Nexus 7 tablet -disabling updates

mro

How can I disable updates ?


Can I do factory reset to restore to original condition ?

Fightsback

You won't get any more updates, it's EOL, it may get a security update but I doubt it.

Yes you can do a reset but it will restore to the latest update that was on it, if you want an older version of the firmware you'll have to downgrade manually, you can get the idea of what's involved from here:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-downgrade-android-5-0-android-4-4-nexus-devices-1486023

Why do you want to reset and restore, also is it an original nexus 7 or a 2013 model ?

shaun_from_Africa

Even though there might not be any more updates to the operating system, unless you have disabled auto-updates for any installed applications you have, these will still update from Google Play.

If you want to stop this, just go to your Play account (if you have one that is), "Settings" and then click on "auto-update apps".
You can then opt to disable it.

mro

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Even though there might not be any more updates to the operating system, unless you have disabled auto-updates for any installed applications you have, these will still update from Google Play.

If you want to stop this, just go to your Play account (if you have one that is), "Settings" and then click on "auto-update apps".
You can then opt to disable it.

I knew I'd seen something somewhere by chance, a setting somewhere, thought I had switched off updates, but they keep coming, not sure why.

Will check.

mro

Fightsback wrote: »

You won't get any more updates, it's EOL, it may get a security update but I doubt it.

Yes you can do a reset but it will restore to the latest update that was on it, if you want an older version of the firmware you'll have to downgrade manually, you can get the idea of what's involved from here:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-downgrade-android-5-0-android-4-4-nexus-devices-1486023

Why do you want to reset and restore, also is it an original nexus 7 or a 2013 model ?

I think it's 1st generation, I've got 2 of them, one 16GB one 32GB storage, bought from Argos earlier this year. They were selling 2013 versions at same time.

I want to keep it clean, clean install, have heard if you update operating system can cause problems, make it slow. Don't know much about Android operating systems.

Only use for occasional basic secondary web browsing.

Fightsback

mro wrote: »

I think it's 1st generation, I've got 2 of them, one 16GB one 32GB storage, bought from Argos earlier this year. They were selling 2013 versions at same time.

I own a 2013 but not gen 1, works fine with Marshmellow (6.0) so I can't comment from personal experience on how the gen 1 plays with the latest update. The 2013 model is significantly more powerful than the gen 1 model.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/07/25/benchmarked-2013-nexus-7-vs-2012-nexus-7-just-how-much-faster-is-it-a-lot-apparently/

pedrothefish

I had a nexus 7 2012 it worked great on kitkat then I updated it to lollipop and it shafted it! it ran very very slow drove me nuts, do not update to Lollipop. google "problems with nexus 7 2012" and you'll see what I mean.
If updates come through, just ignore them

almillar

If you bought it from Argos this year it's a gen2. Easy to tell - gen 1 has a bumpy back and no rear camera. I don't think gen 1 every got Marshmallow, and gen 2 is now stuck on Marshmallow with just security updates. I don't think there's any need to disable updates if you're already on Marshmallow.