I recently upgraded to an iPhone 5C and the guy at the Verizon store said I'd be able to access all the apps I had ever purchased through the App Store on my phone, but I've only been able to find a couple that way.
I rarely ever synched with my computer and I didn't have an iCloud option on my iPhone 4, so I doubt anything is backed up through iTunes or otherwise.
Where can I find my complete app purchase history, free apps included?
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Where can I find all the apps I've ever purchased on my iPhone 4?