Cannot update Apps, App opens instead

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Apologies Sk8...your reply got lost in the crossfire so I didn't see it.

I did try your approach and it worked on my kids iPad 3rd gen and my wife's iPhone! 🙂

Your's is a true fix. Wish I had tried that on my iPad. But live & learn I suppose.

Oh I get that. But to claim that nuking your device is a fix just because someone at a genius bar said so is ridiculous.

What Sk8 posted is far more practical.

Thanks. I'm not worried about the actual updates. I used iTunes to update all the apps and synced so my apps are all updated, still there is a problem that has to be fixed.

If another method works, that's fine. If it doesn't then one can do this.

@ star traveler

i I can not do a factory reset or back up and wipe my ipad because I am traveling and thus do not have access to my PC. wipeing my iPad and starting again is not a solution, at least not in my case.

i Would also like to know how this has happened in the first place as I have not updated my os in a long time and it was working perfectly till about a week ago. If there is a bug with my OS or software how has it occurred without my receiving any new files from Apple

That's unfortunate and I know how that goes. I was travelling in my car a couple of years ago and couldn't have my tire replaced for free, because there was none of the shops around (not in that state) for replacing my tire under the shop warranty. That was a bummer, to me, too. And then there was the time when I was out of town (again in another state) and couldn't replace my battery (which went bad) at a dealership in that area, because "that dealer" refused to honor my "home dealer's" warranty. Another bummer!

When travelling ... I know how those things are ... and I've experienced some of the same in other situations.

BUT ... there is one good thing you should know ... that an Apple Store in any country will be willing to help you ... unlike the experience I had with car dealerships! I would head for the nearest Apple Store in your travels!

OH ... and "one more thing" ... I just read an article that would be good advice for a lot of people, although it's not applicable to you now ... and that advice in the article was to never make any changes to your iPad (for anything) while travelling. They said that this is not wise, since you never have everything with you on travels, as you do at home. That's very good advice!

Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

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Partial Solution! At least worked for the iPad iOS 8.02 not on the iPhone, though

Signed out and signed back in from

Settings-iTunes & App Store

everything went back to normal

Dont understand why the same thing doesn't work for the iPhone as well

Maybe we need a witchcraft...😠

Ok, I fixed the iPhone too, a little tricky but works

Before signing out and in again, I deleted the biggest apps that takes a lot of time to download ,then

I was very fast to open the App Store and click the Update all button before it greyed out

After the updating, I went to Settings and changed the Date to October 2015

Opened the App Store again, closed

went back to today in Date & Time and when I opened the App store no more apps to update or open!

II'm having the same problem, apps open instead of updating. I have an iPhone 5 and ipad 2 running 7.04. I also have an iPhone 6+ that is updating with no problem.

uhmmm i tired

Appstore > purchase > tap app icon > update

THIS....definitely worked;)

Have to go to Purchased > Tap OPEN for whichever app you want to update and it works!!

does't work for me,sigh they are always there

the problem is back and doing what I previously suggested again and again

it's painful. Maybe the only way, I'll try next time,

it is to update directly from the ipad or iphone and only after backup with iTunes

but it's a pain for big apps

APPLE has to fix the bug, because it is a pesky bug 😠

TThis worked for me- it was a pain going through all my purchased apps but it worked. The App Store still says "update" on the apps I updated but they are sectioned of under " updated on 10/19"

thanks for your help

Annabel - After successfully updating, the app will still show an Update button, but will be listed below the heading "Updated October nn, 2014". Just ignore those.

Once again, for anyone who is still having the problem:

Work Around:

Search the App Store for the app to be updated. You can use the search box at the top right of the update screen.

Tap the details for the app. That should give you an update button. If it opens the app instead, close it and do the same thing again. If you are asked to verify your account, that means you paid for the app. Do the verify procedure until you are asked to pay for the app. Then cancel. Do the update routine again, and you will be notified that the update is free, since you have already paid. I found that once I verified one paid app, I did not have to do any of the others.

When the update has begun, you can go back to your update list and do the next, etc.

If search does not bring up your app in the store, google for it like this "Name-of-app app itunes store". Click the link that has that string in it and it will take you right to the correct app in the store.