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TimothyK411

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Oct 3, 2014
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Hi all, I've been having this issue with my iPhone for almost a year now. It isn't a HUGE problem, but the thing is, it's a terrible eyesore now, especially after the 10th month (around) dealing with it. So when I first got my iPhone, I initially synced it with my iTunes on my computer to transfer everything I had from my iTouch. However, these were apps that were on my brother's Apple ID (I believe), so that may have had something to do with this becoming all screwed up. The thing is, now I have a handful of apps just sitting on "waiting," and when it's not on waiting, I was able to press the "X" to delete, but it simply did not delete. It just went back to place as if I never touched it. I've tried just about everything at this point - re-syncing with my library (obviously didn't work if I've had this issue for more than a year now), a simple re-boot, and trying to find the apps in the "Usage" section of the settings. Somebody please help out here. I don't need a folder called "*************" for another year.. In any event, thanks in advance if you read this at all.
 
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Can you temporarily log in on your brother's ID to see if you can download those apps?

Otherwise a simple restore might be your best bet.
 
Can you temporarily log in on your brother's ID to see if you can download those apps?

Otherwise a simple restore might be your best bet.
When you say simple restore. Do you mean restoring in iTunes. Does any info get lost doing that.
 
Try signing out of your account in the App Store and then sign back in
 
It basically wipes the phone and reloads the data - you can either go from new and download the stuff that you want, or you can reload from back-up. The risk with reloading from back-up is that you might download the apps that are causing the problem, but at least you would have the information that you had before.

Another option you could try is to uncheck 'sync apps', sync the phone (this will remove all the apps) and then redo. Hopefully this will clear out the apps that are causing the issue.
 
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