Since picking up my iPhone three days ago, I’ve been blown away by the UI and all the applications available for the phone. I’ve never had a phone that was so easy to use and so powerful at the same time.
My one gripe (and it’s a major one) is that applications frequently close up on me at random times for no reason. Texas Hold’Em is unplayable for me due to this glitch – it happens every time I play within minutes of getting started. Ditto with Super Monkey Ball. I was trying to review the latter just now and haven’t been able to since the game shuts down within minutes of opening the game. Is this a widespread issue? Are other iPhone 3G users seeing this?
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category: Troubleshooting
July 25th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
This doesn’t happen much to me, but it does happen. Hopefully, there are no long term side effects on the phone itself
August 1st, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I have the original iPhone and have upgraded to the 2.0 firmware. I started to have this issue as well. I had over 20 Apps installed and they worked great for about a week.. then all of a sudden… I couldnt open ANY app with out it closing after 3 to 5 seconds. I had to use iTunes to restore and then NOT reinstall the apps. I installed Texas Hold’em by itself and its working fine. I havent reinstalled any other apps as I am afraid the same issue will start to happen!
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Jamin, I fixed the problem by doing the following:
1. Click on “Settings.”
2. Click on “General.”
3. Click on “Reset.”
4. Click on “Reset All Settings.”
After doing this I haven’t had the problem again.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:00 am
I too have the same problem with my iPhone 3G 16Gb. All my apps were working perfectly until now. =/
August 7th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
happened to me too. the fix doesn’t work for me though. they still reset.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Amir, have you downloaded the firmware update?
August 27th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I am really annoyed by this issue too. The phone works great but all the downloaded apps would close themself as soon as I open them. I tried all the tricks, soft reboot, hard reboot, reset network, reset all settings, update firmware. none fixes the issue. The only thing that would work is to remove the app and reinstall it. But it is only 2 days after I re-installed the apps now. the problem came back again.
I search all over internet, not too many people seem to have the same issue. so it is largely ignored. should anyone has this same issue please speak out and hopefully Apple will fix this problem.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
I have the same problem… what’s more annoying is when it happens to apps that you paid for. As for the “reset all settings”… what settings does it reset? In otherwords, will I lose my notes, my weather setting, my ring tones, etc., if I do reset all settings?
September 6th, 2008 at 1:11 am
I’ve had this issue as well. It’s really annoying. That ‘reset settings’ technique doesn’t work either.
September 6th, 2008 at 6:00 am
I have the same issue. Rogers may have to swap my phone
September 6th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I picked up my phone yesterday, 16gb, here in Switzerland, then installed about 10-14 apps which all worked fine. Then just now upgraded to the latest firmware 2.0.2 (i think it was) then most apps just close as soon as I open them. Shit! This is very frustrating… tried reset without luck! … any ideas?
September 6th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Peter – try deleting the app (apps?) that are giving you problems from your phone. Restart your phone and computer. Sync your phone. Can’t promise that that will work but it’s worked before for me when I was having problems with specific apps.
September 6th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I have 16 GB 3 G – I also had the same problem with the apps closing seconds upon opening -so I synched it up with itunes on my computer and now all is fine. Try to synch it..
September 7th, 2008 at 7:31 am
I have the same problem. Resetting or synching with itunes doesn’t work for me.
September 7th, 2008 at 8:55 am
I was having the same problem. I reset the settings which didn’t work and then synced the phone and that seemed to work fine. Thank goodness.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Im having the same problems since buying the phone about 3-4 weeks ago. Im also on my second phone for a different reason, but it was happening on the first one as well. Im quite dissapointed with this thing! My synch now advises “Some of the applications in your iTunes library, including “”, were not installed on the iPhone”" because you are not authorised for them on this computer. This is the same and only computer Ive used all the way through! It has now deleted all of the apps from my iPhone but still lists them all in the sync applications list in iTunes (I cant see a remove button!). Ive reinstalled them to the iPhone and iTunes just removes them again when I re-sync now. Ridiculous.
PS, has anyone found a way of getting around the fact you cant forward text/sms message or contacts?
September 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Just found:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1652810
Hope this might help someone… I just had to re-authorise my computer (for some reason).
September 7th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
My iTunes is also constantly telling me that I have one update for an app available. Then when I go to the update page, it says there are no updates available. That little “1″ symbol is driving me crazy.
September 7th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
i also have the same problem with a white 16gb iphone firmware 2.0.2
September 7th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
This is annoying, but if you download a free app from itunes on your computer and then transfer that app onto your phone, the ones that were closing suddenly work… Weird.
September 8th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
All of my downloaded apps are loading and then closing right away also. I updated to the new 2.0.2 software and they keep closing.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:08 am
maybe because it is an crap american phone,you’ll never see this problems with a nokia or other brand. I regret my money already
September 10th, 2008 at 9:39 am
i had the same problem, but its fixed now. the reason the applications close is because u do not have enough memory on ur phone (i overloaded mine with music and videos). Delete a few videos or a few cd’s.. or if u have too many apps then delete the 1’s that u dnt really need..
Its a problem that apple confesses to having
September 18th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Mike’s solution works for me, i just downloaded the free APP from itunes, sync and it’s fixed.
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
I had Pandora downloaded, and this problem with all my apps started shortly afterwards. After removing Pandora, the problem went away.
Space wasn’t the issue for me, as I still have 3.7 GB free.
Unless of course Pandora was using all the temporary memory for song buffering…
October 12th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
for everyone having the problem after updating I just removed all my apps then reinstalled and that worked fine e
October 16th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
SOLUTION! What Mike said worked. You have to download an app to your computer, then sync and load it onto your iphone. This stopped all my apps from closing after 3 seconds.
Thanks Mike!
jay
October 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
hey i had the same problem so i deleted my applications and redownloaded them adn they work fine now, i didnt have to pay twice because it was all on the same account, took five min
October 20th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
apparently this has something to do with whether or not your computer is authorized. Go to Store > authorise this computer in itunes menu. After this remove all apps by unchecking the sync all apps checkbox. Sync your phone then go back and check the “sync all apps chkbox and sync again.
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:07 am
What vishal says works. Just authorise your computer, sync, unsync apps, resync apps and there you go! No troubles since.
Tnx alot m8
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:32 pm
I had the same problem and i’d tried every thing reseting syncing but the only thing that worked was downloading an application ON YOUR COMPUTER then syncing it with your iphone.
thank you sooooooooooooooo much MIKE
November 1st, 2008 at 10:07 pm
is there any way to fix this problem without having to use an iTunes account and password?
Because my mom downloaded the apps for me andtheyre being stupid and closing after 4 seconds.
I’d just do what everyone else is doing but i don’t wanna bother my mom so .. A little helps?O___O
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:57 am
Update : There is no need to remove all applications. Use the following method instead –
This typically happens when you sync your iphone to two computers. Or if you are syncing on a computer other than the one on which you originally bought the application.
For example, in my case I sync it with the computer at work as well as with the one at home. I download some apps at work and some at home. I update some contacts at work and some at home and I want my iphone to be able to sync with both computers and I think this is what is causing the problem.
Here is what I do to fix it and it works everytime –
1. Immediately after the sync I launch any of my downloaded apps to see it they close by themselves.
2. If yes, I power off my iphone
3. I close Itunes.
4. Re-open itunes. Go to Store > Deauthorize computer > enter appstore id and password. You will get a pop up message saying this computer has been de-authroized.
4. Go to Store > Authorize computer > Enter appstore ID and password. You will now get a message saying this computer has been Authorized.
5. power on your iphone and sync again.
Doing this fixes the problem.
November 9th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I JUST bought my Iphone 3g (16g) today, and I encountered the exact same problem. The apps wouldn’t even open up for me, and instantly shut down (space wasn’t an issue; I only was using a 3rd of the space). I followed the steps by Vishal, and after the sync my apps came back – working at 100 percent once again…Thank you so much Vishal! I’ll check back to let you know if I encounter this same problem again.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Vishal is right on. worked like a charm
November 16th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Do you have to sync everything?
including music?
November 20th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Had same issue of applications closing immediately and got it solved:
- Connect the phone to Itunes
- Go to Applications folder in Itunes (devices-Iphone)
- click or dobulecklick one of the installed apps.
- Itunes asks for authorizing the computer
- Authorize the computer (even you had it authorized)
Now works for me.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Had the same thing happen.
I did the following…
Reset all settings
Uninstalled One app
Reinstalled app
After that all my apps started working again.
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Hey people,
i had the same problem, reali reali annoying as u kno……
i tried everything, restart reboot etc….
the onli thing that seemed 2 work straight away is to simply sync ure iphone with ure itunes on your computer….it copies all apps to itunes, n then they seem 2 work fine on the phone…
hope thats helped
December 7th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
johnny’s solution helped, it’s simple, see and try it.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:21 am
thanks Vishal, it now works fine. that was a quick way to fix it.
December 14th, 2008 at 11:46 am
yeah johnny’s solution works for like a day and then it comes back again
December 18th, 2008 at 7:26 am
I found the solution. Don’t get me wrong, I love the iphone so much that I can’t bear to see it act up like that. Just lay it down gently and make sure you’re wearing Timberland cause I’m not sure if it will have the same effect if not. Stomp on the iphone 6 times and… Voila! you’ve taken it out of it’s misery
December 18th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Jason, I just tried that solution and it doesn’t seem to work at all.
Also, anyone have any suggestions for how to fix a fractured screen?
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I took the suggestion to reset my settings and everything went well.
I did not lose any of my pictures or ringtones. It will set your ringtone
to the standard one, but all of your files are still there to change it back.
All of my notes are still there as well. The game I had a problem with
now works well and doesnt shut off at all. =)
Does anyone know how to set the Weather to where you live?
Mine only shows New York and Cupertino…
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Regarding weather: click on the little “i” icon at the bottom right of the weather screen. Delete Cupertino and click on the + button at the top right to add other locations.
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Here is another update on apps closing automatically for people who are syncing their iphone to two seperate computers.
1. First, disable automatic syncing on both computers.
2. If you have a jailbroken phone and are using SWAPTUNES application to maintain two seperate and distinct libraries on your iphone, make sure to swap to the right library for the right computer.
3. Here is where it gets a little tricky. Using the tabs on the sync screen make sure only the options that pertain to the computer you are currently using for syncing are enabled. For example if i sync my iphone to the PICTURES on my home computer, when syncing on my work computer i make sure the sync pictures option is disabled.
4. For applications however, SYNC ALL should be enabled. If you have some apps synced from home computer and some from work computer, make sure to respond in affirmative when itunes asks you whether you want an APP to be transferred to you current computer.
5. Now authroize your computer before starting to sync.
6. sync manually.
December 25th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Mike is a legend thanks alot pal.
December 27th, 2008 at 9:28 am
MY SOLUTION :: All of My downloaded apps (purchased and free) would also close after 3 seconds of opening them. I never updated my software from when i purchased iphone 3g. I figured this was the problem – so i updated my iphone to 2.2 (5g77) using itunes 8.0.2.20. this did not fix the problem. I resetted the settings on phone – settings,general,reset. this didn’t work.. i then noticed my app store icon had 12 updates waiting to be downloaded. once i hit the app store and entered my user email and password, – then downloaded all updates – MY APPS WORKED!!! im not sure if all or some of my steps are needed but it worked for me — hope it helps
December 29th, 2008 at 6:31 am
After a few months I suddenly had this problem. The solution was already mentioned somewhere and simple: authorize itunes on your computer, sync with your iphone and DONE! Everything is working perfect again!
December 30th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
All u have to do to fix this is download any app. Re enter your iTunes user name and password sometimes during synch your phone losses this info
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:04 pm
i bought an unlocked/jailbroken original iphone from ebay and this application closing after about 3 seconds has happened, if i restore to factory or update the software to try fix the problem will it get rid of the jailbreak or unlock on my iphone ?
January 5th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Hi all – had the exact same problem a few times (2g iphone, 2.2 firmware, jailbroken). It seems to happen immediately after I sync to my computer (and I only sync to one) – however it doesn’t happen everytime I sync (it’s happened twice and I’ve synced about 30 times since I got the phone). I have only ever installed apps via my phone – never from iTunes. All my applications – both app store and jailbroken apps – started to close after ~3 seconds of opening.
RESOLUTION (for me): I deleted one of the free app store apps I installed on my phone, and then re-installed it via app store on my phone. After it installed I found ALL applications were now working again (both app store apps and jailbroken apps)
It worked for me, it was easy to do, so hopefully it will work for someone else too.
January 11th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
post 53. btboz’s solution worked for me., cheers
January 16th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Hi.
I tried all of the suggestions above, but it still not solved the problem.
I didn’t try to reset my settings – because I don’t know if it will reset my language settings and installations.
Someone have a new solution??????????????
Thanks….
January 16th, 2009 at 8:52 am
itai – did you try my sugestion ? just connect to your computer. DEAUTHORIZE and REAUTHRORIZE and then re-sync. Fixes the problem everytime.
January 16th, 2009 at 8:57 am
It’s the wrong thread but just wanted to share this with everyone – i was able to software unlock my iphone 3G and use it with a T-Mobile sim. I still have AT&T but at the end of the 2 year term, or when i travel abroad i will be able to use it with other providers.
You will have to upgrade to firmware 2.2. Then jailbreak it (i used quickpwn and 2.2 ispw). Then follow the instructions at –
http://www.yellowsn0w.net/2009/01/download-yellowsn0w.html
January 17th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
HI vishal,
Yes – I tried your sugestion – didn’t work for me…….
Bad luck? Or there is somethig else that can influence?
January 18th, 2009 at 8:32 am
I have the same problem as itai. I have done everything listed above, but still have the same problem.
January 18th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Ok I got it to work. Problem was that I use two accounts to purchase apps from iTunes. I deauthorised BOTH accounts and then reauthorised both accounts. After syncing everything worked fine. Thanks for the help, just wish apple would stop acting like microsoft and acknowledge the problems so they can be fixed.
January 18th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I have only one account, nd I already try deauthorised and then authorised it (few times…). Still don’t work…………
January 19th, 2009 at 5:50 am
I got the same problem (Applications closing automatically after 2 or 3 seconds). I tried the folowing and it worked. I had downloaded all the applications using my phone and NOT using itunes.
1. Connect the phone to itunes
2. Go to Applcations.
3. Click Sync applications.
4. Click Sync
5. This will start transferring all the purchased applications (both paid and free) to the itunes.
(Please wait until all the applications are transferred.)
6. After the transfer of all the applications, remove them from iphone (Clear the Sync check box)
7. Then close itunes and disconnect the iphone.
8. Connect the iphone again.
9. Sync the applications now.
10. it WORKS now.
thanks ~ aliahamedt
January 19th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I did what aliahamed wrote, step by step, and – still don’t work for me….
January 20th, 2009 at 10:53 am
itai,
hmmm ..that is strange….
try this –
connect your phone normally and sync.
check for apps closing. If the problem is still there proceed as below –
1. disable automatic syncing in itunes.
2. disconnect your phone from itunes.
3. shutdown phone and restart. Close itunes and reopen. Don’t connect phone yet.
4. in itunes – Deauthroize followed by authorize.
5. connect iphone
6. sync again. make sure in the application tab the checkbox to sync all applications is checked.
This works everytime for me.
January 20th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Hi again……
Still don’t work…….
Few facts:
1. I didn’t update the iPhone software – I still work with version 2.0. I didn’d update becauser updating will harm the language support.
2. Because of that, I didn’t update the applications in my iPhone, so they still fit to version 2.0.
3. I work with iTunes version 8.0.1.00.
Maybe i won’t be OK until updating? I don’t see any reason why it should be like that, but maybe there is something with it……
It’s really annoying – maybe microsoft are not so bad…..
Please – HELP!!!!!!!!! Thanks……
January 22nd, 2009 at 3:01 am
Hello,
My ‘Phone’ application is not working, so I can’t dial anyone as the keypad didn’t show up! I have tried all methods (vishal, mike, etc.), but still it doesn’t work. Pls HELP!
Firmware 2.2
iTunes 7.7
TQ.
January 24th, 2009 at 2:45 am
My iphone is an ipod!
The phone-app does not work more than 3 seconds, then it shuts down. Please help me 2!
Got 2.2, Yellowsn0w….
January 24th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Had my ebay app not want to open. I just deleted it off my itunes on my computer. Sync’d my 2g iphone to clear the app icon off. Then I just reloaded the ebay app onto my iphone from the apps icon and the ebay app works fine.
January 25th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Mike is a legend…… download a free app in itunes on your computer, then sync your phone, all the other apps will work after the sync is finished.
Cheers Mike
January 27th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
OCWH
Did you install an application named KATE ? This behavior may be caused by an expired copy of kate on your phone.
If yes , Go into settings and disable all the Kate modules. Then go to Installer and uninstall Kate. If not kate, uninstall whatever else you might have similar to kate.
January 28th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
APPS CRASHING FIX!!!
I’ve had this issue as well. I have the 3g Iphone. Not to worry. All you need to due when every app immediately closes out is just download any app from the app store. I recommend a free one. Then they all should open up again. This always happens when I load up and new movies or music to my phone. Annoying, but once a new app on there, everything works fine again. Good Luck
January 29th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
fFOUND A SOLUTION
Hey everybody, i have experienced the same problem and i managed to solve it. I would say to first delete a free app and after it is deleted, go to the apps store and download it again and this should fix the problem. I did it a different way though. I first reset the iPhone a few times, then reseted all the settings, and then deleted an app and reinstalled it and it worked perfectly fine. So i hope it works for you to.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:45 am
i have an iphone but it seems to be not working. all the applications are working well but when i want to make a call it doesn’t let me, all the numbers on the keypad freeze and i can’t press anything, there is no CALL button on the keypad and i also can’t get into recent calls, favourites, contact and voice mail. i have tried reseting the iphone and its network but it still doesn’t work.
February 1st, 2009 at 7:25 pm
yesterday i was at a friend’s house and because she has really good songs on her itunes i used her computer to put them onto my phone. afterwards the apps were working fine but all of a sudden i tried opening them and after about 2 seconds they would close. i tried the whole mike idea of deleting apps and then trying to reinstalll but when i press the install button it comes up with a pop up that says ‘Not compatible: This application is not compatible with this iPhone’. so yeah… it was too much effort to read every post up there so i’m not sure if anyone else has had the whole ‘not compatible’ pop uppy thing going on???
February 10th, 2009 at 1:01 am
I bought a new 3G 8G and happened the same
After 2 days, i upgrade to System Operation 2.2.1 version and installled 20 apps.
After that , most of the apps closed after 2 or 3 seconds
I redefine all settings, removed all apps and installed again to works
Apple -> Its missing an Iphone´s builtin logger – to log all the app crashes.
February 18th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
I’ve also got the same prob as “anna”. Apps close after 2 secs and wen I try re install them it says they are not compatible with this I phone.???
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I had the same problem. I tried reseting all setting and updating software but nothing works.
I re installed and they are working now
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:43 pm
i deleted pandora and reinstalled and then ALL my programs worked again… so just wanted to let everyone know what worked for me.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:43 am
I have been having the same problem religiously and I have only had the phone for 4 days now. I have the 3g 16gig.
When this happens on my iphone i notice that none of the apps will open up. They all seem to open for a breif moment (2-5 secs) and then it abruptly closes. This problem has arose twice on my phone and it seems to happen after I have connected my phone to my computer (but not everytime).
My solution has been to delete one of the free app’s, then reinstall it, and then all the apps work fine.
Hopefully that helps but this bug sucks!
March 8th, 2009 at 10:31 am
I did call my provider for an add on onto my service. then they told me to turn off the phone and restart it. After it came back, all my purchased apps stop working. They would close after 1 or 2 seconds. I did try many of the things above.. the only thing that works was to uninstall the apps and re install them. After doing so, they work. I hope this issue won’t be everytime i restert my phone.
March 11th, 2009 at 6:43 am
anyone please help me ;(
i bought this iphone 16 gig from a friends of mine he also helped me to put few applications in it. everything was fine till i brought the phone home and connect it with my itunes, it asked me to delete and sync in order to be able to put more applications on my own. i did the delete and sync my phone but all the applications my friends placed was still there too … i thought i was lucky that everything wasn’t being erased. then the problems occurred when i downloaded my own applications and place it in iphone. all the applications that i put was open for few seconds and closed back but all the applications that my friends placed in my iphone was still fine and able to be open and close perfectly. please can someone help me to solve this matters? i tried everything written above and still it turns out to be disappointment ;(
March 11th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
comment no.24 reall y work!
Cheers
March 12th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Hey, THIS IS THE SOLUTION:
1) Go to your iTunes
2) Go to the ‘Applications’ for your iPhone
3) Do nothing other than click ‘Sync’ at the bottom right
4) When it finishes after a minute then disconnect and your good to go. All your apps will be working.
March 18th, 2009 at 8:18 am
This happens to me all the time.
All you have to do is go to the apps store and either download and install an update or a new application. It will ask for your itunes password and then after it installs, all of your applications should work again. It is that simple.
March 18th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Ivo’s solution from last November 20th (Entry #37) is the simplest method for solving this problem and it works.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Just go into your Ipod or ipod tuch settings, general, reset, and then reset all. I foyu have a jailbroken one nothing will go away. It will just get rearranged.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:34 am
i had the same problem of apps closing immediatly after opening them and music vids not playing memory wasnt a problem bc i had over 15 gb left i saw a artical on apple.com that said to turn it off and back on and re sync it and now it works perfect!!!!
April 27th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
In my iphone the application closes in 3 sec . i installed 1 applicatio DOWNLOADED from itunes (not from iphone) and installed(sync) in my iphone. The problem is resolved now. thanks to every one who helps me to solve it.
April 30th, 2009 at 4:29 am
Heyy all, plzz help, I got my upgraded iphone back just yest. n im in trouble already!
I got a lot of apps frm the guy who fixed it, but when i was syncing it with my itunes, i got a pop up asking me if i wanted to transfer purchased apps, so i said yes, and now none of the applications are working!
Its a hacked firmware v 2.2… plzz help!
=[
PS. I was wondering if I would be charged for the apps on authorising my account?
May 14th, 2009 at 10:02 am
same exact problem. I have 47 apps and every single one is doing it. I turned off then back on. Tryed resetting, tryed resetting settings which worked for about a day. Tryed syncing again. Tryed redoing all of my apps. removed sim card and put back in.
Only thing that helped was yelling at the apple guy who also could not fix it. LOL no dont do that. I have to go back in today and they are going to switch my phone out. PS this is my 4th Iphone !!
May 17th, 2009 at 10:11 am
I had the same problem today. If it came on the phone, it would open. If I got it through the Apps Store, it wouldn’t. To fix it, I went to the App Store and installed another App (I just got the first free game on the games list). After it installed and Sync’d with iTunes, all was well.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:27 am
im using iphone 3G 2.2.1 (5H11) Firmware: 02.30.03 (using SIM UNLOCK)
i have pobs connecting to wi-fi. my phone will search for wifi devices but will not show up any. It used to work couple of days back.
No idea whats wrong.
i have done Reset All & Reset Network Settings.
Plz suggest wat needs to be done to get by wifi working as before.
i dont use jail break or any 3rd party apps.
May 20th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I did a hard reset. Holding down the home button and the power button until the phone reboots. This fixed the stupid app problem. Now I will refrain from smashing my phone again.
May 20th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Btboz on jan 5th 2009 saved me. I no longer have Internet in my computer shouldn’t have been a problem as you are under no obligation to purchase the net elsewhere especially when you pay for it on you iPhone. Authorize and deorthorize will work but if you don’t have net your screwed. But btboz cleared it up for non Internet users.
Cheers mate!
May 27th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Facebook app has been crashing on my iPhone. I just deleted and reinstalled and it appears to be working, but I’m not holding my breath. Anyone else had this problem and do you know of a solution?
May 29th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
My yelp app needed updating. Updated, no more probs.
June 6th, 2009 at 1:01 am
now i cant even open a bloody PHONE app……that’s correct, i cannot use the phone to do what is it supposed to do!!
i can open every other apps though. how odd……………..
June 6th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I just downloaded the newest software 2.2.2 onto my iphone, i have the older version iphone, and was unable to open ANY of my apps. once the software completed. I’ve been messing with it for hours trying to figure something out besides resetting the phone to its factory settings. Thank God I found this site! Mike, your advise helped me. I first had to figure out how to authorize my itunes and then downloaded a free app., once done so my existing apps. worked again and i was able to delete the free app.
Thanks Again!
June 15th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
I have had the same problem and I don’t know what to do! I don’t want to reset and lose everything! What has been working?
July 12th, 2009 at 5:00 am
it happeded to me too but it became ok by itself ater some times
July 21st, 2009 at 7:42 am
THE EASIEST FIX EVER!!!!
Delete any application, re-install, and all of your applications work again! Easy as 1, 2 ,3 !!!!!!
July 21st, 2009 at 8:25 pm
This is ridiculous. There are so many people having this problem and it’s a common feature of the iPhone. Why should we have to reinstall or delete all of our apps every time we download a new one? Those are the worst “solutions” I ever heard.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 am
I have tried every single one of these fixes and still no joy – grrrr. I’ve got an iPhone 2G running 3.0.
Never had this issue with 2.x…
July 24th, 2009 at 11:19 am
OK everyone. I’ve used several of the above posts and did not get my apps to open. I think that each one worked for different reasons, but that there were other steps that took place in each that weren’t documented fully. I think I may have all the steps needed that finally worked for me using the information from each successful attempt above. Here goes:
1. In the iPhone go to Settings>Store and sign out of your account if you are already signed in.
2. Delete all the “Apple Apps” from your iPhone.
3. Open iTunes (don’t connect your phone) and in the menu bar go to Store>Deauthorize Computer and deauthorize it.
4. In iTunes navigate to “Applications” and delete all of your applications (when asked: move to recycle bin).
5. Now download just one of your applications.
6. Plug in your iPhone to connect it to iTunes.
7. Navigate to the Application page of your iPhone and check “Sync Applications” “All Applications” (you should just see one application as you have deleted all the others.
8. Now press sync.
9. At some point iTunes will tell you that it did not sync the application because your computer was not “authorized” go ahead and “authorize” it now.
10. Perform another sync. It will now sync the one application.
11. Test the application on your iPhone to make sure it works.
12. Wha-La! You can now add as many apps as you want.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Did anybody of you tried the 12 steps of jeffkimlv?
How successful was it?
Before deleting all my apps on my 3G, I wanna be sure it works perfectly.
I have tried all of the above. It works during a certain time but after a few syncs with iTunes the problem comes back again.
I am fed up.
July 29th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
a little additional info since my post. Everything is working well still. However, I downloaded a baseball game directly from my iphone and it gave me the same problem, although all my other apps worked fine. Anyway, before I followed my steps above, I deleted just that one app, then followed step #1- 1. In the iPhone go to Settings>Store and sign out of your account if you are already signed in. Then I went again to the app store this time it forced me to enter my user id (email) in addition to my password. It downloaded and works fine. So another piece of the puzzle is to do this step with new programs. My iPhone is a 3g 3.0 jailbroken and unlocked phone so I don’t know if the apps aren’t able to see the user id in my phone when its already there, but downloading it with no id preset in my phone and then entering it through the website worked. It may be that step #4 and #5 may not be necessary.
July 29th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
one more point. I haven’t had to test this yet, but for those like Kepol who re-sync and have problems, try doing step #1 signing out of your apple store account on your phone before each sync. If this works, it will be a pretty easy workaround for the problem. Good luck! and let us know.
August 5th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I just had this horrible problem today for the first time. Only pre-installed apps would stay open, DL’d apps would quit immediately on opening.
It seems directly related to you itunes store log-in. I fixed it by updating some apps that needed updating, which prompted me to log-in to the apple store. After logging in, all of my downloaded apps worked again.
August 6th, 2009 at 5:36 am
This just started to happen to me on my 5 day old Iphone. The easiest way I have found to fix it is to simply download another app and open it. Then the rest of them should work
August 6th, 2009 at 11:57 am
After the update, none of my apps would open. I re-authorized my laptop and the synch and now all is well.
August 6th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Had this app trouble after updating my iphone, jeffkimlv ’s suggestion worked for me. Thanks! I read in some forums that they did not have to delete all the apps, just add an new one… re-authorize… and follow the steps jeffkimlv provided last July 24th, 2009 at 11:19 am.
So if you’re uncomfortable deleting all your apps, try to do this first, if it doesn’t … Deleting all, and re-install might be the best option.
August 7th, 2009 at 8:59 am
I had this problem hooked it up to my computer to find there was an update. Update fixed it.
August 8th, 2009 at 3:34 am
I just downloaded a free app from the app store on my phone and all of the my apps started working again.
August 10th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
SOLUTION: my apps starting doing this aswell but i found a solution. my apps would never come up in the applications tab of itunes either but i did some reading around the internet and what i found was if you go to itunes and go to store drop down menu and then authorize computer, after that when u sync your iphone your applications will appear in the applications and will also now work on your iphone.
August 12th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
mikes earlier comment…..re-authorize your itunes, then download a free app, then sync, TOTALLY worked! thanks mike!
in itunes go to store>authorize…(even if it says you are, just click ok)
go to itunes store, search free apps, pick one to download and when it’s finished hit sync
WHA-LA!!
August 13th, 2009 at 4:02 am
even maps and safari closes abrubtly in my iphone 3G. can anyone suggest me please.
August 14th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
hi,
my apps worked fine (for the day – new phone) until i installed the new 3.01 software update then didn’t work at all (flash up immediate closure of programs). What fixed it for me was syncing my applications again AFTER having downloaded a free one from the iStore. This is suggested above, so thank you! I had also tried the reset settings – no effect…
August 16th, 2009 at 2:00 am
mikes comment worked! This problem was annoying, but just follow his advice
August 16th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
It works, thanks for the advice on this page.
What I did was authorizing the computer then re-sync the phone. Before that none of my applications got into I-tunes. After I authorized the computer, it works. I have to sync it twice though – first time they transfer the apps to i-tunes, and my apps still not working. I synced it again and it transfers all the apps from i-tunes to phone, now it works.
I don’t want to reset settings because I’m afraid it erased some of my setting (ring tones etc). I don’t want to delete and re-install app either because who knows which app has problem and I have some setting set within some apps too.
August 17th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Had the same problem. Deleted an app with no saved settings (i.e. USA Today, something free) and reinstalled it and it fixed the problem for all the other apps. have heard that ordering through the store on iTunes will fix it also.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:43 am
I had the same problem.. Believe or not I just downloaded a new app, it resolved the problem. This could be one of the solution for few phone
August 21st, 2009 at 10:49 am
I did the jeffkimlv steps and worked!
Thanks!! Thanks!!
August 21st, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I had the same problem…all I had to do was:
1. Click on a song in my itunes library that says “This computer is not authorized to play this song”
2. Authorize my computer
3. type in my password and…
It fixed it after re-syncing.
Didn’t involve ANY deleting or reseting.
- Your welcome in advance
-
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:28 am
problem started after browsing and downloading podcast directly from the iphone, none of the apps are working now….tried everything mentionned above…no luck
Worst case scenario, reinstall, rejailbreak, resynch
1) synched callendar, notes, phone and mail with outlook
Then copy back the backup files.
2) made a backup with of all the important files (sms database, winterboard theme, sbsetting theme, dictionaries, Cydia installed apps and other downloaded database,)
3) Reinstall 3.0 firmware with Itune, install as a new Iphone
4) Rejailbreak
5) reinstall openssh and other tools in Cydia
6) resynch the Apps (yeh! they work again now!!)
7) resynch callendar, notes, email and contact with outlook
Two hours lost but all is working again.
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I realised that trying to move the /System/Library/Fonts to the user area, and replacing it with a symlink is ONE of the causes that prevent the Apple apps from opening.
Dont try to move the fonts folder to save space ! ! !
Putting the fonts folder in its original location will solve the problem
August 23rd, 2009 at 5:05 am
what jeffkimlv posted was the only fix that worked for me. thank you soooo much!!
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:51 pm
I have an iPhone 3Gs. I have been downloading apps directly to the phone since I got it about a month ago. When I synched with my pc yesterday for the first time (which also included a software update), all of my downloaded apps would no longer work on the phone (they would close immediately after clicking), but the pre-loaded apps would continue to work.
I tried what Jason C said (August 8th, 2009 at 3:34 am), and all my downloaded apps work fine again. So before doing a lot of other steps, you may want to try just downloading a new, single app. Thanks Jason C.
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:12 pm
My apps would open then close right back up. This started happening after i downloaded the new update. Franks comment on August 10th worked perfectly.
(frank Says:
August 10th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
SOLUTION: my apps starting doing this aswell but i found a solution. my apps would never come up in the applications tab of itunes either but i did some reading around the internet and what i found was if you go to itunes and go to store drop down menu and then authorize computer, after that when u sync your iphone your applications will appear in the applications and will also now work on your iphone)
I am now happy again and all apps are back to normal just like before. SWEET DUDE !!!!Thanks!!!
August 24th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Thanks to all. I had same issue where my apps were closing in few sec. Sync your phone with Itunes then reboot your i phone.. Infact, you dont have to reboot your iphone. It should fix the problem.
Thanks,
August 24th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I just downloaded another free app, deleted it, and then they started working again
September 5th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I just synced my applications tab in iTunes and it fixed the problem with the apps opening and then closing immediately after
September 6th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I had the same problem, but now it is fixed.
In your iTunes, go to “store” (on the top menu) then “Authorize this computer.” Sync your iphone with that computer again. And everything should work fine.
September 7th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Solved. In your iTunes, go to “store” (on the top menu) then “Authorize this computer.” But I had to De-Authorize first and then Authorize again.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RESYNC THE PROGRAMS. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING, I CONNECTED MY IPHONE IN MY COMPUTER I CLICKED ON SYNC APPLICATIONS AND CLICKED ALL AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY FINE AND I DIDNT LOOSE ANY INFO
September 29th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
The solution was already mentioned somewhere and simple: authorize itunes on your computer, sync with your iphone and DONE! Everything is working perfect again!
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:58 am
I deleted one of my apps and downloaded it again and all the apps started to work.
October 7th, 2009 at 5:21 am
I went to App Store (on iPhone) and did Update All. After updating one App, everything worked fine.
October 7th, 2009 at 7:28 am
I found a fool proof fix for when this happens, simply uninstall a small application on your phone, an then reinstall that app on the appstore on your phone, and then all your apps will work again. Good times, awesome feeling having my apps back. Hope this helps.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Will I lose my info on my apps if I reset my settings on my iphone or snync them on my com?
October 11th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
I’ve had this exact problem – I found if I download one app update, for any of the apps that I have, then it fixes them all. Tried this just now. Not sure if downloading a new app altogether will fix the problem but I imagine it will so if there are no updates for your apps just get a new free one (and then delete that later if you don’t want it)
October 15th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
for all the apps closing, do not uninstall it, just simply go to the apps store and install a free application, that should do the trick,
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October 17th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
none of the recommendations work. Ugh. Apple store please help me tomorrow. Happened out of nowhere. And now I am sure I messed everything up trying to fix your problem.
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October 19th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
This problem does really annoy…. However, I have found that if I delete a few unused apps, then download one new app, all my apps work again. This works !!
October 26th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
i am having the same problem with my iphone 2g , i updated it to the latest software (3.1) an ever since i did that my iphone has had the problem of opening the apps an they close after 2 seconds( also i can not watch any of the movies i put on there it says”movie cant be played)
i tried to re-set all the setting (master re-set)\
i tried re-downloading the apps off of the app store
i tired de-authorizing it an re-authorizing it (it said i was on 3 out of 5 )
nothing works so if you know away to fix this issue
plz let me know
thanks
October 29th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I THINK THE EASIEST WAY IS TO DELETE ONE APP AND RE-DOWNLOAD IT. IT WORKS FOR ME BUT AS ONE SAID YOU HAVE TO DO IT LIKE EVERYOTHER DAY WHICH GETS ANNOYING WHEN YOURE REALLY READY TO USE AN APP
November 10th, 2009 at 10:11 am
This is still an ongoing issue for me when ever I sync to my MacBook Pro. It seems to only effect 3rd party apps. I tried re-starting the phone and even doing a reset but these methods have not worked for me. What I have found to work is to reinstall one of the apps that will not open. After it re-installs the app, all the apps that would not open are all back to working correctly. Why? I have no idea, is it signing into iTunes on the iphone that corrects it.. don’t know but it works.
November 15th, 2009 at 12:48 am
The problem here is that the applications have been downloaded through the phone. When you sync with an iTunes that has not been authorized for that phone, it disables those apps.
If you follow the solution given by Vishal (which I am reproducing here), it should work fine.
Vishal said:
(Begin quote)
This typically happens when you sync your iphone to two computers. Or if you are syncing on a computer other than the one on which you originally bought the application.
For example, in my case I sync it with the computer at work as well as with the one at home. I download some apps at work and some at home. I update some contacts at work and some at home and I want my iphone to be able to sync with both computers and I think this is what is causing the problem.
Here is what I do to fix it and it works everytime –
1. Immediately after the sync I launch any of my downloaded apps to see it they close by themselves.
2. If yes, I power off my iphone
3. I close Itunes.
4. Re-open itunes. Go to Store > Deauthorize computer > enter appstore id and password. You will get a pop up message saying this computer has been de-authroized.
4. Go to Store > Authorize computer > Enter appstore ID and password. You will now get a message saying this computer has been Authorized.
5. power on your iphone and sync again.
Doing this fixes the problem.
(End Quote)
November 19th, 2009 at 2:39 am
I had the same issue and it turned out I’d updated my iTunes password on the iPhone but hadn’t updated it on iTunes on my Mac. A quick re-authorize account and all was fine.
Thanks for the tips, they really helped.