iOS – App Updates from Different Country’s iOS App Store

Each account can only be set to one region. According to the knowledgebase article below, one should be able to change the region on an account. Since this process doesn't seem to have worked properly in your case, I'd suggest contacting iTunes support.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1311

However, you could have two iTunes accounts; a UK account and an Irish account. The advantage here is that you don't have to worry about a previous UK purchase not being available in the Irish store.

To get an iTunes account in a country in which you do not reside (and therefore do not have an address or credit card from that country), you could purchase an iTunes gift card from the country in question and follow the instructions in the

How to redeem an iTunes Gift Card on a computer > I do not have an iTunes Store account section of the following knowledgebase article:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1574

You will need to authorize both accounts in the Store menu in iTunes. Once both accounts are authorized, you should be able to update the apps you purchased with your UK account as well as any new apps you purchase with your Irish account.

On your iOS devices, however, you can only be logged in to one iTunes account at a time (Settings app > Store > Apple ID). On the device, over the air, you can only update the apps associated with the currently logged in account.

I hope this is helpful.

It shouldn't display a blank screen. It should either display "Loading..." or "All apps are up to date." or a list of apps that have an update available.

I've only seen this happen when I had a good internet connection when I opened the app store and started "Loading..." but lost the connection before it was done loading. I don't recall if it happens when switching from wifi to cellular or back during the loading stage, but I suspect it might.

I have hundreds of apps on my 3GS, though, and it can take quite awhile to go from "Loading..." to a list, or to the "up to date" notice.

It can also happen if you experience a temporary internet glitch during loading, such as if you are close to a microwave, using an 802.11b/g network, while the microwave is running.

It shouldn't happen when you know you've got a good internet connection and the connection state doesn't change during loading. I suppose it could happen on a particularly busy network if significant numbers of packets are being dropped.

If it happens consistently, I'd try rebooting, then a system refresh, then taking it to apple in that order.

The app store is one thing that doesn't seem particularly robust in the face of network disruptions, so that's what I'd suspect first. If you're experiencing frequent network disruptions in other apps as well, you might have an iOS or hardware problem, and it might be worth a visit the apple store anyway.