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

don't know if this fixes it for some people but it did for me.

I tried going into my apple ID on my pc through my web browser to see if there were any setting there which might be causing an issue. It said my apple ID password was not safe enough ie too short and simple and it demanded that I change it to 8 characters and combo of lower and upper case and numbers. I changed it and then reset network connections on my phone and now it works fine i.e. I can download apps :-)

NO idea if this fix is only temporary but it is working now so fingers crossed it will stay that way. I am willing to bet that many of you have apple ID passwords that are not secure enough so this might help you too...

This fella could be on to something - your symptoms sound like they could be the result of upgraded server-end authentication security, and when you updated your iPads the device was forced to log in again: without any user feedback that your existing password isn't secure enough on the device, you'd never know that the device couldn't log in to your Apple ID for downloading apps.

I would strongly encourage everybody to try this as a solution to your issues as soon as possible and post your findings.

Having same issue on iPad Air running 8.0.2. None of my apps are updating. Touch update button, get circle with stop button, and just hangs there...

Checked my password at Apple ID, no issue. My device was not verified, which i did and hoped that solved the issue. It did not.

I assume Apple will come out with 8.0.3 update shortly?

CaptBrim. An excellent idea (resetting password), and glad it worked for you, but did not work for me.

I logged into the AppleID site and changed my password to one that was now acceptable. Still cannot download apps.

Until Apple fixes this, I've turned auto app updates off. Once a week I will use iTunes on my PC to download all updated apps and use iTunes to update the iPad. It is not an obvious process, but there is actually an "Update" associated with each app that needs updating..

Bottom line here is that there are a bunch of legitimate ways that apps should not download and simple steps can clear those issues. All of which appears to be adding clutter to a serious flaw that is effecting many users with no real resolution.

IIf that the case then my iPhone 5c should also have the same app issue... My iPhone is ok. It can download and update apps without any issues..

Didn't work for me!

Same issue - I can download/update with my iPhone 5 - not with my iPad Air.

Dave_OC wrote:

I logged into the AppleID site and changed my password to one that was now acceptable. Still cannot download apps.

Dave_OC,

This is apparently a two-step process and it's not clear from your email whether you followed through on both steps. If Basexperience is correct, it won't be enough to just change your password. Any apps that say "Update" in the App store, or have the download circle that isn't circling are hung. Those apps all have to be deleted from your iPad before you can say you've tried this.

I had something like 30, but it took until I deleted the very last one before things got back to normal.

Because all of those apps stay in your "purchased" queue, it's pretty easy to download them again.

Reset all Settings!! I had 37 apps waiting to update and tried everything over the past couple of days until this... It worked! General > Reset > Reset All Settings

good luck!

Did everything. Delected all hung up apps, Hard reset, reset all settings, changed password........ DID NOT WORK.

To problem lies in the Apple Store. Updates worked through 28 September. As of 29 September, I cannot download anything from the store on my iPad Air - this includes app updates, new purchases, podcasts using the podcast app and ibooks. I suspect Apple updated store software Sunday night which has caused the problem.

All the Best, Bill

Mark Stockwell wrote:

Dave_OC wrote:

I logged into the AppleID site and changed my password to one that was now acceptable. Still cannot download apps.

Dave_OC,

This is apparently a two-step process and it's not clear from your email whether you followed through on both steps. If Basexperience is correct, it won't be enough to just change your password. Any apps that say "Update" in the App store, or have the download circle that isn't circling are hung. Those apps all have to be deleted from your iPad before you can say you've tried this.

I had something like 30, but it took until I deleted the very last one before things got back to normal.

Because all of those apps stay in your "purchased" queue, it's pretty easy to download them again.

Have no apps in update Queue. Cannot download new free app that I never downloaded before. Looks like a difficult problem to debug, as some methods seem to fix, at least for a while, and some devices work OK, others do not,