 lordpufferComfortably NumbPremium
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| [Help] An update that I do not want to install I have an update sitting in Google Play that I do not want to install on my S4. It's a Samsung stock app for the phone - Samsung WatchON (Video).
Is there a way to get rid of it so it is not sitting there as an update? Or is it always going to just sit there, not installed?
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 Hayward K A R - 1 2 0 CPremium
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Key West, FL
kudos:1 | Yup you are stuck with it there forever.
Used to be changed permissions updates were called manual updates and were segregated from general updates in a separate group.
So now if you want to be selective the update all button is useless, and you have to go one by one between the ones you don't want to update..
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tcopePremium
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Sandy, UT
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You mean the notification at the top of the screen for Google Play? Just pull the notification bar down and select "Clear". This will remove the notification until another app puts it back up there. Rinse and repeat. |
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| said by tcope:You mean the notification at the top of the screen for Google Play? Just pull the notification bar down and select "Clear". This will remove the notification until another app puts it back up there. Rinse and repeat.
No....I mean sitting in Google Play under My Apps waiting for me to click on update. Well, I don't know what happened, but the damn thing updated itself. The update notification you are talking about at the top of the screen kept showing a downloading arrow and just kept going and would not stop until I hit "clear."
I had disabled Samsung WatchON (different app than WatchOn Video), because it kept giving me stupid notifications that I wasn't able to turn off, but there is no disable option for WatchON (Video). The icons for both are no longer under "Apps", however, when I look at the apps installed on my phone under Application Manager, it shows WatchON (Video) installed as the updated version. Strange.
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I did a quick factory reset and everything seems back to normal. During the factory reset, all my apps restored except one, which I had to install again. 
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 La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
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Warwick, NY
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I've got the same one sitting there on my s4. Other bloatware I was able to disable, then it was removed from the update list. But this one is still sitting there even though I have it disabled. I've got Gmail sitting there too. Not updating it as people are reporting the update is making some phones (including s3 and s4) go into a boot loop.
It's annoying that we can hide updates we don't want.
How does a factory reset change this behavior? It's not a bug, it's by design.
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1 recommendation | I did a factory reset because I was having an issue with an update installing itself (I don't remember changing any settings to allow that), and the notification on the top left just kept looping showing that downward arrow, like it was continually downloading something. It probably would have sufficed if I just rebooted the phone. 
However, I usually do a factory reset about every 2 months anyway. It seems to keep the phone running smoother.
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They all sit in updates if there is an update for a current app. I must have about 20 of them. I update manually.
I use Super Keyboard, and the updates usually consist of a new language that I don't speak. Weatherbug Elite changed stuff I liked, so won't update. Gmail doesn't show up - (rooted and it's frozen with TB) but I can't get rid of Android keyboard.
Boat Browser added stuff I'm not interested in, so have many of them. They don't mention security at all.
I read what all updates include before I even bother. The astronomical and nature apps do get updates. They all state exactly what the update does, and usually tell you WHY they need permissions. |
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