My apps won't finish an update!

Hello, now I only had Internet for about an hour one day and I decided to update some of my apps. So I did this and then I had to leave the wifi spot. Ever since then I have these apps that won't complete the update. They have the names of the apps underneath the icon but they still have the download bar on the icon and when you click the icon/app it says waiting... Then it says the name of the app again and says unable to download at this time!!! I don't really want to delete them as I already have lots of high scores and important stuff on them!! I deleted one that wasn't that important and downloaded it again and it was fine but the others still aren't working......... :(

Hi there,
Sadly, I believe this is a known issue, with no simple way to troubleshoot. You must delete and redownload the app. You can try restoring from backup, which should reinstall the apps complete with your data, but I can't guarentee this will help.
Have a nice day,
Nathan

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