IOS 7 App Store Updates - Issue?

Hi-
I recently updated to iOS 7 and have noticed what I think is a bug with App Store. Occassionally when I unlock my iPhone (iPhone 5, if that matters) I see that the App Store badge has 1 or 2 updates available. However when I open the App Store, there are no updates and in fact I see updates that I downloaded and installed on September 19th. I've set the App Store to not install updates automatically.
This seems like a bug...has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks!

Resurrecting old thread, but I'm having the same problem on multiple devices.
More specifically, I am updating apps via cable sync from desktop Itunes. The apps are updated on the devices via the cable sync, but the counter stays there. As noted in the original post, when I open app store app on device, the apps needing update will first show Update next to them, then quickly change to Open, but the counter remains.
Iphone 6, iOS 8.1.2
Ipad 2 iOS 8.1.2
Iphone 5 iOS 8.1.2
I called Apple service (my iPhone 6 is still under warranty), they had no clue what was happening. All they did was told me to call them back another day and gave me a case ID.
I have rebooted devices and restored them both as new and from backup. When the restore is done, the counter goes away, but then when a new app needs updating, it happens again.
Anyobody having this issue recently and fixed it? It's very annoying.

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Good point, we will have to wait and see, it's a pity Apple has not produce an IOS7 PDF
You mean like this one?
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
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Resurrecting old thread, but I'm having the same problem on multiple devices.
More specifically, I am updating apps via cable sync from desktop Itunes. The apps are updated on the devices via the cable sync, but the counter stays there. As noted in the original post, when I open app store app on device, the apps needing update will first show Update next to them, then quickly change to Open, but the counter remains.
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Hello … firstly I am not technology minded & don't know the jargon … just gone from iPhone 3 to 6 !!
Solved this problem by: Settings icon, choose iTunes & App Store turn off all selections for automatic updates
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If the machine shipped with OS X 10.4 or 10.5, you need a boxed and shrink-wrapped retail Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) installation disc from the Apple Store or a reputable reseller — not from eBay or anything of the kind. If the machine has less than 1 GB of memory, you'll need to add more in order to install 10.6. Preferably, install as much memory as it can take, according to the technical specifications.
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Hi there.
I've been having issues using the App Store's software update page.
"Can't connect to the Apple Software Update server."
I've tried a few fixes.
• Rebooted (sometimes fixes strange errors)
• Deleted App Store Cookies (no change)
• Checked /etc/hosts (nothing out of the ordinary)
• Update to 10.10.2 manually via Combo Update (no change)
• Waited a few days (no change)
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I can telnet into swscan.apple.com (telnet swscan.apple.com 443 in terminal, returns the usual "Escape character is '^]'.")
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If you can't connect to the Software Update server
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I have all of this apps installed on my computer, and i installed telegram for example just right now and even that is not appear as installed.
so i can't update any of my applications, and this forced me to install all of it again!
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I have all of this apps installed on my computer, and i installed telegram for example just right now and even that is not appear as installed.
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Thanks for the quick response.
I do indeed seem to recall that happening with an app previously.
However, this time it was two apps (Google and Tivo). I figured they'd get flushed out when more updates (for other apps) hit the App Store. However, when that happened just now, while it did show "update" for those old updates instead of "open", I could not select "update all" up top and had to press update next to each of the (now 4) apps. The real issue though is that it (of course) can't further update Google and Tivo and gets stuck. So I can't update any of my apps now.
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Hi dominic23,
I see... Well this bugs me off course because is not the normal behavior that I would expect from OS X, but if it sometimes happens, I'll be OK with that. I don't know but I may file a bug report to Apple on this so that they at least know of the issue.
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