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App Store Bug Corrupts Binaries; Angry Birds Crash

Posted by timothy on from the now-they're-really-angry dept.

First time accepted submitter bargainsale writes "Many recent updates from Apple's App store are crashing immediately, including Instapaper. Instapaper's creator, Marco Arment, thinks this is due to corrupt binaries being distributed. As Angry Birds Space is among those affected, there is some hope that Apple may acknowledge the problem and fix it ..."

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  1. App-arently fixed by k(wi)r(kipedia) · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the linked blog by app author Marco Arment:

    I emailed App Review less than an hour after the update went live and yelled about it on Twitter. About two hours after the update went live, a correct, functional version of it started being distributed on reinstalls. As far as I know, the problem hasn't recurred since then.

    I haven't yet received a response from App Review, so I don't know whether the fix was because I made noise, or simply because time passed, which may, for instance, expire a cache with the bad data.

    He now just wants Apple to acknowledge that there was a problem.

  2. If the publisher makes the last good apk available by tepples · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is why Apple and Android need a good way for you to easily revert to a previous version.

    Android already has this. Mainstream Android devices support distribution of application packages (.apk) on the application publisher's web site.

    (And no, you don't need a hosts file to get this APK.)