Unbelievable! My brand new iPhone is getting the wrong icons on the main screen. I can’t tell what application is what with the icons mixed up. That Mac guy on TV told me that only PCs have bugs and that Macs are perfect. Does the iPhone not fall into this category? It’s a great phone, but it sure does have it’s problems.
Googling for the problem, I found a lot of people having to uninstall the apps and resync with iTunes. But they also lose their data, which is not really acceptable. Restoring an old backup was another solution. But after hours of restore time, and still losing some data, it only sometimes works?
Then I stumbled across a forum where some guy said to install ANY app, yes, any app, and power off during install.
No, it doesn’t have to be the app that has the messed up icon. Just any free app from the iTunes app store. WHILE IT IS INSTALLING (after it says ‘loading’), hold down the power button and slide the red slider to turn off the power. Turn it back on, let the app finish installing, and all icons should be restored.
Who the hell thought of that? Whoever you are out there, thank you, thank you, thank you! Simple solution to a frustrating problem.
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