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ios 6 won't download apps

I downloaded iOS6 and tried to update my apps. None of them are able to download the updates. I can't even download new apps from the updated App Store. Clicking to update or download an app moves it into the download queue, but either says "waiting" or "doanloading" and no progress is reflected in the blue progress bar for the doanloads.


Is this an issue with my iOS 6 update? Do I need to restore my phone? I'm hoping to avoid restoring from a backup. But have tried turning the phone off, signing out of the app store and signing back in, and resetting all the settings from the Settings menu. Nothing has worked.

iPhone 4, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 20, 2012 5:27 AM

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Sep 20, 2012 7:46 AM in response to shotsk7

I got the same speech. I have now done that twice. No effect.


The install seems to work fine and I update the apps and they get stuck.


The latest 'brilliant' suggestion from phone support was to create. New AppleId, but some apps and see of that works.


HA. Not going to go down that road.


It does suck to be stuck by a small but present bug of this nature.

Sep 20, 2012 7:56 AM in response to cbanst

Same problem here on iPhone 4. Updated to iOS 6. Tried to install app updates (via Mac OS X iTunes - plugged into MacBook Pro). Apps copy over to iPhone, but they don't finish the install process. They are all frozen and remain so. I've tried restarting iPhone, deleting apps from iTunes on Mac and redownloading them. Nothing seems to work. The only way I've been able to remove the frozen apps is to uncheck them from the iTunes sync and then go to the iPhone and delete them.


iPad 3 is working fine. Upgraded to iOS 6. Upgraded same apps (via Mac OS X iTunes - plugged into MacBook Pro), and all apps upgraded just fine.

Sep 20, 2012 8:47 AM in response to cbanst

Started having this problem last night on my iPhone 4 when I tried to install a new app (after successfully updating another). Install bar stuck on "waiting." Have tried removing and re-insalling app via iTunes, which got me to a frozen, half-full "installing" bar for about 2 minutes before the blue bar went blank and still was stuck on "installing." Also tried resetting phone, restarting phone, re-downloading the app over the air.


Nothing works. How can Apple claim they haven't heard about this problem. There are threads all over the web about it, but no solutions!


I suspect the iOS upgrade has a bug that they need to fix, since I didn't have this problem before I changed to that--but i don't know since I did successfully update the one app, after the iOS upgrade, then had problems with installing the new one. Should note: Have also tried to install other apps since the first problem--no luck there either (this isn't specific to one app).


Apple????

Sep 20, 2012 9:03 AM in response to cbanst

Similar problem. When I click to install an app it says waiting and then prompts me to update 3 security questions for apple Id. When I do that and click done it says that my session has timed out. When I sign in on a computer to update these questions there is only one question available, not 3. I have signed out, signed in, created new apple id, restored. Etc.

ios 6 won't download apps

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