Fix It: App Troubleshooting
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Why Your Android Apps Keep Stopping and the Order to Fix Them In
If an application has stopped running or working properly, before you attempt any fixes, determine where the problem lies: within the app (the app is faulty), within your device (the device is not functioning correctly), or due to an issue at the service provider (the service provider has an outage). The initial solution for each type of issue differs and…
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How to Stop iPhone Apps From Closing Without Deleting Anything
You have encountered a problem when opening an app. You see the splash screen of the app for 0.5 seconds and then you come back to your Home Screen. You try again with the same result. You are unsure if the problem is just with one app or if every app that was not obtained from Apple is affected; and…
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Instagram Keeps Crashing? Check the Update Before You Reinstall
If your Instagram app is crashing each time you try opening it, chances are that your problem can be attributed to one of three reasons: a defective update that has been sent to your device; a storage conflict on your phone; or a temporary outage of Instagram services. These three reasonings will determine whether or not clearing your phone’s Instagram…
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When Spotify Keeps Stopping, Your Phone Is Usually the One Stopping It
Spotify may stop playing a song for a variety of reasons, including pausing, buffering, or going silent while continuing to run, as well as a loss of Bluetooth output, or a song disappearing because the app process has closed. When your Android phone has a black screen (locked) or when you switch between apps, the app will automatically stop playing…
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Google Play Services Keeps Stopping: Fix the Cascade Without a Factory Reset
A shared Android component will cause Google Play Services to stop running, but a crash from this component doesn’t necessarily cause each impacted app to be down on its own; therefore, one event can trigger several pop-ups saying an account sign-in attempt has failed, that the location services aren’t working, or that multiple apps have closed simultaneously. The best thing…
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