Root Generic android question

[theTrashcanMan]

Hey guys, looking for some help for a co-worker. She's got an LG Vortex, but that forum has been zero help. Anyways, you guys are the best and this is a pretty generic android question, so I thought somebody here might be able to help me.

The problem: She's had this phone for about a year and is unrooted. Lately, the apps that have been moved to her sd card won't update. If you move them back to the phone, they update fine and can then be moved back to the card without any problem. I took the sd card out, but didn't note the brand or speed, just checked for obvious damage. It is a 2gb card, so I'm guessing it's kinda old or came with the phone. There was plenty of space left, she had used about half if I remember correctly. My best guess was that it was a bad or going bad sd card that was having some type of problem. I looked on the marketplace for a sd card tester but the closest thing was a speed tester, which showed normal read/write speeds. I told her to get a new one and transfer everything over and to try that, but haven't heard back yet.

Does anybody have any experience with anything like this? Other ideas what could be wrong? I'd appreciate any ideas or recommendations on this.

Oh, and this is a micro sd, same that our phone uses.

 

[argedion]

I don't think its a card issue. The card seems to be working fine for transferring back and forth and for running the programs. Sounds more like a ROM / Kernel issue. When is the last time she had an update? Since phone is unrooted that would be my first try.

 

[theTrashcanMan]

I don't think its a card issue. The card seems to be working fine for transferring back and forth and for running the programs. Sounds more like a ROM / Kernel issue. When is the last time she had an update? Since phone is unrooted that would be my first try.

Crap. Ok, thanks. I was hoping it would be a simple fix of a new sd card. I'm on my days off now so I won't see her until tomorrow. I'm sure by then, she'll have tried a new sd card and either that will fix the problem or I'll have her do a full update on the phone. Thanks for your help.

 

[AlkiDweller]

Could it be that she's trying to update apps when it's plugged into a PC and the card is set to be accessed by the PC?

 

[theTrashcanMan]

Nope, I actually physically held it in my hand and tried to get them to update. It was unplugged and fully charged. She couldn't get it to update at all, I figured out that it was only the apps on the SD card that wouldn't update.