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Old 01-29-2011, 12:39 PM
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Re: Market not automatically reinstalling a lot of stuff after wipe

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Originally Posted by yankees45us View Post
The market will only reinstall apps you purchased. Apps that are free have to be done manually. It won't remember free apps. Just use an backup program or write them down before you wipe.

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No, that is not true. When I do a stock wipe, it automatically downloads the newer versions of apps that I do not have. I do not run a custom rom, but I use Titanium to "Integrate newer versions into system." If I do a wipe after that, it does not need to download those updates, because it already has them.

I suspect the issue he is having is not really an issue. He saw many updates being downloaded after a stock wipe. I believe that Sprint Lovers Rom probably has some of those updates integrated into the system already. The smaller number of updates that he is downloading are newer versions of those, or other apps that were updated after the rom was released. (or just were not included in Sprint Lovers Rom for any other reasons he might have had.)

As far as paid vs non paid apps...the only apps that REQUIRE a manual update are apps that have permissions changes. This is to prevent an app from having new access to stuff without your permission that a previous version did not. I know most people don't care, and just click OK or INSTALL, etc... without reading the permissions authorization page.
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Last edited by mikewest; 01-29-2011 at 12:41 PM. Reason: added last paragraph
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