One beginning Android user asked me a question: “I had a certain amount of money on a mobile phone account and it melted in a couple of minutes! What happened?” So all the money were withdrawn from the mobile phone account. What is the reason of such a problem? Let’s talk about how to turn off automatic updates Android device today.
First off all you need to decide what updates you want to disable, here is it:
- Applications updates
- Android OS updates
As I mentioned, the beginning users may not know that the Android applications and games on the smartphone or tablet can be updated (refreshed) without the device owner permission in a background. The worst thing is that you even didn’t want this update for some reason, that’s why it is important to know how to turn off automatic updates.
Applications updating more often, than OS, so if you want to save maximum of traffic – most importent to disable apps updates.
How to disable updates Android apps
The way to disable updates Android apps is in the settings of the Google Play Store. How and where to turn off updates Android apps:
- Run the Play Market app
- Then click the “Settings” and look for “Auto-update apps” in section General, click on it.
- There you can see three options:
- Do not auto-update apps
- Auto-update apps at any time. Data charges may apply
- Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only
- To prevent unauthorized upgrades choose the first option, that will disable updates Android apps
There is another useful function on my opinion. Allows you to run an automatic update of Android applications in the presence of an open Wi-Fi network. In order not to lose extra money boldly put a tick in the “Update via Wi-Fi only”. And now no problems with question “how can I disable the updates Android apps?”
Read moreTurn off all automatic updates
The way to turn off all automatic updates in Android OS you’ll need to go to the settings and do the following:
- Go to “About phone”
- “Software updates”
- Click on the three dots in the upper right corner
- Choose “Settings”
- Here you can disable all automatic updates, include apps and OS
If you don’t have update settings – to turn off all automatic updates you’ll need to disable both kinds of Android updates:
- Disable automatic update in the Google Play Store
- Turn off automatic update Android OS
Did you manage to use this instruction? Share your results in the comments!
Read moreHow to disable update Android OS
If you want to disable update Android OS – you can do it with several methods, for one of them you’ll need root access.
First we will disable update Android OS with a system tool without root:
- Go to settings
- Open “About phone”
- Click on Software updates
- Tab on three dots in the right upper corner
- Select settings
- Disable automatically update
Done! Now your device will not update automatically, only when you want it. If you don’t have update settings – you’ll need root access and any root explorer. After installation, follow this guide:
- Open the root explorer
- Go to /cache folder
- Delete file update.zip
That’s all, now your system won’t check for new update!
Have you disable update Android OS? Which method did you use? Share your experience in the comments below!
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