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Podcast App Crashing

Itunes Podcast App keeps crashing:


I have:

most up-to-date software update for itunes

deleted and re-installed podcast app

synced to itunes

restarted iphone


additionally I have:

removed all podcasts from itunes on computer & synced

removed all podcasts from podcast app


Additionally:

wish I'd bought a Samsung 😟

Posted on Jun 26, 2014 1:50 PM

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Jul 1, 2014 11:34 PM in response to ArbyNZ

Due to a complete lack of any notification or indication Apple have attempted to resolve the issue or even care, I'm finally giving up on the Posdcasts app. It has been a pile or crap since they pulled it out of iTunes. Synch has either been broken or sporadic, sometimes I'll open a podcast to find it suddenly shows dozens of unplayed episodes moths old, that I have already listened to or marked as played, and now this bug, having to go to airplane mode just to start the app is a real pain as I mostly listen in the car, and this kills my Bluetooth link, then I have to reconnect it again after getting the podcast playing.

Anyway, I'm now switching to Instacast 4.

Im done with this PoS app.

Sep 25, 2014 9:30 PM in response to coffeemr

I have this problem after upgrading to iOS 8. I get "Updating Library..." for ten seconds before it crashes back to the home screen. Airplane mode does nothing. I've deleted every podcast off the phone (iPhone 4s), turned syncing off on both the device and in iTunes (latest version on latest version of Mavericks), rebooted the phone, re-synced podcasts back onto the device again (and various combinations of the previous steps), and it still does the same thing.

Sep 26, 2014 9:46 AM in response to JackFoster

I had the problem this summer; it lasted for about a day, then went away.


This morning, suddenly, the Podcast app crashes upon launch. I have not updated to iOS 8; I still run 7.1.2 on an iPhone 5S. I have done nothing in past 24 hours except to sync with iTunes on my computer, which I do every day. Suddenly I cannot use the app at all.


I agree with others who long for the day when we did not have to use this piece of crap app to listen to podcasts. Podcasts worked fine in the Music app for me for years (and I've been listening to podcast for almost 10 years), but now that Apple has "improved" the scheme, it is garbage.


In my humble opinion.


I will be eager to read what others' experiences are like.


PS: Putting the phone into Airplane Mode does not seem to solve the problem for me at all.

Podcast App Crashing

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