Ionic Deploy $ionicDeploy.load(); doesn't get the app to call onDeviceReady or the run block

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I have an Ionic v1 app with ionic deploy. When my app starts up in the angular.run() block I have some code checking for a snapshot.

    $ionicDeploy.check().then(function (snapshotAvailable) {
        if (snapshotAvailable) {
            $ionicDeploy.download().then(function () {
                return $ionicDeploy.extract().then(function() {
                    $ionicPopup.show({
                        title: 'Update Available',
                        subTitle: 'An update was just downloaded. Would you like to restart your app to use the latest features?',
                        buttons: [
                            {
                                text: 'Cancel'
                            },
                            {
                                text: 'Restart',
                                onTap: function(e) {
                                    $ionicDeploy.load(); //no code past here will be executed
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    })
                })
            })
        }
    });

After the app applies the snapshot, it applies ionicCacheBuster to all of the calls. settings.controller.js?ionicCachebuster=67772:644 I don’t know why it does this and I also notice that my app is slower than if I just type ionic run android into the command line.

Furthermore, when I call $ionicDeploy.load(); the onDeviceReady and run block of the app is not called. It just goes right to the home page. How can I get it to fully reload the app?