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apps/app updates not downloading since ios 5.1

I've restarted the phone 6 or 7 times, signed out and back into the app store 5 or 6 times and app updates are stuck 'Waiting...' indefinitely.


iPhone 4S, >7GB free and 5 bars of '4G' service.

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1

Posted on Mar 15, 2012 10:58 AM

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Mar 15, 2012 2:47 PM in response to dbakker

Backing up and Syncing to computer... did not work.


Currently in the process of restoring to factory defaults.


If I have to go through this process every time I need to update a few apps, Apple is paying for my early termination fee and I am done with Apple products.

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Mar 16, 2012 7:51 AM in response to stevenfrombrownsburg

I'm having the same issue - you're not all crazy. It seems to have been an issues since yesterday 3/15 when i tried to update 4 apps before bed. Perhaps it's related to the many many apps being updated to retina display for the ipad that people are downloading. I also bought music in iTunes on my iPhone last night and the song downloads were intermittent.


The apps I'm "waiting" on dowloading were there by morning and I just clicked on two others that are saying "waiting" just now (3/16 morning) and we'll see how long they take before they load.


I also did the rebooting and closing / deleting of those same apps too and it didn't help things along. "Waiting" seems to be the thing to do unfortunately.

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Mar 18, 2012 9:19 AM in response to stevenfrombrownsburg

* UPDATE *


I fixed my iPhone 4S issue by simply:


1) Backing up my iPhone to iTunes (right click on phone in iTunes on left and click back-up).

2) Erasing my iPhone (Settings/General/Reset/Erase All Content and Settings)

3) Performing a restore from iTunes connected via USB.


After that things worked just fine on purchasing or updating existing apps.

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