On May 10, 10:29 am, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Actually, if you go to Settings, Privacy Settings, Automatic Restore, this
> is exactly what should happen.

The description of that setting is not clear. It states "When
reinstalling an application, backed up settings and data will be
restored." It doesn't state that app will be reinstalled without
manual intervention.


>I've seen it work on my own devices in the
> past. All apps you've downloaded from Android Market automatically start
> downloading when you sign into the new device / Market with your Google
> Account.

It was checked on my tab 10.1, but nothing like this happened after
the rebuild. I did not send angry messages to the authors of all the
apps, though.

>
> However, this apparently does not always work, as it did not work the last
> time I switched devices, so maybe they changed the functionality. Or it's
> bugged - it's the Android Market after all.

No surprises there.
>
> So perhaps your user had this feature enabled and it worked for other apps
> but not yours?

I sure hope not. In situations like that, you will *never* convince a
user that it is not your bug. Trying to explain how Google/Android/The
Market works is futile if someone can say "well, all these other apps
do the right thing . . . "

>I don't suppose he gave you that much info?

No, no more insight after I sent him the link and asked about what his
expectations were. I hope my response wasn't too "snippy or
dismissive".

He may not be advanced enough to even use the same Google Account as
before - many users aren't.  It's also possible he thinks that "move
to SD Card" is much more literal than it is, as Carl mentions.

Nathan

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