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iPhone 3.0 Spotlight Search Finds Deleted Messages?
iPhone 3.0 Spotlight Search Finds Deleted Messages?
Matt Janssen has discovered what looks like a bug in iPhone 3.0 Spotlight, whereby the search feature keeps emails in the index/cache even after they’ve been deleted from the inbox and purged from the trash (and even obliterated from the host server). Janssen claims in the video ...
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youtube.com — This is a bug I found that allows you to search through e-mail messages that are "completely"... deleted from your iPod touch or iPhone. This is obvi... (more) iPhone 3.0 Software Bug- Deleted E-Mail (video)
Warning: iPhone Bug Allows Deleted Email To Be Retrieved With Simple Search
Warning: iPhone Bug Allows Deleted Email To Be Retrieved With Simple Search
cultofmac.com — Never use your iPhone for incriminating or embarrassing emails you might not want others to see. CoM... reader Matt Janssen has just found a bug in the iPhone’s 3.x software that allows deleted email to be retrieved. In other words, the iPhone and ... (more) Warning: iPhone Bug Allows Deleted Email To Be Retrieved ...
iPhone deleted message spotlight search bug fixed in 3.1
whenwillapple.com — Justin says... on Aug 18th, 2009 @ 11:30 am The iPhone blog reports on a small, but... pretty serious issue with iPhone 3.0: Matt Janssen has discovered what looks like a bug in iPhone 3.0 Spotlight, whereby the search feature keeps emails in the ... (more) iPhone deleted message spotlight search bug fixed in 3.1
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iPhone 3.0 Spotlight Search Finds Deleted Messages?
The Free iPhone Blog — Matt Janssen has discovered what looks like a bug in iPhone 3.0 Spotlight, whereby the search feature keeps emails in the index/cache even after they’ve been deleted from the inbox and … Read more from the original source: iPhone 3.0 Spotlight Search Finds Deleted Messages? ...

Updated: iPhone 3.0 Spotlight Search Finds Deleted Messages?
The Free iPhone Blog — UPDATE: iPhone 3.1 does indeed fix this. Matt Janssen has discovered what looks like a bug in iPhone 3.0 Spotlight, whereby the search feature keeps emails in the index/cache even after they’ve been deleted from the inbox and purged from the trash (and even obliterated from the host server). Janssen … Read the original post: Updated: iPhone 3.0 Spotlight Search Finds Deleted Messages? ...

iPhone Spotlight 3.0: Deleted messages found
Phones Review — ... it would then crash, but if you were to do this process again it will show the email, even if it was in a bugging manner. This bug allows you to pull messages that are quite a few months old only if you know the subject line. Engadget were informed recently that the bug may be fixed in iPhone 3.1. Apple’s next iTunes/iPod event is said to take place in the week of 7th September, so maybe this is when we will see the release of iPhone 3.1, now on Beta 3. Source - theiphoneblog.com ...

iPhone Mail Bug Found In Firmware 3.0
iPhone Matters — ... heavy breathing – Apple’s got your back), and neither on MobileMe accounts (you know, Exchange for the Rest of Us). On IMAP accounts, if you manually delete it from the trash, the messages are gone as well. It’s POP accounts which have this issue. So for the most part this is being blown terribly out of proportion – not by the original guy who discovered this, but by all ruminants and regurgitators, particularly those who are too lazy to properly investigate something like this Via: The iPhone Blog

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