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iCal on iPad 2 crashes when selecting March 2013

Hi,


I have got a very strange problem with iCal on my iPad 2 Wi-Fi. When selecting March 2013 it instantly crashes iCal, after which I am returned to the springboard. When relaunching iCal it starts with either February 2013 or April 2013 selected. The crashing does not occur in 2012 or 2014, so March 2013 is the only occurance of the crashing found so far.


What have I tried to do to solve the problem:

  • Restart iPad.
  • Force Quit iCal and all other applications.
  • Restart iPad again.


Problem still occured.


Disable Calendar syncing from my Google Account.


Problem was gone, iCal was completely empty and working fine.


Enable Calendar syncing, but uncheck all calendars in iCal resulting in empty calendar rendered on screen.


Problem still gone.


Enabling a single calendar.


Crashing occured again.


My conclusion was that one of my appointments in Google Calendar must contain something that was making iCal crash. However, of the 5 calendars I am syncing with the iPad none of them could be shown without iCal crashing in March 2013. Even public calendars I am subscribed to like official holidays make iCal crash. If something is indeed wrong with an appointment, I would have expected to be able to display the other 4 calendars without problems.


I am syncing the exact same calendars with my iPhone 4 and my iMac, and on both devices no crashing occurs.


Is there anything I can do to extract some more information from my iPad to find out exactly why iCal is crashing?

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 5.1

Posted on Apr 11, 2012 12:27 AM

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Sep 19, 2012 11:54 PM in response to draple

This is ridiculous - Apple seems to be unable or not interested in solving this issue even with a new iOS version. This can only lead to the conclusion that people who are using their iOS devices for work are not in the focus of Apple. RIM and Google will be glad about this insight .....

Sep 20, 2012 10:49 AM in response to spellfast59

IOS6 update hasnt fixed this - Apple get your act together please.


However..............It only seems to be a problem on the iPad2 - tried a friends ipad3 today - seems ok.


Have found a work around to the problem - I had entered on April 1st 'Bank holiday' as a whole day event. I changed this to run from 01.00 t0 23.00 and the problem no longer occurs - so it must be and April 1st glitch on entering just all day events.


Or .... It is April the first the problem? An Apple joke?? Perhaps a deliberate stunt by Apple to make us look a bit silly in advance of the date!! Ho Ho Ho.

iCal on iPad 2 crashes when selecting March 2013

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