Comments on: Why doesn’t the Android Market keep us up to date? http://micropipes.com/blog/2008/12/06/why-doesnt-the-android-market-keep-us-up-to-date/ because at 3am anything sounds good Thu, 10 May 2012 20:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wil Clouser http://micropipes.com/blog/2008/12/06/why-doesnt-the-android-market-keep-us-up-to-date/comment-page-1/#comment-28736 Wil Clouser Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:37:14 +0000 http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=66#comment-28736 Hey Jose, I used atrackdog for a couple weeks until R33 came out. Now that updates are supported natively I uninstalled it although the built-in support is pretty bad. To update an application takes 4 clicks: Click application name, click update, click "yes" to the confirmation, click "ok" on access permissions. I've got 9 applications out of date right now, that's 36 clicks plus all the time between each screen for it to load. An "update all" button would be welcome. Hey Jose, I used atrackdog for a couple weeks until R33 came out. Now that updates are supported natively I uninstalled it although the built-in support is pretty bad. To update an application takes 4 clicks: Click application name, click update, click “yes” to the confirmation, click “ok” on access permissions. I’ve got 9 applications out of date right now, that’s 36 clicks plus all the time between each screen for it to load. An “update all” button would be welcome.

]]> By: Jose http://micropipes.com/blog/2008/12/06/why-doesnt-the-android-market-keep-us-up-to-date/comment-page-1/#comment-28699 Jose Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:42:40 +0000 http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=66#comment-28699 Nice to see that you are a G1 user and not an apple iphone fanboy. Even though the G1 supports notifications for application updates, the app that I use to check for updates is called: aTrackDog. It scans through all my applications and allows me to update apps from the developer website and not just the android market. Nice to see that you are a G1 user and not an apple iphone fanboy. Even though the G1 supports notifications for application updates, the app that I use to check for updates is called: aTrackDog. It scans through all my applications and allows me to update apps from the developer website and not just the android market.

]]> By: Daniel Einspanjer http://micropipes.com/blog/2008/12/06/why-doesnt-the-android-market-keep-us-up-to-date/comment-page-1/#comment-22446 Daniel Einspanjer Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:01:04 +0000 http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=66#comment-22446 Quite annoying. Here is the way I deal with it: 1. There is an app that tries to help, OI Update. It only works with a small subset of apps at the moment.. but it helps a bit. 2. Scan through your My Downloads list looking for apps that you still have installed that show the status as "FREE" instead of "Installed". This doesn't work all the time. I'm guessing that there is some way the developer can change the application such that this status flag doesn't see the new version, but when you try to install the new version, it still "updates" the old app. 3. Scan through the All applications and All games views sorted by date looking for apps you know you have installed that show "FREE" instead of "Installed". If you check every couple of days, and you can remember the apps you currently have installed, this is the best way I've found so far to keep them up to date. Quite annoying. Here is the way I deal with it:

1. There is an app that tries to help, OI Update. It only works with a small subset of apps at the moment.. but it helps a bit.
2. Scan through your My Downloads list looking for apps that you still have installed that show the status as “FREE” instead of “Installed”. This doesn’t work all the time. I’m guessing that there is some way the developer can change the application such that this status flag doesn’t see the new version, but when you try to install the new version, it still “updates” the old app.
3. Scan through the All applications and All games views sorted by date looking for apps you know you have installed that show “FREE” instead of “Installed”. If you check every couple of days, and you can remember the apps you currently have installed, this is the best way I’ve found so far to keep them up to date.

]]> By: Michael Martin http://micropipes.com/blog/2008/12/06/why-doesnt-the-android-market-keep-us-up-to-date/comment-page-1/#comment-22377 Michael Martin Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:46:51 +0000 http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=66#comment-22377 Totally agree with you Wil, as from my understanding rev/version number will be added once the Android Market allows paid apps next year. ,Michael Martin http://www.googleandblog.com/ Totally agree with you Wil, as from my understanding rev/version number will be added once the Android Market allows paid apps next year.

,Michael Martin
http://www.googleandblog.com/

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