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iPhone 12 Pro New iPhone 12 Pro Max: apps not loading?
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I am having the same problem started last night and now its morning only a few of my apps have restored. I have erased and reset twice? I have very fast internet? This has not been the easiest upgrade . My phone also came with a sim that needed manual activation unlike in the past.
Yes, I did notice that it took a while to download the apps, but all is well! I think it took a while because it was downloading the app as well as its saved data, if it had any. It was worth the wait though. I woke up this morning to all my apps, photos, and music all downloaded and ready to use!
I setup two new iP12ProMax units last night. Both had this issue where while downloading apps it would just stop. Via total random trial and error, I found if I paused a few and then restarted them, it “unsung” itself and everything else downloaded smoothly.
Now struggling with some FaceTime issues though. The image is super-pixelated.
Now struggling with some FaceTime issues though. The image is super-pixelated.
After the downloads had stuck at loading for 13 hours, I called Apple Care. The only solution they could offer was to set up the phone as a brand new phone and re-download every application and account. This is going to be a painful process! When I asked how could this happen, I was informed it could’ve been a virus or malware in one of the applications. Sounds like an easy answer!
Same issue with my 12Pro Max. None of the 3rd Party Apps were loading. I let the phone sit over night, several times, to no avail. I tried stopping multiple ones running at the same time, then just running one at a time, didn’t work. I reset the phone, started the import process again, a few more loaded. Even used a lightning cable from my IPad to the 12PMax. Still same issue after reset. I then uninstalled several of the apps, and reinstalled from the App Store. This worked well and remembered my settings / password on many of them. The ones that remembered my passwords were ones that I attempted to download initially.
Just read this thread because I was having the same problem! Paused all the downloads, then went and un-paused them and now it's flying through the apps! I think it had everything downloaded but wouldn't install them, since my internet isn't THAT fast.
When I press “get” I get a spinning wheel and then nothing else. Have tried logging in and out of App Store, soft reset of phone, checked enough storage, no restrictions to download in settings and still nothing. Anyone else had this issue and if so, apart from doing a hard reset what can I do?!
I had same problem, Laoding Apps for hours but not finished. Restarting several times did not make result. Finally I click on App Store and all Applications started and finished loading.
Did you find a solution to fix this problem? I just got a new 12Pro and I am having the same problem with about 5 different apps that were on my old phone. They do not show being on my new phone & when I hit "get" in the store nothing happens.
Same issue for me, all apps on 12 Pro stuck in "Loading" status overnight. Tried the App Store trick, closing all open apps in background, powering off a couple of times and nothing worked. I eventually wiped the phone and set it up again, but instead of using my old phone to transfer everything over, I restored from an iCloud backup. That worked, although not flawlessly as I had to reset my watch to get it to pair to the new phone.
I twice had this problem. First iPhone migrated with quick start. After Firmwareupdate and transfer of data the first reboot showed some problems with the apple id. I had to reenter the credentials. After this every third party app was stuck in "Loading". Same as you all here describe. If I tried to download an already bought app by clicking on the iCloud-Download icon it becomes a spinning circle for some seconds and then it switched back to the download icon again.
I did some thing with App Store logout and reboots of the new phone. After some time (some hours) it worked and all apps started downloading. So all went ok.
The second one was more difficult. Nothing worked over several hours. So I decided to reset the phone and try an iCloud restore. This worked fine - but some local content was missing. So I reset the phone and tried quick start again. This time - all worked instantly. Except the apple watch - it has to be unpaired and paid again.
There is something wrong with quick start. I changed many phone over the last years - this is new. It usually was a pain free process.
I did some thing with App Store logout and reboots of the new phone. After some time (some hours) it worked and all apps started downloading. So all went ok.
The second one was more difficult. Nothing worked over several hours. So I decided to reset the phone and try an iCloud restore. This worked fine - but some local content was missing. So I reset the phone and tried quick start again. This time - all worked instantly. Except the apple watch - it has to be unpaired and paid again.
There is something wrong with quick start. I changed many phone over the last years - this is new. It usually was a pain free process.
I had same problem, Laoding Apps as spinning wheel for 6 hours but not finished. Finally I click on App Store, wait minute or two, and all Applications started and finished loading. Finaly problem solved.