After upgrading to iOS 6, I now have a white icon called springboard that I cannot delete. I've tried rebooting my iPhone, however it still persists. By the way, my iPhone is not jailbroken.
Anybody else see this?
Thanks!
updated over the air my iPhone 4 32.
after many hours updating I've got nice white springboard icon...
zeroing the phone of all the settings is not an acceptable solution
I would like to have a fix from apple and I would like an official position over it...
plain and simple...
thank you
Not for me it didn't. I initially "reset all settings", which of course loses all folders. Since I have more apps than the maximum number of allowed screens, I had to reorganize the first group of apps back into folders, then respring the phone to make the second half show up. Sure enough, the last icon on the last screen was the white "springboard" one, still there despite the reset.
I then tried a full restore from backup. No luck: the Springboard icon had been saved in the backup file. It was also in the prior one.
So, while the "reset all settings" approach does seem to work for some, it doesn't work for all. If it doesn't, the only way to get rid of the problem is a "greefield" restore.
I know it shouldn't, but it did. Lost all the folders, placed the Apple apps on the homepage in the default (ie new phone) arrangement, then just filled the remaining ten screens with the rest of my apps. I had to reorganize them, then respring the phone to get the rest of the apps to show up. Rinse and repeat.
Very annoying.
i have the same issue. Cannot delete it
I've never jailbroken my iPhone. Any more thoughts guys? I've resorted to moving the white springboard icon to a new home screen and there it sits, all on it's own. Out of sight, out of mind? Maybe.
This is good to know as it rules that theory out. I'm doing a restore on my iPhone as we speak and then going to restore my backup to see if the issue returns. I'll report back when it's done...
I tried resetting the home screen layout on my iphone and the problem persists unfortunately, so that is not the answer 😟
I tried to reset content and settings.
It worked until I restored the iCloud backup...
Alex,
Did you loose all of your settings by doing this, if so I don't have the energy to have to redo everything from scratch...
Alex,
This seemed to work for me as well. Not sure why but at least there is a solution. Thanks so much!
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!
directly from the phone
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 ******** icons on the home!!! this is ridiculous!
White icon called "Springboard" after iOS 6
