Downloaded apps stuck on "Waiting..." due to songs in iTunes?

I've been sifting through the support discussions on this topic for some time now. I recently backed up and restored my phone to clear some of the "Other" storage, which was taking up more than 4GB of my tiny iPhone so I could update to iOS 7.1. In so doing, I opened a can of worms.
A lot of my downloaded apps are stuck on "Waiting..." though I can still use them if I type their names into the App Store and open them that way. That's inconvenient, and I'd rather not be stuck having to do that.
After reading through the discussions on this topic, I traced what I believe to be the problem to several waiting songs in the iTunes app. These songs won't download because they are registered under other Apple IDs (old friends). I have no interest in these old songs and would like them removed, but I can't tell my iPhone to not download them. It just prompts me for an Apple ID password that isn't mine.
How do I convince the iTunes app to stop attempting to download these songs? I tried swiping left or right to delete them, but that hasn't worked. I seem incapable of interacting with them in any way that doesn't immediately prompt me for a password.
I've backed up, restored, and given my iPhone a few hard resets. Nothing has worked. I've also gone into settings and disabled that "Show All Music" thing, but I haven't backed it up and restored since then.
Any suggestions? I'd really rather not have to set it up as a "new phone."

Going into Settings - General - Usage, deleting each "Waiting..." app individually, and then redownloading them through the App Store seems to have solved the problem.
I still have a queue of old music in iTunes that I'd rather not trifle with, but at least now I have easy access to my apps.

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This problem seems different from a couple others I've seen posted:
When I purchase an app, it begins it's download, but stays stuck in the "Waiting"mode. The App Store itself doesn't freeze (i.e. no spinning beach ball), but the apps never download. They just sit in the dock with a progress bard that never changes.
I've tried restarting, logging in and out and re-downloading the apps.
Has anyone else had this problem or found a solution to it?
Thanks!
- Casey

Make sure that you do not have a stalled download in iTunes - a song or podcast .... if you have a download in there that did not finish, complete that one first. Only one thing can download at a time on the iPad so that could be what is causing the problem.
If that doesn't work - sign out of your account, restart the iPad and then sign in again.
Settings>Store>Apple ID. Tap your ID and sign out. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
Go back to Settings>Store>Sign in and then try to update again. Tap one waiting icon only if necessary to start the download stream.
You can also try deleting the waiting icons - tap and hold down on an icon until it wiggles - the tap the X on the icon to delete it. Then try to download again.
You can try resetting all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings. You will have to enter all of your app preferences and device settings again.

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bunjamin wrote:
There is now a new line in BBM that wasn't there before which covers the message that I am typing, so I can't actually see what I am typing.
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just go to BlackBerry World, and update all your apps including BBM.
bunjamin wrote:
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bunjamin wrote:
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How to Solve the Problem of An iPad App Download Stuck on “Waiting”
http://ipadacademy.com/2012/06/how-to-solve-the-problem-of-an-ipad-app-download- stuck-on-waiting
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Try a reset ...
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So i have a crappy internet connection on my 1st generation iPhone,well was messing around with it today and decided to finally update the apps i keep on seeing need an update on the iTunes store. Well long story short i go and click on update all and now i have 10 apps stuck at waiting. Their icons are gone,it's only gray boxes with the bar in black and the words waiting... at the bottom don't know what i can do,this has never happened to me before,please help!
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Apps and icons are gone shrug so i guess in a way it's fixed?

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Try This...
Close All Open Apps... Sign Out of your Account... Perform a Reset... Try again...
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Release the Buttons...

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How to Solve the Problem of An iPad App Download Stuck on “Waiting”
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Possible solution
I was suffering through the samething for few days and got fed up looking at everyone's suggestion to simply reboot and what not and finally started fiddling alright myself and seem to have fixed the problem.
I removed the the apps that we're stuck at waiting(I did this through connecting to my pc and unchecking them in the apps section on itunes through the iPad interface, but as long as you are completely backed up you could probably just delete it/them and add them back later). then after the all pending updates have been cleared, go into setting, app store, then press where it says you apple ID select sign out, and then sign back in. After doing this I was able to download apps and updates.
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Tried that as well. The problem isn't that the apps aren't downloading, it's that the app icon is stuck on Waiting. I can actually open and use the apps from the App Store, but not from the home screen.
I'm adding photos to try help explain, though I'm not they'll show up well on since I'm on mobile.
THats the the home screen with useless icons
BUt if I search the App Store for one (like Buzzfeed)
IT it shows it being installed, and I can even open the app an use it. I would try to reinstall but I cant remove the apps.

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Recently my iPhone (OS5) has encountered problems with installing apps. The first time it happened was last week, I attempted to install an app from the app store and it displayed the "waiting.." status and did not go away. I restarted but it was still there. I was able to press the X on the app to remove it, but the problem arised again when I downloaded the app from the app store. In fact, the same thing happened whichever app I attempted to download. Even when I tried to update current apps from the update tab on the apps store they turned to the "waiting.." status. I have connected via itunes on my computer, downloaded an app but it doesn't appear on my iphone. Could anyone help me out?
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restarting my iphone does not solve the problem
connecting to itunes on my computer does not solve the problem
I am able to close the app with the X button but when i try again I have the same problem
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Dawn

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Had the same problem and found your post without any reply but you gave me an idea that worked for me. but try at your own risk as I do not know what I am doing just that it worked.
Plug in your device to your computer .
In itunes under the device and apps are all your apps there? in the left column where they are listed. If so this means that all of your apps are backed up in your computer.
First Sync your device, wait for it to complete. (as you mentioned this did not fix it)
Now, try this with one app that shows "waiting", maybe one you dont care too much about: On your IOS device X it. (delete it) It will give you a warning that you will loose all data of that app. Say okay.
Now make sure that that app is selected on the left hand column on the itunes app page for the device.
Sync again (it should be quick as it should only update the apps)
Again for all the other apps this did not help, but for that one app that you try it should now show up on your IOS device correctly and run.
If you feel comfortable with my procedure now X (delete) all the other apps that show waiting and sync again.
Hope this works for you like it did for me.
The root cause of my problem (I believe) is that I bought a new iphone and at the store I restored using icloud. Once the phone was up and running I left the store which interrupted the restore of apps and music. Once I got to my home it was trying to do everything at the same time and it got stuck. So I figured I would just sync and get rid of the problem, but you like you mentioned it did not help. I mention this as it might be applicable to what happend to you.
Franz

Apps stuck in 'waiting' status

I've seen a few similar posts, but adding mine here. iPad2 software version 5.1 - last two days, app downloads and updates stuck in 'waiting' status. Tried signing out, powering off and back on, and then signing back in, but no luck. Works fine when syncing through itunes on computer, but no luck with cloud downloads or over wi-fi from app store. Also automatic cloud downloads aren't pushing to iPad. Help us Apple!!!!

First, Apple isn't on these forums, so your'e just writing your fellow users here. Second, Apple servers are overloaded with new users updating to their new devices, downloading new apps, etc. Give it a few days to settle down, but you're just seeing the fact that there are more users than the servers can handle at one time.

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