Keeping your iPhone apps and games up to date is a key new feature and bug fix. But what if your iPhone isn't updating apps? Here's how to fix apps not updating on your iPhone.
1. Check the network connection
Let's get down to the basics first. Make sure you have a working network connection to take advantage of cellular data on your iPhone.
Check the grid bars in the upper right corner and make sure you have at least a few grid bars to work with.
If you are having network issues on your iPhone, you can open Control Center and enable Airplane mode. Disable it after a few minutes and check your network connection.
2. Connect to a Wi-Fi network
until iOS 13 Previously, you couldn't update an app larger than 200MB. iOS 13 removes the limit entirely. But until then, you shouldn't download updates for large apps and games over mobile data. A network glitch can cause an update error on your iPhone.
Go to Settings Connect your iPhone to a Wi-Fi connection for a smooth app update. If your Wi-Fi router supports dual-band, you should connect your iPhone to the 5GHz network frequency.
3. Disable Low Data Mode
iOS comes with Low Data Mode to reduce cellular data usage, background processes, and temporarily disable automatic updates. If you enable Low Data Mode on your iPhone, it can interfere with the app update process on your iPhone.
Step 1: Open Settings on the iPhone.
Step 2: go to the Mobile data.
Step 3: Locate Primary SIM card Your own.
Step 4: Disabled Low data mode from the following list.
4. Disable Low Power Mode
Low Power Mode on your iPhone temporarily reduces background activity such as downloads and mail fetching so your phone can fully charge. You should avoid updating apps when Low Power Mode is enabled on your iPhone. Follow the steps below to disable Low Power Mode.
Step 1: Open iPhone Settings and go to Battery list.
Step 2: Disable toggle Low power mode And try Update applications once again.
5. Check iPhone storage
Even though the latest iPhone models come with 128GB of storage, there are still millions with half the storage space on older iPhones.
With 4K videos, big games, and hundreds of photos, it's easy to iPhone running out of storage spaceIn this case, you'll continue to encounter errors while updating apps. Let's show you how to check your iPhone's remaining storage space.
Step 1: turn on Settings app on the iPhone.
Step 2: go to the general list.
Step 3: Locate iPhone storage Take a quick look at your remaining storage space from the following list.
If you're running low on storage space on your iPhone, you can enable Optimize Photos to delete media files backed up to iCloud from your iPhone. You can also uninstall irrelevant apps and games to free up space.
Once you have approximately 5GB-6GB of storage space available to use, you can easily update apps on your iPhone.
6. Check Apple servers
If Apple's servers are having a rough day, no matter what trick you try, you won't be able to update apps on your iPhone.
You can go to Apple system status page On the web and make sure the App Store shows a green signal.
7. Sign out and sign in again
Your Apple account may be experiencing temporary inconvenience, and the App Store may be having trouble authenticating your account. You can sign out of your Apple account and sign back in.
Step 1: Play List Apple Settings.
Step 2: Go to List personal file and do By logging out From the bottom option.
Once you've successfully signed out of your Apple account, you can sign in with the same account credentials. Launch the App Store on your iPhone and try updating apps again.
8. Update iOS software
Are you running an older version of iOS on your iPhone? Some apps may become incompatible with the older iOS version and will continue to encounter update errors when trying to install the new app version.
You should go to Settings open General ListFrom the list. Software update Install the latest version of iOS and try updating apps from the App Store.
Enjoy flawless app updates on iPhone.
While your friends and family may be using newer versions of messaging apps, you may see messages with blocking or strange formatting. You can't simply sideload a new app version from the web. The App Store is the only safe way to update apps on your iPhone.
What trick worked for you to fix apps not updating on your iPhone? Tell us in the comments.
