I haven’t updated my iPhone 4S to iOS 7 yet, so I still manually update my apps (as opposed to having automatic updates turned on in the iOS7 App Store setting). Daily, then, I visit the App Store and update my apps: it’s just routine for me.
This morning I was angered – no, livid is a better word – for the recent Facebook app update attempt. Rarely have I seen an app fail to update, and even the rare times I have, either an iPhone reboot or app delete and reinstall have alleviated the failed update. But not today.
Something seems amiss even when visiting the app update in the App Store: Where’s the icon? The download attempt leaves a blank icon on my jailbroken iPhone 4S (iOS 6.1.2)
In trying to update – or even do a fresh install – this error repeatedly occurs, and hitting “Retry” results in the error returning.
Facebook continually fails to update – or even download for that matter. While I am not overly concerned about this, I know many, MANY people who need a FaceBooky to monitor their social networking addiction and this latest debacle for a publicly traded company is completely unacceptable.
Could this be isolated to a iOS 6.1.2 jailbroken iPhone 4S issue? Unlikely. The App Store
reviews show the anger with the latest update (6.7.1) at a low 1.5 stars, and honestly I do not know how they averaged the 0.5 above the 1 star. (By the way, I turned off Automatic Update on my iOS iPads until this is corrected.)
What about you? Are you stuck without a Facebook app now too? Are you stuck in the cycle of doom?
UPDATE: Others have corroborated that this wasn’t isolated to my jailbroken, iPhone 4S with iOS 6. Installation on iPads have also stalled.
Additional UPDATE: At 2pm, after repeated attempts, one magic moment the app began loading, installed, and has operated since without crashing.
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