App icon changes to generic iOS icon once installed

I've restarted and then done everything from itunes on my mac and still get the generic icon on two recent apps no matter what I do (they start out right but as soon as they're done installing they go generic).

I've wondered if it's my low storage but I've deleted a bunch of apps and it hasn't fixed anything. Currently have about 600mb free.

Start with a with a reset. Press and both the home and power buttons until the Apple logo appears. Release both buttons. Wait until you iPad starts on it's own.

If the app icons are still generic delete both apps and reinstall just one.

Still geneic ? Delete enough apps until you have two GB of free space. Try installing now.

Still generic ? What is the name of the app ? i'll download it and see if the problem is with the app.

Well I have 600mb free and I've done the reset and nothing. Thanks bobseufert for your interest but freeing up 2GB is a pretty big ask (almost like the all-powerful cop out: "reformat" 🙂), I haven't had that much space free for several years so I don't want to do that to just fix a simple icon picture problem. I've done everything else and it's still generic. The apps are Simple and FutureAdvisor so I'm pretty sure they aren't the problem. Unless someone has a better suggestion I think I'll just live with this bug and chalk it up as another example of why Apple's closed system is a problem.

Interesting, cuz I just happen to get the generic icons on two apps I just downloaded in a row (I was on a finance app binge after reading a best finance apps article) and I'd never seen this error until now (even though I've downloaded maybe 30 iphone-only apps and hundreds of other apps on my iPad). Both of my new generic-icon apps are iphone-only apps and one of them is the Simple app (the other is FutureAdvisor).

I thought the likelihood of getting two apps in a row where the developer was the problem seemed extremely low. The fact that you had a problem with the Simple app on the iPad, though, makes the unlikely seem more likely. Crazy how these things work.

In your case it may not be their app but your lack of storage space, 600MB is too low and this will probably not be the last issue you have as you go along.

600mb is actually a lot for me and hasn't been a problem for years.

You're lucky. I think it is now causing a problem for you.

Hmm, interesting. It sounds like you're convinced of another unlikely solution. I guess any explanation is unlikely though 🙂.

btw, I've downloaded several apps since with no problems

You could wait and see if there is an update.

Keep in mind that any new app needs roughly 3.3 times its stated size to successfully install.

Thanks, yeah, I think I've heard the 3.3 times thing before. My two apps are only 12MB each so I'm well within params there.

The too-little-space thing still nags at me too as a more "likely" explanation than randomly selecting two equally buggy iphone-only apps in a row.

My best guess is that these two apps (and maybe several other iphone-only apps installed on iPads) do have a small bug that only presents itself when you initially install them with too little space. Once you've installed them with "too little space" (which you'd think Apple would be aware of what is needed before allowing an install to happen anyway) they "succeed" but don't finish properly and even if you subsequently make a lot more space available than you need (like 15 times more) and delete and reinstall and such and do that indefinitely, they will never install correctly because the scaffolding has already been laid and Apple doesn't actually remove or revert everything when you uninstall an app.

You're welcome.

Hi dgwilcox. Apps are supposed to include icons for different screen sizes/resolutions. If the app is missing the icon for your device, it might explain your observation.