Downloaded app update, but discovered too late it won't install

The app is Flashlight and the update is for version 1.3. Downloaded it to the computer, moved v.1.2 to the desktop, and changed Flashlight1.ipa (v.1.3) to Flashlight.ipa. Then went to sync.
The update would not install, so I unsynced the earlier version of Flashlight to get it off the phone and tried again. No luck. Then I went to the read about it in iTunes and noted it *requires firmware 2.1*. Current version is 2.0.1. And, yes, that requirement was specified on the description which I had not read until learning 1.3 would not sync. This was my mistake. If I had read it thoroughly, I would not be writing this post.
My preference for now is to remain with iPhone firmware 2.0.1. In order to get back the earlier version of flashlight and install it, I dragged the file from the desktop into the iTunes/Applications and clicked to replace 1.3 with 1.2.
When the iPhone is plugged into iTunes (version 7.7.1), a number 1 indicates an update is available. Click on that and then it tells me everything is current.
My questions:
1. Have I done anything that will cause problems for this app?
2. Is v.1.3 hiding somewhere, since I replaced it, but did not manually delete it? In the mobile apps folder Flashlight1.ipa. Control/Click-->Show in Finder-->indicates this is the installed version. This 1.ipa is really confusing me.
3. How do I make that 1 (update available) go away?
Sorry if this sounds confusing, but the lesson is learned to read everything before updating!
Thanks in advance for any help or reassurance.
Susanne

Hmm. Just for fun I moved Two versions of a file to a temporary folder from mobile apps.
Bad move it lost all the apps.
Trying again I COPIED the items out of the mobile apps folder leaving the originals in place.
Then I right clicked (or control clicked on mac) and deleted it from the Applications in iTunes and moved to trash.
Then I dragged in the version without the 1 - right clicked got info - it was version 1.3 - trashed it
Then I dragged in the version with the 1 - right clicked and got info - it was version 1.3.2
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Moral is if you copy out your flashlight files to another folder, delete the original from within iTunes then copy in the Whatever the second to the highest version is and drop it back into applications you should have an older version that should work.
Should work...

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