Update app button opening app instead of updating

Have the same exact problem!! The workaround is to do exactly what Jguchte2 said. You have to be VERY quick in hitting the update all button in the upper right hand corner. Clearly it's an App Store issue since all 41 of my apps that needed updates were impacted.

SOLVED

Thanks a million!

It took me a few quick trys but I finally was able to tap the update all button. About 3 started updating and the rest finally had the "update" button instead of the "open" button.

Now all is updated and the counter is clear.

🙂😎

EVERYONE DO THIS - WORKAROUND SOLUTION:

jguchte2Mar 27, 2015 5:54 AM Re: Update app button opening app instead of updating
Re: Update app button opening app instead of updatingin response to sublunatic

I have the same problem starting today, iPhone 6 iOS 8.2. When I go the "Updates" tab for the first time "Update All" is enabled for a very short time and then disables and all the "Update" buttons change to "Open".

Workaround:

• Force-close the App Store app
• Open the App Store app
• The app starts at the tab "Featured"
• Now comes the tricky part: press the "Updates" tab and immediately the "Update All" button. Apps should now be updating.

🙂😎

This seems to have resolved itself for me now without having to do any work arounds. There must have been an issue with the App Store.

Oh

My

God

I love you!

You saved me huge headache! IT WORKED!

Thank you!

This is happening on my I-Pad but not my I-Phone. My I Pad and I Phone have different e-mail ID's. (Too lazy/intimidated to synch them. All I can figure from this is that the problem is with the device itself and not the account

Hi. Have been struggling with the same problem with Iphone 4. Tried the fix above. There is no longer an indication that apps need to be updated but they are still listed with the "Open" option remaining. Any other suggestions appreciated

This was happening to me. Here's how I fixed it:

Settings>iTunes and App Store>Automatic updates> (make sure both "updates" and "apps" are turned off.)

Go back to the App Store and the "Update All" button will be lit up and ready to use.

Hope this helps 😉

I've been having the same problem on my iPad. In my app store it had 5 apps requiring an update but it was opening them instead as mentioned before. After a bit of playing around on the device i found i had a software update but was unable to perform it as i didnt have enough free storage. So i decided to go through and clear out my photos to clear some storage. After doing so i went in to app store to check one last time and im glad that i did because the apps started to download. I believe that the problem is storage for many if not all of the cases above.

This is evident when Paul Johns wrote "I'm not updating due to hearing that it runs sluggish on an iphone 4s, plus i have 500 apps installed. I'm not risking that a lot of these older games i have simply wont work."

He has 500 apps on his phone. Does that not hint that it might be a storage problem?

Hope this helps guys

I like to update my old iphone this way, but even after updating and syncing.. the App Store Icon still says all my apps need updating.

I have even rebooted my phone and it still says needs updating. My wifi is not working so I prefer to sync with itunes but it is not working.

And everything takes for ever... Open to all suggestions.

I've been searching for a way to do this without having to do a hard reset for about a year now and THIS works! Thanks!!

Googling it totally worked for me. Thank You!

Wow! This issue has been out here since at least 2014. I'm having it with my iPad now.

1. Software is up to date

2. Tried shutting off automatic updates

3. Tried rebooting--reseting device

4. Tried force-closing app store app and returning to it quickly

All of my (12) applications showing needs for updates display "open" instead of "update."

I've read through this forum and nothing suggested here works but the fact that it's been a known problem since 2014 is pretty telling. Thanks Apple.

PMEChief