The only way to return to a previous version that I can think of would be if you'd backed up your apps using the "device switch, cancel halfway through" method.
But even that might not restore the App World icon, depending on what's glitched. The app IS installed, it seems, just the icon to start the damned thing is missing.
The best thing we can do at this point is to continue posting until we get some greens replying in here that it's being worked on. Make noise so they understand this is a widespread problem. I've posted on our Facebook page, Twitter'd it as well, and I'll talk about it on the air for next week's radio show, to warn people away from the update. (I work for the Into Tomorrow show. We cover consumer technology and are carried over Sirius/XM and about 160 radio stations. So that'll help get the word out. 
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Hello to all,
While you may already have attempted this, I can't be positive, so I'll post for all:
1) Remove AppWorld from your BB (Homescreen > Options > (Advanced Options in some OS levels) > Applications) -- if it requests that you reboot the BB, do so.
2) Do a proper Batt-Pull reboot (with power ON, remove the battery)
3) Get a new link and install a fresh copy of AppWorld
- Again, if it requests to reboot, do so.
4) Do another Batt-Pull reboot
5) See if it now appears (be sure to check both the installed Applications list in Options, be sure you don't have the icon hidden, be sure the icon isn't in some stray subfolder to the Homescreen).
Given everything I've read so far, I am not actually hopeful about this process. I do know that for many the update goes just fine (it did for mine). So it's not a universal problem. I agree that folks should keep posting in this thread in the hopes that RIM will see it all and do what is necessary to help recover.
However, to help RIM, please be sure that you post the following details:
- Your specific device model number
- Your specific carrier
- Your country
- Your specific device OS level (all 4 octets, found on Homescreen > Options > About, the third line of information, and it will look something like "v5.0.0.419 (Platform 4.2.0.179)"
- Confirmation of the fact that you have indeed attempted the above clean removal and re-installation of the latest version of AppWorld.
- Confirmation of the version number for AppWorld that shows on your installed applications list (Homescreen > Options > (Advanced Options on some OS levels) > Applications)
- Confirmation that you have thoroughly searched your BB for the icon (no hidden, searched all sub folders, etc.)
Thanks!
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Please post ALL of the details I listed, including all 4 octets of your OS..."OS 5.0" does not say enough.
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@JSanders, RIM is "on it?" We all see your "guru" status, which I guess means you help out a lot in the forums. So I don't want to disrespect that.
Are you confirming that a RIM employee has told you directly that they are aware of the issue, and are looking into it? Please understand that before I speak about this on our radio broadcast, I want to know who I am citing. Are you a RIM employee, or do you speak for RIM? Or would this just be a "sources say" RIM is working on a fix quote? I try to be accurate, and give complete information.
As for us "screaming," please cite one message here that has screamed, or done anything other than trying to keep the topic bumped to the top of the forum. Fact is, that does you a great service. When others having the problem come to the forum and see this thread on the top, they will know that it is not just them, and will tend to be MORE patient, I think. They also will post here in this thread, as opposed to opening dozens of new threads. Thus, when an answer is found and posted here, it only needs to be posted once, no?
Not a single one of us has screamed, unless you consider frequent posts to be "screaming." If such is the case, that is your error in perception, and I cannot fix that.
Tried the solution above to no avail 
- 9630
- Verizon
- USA
- v5.0.0.591 (Bundle 1059, Platform 4.2.0.2840
- Yes -- Confirmation of the fact that you have indeed attempted the above clean removal and re-installation of the latest version of AppWorld.
- AppWorld ver 1.1.0.35(size 745780 Bytes)
- Yes -- Confirmation that you have thoroughly searched your BB for the icon (no hidden, searched all sub folders, etc.)
