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Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

  • 1.  Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

    Posted Fri July 10, 2020 05:10 AM
    Hi we have installed Facebook app from VPP on superviced devices (iPads), the app installs itself and everything looks ok, when we try to open it, it closes immediately again.
    The app is not blacklisted in policy and VPP licenses are ok.
    I can not figure out what is causing this, hope someone can assist.
    FB


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    Regards
    Kjell Vidar Grevstad
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  • 2.  RE: Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

    Posted Fri July 10, 2020 01:03 PM

    Hi Kjell,
    Can you reproduce the behavior if the Facebook app is installed via the normal App store workflows on the same device (taking MaaS360 and VPP out of the equation)?



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    Matt Shaver
    System Architect
    IBM
    mshaver@us.ibm.com
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  • 3.  RE: Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

    Posted Mon July 13, 2020 10:18 AM

    Hi Matt,  we tryed to login with itunes account, but thats after the app was already installed on the iPad, same issue was present then. I will try to delete the app and download it from appstore as recommended when im back from my roadtrip next week. 



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    Kjell Vidar Grevstad
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  • 4.  RE: Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

    Posted Tue July 14, 2020 01:51 PM
    We are having the very same problem. If we install Facebook directly from the App Store without using MaaS360 or VPP, the app works fine.

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    Desirae Scheffer
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  • 5.  RE: Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

    Posted Tue July 14, 2020 10:42 PM
    I was able to reproduce this problem on my device.  I found a similar report on an Apple forum from a few days ago, but it had no relevant insights in to the issue in the response.  I will open a case with Apple as I believe this needs to be escalated through their teams to discover root cause.  Their response times vary, but I will update this thread when they update me.

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    Matt Shaver
    System Architect
    IBM
    mshaver@us.ibm.com
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  • 6.  RE: Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

    Posted Wed July 15, 2020 01:16 PM
    It appears that Apple is already investigating this issue.  Traditionally, they remain tight lipped about the progress until a fix is already in the works, so we may not hear back for quite a while.  I suggest downloading the Facebook app directly from the app store (with no VPP license) as a workaround in the meantime.

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    Matt Shaver
    System Architect
    IBM
    mshaver@us.ibm.com
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  • 7.  RE: Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

    Posted Wed July 29, 2020 10:20 AM

    Hey Matt, I know you mentioned that traditionally Apple is tight lipped about the progress until a fix is already in the works but do you know the usual timeline is for issues like this that you've experienced in the past?

    We are using Managed Apple IDs and I was told that there is no workaround from IBM support.

    Thank you for all your help and updates!




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    Robert van Druten
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  • 8.  RE: Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

    Posted Wed July 29, 2020 02:03 PM
    Hi Robert,

    We usually find out when a fix is publicly announced in a beta version of the OS.  However, since I'm not even sure what the issue is here, I can't say for certain that they'll follow this same patch.  Our case has been bundled in with a bunch of others that opened up from across MDM solutions, so my guess is we'll find out via some sort of case update - eventually.

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    Matt Shaver
    System Architect
    IBM
    mshaver@us.ibm.com
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  • 9.  RE: Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

    Posted Fri July 31, 2020 02:59 PM
    Hello to all in this thread - Received word today from Apple, and confirmed it myself, that Facebook issued a fix version of their app today which resolves the issue.  Rollouts via Apple are sometimes staggered, so while it should be available to all new downloads immediately, updates to existing installations can take a few days.

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    Matt Shaver
    System Architect
    IBM
    mshaver@us.ibm.com
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  • 10.  RE: Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

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    Posted Mon July 13, 2020 09:28 AM

    Have you whitelisted facebook.com?

     

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  • 11.  RE: Cannot open Facebook VPP app on superviced device

    Posted Thu July 23, 2020 09:52 AM
    Same Issue here.  There was an app update to version 279.0 that appeared 3 days ago.  This did not fix issue.

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    Jeff Montgomery
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