AIM for iPhone 4.0.2 now on the iPhone App Store
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 6:30PM by Lee Givens
Filed under: AIM, AIM (Free Edition), App Store
AIM 4.0.2 and AIM (Free Edition) 4.0.2 are both now available in the iPhone App Store. As soon after we shipped AIM 4.0.1, we reviewed customer reviews on the iTunes and went to work on performance issues reported by some of our users.
Use App Store software update and you'll get the newest AIM for iPhone release. Please leave feedback below to let us know how it's working for you. We've gotten some reports of application stability and we're researching those issues as I type!
Thanks!
Lee Givens
AOL iPhone Product Lead
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1. the new version appears completely broken. Crashes immediately upon launch. And there is no way of signing out, so I am constantly bombarded with notifications that cannot be viewed or responded to.
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Hello Casey,
First, thanks for using AIM for iPhone. We've been getting user reports of crashing upon launch and other issues such as pauses and then the app catches up. We're investigating and reviewing crash logs. I'll post more info as we investigate on the iBlog. Stay tuned!
Thanks!
Lee Givens
AOL iPhone Product Lead
Posted at 10:34PM on Oct 22nd 2009 by casey
2. Was happy with your app until the latest update. Now it's completely unusable. Please fix it soon.
Posted at 11:41PM on Oct 22nd 2009 by Vade
3. This is the main way I communicate with my husband while he is at work. I know it & like it. IF this glitch doesn't get fixed, I will have to find an alternate form of communication & tell my contacts to do the same.
I am surprised it has actually this crashing issue has not been resolved.
I look forward to any updates & more importantly the next update which will truely be an improvement.
Thank you
Posted at 2:54PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by Liz
4. I'm not having these crashing issues, but I do notice I can't send IMs to buddies who are logged off anymore. Before it would send respond with something like 'the user if currently offline, but will recive the message when they log on'. Now or says 'unable to send. Check your network connection.' I reinstalled the paid version thinking it was corrupt, but it still doesn't work and know it must be the update. I even asked one of my iPhone buddies to see if hers stopped sending to offline friends, and hers did too. I travel alot, and that capability was great when my aim buddies weren't logged on and I knew they'd get my message when logging on. One other thing I noticed, push didn't work when I was IMing using WIFI. Other than those two things that suddenly changed, it's worked fine.
Posted at 2:00PM on Oct 26th 2009 by Tina
5. This new version crashes as soon as it's launched. I used it as my main communication, now I can't use it at all. Messages come in and I can't reply or view past messages that have important information. Can't access the app to change anything or sign off. I see there are more complaints than ever, please put an option for the old version back if you don't have an immediate fix...it worked perfectly. I am so upset I upgraded. Now, it is just a pain. I was even more frustrated after fing this blog where you announce the launch and in the same breath mention people are having issues with it.
Posted at 8:03AM on Oct 27th 2009 by Chris
6. *finding
Posted at 8:07AM on Oct 27th 2009 by Chris
7. Had the same crashing issue. Fixed by deleting app on phone and re-downlaoding on the phone.
also have "can't send to offline buddies" problem. Please fix this one :-) I use the offline feature to
communicate with my dad (he only uses aol desktop :-)).
Other than that - great app and it typically works very well - thanks for all your
hard work !!
Thanks !
Bob Lewis
Posted at 11:17AM on Oct 27th 2009 by binklewis
8. I am also unable to use AIM at all. If I don't have any IMs, I can open the app and navigate around, but as soon as I get an IM the entire app crashes. If I get a push notification of an IM, the app will launch and immediately crash. Do you receive crash logs automatically or is there something users can send to help the troubleshooting process?
Posted at 10:17AM on Oct 28th 2009 by Sarah
9. when is the free edition going to get the landscape keyboard? I read it was supposed to happen a couple of months ago and nothing's come out yet. I don't use the aim app because it is too annoying typing with the small horizontal keyboard. Facebook offers all their features in a free app. Why can't aim do the same?
Posted at 4:16PM on Oct 28th 2009 by mina armanious
10. I also have the same immediate crash upon launch problem but I also noticed that with the previous upgrade we now have the option to update facebook & twitter, while this is great, "AIM" eliminated the line breaks which is REALLY annoying because it shows the away messages as one long paragraph...is there anyway we can get the line break options back?
Posted at 12:19PM on Oct 29th 2009 by Tasha
11. The app doesn't crash in my situation. But it sits there and continually tries "reconnecting" with the red banner. No crashes but just as unusable. I tried switching from the free app to the paid app hoping that the issue would go away. but they are both screwed. and as with everyone else, it was workign fine before the upgrade.
Posted at 12:07AM on Nov 3rd 2009 by Phil
12. The AIM on my iphone works ok except for the fact that when I send an IM it tells me I have no network connection when I obviously do.
Posted at 3:08PM on Nov 3rd 2009 by victor
13. I have the $2.99 version and cannot sign in. It has my correct screen name but every password I try does not work and when I go through the security password questions it does not recognize me. Can't talk with anyone so what do I do?
Posted at 11:24AM on Nov 4th 2009 by rob berton
14. Thanks for fixing the offline buddy problem with the new update!
Posted at 1:55AM on Nov 5th 2009 by Tina
15. Love all the updates, wondering if next update could create a way for the screen to rotate while typing a message in aim
Posted at 11:38AM on Nov 12th 2009 by Shawn
16. My push notifications are turned on but never work at my own house but I'll go to someone elses house and the push notifications will work? I need them to work all the time, I never know when someone replies back to me and it would really be helpful if you could tell me how to solve this problem.
Posted at 11:25PM on Nov 13th 2009 by Bree