Applications (built-in and installed by the user) are what a smartphone is bought for. They, in turn, download updates from time to time, either automatically or ask the user to perform the appropriate action (depending on the settings).

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Updating applications on Android is a procedure that is highly recommended. There are several reasons for this. The main one is that any software not completely. This is especially true for new or relatively new applications. Their developers strive to publish the product as soon as possible so that someone else does not get ahead and “roll out” software with similar capabilities. Such software has relatively few functions, but more importantly, it contains a large number of bugs that can cause it to work slowly and unstable.

Any software is imperfect. Even applications developed by large companies (for example, Google) that Play Market have had security problems for a long time. It is impossible to catch all such errors; you can only promptly close detected holes that can lead, for example, to the theft of website passwords or unauthorized access to your address book.

Do all applications need to be updated periodically?

Updating Android, as well as all applications installed on it, is highly recommended. This must be done for the reasons already described above.
But you can still refuse to update some programs. For example, this applies to applications that:

• do not go online;
• do not read the contact list;
• cannot write anything to the memory card;
• cannot send SMS.

There are quite a lot of such programs. For example, these may include “flashlight” and “compass”. If they work well, then there is absolutely no need to update them.
Other applications also do not need to be updated until a certain time. But for this you need to read the patch descriptions. If they say that updates, for example, close critical vulnerabilities, they must be installed; if you are solving a problem with excessive memory consumption, it is recommended to install it (if you are satisfied with the current operation of the application, you can postpone it); If installing patches only adds new functions to the application that you can do without, you don’t have to install it.

On Android, you can remove already installed updates. However, the corresponding feature is available only for applications that were pre-installed on the system, for example: YouTube, Google Chrome, Gmail, etc.

When you remove updates, the application does not roll back to the previous version, but returns to the state in which it was on the device when it was activated.

To do this you need to perform a number of simple steps:

1. go to your phone settings;
2. find the “Application Manager” item;
3. select the desired application from the list provided;
4. Click "Stop" and then "Uninstall updates."

After performing the appropriate actions, all updates for the selected application will be removed, and the program will return to its original state (for example, Chrome version 57 will become Chrome version 49).
If for some reason you need to return old version third-party program, you will have to download it from the appropriate sites on the Internet. But you should be very careful, since many resources through which Android programs are distributed contain malicious code. Therefore, it is better to download them from more or less trusted sources, for example, from w3bsit3-dns.com. But even in this case, you need to analyze the posts of forum members in the relevant topics - reading them will help reduce the risk of system infection.

We prohibit updating applications on Android

Some Android smartphone users may need to disable application updates, for example, due to traffic restrictions in the tariff mobile operator. It's not very difficult to do this. To do this you need:

1. go to Play Market;
2. expand side menu;
3. select “Settings”;
4. tap on the item “Auto-update applications”;
5. select “Never” from the proposed list (or “only via Wi-Fi”, if you still want to install patches for programs automatically if you have an unlimited Internet connection).

You can also check or uncheck the box next to the “Notifications” item. If it is installed, Google Play will notify you about the release of new versions of programs, but will not install them automatically.

Cancel app update on Android

If, suddenly, some application decides to download a patch, but there is no desire for it to be updated, you will need to interrupt the download. One of the most simple ways to do this looks like this:

1. open the notification shade;
2. find an application that is being updated;
3. make a long tap on the corresponding item;
4. in the menu that appears, select “About the application” and tap on it;
5. On the screen that opens, click on “Erase data”.

Update Android applications manually

Manually updating an Android app is very easy. To do this, you need to go to the Play Market, select the desired program and click on the “Update” button. If new patches are available for the application, the download and installation processes will begin, upon completion of which the application will be updated to the latest version.

How to disable automatic updating of one Android application

To prevent a specific application from auto-updating, you must:

1. open Google Play;
2. Select “My applications and games” from the side menu;
3. select the program you are interested in;
4. press the key responsible for calling up the menu;
5. In the menu that appears, uncheck the box next to “Auto-update”.

Now the selected application will not download patches, but other programs will be able to update automatically.

After Android updates All or some applications may stop working (although this is not a common problem). To try to restore them to functionality, you can either reinstall them (the most preferable option) or erase their cache. The second can be done as follows:

1. go to settings;
2. select “Memory”;
3. select “Application data...”;
4. find and select the desired program;
5. Click on “Erase data”.

After this, the program with which the work was done will probably work. If the methods described above did not help, you will need to either restore the device from a backup (if you had one) or reflash the phone. You can also try resetting your device.

A new version ( new design, appearance, design) VKontakte appeared in April 2016. The old one existed for a very long time and is outdated. At first, during the trial period, each user could turn on the new version for himself, and if he didn’t like something, then return to the old one.

How did you turn on the new version of VK?

At first it was like this: the person who wanted to open it himself opened the news on the VK blog and at the very end of the page clicked "Join testing."

You could also enable the new version using the link “Use the new version of the site as default” in the left column of the site, at the bottom (if you open VK on a computer and not on a phone).

How did you enable the old version?

You could return the old one back there, at the very bottom of the narrow left column of the site, a pale gray link. It was called “Return to the old version of the site.” Then not everyone had it, and even later it disappeared completely. Read on:

Why did the new version turn on by itself and how to get back?

Since June 9, 2016, some VK users (approximately 10 percent) received the new version forcibly, that is, it turned on itself, and they could no longer return to the old one. You could also be one of these users. There was nothing you could do about it, you could only get used to it, because a person gets used to everything. The best option- take changes calmly. Some time will pass, and the old version will already seem inconvenient to you. And in any case, the developers of the VK site would not be able to support the old version for a long time.

This was the beginning of a mass transfer of all VK users to the new version. Here is the official news about it. Those who did not fall into the mentioned 10% could still switch to the new version and back to the old one for some time, but from August 17, VKontakte completely switched to a new version, it turned on itself for everyone without the possibility of returning to the old one.

Since then, due to numerous requests from users, some changes have been made (changed the font, left the ability to use dialogs similar to those in the old version, etc.). But in general, there will never be a return to the old version. Most likely it no longer exists.

How to return the old version of dialogues?

Go to “Messages” and find the gear icon at the bottom - . Click on it and select "Go to classic interface." After this you will have dialogues like in the old version. To go back to the new version, click on the gear in the same way and select "Go to the new interface."

New version on the phone too?

Under new version is understood full version site that people use on computers and tablets. This does not apply to the VK application for phones, which is developed and updated separately (see How to download VK to your phone). There is also a mobile version of the VK site, which also exists separately, but it gradually borrowed many elements from the new “full” version.

How to return the old version of the VK mobile application on your phone?

You can install the old version mobile application manually, this is described here:

The old version may not have music playing. No one guarantees that older versions of the application will work at all. The VK administration can disable them. You can turn it off in the future automatic update, and the application will not update.

A better option is to get used to the new version of the application. When something new comes out, there are always people who don't like it. This was the case with the new version of the VKontakte website - many promised to leave VK forever, but they are still sitting there just fine. It's all a matter of habit.

Who doesn't like the new version of VKontakte?

Not everyone likes the new version of VKontakte. Many people demand to return the previous version, which they consider more convenient. Some argue that the new design is too similar to Facebook and even Odnoklassniki. Users even created an online petition demanding that the old version be preserved and given the “right to choose” (this did not affect anything). Online petitions are often created for various reasons and thanks to them, information is disseminated very widely. But in reality, the petition has never helped anyone. When the noise subsides, everyone forgets about her.

VKontakte laughed at its users who promised to leave if they did not return the old version. A month after their promise, they still continued to use VK ().

It is known that some people always greet any major update with hostility, since changing old habits is too painful for them. But over time they calm down.

Our instructions will help you quickly navigate the new version of VKontakte: Where in the new version of VKontakte are the settings, my answers, music, birthdays, logout, statistics...?

Please write below in the comments what you think about the new version of VKontakte! Your opinion is important.

Why is it important? When you express your opinion, it will become easier, you will release your negativity. True, 92% of people will not read this, but will immediately look for where to write - they don’t care. Congratulations if you're reading this! If you really want to contact VKontakte employees and ask them to return the old version, try contacting their support service - but we don’t think this will affect anything.

What happened to VKontakte music? Why is it paid now?

There have long been rumors that a paid music subscription will appear in the VK application. At the end of April 2017, VK decided to transfer music listeners to the Boom application, which has a paid subscription. The application belongs to the partner Mail.ru Group, which includes VKontakte itself. The music section in VK has changed - playlists and advertising have appeared. In the VK application for Android, music caching has disappeared (you can no longer save music and listen to it without the Internet). Why did all this happen? The fact is that if everyone listens to music for free, musicians will have nothing to eat and they will have to leave for another job. Therefore, this could not continue indefinitely. You can express your outrage right here in the comments. Be sure to share this page with your friends!

This is how VKontakte representatives answer questions about free music in the application.

For a long time, the design of VKontakte changed in small ways, delighting users with the addition of new functions or frustrating them with the removal of old ones. Suffice it to recall the moment when the local “currency”—votes—suddenly ceased to exist. But all these changes were minor compared to the recent update.

Since August 17, 2016, the social networking site “Vkontakte” has forcibly and irrevocably switched to a new design. Until this point, users were offered to switch between the new and old designs in test mode, and some users still have this function, but most do not have the coveted “switch to old design” link in the settings. Of course, for some, the new design is more convenient; it is more optimized for browsing through mobile devices, which makes it easier for the average person to use, but in many ways it turns out to be less practical for specialists. The greater the irritation of forced switching to it, with the lack of choice. Therefore, users are looking for ways to switch to the old design, and some are even creating their own extension modules. A much simpler way that allows anyone to return the old VKontakte design is to install a standard browser extension that allows you to change the display style of the necessary pages.

A simple and reliable way to return the old VKontakte design

This method requires the user to perform several simple operations, which boil down to downloading and setting up the appropriate extension, modifications of which exist for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and other browsers. One such extension is Stylish. We will consider the option with Google Chrome as the most common browser:

Regarding simpler methods of returning the old version of VKontakte

Unfortunately, there are no simpler methods to “return the old VKontakte design.” The “switch to old design” link, which used to be safely hidden in the new design, is now missing as a class. Writing scripts yourself, even for an experienced programmer, will take more time than installing an extension + style. Thus, any simple solution to the problem will be a variation on the theme of the method described above.

Stylish is one of many extensions that allow you to use custom scripts to change the visual design of websites. For the extension to work, Javascript must be enabled in the browser. Scripts for Stylish are written by people, so in some cases the result obtained this way will be far from ideal. However, if the style is updated in a timely manner, the moment will eventually come when its author will specify all the necessary parameters. Also, among the available styles, you can choose intermediate versions of the design, which will have the advantages of the old and the new.

It will not be possible to fully return the old VK design, but you can get as close as possible to the old style of visual design. If the script options offered by Stylish are not to your liking, the closest alternative is the Tampermonkey extension. Despite the fact (or rather, due to the fact...) that both extensions serve the same purpose, they may not work correctly in parallel. Therefore, it is better to remove or deactivate the first before installing the second one, and vice versa.

How to return the old version of VKontakte on Android? This question today interests many users of the most popular domestic social network. The new design did not suit every person, so some of them are trying to roll back to the old settings.

Unfortunately, the desired result can only be achieved by various systems running on Android. How can the happy owners of such devices do this? Read below.

Disabling updates

There is a simple scheme that answers the question - how to return the old version of VK to a computer running Android OS. The instruction involves performing several processes. The first one is to disable auto-update:

• Launch the desired application. In this case, a page of the social network “VKontakte”.
• Go to settings using three horizontal dots.
• Find the item “Automatic system updates” and uncheck it.

Uninstalling a new version of VK

Here, too, everything is quite simple. You just need to use the settings of the computer itself. You need to go to the menu where the list of installed applications is presented, select VK and click on the “Delete” action.

The stage of returning to the old version of VK is completed by downloading the desired version of this application using the Play Market service.

It turns out that answering the question - how to return the old version of VK to your phone - is very simple. Of course, this only applies mobile devices operating on the Android operating system. Unfortunately, it is impossible to repeat a similar process on stationary equipment.

To install the old stable version of VK on Android, you need to complete a consistent set of steps to restore the application, which we will describe below.

Disable auto-update of the VKontakte application in Google Play Market

1. Launch the Play Market, go to “Options” by clicking on the corresponding icon (for me it is an icon with three horizontal lines next to the inscription “Google Play”);
2. Select “Settings” and uncheck the “Auto-update applications” checkbox (or, depending on the application version, check the “Never” checkbox).

After these steps, the VK application installed via Google Play will no longer be updated, and you will be able to use convenient old Android version, without worrying that it will be deleted during the next program update.

Uninstalling the new version of VK

We go to “Settings”, then select “Applications”, click on the new application “Vkontakte” that interests us and delete it from our Android device.

It is also popular now among Android owners to install the VK version as on the iPhone - instructions!

Restoring old VK Android

In order to return the old verified version of VK on Android, you need to download and install a version lower than the one to which the application was updated: https://trashbox.ru/link/vkontakte-android.

Now you can use the proven functionality of the old version of the VKontakte social network without worrying that anything will happen to your favorite application.

Conclusion

The new is not always better than the old, in this maxim of the classics one can Once again Convince yourself using the example of different versions of the VKontakte application for Android devices. The shortcomings of the new version force us to return the old and proven version, which is easy to download and install in order to continue enjoying all the benefits that the VKontakte social network generously bestows on its users.

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Installing the old version of VKontakte on Android

After the developers in VK made large-scale changes in 2017, and installed applications VK for a phone or tablet stopped playing music from the cache, many users began to wonder how to return the old version of Android. In this article, you will learn how to roll back an application to a previous version of Android, and at the same time make sure that the software stops updating automatically.

• Download the old version of VK (4.8)
• Download the old version of VK (3.14.2)

How to return the required software version: recovery instructions on Android

Many users are interested in the question of how to roll back VK to older versions. To do this, you do not need to create 2 accounts or change the firmware to the previous version of Android. You can return the old version of the application using the standard settings menu only in the case of pre-installed applications, for example, from the Play Market. But with the VKontakte social network for Android, returning the previous version will not be so easy. The simplest solution on the path to recovery is to delete the current version of the social network, and then download from a third-party resource the version that suits you best. After downloading, we simply install it on the device and restore access (enter the password and email in the program again).

This can lead to viruses appearing on Android. Users who downloaded the old VKontakte application, although they regain the desired software, complain that important data was deleted or their pages were hacked, so download the old version of VK on Android only from those resources that inspire your trust . And the advice “Install an antivirus”, naturally, should be followed before downloading a file with unknown software begins.

You can roll back not only to the previous version, but also to an older version of VK. Both specialized sites where you can download the necessary software and VKontakte public pages, which appeared in the wake of users’ requests to download the old version of VK on Android, will help you with this. They allow you to return the old application to your device for free and enjoy the previous version. All sites, public pages and other resources independently publish instructions describing how to download and install the old version of VKontakte, and such instructions may differ for each resource.

Remember that the new design of a social network from a computer cannot be replaced with the old one. The latest version for PC was introduced forcibly for all users, and unfortunately, there is no answer to the question of how to roll back the system for PC and return to the old design.

How to cancel automatic updates

To stop your smartphone or tablet from automatically downloading updates, you need to follow these steps:

1. Launch Play Market.
2. Call the main menu from the left sidebar, and then select “Settings”.
3. Click on the “Auto-update” sub-item.
4. In the window that appears, you need to select the “Never” line.
5. The same steps can be repeated for two or more devices, for example, if you use both a smartphone and a tablet running Android OS.

After you have learned how to return the old version of VK Android and were able to restore the application to the form in which it was before the update, you should make sure that your efforts are not in vain. To do this, you need to disable the “Auto-update applications” function in the settings.

Note! In the new versions that we install on our smartphones, defects that the developers found in older versions were discovered and corrected. Those. new software is more secure and proven, so use older versions of Android with caution.

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How to return the old version of VK on Android?

Quite often in RuNet there are questions about how to return the old version of the official VKontakte application, since not all updates are to the liking of users. Let's try to answer.

IN operating system Android has the ability to remove updates, but this only applies to system applications. For example, you can't uninstall the Gmail application without superuser rights, but you can uninstall updates by clicking the "Uninstall" button.

As for third-party applications, it is no longer possible to roll back the version after updating. The only thing you can do is find an earlier version of the application on a third-party resource and install it, not forgetting to delete the current version. Another question is whether it is worth deleting the current version of the application and installing an earlier one, especially from a third-party resource? After all, there is a possibility that changes have been made to the application, which was downloaded from a third-party resource, that could lead to data theft, including the login and password for the VK page. Do you need it? The user must decide for himself. Of course, this is the sole responsibility of the user, but we strongly recommend using latest version application in which important “holes” can be closed, downloaded from Google Play Store.

And while we are all about keeping apps updated, you can disable one important feature in the Play Market - automatic app updates. To do this, run Play app Market, swipe from left to right to display the menu, and click on the “Settings” button.

In the new window, select "Never".

Now you are free to decide when you should update the application.

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How to return the old version of VKontakte to Android in 2017

Let us recall that at the beginning of October 2017, the VKontakte service still remains the most popular, daily traffic is more than 65 million people per day, with more than 28.5 million preferring to log into social network with an Android smartphone.

More recently, or rather on September 27, the VKontakte team pleased its users with a new version of the Vk 5.0 mobile application. As always, there were supporters and dissatisfied ones. Both of them can be understood. It’s not surprising that you don’t get used to something new right away. Before accepting something new, you need to get used to it, or rather get used to the menu and other options. Therefore, today we would like to tell you how you can return the old version of VK after the main update of 2017!

We are returning the old version of VKontakte

With the update, the Android application has changed dramatically. Now you can move between the main options with one touch, friend requests and messages have moved to the bottom functional line. The menu button has moved to the lower right corner, and in its place is now a camera.

Yes, all this is different and you just need to get used to the innovations, because remember when they switched the desktop version to a new design, at first there were also thousands of dissatisfied people, but then they got used to it, because there was no way out :)

But, if on a PC you cannot return to the old design, then on smartphones things are different and you can easily roll back to an earlier version, or rather to the one that was the latest 4.13.1. And now we will tell you how to do this!

1. The first thing you need to do is make sure that you are not a supporter of everything new 🙂 and if you haven’t changed your mind, then go to your phone settings - Application Manager - delete VK.

2. Now download the penultimate one. VK 4.13.1 - 34 MB

Please note that the number of downloads was more than 9 million 800 thousand people. Also in the Versions tab, you can get nostalgic about what the VK mobile service looked like before!

3. Go to Phone Settings again - Security - and allow the installation of applications from unknown sources.

4. Install the downloaded 4.13.1. And we rejoice in the old VK. If you decide that it’s time to move forward, you can update through the play market!

I hope you haven't forgotten what it looks like. I think that after using it you will sooner or later return to the updated VK. By the way, don’t forget to turn off auto-update in the PlayMarket settings! Otherwise, you will again be the happy owner of a new product :)

If you have any questions, write in the comments. If it works, then write too, we’re pleased :)