Free42 - LOCAT won't work on iPhone

[Thomas Okken]

(05-06-2017 01:56 PM)Gerson W. Barbosa Wrote:  

(05-06-2017 11:00 AM)Thomas Okken Wrote:  To return to the original question: something obviously got into a bad state. It's good to know that uninstalling and reinstalling Free42 fixed it, but two other options also tend to fix "bad state" problems: (1) force-quitting the affected app, by double-pressing the home button, then swiping the app upwards; this performs a kill -9, which is as drastic as it gets except for (2) rebooting the device.

I had tried both options. BTW, option (1) is the way I always close Free42 on iOS, as shift OFF will only cause a beep, even after rebooting and installing. On my old kindle Fire shift OFF causes Free42 to exit, as expected.

There's an explanation of why OFF behaves the way it does on iOS, and instructions on how to restore the old behavior, in the Free42 FAQ: http://thomasokken.com/free42/faq.html

It sounds like the LOCAT problem is a bug, and I have an idea how it might be triggered, and how it might be fixed. I'll look into it.