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Recently purchased 4s, cant find app store icon. Tried downloading apps thru other means error message comes up, saying address cannot be found. Have searched all pages, reset home page, restored ph to factory settings thru itunes, still no icon. Outta ideas and patience!
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1
Did you try a simple search for App Store thru Spotlight? (Swipe right from the Home Screen)
BTW, you can always download or purchase apps fom your computer iTunes.
Did you try a simple search for App Store thru Spotlight? (Swipe right from the Home Screen)
BTW, you can always download or purchase apps fom your computer iTunes.
Just to ask, i presume you synched and set up the iphone when you first got it? If yes, Try carrying out a restore from new by right clicking on Devices (back up first) via iTunes, this should help.
Thanks for quick reply but tried all of those suggestions. After syncing with new itunes, could not download any of my previously saved apps. When i gave that up and tried downloading app store, clicked on apple store by mistake. Having tried a second time to sync previous apps to phone only accomplished to get a Apple store icon "waiting" on my phone.
Hi there if you get a Waiting on the app store app, pause it by pressing it and then switch the data connection to tgd carrier (if your wifi is on, switch this off). Then press that app again please and see if it loads?
"...tried downloading app store..."
Another angle....
You might be confusing two different apps. Every iOS device comes with the "App Store" app that is part of iOS. This app is not available for download from anywhere and cannot be deleted from the device.
There is also an "Apple Store" app, that is for checking the brick and mortar stores, is available for download and cn be deleted.
Which one are you dissing here?
Yes i DID have them confused until it downloaded to my itunes. Then i realized my mistake. I am missing the actual app store icon. I currently dont have wifi or internet besides my ph which is making this o so much fun!
I have never come across a case where a built in app disappeared, but I guess there's always the first time...
If the following doesn't help, you'll need to reinstall iOS again.
Go to Setting> General> Restrictions> make sure it is Off.
There are 3 possibilities:
So ive gone back and dble checked restrictions. It is now locked. I updated everything last night and reset ph to original settings. No longer have pass code so why is restrictions locked and how can i get in! On attempt 10?
You or someone set restrictions and created a passcode. The only official way to clear it is to restore the phone with iTunes as a new phone, which means losing all content, so you will have to reload it. The other possibility is that you set up a corporate Microsoft Exchange email account and your IT department set restrictions.
There are ways to find the Restrictions passcode in the phone's backup; a forum search should find advice on how to do it (if I knew how I would tell you, but it hasn't been my problem).
Iphone app store missing
