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Stop OTA update/notification

I've got a Sprint Galaxy S3. It's running a stock rooted ROM. I have not decided at this time whether to keep it stock or change to a different ROM. I do not want to lose any functionality by accepting the OTA. Is there a way for me to configure the phone to stop notifying me of the OTA update?

i think the best thing you could do is flash a latedt stock rom

You can edit the build.prop to reflect an updated software version.

Build.prop sounds promising. What parameter value(s) should I change?
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There's a much easier way. If you have a custom recovery, accept the damned ota. The phone will reboot in cwm, attempt to install and fail. Reboot your phone and you will not get another ota. This has been said close to a hundred times in this forum. I did it on the last 2 updates and it's worked every time.
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When I get an ota update I just hit update and it force closes and I never get it again. Doesn't even reboot or anything. Running Phantom Hackers Blazer ROM BTW!

rbtrucking said:
When I get an ota update I just hit update and it force closes and I never get it again. Doesn't even reboot or anything. Running Phantom Hackers Blazer ROM BTW!
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Correct but you are on a custom Rom. The op is on stock rooted. On stock rooted it doesn't force close. It will normally boot into recovery and then fail. I'm not entirely sure what will happen if he is rooted with the stock recovery. That's why I specifically stated that it will work if he has a custom recovery.
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Thanks Skunk Ape1...followed your advice and it worked. I have CWM recovery.

AlpineMan said:
Thanks Skunk Ape1...followed your advice and it worked. I have CWM recovery.
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Cool. I knew it would.
Did it boot into recovery and try to install?
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wrong forum

What are you developing here?
READ FORUM RULES AND STICKIES BEFORE POSTING
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Ok, now that I'm using TWRP, accepting the update actually does an update. It no longer aborts like it used to with CWM.
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Great Thx M8; notifications were getting on my nerves :highfive:
Skunk Ape1 said:
There's a much easier way. If you have a custom recovery, accept the damned ota. The phone will reboot in cwm, attempt to install and fail. Reboot your phone and you will not get another ota. This has been said close to a hundred times in this forum. I did it on the last 2 updates and it's worked every time.
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[Tutorial] Rooting the Sprint GalaxyS3 the Easy Way

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Thanks skunk ape!
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The zip would not flash in recovery, phone is running the official jellybean.
Any ideas?
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los0325 said:
The zip would not flash in recovery, phone is running the official jellybean.
Any ideas?
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Which zip would not flash in recovery?
The only zip you will flash in recovery is team epic root from recovery. And it must be flashed in the recovery that was installed with Odin.
If you let the phone restart after flashing recovery in Odin the custom recovery will be replaced by the stock recovery.

Skunk Ape1 said:
Which zip would not flash in recovery?
The only zip you will flash in recovery is team epic root from recovery. And it must be flashed in the recovery that was installed with Odin.
If you let the phone restart after flashing recovery in Odin the custom recovery will be replaced by the stock recovery.
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Omg bro I'm so sorry, I feel like a noob
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los0325 said:
Omg bro I'm so sorry, I feel like a noob
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So you figure it out?

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So you figure it out?
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Yes sir I did thanks
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Will this work with the latest update and does it wipe data?

jstn76rs said:
Will this work with the latest update and does it wipe data?
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It will not wipe any data and can be used to root any version android on the Sprint gs3.

Skunk Ape1 said:
It will not wipe any data and can be used to root any version android on the Sprint gs3.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Will give this a go as soon as my wife gives me the ok.

jstn76rs said:
Thanks for the quick reply. Will give this a go as soon as my wife gives me the ok.
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Really?
If you need anything, I monitor this thread and will provide support if needed.

Thanks!
As a TOTAL noob: appreciate the easy explanation! Waiting to do this myself, but have a few quick questions first. I've done a lot of reading up on rooting but I'm still not entirely clear on a few things so I'm hoping someone can explain it to me like I'm five:
1. Can I accept over-the-air updates from Sprint on a rooted phone? i.e. when they push Android 4.2. If not, do I unroot and reroot to update? Do I have to uninstall everything?
2. Is there something I need to install after doing this? I previously rooted an HTC EVO and remember having to install Superuser immediately after. Anything similar here? Looking to ultimately run wifi tether so any advice toward that end would be greatly appreciated.
3. I'm a little confused about rooting/flashing and some basic definitions. Are they the same thing? I hear a lot about CyanogenMod - what is it and is it coming into play here?
Thanks so much!!

As a TOTAL noob: appreciate the easy explanation! Waiting to do this myself, but have a few quick questions first. I've done a lot of reading up on rooting but I'm still not entirely clear on a few things so I'm hoping someone can explain it to me like I'm five:
1. Can I accept over-the-air updates from Sprint on a rooted phone? i.e. when they push Android 4.2. If not, do I unroot and reroot to update? Do I have to uninstall everything?
This is not going to be a straight up yes or no answer. If an update comes ota to your phone, you will be able to receive it providing you:
1. reflash stock recovery before accepting it.
2. haven't flashed a custom rom
3. haven't removed any required software. The ota will look for certain software and files. if the required software and files aren't present the ota will fail
None of this should concern you though. There are ALWAYS ways to get the updates while being rooted
2. Is there something I need to install after doing this? I previously rooted an HTC EVO and remember having to install Superuser immediately after. Anything similar here? Looking to ultimately run wifi tether so any advice toward that end would be greatly appreciated.
These instructions seem like you are doing many things. You aren't. There are really only 5 steps. I just broke all the steps down in detail. Really all this is:
1. Downloading all the files to your computer
2. Installing your Samsung Drivers to your computer
3. Copying one file to your phones sd or external sd card. (Team_Epic Root_From Recovery)
4. Flashing CWM Recovery to your phone with Odin.
5. Flashing TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip with CWM Recovery
The Team Epic File that you are flashing in recovery installs superuser, busy box, and in addition removes two files needed to make recovery stick.
3. I'm a little confused about rooting/flashing and some basic definitions. Are they the same thing? I hear a lot about CyanogenMod - what is it and is it coming into play here?
Rooting is really nothing more than giving you the user, the right to access root or system files. It has very little to do with flashing as you can flash updates with stock recovery.
Flashing is simply installing something in a tar, img, or zip format. tar files are flashed with Odin, zips are flashed from recovery and img files are flashed or pushed with adb (Android Debug Bridge)or fastboot.
Cyanogen is a rom. roms are very simply the phones operating system and user interface. They're called roms because their files are kept on read only memory. There are many roms out there for our phone.

Awesome, appreciate the prompt response - thanks so much!!

Thanks!
Thanks for putting this together. My new gs3 arrives tomorrow and I have already prepped my computer with your files in anticipation.
I'll report back how it works out.
Thanks again!

One more thing
When I do get my phone should I activate it first or root it first or does it matter?
I know it voids the warranty but I guess I could unroot to take it in for service if needed?
Thanks again.

brianando said:
When I do get my phone should I activate it first or root it first or does it matter?
I know it voids the warranty but I guess I could unroot to take it in for service if needed?
Thanks again.
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I would activate it.

This works with the 4.1 update, correct?

I previously had the Galaxy S1 (Epic) and went through several custom ROMs before finally going back to a stable release with root because of dissatisfaction with the ROMs. My phone never really returned to perfect functionality after this experimentation, and always had some buggy glitches and many FC's. Now that I have a perfectly running GS3 with Android 4.1, I would love to be able to wifi tether and install apps like adblock and Titanium Backup Pro, but I am hesitant because of my past experience.
Do you think there is any reason at all that simply doing this root procedure would change the functionality of my perfectly smooth-running GS3?

i317 UCAMA4 update.. killed root...

Kind of figured it would... any workarounds yet? My previous root method was through the Exynos Abuse app... no update yet though. I realize it just came out, so was just wondering...

why would you install an OTA update when you are rooted?

Because I wasn't thinking. :banghead:
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So are there a question in this thread? If so, is the question how to get root back? Just use Odin and flash a custom recovery then reinstall SU.

I installed the update and kept root. When it finished downloading the package, it restarted into my custom recovery. I use ClockworkMod. Once I flashed it CWM told me that root might be lost and do I want to try to keep it. Of course, I said yes. Restarted, and everything was fine and rooted!

teslafied said:
I installed the update and kept root. When it finished downloading the package, it restarted into my custom recovery. I use ClockworkMod. Once I flashed it CWM told me that root might be lost and do I want to try to keep it. Of course, I said yes. Restarted, and everything was fine and rooted!
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So I tried to do the ota update, but when it reloads it takes me to TWRP. The frist time it took me there I selected to reboot from my recovery on my sd card, then the second time I just chose for it to reboot the system. I still don't have the update and I'm still rooted. Could u please help me to achieve what u have done, to keep root but also have the update applied?
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lilmama2879 said:
So I tried to do the ota update, but when it reloads it takes me to TWRP. The frist time it took me there I selected to reboot from my recovery on my sd card, then the second time I just chose for it to reboot the system. I still don't have the update and I'm still rooted. Could u please help me to achieve what u have done, to keep root but also have the update applied?
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You have to have stock recovery installed. U can't use twrp2 or cwm.
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borijess said:
You have to have stock recovery installed. U can't use twrp2 or cwm.
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As u can probably c I'm a total noob and I'm not sure what u mean when u say I need to have stock recovery. Could u pls point me in the right direction? I'd like to put this update on my phone and be done with it cuz it keeps popping up in my notification tray that there's an update. Pls help me, thanks in advance. I'm on a stock rom (at&t i317 4.1.2) and rooted with the CF auto root, but have the multiview mod installed also.
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borijess said:
You have to have stock recovery installed. U can't use twrp2 or cwm.
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I flashed it using CWM.

teslafied said:
I flashed it using CWM.
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I just went into my recovery for the first time since I flashed it with CWM and even though it kept my root, it did put the stock recovery back. I just re-flashed CWM Touch again and I'm all good now!

Everything goes fine when rooting but then apps tell me I don't have root..

I have stock 4.1.2 and I used the Obdin + CMRecovery + CM_Root_Superuser_3.1.3_BusyBox method to root. Everything goes fine with the process, no errors, and I get the super user app in my list of apps. When I go to install Titanium Backup it tells me root access failed...
I have also tried the OneClickSuperUser app and at first it told me that I was already rooted, I proceeded anyways but it got stuck on step 5 displaying waiting on phone...
I'm not sure what else to do. If anyone could please help I will give them my first born.
Thanks.

Lol you too, I did the root thing like 15 times, I was ready to slam the phone on the floor

Haven't looked yet but can we revert back to ICS then root? Don't know if we can downgrade as I don't have this phone. Looking to root my gf's and she is on jb as well.
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Did you try installing TWRP with Odin? After you do, you can enter recovery, then reboot system from within recovery reboot options. When you do that, you should get a message asking you if you want to install SuperSU - TWRP will do it for you. After you have rebooted, SuperSU will install and give you instructions to do the rest (i.e. update binary or something).
Hope this helps.

Yep. That worked great. I came from a Moto phone so I had no idea rooting could be so easy! Lol.
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This is the root method that worked for me when I rooted my brother's T-mobile GSII. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcMioCHOsm8 and I attached the files you need. It worked fine. The only thing that was hard was actually getting into the stock recovery lol. Also heads up when you flash a 4.2.2 rom you have to also update your cell radio or else you will just have a media player

sparky697 said:
Haven't looked yet but can we revert back to ICS then root? Don't know if we can downgrade as I don't have this phone. Looking to root my gf's and she is on jb as well.
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Have you tried this method http://galaxys2root.com/t-mobile-ga...ly-bean-firmware-with-root-and-cwm-flashable/

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Stuck in reboot loop after CF-Auto-Root

Hi All,
I purchased my Note 4 from Swappa, it already came in with Knox 0x1 (4) but it was restored back to stock everything. I recently upgraded to 5.1.1 (via Official OTA) and Sprint has turned my phone into an Ad Beacon. I get all sorts of stuff get installed from Sprint Zone to Avatars for Voicemail and a ton of apps that I need out of my phone.
I decided to try the CF-Auto-Root method. This worked for me in the past with my Note II. Well, I was not so lucky this time. I booted to Download Mode, ran Odin, and PDA installed the autoroot TAR.
I got the red pirate droid screen, and then the phone rebooted. Since then it's been stuck in a reboot loop over and over.
Is my phone bricked? I realize I made a very dumb mistake by doing this now. Because I need my phone the next 2 days and I might have to call Sprint and have them re-activate one of my dumb phones if I can't figure this out.
Question is, is the phone done for? Or is there a way I can bring it back from the dead? I am currently download what I think is the stock FW for the Note 4 (5.1.1) from Sammobile. Its going at 200kb/s so It won't finish for another 2 hours. Only problem is. I have no idea what to do with this file once I get it.
If someone here can please point me in the right direction. I'd greatly appreciate it.

CF autoroot does not work on 5.1.1....odin stock sprint rom and then flash a custom rom with root baked in the rom...recommend Sprint HybridX ver3 as it has anything you could want in a rom and is very stable...you'll need to install custom recovery such as TWRP to flash the custom rom
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gdempsey1 said:
CF autoroot does not work on 5.1.1....odin stock sprint rom and then flash a custom rom with root baked in the rom...recommend Sprint HybridX ver3 as it has anything you could want in a rom and is very stable...you'll need to install custom recovery such as TWRP to flash the custom rom
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Thanks for the response. I'm currently flashing using:
ALL_SPT_N910PVPU4COG5_N910PSPT4COG5_CL5303209_QB5691107_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5.zip
It's doing it's thing at the moment.
I tried flashing TWRP earlier, but had no luck. Could you please point me at any resource that can help me get that? Assuming this stock I'm using will work.
EDIT: It finished, rebooted. Now stuck at the Sprint Spark screen for about 5 minutes now.
EDIT2: It's preparing device for first time use. Looks like the stock made it through.
Just need to know how to flash TWRP at this moment and if you can kindly point me to that HybridX ROM I'd be grateful!

Go to XDA developer (install app from playstore) and the go to sprint samsung galaxy note4 forum under android development and find sprint hybrid x rom thread...at the beginning of thread are all the file downloads you'll need and instructions to install....when you're done give @tx (the developer) a thank you...he's an awesome developer and creates the best roms out there for our devices.
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Thanks for the headsup. I managed to get TWRP working and I booted to it.
I'm just confused regarding Deodexed vs Nondeodexed roms. What's the difference? That's my last obstacle in my way.
Again, I appreciate your help.

Odexed is for performance and deodexed is for mods...deodexed alittle slower but highly customizable (themes..5way boot...etc.)...odexed is fast but can't customize.
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Odexed is for performance and deodexed is for mods...deodexed alittle slower but highly customizable (themes..5way boot...etc.)...odexed is fast but can't customize.
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So unfortunately I rebooted from TWRP after testing that it works and I'm back to the boot loop.. I get the Sprint logo and it keeps rebooting....
When I was in TWRP, before I rebooted it asked it I wanted to installed SuperSU and I agreed. Could that have done it?
Does that mean I need to reflash again?

Possibly incompatible...you flashed a stock rom and tried to add SU without root....reflash stock...and then flash the Hybrid X rom if you want root and SU as they are baked into the rom so when you reboot you'll have everything you need...no need to add anything else.
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After you install xda read some of the threads....you'll learn alot on the peculiarities of the new 5.1.1 update and OG5 problems and workarounds....much info in these threads...especially Hybrid X threads

gdempsey1 said:
After you install xda read some of the threads....you'll learn alot on the peculiarities of the new 5.1.1 update and OG5 problems and workarounds....much info in these threads...especially Hybrid X threads
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Looks like I managed to boot into HybridX finally. My only worry at this point is it looks like I lost LTE. I only see 3G connection now.
I'm guess that's what you're referring to with OG5 problems?
EDIT: I can't really tell at this point. Whenever I reboot. I see the LTE logo. I ran the browser real quick managed to load a page fast. But lost the signal and went back to 3G. I'll have to give this a full day of testing before I judge it.
That being said, I got rid of all the Sprint junk and I think the phone runs a bit faster. So thank you for all your help!

You're welcome...and the lte/3g will switch back and forth depending on the available signals inorder to maintain the most stable data connection for your location....not to worry....you probably won't even notice the difference other than the icons
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You're gonna love the battery usage...and all the bells and whistles like audio mods that @tx baked into the rom
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I had this same thing happen to me. My phone is stuck in a boot loop. Where do I get the file I need to flash to restore everything back to normal? I'm inexperienced in rooting so any help would be appreciated.

frenchiethefry94 said:
I had this same thing happen to me. My phone is stuck in a boot loop. Where do I get the file I need to flash to restore everything back to normal? I'm inexperienced in rooting so any help would be appreciated.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62241991&postcount=56
You'll need Beastmode kernel and SuperSU zip links from that post. There's also notes that will help if you continue to experience boot loops.
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Hey guys I'm in the same boat using 910W8 Telus reboot loop. What do I need to do to unbrick this note 4 fairly new to this and bit off way more than I could chew lol please helppp

Easy Root for SM-G900T1 klte (Any Device) Lollipop 5.0-5.1.1 or CFAutoRoot btloop fix
Will work on any device. So I was having the same issue and had actually just wasted 2 whole days trying to root my S5 with the 5.1.1 and couldnt seem to find a working download link for the 4.4.2 Gingerbread so being the stubborn ass I am when it comes to hacking and finding faster alt. solutions by like editing script or binary persay. So out of irritation and many times flashing back to my previous firmware lol I had a crazy idea. I used the CF Auto Root and sure enough bootloop, but....then I thought well I need the TWRP recovery if I wanna try and maybe manually update or swap the boot.img or security protocol somehow so I flashed TWRP recovery and all I had to do to end the bootloop was install update from ext sdcard<SuperSU v1.65 update which it just so happens I coincidentally copied and pasted onto my sd card (via sd card adapter in laptop or the mass storage mode when hooked to usb) and boom it booted up and started perfect as if I didnt even have Lollipop 5.1.1 lol made my night/morning at 6 am previously frustrated and about to give up. So to sum it up....
1. Download/Install: Odin v3.10.6
2. Download/OdinFlash: CF Auto Root
3. Download/OdinFlash: openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-klte
4. Download: SuperSU-v1.65-update
5. Recovery Reboot
6. Install Update: SuperSU-v1.65-update
slide to flash it, wipe Dalvik cache, reboot normally and wahlah you've now rooted you Galaxy S5 klte on Lollipop 5.1.1 and up (when they update the klte this method should still work guaranteed due to the fact its more of a technical loophole in the firmware than the exploit package itself)