Wrong or mixed app icons with iPhone OS 3.0? Here might be a solution.

by ralf.rottmann on June 27, 2009 · 2 comments

in iPhone

appiconsI have received scattered reports of a potential issue in the latest release of the iPhone and iPod touch operating system, version 3.0.

Readers reported that after their iPhone got stuck and they had to force a hard reset (keeping the Home and the Power button pressed simultaneously for a couple of seconds) some applications showed wrong icons on the Springboard/Home Screen (namely icons of other apps which are also installed).

Today I’ve experienced this issue myself, on an iPhone 3GS with a factory fresh OS 3.0.

Here’s what I did to resolve it:

  • Uninstalled the concerned apps.
  • Switched the device off.
  • Waited for some 10 minutes.
  • Switched the device back on.
  • Reinstalled the apps from the App Store directly via the iPhone (no iTunes, no Sync).

Hope this helps. Let me know in the comments!

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Voxeo’s IMified now supports Twitter!

June 24, 2009 News

Voxeo, my favorite innovator in the customer self services space, today announced the addition of Twitter support to its IMified platform.
I’ve covered the announcement in much more detail over at The Next Web.
Essentially, extending automated customer self care scenarios that leverage Twitter, the communication phenomenon that caught millions of users and [...]

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My first weekend with the iPhone 3G S

June 21, 2009 iPhone

For the small amount of readers, that have subscribed to my blog, but are not yet subscribed to the best European Technology blog, I’d like to highlight my coverage about my first weekend with the new iPhone 3G S – where “S” stands for “Speed”.
The short version: The iPhone 3G [...]

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Impressive first release: TweetDeck for the iPhone

June 17, 2009 Review

Yesterday was Twitter day – sort of. By the way: Why don’t you follow me @24z?
The service once more went down for a scheduled maintenance but as a compensation we got a couple of major updated Twitter clients: Sessmic DESKTOP, TweetDeck and TweetDeck for the iPhone.
I’ll cover the new iPhone [...]

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Opera unveils Opera Unite to free the Web

June 16, 2009 News

Today Opera Software unveiled Opera Unite, an attempt to bring “freedom to the Web”.
“With Opera 10, we are introducing a new technology called Opera Unite, radically extending what you are able to do online. Opera Unite harnesses the power of today’s fast connections and hardware, allowing all of us to [...]

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Downloading building43 videos

June 14, 2009 Quick Tip

Earlier this week Robert Scoble launched his much anticipated new site building43. Building43 aims at helping “traditional” businesses understand the impact of emerging Web technologies and the behavioral changes driven by these.
The web is growing so incredibly fast — it’s so dynamic and has so many new tools. Keeping up [...]

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In case your Facebook FriendFeed application stopped posting to your Wall

June 13, 2009 Quick Tip

One of the applications I’m using over at Facebook is FriendFeed. Besides the ability to show your livestream in a profile box, it automatically cross posts FriendFeed content to your Facebook Wall, thus driving more traffic to your relevant content.
I’ve noticed that occasionally the FriendFeed application stopped working. Not entirely, [...]

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Friendly reminder: Facebook Vanity URLs are now available!

June 13, 2009 Social Media and Networks

Those of you who follow Social Media news might be very well aware: From today onwards you can register your Facebook Vanity URL.
What does this mean?
It’s simple: For years to direct your friends to your Facebook profile you had to hand them a lengthy, non-speaking URL including your Profile ID. [...]

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Google I/O: Building applications in the cloud

June 11, 2009 24100.net

Now that Google made most of the Google I/O session videos available for online and offline viewing, I’d particularly want to recommend the “Building Applications in the Cloud” one:

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GrandCentrix at medienforum.nrw

June 11, 2009 GrandCentrix

For my German audience: I’ve been pretty silent with updates regarding my new venture, GrandCentrix.
I have to be for a few more days.
Those of you, who plan to attend the 21.medienforum.nrw (June 24th – 26h), you might want to mark your calendars for the first public GrandCentrix presentation delivered [...]

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