Toggle off the automatic system update switch in Settings. For app updates, open the Play Store settings to Network Preferences These directions apply to Android phones from Samsung and Google.

Android phones rarely slow down overnight. Performance usually erodes in small, frustrating steps as apps pile up temporary files, browsers hoard old images, and the system juggles more cached data ...

There’s a battle now taking place between Google and Apple on one side, and the forensic software industry on the other. Many of the recent attacks against iPhones and Androids that triggered update ...