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(some) Mobile Apps not installing (Auto install or Self Service) (for some clients)

  • April 7, 2020
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  • June 1, 2021

I have found it will say 'pending' for all many apps until a final 'Update Inventory' is sent to them. I did this one at a time to be sure this was what was missing. This has been going on for some time now. Wondering if we are going to get a fix in a future update?


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I discovered changing the category back to "None" allowed the apps to install.


BillVenneFPU
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  • August 24, 2021

I have the same issue.  45 new iPads and 1/2 have the apps in a pending state and Management Status is "Installing".  These were all fresh out of the box iOS 14.6.  This will be a pain if I have to wipe them just to get them working as they are three time zones away.  Is there any solutions on this site?


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  • August 25, 2021

I have the same issue.  45 new iPads and 1/2 have the apps in a pending state and Management Status is "Installing".  These were all fresh out of the box iOS 14.6.  This will be a pain if I have to wipe them just to get them working as they are three time zones away.  Is there any solutions on this site?


After you install the apps to get them to complete you will need to do an inventory update. That is what they tell me even though they say it is fixed. The inventory update needs to be done right after. If you wait a day sometimes they do not take.

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  • August 25, 2021
After you install the apps to get them to complete you will need to do an inventory update. That is what they tell me even though they say it is fixed. The inventory update needs to be done right after. If you wait a day sometimes they do not take.

The challenge with doing and inventory update is that it appears for some reason the device is no longer communicating with Jamf Pro.  So the new command goes into Pending also.  I ran that on several of the devices that appears to have their apps stuck and now that command is stuck too.  It's a dilemma for sure.


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  • August 25, 2021

The challenge with doing and inventory update is that it appears for some reason the device is no longer communicating with Jamf Pro.  So the new command goes into Pending also.  I ran that on several of the devices that appears to have their apps stuck and now that command is stuck too.  It's a dilemma for sure.


I would say something has shut off your network connection or changed it to something that is not compatible. We have only one WiFi connection configured for our shared iPads. If we didn’t we couldn’t use classroom and it would be picking something else all the time. We went with 5.0 so it would not look for stronger connections. Hope this helps. I spent some time troubleshooting this myself. Very painful to reinstall and hope it does not time out or disconnect.

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  • August 27, 2021

The challenge with doing and inventory update is that it appears for some reason the device is no longer communicating with Jamf Pro.  So the new command goes into Pending also.  I ran that on several of the devices that appears to have their apps stuck and now that command is stuck too.  It's a dilemma for sure.


Are the devices able to browse the internet? And can they reach the site via Safari?

Just over the weekend, I noticed a group of devices not installing an app, and realized that our platform's APNS certificate had expired which meant the devices weren't receiving commands from Jamf anymore. Renewed the certificate and everything was all good with the apps shortly installing straight after.


BillVenneFPU
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  • August 27, 2021

I have the same issue.  45 new iPads and 1/2 have the apps in a pending state and Management Status is "Installing".  These were all fresh out of the box iOS 14.6.  This will be a pain if I have to wipe them just to get them working as they are three time zones away.  Is there any solutions on this site?


It turns out that it was on our end.  Our DHCP Scope was out of valid IP addresses.  Once our numbers were successfully increased we released all of the current licenses, rebooted all the APs that were onsite and successfully re-connected each device and the Apps loaded.  Thanks you all for your input.


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  • August 31, 2021

Is this PI-008633?