Prevent and Disable iPhone iOS 9.2 from Adding Automatic Updates?
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I have a data cap with ISP, so I don’t want this to happen on Apple’s control.
How can I prevent and disable this?
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I found these older articles but it doesn’t seem to have worked / stopped the download.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7256669?tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7250272?tstart=0
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The closest I came prevented all iOS devices from reaching the update server. This involves configuring the internet router to do this. Configure the router to block the following domain: This way the iDevice device will continue to talk to the Apple Store, allowing you to download / update iOS applications. Some routers (like mine) only allow me to block non-domain “websites”. Fortunately, that’s all we need to do. Even the block of I’d say blocking the whole domain is a cleaner solution, if possible anyway. |
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Really, if your iPhone is on Wi-Fi and an update is available, it will download the update when it probably sleeps (2: 00-4: 00AM). There is no way to turn it off. An alternative solution would be to turn Wi-Fi on your iPhone when you go to bed. |
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