PaulMorariu

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

Hello. After updating to iOS8, whenever i turn off and power my phone, I receive a pop-up "Unable to download item. Please try again later. " at first I thought it was an app gone rogue but in the appstore I did not see anything suspicious. After resetting and restoring my device the pop-up kept appearing. By mistake I discovered that if I open the iBooks app the pop-up appears every time. I hace never bought or downloaded any book from here, ever. Did you encounter this error? do you have any suggestions for Me?

 

 

thanks

iPhone 5s, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 18, 2014 10:21 AM

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  • by applitefrommelbourne,

    applitefrommelbourne applitefrommelbourne Sep 27, 2014 10:01 PM in response to PaulMorariu
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    Sep 27, 2014 10:01 PM in response to PaulMorariu

    Okay, after updating to iOS8 on my iPod Touch 5g, I was literally getting this message around every 10 seconds saying:

     

    Unable to download item.

      Please try again later

    |Done|                      |Retry|

     

    I would press done every single time, expecting for the first few trys, for it to resolve the issue, and freeze the downloading process.

    A few minutes I tried the background app refresh option, which has worked for some, but not me. To give this option a go here's the settings path:

     

    ~ Settings | General | Background App Refresh | OFF ~

     

    I had no luck with this, and continued to get this message every 10 seconds. Very infuriating.

     

    I have tried turning off a few different settings, hoping they would do the trick.... And they did! I am yet to figure out exactly which one did the trick but these are what I tried :

     

    ~ Settings | iBooks | Online Content, Sync Bookmarks and Notes, Sync Collections | OFF ~      

    **I am fairly sure this wasn't the one that did the trick**

     

    ~ Settings | iTunes & App Store | Music, Apps, Books, Updates | OFF

    ** I will gradually start narrowing down which one of these worked and post the result up later**

     

    Guys I really hope this helps some of you! It had been bugging me for AGES!  It may have been the U2 download that tripped me up, who knows! Anyways, give those a go and let me know if they work out for you!!

  • by Maoshih,

    Maoshih Maoshih Sep 28, 2014 1:45 AM in response to PaulMorariu
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    Sep 28, 2014 1:45 AM in response to PaulMorariu

    hey sorry to my poor English

    I do apply avantsweater method to solve this irritable problem

    first of all, you need to turn of all the ibooks on sync settings on your iphone and also your app store sync settings on your iphone/ipad

    then sign out your app store ID.


    second, go to your itunes of your "desktop" , go to right side of itunes store and you may see"QUICK LINKS", then click "Account"

    Account would show up "You have 1 item awaiting download", then click "download now"

    then it may start download your U2 album booklet, which the main reason causes this problem.

    after downloading it, go to your itunes library  and select U2 album and right click to show their original folder, and find your booklet file and delete it.

    also delete the booklet file on your sync playlist

    third, sync your iphone/ipad, and login your itunes on iphone/ipad, and open all the sync settings of your ibooks on iphone, the pop-up won't show again.


    if it fails, go to recovery your idevices, it may sucess, but you still need to do the above things

  • by suziefromorleans,

    suziefromorleans suziefromorleans Sep 28, 2014 5:42 AM in response to jesse_dylan
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    Sep 28, 2014 5:42 AM in response to jesse_dylan

    I also only get it when I turn on my iPad.  I tried all the suggestions given and I still get the message.

  • by suziefromorleans,

    suziefromorleans suziefromorleans Sep 28, 2014 6:23 AM in response to PaulMorariu
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    Sep 28, 2014 6:23 AM in response to PaulMorariu

    I took drastic measures today.  I did a backup of my iPad and did a reset "erase all content and settings".  I did the setup over and restored from my computer and so far no more messages of "unable to download....".

  • by Telthepensioner,

    Telthepensioner Telthepensioner Sep 28, 2014 8:20 AM in response to Xenafu
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    Sep 28, 2014 8:20 AM in response to Xenafu

    I tried this but it hasn't worked on myiPad2

  • by hernansm,

    hernansm hernansm Sep 28, 2014 10:59 PM in response to PrincePopcorn
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    Sep 28, 2014 10:59 PM in response to PrincePopcorn

    I Have the same issue any time I open any application that pop up comes up. It comes up when I open my camera or text messages. It's sooooooo annoying how can we stop this? Please help!!!! iphone 4S downloaded the ios 8

  • by ()z,

    ()z ()z Sep 29, 2014 2:07 AM in response to PaulMorariu
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    Sep 29, 2014 2:07 AM in response to PaulMorariu

    Same here.  It is fortunately perhaps only once or twice a day for me that it appears.  I also downloaded U2s album.  I don't think I did anything with iBooks but I did use the Kindle app.  I have just been into iBooks and downloaded all items available for download, though I don't think they would have been causing the issue, its not like they were trying to download or anything.

     

    I did have a lot of sync issues after upgrading to iPhone 6, one such issue left me with 100s of grey icon apps, which were basically all waiting to download from app store, this has taken about a week to complete, with a few stubborn apps removed.  I believe they have all been downloaded now, and there are no more grey icon apps left on the phone, so don't think this is the problem.

  • by XRawXTalentX,

    XRawXTalentX XRawXTalentX Sep 30, 2014 6:58 PM in response to PaulMorariu
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    Sep 30, 2014 6:58 PM in response to PaulMorariu

    also having this bug, tried everything to get it to go away all auto downloads off, ibooks off, background refresh off.  Having the issue still

  • by lettice1962,

    lettice1962 lettice1962 Oct 1, 2014 1:04 AM in response to XRawXTalentX
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    Oct 1, 2014 1:04 AM in response to XRawXTalentX

    Im also getting this bug on my iPad2 and got it when upgraded to iOS8.

    I downloaded the U2 album, so sure its this.

    Since hidden it.

    I went into itunes on a pc (do not usually use, as always use OTA updating and sharing) and downloaded the booklet on the ps and removed it.

    I have turned off background refresh, ibooks store and itunes store off and still getting it.

    It is so annoying

  • by Sc0ttP,

    Sc0ttP Sc0ttP Oct 1, 2014 4:39 AM in response to PaulMorariu
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    Oct 1, 2014 4:39 AM in response to PaulMorariu

    So I've been having the same issue as every one here and found a fix that worked for me. My problem started when I changed the ringtones on my alarm clock to music that was on my phone and also some songs that weren't on my phone and were re-download from the cloud. The problem came when one of the songs songs from the cloud didn't download correctly which made iTunes send me the message saying "unable to download item.." Over and over again. When I went into my music I found that I couldn't delete the song. I also noticed that it said it was downloaded when I looked in my purchases on iTunes Store. So I couldn't slide my finger over the song to delete it and I couldn't download it. So I went back on the Internet to find a solution and found this Http://m.wikihow.com/delete-music-on-your-iphone#removing_music_using_itunes_and _coputer_sub I used #6 to fix my problem. And If #6 doesn't work for you, the web page shows you other ways to delete songs as well.


    For those that may be thinking how is my problem and yours related. Go through the music, books, movies, ect. on your device and see if you can slide your finger left to bring up the option to delete the song, if you can't delete it than your having the same issue as me and this solution shuold fix it and get ride of that message.

     

    Hope this works for you.

  • by Sc0ttP,

    Sc0ttP Sc0ttP Oct 1, 2014 5:03 AM in response to Sc0ttP
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    Oct 1, 2014 5:03 AM in response to Sc0ttP

    So the link I posted didn't work and I also can't get the edit post to work in order to fix it, so here's the correct link.

     

    http://m.wikihow.com/Delete-Music-on-Your-iPhone

     

    hope it works this time.

  • by Sc0ttP,

    Sc0ttP Sc0ttP Oct 1, 2014 8:03 AM in response to Sc0ttP
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    Oct 1, 2014 8:03 AM in response to Sc0ttP

    It's back! My fixed worked for a little while but that annoying f*****g pop up is back. Apple fix this issue!

  • by jesse_dylan,

    jesse_dylan jesse_dylan Oct 1, 2014 8:18 AM in response to Sc0ttP
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    Oct 1, 2014 8:18 AM in response to Sc0ttP

    Has anyone tried talking to Apple Support about this issue?  They might not even know about it.

     

    I also find it ironic how difficult this site is to navigate and post on with an iPhone.  You'd think the company that sells the things would make their sites friendly to their use.

  • by XRawXTalentX,

    XRawXTalentX XRawXTalentX Oct 1, 2014 11:16 AM in response to PaulMorariu
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    Oct 1, 2014 11:16 AM in response to PaulMorariu

    just an update, I made my phone download all the songs that were on the cloud, then used the link above someone posted to disable the U2 Offer for the free album.  Haven't had the pop up in over an hour now.... hopefully it stays this way

     

    heres the link to remove the U2 album itunes.com/soi-remove


    Also i made sure to hide all songs that werent on the phone, then deleted the U2 album completely

  • by XRawXTalentX,

    XRawXTalentX XRawXTalentX Oct 1, 2014 2:44 PM in response to XRawXTalentX
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    Oct 1, 2014 2:44 PM in response to XRawXTalentX

    just another update, its been 4 hours or so, and no pop ups whatsoever, so it appears this was a fix.... U2 Album is indeed the problem.

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