An app is stuck in "waiting" even after it's been downloaded. How do I get it to stop? iOS7
So I got my new iPhone 5s today, and everything was working fine until after an hour of playing the game injustice. For some reason, the app went from already downloaded to "waiting" on my screen. I have tried to delete the app, but there is no x button that appears for it. I also went back to the App Store to see if it was installing, but instead of showing something that says it's downloading, it says I can open the app instead. So my question is how do I get the app to become unfrozen in the "waiting" state? I can't open the app by pressing on it. I've also tried to restart my phone in order to "fix" the problem, but that didn't do anything. Thanks in advance to whoever can help me fix this problem.
Well I seemed to have fixed the problem by deleting the app through itunes. Afterwards I unlocked my phone to delete the "ghost" copy of the app on my phone. Afterwards I ended up redownloading the app through itunes. The only problem with that was that it deleted all my saves, but fortunately I saved an earlier save on my computer and didn't have to restart from the very beginning. I used iExplorer to save all my files onto my computer.
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