[TruthWillWin]

RE: Disabling auto updates on Android phones.

Been seeing questions on diabling auto updates on phones, apple phones seem to be easy to do, some android phones not so easy.

My phone (and others here from reading comments) does not have an option to disable when going to settings/system updates.

Did a search and discovered the following instructions if you cannot see a option to diable updates on your android phone:

There’s another setting you should be able to toggle to disable automatic system updates, but it’s a little buried. Pull up Settings again and scroll down until you see the “About phone” section. Tap on that. Then, tap on the “Software Information” section, and scroll down until you see “Build Number.” Start tapping on that section until your device says that you’ve enabled “Developer mode.”

Then, head back to your primary Settings screen and scroll down. You should see a new “Developer options” section near “About phone.” Tap on it, and then look for the “Automatic system updates” option. Make sure it’s not enabled. That should prevent your phone from receiving automatic updates. But to be super-super sure, you can also purchase and sideload the Package Disabler Pro app. You’ll then use this to disable your device’s Software Update feature, which will keep it on the current version of your operating system forevermore.

Just did the above on my Samsung S8+ and was able to disable auto updates.

[Mama Shawna]

Bkmk! Thank you! Just did it.

[Dr. Franklin]

Then, head back to your primary Settings screen and scroll down. You should see a new “Developer options” section near “About phone.” Tap on it, and then look for the “Automatic system updates” option. Make sure it's not enabled. That should prevent your phone from receiving automatic updates. But to be super-super sure, you can also purchase and sideload the Package Disabler Pro app. You'll then use this to disable your device's Software Update feature, which will keep it on the current version of your operating system forevermore.

In mine, I "System and Updates" then appeared on the main setting menu above about phone. In that is "Developer Options" which has the switch for "Automatic System Updates" which can be switched off. Thanks for the info!

[Wuli]

Thanks it worked. But is there some security risk with Developer Mode being left on.

After disabling updates should developer mode be turned back off?

[thinden]

bttt

[dforest]

Just did it. Thanks

[farming pharmer]

Android 6.01 appears not to have this functionality.