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I cannot search in app store since ios6 update.

I cannot search for apps in the app store since I updated to ios6.

The new Apple map app is terrible.

Shall I go on????

I loved my iPhone 4 ios5.

Apple please give us the option to restore back to ios5 until you fix the bugs in this crappy ios6.

Otherwise I may have to go to another phone.

iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Sep 28, 2012 3:03 PM

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Sep 28, 2012 10:56 PM in response to Alexk27

I am experiencing the same problems trying to search the App Store. I am simply faced with a blank screen. Both myself and my wife upgraded to iOS6 and wish we hadn't. It is a poor upgrade. I am not going to mention the maps debacle. Oh, whoops I have. If Apple doesn't allow a return to the google mapping they will have lost 2 customers as we shalll both use another smartphone.

ARE YOU LISTENING APPLE


Back to my point. Sorry went off at a tangent. Any suggestions re the app search facility? and yes, I have turned it off and on again

Sep 29, 2012 8:49 AM in response to Alexk27

I have the same problem. I bought the new iPad yesterday. The first thing I did was upgrade to iOS 6. I was using the App Store for several hours with no issue searching to my heart's content. Then all of the sudden the search feature stopped working. I can't search for anything now. It just sits their blankly staring me in the face. I've restarted the iPad twice to no avail. Grrrrrrrrr.

Sep 30, 2012 9:24 AM in response to Mnchkin2u

Further to my earlier posting. I am trying to recall how I managed to get the App Store search facility to work as the same problem has arisen with my wife's phone (maddeningly upgraded to iOS6).

The way I seemed to resolve the issue was to go into one of the other sections such as "charts" or "featured". I clicked on categories and just clicked randomly on apps. I then clicked back onto search and it seemed to free itself.

Oct 2, 2012 11:13 AM in response to Alexk27

I spoke to support and was able to fix both problems. On your iPhone, go Settings>General>Restrictions.

Disable Restrictions. Go to Desktop/main page and look for App store. You can go back into restrictions and enable, but make sure the iTunes, Installing Apps, and Deleting Apps are "ON" to prevent restrictions from blocking.

There seems to be a glitch here in the iOS 6 download, because even though reistrictions was enabled on my iphone, "iTunes, Installing Apps, and Deleting Apps" were "ON" allow and should not have been restricted. Disabling and then enabling seems to have fixed the glitch. "Apps" tab in iTunes sync is working now, too.

I cannot search in app store since ios6 update.

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