There's no need to keep insulting the OP, even though we're all tired of complaint threads. The steps he described are overly complicated for installing an update, and the core problem totally isn't about realizing to back up the application list.

The worst thing is that he could probably have avoided all the fuss if the application manager would volunteer info about what's conflicting, but instead it just tells you to reflash. Even I had to be told that you need to go back and check the update's details in the menu that appears *before* you try to apply it.