so I have been having a small problem for over a week now. in the notify bar it says there are updates available, 8 atm. but when I click it, it does bring me to the market downloaded menu (like always) but I dont see the programs that have an available update. I opened all programs from the same menu, but non have the update option.
any solutions?
I still have the problem, anyone?
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I love how the iPhone does it it... by showing a number next to the application updates icon showing you how many and which apps can be updated. A simple click or two and your app is fully updated.
Will Android be able to do something similar? I don't see anything currently on notifying us of updates in the OS. There is a downloaded section in the android store that shows which apps you have downloaded and installed. I guess in here it could say "Update Avalble" next to an app that has been updated?
I really hope this feature is already there or will be added ASAP. There's going to be a tone of software hitting the store soon and most devs will probably release updates every 1-2 weeks. Right now, I don't think it's even possible to see what version of some apps you have installed.
So far what I encounter is that once I open and application and an update is available it asks if I want to download the new version. No so sure about the OTA build update...
Actually, it's quite annoying, for the apps I've had that are updated the update box pops up every minute or so until I hit update. This is only for marketplace apps.
My point is, don't worry. If you have an app that needs an update you're gonna know.
That's good news. I'm glad they thought of this. It's one of the things I disliked about WM. I'd have to open each app and check the version number, and then visit the devs website to see if there's a newer version available. I really like that I can now spend more time working (or playing) and less time checking on things like the latest updates.
That would be pretty annoying to have it pop up every minute or so... hopefully they'll fix that in one of the next updates. But if it were me I'd just update it right away so it wouldn't effect me.
What apps do you guys have giving you update notifications?
I had the following apps for the past 2 days that had updates but Android never notified me of the new updates:
QuickPedia
ShopSavvy
FatSecret
I had to visit the marketplace and scan for apps be newest release. If I clicked on one of my installed apps and there was a newer release it would have an "Install" link instead of the normal "Open" link.
I keep having trouble updating apps. For instance now it tells me that there are 3 apps that need updating. I tell it to update, it downloads the update then it says "attention required. tap here".
I tap and it says "can't play or download. There's a problem with the license".
These are just free apps and not large and I'm not letting it lock mid update or anything like that. I've worked around it by deleting the apps reinstalling, but it keeps happening the next time it needs to update.
Any ideas?
I had a problem like this, and it's a really poor design of this page; Where it says 'attention required' on the download page, hold down and a context menu will appear with 'retry' and 'cancel'
I have retried over and over and it just never completes. I deleted the update and I restarted the phone and still the same thing.
Getting a bit annoying
Still can't update any apps. Am I the only one?
Are they trial versions? Seems to be an issue where an update is pushed out for the paid version that doesn't apply to the trial, and the update doesn't go through but you still get notified about it. That's what I've heard (secondhand) from MS support, anyway.
Thanks for the reply. I deleted just about all the apps and it looks like updates started working again. Of course when I deleted the apps it wouldn't let me reinstall apps again, even one's I've paid for. This seems to have settled down after some time and a couple phone reboots.
All in all the whole marketplace and updating thing seems like a real mess from what I have seen, even when things are working right.
I hope we get some updates sometime soon.
Thanks again
-Will
willp2 said:
Thanks for the reply. I deleted just about all the apps and it looks like updates started working again. Of course when I deleted the apps it wouldn't let me reinstall apps again, even one's I've paid for. This seems to have settled down after some time and a couple phone reboots.
All in all the whole marketplace and updating thing seems like a real mess from what I have seen, even when things are working right.
I hope we get some updates sometime soon.
Thanks again
-Will
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willp2, did the apps reinstall when you synced your phone or did you have go to marketplace to redownload them? I'm having the same problem. Except one of the apps is one I purchased but never got to download because of the error.
I had to re-download them. It wouldn't let me at first, but after rebooting the phone I was able to redownload from the phone. I was never able to reinstall from the Zune desktop.
Hello,
the title says it all.
I cannot find this app on the marketplace anymore. The other LG apps are still there.
German Phone/WLID/Settings.
It's called SmartShare now.
pujiesss said:
It's called SmartShare now.
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Well I don't have that app in my marketplace either.
Maybe this is explanation.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231218
elektryk said:
Maybe this is explanation.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231218
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Well not really, the last post made by a Mango user simply states that he can't find the app in the marketplace anymore either. So has it been removed?
Yep, looks like it's gone
muggs_ro said:
Yep, looks like it's gone
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Well I still have it on my phone but its sad to see it removed either way. This app was the only reason why I bought the LG WP device.
Can you exemplify how it helps you ? You need to have devices that support that feature right ?
Maybe the App was removed because the Play To App function will be integrated into Mango's "Settings" just the way the HTC has integrated some Apps into "Settings" too.
Just guessing here
PlayTo/SmartShare not available even in Official Mango RTM
I just updated my phone to the official Mango Update, the app didn't appeared and I even did reset my phone hoping to find it again with the preinstalled apps, but it didn't appeared. My only hope would be reverting back to NoDo, but it's weird since PlayTo was a killer feature to me.
Well I also upgraded to Mango now.
The app is still not in the marketplace nor did I receive an update notification. However, I also did not receive update notifications for other apps (such as ScanSearch from LG), but I could still update ScanSearch by opening its page in the Marketplace.
SmartShare has been updated for Mango so I would really be surprised if they did not list in the marketplace sometime soon.
Anyway, I was able to access the app again using this link on the phone:
zune://navigate/?appid=0871a857-f9ae-df11-8a2f-00237de2db9e
EDIT: Also there are new features. You can now select media servers as the source (media shared from e.g. your PC) and more devices (Roku Soundbridge) are now supported for playback.
I had open market phone, so to get Mango I needed to downgrade it to version 4008 with better firmware and then upgrade to Mango. Play application is somehow default, and every step of update I was visible. At the end when Mango was installed, markeplace asked if I wanted to upgrade it, I agree, and during update it shows that application name was changed to SmartShare. After upgrade, application seems to start, but I had no time to test it. The strangest thing is that I cannot find this application in Marketplace.
Well the App is back in the marketplace for me although it's name is missing.
I really wished that they added the ability to stream from your computer to your phone. As of now I cannot seem to do that, it is kind of misleading to have a source and target but only allow you to have your phone as a source. If you select anything other that your phone it will not allow you to select your phone as a target but rather your computer essentially creating a remote...
Seems that every time I restart my phone I get the same set of apps that need to be updated. This happens no matter how many times I restart the same apps will appear again as having updates available. It is like they forget they have been updated or maybe they were not really updated when I pressed update. Anyone else having this?
I infrequently find the Market showing updates at the top of the list of My Apps, but when I select the app, it doesn't have the update option available. This is usually just after I have updated that same app.
For me, it usually goes away after awhile. It doesn't bother me too much.
Delete the cache from market, this sometimes helps
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I encountered this problem too and does not help by clear the market cache. Simply uninstall and re-install the apps will solve the problem.
On my phone I get either automatic updates or a notice to update.
I've had 3 in the last day on my phone but no way I can find to do the updating on my TPT.
How do you update the aps?
Thanks,
Shofar
Mine updates pretty much the same as my Nexus One. Market notifies when update is available and I click update and it downloads and installs, asking permission usually if I want to update. If it doesn't find updates, try opening Android Market and selecting "My Apps".
It should show updates for the apps that have one.
Hope this helps.
Cheers.
PS. If this doesn't work, you could always try going into Settings > Applications > Manage > All > Market > Clear data.
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On my phone I get either automatic updates or a notice to update.
I've had 3 in the last day on my phone but no way I can find to do the updating on my TPT.
How do you update the aps?
Thanks,
Shofar
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The statusbar, bottom right, will have the Android or Amazon Market icon when it finds updates. If you set the programs to auto-update then it will just say x many updated, and you can click for details. If the apps aren't set to auto-update, the icon will open a list of available updates for you to approve.
Shofar1 said:
On my phone I get either automatic updates or a notice to update.
I've had 3 in the last day on my phone but no way I can find to do the updating on my TPT.
How do you update the aps?
Thanks,
Shofar
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Sometimes the checkin does not work correctly.
The easiest way is to open market and select my apps from top bar.
Any available updates will show and you can click to update from there.
Fail to install
I have seen a case where apps sometimes fail to install the first time, and you need to go to my apps in the market and click install again. Perhaps this is what op is referring to. Haven't seen this since the update, it may have been fixed.