iPhone OS 3.0 Will Allow Redownloading of Apps
6/14/2009 10:25:00 AM - 4 comments
Have you installed iTunes 8.2 and synced it to your computer authorized with your iTunes account? Well, these are the priorities for re-downloading of purchased applications for free in the iPhone 3.0 firmware.iPhone 3G S - v 3.0
A couple of weeks ago, it so happened that users when running the iPhone OS 3.0 beta discovered that they were unable to re-download the iPhone applications which they had purchased. This was in spite of the message from the App Store which clearly stated “You've already purchased this. You can redownload it for free on your computer, or tap Buy to buy it again”.
In spite of that, users were not able to re-download it. On further investigation, it was found that ‘not all’ iPhone users were deprived of the re-downloading facility. A careful study of the issue revealed that this message is only meant for users who had not updated to the new iTunes 8.2 software.
This new version further adds some logic that notifies a device what iTunes accounts are authorized on the computer. Many users who were using the beta releases of iTunes were not prompted with an available update and found no reason to upgrade. At the same time, those users’ devices were never getting the authorization information to pass on to the App Store when they tried re-downloading apps.
However, some users are also receiving the old message which instructed them to go and re-download the app for free. Well, you now know what was stopping you from re-downloading the app. Go for it.
I allready can do it on my 2.2.1 ipod Touch first Generation!
Well, but old version has the same function...
Where have you been, it has done that since 2.0
After the screenshot, which you can see on the left side, got published, many people thought they would have to pay for re-downloading on 3.0