Unable to purchase.

I just tried this as well. It worked...for now at least. I didn't even see that option in iTunes. If this is a sustainable solution, you deserve 100x the

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Thanks for the effort!

Today is 5 days since I used PlatnumK's procedure and still have NOT seen the error message, so that's the one I vote for. Today I reinstalled the app (from the Cloud) that was in every error message. I will report back if the error message re-appears (and even if it doesn't).

What I am not able to fix is the way the App Store app is working SINCE. I posted above and also started a new discussion. Does anyone know what to do if an app that comes with the iOS 5 stops working right? Thanks,

I don't see this for the iTunes on my Windows 7 machine. Do you know what the equivalent would be? Thanks.

Morac wrote:

I just had my first update all in a long time that didn't put up this message. I had done a bunch of steps the other day so I don't know which if any of these fixed it. I did all of this on my iPad 2 which was having the problem:

1. Went into setting -> store and clicked my Apple ID and updated my payment info (just confirmed my credit card CDV).

2. Logged out of my iTunes account from settings -> store

3. Turned off iPad.

4. Turned on iPad.

5. Went into settings -> store and signed in.

6. Turned on automatic app downloads and okayed the confirmation message.

7. Turned off automated app downloads - I don't like them on.

That was it. Today when I updated, instead of getting that error message before the password prompt showed up, I never got the error. I guess I'll see how long it lasts.

It's been 4 days since I did the steps above and I've done a number of "Update Alls" and haven't had the "unable to purchase X and y more" message since then. I think it's safe to say the above fixed it. Best thing is it didn't involve doing a backup and restore.

Konkon77 solution works for me! No issues for over a week now (installed, updated and removed several apps last week).

I have the same problem on my iPad2. I'm not planning to do a complete restore to try to fix this, hopefully Apple will solve this in a future update...

The error has returned for me and is now naming an app that I never purchased. I am only getting it on my iPad. Hopefully this is a temporary glitch. It's annoying but I really don't want to have to do a restore at this point.

Well the error just returned today, after 5 days of no errors, when I did an update all. I synced with iTunes yesterday. I wonder if that's why it came back. I coulée swear I did an update since I synced though.

At this point I don't know how to permanently fix it.

I tried everything as mentioned in this topic and no any thing works.

The best thing I can do is setting restriction to ask to input password before downloading any app ( this make the error don't show up) But when I disable restriction the errors pop up again soon:(

I'll mention that my "and 5 others" message has remained the same for a while, so the counts not going up. That's not fixing the problem though.

My guess is that any action which updates your iTunes account on your deivce will fix it temporarily, but not permantly since the problem is apparently account related. There's some indicator on the account that the x apps should download, but the device doesn't think they should or something like that.

By reading most of users reports, I would say it has something to do with iTunes sync.

Most users have got the error back after syncing with iTunes.

Maybe you should try and do something like this:

1. Click the option "Reset all warnings for buying and downloading" in your iTunes account settings

2. Logout from the iTunes account

3. Login in your iTunes account

4. Sync your iDevice with iTunes

5. Unplug and pray! 🙂

After doing the steps I posted earlier in this thread, the error have never come back, just to refresh on what I did, I deleted the app named in the error message from my device and from iTunes, connected my device to my computer with the USB cable, did a backup, then did a full restore from backup, re-downloaded the app from the app store, re-synced with computer. Since then the error has never returned. To test I have downloaded apps, deleted apps, synced via cable, synced via wi-fi.

As the error only showed up on my iPad and not on my iPhone, I believe that it must have been some sort of data that got corrupted at the time the app was downloaded.

It's 6 days since I used your procedure and I have not seen the error. I think the "magic" was in deleting the app in question from the iPhone AND computer. Don't just uncheck it but actually delete it. If you do the backup first, the restore from backup was painless and uneventful.

deleting the app will not work in my case. my issue started when i attempted to download a free for a day app in an airport. naturally, the time came for me to leave via my flight before the download was finished. afer i landed and used the ipad again... the error appeared from my original post in this thread. now, i do not own that app that it always names, and i am not going to pay 3.99 for it just to see if deleting it will fix my "can not download this app and XXXX others at this time error"...

i have tried all the reset warnings... i have tried syncing... i have tried everything short of a restore (unacceptable solution)...

this is an issue with apple servers and needs to be addressed by apple immediately. what was once a flawless shopping experience (the app store) has become a nightmare of inconvenience and horrible EXPERIENCE.

thanks,

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I agree, I also think the trick is in deleting the app from both the computer and the device.

I did the same, WITHOUT doing the backup and restore, and it seems to have worked.

I dreaded the thought of doing the full restore like that, so I thought I'd see if it'd work without doing that first, and it did. Thank you PlatnumK for putting us all on the right track! Kudos to you.