Are your applications refusing to launch or update? The screen of your iPhone displays an enigmatic error message: application pending? This guide will help you correct most of these problems..
Your iOS applications refuse to launch
The iPhone sometimes behaves strangely. You may have been the victim of a bizarre failure one day preventing applications from launching. When this happens, the app icon remains gray and displays a curious error message: pending.
Updates download seems to be completely blocked. In most cases, the problem comes from a loss of network connection. If you are using a Wi-Fi connection, check that it works properly and is stable..
For people using their operator's 4G / 5G network, open the web page of your favorite site namely TechnoWikis.com to see if your operator does not encounter some technical problems.
Once the connection problem is solved, leave your finger pressed for a few seconds on the gray icon and then select the option to cancel the download. Then reinstall the update directly from the App Store..
Click on the App Store icon on your iPhone desktop
Tap the profile icon at the top right of the screen
Scroll down
Find in the list the application you want to update
Press the update button next to the application name
Your iPhone lacks storage space
It may be a good idea to check the status of your storage space. When your phone runs out of memory, it sometimes happens that the updates are paused thus preventing the use of applications.
- Open your iPhone settings
- Click on general and iPhone storage
- A small graph will show you the amount of storage space remaining
If necessary, you can clean up your photos and messages. In this article you will find some tips for removing cache and unnecessary files that saturate the storage space of your smartphone.
Close background apps
If these operations are unsuccessful, then try to close all applications in the background. Even if the iPhone is known to manage RAM memory effectively, it is never immune to a bug.
- Double click on the home button
- On iPhone X and higher, place your finger on the bottom of the screen and while keeping the pressure on the screen, slide your finger on the middle
- Swipe up on the app you want to close
Now that all background apps have been removed, your phone should now use less system resources. Try to update the application manually.
Delete the application
It may very well be that the problem comes from the update itself. To work around this problem, it is better to stop installing the new version of the application. To do this, simply leave your finger pressed on the gray icon and click on cancel the download.
You can also if you wish to delete the application and try to reinstall it. Keep your finger on the icon until the icon starts dancing. Then press the X symbol located in the upper corner of the icon.
If none of the previously mentioned solutions have solved your problem, try restarting your iPhone. You can also wait a bit. Apple servers may experience a difficulty due to a technical failure or overwork.
