iPad Air since iOS 8: Apps not updating and downloading no longer possible. Fix?

I had the problem discussed in this thread on both an iPad mini Retina with AT&T, and on an AT&T iPhone 6.

I deleted all the apps on each device that were stuck in the update queue, did a hard reboot on each device, and downloaded the apps again via the App Store. Everything has been fine since doing that on Monday. On each device, the WSJ app was present in the stalled queue.

In light of the anecdotes about the WSJ app, I wonder if anyone who is experiencing (or has experienced) this problem did not have WSJ installed.

Amazing. I deleted the WSJ app, killed all my apps, turned off auto refresh, rebooted. And the downloads began to flow. I think I'm going to cancel my Wall Street Journal subscription...it's always been a buggy app for me anyway.

I did the uninstall of WSJ and rebooted, that didn't work. So I took a shot and deleted NYT (New York Times) that was still in the Newsstand App. Then rebooted, and now it's working again. So it might not just be the WSJ, it might be any subscription in the Newsstand.

For those of you that deleted the WSJ app and had success in getting Apps to update, did you also have other Newstand subscription Apps such as NYT, Barron's, CobdeNaste Traveller, BonAppetite etc. Also did you have the Zinio App with magazine subscriptions outsideof Newstand.

I do have NY times but don't have subscription.

I had WSJ, NYT, Automobile, Radio Silence, and a couple Conde Nast titles, like maybe GQ and Wired. I dont remember which, if any of these, were also trying to update. I don't know if the nature of the subscription matters, but my WSJ, Automobile, Conde Nast were via print subscriptions, rather than an iTunes sub. NYT is via nytimes.com. No subscription on Radio Silence.

No Zinio.

thanks

Ipad Air. Last update was Sept. 24. Deleted WSJ app today and rebooted. Then went to App Store/Updates and update all. Eleven apps updated. Apps like CNBC and Zinio, which were crashing, resumed working again.

DId you have any subscriptions in Newstand like NYT etc?

Yes, NYT. I believe that had kept working.

I Think that the problem is greater than just misbehaving magazine apps. I had gotten my iPad to start working again by deleting WSJ and Consumer Report apps then doing a hard reboot. After I downloaded all updates I reloaded WSJ and CR apps. They seemed to work. This morning while trying to read the WSJ I started getting very flakey behavior. (lock-ups, slow loads of ads, and crashes. I went into settings and turned off iCloud drive and the problems went away. My theory is that iCloud Drive has a bug in it. It is as if it is trying to save your downloads while they are still being downloaded. This would account for reports of slow operations reported by some. I have not tested CR yet. It has been failing on download of new issue.

Deleted WJS app (WSJ is the only Newstand app I have). Full reboot. Updates are now working. Downloaded WSJ again...crossing fingers for next update.

I deleted the WSJ app, restarted the iPad and everything suddenly worked very smoothly.

Prior to that I tried turning off automatic app updates, turning off iCloud drive, setting reset and none of them had an effect.

Also, I had left a note with Apple support a couple of days ago. They just got back to me today saying they cleared my download queue and that that should take care of it. I think the WSJ app deletion did the trick, not the clearing of my download queue.

I just deleted WSJ, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and PC Magazine. Now all of my apps are updating. The WSJ app has always been one of the poorest operating apps on the iPad.