Q: Numbers App on iPhone stuck updating can't even delete
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Apr 29, 2015 6:23 AMby dustyblueheron47,See the other threads in this forum about this same problem. Quick solution: delete the corrupted file through Settings>General>Usage>Manage Storage (the icon for Numbers might look normal, or might be odd), do a hard reset (press power and home buttons together until Apple logo appears), then reinstall Numbers either over the air from App Store or by sync with iTunes. That should do it.
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Apr 29, 2015 6:33 AMby Bird212,thanks but apps is stuck on loading . and in the manage storage Numbers app won't show. so i can't able to delete .
stuck on loading i pause and started again .. but still the same. i used airplane mode - and turn off airplane mode- still the same
turn off wifi and turn back on still the same.
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Apr 29, 2015 6:39 AMby dustyblueheron47,TThat's the exact situation many of us had. You might try a hard reset first, to get it either to waiting or just grayed out status, then look again at Manage Storage to see if the Numbers file shows up. Remember that it may not have the normal logo in Manage Storage, but might look strange. Clicking on it will say what it is supposed to be, and you can then delete the corrupted download. Then do another hard reset to clear the junk before reinstalling.
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by dustyblueheron47,Apr 29, 2015 8:01 AM
dustyblueheron47
Apr 29, 2015 8:01 AM
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Apple WatchMore on the weird appearance under "Manage Storage" -- mine had a white square logo with a target-like symbol on it, and no text label. That's because the download was incomplete. You then click on that line to see what it is. If it's numbers, then you can delete it that way, even though the "icon jiggle" method will not work from the regular page.
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Apr 29, 2015 8:13 AMby dustyblueheron47,Did you remember the hard reset after deleting and before trying to reinstall? Have to do all steps in exact order for this to work. There's always the option of the full phone wwipe and re installation of everything from back-ups, but I was not willing to go through all of that to fix one bad app!
