We’ve taken a close look to the issue and it appeared that in iOS 4 the time zone support is not working the same way it used to in iOS 3.1.2. It is not what you call a nice surprise, but we can deal with it.

We assume doing this way will fix the issue.

Meanwhile we’are submiting a quick fix to the App Store.
ALSO, the fix will solve the problem for those who use iPhone 3G and experience crashes after the update. Crashes are caused by local push notifications option which eats more memory (but save your traffic actually).

• Jailbreak contradicts EULA
• Jailbreak is dangerous in terms of viruses and worms (it affects jailbroken iPhones running the SSH app with the default password)
• Jailbreaking you device voids your warranty and you cannot expect any help from Apple if you start experiencing any hardware problems with your jailbroken device.

The above mentioned is not something that we as developers should be worried about as it is your decision and your responsibility. What’s most important is that jailbreak destabilizes your OS and leads to unpredictable performance problems.

Let us put it this way: we really messed it up with 1.3 and 1.3.1, but luckily 1.3.2 which got through approval very fast is stable and secure update. But despite it being stable and secure we still received hundreds of letters to our support with complaints about losing of data and crashes on launch of the app.

We were really surprised as we successfully managed to load on our devices the data backups that were sent to us with such complaints. And then it occurred to us that a jailbreak might not be something that we can just silently disapprove of (our devices are NOT jailbroken, you got it right).

You see, when we hear you lose your data, it makes us really worried about you as we understand how much you rely on iStudiez Pro and how much efforts you put into your studies.

Ok, so we found a buddy with a jailbroken iPod and tried loading one of the backups that we received. Yep, it crashed, all data deleted. Yep, a shock.

It took us a sleepless night to dig out the reason and when we turned the multitask app off, backups started to load normally.

So our solution to users who happen to have jailbroken devices and can’t load backup: restart your device in safe mode and load your data backup (it will load successfully).

That’s it guys. One simple app unapproved by Apple caused such problems for hundreds of people that we care about. Why don’t you just think it over taking into account that OS 4.0 will support native multitasking?

What upsets us the most is a number of negative reviews that were most likely written by users with jailbroken devices and may mislead the others and lower our motivation (which is not happening, but it might have and we are sure you don’t want that )…

Wow, finally we let it out, now getting back to finalizing sync feature….

IMPORTANT NOTE: Some of you may see a message stating that your database is upgrading each time you launch iStudiez Pro. In this case please make data backup and then restore your data after you updated to version 1.3.1. We are now submitting the update where we’ve fixed this minor issue.

Now it is in review and hopefully it will not take too long for Apple to approve it.

We would like to address you with apologies regarding the latest update of iStudiez Pro (version 1.3. with grades/GPA option). The matter is that the update has been approved, but immediately after approval we encountered a critical bug that made the app crash and all data disappear.

Some of you unfortunately have already updated by that time and felt this on their own back.

We stopped sales of the app temporarily not to let other users down as well.

By now, we have already located the problem in the app that caused your data disappear and/or crash. Please be informed that your data is not lost.

It is just not showing in this update.

So to all who have already updated to version 1.3. please DO NOT launch or reinstall iStudiez Pro until we release the update soon. Do not do anything in the app right now (as your newly entered data may not be saved). When you update next time all your data will remain untouched in the app.

We bear full responsibility for what happened and we are now doing everything possible to submit update with critical fix of this problem during this weekend. The only excuse is that we really wanted to give you grades as soon as possible.

We’ve successfully fixed this and just submitted critical update 1.2.2 to the App Store.

We thank you for your patience, crash logs that you sent to us and we also appreciate very much all your support.

In 1.1.3 we’ve improved Calendar stability, rearranged settings and made some corrections to the Chinese Simplified, Dutch and French localizations.

Following your requests we implemented names for the exams option and added more sounds to choose from when setting up push notifications. Enjoy!

And, we’ve finally translated the app into the Japanese language adding up the localizations of iStudiez Pro to the jubilee number of 25!

More news to come after the holidays…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!

To prevent further distribution of iStudiez Pro with this bug we’ve decided to remove it from sales until the fixed version is approved.  We re-submitted version 1.1.1 today and have additionally got in contact with Apple to request fast approval.

NOTE: meanwhile DO NOT remove the app from your devices. All your data/backup will be safe when loading the update.

We apologize again and thank you for your understanding.

We are working to release the 1.0.2. update shortly with many new features (including major Assignments area improvements) and localizations to come!

Enjoy!

So what’s new?

• general performance improved
• occasional crashes while editing Courses FIXED
• classes repeating every two weeks now are reflected correctly on the Calendar view

Just a quick reminder that it usually takes Apple about a week to review and approve changes, so please be patient.

We’ll inform you as soon as update appears on AppStore.

P.S. No need to say the update is free of charge for those who already bought the application.