How NOT to install 5.0.2 update I somehow downloaded?

[maxq54]

I've been trying to avoid the Lollipop update(s) on my unrooted 2012 Nexus 7 due to the problems so many others are having with it. Somehow I managed (or Google forced it) to download 5.0.2 today, with the message in system updates that it will install on the next restart. Is there a way I can delete the download somehow so it doesn't install itself? I use ES File Explorer, but don't see anything obvious in the file system. Anyone else have it pushed to their device, or did I just hit the wrong thing? For now, I just have to keep it charged and on so it won't have to restart......

FWIW, I've been playing with a friend's first gen iPad mini and it flies compared to the Nexus 7 -- about the same age I guess, and on the same wifi connection. Android Central opens and fully loads in a split second; Nexus 7 takes 12 seconds. USA Today webpage loads instantly on iPad mini, 15 seconds on Nexus 7. Chrome constantly freezes on Nexus 7, works fine on iPad. You'd think Google would optimize it's own apps for its branded devices. I think the Nexus screen looks a bit better, but its hard to tell, and the battery length is about the same. I still prefer the flexibility and openness of Android, but my next tablet is going to be Apple--just need to decide between the mini and the larger iPad. Maybe I'll hate it, but it will be a new hate.....

 

[drew_t]

Try a 2013 N7 or a N4, N5, or N6 phone before drawing any conclusions about a purported failure by Google to optimize apps. The problem with the 2012 N7 is the bad memory modules that were spec'd to keep the price down. Lollipop and all the Google apps work flawlessly on my N4. Since you're already experiencing freeze ups and slowness, I doubt that trying to prevent the tablet from updating is going to accomplish much.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

 

[maxq54]

I have a Nexus 4 and a Nexus 5 on AT&T. Both have issues with Chrome lagging and sometimes locking up the phone and requiring reboot--happened with KitKat and Lollipop, but much worse with Lollipop. For me, Dolphin works much better on both phones than Chrome. My old Sprint EVO 4G loads Chrome pages faster and more reliably than my Nexus 4 or 5 does--I think its still on Gingerbread, but not sure. Good point on the bad memory modules. Maybe I'll just let it update to 5.0.2 and see what happens before moving on....

 

[Rukbat]

1) Look in Download. Anything there is probably something you don't want anyway.

2) Try Atlas Web Browser if you want a fast browser.