ByteDance restored TikTok service in the United States on Sunday night, but major tech companies like Apple and Google have yet to restore downloads of the app. With no way to update TikTok, app rot may soon set in.

Three days after ByteDance's TikTok went dark and then was quickly revived in the United States, users who deleted the app were anxiously checking iPhone and Android devices to find it still unavailable to be downloaded again.

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If you still have TikTok installed on your phone, you might be able to make a few thousand dollars by listing it on eBay.

With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple.

Phones are going for thousands of dollars on online storefronts after Apple and Google took down ByteDance platforms.

On eBay, smartphones with TikTok still installed fetch hundreds to thousands of dollars, with one iPhone 16 Pro Max with the app is going for $5,000 and another iPhone 16 Plus asking for over $3,000.

While TikTok has been restored for millions of American users after going dark, the app still isn't available on Apple's App Store or Google Play.

TikTok faces an uphill battle getting back in app stores, even with Trump's executive order that says he won't enforce the TikTok ban for 75 days.

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TikTok’s absence from app stores in the US has sparked an unusual trend: phones with the app pre-installed are being sold on eBay for exorbitant amounts. Some listings are priced as high as $50,000, reported The Independent, with sellers capitalising on the scarcity of the popular short-video platform following its removal.