Ever since I updated my iphone 12 pro I have to constantly restart it to use any of the apps, even just to read an email. Is there a fix for this? I made a genius bar appointment for tomorrow as I can't restart my phone every 5 minutes, but if there is some easy way to fix the problem I'll cancel the appointment.
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iPhone 12 Pro
jayfram Said:
"IOS 16: The problem is not with any particular app, it's with ALL apps. They ALL stop responding once I close them and won't start working again until I restart the phone. Even the app store - I get the message that it won't connect to the app store."
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New iCloud Session:
Try a New iCloud Session:
Log out of iCloud, and then back in. See if it is seen as it should be seen.
Try Resetting the Home Screen:
Go Here: Move and organize apps on iPhone - Apple Support
Scroll to: Reset the Home Screen and Apps to their Original Layout
jayfram Said:
"IOS 16: Ever since I updated my iphone 12 pro I have to constantly restart it to use any of the apps, even just to read an email. Is there a fix for this? I made a genius bar appointment for tomorrow as I can't restart my phone every 5 minutes, but if there is some easy way to fix the problem I'll cancel the appointment."
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If an App Keeps Closing:
Report this to Apple:
Do your part: Let Apple know what is going on here. Provide them with feedback on this. They may not get back to you directly, but the more feedback they received on this, the more they will know what is going on, and what needs to be fixed in updates to come.
"So the first link took me to the Fox News live stream. But I will leave feedback for Apple (and the Genius Bar people likely also will, if I do end up having to go in)."
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Going to modify that. Copy & Paste Error... If an app on your iPhone or iPad stops responding, closes unexpectedly, or won’t open - Apple Support
jayfram Said:
"IOS 16: [...] I will leave feedback for Apple (and the Genius Bar people likely also will, if I do end up having to go in). [...]By the way, this is ios version 16.1.1, which may be a beta?"
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No. That is not beta. But, when installing beta software, issues come about --most commonly unable to be installing a different update.
Yeah that didn't help. The problem is not with any particular app, it's with ALL apps. They ALL stop responding once I close them and won't start working again until I restart the phone. Even the app store - I get the message that it won't connect to the app store., the circle just goes around endlessly (until I restart the phone). There is literally no app that will work normally. If I open Twitter, tweets won't load until I restart the phone. If I open the LA Times app, ii see the circle going around endlessly until I restart the phone. Same with the mail app. Same with any app. This is why I have had to restart my phone literally about 20 times a day since I installed the update.
I think I found the solution - there is a VPN setting that was turned on, when I turn it off, it seems to solve the problem. For some reason it tends to turn itself on by itself, so I need to try to figure out how to make it stay off.
jayfram Said:
“Since iOS 16 update I have to constantly restart my iPhone 12 Pro to use any of the Apps: […]there is a VPN setting that was turned on, when I turn it off, it seems to solve the problem.[…]”
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Remove the VPN:
Keep Security Software off of your Apple devices. Security Software just gets in the way on a Mac, and this is a pure example of how and why. VPNs keep you in a loop for Security & Privacy —and that’s what got in the way of this connection. So, unless required for home or work, remove the VPN and is software.
It’s the built in vpn in the phone settings. Apple put it there, not me. There’s no way to remove it as far as I can tell. I see from googling it that others have had trouble turning it off; I can turn it off, I just can’t figure out how to keep it from turning itself back on.
jayfram Said:
“Since iOS 16 update I have to constantly restart my iPhone 12 Pro to use any of the Apps: actually I recalled that I had to install the vpn because of my work, but I managed to delete it. My work can continue to tell me that I’m not operating in safe browser mode, too bad.”
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So the first link took me to the Fox News live stream. But I will leave feedback for Apple (and the Genius Bar people likely also will, if I do end up having to go in).
By the way, this is ios version 16.1.1, which may be a beta?
Thanks, I don't think the layout of the apps is the problem.
actually I recalled that I had to install the vpn because of my work, but I managed to delete it. My work can continue to tell me that I’m not operating in safe browser mode, too bad.
Since iOS 16 update I have to constantly restart my iPhone 12 Pro to use any of the Apps
