How to cancel an update that has already passed. Installing the old version of VKontakte on Android

After transferring 100% of users of the social network VK to a new design, many were dissatisfied with the changes. The previous option, according to most, was more convenient. There are several ways to return the old VK style. They will only work for computer owners; there are no options for Andriod and iOS software yet.

How to return the old VKontakte design through the VK menu

There were a certain number of users on the social network who became voluntary taxi drivers of all those aspects that the developers wanted to change. They were the first to switch to the new version of the site; they were able to evaluate the changed layout of pages, comments and video sections. The developers left them the opportunity to return to the previous view with one click of a button:

• in the left menu you had to go to the very bottom;
• on a gray background, find the gray inscription “Return to the old version...”;
• click this link.

This was the easiest way to make the old interface in VK. The first wave of changes began for all computer owners in April 2016, but by August everyone began to switch to the “fresh version” forcibly without the opportunity to refuse. The line with the option to switch to the old version has disappeared, and no one else has such a function.

How to make an old VK on a PC by changing the address in the browser

In some cases, for some reason, testers did not display the button that helped them change the interface version. However, observant visitors were able to find a way to make the old VK design. When trying to log into their page at the old address, a person might notice the prefix “new” before the id of the account owner. It turned out that the user was redirected to a different address when logging in. To disable this interface and work as usual, you just had to remove the word new from the line and press the enter button.

At the moment, this method does not work, because when you enter your profile, you are no longer redirected to another page, you remain on yours and the word new is not in the address. This happened due to the implementation of this version of the design on a full-fledged basis and the interface was changed immediately for all users of the site. The opportunity to refuse the innovation was not provided.

How to return to the old VK design using plugins

The developers of the social network did not leave their clients a single built-in option on how to return an old Contact. In their opinion, all the changes made help open the resource from the other side and there should be no way to undo them. Third-party programmers do not agree with this and offered their own option on how to return the old VKontakte design - install plugins.

Applications are just starting to appear, so in some cases they may not work correctly. They help disable the new VK, but do not always ensure the functionality of the resource’s functional elements. There is an option available to disable VK updates exclusively for computer users, and at the moment it only works with Google Chrome.

How to return the old look of VK using Stylish

This was the very first way to return the old VKontakte design. The plugin is available in the official Chrome browser store for downloading for free. Since its release, the creators have been constantly improving the utility, but there are still shortcomings in its work. You can enable and try this solution, and if you don’t like it, simply remove it from the list of applications. Installation process:

1. Go to the official Chrome App Store.
2. Find the Stylish plugin through the search.
3. Install the extension by clicking on the blue “Install” button.
4. Go to the plugin website using the link from the extension.
5. Find the inscription “Old VK design”.
6. Install extensions by clicking the green button.

Old VKontakte interface for Google Chrome

Another popular extension on how to return the old VKontakte design can be found in the Chrome browser store called “Vkold”. If you enter it in the search, the extension page will appear in front of you. Click on the “Install” button and confirm your decision. In automatic mode, the application will install and turn on. For now, you can only remove the new version of the VKontakte interface in the Google browser.

According to reviews from users of this plugin, this is the most similar version of the old design at this stage, but many people complain about a large number of shortcomings. The site becomes old only in appearance, but the functionality is still displayed in the new style. Owners of wide-format monitors have encountered problems: when scrolling, the page does not expand, remains narrow, and the font is small. This plugin needs serious improvement, but you can use it if you wish.

Video: how to return to the old VK design

Most recently, a new mobile version was released for fans of the VKontakte social network, which is designed for the operating system on iPhone smartphones

After updating to the new version 3.0, users began to respond negatively to the update, for several reasons.

VK updates 2017 - what's new

In particular, a paid subscription has appeared in the section, which means that users will be able to listen to music without advertising between tracks, as well as use a separate Boom application. The application will allow you to download tracks for offline listening. The song caching function was removed from the VKontakte application for Android (it was removed from the iOS version back in September 2016).

In addition, playlists have appeared in the music section. Users and communities will be able to create their own lists and share them with each other, as well as add other people’s selections to their page.

VKontakte will also be more active in promoting authors who create exclusive content: bloggers, artists, new media. Using the new algorithm, the social network will be able to evaluate the involvement of authors, virality and repeatability of reactions (reposts and likes).

The main update of the applications is the appearance of the “Recommendations” section, which will work based on the “Prometheus” algorithm. It studies the behavioral characteristics of the user and, based on the analysis, selects articles, photographs, videos and live broadcasts. Each recommendation is a “card” that shows the content in preview mode.

The main difference between “Recommendations” and a smart news feed is that the user does not have to be subscribed to the authors and public pages that will be displayed. “Recommendations” will include publications from media outlets, public pages with a large audience, as well as authors with a large number of subscribers.

What users didn’t like about VK

Many have noticed the similarity of the updated VKontakte with the Facebook mobile application.

Lord, what have you done to my beloved #VKontakte?

Thanks to “stories,” the updated VKontakte application reminded someone of Instagram.

The very first thing is an incomprehensible interface, which has become very difficult to perceive, as well as new applications that were absolutely not needed in the updated version.

Additionally, users did not rate the recommendations section. According to many, it contains too many “paid” posts and few that were created based on the user’s preferences and might be liked by him.

Also, some people negatively perceived the lack of a side menu, instead of which a camera appears by swiping to the left.

After some time, many users wanted to return the old version, but alas, this turned out to be not as easy as it might seem at first glance, since the App Store does not provide such an option as downloading the old version of VKontakte on the iPhone.

How to return the old version of VK to iPhone

There are several ways to install the old mobile version of VKontakte.

The very first thing to do is to roll back the application to the old version, you should use the Chinese program PP Assistant, in other words - iTunes. This program works with iPhone, as well as iPad and iPod.+

To do this, you should download the program and then install it on your phone. After launching the program, you should connect your iPhone to your PC or laptop via USB, this is necessary to allow access to the application on your phone. If pop-up notifications open, you should close them.

The next step is to click on the small icon that appears in the upper corner of the application interface. We enter VK in the search bar, as soon as we find the application, it is worth downloading. After a couple of seconds, go to the downloads section on your smartphone and install the old version.

Also, there is another way to roll back the update and install the old version on smartphones; to do this, go to the purchase section in the App Store.

Before doing this, you should delete the VKontakte 3.0 application, after which you should open the application and open the update. At the top there will be an icon - Shopping, go in, find it in the VK App section, after which you should install it. The old version of the application will be installed on your smartphone. But it is worth recalling that it will be possible to return the old version until a new VK update is released.

The majority of users have already noticed how the design of the popular social network Vkontakte has changed. This “nightmare” happened on August 17, 2016 early in the morning and now all VK users are displaying a new updated design. Now no one can return the old version of the resource, since the developers do not officially provide for this.

At the moment, the Internet is full of discussions about the global redesign of the Russian social network; many users are unhappy with the new changes. However, the developers left the following message for supporters of the old version of the site: “We got rid of unnecessary details and made the resource easier for you to understand.”

Dramatic changes affected the font, icons, navigation bar, and avatar design. According to the lead developer V. Dorokhov, work on the new design of the social network was carried out over a year and a half. Since April 2016, the developers started testing a new type of site, and any user could take part in this. Over the entire period, more than 2,500 minor and significant corrections were made to the resource code, listening to the wishes of users. The main task is to improve the stability of the site, as well as switch from outdated Flash technology to the new one - HTML5.

I repeat once again, the official way return old VKontakte design alas, no, despite the dissatisfaction of many social network users. However, there is still one way to correct the situation. Below we will look at how you can return the old version of VKontakte to your PC in a few clicks.

How to return the old VKontakte design in a couple of clicks

As you can see, friends, change the new version of VK to the old one It’s very simple: just carry out a few simple steps. If you liked the instructions, share it with your friends using the social buttons below.

- this is not a joke. Since the transition to such an interface is obviously inevitable for everyone, the question is: how to return the old VKontakte design has only a temporary solution. But because albeit temporarily, but disable the new VKontakte design and it’s still possible to continue working with the usual sane interface, then that’s what we’ll do.

This question is relevant, perhaps, for all VKontakte users who, over 10 years, have become accustomed to the simplicity and convenience of the old design and use its functionality to the fullest. In particular, this applies to those who created and administer communities and groups - the developers of the new VK.com have certainly made their lives difficult with their innovations.

By the way, for this category of VK users I would like to give a practical recommendation: in order not to waste precious time on independent public promotion both on VKontakte and in all other popular social networks, and to fully concentrate on quality content for your community, you should contact the service Soclike. Judging by the numerous positive reviews, this PR team knows its business and will be able to quickly provide your group with the required number quality subscribers.

Let's return to the main question. Let's make a reservation right away - we will talk about browser version social network. Android and iOS applications, alas, will not be considered in this article.

Upd. 08/17/2016. Dear Reader, in order not to waste your precious time, I would like to immediately inform you: “The uprising has been suppressed, Skynet has won.” Well, jokes aside, the inevitable happened: despite all the protest sentiments of VKontakte users, the developers, after several “waves” of transferring users to the new design, decided that enough wasted time: on 08/17/16 ALL users of the social network were transferred to the new design... Accordingly, the addresses are new .vk.com simply does not exist at the moment, and recommendations using its return do not work...

This does not mean that there are now absolutely no ways to return the old VKontakte design: especially for those who do not give up, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the ““ block located below in the text. There you will find a method that will probably be able to extinguish the flame of righteous anger in you.

Well, before this block there will be information that has more historical than practical significance: the chronology of the fight against the disease called “ New design of Vk.com". Getting acquainted with this information will not take you, dear Readers, much time, and probably someone will be interested in knowing “how it all began,” so all previously working methods remain in the article. So let's begin.

For those who have become a “guinea pig” for VKontakte designers involuntarily (i.e., they simply encountered a new interface at a certain moment), there should be a link “Return to the old version...” located at the bottom of the left column with menus and advertising. In truth, the designers clearly tried to make the tool for how to return the old version of VKontakte as inconspicuous as possible: gray letters on a gray background - this is difficult to notice.

Those who voluntarily joined the “ranks of testers” of the new interface (by clicking on the ill-fated “Join testing” button) may not find a link to return to the old version.

And how to disable the new VKontakte design in this case?

Pay attention to the browser address bar:

As you can see, before vk.com “ new" Those. in fact, it is another user profile page. To return the usual vk.com/page_id, and with it to return the old version of VKontakte, we simply “edit” the address: you need to erase “ new." And, of course, press Enter (or the input confirmation key on a touch device).

The result will be like this:

Sound familiar? Probably to the point of pain :) Yes, yes, this is the good old vk.com interface, which everyone has gotten used to over the 10 years of its existence. Well, now it’s a small matter: all that remains is to bookmark this page in the browser, so as not to edit the address every time, and call up this page after logging in to the social network.

It is not yet known when exactly the redesign of VKontakte will “cover” everyone, so there is hope that the old version of vk.com will be able to be used for a long time.

Upd. 06/09/2016. It seems that the “old believers” did not rejoice for long: the VK.com team began a forced transfer to a new design without the possibility of returning to the previous version.

Upd. No. 2 - joyful (not so joyful anymore - has lost its relevance...)

It turns out that there is still a workable method to return the old VKontakte interface even to those who seem to have been left with no options (at least the “prompter” was repeatedly thanked for this method in VK). However, we warn you right away - you will have to perform all actions at your own peril and risk, and there may be a risk. The method of returning the old vk.com design is associated with running scripts, and Netobserver does not guarantee that the body of the script does not contain code capable of stealing user login and password.

Let's consider a really working method, suitable for the Google Chrome browser and its “brothers”, like Yandex.Browser (browsers on the Chromium platform):

So, the method is as follows: find it on Google Playmarket

Install the first plugin in the list:

After installation, the activity of the plugin can be checked by the icon in the upper right corner of the browser:

In the tab that opens, click on the “Install this script” button:

Next, a warning from Tampermonkey will appear stating that only reliable scripts should be run (i.e., it once again warns - you act at your own peril and risk), and the installed script will be displayed:

That's all - the script immediately starts working. All you have to do is go to VKontakte (or refresh the page if you are already there) and make sure for yourself that the good old vk.com is back!

Moreover, the effect will persist both when moving between elements of the VKontakte menu and when logging in again.

This is more convenient than the method that was proposed in the comments to this article (however, I would like to say “Thank you” for this option for solving the question “How to return the old VKontakte design”).

There are also extensions similar to Tampermonkey for other browsers:

• For Ognelis: ;
• for Opera: ;
• at Safari - .

Well, after installing the extension for your browser, return to the step of downloading the user script - and then in order :)

Upd. 3 - for the most persistent.

Dear readers, you have 2 options: accept it and start getting used to the new design (this is difficult, but possible - I say from my own experience), or fight to the end :) The remaining way to fight is to use custom styles. There are several of them currently being developed, and all of them are still very crude. But, as they say, in the absence of fish and...

For enthusiasts who do not give up and are ready to get confused, we have prepared the following recommendations:

1. Using a custom script via Tampermonkey;
2. Using the Stylish browser plugin with style loading(most popular option) .

For those who have already learned to work with Tampermonkey (see description in Upd.2- above in the text), an alternative script is proposed (though very crude), returning some semblance of the old version. There’s probably little point in using it for now, but you can track the changes being made—I’m sure that after a while this custom style will work much better.

https://userstyles.org/styles/userjs/128986/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9%20%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0 %B7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%20%D0%92%D0%9A.user.js

The script will need to be edited. Specifically interested in the following lines (from 7 to 10):

// @include http://new.vk.com/*
// @include https://new.vk.com/*
// @include http://*.new.vk.com/*
// @include https://*.new.vk.com/*

You need to remove "new." on lines 7 and 8, ".new" on lines 9 and 10.

It should look like this:

The Stylish plugin is the most popular option for returning the old VKontakte design

In principle, the algorithm of Stylish is similar to the method of Tampermonkey, with the only difference being that Stylish, unlike the latter, works with styles, not scripts.

Attention: Do not run Tampermonkey with Stylish! Although both plugins are designed to do, in principle, the same thing, it is not a fact that using them together will lead to twice the best result (rather, the fact is that it will not :)).

So, if you have already tested the first method and decide to move on to the second, first deactivate the Tampermonkey plugin.

After installing the extension, you need to make sure that it is activated. For Chrome, the picture will be as follows: an icon with the letter “S” will appear in the upper right corner of the browser:

The next step is to download the style from the developer's website: .

On the page that opens, you will need to use the big green button - it’s hard to miss:

Judging by the speed of releases, the author is trying very hard to eliminate all the currently existing shortcomings. Therefore, I recommend that you bookmark this page so that after a few days (weeks) you can download the modified style for Vkontakte, which will no longer be so crude.

In the meantime, let everything be the same for you as the lucky person who left this review:

Dear readers, if you have alternative methods for solving a return to the old VKontakte design, do not hesitate to leave them in the comments! We are also looking forward to feedback from those who have benefited from the above recommendations.

Have a good mood everyone!

Article How to return the old VKontakte design - disable the new version was modified: May 4th, 2017 by Netobserver

When you turn on Wi-Fi, most Android devices start downloading software and game updates. The process is useful, but sometimes updating on Android causes the application to start working incorrectly. In this case, Android device users begin to wonder how to remove updates and return programs to a working state.

Uninstalling updates

You can only remove updates from built-in Android applications - Google Chrome, Play Market. If you are looking for how to uninstall a third-party program update on Android, then you will be disappointed. The only working way is to uninstall the application itself, and then find and install its old version.

You can search for old versions on sites like 4pda - there you can find any popular program for Android. Downloading installation files from other portals is more dangerous, but it is also possible, especially if the site has been verified by other users. To prevent a remote application from being updated immediately after installation, you need to configure the order in which updates are downloaded on Android.

If you don’t like how one of the standard Android applications (for example, Play Market) works after an upgrade, you can quickly roll it back to its original state:

1. Open settings, go to "Applications".
2. Find in the list the program whose updates you want to remove. Click on it to open a page with additional settings.
3. Tap on the “Uninstall updates” button.

Deleted updates may be downloaded back when connected to Wi-Fi. To prevent this from happening, follow the recommendations for setting up app updates on Android.

Setting up Android update

By default, programs start updating when Wi-Fi is turned on. On mobile traffic, updates are not downloaded, because it has a limit - a specific number of gigabytes per month. Most Android users are happy with this approach: they turn on Wi-Fi, the application is updated, and you don’t have to worry about the relevance of the programs. But if you want to completely control how the latest update will be loaded, you need to make additional system settings.

The first thing you can do is set a limit on background processes. It will help fix the situation when the system freezes due to the simultaneous updating of several applications.

1. Open settings, section "For developers".
2. Scroll down to the Background Process Limit option. Click on it to change.
3. Set the value that suits you - for example, no more than 2 processes at a time.

If you want to disable auto-updates altogether, the easiest way to do this is to use the Play Market settings:

1. Launch Play Market. Call up the control menu and go to settings.
2. Click on "Auto update" and select "Never".

Some applications are updated without the help of the Play Market, so following the above steps will not be enough to completely disable auto-update. To fix this flaw:

1. Open your phone settings, go to the “About device” section.
2. Select "Software Update".
3. Uncheck the "Auto-update" option.