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

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VanguardLH wrote:
> I found a shortcut in the Google Play Store app if you want to disable
> auto-update on ALL apps, not just one app.
> 
> - Tap on your profile pic icon (top right).
> - Scroll down to tap on the Settings entry.
> - Tap on Network preferences.
> - Tap on Auto-update apps.
> - Select Don't auto-update apps.
> 
> You'll probably have to manually initiate a scan for updates, and elect
> which ones to install.  I haven't used this last method since I've only
> had the need in the past to disable auto-update on one app.

The way to stop those server-side updates isn't trivial if the server is
required for normal use such as with Skyica or with WhatsApp, both of which
enforce server-side nags which will disable the app after a set period if
you don't follow through with the update that it wants you to perform.

If the app doesn't need the Internet, then it is trivial to stop it.
But most of the apps that enforce the update actually require the net.

> Note that it isn't just the store apps that detect if there are newer
> versions of apps, and will install them.  Apps themselves can check for
> updates.  They may continually nag there is a newer version, or cripple
> themselves if their manifest declares an existing app is incompatible
> with your device.  I had one from Bryant for remote control of their
> smart thermostat that kept nagging me there was a newer version, but the
> newer version was not compatible with my old Android version, so I could
> not update.  The store app wouldn't list it, and the play.google.com
> website would list the newer version, but flagged it as incompatible, so
> I couldn't install it.  Disabling auto-update in the store app did not
> eliminate the app itself nagging there was a newer version.  I had to
> suffer the nag until I later got a new phone with a later version of
> Android moving me from v8 to v15.


Google Play only updates apps that it thinks are apps it should look at.
For example, it looks at apps whose installer is "com.android.vending".

When we go into:
  Play Store -> Profile -> Settings -> Network preferences -> 
  Auto-update apps -> Don't auto-update apps, 
We are only telling the Play Store:
  Do not automatically update any apps that the Play Store manages.

That includes:
 a. All apps installed from the Play Store
 b. All apps sideloaded but still recognized by the Play Store
 c. System apps that receive updates through the Play Store 

But it does not include all apps which have updates on the play store.
Nor any apps that have updates, but just not on the play store.

We've covered many times this topic, where, if we really want to update an
app, the google play store is not the way to do it in one simple easy pass.

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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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