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Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version?

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version?
Date 2026-08-08 09:21 +0200
Organization Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming
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On 2026-08-08 08:12, AJL wrote:
> On 8/7/26 8:30 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:
>> Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> Apps get updates forever.
>>>
>>> At least while the designers of each app decide they maintain it and 
>>> for which Android versions.
>>
>> I've never fully understood this but Carlos is correct that an app can be
>> updated forever just as Google Mainline (Google play system updates) do.
>>
>> The part that I don't have complete grasp of is how does an app *know* 
>> that
>> it needs to be updated, where, for sure, most people have automatic 
>> updates
>> set on their Google Play store <com.android.vending> and Galaxy Store.
>>
>> So the first thing I'd ask AJL is whether or not he has automatic updates
>> set on either his Galaxy, Amazon, or Google Play stores.
> 
> This Amazon tablet with Google added, all updates off. All my other toys
> updates are on.
> 
>> Another way apps can update, of course, is by server-side updates.
>> WhatsApp and Skyica do that, for example.
>> They can do that because every time you open them, they connect to their
>> servers, so they can always check which version they're running.
>>
>> In both those cases, I wait, and in about a week, they block the app from
>> running, so you're forced to do the update that they want you to do.
>>
>> But, as Frank noted already, the Samsung clock app has deep hooks.
>> So I'm not sure how the Samsung clock app gets updated.
> 
> Turns out I bragged too soon. My phone's Samsung clock app was only updated
> to a 2023 version today. Apparently where it was when I accidentally
> deleted the updates in my earlier Clock app delete attempt. So Carlos, it
> appears my forever arrived a few years back...

But that is because the creators/maintainers of that app decided so.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? croy <croy@spam.invalid.net> - 2026-08-03 19:32 -0700
  Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-04 09:31 +0000
    Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-08-04 09:50 -0500
      Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-08-04 10:01 -0500
        Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-04 08:08 -0800
        Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? croy <croy@spam.invalid.net> - 2026-08-04 10:31 -0700
          Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-04 09:35 -0800
          Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-08-04 23:15 -0500
            Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-08-05 15:58 +0000
              Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? croy <croy@spam.invalid.net> - 2026-08-05 09:46 -0700
              Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-08-05 11:50 -0500
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-08-05 18:15 +0000
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-05 11:49 -0800
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-08-05 20:56 +0000
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-06 14:53 +0200
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-08-06 15:46 +0000
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-06 08:33 -0800
              Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-08-07 20:17 +0000
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-08-07 20:22 +0000
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-07 22:25 +0200
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-07 19:30 -0800
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-08-08 06:12 +0000
                Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-08 09:21 +0200
      Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-04 08:09 -0800
      Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-04 18:06 +0000
    Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-04 08:10 -0800
      Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-04 18:06 +0000
        Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-04 11:58 -0800
  Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-04 08:10 -0800
    Re: Clock App - Can I Go Back a Version? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-04 08:25 -0800

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