Cannot update certain apps

[bmb0y]

There are certain apps on my phone that will not update, while other apps do. I get the message: "Installation error: Couldn't install on USB storage or SD Card"

I have plenty of memory, over 1.4gb of storeage on my SD card, and over 6gb on my phone storage.

 

[jazzbassist1]

Droid X as well

I am having this issue as well on the Droid X. Anyone with any insight would be helpful.

(In case it matters, I'm running Android v2.2.1 with the stock 2.3.3.340 system build)

 

[jdbower]

Which applications? I think I've read something about apps on SD cards posing problems sometimes, you can try moving them back to the phone and see if that fixes things. Or uninstall/reinstall.

 

[bmb0y]

Now that you mention it...I previously had an HTC Incredible...I ran into a similar issue, which was that some Apps caused problems like this. If i knew which app it was, I could unistall it and it would get rid of the problem, then all other apps would be able to update.

Yes - I have tried moving the apps to the phone. And nothing yet. I will try to move everything to the phone and give it another whirl. If that doesn't work, I guess I have to start uninstalling and seeing what works. But, if anybody has any insight on specific apps that may cause this, please share, would save a lot of time.

 

[jdbower]

IIRC, Angry Birds was one of the culprits. I've never had the problem myself so I don't know if there are any others.

 

[thefever23]

Move the apps to the phone and unmount the SD card when updating.

 

[silverfang77]

SD cards aren't reliable enough media to install apps to. I've had SD cards go corrupt for no reason I could tell once too often to trust them.

 

[emerald9954]

Did this work

 

[tattoodangel]

Yes, moving the apps and unmounting the SD card will allow you to update those apps (I just tried it and it works)