Error "could not be downloaded at this time"

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I was wondering if someone could help me with this:

It started a few weeks ago that on both my iPhone and iPad I have problems downloading and updating apps.
I keep getting the error message "could not be downloaded at this time" with the options "done" or "retry".
It doesnt happen all the time but it happens a lot.

At first I thought it was the internet connection in the house but the same thing happens when I'm connected to the wifi at work or to the wifi at friends houses.

I restarted my iPhone 4 times once and then it finally worked. I cant do this all the time though. lol

Is this a known issue? Is there a fix?

Its just strange that it happens on both iPhone and iPad.
All other internet services work fine on both devices.
 
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Chances are you are in the wrong iTunes store. Scroll down to the bottom and make sure the country flag you see is the same one as where you are.
 
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Chances are you are in the wrong iTunes store. Scroll down to the bottom and make sure the country flag you see is the same one as where you are.

I checked both iPhone and iPad and both are set to the UK (which is where I am).
I still keep getting the problem. It's really annoying. Only restarting a few times seems to help.
 
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Same problem

I've got the exact same issue. I'm in the right country (uk) and restarting 4 times does not solve the issue, neither on iPad nor on iPhone. I also read on another forum that deleting your apple ID on the device and then re-adding it solves the problem but I can only log out in the app store settings (no delete button) and delete the iCloud account, neither of which solves the issue. Apple, could you please provide a bug fix for this? It's rather annoying as I cannot even use the old version of the apps until the updates are fixed.
 
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Updating apps

I have not been able to do this successfully for some time now. In desperation I have scrapped my iPhone and now use an Android device with no such issues on the same wifi connection. D I need to scrap my iPad too? Hope not. If I could only be to.d what the error is -- that's what error messages are for - I'd fix it myself. Feeling very frustrated.
 
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Does the same issue occur in iTunes?
 
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Get hold of iExplorer or Phone Browse.


Connect your phone (in one of the above apps) - navigate to Media - Downloads
There will be a file called downloads.nnnnnnnnn.sqlitedb - where nnnnnnnnn is a number
Drag that file somewhere as a back, then delete it from the phone
Cleanly disconnect your phone
Shut it down and restart
A new version of this database file will be created on start up. It's the database that maintains the current state of app versions/updates etc.
 
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Would you be able to do a two fold check if your Apple record has been bolted? I had the very same manifestations (about six applications that wouldn't refresh, regardless of whether I attempted to physically do as such). At the point when I attempted to go in to the Apple ID account settings on my iPhone it locaked me that my record was bolted, and I don't review any earlier notice of that.

When I opened the record, refreshes quickly started downloading.
 
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This thread is seven years old guess it has all been sorted out.
 

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