iOS 13.4

Yes. I have 2 iPad Air 3's and an iPad Mini 5. Being optimistic for once, I updated all from 13.3.1 to 13.4. Now none of them will update any apps. Update or Update All just spin for a short time, and then go back to Update state. No error messages.

WiFi is working fine, and payment method is fine.

Ah, I just purchased a new paid app to see if that would work. It did - downloaded and opened. Then I went back to the App Store, and updates are now working on 2 of the 3 iPads that I just tried.

This issue is sometimes indicative of unexpected blocking, by your Home Router, of some internet resources. The easy solution is often a restart of your Home Router - followed by restart of affected devices.

To restart your Router, disconnect power, wait 30 seconds, then restart. After your Router completes its full reboot (which may take many minutes), a forced-restart of your iPad/iPhone is recommended.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad63d30b5a/ipados

This will hopefully resolve the issue.

o LotusPilot

The problem is that on both iPhone & iPad before 13.4 update in App Store you would have a profile picture top right hand corner of screen. Now that has gone completely and I cannot see how it was replaced or where one is supposed to get the updates from?

Cheers💨👍🏼

Additional information is always helpful to us in aiding our remote diagnosis. As described, your App Store App is clearly not performing as expected; if the described profile icon (this being a simple stylised “head and shoulders” graphic) is missing, this might suggest a corruption occurred as a result of the update.

What is currently unclear in my mind is whether your problem affects only your iPad - or iPhone and iPad. If the latter, corruption of the update and following remedial steps are unlikely to be appropriate - as it is highly improbable that both devices would suffer the same corruption - and again suggests a local network connectivity issue.

If the problem affects only your iPad, then follow along this path...

If a forced-restart did not clear the problem, there are two ways forward. For both I would recommend that you initially ensure that you have a current iCloud or iTunes Backup of your device.

When you are ready to proceed, you should attempt a full reset of your device settings. This initial reset will not erase any data on your device:

Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings

Your iPad will automatically restart. After the reset, all custom settings will need to be set-up again - but for now, concentrate on the problem. Check to see if your problem has been resolved before trying the next step. If all well with App installation and updates from the App Store, you can proceed with manual setup of your device to your liking - and ignore any subsequent steps.

If the previous reset was unsuccessful, we move to the next stage. This step will result in deletion of your local data (of which you should have already created a backup):

Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content & Settings

Your iPad will restart - and invite you to set-up as new. At the end of the process, you have the option of restoring your data from your backup.

When your iPad has finished its initial setup, I again suggest that you concentrate on verifying a fix of the problem before getting bogged-down in recreating your preferred settings and logging-in to other services. As before, if all appears well with App installation and updates from the App Store, you can proceed with manual setup of your device to your liking - and ignore any subsequent steps.

If still unsuccessful, you’ll need to consider the full system restore process - which will install a fresh copy of iPadOS 13.4 and reset your iPad to its factory-state. Again, at the end of the process, you can optionally restore your local data from your backup:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201252

I hope this guidance is helpful in resolving the problem.

Have you tried a simple hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons?

The problem is that on both iPhone & iPad before 13.4 update in App Store you would have a profile picture top right hand corner of screen. Now that has gone completely and I cannot see how it was replaced or where one is supposed to get the updates from?

Cheers💨👍🏼

Glad this helped both of you. I would have been very, very grumpy if I had to do a full reset of my iPads. As in grumpy enough to go to my local Apple Store (if it was open) and complain to a manager. I use them for music production and related audio work. They have lots of apps, with many GB of sample content and other goo, that would have wasted a few days to get back to working order.

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What error message did you get?

Is your credit card with your name on it, issued by your bank valid and accepted?

Is the Internet connection via Wi-Fi working?

I’m having same issue with my iPad and iPhone 11 Pro, hopefully they give resolution soon.

Update to my post. 3rd iPad is working too.

Thanks for the help guys, all working fine. The apple’s 🍎 are sweet and crunching perfectly again 💨👌! No more Grumpy 🤪