Apple says an upcoming software update will address the random home screen and app crashes that many users have been experiencing since iOS 7's release.
"We have a fix in an upcoming software update for a bug that can occasionally cause a home screen crash," Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller told Mashable.
The crash, which has frustrated many iOS 7 users (including us!) occurs randomly at the home screen (Spring Board) and forces a soft reboot of the device. The screen simply shows the Apple logo and a white/black background depending on the color of your iPhone.
This bug has been in iOS 7 since its original release, and while Apple has released a couple updates to address issues the OS had, they have kept quiet on this major issue. Apple did not clarify if the upcoming software update would be 7.1, or another release such as 7.0.5.
We have been running the latest 7.1 beta on some of our devices here, and see a dramatic improvement in performance and a reduction in crashes. 7.1 is expected to be released sometime in March and features minor UI tweaks to the phone app, improved calendar and more.
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Petr - January 25, 2014 at 11:27pm
What about Safari crashes? 7.2? 7.3?
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Nat - January 25, 2014 at 11:35pm
That's what this update involves, any crash occurring in iOS 7.
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Akanni adeyemi - January 23, 2014 at 9:14pm
Iphone unknown error 01 solution pls
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Great! - January 23, 2014 at 1:30pm
Jailbroken and have not experienced crashes. Apple's just trying to get people to upgrade so that we lose our jailbreak.
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gamerscul9870 - January 23, 2014 at 9:02pm
There are videos over iOS 7 jb, dude.
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jahmed80 - January 23, 2014 at 9:23am
RIP Steve Job, RIP ios
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gamerscul9870 - January 23, 2014 at 12:20pm
RIP Samsung, RIP Galaxy.
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Grup - January 23, 2014 at 6:54am
Apple said they gonna fix sh!t but they don't fix sh!t
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gamerscul9870 - January 23, 2014 at 12:20pm
And they will.
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TheRealNoGoodNick - January 23, 2014 at 1:21am
Here's an idea, how about updating iOS 7 with K's idea along with a malware protection against trolls to ban them from crossing over to anything dealing with apple, even the sites.
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zetaprime - January 23, 2014 at 1:45am
If you understand what k is trying to say please translate for him if you speak his language.
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TheRealNoGoodNick - January 23, 2014 at 2:24am
I can speak troll language to but I pointed out what he really means it's just hard to explain, it's an idea for iOS 7 in order to get users so people stop complaining about downgrading just for looks.
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TheRealNoGoodNick - January 23, 2014 at 2:42am
Steve god's brother much, sound like him and your name says it all. Lol
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Y - January 23, 2014 at 12:28am
Weird... Mine has never crashed on iOS 7
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zetaprime - January 23, 2014 at 1:42am
Consider yourself one of the lucky few.
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zetaprime - January 23, 2014 at 12:15am
Long overdue for a fix, and Apple should have been more forthcoming about it.
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TheRealNoGoodNick - January 23, 2014 at 12:34am
They will with this but it always takes time to fix what's broken, they will kick the os to the max if we can make a rumor to move every iOS 6 and 7.0.x look (apps, built in app design, control center, Siri, etc. to 7.1, this all is my plan but I have asked people if they'd join me in this idea but no one replied to me even on how to rumor or make a vid of it since then. If we do this, Apple can get more users to iOS 7 and users customize it to a whole new level, switch between old and new and now newest looks in millions of combinations. Are you in?
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zetaprime - January 23, 2014 at 12:54am
I have no idea what you just wrote. I'm guessing that English is not your native language.
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TheRealNoGoodNick - January 23, 2014 at 1:19am
I have no idea what you understand what you are trying to prove, perhaps grammar should be focused more, but what I mean is move very old look from iOS 6 and move it to iOS 7 so anyone can change looks in any way they want, once I learn how to make a video of it, you will understand.