So most likely best approach would be to prevent the downloading in the first place. I wasn't able to install Download Manager as a user app, which seems the part that needs to be controlled. Update 2: Downgrading to the previous version of GP Services v Update 3: So now Google is updating itself on regular basis pretty much whenever it feels like it. Improve this question. Community Bot 1. Emil Emil 2 2 gold badges 6 6 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. The latter is a recent development and is behaving like a malware although it is official Google app.
AFWall it broke in such a way that it gives me "Failed to apply rules" error, intermittently. Izzy thanks for the edits, makes it clearer. Glad to read, Emil! And yes, test it a little more. Here is the link to related discussion on Google Play forum. It's also installation of unwanted software that I'm trying to prevent. Also, I download apps and updates over the phone's internet as I presently don't have access to WiFi. And another thing is, this updater "listens" for state changes so if you switch to WiFi it prioritizes Google things and cues them first immediately.
Show 21 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Original answer follows below: In the best case scenario this should be enough to block Instant Apps from auto-updating. Run on device via a terminal connectbot, juicessh, etc. To revert the pm hide command above use: pm unhide com. Improve this answer. Well, that would target that particular app, but I'd like to block all unauthorized updates or installation of new apps. Also, this sort of "system-level" installation and download happens hidden from user.
The way it works is, it checks version and if it needs to be upgraded it downloads a file behind the scenes. Once the download is complete it attempts to do install and if installation fails it will try again at another time. The temp files are periodically deleted, so if it can't find it If you monitor temp folder you can catch it doing this over and over Emil: isn't com.
Or is it some specific service from google play services? If it is the second then I guess the recipe is not complete. I've also denied the package permission to run in the background and start at boot. I couldn't pinpoint exactly what does the monitoring. On Android there's a system of setting up listeners and there are couple of apps that claim to adjust those but they proved to be ineffective.
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