iOS 6 – iPhone 5 Folder Fail

I received my new iPhone 5 a few days ago.  My old phone was cluttered with tons of apps and lots of junk from the past 2 years.  I decided it wanted it nice and fresh so I set it up as new.  Then went through and picked each item I would sync to my new phone especially apps.  Over the years I’ve downloads lots of duds and wanted to weed through them.

I arranged the keepers in folders so I can find them in future.  However I ran into an annoying problem and thought I better share my finding.

I’ve only tested this with an iPhone 5 running iOS 6.0.  I don’t know if it has something to do with iOS 6, iPhone 5, or a combination of the two.

I have a passcode lock on my phone.  Just a simple 4 digit pin.  If you haven’t setup a passcode this may not effect you.

I did the following three times, every time the same result

1. Move apps into folders.

2. Press the lock button on top to blank the screen.

3. Press the home button to get a display on the screen.

4. Hold down the home button and lock button for 10 seconds.  That reboots the phone in case you didn’t know.

5. Log into the phone and your folder will be gone.

The apps are still there just not in a folder.

This is the only time I’ve had this happen.  If you reboot the phone any other way it works as expected.  So far I’ve only found the above steps to cause the problem.