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application updates don't install

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manhattanmania

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Jul 9, 2007
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im starting to get really annoyed with this...

i have downloaded updates (manually, because itunes and my iphone don't seem to be realizing when updates for apps are available) for numerous apps and when i DL them (in itunes), the apps don't actually get updated! the only way i've been able to update apps is by deleting the app and the re-downloading the new version.

EDIT: now this isn't even working. i tried deleting AIM and reinstalling the new version (1.1) and it will only give me 1.0, even tho when i checked for updates AIM came up.

am i missing something? shouldn't it just be installing the update over the existing app?

also, didn't apple say that itunes and/or iphone would automatically let us know there were updates available? neither has been doing that for me.

any help would be appreciated...
 
My iPhone/computer tells me when updates are available and I can update through iTunes fine. When I try to update an app OTA (using wifi) my phone freezes. :( :confused:
 
extraextra said:
My iPhone/computer tells me when updates are available and I can update through iTunes fine. When I try to update an app OTA (using wifi) my phone freezes. :( :confused:
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im happy for you!

the only way i got it to work was to delete AIM off my iphone then redownload it there. it downloaded the new version.
 
manhattanmania said:
im starting to get really annoyed with this...

i have downloaded updates (manually, because itunes and my iphone don't seem to be realizing when updates for apps are available) for numerous apps and when i DL them (in itunes), the apps don't actually get updated! the only way i've been able to update apps is by deleting the app and the re-downloading the new version.
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This might be a dumb question, but how can you tell which version of the app is installed on the phone? Isn't it just the same updated version that's in iTunes?
 
Yeah... I just saw that happen with AIM for me. I am going to try and delete it from iTunes then redownload it and resync.

Still downloads 1.0.
 
The AIM updates were driving me crazy, the updates would always cause conflicts with the AIM app, so to solve the problem I just uninstalled AIM and I'm done with it.. it's really not worth the hassle.
 
Yeah, I've tried totally deleting the program from iTunes and redownloading it, but it still seems to download 1.0, even though in the store it shows 1.1.
 
just to note, this happens to me w/ any application, not just AIM. that was only an example i used... rawr apple.
 
I have actually had this problem with my original iPhone

I uninstalled the program from iTunes and synced it to the iPhone to remove it

Then re-downloaded it and installed it again with the update

Works fine
 
I'll have to try that later. I tried actually deleting the file in Finder and removing it from iTunes, closing iTunes, opening it again and re-downloading it, but I still got 1.0 for AIM.
 
Didn't work for me... after I removed it from my phone and re-downloaded AIM, it still showed it as 1.0 afterwards.

Seems to be working now... iTunes just doesn't recognize that it has the latest version I guess.
 
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