TikTok may be up and running, but for some, a simple bug has still locked them out of the app.
The video-sharing platform went dark for 12 hours on Sunday, prompting mass panic among content creators after they received notices that the app was no longer available in the US.
While some users theorized that it wasn’t the end for TikTok, others thought it was gone forever, removing the app from their phones.
To their dismay, when users regained access sooner than expected, those who deleted the app could not re-download it from the App Store.
Desperate TikTokkers begged others to reveal the hacks to get the app back on their devices – some even offered money to buy a new phone with the app still installed.
“I deleted TikTok and now I can’t get it back!” one person wrote on X. “I’ll pay someone $5,000 for an iPhone 16 Pro Max with TikTok still installed. DM me.”
On Apple support discussion pages and Reddit forums, dozens of disgruntled iPhone users begged for solutions to redownload the app.
One TikTokker, Terina says, said she deleted the app from her “main phone” after it kept failing to connect to the internet after restrictions were lifted, thinking that if she deleted and re-downloaded the app, it would work again. good. .
“There’s no way to get him back,” Terina lamented in her TikTok video. “It’s not in the App Store.”
On Jan. 19 — the day the TikTok ban took effect — Apple issued an “unprecedented” statement about the availability of ByteDance Ltd. apps, such as TikTok, on the App Store.
“Apple is obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions in which it operates,” Apple announced, referring to the Act to Protect Americans from Applications Controlled by Foreign Adversaries.
The bill, which “prohibits the distribution, maintenance or provision of online hosting services for an application controlled by a foreign adversary”, has made TikTok – as well as CapCut, Lemon8, among others – unavailable for download or updates to moment, despite access being restored. .
“If you already have these apps installed on your device, they will remain on your device,” Apple said.
“But they cannot be reloaded if deleted or restored if you switch to a new device. In-app purchases and new subscriptions are no longer possible.”
While the app is still accessible if it hasn’t been deleted, it’s unable to receive updates from developers that, over time, could make TikTok — used by about 170 million Americans — incompatible with Apple’s operating systems and affect the performance and security of the application features.
It is not clear when the app will be available for download again. On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order granting TikTok an extension to find a buyer, giving the platform another 75 days.
His administration will “determine the appropriate course of action regarding TikTok,” according to Trump, who told reporters on Monday that “TikTok is worthless if I don’t approve it.”
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