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| ======How to make sure all Android Play Store app updates get installed====== | ======How to make sure all Android Play Store app updates get installed====== |
| Google's Android Play Store app has acquired a strange, annoying behavior about finding updates to install, where it will not always find some of the latest updates unless you force an additional search. Here is how that works. | Google's Android Play Store app has acquired a strange, annoying behavior about finding updates to install, where it might not find some of the latest updates unless you force an additional search. Here is how that works. |
| -Run the Play Store app (a multicolored triangle pointed to the right). | -Run the Play Store app (a multicolored triangle pointed to the right). |
| -Separately, if at any point it displays an advertisement or alert screen for anything, most likely Google Play Points, choose "No" or "Skip" or "Not now" or whatever bypasses the advertisement screen. | -Separately, if at any point it displays an advertisement or alert screen for anything, most likely Google Play Points, choose "No" or "Skip" or "Not now" or whatever bypasses the advertisement screen. |
| -Tap the round "account" icon in the upper right, normally a lower case "a" on FSGW check-in tablets. That "a" comes from the first letter of the current account, which should be "android#@fsgw.org", where "#" is the FSGW number for the Android tablet. | -Tap the round "account" icon in the upper right, normally a lower case "a" on FSGW check-in tablets. That "a" comes from the first letter of the current account, which should be "android#@fsgw.org", where "#" is the FSGW number for the Android tablet. |
| -Tap "Manage apps & device", to display a "Manage apps & device" page. If you don't see "Manage apps & device" to tap, scroll down until you see either that or "My apps and games", and tap that. | -Tap "Manage apps & device", to display a "Manage apps & device" page. If you don't see "Manage apps & device" on the screen, scroll down until you see either that or "My apps and games", and tap that. |
| -If you see "Updates available" with a count of updates pending, tap "Update all" below the count, then tap "See details" in the same place. Go to step 11 below. | -If you see "Updates available" with a count of updates pending, tap "Update all" below the count, then tap "See details" in the same place. Go to step 11. |
| -If the page says "All apps are up to date", do not believe that yet. Instead, tap "See recent updates" just below that. | -If the page says "All apps are up to date", do not believe that yet. Instead, tap "See recent updates" just below that. |
| -Tap the "Updates available" button in the row of buttons below the "Manage" tab. | -Tap the "Updates available" button in the row of buttons below the "Manage" tab. |
| -A "You're all set" icon and text will probably get displayed, unless . Tap the "Check for updates" button below that. | -A "You're all set" icon and text will get displayed, unless updates have just shown up, then go to step 10. Tap the "Check for updates" button below that. |
| -If it re-displays the same "You're all set" icon and text, now you can believe it, all available updates are installed, and you may exit the "Play Store" app. | -If it re-displays the same "You're all set" icon and text, now you can believe it, all available updates are installed, and you may exit the "Play Store" app. |
| -If it displays a list of apps with updates available, tap "Overview" near the upper left, then tap "Update all" below the count of updates pending, then tap "See details" in the same place. | -If it displays a list of apps with updates available, tap "Overview" near the upper left, then tap "Update all" below the count of updates pending, then tap "See details" in the same place. |
| -You will see the updates gradually getting downloaded and installed. Once all the updates have installed, go to step 8 above. | -You will see the updates gradually getting downloaded and installed. Once all the updates have installed, go to step 8. |
| -You can be SURE that all available app updates have been installed ONLY after you have tapped the "Check for updates" button and no updates were found. | -You can be SURE that all available app updates have been installed ONLY after you have tapped the "Check for updates" button and no updates were found. |
| -Yes, this complexity is annoying. Unfortunately, there is nothing that I can do about that. Remain calm and chive on. | -Yes, this complexity is annoying. Unfortunately, there is nothing that I can do about that. Remain calm and chive on. |
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