WE DEFINITELY NEED GOOGLE'S EXPLANATION Something is going wrong and nobody explained it. I believe we should move to http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market?hl=en and ask Google's employees for explanation.
Tom On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Peter Sinnott <[email protected]> wrote: > My active install percent has been dropping since the 25th of August. > Bit of a bummer since it had been rising more or less consistently as > new versions were released and I was hoping this was reflecting the > increasing quality of my app. I had a strange and unsettling > experience today that may be relevant. > > > I was checking for updates in the market and there was one for > AppBrain. I started downloading the update and left the market. I was > notified the download (or maybe the install) failed so I re-entered > the market. The market thought the download was still in progress so I > cancelled it. After cancellation the market no longer thought AppBrain > was installed but it was still on the phone as far as I could tell. I > rebooted but that changed nothing. I installed it again via the > market. During the install the market seemed to know AppBrain was > installed (as if it was installed outside the market e.g via adb). > > In short, market place goes nuts and forgets the app is installed. > User has app but never gets updates and possibly is removed from > active installs. > I was on the bus home from work so this (as with all user reports) > recollection may not be 100% accurate but it is a possible > explanation. > > > Thanks, > Peter > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Hubalek ([email protected]), http://android.hubalek.net, http://blog.hubalek.net/ http://facebook.com/thubalek, http://www.linkedin.com/in/thubalek http://twitter.com/thubalek, http://twitter.com/android_dev_tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
