You may want to re-think the benefits of having your apps auto-update. I've discovered two major issues with this...
1 - Updates, especially if multiple ones at one time, occur at random and can brick your phone temporarily while they are downloading/installed. Or you will get black screens. Definitely has the potential to interfere with normal operations and cause havoc if you are involved in something important with your X.
2 - Worst of all, your "old" apps are actually replaced by the updated version during most updates and that means ALL YOUR SETTINGS REVERT TO DEFAULT. If you don't realize an app has been updated and your settings changed, you may be sending all kinds of info back to the developer and/or experiencing unexpected behavior that requires trouble-shooting.
This is just a warning. There are benefits to auto-updating, of course. But I'm going back to manually downloading them so I can control when they are updated and which ones need attention after the dl.
PS - For those who haven't figured out the secret to auto-updating apps ... AFTER you download an app from the Market, stay in the Market and go to Menu > Downloads (your list of apps already installed.) Open each installed app and at the top of the screen will be the option to check (or uncheck) the auto-update feature.
1 - Updates, especially if multiple ones at one time, occur at random and can brick your phone temporarily while they are downloading/installed. Or you will get black screens. Definitely has the potential to interfere with normal operations and cause havoc if you are involved in something important with your X.
2 - Worst of all, your "old" apps are actually replaced by the updated version during most updates and that means ALL YOUR SETTINGS REVERT TO DEFAULT. If you don't realize an app has been updated and your settings changed, you may be sending all kinds of info back to the developer and/or experiencing unexpected behavior that requires trouble-shooting.
This is just a warning. There are benefits to auto-updating, of course. But I'm going back to manually downloading them so I can control when they are updated and which ones need attention after the dl.
PS - For those who haven't figured out the secret to auto-updating apps ... AFTER you download an app from the Market, stay in the Market and go to Menu > Downloads (your list of apps already installed.) Open each installed app and at the top of the screen will be the option to check (or uncheck) the auto-update feature.