When a software update is available for your smartphone you get a notification that asks you if you want to download and install it now, or later – maybe even never. LG G4 doesn’t seem to abide by this unwritten rule, and instead it downloads and installs its update without asking you first. Afterwards it resets the phone.
Kinda annoying, isn’t it? Maybe you were in an important phone call, or had to make a call to someone. Maybe you were saving that internet data for something else, but no, not with LG G4 you won’t.
Some LG G4 owners from T Mobile, and AT&T have reported this frustrating issue. It’s not like it’s a mandatory update, and you don’t even know what it fixes. There is little to none info in the release notes – and that just boggles the mind. For all we know, it could plant a tracking program in your device. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves with these conspiracy theories.
Rumours have it that this update patches some issues regarding the touchscreen’s responsiveness, but sources aren’t reliable so this shall remain a mystery until LG officially announces something.
It could close a security exploit, or tackle some other unrelated critical issue that we don’t know about…yet. Either way, this isn’t really the way to go, and LG should at least announce this kind of thing before forcing an update down our throat.
Although I fully appreciate when companies offer support to their devices, having the option to choose between if I want to install and update, or not, should come by default. Don’t like this one little bit.
Engadget associate editor Jon Fingas has reached out to LG, and he’s awaiting a reply – at the moment, there are no signs that this will ever happen.
If you notice that your LG G4 is suddenly updating, be warned that it’s a hefty one ranking up to 174.10MB in size.
This is what the update looks like.
Verizon users shouldn’t worry about this – it’s most likely that the update will come sometime mid-2017. Haha Verizon users.
Hopefully this won’t become a worrying trend, although Microsoft’s Windows 10 will do this exactly same thing – forcing the updates down your throat without having the option to turn them off.
What are your views on this annoying trend? Do you prefer updates to be made without notifying beforehand? Or do your prefer to have the option to choose? Tell us in the comments section below.
