Can't find app icon on iPhone

I found out where the missing icon was!!!

I have most of my Apps in folders. Most of the folders only have a few apps in them. Even though there are only a few apps on the first page of the folder some folders have a second or third page. The unseen icon is there. Because only a few apps were in the folder it didn't enter my mind to look in the second page of an almost empty folder.

Macaby wrote:
IF there is an 11 page limit, technically could the phone have 11 pages of folders with the folders all containing several apps within each folder? If so, the 11 page limit is meaningless unless some user wants a LOT OF APPS on their phone.

Same thing happened to me and I was sure I had synced the app to my phone. I could find it by searching but it definitely wasn't anywhere as an icon, alone or in a folder. Finally thought to check how many pages of icons I had haphazardly added (easiest to see in iTunes> your phone's name when connected > apps, since they number the pages) and I had reached the 11 page limit. I organized most of my apps into folders and reduced down to 6 pages .... Then had to reboot and lo and behold, there it was - along with half a page of icons for other apps that I had forgotten about and weren't showing up before! 🙂 This is a hazard when you keep picking up games and apps when they go free for a while. I try to only keep a few on my phone (unchecking the rest in itunes>my phone when connected > apps) so I can test them out gradually, but it got away from me rather easily over the past year. I now have two folders full of "task lists" to try out, for instance! You can see I really do desperately need a proper task list, if I ever find time to find the right one. (Catch-22.)

Apple should incorporate a warning message when we reach that magic 11 page limit, at least ... I like to be told by my gadgets when I'm about to do something stupid.

I just had a similar issue - cd not find the

App for the app store on my iphone

which was recently repaired.

I realized in Settings - the app was

on the menu tho it had been turned

off.

I set it to 'on' & found the icon in a

folder on my iphone's home page.

Hope that helps.

Same happened to me.

You've reached the "11-page limit"...

Don't panic , although the apps are still present, they cannot be displayed.

Fix it by:

1. Merging apps into folders

2. Power off phone

3. Power on phone - the 'missing' apps should now show up.

4. Repeat if necessary

Good luck!

Go to settings and reset your phones app layout to the original placement. I've had the same issue although I had most certainly not reached the 11 page limit. This has happened two or three times and after resetting the layout it reappears. Btw, the only time this has occured is when I have placed an app into a folder.

tplSF wrote:
Just curious, if you reach the *11-page max*, does it download the app but not display the icon?

As I have the same issue, I still don't see an answer to the actual question.

Can anyone answer simply how to find the app that is *missing*?