What solutions exist when apps don't download or update on iOS 6?

Solution 1:

I've been fighting with this for several days now, and I think I finally cracked it. Check your iTunes Downloads (iTunes->More->Downloads) in iOS for stuck downloads. I had a music video that appears to have been gumming up the works.

Here's the official Apple KB article covering this:

• TS1583 - iTunes Store: "Error (-50)" when downloading purchased content

Prior to pausing that download I had tried rebooting, logging out of iTunes and all the other suggestions on lots of other blogs/sites/forums.

Solution 2:

I had the same problem and after none of the other suggestions worked (changing date/time, shutting down and restarting), I went to Settings > iTunes & App Stores, then clicked on Apple ID > Sign Out. After signing back in, I was able to start downloading apps again.

Solution 3:

There are a couple of things that you can try to resolve this issue:

• delete the stuck apps, sign out of the App Store, sign in back again and try installing again
• delete the stuck apps, turn on Airplane Mode for about 30 secs, turn it off and try installing the apps again
• stop or delete any remaining iTunes downloads. This worked for me. I've been downloading quite a few songs from my iTunes in the Cloud and some of them got stuck. It was not until I deleted the stuck and remaining iTunes download that app downloads would resume.

Solution 4:

Before you deleting apps just try powering off the phone and then on again - worked for me - so glad I didn't delete the 17 apps that were stuck and then have to go and find them all again!