Crazy for the Palm Pre

Since webOS 1.2.0 landed, many readers have reported to us that they keep getting webOS update notifications , even though they installed the update the first (or second or third) time it asked. We’ve been puzzled for an answer and the only thing we could think of was that somehow their update installation had gone screwy and the Update app had detected that something was wrong and decided to redownload and reinstall the update just to be safe. As it turns out, we were thinking in the right area, but not quite specific enough

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What causes those recurring webOS updates and how to fix it