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IOS 8 apps store badge issue on iphones after sync to Itunes

Did updates to my apps thru I-tunes on my macbook. Then sync both my iphone 5s and 4s (both run on IOS 8) to the I-tunes. All apps that needed update got synched and updated on both iphones.


But, the App Store red-badge icon still showed the notifications for apps needs to be updated.


Also on the update page of the apps, the already updated apps still remained on the 'Available Update' section (did not moved to 'Updated' section) although the "install" buttons have all changed into "Open".


Did a re-sync, turning on-off notification for the apps in 'setting', device shutdown, reboot, turning wifi on-off. Nothing worked

Anyone experiencing the same issues here ?? .. Any solution ?

iPhone 5s, iOS 8, same issue on iphone 4s on IOS 8

Posted on Sep 25, 2014 12:55 AM

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Posted on Sep 26, 2014 8:48 AM

Same here. When a new update to another app became available, the previous notifications disappeared. But now the new notification is stuck, after the app was updated via iTunes.


iPhone 5S, had the problem with iOS 8.0.0, the upgrade to 8.0.2 didn't solve it.

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Mar 12, 2015 11:24 AM in response to nammi59

Okay, my suspicion was correct. In my first attempt to sync via iTunes, I saw the update in iTunes and downloaded it, then synced to my iPhone when the App Store app was not showing any new apps (no count badge). Today, I found an update in iTunes, checked my iPhone and it hadn't loaded the update yet so badge was blank. I went to the update tab in the App Store app on my iPhone and the new update was found and the badge incremented to 1. I then synced with iTunes and the update downloaded and installed and ready to 'open' but the app badge was still showing the 1. Therefore, iOS 8.2 did not fix this problem which remains now for over six months.

Mar 23, 2015 11:23 AM in response to nammi59

As an update, I'm still seeing this issue with my iPhone 5S and my iPad 2. My workaround of WiFi or USB syncing all but a handful of Apps, then updating a small number of Apps of the phone is the only technique that I can get to work around the issue.


I'm wondering if changing the time-of-day when I sync the phone can at least slightly alleviate the issue?


-- Chris

Mar 23, 2015 3:21 PM in response to cshilton

The App Store on iOS download tab retains whatever was downloaded in the past 30 days. If you want to clear this list, you can go to setting/general/date&time and switch to manual and push the date 30 days forward. Then leave this date and go back to AppStore's download tab and the recent downloads list will disappear. Then go back to set the Date&Time back to auto. Doing this has nothing to do with the badge issue. The badge count remains unchanged when you sync with iTunes on your Mac. The badge clears when you update via the AppStore app on the device, either with wifi or OTA (over the air with your cellular provider). Everyone in this discussion group has this same issue. Apple is ignoring this problem.

Jul 9, 2015 11:22 AM in response to nammi59

Almost Figured it out, kinda.

I updated the apps one at a time on iTunes and after updating each app synced, while on the updates page of the App store on my iPhone once I was done with the sync i just opened the app, went back to the (iPhone) App Store where it was automatically on the updates page as that was where I left off, and the app update disappeared, a little too much though, below the available updates it didn't show the apps I updated just then, but idgaf. next time I'll try it with updating multiple apps at a time on iTunes, and then doing one whole big sync hopefully it'll work, and hopefully my solution works for you.

IOS 8 apps store badge issue on iphones after sync to Itunes

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