How to update pre installed apps

[kenbarnum]

Oh and by the way...I don't know why this is such a hassle.
I was gonna say its because Android doesn't want you to mess with the system folder but I think unrooted users have no such trouble...

 

[OneTenderRebel]

I will say this, I have done the root explorer method many many times to get apps to update and it has worked perfect everytime. I could not get the latest facebook to update though. I tried deleting every facebook file off the earth and it still would not update. Like I said I have done it so many times before so it's not like I don't know what I am doing. I ended up getting so frustrated I just did a fresh wipe coming from 2.4 to 2.5 and installed Facebook again. I tried a million different tactics to try to get it to update and it just wouldn't. Youtube updated fine after I deleted it and reinstalled.

 

[BlueSami]

Well thanks for the help.
I finally got it to uninstall using titanium! !!

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[llkevoll]

Lol tried rebooting no luck.
The file in the data>app folder just tells me I can install the file.

Here's what i've tried
Uninstalling from market
Uninstalling from UD settings
Rebooting
No file in the system>app folder
File in the data>app folder.

I did not wipe when I installed 2.5
The FB app I have is the smoked them I download from this section.

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When using Root Explorer to do this, you should Long press the apk you want to remove and it will give you the option to delete the file!

 

[BlueSami]

Lol tried rebooting no luck.
The file in the data>app folder just tells me I can install the file.

Here's what i've tried
Uninstalling from market
Uninstalling from UD settings
Rebooting
No file in the system>app folder
File in the data>app folder.

I did not wipe when I installed 2.5
The FB app I have is the smoked them I download from this section.

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When using Root Explorer to do this, you should Long press the apk you want to remove and it will give you the option to delete the file!

I would of done that... If the app was in the folder system>apps
but it wasn't hence my problem.:icon_ banana:

 

[sandfreak]

so are these apps showing up in the market that they have an update?

just wondering if i have apps that need to be updated and dont know about it.

 

[kenbarnum]

so are these apps showing up in the market that they have an update?

just wondering if i have apps that need to be updated and dont know about it.

Yes, these are in the market and the update downloads, tries to install and then fails.

Its not a big deal though when you see the fix above