My 2-year old daughter loves to mess with my iP4s and ipad3.
Every now and then apps are in strange folders and
I have restricted for deleting apps.
Guided use is no use, since I have to change from her favorite app to another all the time.
Is this most advanced operating system in the world so advanced that you can restrict apps to be removed, but not to be moved (to folders or other homescreens)?
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
Give your daughter a different toy to play with
problem solved
Sorry, but it is not possible to prevent moving an app. You can comment to Apple on the matter via their feedback page, if you wish:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Regards.
My sympathies, but the most advanced operating system in the world is not written to be proof against two year olds moving icons. If it concerns you, I suggest offering your daughter things to play with more closely aligned to her age. And cheaper for when her interest turns destructive. 🙂
tonefox wrote:
I suggest offering your daughter things to play with more closely aligned to her age. And cheaper for when her interest turns destructive. 🙂
I was expecting this kitchen-psychologist attitude.
Our home is full of toys for her, but somehow Apple managed to make most appealing toy. She playe with other toys for hours a day and also with parents guidance with iOS-devices, but it takes only few minutes to mess the apps. Other toys just does not have tv-shows and all those games our older daughter likes to play. Younger one even prefers to draw to ipad compared to regular paper & pens.
And I guess it doesn't help to give her some cheap ios-imitation toy, since it can't be better experience than the real thing, can it?
Btw, Otterbox defenders prevent the destructiveness.
Oh well, maybe I have to put those apps to folders myself and then it would be much harder to move them away to other folders.
So far I have only taken screenshots of homescreens to remember where all were.
But hey all, thanks for the advices! Keep up the good work! You'll get your points for these!
Just FYI, the only way anyone gets points is if you mark a reply "helpful" or "this solved my problem". No one gets points just for replying.
Anyway, as I said, what you ask is not possible. If you wish to allow your daughter to use your devices, you'll just have to live with the possibility that she may move things around or change settings.
Regards.
varjak paw wrote:
Just FYI, the only way anyone gets points is if you mark a reply "helpful" or "this solved my problem". No one gets points just for replying.
I was being sarcastic.
varjak paw wrote:
Anyway, as I said, what you ask is not possible. If you wish to allow your daughter to use your devices, you'll just have to live with the possibility that she may move things around or change settings.
Regards.
Yep,
thanks for that.
I was just hoping there would be some workaround method or app.
Sent the feedback.
Toke Lahti wrote:
I was being sarcastic.
Sure didn't sound like sarcasm to me
Sarcasm in online forums is usually misunderstood and is almost always wasted effort.
Andrey wrote:
Toke Lahti wrote:
I was being sarcastic.
Sure didn't sound like sarcasm to me
Sorry for that.
But I've seen too many answers like I got.
And I guess that there are millions of parents having this problem.
The best answer you got was it cannot be done and you can provide feedback to Apple. You are not going to see an answer that you like, just fact. However, there are going to be many here that will be willing to provide you with parenting answers regarding something as expensive as an iPhone or iPad being handled by a 2 year old. Ignore that, and just go about what you were doing with the information you were provided.
varjak paw wrote:
Sarcasm in online forums is usually misunderstood and is almost always wasted effort.
Nevertheless I have always taken the challenge, ever since I started discussing in usenetnews in 1992.
I guess I never learn.
ChrisJ4203 wrote:
The best answer you got was it cannot be done and you can provide feedback to Apple. You are not going to see an answer that you like, just fact. However, there are going to be many here that will be willing to provide you with parenting answers regarding something as expensive as an iPhone or iPad being handled by a 2 year old. Ignore that, and just go about what you were doing with the information you were provided.
All you told is self explanatory.
Do you always think people you discuss with are morons?
dear Toke, i have absolutely the same question. my son is 1.5 years and plays with ipad at least 3 times a day. don't let anyone pressure you into cutting your child's time on ipad. you know better. different parents approach this differently, i recently read a great article analysing different approaches http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/the-touch-screen-generation/ 309250/?single_page=true i am a firm believer in approach No 3. i let my child play with ipad as much as he wants, all game apps are educational and i believe it will give him developmental advantage in future over those kids whose parents banned or limited ipad time when they were toddlers.
I feel your pain! A couple years too late probably, but i found that you can restore the layout of your apps by connecting it to your mac.
The process is outlined here: http://www.macworld.com/article/1159917/ios_restore_folders.html
Good luck and hope it helps!
How to restrict apps from moving to folders and other homescreens?
