Blocking updates for certain devices on my Plusnet 2 hub...I need an idiots guide please

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It may be possible to do it at DNS level by using something like opendns and then doing a blacklist through that.

Thanks for that, but I dont recognise any of those terms...this is why I need an idiots guide...

[#2]

I'll leave this to you @iannewson  - not my area of experience.

Thanks for your input John....

[#3]

Theres a video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S4YwX2L_SY of how to block facebook. It would be a case of supplementing your sites for facebook. Not being on being on plusnet i cant test for you or I would.

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@leadhead wrote:

Yes...thats it...For years, sideloading was accepted, now they are trying to prevent it, I hoped to start with stopping the updates on my router, especially as of lots of other routers support this blocking method

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@leadhead 

There's always everybodys friend Mr Google who is usually very knowledgeable.

If it's just the prevention of sideloading which you're trying to get around, apparently it's a trivial matter to do so, here's one result from a quick Google search that says it's still possible even with later updates;

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Thanks for the link....but...the main problem I have, is that my new stick said...."Next time you power this on, it will automatically update(not the exact words, but thats what it meant)"...and this is the reason I dont want to add anything to the stick before I can get a command into my router settings to "stop ungrades"....I said earlier that I remotely sent some commands to my router using Plusnet Safeguard and although I can see them in my router under "blocked websites"...but theyre in RED and I got a message "unable to save" so not sure if they are active or not...

I'm sorry but I am in my senior years and get confused if a website doesnt explain things in unambiguous sentences...

is Plusnet safeguard there just to stop categories like Pornography...or is it there also to stop things like updates to existing programs....it doesnt really explain that...

[#6]

First let me just start by saying I am not to sure PlusNet would approve of this discussion taking place.

Having said that though.....

Here is a step by step guide, with illustrations, that may be of some help How to Block Updates on FireStick [New Method, 2025]

[#7]

@leadhead, if you already have that message, then it may be too late at do it at the network level.  On some other platforms that often means that the update has already been downloaded but the installer needs to change files currently in use, so will complete the update when it next restarts.  

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@leadhead wrote:

Thanks for the link....but...the main problem I have, is that my new stick said...."Next time you power this on, it will automatically update(not the exact words, but thats what it meant)"..

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@leadhead 

Did you read the comments at the linked thread about enabling 'Developer Options' (DO) for your device(s)?  That would be perfectly legitimate and IMO is no cause for PlusNet to be concerned about dubious practices being discussed.

After turning on DO and enabling sideloading, DO can be turned off to prevent other changes being made inadvertently.

However, apparently this is only possible while your devices are using an Android OS.

Edit: Having just followed the link given above by @DerekW and had a quick look, that too mentions DO and gives a detailed explanation.

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Thanks pjmarsh

Yes.....This is what /I am frightened of, and why I am trying to get my router to block any further commands coming through...

and dont want to put power into the device until I set up my router....

[#10]

Hi DerekW...I think that link refers to something over 3 months old...AFAIK, the most recent update is happening now...

TBH....this is getting far too technical for me....I really expected someone to say, yes this is how its done, in laymans terms....and a step by step set of instructions....I of course understand if my router isnt capable of this, then its impossible(with this router).....so I will thank everyone who contributed to my problem, but feel I need to end it now as it is starting to stress me out....

Thanks again...Leadhead