ha! I have had the same thing for over a year - an "Apple" - labeled folder with their unused apps.

Same, once the jailbreak hits I hide all those crappy apps

 

[jsh1120]

****

I don't like when I don't have control of the apps on my iPhone.

Well, some would suggest that you get an Android device. Of course, that's just the technological equivalent of "America, Love It or Leave It."

Personally, I don't mind many of the restrictions Apple places on the UI on its devices. The rigid matrix placement of apps on the screen looks like it was designed by a 10 year old but it works well enough. Likewise, the fact that an app icon can be placed on only one screen is annoying, but it's not a killer.

I'm even willing to put up with the crippled version of multitasking that Apple has implemented on its iOS devices because I understand their strategy to provide a very consistent user experience with minimal battery drain and a very limited processor.

In this case, though, the Newsstand is not designed to simplify or improve a user's experience. It's purely and simply designed to enhance Apple revenue at the expense of the user's experience.

 

[mimbrava]

Nyt

It's the developer's decision, not Apple's, which apps go into Newsstand. You have to build it into the app to make it appear in Newsstand. So you should take up this particular complaint with New York Times, not Apple.

Thanks, johnnyjibbs, I will, though I doubt I'll make any headway since this was apparently a new and deliberate decision.

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In this case, though, the Newsstand is not designed to simplify or improve a user's experience. It's purely and simply designed to enhance Apple revenue at the expense of the user's experience.

Which now makes it even more objectionable, jsh1120. But you're right: Love it or leave it, and I do love 99.9% of what the iPhone offers.

 

[I Love Mac]

Use fake clock up to slow down animation speeds MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER TO PUT IN FOLDER!!! Then just speed it back up again.

 

[daihard]

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Why can't anyone get it?

Newsstand IS a folder. When have Apple ever let us create folders inside folders? Exactly, never!

Get over it.

But we can remove folders. The only reason we can't remove Newsstand is that Apple chose to not let us, just like they don't let us remove built-in apps. It is pretty stupid of Apple.