Problems with iOs 4.2.1 and CamerAlert

timps · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 04, 2006 Posts: 10

Since updating my Iphone (3GS 16 gb) to version 4.2.1 CameraAlert will no longer work, I have reinstalled CA and make sure no other app is running.

When I open CameraAlert the start up screen appears then within few seconds the application shuts down.

Just wondering if anyone is experiencing the same problems?

Subject edited to clarify. PaulB2005

sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

Fine with me. I've run it and even updated the camera database a couple of times.
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timps · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 04, 2006 Posts: 10

Just an update on this in case anyone else suffers from this problem as I did.

After doing some research and having problems with a few other apps that used maps and TomTom now not working after an upgrade to version 1.6 today I have found the answer.

Summary: after upgrading to 4.2.1, CameraAlert, urban spoon and now TOMTOM version 1.6 apps do not work anymore. After tapping their icons, I get a grey screen for about three seconds, the app quits and I am back to the home screen.

This happened after upgrading to iOS 4.2.1. I tried restoring and using my backup (multiple ones from different time frames): Same result.

I have now tried restoring without using the backup (clean iPhone) all apps work.

There is something in the backups that causes the apps to crash with reference to any app using maps or positioning.

I have found a few people on the net suffering the same problem with different apps on Ipad and Iphone since updating to 4.2.1 but none with CamerAlert just my luck Rolling Eyes

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I thought I would post just in case anyone else suffers the same problem.

Darren · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:48 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the update, I know the guys were combing through your crashlogs to see if they can identify a cause so I'll feed this back to them.

That's a cause that had never occurred to me before.

Good to know that in this case the bug was not ours though!
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timps · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 04, 2006 Posts: 10

Thanks Darren I did reply on the support ticket and thanked them for their time.

I knew it was a strange one when no one else complained of a problem on here. Then more and more apps stopped working after I updated them so figured it must be an operating system bug.

I just figured backup restore would cure it.

The strange thing was the apps that others were complaining were not working on the net after updating to 4.2.1 were working on mine.

Anyway someone reported he had got Google maps working again (which was working fine on mine) by this method so I decided to give it a go.

I am just glad to have everything working again.

And once again thanks for trying to sort this out for me.

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:45 am Post subject:

Thank you. I can finally stop staring at code and scratching my head...
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timps · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 04, 2006 Posts: 10

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:48 pm Post subject:

You definitely get extra points for perseverance. I sure hope it is not a hardware problem (like weakening flash memory etc - I remember that some Windows Mobile 5 devices had similar cases of unstable behaviour, and reflashing the ROM cured the issue only temporarily).
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