Last night, around 11PM PST, I received a little notification from T-Mobile on MyTouch 3G, alerting me of an available update. Â Naturally, I got all excited until I looked at the details and it was still Android 1.6. Â Of course, I installed it anyway.
Are there any noticeable difference? Â Well, I did notice that my own apps are gone from the Android Market. Â My own, as in, I developed them. Â I also noticed the absence of some other titles, notably "Linked" (former "Linkedin") app. I just verified with a buddy who has a G1 and he sees my apps just fine so it's definitely my phone that has this problem.
I will contact T-Mobile right now to see if they are aware of what might have happened. Â Have any of you seen any updates or noticeable changes as a customer or developer?
UPDATE: Our own Nicole says that this update is to fix the calls being missed as they were not showing as missed calls. Â She said she received hers about a week ago.
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"My apps" are "A Top Job Search" and two versions of DroidIn. It would be interesting to get feedback from people with updated MyTouch just to see if you guys can find it. If someone can try and let me know that would be much appreciated
Bo Stone
I'm seeing 4 versions of DroidIn and mine hasn't been updated that I'm aware of
I have he mytouch 3g but haven't any ota
awe man. I just rooted my mytouch.
I just received this update on my US T-mobile G1 phone as well.
Disappearing apps is apparently common when OS updates get pushed out. The Market won't display copy-protected apps (if you checked that box when you submitted your app) in the Market of devices running OS versions Google has not certified. Unfortunately, it appears Google doesn't get around to certifying OS updates in a very timely manner.
You can find many threads about the issue on the Android Market Help forum; like this one for the HTC Droid Eris which was finally resolved late last week:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Mar...
Thanks @RNekic now it makes some disturbing sense. I'll post this on AM forum
Good luck! The threads regarding this issue seem to go unanswered by Google reps and it appears to take rather a long time for the OS update to be certified. I think the Market on the Eris was affected for nearly two weeks after its last update.
One would assume the device manufacturers would coordinate their updates with Google to avoid this situation but that doesn't seem to be the case. Perhaps this will improve as the problem becomes more widely recognized...although threads indicate this has been affecting various devices over 6 months.
I also have a Mytouch 3G. I did not receive any updates that I am aware of and I can see your apps in The Market.
Well the bizarre twist is that T-Mobile techie refused to take a blame and assured me that it was Google who pushed the update. See here http://is.gd/7fm3K
RESOLVED
My troubles seem to end as mysteriously as these began. I was driving, using Navigation on MyTouch - out of the blue my phone rebooted itself, no help from me. When it came up and I arrived to my destination my apps were back. Crazy
my phone randomly rebooted yesterday on me too when it came back up my market showed apps games t-mobile instead of apps games downloads i now have carrier billing option which i never had before although i never got a ota yet whats the build number for this 1.6 update?