White icon called "Springboard" after iOS 6

Did it keep apps cache? like lets say QuickVoice recordings, WhatsApp messages?

Did it keep the photos?

App data is kept, anyway do a backup before trying!

I updated to ios6 via itunes and have the springboard icon.3 guys in my office did it via wifi and their phones and they dont have the icon. Did any of you update via itunes or directly from the phone?

directly from the phone

i have updated using iTunes and it happened to me too, also i have one more icon called SharedPackageE which is white as well, i have tried to restore many times and to delete contents and settings, unfortunately nothing fixed my issue, anyone knows any other way to fix it? also, i'm waiting for my new iPhone 5 and i'm worried about it will appear on the new phone too cause i will use my backup anyway.... any idea? thanks

You must by kidding me! You call this a "solution"??? So I need to reset all my wi-fi paswords, network settings etc. because this stupid bug in iOS?

I completely agree with you I'm a bit angry to be honest... cause I'm pretty much sure ill get my new iPhone 5 and for sure ill have these 2 fuc***** icons on the home!!! this is ridiculous!

Well, I think you're gonna be OK, I do not expect this problem on preinstalled iOS.

Well i think its not ok, and that's why the issue is happening when you restore a backup, and it is not happening only to me so I assume that it's not my backup but there should be something wrong on "our" backup which is similar that is causing the issue, when ill restore my backup on the new one ill get the white icon, by the way I have two icons, the springboard one and "SharedPackageE" which is white too.

Really annoying, I'm looking on internet everywhere but I'm not finding anything. If ill find a workaround ill post it here for everybody.

It has nothing to do with your backup. Something went wrong in the firmware (ios6). But im confidenced that apple will solve it...... 😕

uhm... the thing is that, if you install the iOS 6 restoring the iPhone, it will work and there won't be any icons..... when you restore your backup, it doesn't matter from iCloud or Locally from iTunes, those icons will appear... at least this is what is happening to me.....

so, i have restored the backup on the new iPhone 5..... and....? i still have those 2 icons on the screen, maybe because my backup was with those icons? so, do i have to keep those icons for ever? there is no way to delete it 😟 absolutely hammered by this thing...... maybe once ill get hom i can delete it manually from the iTunes interface, hopefully will go away...

i can confirm resetting settings everything is fixed....

None of the suggested "non-destructive" solutions have worked for me, so I guess I'm left with having to do a full restore, set the phone up as new, and then rebuild my iphone folder structure from scratch.

If that doesn't work, I guess there's always throwing my phone against the wall...

It's 4.5 hours later, and the Springboard icon is finally gone. All it took was:

(1) A complete restore of the phone.

(2) Setting the phone up as a new device.

(3) Manually selecting the apps I wanted to install (about 235 in all).

(4) Reorganizing the apps into folders using iTunes.

(5) Re-reorganizing the apps into folders, because iTunes just flat ignored the previous attempt (yes, I remembered to hit "apply").

(6) Relogging into all wifi accounts (this will take a few days to complete, as I move between home and various offices).

(7) Re-pairing with various BT devices

(8) Recreating all email accounts, contacts and calendar entries (thankfully, I use Exchange, or I would have been really hosed.)

(9) Relogging into all apps on the phone individually.

(10) Reautenticating with work, banking and other secure services.

(11) Blowing away all previous iCloud and iTunes backups for the phone.

(12) Creating new iCloud and iTunes backups.

All to get rid of one annoying little white icon.