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Re: How to *really* disable updates?

From Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: How to *really* disable updates?
Date 2016-10-01 19:07 +0100
Message-ID <bja5cd-nfk.ln1@esprimo.zbmc.eu> (permalink)
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Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
> On 2016-09-29, Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 19:49:29 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> >
> >> I have a Motorola Moto E, it works fine but has ,i,ited memory.  To
> >> conserve memory I want to disable updates on all the built-in apps
> >> that I don't use (most of them).
> >> 
> >> I've tried 'Uninstall Updates' followed by clearing 'Show
> >> Notifications' but it seems that these get overriden and I still keep
> >> getting downloads updating apps that I don't want updated.  
> >> 
> >> Is it possible to stop these updates?
> >
> > Turn off auto-updates globally in the play store. Then only update
> > apps you want.
> 
> You can also 'disable' the apps you can't uninstall, which has the
> effect of removing any updates already installed for them as well as
> clearing an data storage used by them and stopping them from being
> updated in future.  Use your phone's 'Settings - Application Manager' to
> do this.
> 
This is where I (OP) came in!  :-)

Does 'disable' save any more space than just 'Uninstall Updates' and
clearing 'Show Notifications'?

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Chris Green
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How to *really* disable updates? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-09-28 19:49 +0100
  Re: How to *really* disable updates? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-09-28 20:09 +0100
    Re: How to *really* disable updates? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-28 15:39 -0400
      Re: How to *really* disable updates? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-09-28 23:14 +0200
        Re: How to *really* disable updates? BugHunter <bughunter@com.invalid> - 2016-09-28 23:48 +0200
          Re: How to *really* disable updates? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-09-29 20:05 +0200
            Re: How to *really* disable updates? [OT] BugHunter <bughunter@com.invalid> - 2016-09-29 20:07 +0200
              Re: How to *really* disable updates? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-09-29 22:36 +0200
                Re: How to *really* disable updates? [OT] BugHunter <bughunter@com.invalid> - 2016-09-29 23:13 +0200
            Re: How to *really* disable updates? [OT] tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-30 04:43 -0400
              Re: How to *really* disable updates? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-09-30 19:03 +0200
  Re: How to *really* disable updates? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2016-09-29 13:17 +0000
    Re: How to *really* disable updates? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-09-29 16:51 +0100
    Re: How to *really* disable updates? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-29 18:43 +0000
    Re: How to *really* disable updates? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-10-01 18:10 +0100
      Re: How to *really* disable updates? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-10-01 19:07 +0100
        Re: How to *really* disable updates? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-10-02 12:56 +0100
          Re: How to *really* disable updates? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-10-02 19:43 +0100
            Re: How to *really* disable updates? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-10-03 18:13 +0100

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