Can you stop the watch from updating? - Garmin 945 LTE 17.28 update

Currently it appears the 17.28 is putting Garmin 945 LTE into a state where they reboot within a minute or so in any activity.  I'm waiting on replacement watch #3.

Here's my question, can you stop the watch from updating?  Out of the box they work but as soon as they update to 17.28, disaster.  I REALLY like the LTE functionality of the watch but not being able to use it for activities makes it pretty useless.  

TIA.