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How to force an App Update on your Windows Phone

December 7, 2011 By 13 Comments
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If you are a frequent reader of  twitter, facebook and many technology sites you read that certain updates are available of your already downloaded app on your Windows Phone. However your Marketplace live tile is not showing any notifications of pending updates yet. Don’t worry there is a little trick to this so that you can download the update even before you get your notification.

These steps will explain nicely how you can force an update on a specific app on your Windows Phone when you know it is available.

    1. Go to the Marketplace on your Windows Phone.
    2. Search for the app that you know has an update available.
    3. Tap on this app to see its product page.
    4. You probably only get the option to “Share” this app at this moment.
    5. Hit the back Icon.
    6. Tap one more time on the app in that search result.
    7. Now you should get an “update” button right next to the “Share” button as well.
    8. Tap on the “Update button” and your are one step ahead of your Marketplace notification tile.
Let me know in the comments below if this worked for you.
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Johan van Mierlo has been writing and reviewing for the online communities since the launch of the handheld computer Palm IIIe and Compaq iPaq in 1998. He owned and tested many mobile devices including Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian, Android, Apple iOS iPhone, iPad and many different GPS and other Mobile products.

Johan was awarded MVP Windows Phone Consumer (Previous MVP Windows Phone and MVP Windows Mobile Devices) by Microsoft in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 for his community activities.

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