android : stop a sticky service - android

I am developping a wear app.
I start a sticky service in the wear when I receive a dedicated event.
This service returns START_STICKY in onStartCommand.
My question is : how can I stop definitively this service?
I need it to be restarted if Android stops it because of low memory, but I need to be able to stop it definitively by code.
I tried to stop it using stopService(Intent i) or stopSelf() but the service gets recreated each time.
Thank you for your help.
jn.


Call stopService(intentOfYourService) at onPause() or onDestroy() and give the Intent you created at onCreate() (or elsewhere) to the parameteres.

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