Ask HN: Why is my mobile constantly updating?
How do I tell my mobile to not update itself when I connect to the wifi at the airport gate just before boarding a plane?
I have iphone & Nexus and the fact that anytime, it finds a wifi the device just starts updating the apps is a hassle, as many time it has happened that I try to open an app and its stuck as its trying to update.
Due to my job, I am traveling 20-25 days a month. I travel across countries and due to high roaming charges, I have local sims and some place data is expensive and I have to ration. I use mobile data for email & IMs. My priority in connecting to wifi is to backup. Then once I am back home, I want to do the updates.
The closest I found is Samsung devices that has the option to mark wifi connections as metered.
Maybe its sheer bad luck that couple of times when I am trying to open an app, it's stuck trying to finish updating. Once it was whatsapp and I was about to get into an airport cab but found I could not open the app to get my hotel address. So, had to walk into the airport to re-connect to the wifi and complete the update.
Just yesterday, I bought 1gb for 28 days and how it was all over when I connected my iphone to the hotspot and iphone decided it was the time to download the update I have been postponing for a while. Even though "Automatic Updates" is turned off.
I am not having this issue from my mac book pro. I cannot figure out what I am missing. Shouldn't a "smart" device have a maintenance mode during which all updates & patching happens?
Am I the only one with these issues? How do you manage your devices?