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After a transfer old iPhone to new iPhone Apps waiting to load so frozen

This is for all as according to apple should not happen. Have updated enough iPhones over the years.


Sorry like many of my generation - don't trust clouds!


- Note I don't use iCloud I use my iMac as a backup station.

iPhone SE

Posted on Dec 18, 2021 7:50 PM

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Posted on Dec 18, 2021 9:51 PM

No worries I sorted it out!


Don't follow the steps putting old & new next to each other especially when old did not have the latest IOS took hours and result

not good.


I used the backup on my iMac I made before starting this and all good

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Dec 18, 2021 8:10 PM in response to Petrophys

How did you transfer the data from your old phone to new phone? While you can save app data if you did a backup on the Mac, the apps need to complete their download from the App Store. You need to keep your iPhone connected to wi-fi and to power. Once you have done that, force restart the iPhone and it should get the apps to start downloading again. Here are the instructions to force restart the iPhone. Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

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