iPhone OS 3.0 bug allows deleted emails to rise from the dead

Get ready for another big glitch in iPhone OS 3.0: it seems like the Spotlight search cache doesn't sync message status with the mail client, so you can still pull up old messages with Spotlight if you know the subject line. Yeah, that's not okay -- we just verified that the bug exists on our phones, using both POP and IMAP. We're not sure when the search cache finally deletes emails, but it doesn't appear to happen quickly: Matt Janssen, who discovered the bug, says he's been able to pull up emails three or four months old. We've heard whispers its fixed in iPhone OS 3.1, but until there's a confirmed fix we'll be using the Gmail web interface, thanks. Video after the break.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 17th 2009 6:25PM]

Yes, it is fixed in 3.1 beta 3. hopefully it will stay fixed.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 17th 2009 6:58PM]

I noticed this on my 3GS 2 days after I used. I was told at the store that the only fix is to take email off the search.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 17th 2009 8:00PM]

hmm same hear i got a replacement phone for nothing they thought it was the phone at appl store, 3 days later i got emails some how some way in my inbox that were deleted from my phone days ago, apple tech support said they didnt know if it was a bug or not. so i got the run arounds about that problem

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 12:10PM]

Just tested this using IMAP with AIM Mail and Verizon using POP3 on my 1st gen iPod touch. IMAP shows 1 result and POP3 shows 2.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 13th 2009 3:05PM]

i write reviews on a website. I wrote it in word 2002 and sent it to one of my partners thru email. Unfortunately, I erased the email and the document and my reivew is lost. Does this "bug" still wrk on 3.1.1????????