Contributor I

How do I stop update requests?

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November 24, 2014
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I'm a long-time Sonos user who is very disappointed that Sonos has made my iPad1 (four of them) incompatible with the latest update. I understand not being able to use the latest features, but to make them completely unusable to me is bad policy (in conjunction with Apple).

Anyway, I have declined to update to the latest update (I currently have two iPhone 5/6 along with the four iPad1). My question is how do I stop Sonos from nagging me to update? Every few times I go into the app, I get the update message. I thought there was a way to stop those alerts. If so, how?

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promark747Author

Contributor I

Or just use Sonospad on your iPad1s... it's pretty decent.

Ok, thanks...did not know about that app.

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promark747Author

Contributor I

Purchased the SonoPad app and can say I am pleasantly surprised...it should be just fine as a replacement for my 1st gen iPads.

The only thing I can't seem to find is a Mute button...is there one, or is the assumption that you would just use Pause?

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NIKKOLAS

Contributor I

Just today, I can't use my playbar if I don't Update.. I don't want to update, because like you I lost control of the Sonos with my old Ipads.. How can we block the updates? I don't want to updates... I bought something 3 years ago, and Sonos is forcing me to change it in something else. I don't want to change it, it is fine like it is.. Sonos, take back your stuff and give me back my money but I don't want to accept all your changes.

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Anonymous

Yes, is seems like that's the only weak point of Sonos for me, too.
How I loved my Sonos when I bought it, and I loved it just like it was.

But then my iPod was obsoleted (by Apple, everybody says), then my CR200 lost some functions, yesterday it died.
The Android App doesn't allow power scrolling the same way the CR200 did and I won't buy Apple anymore.
The Windows desktop controller... really nothing you want to use at your dinner table.
Third party app on my Windows mobile... you can't use the hardware buttons on a Windows mobile.
This doesn't leave too many options:
-Buy a cheap Android device as dedicated controller
Inferior to the CR200 and to the iOS app.
-Buy a used iOS device as dedicated controller
Won't do that again. Who knows when the powers that be decide that iOS9 isn't good enough anymore?
-Buy one or more old CR100s and/or CR200s.
And if only I could prevent Tom, Dick and Harry from updating, that's what I would do.
But since anybody can press 'Check for updates' if he feels like it (or just can't read yet!) I won't buy old controllers:
Who knows when Sonos decides that they won't support their old hardware anymore?
(And I read between the lines for some time now that it won't be long..)

Well, but there's no point in selling the Sonos gear either, as long as there is no better alternative!
At least for me there isn't.
Nothing beats the CR200 so far. (The simplicity of this thing was why I bought Sonos in the first place!)
Hell, I might just buy a used one anyway!

Smilja

[...] This doesn't leave too many options:
-Buy a cheap Android device as dedicated controller
Inferior to the CR200 and to the iOS app.

In what way is the Sonos Controller on Android inferior to that on iOS? I'm familiar with both, there's no feature disparity save for Trueplay.

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Anonymous

I didn't mean inferior feature-wise, because I don't know anything about any other use-case than my own, which is:
-selecting albums by composer, artist or album name from my library
-Sonos favourites (which are my favourite radio stations).

I bought a cheap Android mobile some weeks ago and tried the app.
Scrolling through the library by the first letters was tricky, compared to the CR200 at least.
I slipped off the narrow area where you can scroll down, every second letter I had to start all over again.
Not once I managed to get to 'ZZ Top' or even 'Jethro Tull' as quick as with my CR200!
I was so disappointed I gave it back.
THB I don't remember the iOS app too well, but I had the impression that it was quite similar to the CR200, as far as that power-scrolling is concerned, or isn't it?
Sorry if I was wrong there.

Or was it just this cheap phone?
Does it become usable with larger screen size, resolution or newer Android version?
(I had a 5" Android 5.1 phone..)

Sorry for highjacking this thread!

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NIKKOLAS

Contributor I

so frustrating .. want to return them.. that is not what I bought. I DON'T WANT TO UPDATE ANYMORE.. I DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT PRIVACY POLICIES I CAN'T READ.... !!!!!