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CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,681 Points:1,584,410 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 7:30:03 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse For the last two days, every time I select a list or map station to post a price, two seconds later, the app closes. I have rebooted the iPhone, but it persists. Any others have this problem? I have v1.12.4 running on IOS6. Touching Help Topics yields nothing.

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For the last two days, every time I select a list or map station to post a price, two seconds later, the app closes. I have rebooted the iPhone, but it persists. Any others have this problem?

I have v1.12.4 running on IOS6. Touching Help Topics yields nothing.

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CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,681 Points:1,584,410 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Nov 15, 2012 2:26:00 AM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse Posted to Notgreen's whiteboard about app collapsing at price-reporting time: App is corrupted; re-install.
TreasuryGuy Champion Author California Posts:3,011 Points:1,283,485 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Nov 3, 2012 6:49:38 PM Ignore TreasuryGuy Report Abuse Thanks, Don. I use my iPhone "Notes" native app to add standard comments regarding cash vs. credit prices. I would like to see the paste function restored when you feel it appropriate.
Notgreen Champion Author Maryland Posts:12,154 Points:2,683,630 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Nov 3, 2012 1:09:57 PM Ignore Notgreen Report Abuse For the last week or so every time I try to post prices via my iPhone the app closes before I can do so. It works fine on my iPad.
Don Moderator	Message Posted: Nov 2, 2012 9:59:04 AM Ignore Don Report Abuse @TreasuryGuy, The paste function was removed from the comments field (and as far as I recall, the comments field character limit may have been reduced) in order to prevent recent abuse of this feature. We hope to enable this once more in the future. - Don
TreasuryGuy Champion Author California Posts:3,011 Points:1,283,485 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Nov 2, 2012 9:50:24 AM Ignore TreasuryGuy Report Abuse Just a note to the Gas Buddy folks: The iPhone paste function into the Comments field of price entry no longer works in v1.14. You can type into the Comments field but not paste into it.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,681 Points:1,584,410 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Nov 1, 2012 9:10:58 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse It's working just peachy now. Very quick reloads.
Don Moderator	Message Posted: Nov 1, 2012 3:57:40 PM Ignore Don Report Abuse We had received some feedback describing users having issues with 1.12.4 after updating their devices to iOS6, updating to v1.14 should correct this problem. -Don
GM Moderator	Message Posted: Oct 30, 2012 4:03:45 PM Ignore GM Report Abuse >CampKohler We seemed to have some issues with older apps over the weekend. I see that you've updated to v1.14.3 now, are you having any issues at all? - Ryan (RD) [Edited by: GM at 11/2/2012 3:57:51 PM EST]
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,681 Points:1,584,410 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 29, 2012 2:17:58 AM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse Another thing that seemed to get fixed at the same time was the very spotty GPS feed to the app, such that the app spent a LOT of time trying to bring up a list or map. It's amazing how much better SW runs when it isn't corrupted, isn't it? The next time it gets freaky on me, it's a new reload for me. One thing I've never understand is why SW companies don't provide a method for checking the codeine a PC or device to simply tell you if it's good or bad, even if the cost for that is doubling the size.
TreasuryGuy Champion Author California Posts:3,011 Points:1,283,485 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 9:34:16 PM Ignore TreasuryGuy Report Abuse I had the exact same problem. Suddenly v.1.12 didn't work when trying to post and neither did the beta test version I had for v.1.13. I updated to v.1.14 and the problem went away.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,681 Points:1,584,410 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 4:58:21 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse You get dupes when you hit Submit twice thinking the first one didn't work. BTW, it doesn't really matter if the app doesn't work when the voice recorder app produces a minute of dead silence Instead of all the prices you've just gathered in 15 mins of driving. This is the 2nd time that has happened in over a year. Grrrr! [Edited by: CampKohler at 10/28/2012 5:08:11 PM EST]
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,681 Points:1,584,410 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 4:58:21 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse First I tried using the two app resets, but no dice. Then I went to iTunes and searched for "gasbuddy" but didn't see the app. Finally I went to the full site and clicked the app there and installed it and deleted the old one. No more problem. It's now v1.14.3. Thanks for your responses.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,681 Points:1,584,410 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 3:59:57 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse It's a 3s. I should have said that up front, but since the app has been working reasonably well for a year, it probably doesn't matter which model it is. And since it has also been OK on IOS6 until the problem started, that probably doesn't matter either. GB: I powered it down and up by holding the upper right button until the Slide to Power Off slider appears. Just now I tried the two-button method you suggested, and the problem is still there. BD: I'll reload the app next and report back.
Byte_Doctor Champion Author Akron Posts:3,640 Points:745,240 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 10:12:45 PM Ignore Byte_Doctor Report Abuse Sounds like either the app itself or the local data store has gotten corrupt. Try deleting and reinstalling the app to see if that helps.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:26,197 Points:3,061,500 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 9:26:24 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse I use an iPhone 4S, with the latest operating system and have not had any problem with the app closing when I select either the list or map to post prices. And I've used the phone extensively in conjunction with posting gas prices while on extended interstate travel. Just for clarification, which iPhone are you using? And by saying that you're "rebooting", correct me if I'm wrong, but you're resetting your iPhone. That is, you're holding the sleep/wake button at the top right of the device and the home button at the bottom center of the face at the same time until, and then holding both buttons until the white Apple logo appears (before letting go). Just so the moderators know specifically what type of equipment you're having a problem with and what specific actions you've taken to try to solve the problem.