mandatory software updates

If your unhappy with the last version (and it certainly has its navigation issues) I certainly wouldn't stop updating now as we should be getting an update to that one soon that resolves a lot of the navigation issues.

But you can go into settings...advanced.. and turn off Auto Check for Updates. With that turned off you should only have to update if you add new equipment (it will force you then).

But I would say - don't stop now - your at the early release stages in the current version. I would wait until this version matures some before thinking about stopping updates.

But you can go into settings...advanced.. and turn off Auto Check for Updates. With that turned off you should only have to update if you add new equipment (it will force you then) .

If you turn off auto updates in settings you will only be forced if adding new equipment.

This should not be the case. This has caused me the most problems in the past.

It should not be this way. It's my gear. If I want to keep from updating to a new version of code, for any reason, that is my right. It's my equipment and it's my network. The way Sonos does updates causes more problems than it solves.

What not be the case ... having to turn off auto update. Not sure what you are saying. Turn off auto update in Sonos. And turn off auto updates in your App Store you won’t have to update (don’t know why you wouldn’t but your option)

I have a Sonos Connect that wants to update but it won’t. It keeps failing. Can I turn that off so I can at least use it? Not bothered about having the latest software on it.

Usually if I have a stubbornnunit hooking via Ethernet to router will get t to update properly.

I’ve tried that. Also set up a hotspot off my phone and connected it to that to fool it into thinking it was on a different network. Nothing works. I find it hard to believe there isn’t a solution to this.

Hooked to router and on phone you go to update. Says updating and eventually fails?

Yes. It fails half way through the update and says error code 4. Sonos have tried to update it over the phone remotely but they can’t do it.

Didn’t they push it up to higher tech support.

Yes. It was them who advised me to set up a hotspot. Prior to that they installed a program on my laptop and accessed it remotely to try and force an update but it wouldn’t have it.