On my iPhone homescreen there's an app which in an half-downloaded(actually, more like barely downloaded) state –
(In case you're curious, I was trying to download Rage during it's on-sale-for-free-period)
Now, I can't get rid of it from my home screen. I can hide it in a folder, I can install the downloaded app next to this "Loading" shell having downloaded the app later in iTunes.
iTunes won't let me delete this item from my home screen – the "x" overlay for uninstalling an app is not coming up either.
So, how can I remove it?
bmike just helped me with some troubleshooting, but we weren't able to get this question fixed, yet. Here's the conversation between the two of us. Would appreciate any other answers.
Best Answer
One way is to tap on the app icon once you're connected to a WiFi hotstop. This will start/resume the download. Once the app is being shown as "loading", just tap it again to remove from it's limbo state and move to paused state. This will allow you to hit the X when you are in the move/delete mode.
Sadly, a total restore and set up of your device as new will always work at the cost of your time to re-configure all of the sync settings. Unless each app has an export/import or cloud sync ability, you could lose progress or data from other apps, so it's a very broad hammer for a narrow problem.
Several other questions here might help, but none seem to be totally equivalent.