Iphone doesnt download apps after restore

Here is my saga and what I have tried so far. The methods are from the internet and some steps, like the "Free button, are not on my phone. I have tried on two networks, both 2. Started by restoring the iPhone from iTunes After 40 hours only half had downloaded.

Very few apps ready after 12 hours. However 54 of them would show the word open after I tapped the spinning circle. For some reason the iPhone does not know when the app is finished downloading to the phone. I downloaded iTunes However, the apps were not transferred from the computer to the iPhone and it started to download them again. To redownload an app, just tap on the blue cloud icon next to it.

If the icon is gray, that means you can't download it anymore either because it doesn't exist anymore in iTunes or because it's a bit app that no longer works in iOS Tried dragging them from finder into the sidebar on iTunes when the iPhone was selected. Method 2. Here is how to do it:.

Method 3. Method 4. Upgrade iOS system to new version: sometimes new apps may not be compatible with the old iOS system. Anyways, the Restore gets stuck trying to download apps that are dead and missing from the App Store or that or incompatible with iOS You can tap on these and pause he download. You should hide these by swiping left.

Stop all the spinning circle apps. Hide all those with a greyed our iCloud. Hide any garbage you no longer want. Delete any apps that are in the loading phase. These are probably the blockers that have gummed up the whole system. Do note: this completely obliterated the advantage of restoring from iCloud. You will lose data, settings, and app layout.

Extremely annoying. Nov 25, AM. Just got off the phone with AppleCare and now the apps are downloaded. Suggest you call AC at if you have the time. After reviewing a number of things I had done, we did a hard reset. Sound up, sound down then hold the power switch until the white Apple shows. Still didn't change anything. When I clicked the cloud icon, it started downloading. After two deletes, I just tapped on the blue cloud and it started to download. It appears it will only do one app at at time this way.

You can select 2, but they download one by one. At this point, I went to the home screen touched a darkened app and it started downloading. You can touch more than one but the download one ofter the other. You still have to reenter passwords and ID.

Page content loaded. I was having the same issue. None of my apps were finished downloading and my phone would not lock. None of my apps would open nor would my control center come up. I spent the day speaking to different apple representatives and none of us could figure out what to do. After many different attempts, I knew from the start that all I had to do was to get it to turn off but it wouldn't force restart nor go into safe mode or anything. I even tried connecting it to my MacBook Air to restore it again or update it and it wouldn't work.

Until, well I'm not sure if all iPhone's do this but if you click the lock button three times, AssistiveTouch comes up. So my assumption is that maybe the restore process just never finished, I really don't know but hey it works now!

Nov 20, PM. Sorry for the poor grammar and typos in my original post. Getting used to the X. Not that that is an excuse for grammar. I was unable to edit my original post. Here is a cleaner version. Anyways, the Restore gets stuck trying to download apps that are dead and missing from the App Store or that are incompatible with iOS You can tap on these and pause the download.

Hide these by swiping left. Hide all those with a greyed out iCloud. While you are at it, hide any garbage you no longer want either. Back on your home screen, delete any apps that are in the loading phase. Once you do this you can selectively get back on track by picking and choosing the apps you want in the App Store.

As others have noted, this completely obliterated the advantage of restoring from iCloud. You will absolutely lose app layout. Okay after hours and hours messing around with this, I tried to do a restore from a local backup of my old phone. That in itself was a bit of an ordeal because of the inability to relocate where backups are stored. Anyway, restoring from a local backup saved downloading GB photo library. But the app downloading issue persists -- why apps aren't simply restored from a backup I don't know.

Nov 25, PM. When I set up the new iphonex, The apps hung up for a while. Tapping them led to the download. The problem I have now is, I cannot download new apps from the App Store. Any thoughts? Nov 28, AM. Had the same issue. I followed James Mol post but nothing happened. After 2 days called Apple Support. From the menu that appears, choose Prioritize Download.

Restart your iPhone or restart your iPad. If you still can't download or update apps on your iPhone or iPad, contact Apple Support. Open the App Store and sign in If a blue account button appears at the top of the App Store, you might not be signed in. Manually update the app In the App Store, try to update the app manually. Check your payment method You might need to have a payment method on file, even if the app that you want to download is free.

Prioritize the download From the Home Screen, touch and hold the app. Restart your device Restart your iPhone or restart your iPad. Then check to see if you can download or update apps. Published Date: October 01, Yes No.

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