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Every time i see a few of apps trying to auto-update themselves but just stalling when it says "Downloading". In other words, automatic update for apps does not work and I am only left with cancelling download/update and doing this manually.

Is there a reason why automatic updates do not work?

Additionally it would be good to know if there was a way to schedule updating of apps or somehow to update a few at one time because updating many/most apps after accessing internet after a long period of time just bogs down system.

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This can happen if the download cache is full or nearly full, and the download would fill your internal storage. Try cleaning out your caches to free up some space (SD Maid is a good free app for this) and seeing if the downloads will complete then.

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I have seen problems when I don't have WiFi on for a while. Some updates are marked as WiFi-only due to the large size, even if you have turned off "Update over Wi-Fi only" in the Market settings (which I assume you have unchecked).

I think there may be other quirks with the Market app. For example, if you are in airplane mode but have WiFi on, the Market may think you're offline and refuse to work.

It may (or may not) help to switch between having auto-update on globally (in Market settings) vs. having it off but enabling auto-update for individual apps.

BTW I just enable auto-update for apps that I trust and know I won't read the update log for before accepting the update.

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  • I don't have such setting in my Market v2.3.4 – Boris_yo Feb 23 '12 at 11:38
  • You mean that your phone is Android 2.3.4, right? You'll find these settings while in the market app by pressing menu, then settings. You'll also see the version of the market app on the settings screen, called the "build version", which will be in the neighborhood of 3.4.4. – ProjectJourneyman Feb 26 '12 at 09:43
  • No my phone has Android 2.3.3 But i will try upgrading to Police Market. By the way can i reverse to previous version in case something is wrong? – Boris_yo Feb 26 '12 at 15:34
  • I don't think you'll be able to downgrade, unless you have a saved copy of the market app. That is likely more effort than you're interested in. – ProjectJourneyman Mar 05 '12 at 02:34
  • How do i backup Android Market app? All i have found in system/app folder is MarketUpdater.apk – Boris_yo Mar 06 '12 at 10:31
  • Look into Astro File manager or Titanium Backup. – ProjectJourneyman Mar 06 '12 at 17:34
  • @ProjectJourneyman The OP and I seemed to be on an older version of market (the mainly green one), mine has updated itself in the past few days, with no warning or confirmation I might add! Hoping the OP is as lucky and will get the update soon. – Richard Benson Mar 06 '12 at 21:59
  • @RichardBenson Your updated itself recently? To which version? Mine did not update itself for a long time if not since smartphone's purchase. – Boris_yo Mar 07 '12 at 13:18
  • @Boris_yo updated itself again to "Play Shop" yesterday, version 3.4.6 – Richard Benson Mar 08 '12 at 12:24
  • @RichardBenson What is "Play Shop"? – Boris_yo Mar 09 '12 at 15:42
  • @Boris_yo is Google's fancy new marketing term for the market! market.android.com now redirects to play.google.com – Richard Benson Mar 09 '12 at 17:08