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iPhone 4S apps will not download, stuck on waiting

I have an iPhone 4s, latest iOS installed, and an iPad2 with the same iOS. When connected to my wifi at home, and in the office, my iPad will update existing, and download new apps from the appstore, but my iPhone will not. I can surf the web, and do emailing, so i am definitely online, but no apps, new or updating existing will get past the grey icon with Waiting underneath it. After 5/10 minutes of that, i get the message stating unable to connect to itunes, but itunes on my iPhone works fine, and the app store will load fine too.

I'm not interested in removing the grey icons, i want them to install, and i want to know why they're not installing. I know how to plug into iTunes on my Mac and do the updates/new installs, but that kinda defeats the object of having the iPhone with wifi.

Anyone have any idea what the cause could be, and how i can stop it from annoying me?

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Dec 19, 2011 8:30 AM

21 replies

hoorge

Level 1

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Mar 21, 2012 2:06 PM in response to badgerous_1979

I have encountered this issue today with my iPhone 4S. I try to download new apps and they don't install. I see two updates available for PayPall and Netflix apps and when I try to update them individually or use the Update All button, the 2 apps remain in "waiting" mode. I've linked my Apple ID with a new payment method (Visa) thinking that this could be the issue but that didn't help. I've closed the apps, rebooted the iPhone, synced it with iTunes and still nothing.

Vix81

Level 1

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Mar 22, 2012 2:50 AM in response to badgerous_1979

I reply to Hoorge, I have this same issue and funny enough it is when I tried to install updates for Paypal and Netflix!!!!

I have tried to install updates and I've unistalled both apps and tried to re-install them but it comes up with waiting and was like that all night, I've turned phone off and on again.

Haven't tried to sync it to my itunes account yet so this is the next step.

Mar 24, 2012 9:00 PM in response to Vix81

I was having the same problem with my 4s, and tried all of the above as well. I find ally tried going into my iTunes app on my 4s and I logged out of my account and then logged back in. It took a few minutes for it to log me in but once it did, I was able to receive updates from the app store. I really don't know if this fixed the problem or it just started working again but give it a try and see if it helps.

Apr 18, 2012 1:03 PM in response to badgerous_1979

I'd like to thank DPwolf78 as well. I had 3 podcast hung in a download state. Once I deleted them the apps downloaded. This was really ticking me off. Thanks again.

janie07

Level 1

4 points

May 13, 2012 9:36 AM in response to kybluegrassboy

Agree - my problem was immediately fixed once I deleted hung up podcasts (had to go to downloads under itunes on phone and delete one by one). My work around was deleting and updating or installing from pc itunes but am much happier now I can do from my phone again!!!

Trifster

Level 1

50 points

Jul 7, 2012 4:27 PM in response to Dpwolf78

Thanks! This was a problem that just started happening to me too. The new Podcasts app is nice but sure is buggy.

iPhone 4S apps will not download, stuck on waiting