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How can I stop games from automatically downloading on my phone?

(Topic created: 09-16-2023 09:25 PM)
Natbat
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Galaxy S22

How do I stop these dumb games from getting automatically downloaded on my phone? They come along with these forced security upgrades. Also these upgrades happening in the middle of the night is extremely problematic, bright lights, vibrations, and worse my alarms don't go off until I sign back into my phone. 

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ButtaBean_420
Supernova
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Galaxy S22
It is not Samsung this is your carrier that installs apps with the software updates
Natbat
Astronaut
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Galaxy S22
I was wondering about that, my family plan has a Google pixel without these same issues but maybe Google is better at blocking that sort of thing
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Galaxy S22
Are they coming from the Google play store check by looking at the apps information and seeing if it lists google play as the source
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Careberr
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Galaxy S22
Unfortunately, there is no way to stop those games from installing on your phone. They're likely sponsoring Samsung, so unfortunately, you just have to uninstall them after the update they appear from. As for your updates happening in the middle of the night, you should be able to go to your settings and scroll down to find what you need. Go to Settings>Software update>System update preferences, and turn off smart update or change your preferred update time to a time more convenient to you. That should make it easier for you to receive these updates at the best time.
Natbat
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Galaxy S22
Thanks 😊
GreyJedi71
Cosmic Ray
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Galaxy S22

Yes it's  annoying.

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Idonotexist
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It's carrier bloatwear. That's why I always buy unlocked phones and will never buy from a carrier.
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