"Unable to download item. Please try again later. "

Yes that fixed it for me as well.

I always used to get the message "Unable to download item. Done. Retry" and I had no clue what it was after looking EVERYWHERE.

Then, today I reset the network settings for something unrelated, and I happen to get the message "Unable to Download Item 'Digital Booklet - Songs of Innocence' could not be downloaded at this time. Done. Retry". I was sure this was the culprit!!

I then went on my iTunes library on my computer I noticed I still had the U2 album so I deleted it. It was previously deleted from my iPhone and also hidden from purchases on my itunes account. I also kept reading this thread and followed the link to apple's tool to remove the U2 album (which essentially just hides it from your previous purchases, it says you must delete it from devices that you downloaded it on anyway).

Now I signed out of iTunes on my iphone from the iTunes app, restarted my iphone, signed back into iTunes, and no more pop up message. Even after opening iBooks. **** YEAH.

I just deleted U2 album from my iTunes account using Remove iTunes gift album "Songs of Innocence" from your iTunes music library and purchases - Apple Support

It still plays in iTunes and music on iPad but NO POPUP any more.

Good luck!

I updated to iOS 8.1.1 and so far I haven't seen any popup yet..... fingers cross🙂

I am STILL having this issue on 8.1.1. I have tried all fixes in this thread and nothing works for me. How dumb is it to have such a generic dialog box with no explanation.

It appears to be the U2 album. If you didn't download it and you don't want it (its sitting in iCloud waiting to be downloaded from your "purchases") you can try looking at this handy tip.

http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201396

Okay, wishful thinking. The dialog box came back after 40 minutes. The reset warnings option in iTunes doesn't work.

I Have solve the issue. I no longer get the dialog box. I figure it got something to do with the iCloud. After resetting and clearing out my iPad the error kept popping up. So finally I went on iTunes on my laptop and restored my iPad once again but this instead backing up and restoring from backup or iCloud i created a new iPad then I reaynced my iPad with new download of my favorite apps. Problem solved haven't seen the pesky popup box since. Simple isn't. Hop this helps. I'm feeling ingenious

barbara.

BjAppleS wrote:

I Have solve the issue. I no longer get the dialog box. I figure it got something to do with the iCloud. After resetting and clearing out my iPad the error kept popping up. So finally I went on iTunes on my laptop and restored my iPad once again but this instead backing up and restoring from backup or iCloud i created a new iPad then I reaynced my iPad with new download of my favorite apps. Problem solved haven't seen the pesky popup box since. Simple isn't. Hop this helps. I'm feeling ingenious

barbara.

Good job Barbara. You had a software glitch of some sort and you did exactly what what needed to be done.

Has Apple worked out a fix for this error message problems yet? I just about thrup h my iPad up against the wall yesterday in frustration. I do not want to have to restore my iPad through iTunes, and we shouldn't have to. We need an update that fixes this mess.

I don't want to reset my iPad, create a new iPad, detete this or that and shouldn't have to. This is a bunch of baloney and Apple should work out a fix. The pop up and update to iOS8 has ruined my iPad experience. Thanks Apple!

Could this be the solution?

http://support.apple.com/en-lb/HT201396 I just tried it, and will keep you updated on the progress. If there are no more posts from me, you can be sure it worked. I just noticed the U2 album was in my cloud, even though I never physically did anything to download it. I truly thought you had to actively go out of your way to get it on your devices. Anyhow, fingers crossed this worked.

Hi Sign out of itunes then Sign back in. Cheers Brian

It has been a couple of hours of iPad use now, and there have been no more pop-ups.

FIngers still crossed.

Update: well, it didn't work. U2 seems gone from the cloud, but the notification popped up again.

Back to the drawing board.

Been happening to me for a while now. 5s, running 8.1.2

Annoying thing is... it started happening a lot yesterday, so I went on my Mac and tried a few things regarding Digital Booklets and such, and it actually stopped for most of the day. But then it came back- felt like flushing the phone down the toilet. What's MOST frustrating is that you know Apple knows about this but they won't fix it.

Any new thoughts on a solution? ANYONE?