HI, I thank you for describing this process, and since I'm new to IOS, is there any reason why doing something as simple as backing up an app and reinstalling is so complex in the IOS world? In other words, there must be a benefit to the user to have to learn such a complex surgical procedure. I'm sure this will get easier as I do it more and more often, but reading the information below seems like it will take me an hour or two to execute the procedure and fully understand why the process is as such. (Head scratcher).
Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <siegh...@live.ca> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 5:25 AM Subject: RE: rolling back an app Hi Robert, There is only one way to go back to a previous version of an app and that is to keep a copy of said app on your computer or not to update the apps in iTunes until you have tested the apps on your phone to make sure any new versions are still accessible. In more detail, here is how I do this, I am using Skype as an example: OK, so the current version of Skype is Skype 4.10.332. Let's assume an update for Skype just showed up. What I do is as follows: I go to the "Mobile Applications" folder which can be found in the iTunes Media folder which in turn is in the iTunes folder. If your Windows user name is "Robert", you use Windows 7 and have done a default iTunes installation, the path would be c:\users\robert\music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Mobile Applications. I made a "App Backups" folder, you can put this wherever you want like My Documents, but I suggest not to put it in the iTunes Media folder or the Mobile Applications folder itself. Now I simply find the current Skype app, copy it with Control+C, then I open my App Backups folder and paste it in there with Control+V. Now I have the copy of the Skype app which I currently use and which I know is accessible. I can now update Skype on the iPhone as well as on the computer. OK, so let's assume the accessibility was broken and I want to go back to the previous version. Here are the simple steps: 1. Delete the Skype app from your iPhone. 2. Go into iTunes and into the listing of your apps and delete Skype here as well. You can move it to the Recycle Bin when asked or leave it and manually delete it from your Mobile Applications folder. Keep in mind if you only delete it from your Mobile Applications folder that it will still show up in your list of apps in iTunes, however, since there is no physical copy the entry/link to it in iTunes is sort of orphaned and won't do anything. 3. Now go to your App Backups folder, copy the previous version of Skype with Control+C and paste it back into the Mobile Applications folder. You may have to go to "File" and "Add Folder to Library", then point to the Mobile Applications folder before Skype will show up in your list of apps again. 4. Connect your iPhone. If you selected to "Sync all apps" you can just sync your phone and the previous version of Skype should be reinstalled on your phone. If you selected to "Sync Selected Apps" you might have to go to your device in iTunes, check the Apps radio button, then tab to the list view of all the apps, find Skype and check it, then sync. The key here is to make a copy of a version of the app you want to roll back before it's updated in iTunes and to put that copy somewhere you can later retrieve it from. Good luck, Sieghard but you could also have a no (I just the previo -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Doc Wright Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 4:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: rolling back an app My banks app has now become cumbersome to use. Has anyone discovered away I could go back to the previous version? *** When you give unto others whether or not they give to you in return, It matters not for your job is Complete and your rewards forthcoming. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. 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