Comments on: iPhone OS 3.0 Problem – Wrong App Icons

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Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:01:55 +0000

[…] I hadn’t seen mentioned until just a short while ago – it fixes that pesky )and very annoying) wrong icons bug in iPhone OS 3.0, that had been hanging around for nearly three months. At least according to Apple’s […]

By: Mikey Solominow

Mikey Solominow — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:47:39 +0000

I have experienced this issue with a couple of apps on my non-jailbroken 3G S. I consider it no more than an annoyance; hopefully it will be fixed in an upcoming software update.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:45:35 +0000

In reply to bill. On that second issue, I would think maybe a visit to the Apple store would be a good idea, if you have one nearby. That should not be occurring, and strikes me as a likely hardware issue.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:45:13 +0000

In reply to bill. On that second issue, I would think maybe a visit to the Apple store would be a good idea, if you have one nearby. That should not be occurring.

By: bill

bill — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:08:03 +0000

I have problem on my iphone 3gs32. only had it about a week. has 2.5 pages of apps and 2 apps have the wrong icon. they appear dimmed though.

I also have an intermittent problem where i wake the phone up and the touch pad is not responsive at all. i have to press the power button to sleep it and then wake it up again and it is fine. it's a quick workaround but still somewhat annoying on a brand new phone.

By: Mr M.I.A.

Mr M.I.A. — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:36:21 +0000

I have seen this many times. It happens after a sync sometimes. You can usually tell by the icon being dimmed as mentioned before. Also most of the time deleting the app and tedownloading it will fix that icon but sometimes it does not fix the issue.

By: flyer

flyer — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:33:30 +0000

I downloaded the iPhone software update 3.0.1 and everything returned to normal.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:42:42 +0000

In reply to Tbone. I saw something the other day (cannot recall where) that mentioned September. That seems an awfully long time to wait for it, given that they've had betas of it out for quite some time now.

By: Tbone

Tbone — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:00:01 +0000

Does anyone know when 3.1 comes out? My sound keeps cutting out on my new 3gs so I have to reset the phone. After I reset it my app icons get all mixed up on all of my apps. I have done this process at least 5 times. I can't find a permanent fix. It will be fine for a few days and then same sequence again.

By: Farès

Farès — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:11:09 +0000

I encountered this issue once. What I did was the following: I deleted the faulty apps from the iPhone and then re-synced it with iTunes and all was back to normal….

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:43:40 +0000

In reply to wase4711. I'm pretty sure Apple's well aware of this issue - as it's been all over iPhone forums and iPhone sites / blogs as well. Hopefully 3.1 will squash it.

By: wase4711

wase4711 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:09:24 +0000

i am not JB'd, and am having the same problem..has anyone contacted apple for a fix?

By: patrickj

patrickj — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:17:55 +0000

In reply to Joshua. This has been going on for quite a while now. Hope we see 3.1 released soon, and these issues fixed.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:59:31 +0000

same issue here….. shows another apps installing (dim) icon….. really annoying….

By: throwt

throwt — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:22:24 +0000

In reply to throwt. I uninstalled those 3 apps, rebooted, and on reinstall they appeared ok, but after rebooting again they appeared with strange icons. I uninstalled them, rebooted, installed 1, rebooted, and so on and after multiple reboots they still seem ok. This worked for me, YMMV...

By: patrickj

patrickj — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:45:52 +0000

In reply to throwt.

LOL – no wood touching = good call. My bad. 🙂

By: throwt

throwt — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:26:54 +0000

I rebooted and 2 apps I recently installed acquired icons of previously uninstalled apps, and one of a currently installed app. I wonder if apple is trying to play this bug as a card to get people to unjailbreak. BTW, No wood touching please.

By: bigbit

bigbit — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:25:13 +0000

I had the same problem with Winscp i replaced the icon.pgn with one i found on the net and all went back to normal, so for me the problem is solved. I had to adjust the rightd tho….

By: patrickj

patrickj — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:04:26 +0000

Think lots of us are hoping for that 🙂

By: joshgard

joshgard — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:37:37 +0000

I just saw this on my iPhone the other day, just a few icons were mixed up (ie. safari had the mail icon and mail had the safari icon). I just thought it was a memory glitch, and rebooted my iPhone. Everything went back to normal and haven't seen it since. Let's hope I don't! 🙂

By: Wiz

Wiz — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:36:26 +0000

3GS here…3 apps with mixed up icons…app still works but how confusing can you get?

By: patrickj

patrickj — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:24:52 +0000

robi, Nibrocia, all – I still haven't had this issue on my iPhone – but I really hope it gets fixed with the 3.1 update.

By: Nibrocla

Nibrocla — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:14 +0000

Yeah, my Duke Mobile and Monster Pinball icons are completely gray – uninstalling and reinstalling did no good. 3GS, 3.0

By: robi

robi — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:48:40 +0000

GRRRRR—my icons are screwed up, but at least the apps are still continuing to work. If apps weren't working, that would definitely irk me!!!

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:41:34 +0000

In reply to Jeff.

Yikes – these issues really do sound annoying – I hope they are resolved very soon too.