Is there any way to hide an update in the App Store?

[lanulos]

An app I got has an update available which does nothing but install ads in a previously ad-free program. Obviously I don't want to install it, but now there's always one showing on the AppStore icon, and I can't use Update All in the update list. Is there any way to hide that one update? The iPod is jailbroken and running os3.1.3.

[xmario99]

Navigate to \private\var\mobile\Applications\ and find the folder for the app that you want to hide. Go into that folder (something like 12BDA176-5A38-48EA-B785-12A91E91AC8D) and backup/move the two files
iTunesArtwork
iTunesMetadata.plist

into a new folder, for example \No_Update

You should be all set and AppStore will not check that app anymore

[lanulos]

That worked great! I think you win the prize for Highest Quality of a First Post! Now I can use Update All again!

[xmario99]

Only problem I found is when I synced my phone with iTunes, it said that it could not install/sync the app that I had previously modified and that app was corrupted on my phone after that...So I think before syncing with iTunes I should restore the 2 files back to their location and after that put them away again until next sync.

After a couple more tries it seems that the issue that I previously had with iTunes sync, didn't replicate anymore (while the 2 files were moved). So I think we should be good with with my first post.
Cheers.

[Yourmum90]

Hi,

Is there any way to stop all notfications for all applications? i would like to turn off all the notifications but turning off notifications in the settings seems to do Jack?

[xmario99]

Hi,

Is there any way to stop all notfications for all applications? i would like to turn off all the notifications but turning off notifications in the settings seems to do Jack?

The Notification in Settings is for push alerts and I dont think there is a way to turn off the Global AppStore Updates notifications(badges) if that is what you are asking.

[Yourmum90]

@ Xmario99 - that's what i am after, i am looking to turn the badges off which would be handy as hell, i am sure that i had them turned off on my old 3.1.3 OS, but i think this could have been becuase i used catergorise and therefore the update badges did not show on the folder but they do on the new OS4 folders.