How to update preinstalled apps?

[SupremeBeaver]

If i check in the market to update the Youtube app, or Google maps, it says its not even installed because i didnt get it from the market but it came preinstalled.

So how would one go about updating these apps?

 

[Eddie1506]

If i check in the market to update the Youtube app, or Google maps, it says its not even installed because i didnt get it from the market but it came preinstalled.

So how would one go about updating these apps?

Works fine for me since day one.

If app that came with the phone matches the version on Market, it just says "Installed" without me installing it manually.

If Market version is higher, it says "Update" and lets me download an update and install it.

 

[SupremeBeaver]

for me, if i search youtube or google maps it says "Install"..

I just installed the youtube app and now it appears to have installed over the one i had previously..

 

[kingkobra74]

Same here. Installed FB, Twitter, YouTube etc and they installed over the pre-installed versions.

 

[Eddie1506]

for me, if i search youtube or google maps it says "Install"..

I just installed the youtube app and now it appears to have installed over the one i had previously..

Yeah, that's normal too.

 

[bobbyphoenix]

I found the same to be true. What I did to make sure I get any updates for what came pre-installed is I looked up each app in the Market, and if I found it, but it did not say "Installed", I installed it, so now all my apps are linked to the Market, and will get updated when needed. Otherwise you will be stuck with the version that came on the phone forever.

 

[Aamir.Badat]

Same with me the pre installed apps dont seem to be recogni8zed as installed by the Market i have had to download facebook, youtube etc like other DHD users

 

[Eddie1506]

For me, only Adobe Reader & Flash were not recognized. Manually installed Reader and I froze Flash with Titanium Backup so didn't update that one.

 

[ghostofcain]

Titanium backup can on rooted devices, at least, integrate newer updates into the ROM via batch menu

 

[Salv0]

If i check in the market to update the Youtube app, or Google maps, it says its not even installed because i didnt get it from the market but it came preinstalled.

So how would one go about updating these apps?

I was noticing the same thing a moments ago...
so, can I safely install the update over the current?
Will this prevent to get any system update?

thank you in advance for the answers ( 1st time android user xD )

 

[SupremeBeaver]

I was noticing the same thing a moments ago...
so, can I safely install the update over the current?
Will this prevent to get any system update?

thank you in advance for the answers ( 1st time android user xD )

i installed it over the preinstalled ones and it works fine.

Im not too sure about this preventing system updates though. But i did notice that if you go into Settings>Applications>Manage Aplications then find the app there, there is an option to undo the update incase it blocks system updates.

 

[Salv0]

i installed it over the preinstalled ones and it works fine.

Im not too sure about this preventing system updates though. But i did notice that if you go into Settings>Applications>Manage Aplications then find the app there, there is an option to undo the update incase it blocks system updates.

oh! cool thanks

 

[Eddie1506]

I was noticing the same thing a moments ago...
so, can I safely install the update over the current?
Will this prevent to get any system update?

thank you in advance for the answers ( 1st time android user xD )

It doesn't block system updates as updates to apps never touch system partition and OTA only checks system partition for consistency.

 

[ghostofcain]

It doesn't block system updates as updates to apps never touch system partition and OTA only checks system partition for consistency.

unless you use Titanium to integrate the updates into the ROM, I do this to keep things simple as I don't really like having two versions of the program on my device unneccesarily, but even in this case the system updates overwrite the /system partition anyway

 

[Eddie1506]

unless you use Titanium to integrate the updates into the ROM, I do this to keep things simple as I don't really like having two versions of the program on my device unneccesarily, but even in this case the system updates overwrite the /system partition anyway

Yes, integrating updates from Titanum Backup touches /system partition, but regular Market updates don't.

 

[SupremeBeaver]

I've run into a bug with the new youtube app. If you have a video loading and let the screen come off. After unlocking it, the video lags a lot doesnt respond to touches. You can exit out of the app but then the audio of the video doesnt stop playing. No choice but to restart the phone. This happened to me twice this morning.

Do you guys think this is a bug with the youtube app or maybe the Desire HD because i recall the preintalled youtube app had a major bug as well on the DHD.