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Q: ios 9 automatic download making me furious

Is there any way to prevent auto download of ios updates other than the general settings option for updates which does not impact ios updates but only app updates?

 

 

Here's the scenario:  I have satellite isp and the forced auto download of IOS 9.0, 9.0.1 and 9.0.2, on multiple ios devices, have utilized all my paid bandwidth for the entire month effectively putting me and my business offline unless I purchase more bandwidth.

 

It's an issue every single ios update but the rapidity of recent updates and owning multiple ios devices currently have magnified the impact punishingly. This has been complained about for years has never been addressed other than forum posts online suggesting non-solutions like "filling the device so full of data that no more fits", jail breaking my devices, or  apple store staff suggesting "disabling wifi", which is akin to a car dealer suggesting one can save gas by not driving ones car after you buy it.

 

Yes auto up date if off, OFF, OOOOOFFFF, OOOOOOFFFFFF!

 

Any suggestions disabling ios auto downloads and allowing full functionality of my devices is welcome.

 

A consideration offered by apple to somehow compensate for all the additional bandwidth purchases over the years is also welcome.

 

The logic beyond this function is beyond me.  Why auto download if its not desired and not requested when the consequences can have such annoying and costly results.  I also wonder how many public wifi networks have been steamrolled this month by every apple device trying to download all these updates.  Its just impolite at best!

 

End of rant.  Productive comments appreciated.  Thanks!

 

iPad Air Wi-Fi, iOS 9.0.2

Posted on Oct 2, 2015 3:50 PM

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  • by Mister77777,

    Mister77777 Mister77777 Oct 15, 2015 11:12 AM in response to Mister77777
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    Oct 15, 2015 11:12 AM in response to Mister77777

    Blocking mesu.apple.com at DNS level seems to work - should have done this ages ago - so now my other devices will not upgrade, so help me God!

  • by Pilgrim79,

    Pilgrim79 Pilgrim79 Oct 24, 2015 7:45 AM in response to rivrwing
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    Oct 24, 2015 7:45 AM in response to rivrwing

    I Am furious with this automatic downloading of iOS 9 and its updates into my iOS 7 iPhone 5s causing me to lose a total of 3.6 GB of my free space.when iOS 9.0.1 downloaded I lost 1.2GB of free storage space but the download is showing a size of 78.9MB. Genius Bar deleted the download but I did not gain back the 1.2GB erased by that download, only the 78.9MB was gained back.i have another appointment with Genius Bar today but I may not go because of the nightmarish accounts of iOS 9 causing problems with iphone 5 and 5s.

    Please advise  how to prevent future ios9 updates from downloading.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 24, 2015 7:53 AM in response to rivrwing
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    Oct 24, 2015 7:53 AM in response to rivrwing

    You will not be compensated for data usage, these are Internet devices, they will use data. If Apples system is not to your liking try an Android.

     

    If your business does not have enough data allowance to function correctly that is your problem, buy more, it's a business.

  • by Pilgrim79,

    Pilgrim79 Pilgrim79 Oct 24, 2015 8:23 AM in response to rivrwing
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    Oct 24, 2015 8:23 AM in response to rivrwing

    for iPhone owners to prevent automatic downloads of iOS 9 and its updates, maybe these will stop them:

    1. Bring down your free storage to 500 MB or less and/or

    2. Removing your iPhone from your  Apple ID account.

     

    Good luck y'all.

     

    a Message to iOS senior adviser Rahman draper . I think I'm not going to the genius bar today. If you could find a way for me to gain back my lost 3.6GB of storage space kidnapped by the auto downloads of iOS 9 and its updates, I'll forever be grateful.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Oct 24, 2015 9:23 AM in response to Pilgrim79
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    Oct 24, 2015 9:23 AM in response to Pilgrim79

    I am VERY surprised No one has mentioned this, if the updates are just sitting in your Software Updates list, you can remove these updates yourself ( I believe this was, also, true in later updates of iOS 7, too!).

    Make sure your iDevice has over 50% battery life or better.

    Launch the Settings App.

    General tab, in he right hand panel, look for and tap on Storage and iCloud Usage.

    Tap on Manage Storage.

    Wait for a list to generate ( depending on how much stuff is on your iDevice, this may take a little time to generate).

    Look for the iOS upgrades/updates in the list, tap on each one individually and it should offer you an option to delete each update from your iDevice.

  • by Pilgrim79,

    Pilgrim79 Pilgrim79 Oct 24, 2015 9:56 AM in response to MichelPM
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    Oct 24, 2015 9:56 AM in response to MichelPM

    Genius Bar deleted the iOS9.0.1 download, the 78.9mb was restored into my free storage space, not the 1.2GB that was kidnapped by the download. Not nice Apple.

     

    Sent from my iPhone

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Oct 24, 2015 10:03 AM in response to Pilgrim79
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    Oct 24, 2015 10:03 AM in response to Pilgrim79

    If you use iTunes on a computer, try connecting your iPad to your computer, sync and backup your iPad to iTunes and see if the iPad will release your missing free space.

  • by Pilgrim79,

    Pilgrim79 Pilgrim79 Oct 24, 2015 10:32 AM in response to MichelPM
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    Oct 24, 2015 10:32 AM in response to MichelPM

    Been there done that when the iOS 9.0.1 download hit me and I lost 1.2GB of free space. Did not work. Lost another 1.2 GB when iOS 9.1 hit. Now 3.6+ GB of free space is in the phantom zone. Apple please make it right.

     

    Sent from my iPhone

  • by Pilgrim79,

    Pilgrim79 Pilgrim79 Oct 24, 2015 10:46 AM in response to MichelPM
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    Oct 24, 2015 10:46 AM in response to MichelPM

    MY initial response to your going the iTunes route suggestion did not make it to the discussion page coz  it had colorful words voicing my frustrations.

  • by Pilgrim79,

    Pilgrim79 Pilgrim79 Oct 24, 2015 11:00 AM in response to MichelPM
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    Oct 24, 2015 11:00 AM in response to MichelPM

    im sure there are geniuses at Apple who know exactly how to recover free storage space lost in this manner, which is Apple's fault btw

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Oct 24, 2015 12:04 PM in response to Pilgrim79
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    Oct 24, 2015 12:04 PM in response to Pilgrim79

    I do not know why you aren't able to delete these updates and recover the space by using the Settings>General>Storage and Usage and delete from the list method.

    I use this ALL the time to remove/delete updates when I do not want to download and install these right away.

    When I delete the upgrades/updates from the Usage list, I gain back all of the space used by the upgrade/update.

    I use this and it works and my iPad 3  regains this space.

    I use this technique on my Wife's and my Mother's iPad 2 models when I don't want them to do ANY upgrades or updates until I see how the upgrade/update fairs on my own iPad.

    I do not know why this technique is not working for you or anyone else.

    Removing the updates in the manner I mapped out removes the upgrade and immediately restores the free space back to my iPad

    Works flawlessly every fraggin' time!

     

    I suggest you try this, again, and then Try a hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons.


    My suggestion works!

    It has worked for a very long time.

  • by Pilgrim79,

    Pilgrim79 Pilgrim79 Oct 24, 2015 3:35 PM in response to MichelPM
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    Oct 24, 2015 3:35 PM in response to MichelPM

    thanks. I had previously done all that you said.the individually listed 78.9mb usage for the iOS 9.0 download came back to free storage but the 1.2GB lost from the event of the download did not.it's totally puzzling and frustrating. There were three auto downloads that happened each listed at 78.9mb and all causing a total of 3.6GB disappearing. All I gained back in free sto space was 78.9mb x 3. The iOS 9.0.2 update did not download because I had only 700-800mb free space at the time.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Oct 24, 2015 4:10 PM in response to Pilgrim79
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    Oct 24, 2015 4:10 PM in response to Pilgrim79

    I can't figure what has happened in your example, either.

    A Bug??????

     

    Report your feedback to Apple here.

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

     

    The only way to get Apple to listen to you is to use their feedback portion  of their website. Apple DOES read the feedback, but they still do not respond with any personal replies.

  • by Skydiver119,

    Skydiver119 Skydiver119 Oct 24, 2015 8:35 PM in response to MichelPM
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    Oct 24, 2015 8:35 PM in response to MichelPM

    Another reason using the feedback form is better, feedback is logged and 'real' in that I'm sure there are reports as to x many about this, x many about that, etc. This forum????? Counts as anecdotal at best. It's not logged, so, in the corporate mind, it's not real.

     

    My experience tells me that for something to be changed, it usually needs to be made someone else's problem. Using the feedback form to make reports is the first step in making it someone else's problem.

  • by rivrwing,

    rivrwing rivrwing Nov 3, 2015 3:35 PM in response to rivrwing
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    Nov 3, 2015 3:35 PM in response to rivrwing

    Following up to my original post which began this thread.  I had extensive conversation with Apple senior support who actually passed my questions and comments up to ios development who in fact responded to me.

     

    The bottom line is they suggested an "at my own risk" workaround to this problem utilizing the "Apple Configurator" App.  This App is for Apple computer, not ios devices, so I cannot try it until I can access a friends Apple computer.   It was explained to me as a configuration utility, with a very user friendly interface, that allows a user to do a mass configuration of all ios devices.  It was left to me to explore this option and figure out a preference configuration that resolves this issue but it seems promising.  It's apparently very multi functional and may just offer solutions to other annoying ios issues.

     

    If anyone has a chance to try this out a report back is appreciated!

     

    Additionally I did try a forum suggested workaround that has been effective over ones own wireless network but only when connected via wifi.  Blocking the ios update server at mesu.apple.com on ones router did the trick, but of course did nothing when hard wired to computer and connected to itunes.  This worked for me and you can find numerous discussions on this out there that offer more details. 

    Good luck everybody

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