From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-11-22 15:21, Jess Fertudei wrote:   
   > I have a Samsung A16 Verizon Tracfone that has Android 16 OneUI 7.   
   >   
   > It is now trying to make me update to OneUI8.   
   >   
   > I use my phone for very little, and put almost no personal stuff on it,   
   > and even at that I only have a dozen or so apps that I have added. It is   
   > a phone - I want to make calls and texts and send a rare photo or two   
   > for reference purposes. No banking, money, finances, wallets, or anything.   
   > I do have a few pages that I look at daily in Samsung Internet (firefox   
   > for mobil sucks, imo)and like to look something up on the fly away from   
   > desk here and there.   
   >   
   > UI8 says it is going to redesign Samsung Internet - I don't want it   
   > redesigned... it works just fine for me as is.   
   >   
   > I do not want wallpaper and desktop changes, I like the one I have and   
   > it's colors and layout and widget stuff just fine - went to great length   
   > to keep them when I tranferred from my old Android 6 phone to this one.   
   >   
   > I may have to add a hearing aid app soon, but only if they say I must.   
   > And I have been considering allowing it to have my Facebork ID and such   
   > (have resisted even that, even though my Facebork is not really even my   
   > real identity).   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > So... How do I get around this? I would not mind the security updates   
   > but I do not want any of the rest of it. Anything at this point that   
   > makes me change how I interact with my phone is not something I care to   
   > be bothered with. When it went from UI6 to 7 without my permission, it   
   > was a screaming mess and real-life just didn't have time for all the BS   
   > of figuring things out all over again.   
   >   
   >   
   > How do I download only the security patches but leave the rest as-is?   
      
   Maybe disabling automated updates in Google Play, and then choosing   
   which APP to update. You get no choice of what particular update to apply.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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