Neuk_
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She got around the issue, setup allows you to ignore the 'other' account or email somehow, so she is up and running on the phone.
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She got around the issue, setup allows you to ignore the 'other' account or email somehow, so she is up and running on the phone.
Neuk_
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Definitely not an unofficial App store and if it was from an old backup how did it get there?
You can't download an app from a site to your phone.
Technically you can , that app need to sighed for the phones serial number tho.
I meant, you can't browse to the site on your phone and download an app. I doubt Safari has that capability.
SauRoNZA
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Technically that is exactly what TestFlight does.
Nope. TestFlight is an app on your phone that allows you to install beta versions of apps from the developer. It doesn't run in Safari
SauRoNZA
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Never said it runs from Safari.
But Safari enables you to gain access to app, so technically you can install apps from a download link in Safari.
Also if we want to get even more technical…the entire AppStore is running in a Safari sandbox.
No, no it's not.
Since the App Store uses things like UICollectionView, and UITableView; both of which are native iOS SDK components, which doesn't back on to the WebKit Framework - its technically very incorrect to say it runs on Safari.
My profession is an iOS developer for the last 7 years. I know how the system works, on a very technical level.
This logic is flawed. I can past a URL into notes app; that someone sent me from WhatsApp. So are are now saying notes / WhatsApp can install apps?
Apps can only be downloaded to an iPhone from
1. Xcode
2. Backup from iCloud
3. App Store
4. AltStore (But it's a hack and needs to be connected to your Mac)
5. Jalbreak - not caught up on this - but would need a Mac still at the very leat I think
And if we are talking about enterprise, specifically, then yes - they can be installed by Safari. But that's not exactly the same thing, now is it. Since they are corp-style type of apps, to be used internally by a company. Eg Vodacom might have one for their staff to use. That type of thing.
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Neuk_
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You are our only hope!
DA-LION-619
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What you’re referring to is deep linking, similar to how ‘mailto:’ would open your email app.
Also those are public beta apps, invite only beta programs are tied to your Apple ID so they wouldn’t work.
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So, if at any point *someone* downloaded an iOS app from anywhere, backed it up with a util such as CopyTrans or similar - copied it back to the iPhone and then enabled iCloud backups - that App is still associated with the Apple ID of the person who originally downloaded it, and it would probably show a notification similar to what the OP is seeing.
had exactly the same experience when setting up my new phone 2 weeks ago. kept on inserting a random email address into the email field.Already done as far as I am aware, it looks to be a known issue, it even happens with brand new iPhones...
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