Default apps fail to install after IPad reinstall

[dupdob]

Hi
My son gave me this old IPad (after a reset). I reinstalled it from my older IPad.
Install went smoothly, most applications installed fine, but most of default applications refuse to install: Books, Mail, FreeFrom and others remain in 'to download' status, and any attempt to install them ends in a non descript error (failed to download, try again later).

I tried logging out App store and restart to see if it fixed it but no dice.

If anyone has any idea on how to fix this please share.
(Of course, I can still perform an install for a 'new' IPad, but it means bringing over a lot of stuff manually)

 

[dupdob]

update: same issue when doing a fresh install (i.e. without restoring any backup): default applications fail to install

 

[dupdob]

update: (kinda) fixed the problem by doing a fresh install via a Mac. I did not try to restore an existing backup as it looks the problem comes from some garbage data in the settings

 

[acorntoy]

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Sounds like your dealing with this bug that apple just fixed, try to see if it is eligible for the update.

 

[dupdob]

Many thanks for the pointer and info.
Definitely looks like this was the problem. Yep, I can update and will. But I have fixed it meanwhile:
I was able to work around it by doing a full reinstall via a Mac: this ensures a complete installation from scratch, vs the OTA reinstall, which is incremental: OS first and apps second.

The good news is that it is not due to my iCloud account being somehow corrupted, which would probably be an hassle to fix/restore