Sunday, April 6, 2014

AmazonFresh iPhone App: Incorrect error message about bad password appears only once

Date: 04/06/2014

Amazon Fresh iPhone App (version 1.3.0)

My iPhone: An old school 16GB, 3GS
My iPhone’s firmware: 6.1

Description:

Believe it or not, I actually came across this during regular use.

With the new AmazonFresh update for the iPhone (version 1.3.0) there doesn’t seem to be any notification that you’ve entered in an incorrect password.

In fact, if you enter in an inaccurate password, you actually receive a one time alert about having to “Re-enter Email” an email address.

This is awfully frustrating, and I actually did encounter in the normal use of the app.

This is awfully perplexing, and this isn’t something I’ve seen happen with any other Amazon produced iPhone app.  Please see the screenshots below for a better explanation.

This bug is frustrating, because you’ll only see the alert once (and it is inaccurate) and subsequent pushes of the “Sign In” button just make the button change color.

Steps to reproduce:

1.     On an old iPhone running iOS 6.1, download the AmazonFresh app (version 1.3.0)
2.     From the sign in screen, enter in your correct email address
3.     Click in the Password box
4.     Enter in an incorrect password (I did my usually, one accidental press of the spacebar after my password)
5.     Notice the error message: “Re-enter Email – Information is not correct”
6.     For extra fun: Reconfirm your email address and enter in another incorrect password – no error message at all!

Result:  Incorrect password entry results in a one time error message about having a bad email address

Expected:  A more accurate error message (something about how either the users password or email address is wrong)


Repro Rate: 3/3

Download the AmazonFresh iPhone App (version 1.3.0).

Launch the app.

This is the error message you'll get from a perfectly valid email address, but with a bad password message entered.  Select OK and then enter in another bad password....

No more error messages.  You just keep tapping the Sign In button over and over again.

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