Phone wont download apps/updates

If this bothers you and the App Store service is not down, follow the solutions below to fix the issue quickly. The first thing you should do is make sure your iOS device is connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular data network. You can switch from Wi-Fi to cellular data or vice versa and try again.

If the Airplane mode is enabled, turn it off. There is also a simple trick that can solve this problem — toggling the Airplane mode. You need to navigate to Settings, turn the Airplane mode on, wait seconds, and turn it back off. It may sound crazy, but give it a try!

Sometimes, the apps can behave strangely and not work correctly. The App Store is no exception. It would help if you force quit the app and then relaunch it. Tap the Home button twice, and you will get a preview of the apps you used recently. Swipe right or left to find the App Store app, and then swipe up to close it. After that, go to the Home screen and launch the App Store. Do the following:. See also: iPhone touch screen not working.

If you have a lot of apps on your phone, sometimes the Google Store can get a little overloaded which can result in an unsuccessful installation.

Do everything you can to clear your cache and try again. Sometimes just restarting the entire phone rather than just your Google app or Force Restarting your device from the settings menu will work too if all other methods fail. Find the app called Google Services Framework. Now, run App Store. In this way, they can still be recovered even after a reset. You need to have them cleared out. To do so, go to settings, select 'apps' , from the menu. A list of all the apps installed on your phone will be shown.

Tap on the app you want to clear the cache. To be sure that all cache data on the phone is cleared out, you may need to do this app by app, until you have exhausted the list. This may be time-consuming, but worth it if your phone is slowed down by them. The outdated system hampers the ability of the phone in a lot of ways.

Delete the account associated with your Google play store, restart your phone, and resync the account with your play store, if the downloading issue also occurs from apps that you seek to download from Google play store.

The app could be corrupt itself. This reason should be peculiar to one app and not many apps simultaneously. Check if there is a previous version of the app you wish to download in your backup list.

Sometimes we forget that a particular app had been backed up previously on a storage device before a phone loss or replacement. Downloading such apps all over again may result in error messages. If your device still doesn't have enough space, you can use your computer to update your device.

If you can't connect your device to your computer, you can make room for the update by removing content and apps on your device that you don't use. Learn more about the space your apps and content use. You need an Internet connection to update your device. The time it takes to download the update varies according to the size of the update and your Internet speed. You can use your device normally while downloading the update, and your device will notify you when you can install it.

To improve the speed of the download, avoid downloading other content and use a Wi-Fi network if you can. An error occurred while checking for a software update.