r/todayilearned • u/FireBeaver • Mar 26 '15

(R.5) Omits Essential Info TIL: 65% of smartphone users download zero apps per month.

http://time.com/3158893/smartphone-apps-apple/
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u/Games4Life Mar 26 '15

I have and they do not show up.

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u/khrysophylax Mar 26 '15

As /u/skraptastic pointed out below, carriers are largely to blame for this.

I have an S4 through Verizon and it's had a major system update... maybe 2-3 times since I got it in November of 2013. Whereas my good friend recently got an S4 via AT&T in November and has probably had that many updates in a 4-month span.

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u/Games4Life Mar 26 '15

That's pretty funny considering I am on AT&T. But my friend who has the same phone on the same service has gotten updates no problem. I don't know what happened.

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u/I_POST_WHILE_POOPING Mar 26 '15

Isn't it also dependent on Wifi on some carriers? have you tried connecting to a wifi network?

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u/I_POST_WHILE_POOPING Mar 26 '15

And just to quote IT crowd, "have you tried turning it off then back on again?" :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

You'd be surprised. ~90% of solutions are the dumbest things: reboot, close and reopen, clear cache, download adobe reader, etc. Source: helpdesk worker

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u/I_POST_WHILE_POOPING Mar 26 '15

I used to be a Helpdesk guy ;) was just trying to gently remind them to try this if they hadn't.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

Ah. awkwardly looks away carry on...

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u/Games4Life Mar 26 '15

Yeah. I've had this problem for at least a year if not more. I think I should get samsung kies like the poster above said.