[iPeng Announce] Easier to share, lower price (iPhone)

[garym]

Actually you _can_ rate an App again. It will not change the rating in the "overall" rating but the new rating will affect the one specific for the current release which usually is all a new buyer sees.

So yes, it pays to rate again for a new release.

updated both my reviews.....

[pippin]

Thank you

[thebrieze]

Hi,

I am a very long time iPeng for iPhone user. I purchased iPeng using an itunes account I no longer use. I have since switched to a different account for iCloud syncing and all my recent purchase. I only switch to the old account to get updates - mostly just iPeng.

If I purchase iPeng for iPad, and want to get the Playback discount, do both versions of iPeng need to be "bought" using the same iTunes account, or synced to iCloud using the same itunes account?

taz

[pippin]

No, this should work across accounts.

I'm not 100% sure about iCloud. So far, I thought the iCloud account would be something else than the App Store account you purchased the App with (so you can have set them to different Apple IDs) but I'm not 100% sure that Apps being purchased under different accounts have access to the same iCloud data. But I would expect it to.

It that does not work (that is, if the playback doesn't automatically propagate or if you are not presented the discounted price in iPeng for iPad or iPeng for iPhone), then you might have to use the old procedure which still works:
http://penguinlovesmusic.de/2011/03/...iscount-model/

In any case I'd purchase the discounted playback in the iPhone version because then you are on the safe side to restore the feature on all devices even if you can't access iCloud for some reason.... Oh, scrap that, that was the old account, right? In that case you'd better make sure iCloud works, first.

[Wiredcharlie]

Sorry if this is going over old ground.

I have several IOS devices. If I do the in app purchase of Playback on an IOS 4 device (which doesn't do iCloud), do I have to pay again for the other devices?

Thanks

Tony

[pippin]

No, you can still restore it within the App for free.
Just make sure you purchase it in iPeng for iPhone, not the iPad App because you can only restore it within the same App (and you can install the iPhone version on iPad but not the other way around). Once activated on one device it will work in both Apps.
Also make sure to read the part about the discount in the App if you own both iPengs.

As always: you do of course have to use the same iTunes account on all devices.

[Wiredcharlie]

No, you can still restore it within the App for free.
Just make sure you purchase it in iPeng for iPhone, not the iPad App because you can only restore it within the same App (and you can install the iPhone version on iPad but not the other way around). Once activated on one device it will work in both Apps.
Also make sure to read the part about the discount in the App if you own both iPengs.

As always: you do of course have to use the same iTunes account on all devices.

Thanks for getting back. I couldn't resist a deal, so I bought ipeng for iPad and then went into the iPhone version and bought the discounted playback. So far so good. My iPhone happily did a Restore Previous Purchase and installed playback. However my ios4 iPod touch asks for my password and then does nothing. Any ideas?

Help appreciated.

Tony

[pippin]

How old is the iPeng version you've got on that one? And which iPod model?

[Wiredcharlie]

How old is the iPeng version you've got on that one? And which iPod model?

It's an 8gb 3G, which I believe is for all practical purposes a 2G running iOS 4.2.1, ipeng is 1.4.8

[pippin]

F.... That's bad. Couldn't you have done this one day earlier?
This is an App Store problem, a broken certificate blocking the purchase queue.
I implemented a workaround together with Apple four month ago and until yesterday I would have said: update iPeng.

The problem TODAY is, that iPeng 2.0 is out which doesn't support your device anymore, Apple dropped the support for the ARM6 processor it uses.

You don't happen to have a copy of a newer iPeng version?

Now, theoretically this can get fixed with your version of the App, too, you just have to somehow get this stuck certificate cleared.
The problem is, it's not stuck in iPeng but the App Store App.
For some people, it has helped to log out of the App Store App (on the first tab, bottom of the page), then re-boot the device and log into the App Store again.
Usually it eventually fixes itself on its own (usually when Apple cleans out some queues) but that can be between a day and several weeks.

I need to figure whether I can somehow provide you with a beta version of some kind for he meantime.