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Uninstall Android Update??

IvyE

IvyE

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I installed the new Android update this morning and I absolutely hate it. Is there any way to uninstall it and go back to my old system? Thanks!
 
The messaging app is weird, and the drop down menu for notifications is much too large and opaque and the emojis are horrible and ugly. Also the pop up for the messages is too big and I don't like how everything just seems larger for some reason.
 
It depends on your phone. The update overwrites the old OS, so you would have to locate, download and reload an older version of the software. The tools for this depend on the manufacturer, how easy it is to find the software depends on the model, version and carrier. And whether it will actually let you load an older version will also depend on the manufacturer.
 
Hadron said:
It depends on your phone. The update overwrites the old OS, so you would have to locate, download and reload an older version of the software. The tools for this depend on the manufacturer, how easy it is to find the software depends on the model, version and carrier. And whether it will actually let you load an older version will also depend on the manufacturer.
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How would I go about doing that?
 
It depends on your phone. I see from another thread that you have a G5, but I don't know much about LG's so can't tell you for that phone.
 
A few quick suggestions @IvyE
  • Take a deep dive through your display settings and options. It's possible that display settings were "reset" and you can font sizes, opacities, etc... I'm not sure because I don't have the LG G5, but it's worth a try.
  • Ask this question in the LG G5 forum found here - http://androidforums.com/devices/lg-g5.1194/
  • Make sure you include what version of Android you currently have installed and if you know which version you want to revert to... that as well.
  • Consider solving your issues with 3rd party apps. There are TONS of great messaging apps on the Play Store, for example, that will immediately alleviate your irritation with messages and also bring you some neat features you may not have known existed.
Best of luck!
 
It should be mandatory that it originally installs in some kind of sandbox. That way if you don't like it, you can just delete it. I think Kit Kat upset a lot of people until the bugs were worked out. Getting bugs worked out for some carriers is the pits.

It is really time that both pros and cons of an update should be posted for the most common phones so users can make an informed decision. Not just the glowing praise from the fanboys.

There were enough complaints and screenshots about Windows 10 that some of us didn't bother. We could make an informed decision.
 
Theres an app called LGUP which you may be able to use to roll back but that's entirely dependent on which version of the G5 you have. What network are you on?

I'm guessing it's AT&T as I know they're in the midst of rolling out Android 7.0 to the G5 at the moment.
 
I'm new here just found this site, forum. Anyway this is one of the reasons I found this site myself...got dowload last night really didn't mess with ph that much today my ph has all kinds of small problems! For exp when Im searching online I kept seeing some blink back n forth. Finally realized it was status line of the next site loading jumping back an forth. An writing has neaver been this problem mattic! Also some of my apps aren't wanting to open .."What the hell"
 
zuben el genub said:
It should be mandatory that it originally installs in some kind of sandbox. That way if you don't like it, you can just delete it.
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That will be more technically possible in devices with the Nougat "seamless update" system, though whether a user-controlled roll-back will be available is less obvious. Well for US carriers who don't even allow you to choose whether to update or not I think the answer is obvious...

However, the requirement for any such system is duplicating all system partitions. So you'd better have 64GB internal storage, because two copies not only of the ROM but all other firmware will eat a lot of space.
 
Hadron said:
That will be more technically possible in devices with the Nougat "seamless update" system, though whether a user-controlled roll-back will be available is less obvious. Well for US carriers who don't even allow you to choose whether to update or not I think the answer is obvious...

However, the requirement for any such system is duplicating all system partitions. So you'd better have 64GB internal storage, because two copies not only of the ROM but all other firmware will eat a lot of space.
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I buy unlocked. I ran an Oppo on TMO. That is NOT their phone neither is my Moto. Update should be up to me, same as in the UK. I don't feel like dealing with carrier crap so I rooted the others. As a matter of fact, I do remember one update with a TMO phone. Was still up to me to install it. I did, and promptly rooted it.

I shouldn't think you would have to duplicate everything - just the items that would have probable cause to give customers fits. Overlay maybe?
 
An update may contain all sorts of changes, so what you'd have to duplicate would depend on the dependencies within a particular update - reverting one element which might be visible to the user could require reverting a lot of stuff that's less visible (or not, depending on what was changed). It would probably still block future updates, because updates are patches which are intended to be applied to a particular set of software, and the existence of partially-reverted phones would certainly be a complication for that. And the option would probably be "revert all of these elements or none", because if you allow piecemeal reversions you have to test every possibility. And then there's the problem of deciding which elements you include in the "revertible" list and which you don't, e.g. you probably can't let someone have a new feature but the old UI because you'd then need to update the old UI to include the new feature and include both the new UI and the "extended old UI" in the update. And updates can remove things as well as add them, so would you allow reversion to restore stuff that doesn't exist in the updated software?

If I were the manufacturer I'd not consider all of that to be worth it. If I was told to do this I'd just remove the restrictions that make it hard to reflash the phone with an older version of the software, and then the user would have a way of reverting if they wanted it.
 
Once you're able to succeed, make sure to turn off auto update in the settings of the OS. Or it will just push again. To install the previous version of the OS you will need to use a computer connected with USB cable and use the original manufacturer software. Also, you will want to back up every thing first as if you are going to either sell your phone or destroy it because it will require erasing every photo, contact, text, etc first.
 
You could get someone in a store from an at&t (etc.) to help with all of your questions. You could decide for example to move all your data to a new phone that you love and turn off the os update in the settings right when you buy it. Or go to an alternative carrier such as T-Mobile who pays early termination fees, moves all or your phone info for free. Not sure if pictures are included and then sell your phone you don't like anymore. You have to back everything up anyway before changing your OS to a previous version. Why not take advantage of the opportunity?
 
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