The problem seems to be with copy protected apps. LG seems to have a broken mechanism for managing these in the latest update.
If you toggle copy protection off in the marketplace, everything works fine after a reinstall of the app. Just my observations so far. On Sep 26, 1:50 pm, pistol <lava.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been told by one of my customers that my app (and some others) > no longer works on his phone since he got an OTA for2.1-update. > > a bit of a Google about and it sounds like yes - my customer and my > app are not alone. > > Has any-one else encountered this - is it Verizon's fault or has my > app got some obscure bug? > > thanks, > Pete > > User's quote: > > The icon has changed from the normal group text icon to a generic > android icon, and > instead of being called group text, the name that shows up in my app > menu is > "com.smallbould". When I click on the icon, every time I get an > immediate > message saying that Andriod Home has to be force closed. I never even > make > it to the group text main screen... nothing from group text loads, > period. > > I can uninstall the app and then reinstall it from Android market > and > everything goes back to normal... the icon and the app name go back > to > normal and the app loads and works without a problem. But as soon as I > power > down the phone, the app reverts to the generic icon and becomes > totally non > functional > again. > > For what its worth, Fandango and History Eraser also have this problem > after > 2.1-update1. All of these apps worked flawlessly before the update. My > phone > is an LG Ally from Verizon. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
