Apps are "installed" but not showing up on iPhone

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Apps are "installed" but not showing up on iPhone

Since iPhone 3.0...

Appls would "install" on my phone but I couldn't see them on the actual phone or launch them. When I'd go to App Store on the phone and try to install them from there, it would say "installed"

I'd search my phone (built-in spotlight) and check every page and no go. The issue is even more apparent now with Apple's built in app-management tool. I have a full page (16 apps) and none of them are showing up.

I'd like to also note that they're all games (odd right?) and there's an entire page full of them, they show up as installed, I can move them around but they don't show up on the iPhone itself.

LIST:
1. Aqua Moto
2. Aurora Feint
3. Bebot
4. Crash Bandicoot
5. Crazy Penguin
6. Cro-Mag Rally
7. Deadmau5
8. Enigmo
9. Fastlane Street Racing
10. Flight Control
11. SimCity
12. Space deadbeef
13. Super MOnkey Ball
14. Tap Tap Revenge 3
15. Wolfenstein 3D
16. X-Plane Extreme

I've reinstalled all apps and I've even did a full restore of the phone. No luck. I'm so stuck!

MacBook Pro 2.6Ghz. 4Gbs of Ram. 200Gbs 7200RPM. iPhone 3G 16Gb. 24" Dell LCD, Mac OS X (10.5.4), 2 Terabytes of external Storage and a 1Tb Time Capsule

Posted on Sep 9, 2009 7:38 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 9, 2009 8:31 PM in response to Jim VanLeeuwen

Nope. when i click "restrictions" it says "Enable restrictions" which means its off.

any other ideas?

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Answer 2

viveka

Level 1

4 points

Sep 16, 2009 7:29 AM in response to Frank Reno

Yay, thank you. I had this problem as well, and the enable-then-disable-restrictions trick worked for me too.

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Answer 3

Oct 13, 2009 12:23 AM in response to crickbob

"This solution didn't work for me. I can see the apps in iPhone spotlight but not on any pages. Is there a way to manually add a page? Any other clues? I have about 5 new apps that aren't showing up and all the pages are full."

If all your full quota of pages are full, any new apps will only be found in Spotlight. You'll have to remove some apps for them to be displayed, or sort them using iTunes to show your most desired apps, leaving 5 in Spotlight search.

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Answer 4

Sep 9, 2009 7:57 PM in response to adamjackson1984

Check Setting -> General -> Restrictions. If restrictions are enabled for the App Store, it's icon is removed and you cannot install apps on the phone.

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Answer 5

Sep 9, 2009 9:00 PM in response to adamjackson1984

You do have a check mark next to "Sync Applications" in the Applications Pane for your phone in iTunes, don't you? (Sorry, had to ask.)

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Answer 6

Sep 9, 2009 10:00 PM in response to Jim VanLeeuwen

Yeah no problem I do.

1. iTunes has "sync apps checked
2. I have 6 pages of apps selected (6*16 per page)
3. The iTunes 9 App manage shows 6 pages I can customize
4. I sync iPhone and on the iPhone screen it only has 5 pages.
5. Turns our all of the apps that aren't syncing are all games

Only one iTunes Account
This problem started when I initially upgraded to 3.0 OS & iPhone 3GS
I've done a full restore w/ & w/o Backup
If I open the App Store on the phone and try to install Sim City for instance it says "installed"
I'll open spotlight and search for it "no results"

It's really a crappy and confusing thing. I thought 3.1 would fix it and that's why I waited. After the upadate....nope still a problem.

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Answer 7

Sep 15, 2009 9:49 PM in response to adamjackson1984

Don't know why this works...

Enable restrictions, hide all apps, go to the home screen. No apps will be there. Go back to settings and disable the restrictions. Go back to your home screen and you should see your apps. This worked for me.

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Answer 8

Lady

Level 2

160 points

Sep 29, 2009 5:44 PM in response to viveka

thanks guys. you solved my problem. i wonder why it works. apple should tell or inform people about this app issue. it's bugging and i hate that it takes so much research to find a solution. thanks again 🙂

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Answer 9

crickbob

Level 1

5 points

Oct 9, 2009 10:32 AM in response to Lady

This solution didn't work for me. I can see the apps in iPhone spotlight but not on any pages. Is there a way to manually add a page? Any other clues? I have about 5 new apps that aren't showing up and all the pages are full.

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Answer 10

angelfan

Level 1

0 points

Oct 12, 2009 8:59 PM in response to crickbob

i have this problem but only with the "remote" app by apple. i've installed and it shows up in itunes but not on my phone. i've installed other apps since then and they work fine. any ideas?

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