Hi, i have recently tried to root my Galaxy S3 SGH-I747M for Bell, and had the wrong launcher flashed. So i restored system defaults, and now it says that i can not receive software updates...? Why is this and how can i fix it? If someone could get back to me that would be great! :fingers-crossed:
Your post makes next to no sense...
The launcher has nothing to do with system updates and is not something that is flashable. I.e. Trebuchet that comes with Cyanogen Mod, Nova launcher or Apex which can be downloaded from the play store.
If you did manage to achieve root, then you obviously will not be able to receive OTA updates from your carrier. You're using unsigned/unofficial firmware and they just do not mix.
System defaults are settings based on per app decisions you can make as to what apps will handle what activities. It has nothing to do with root, flashing ROMs, or any of that stuff.
Please give us more information to work with and try to be more clear with what info/type of help you're looking for.
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Ok, so I've seen this question asked I don't know how many times in each Rom at the Dev Section and also in the General Forum so I decided to make a quick guide.
- If you're on any ROM or even stock rooted and get prompted to update to the new update you can do a couple things.
1.- If you don't already have Titanium Back up, Download it from the market and FREEZE Device Management. Once you freeze it just reboot and the update will go away. I was going to recommend Bloat Freezer, but I couldn't find it on the Market, not sure what's going on with that.
This is the easiest step * ** *
Titanium Backup - https://market.android.com/search?q=titanium+back+up&c=apps
*An alternative would be using Root Explorer -
Under System/ App/ wssyncmldm.apk Just delete.
Root Explorer - https://market.android.com/search?q=root+explorer&c=apps
2.- If you must have the update for some reason and don't want to just flash a ROM that's already 2.3.6, then it's best to go back to stock. UPDATE will not work unless you have STOCK RECOVERY on your phone.
To go back to stock refer to this Guide made by Jangst123.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321811
3.- You can also try to flash your nandroid backup and then Odin the stock recovery. You also might need the stock kernel if you had a custom one installed, in this case flash Stock kernel first before your nandroid.
Stock Kernel - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2510030/kernel-stock.zip
4.- If you're only rooted with the stock Rom you can try to update without doing anything, but you will lose Root. There has been reports that it has worked for some, but not for others.
Be Careful with what you decide to do!!
== The update you are getting is NOT ICS, it is an update to 2.3.6 and for the Wifi Calling App. == In order for Wifi calling to work you MUST have the New Sim card that came with the phone. If you don't have one go to your T-mobile store and get one. =
*** If you rather just get the Baseband/Modem by itself then you can get it from here http://rootzwiki.com/topic/11883-odin-tmo-sgsii-modem-collection-eam-kang12142011/
Thanks to Team Kang.
Hope this HELPS, now if people only used the SEARCH engine. I think I'm going to make a guide on how to use it, LOL.
*I am not responsible if you damage your expensive phone in any way. Use this guide at your own risk.*
Or....... just use free es file explorer on market ( don't forget to enable root under its settings ) and backup/delete both wssync apk's under /system/app. Then reboot
Takes less than 2 minutes and can be done without odin, firmware flashing, ect
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Nice. Thank you. Worked using root explorer and deleting. I am using barbaridier 3.5 weird it made.me update....
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Thanks for the info, i switched different rom's due to the update message stuck in the notification bar
Bloat Freezer is definitely not an app to use for freezing the Device management app anymore. An earlier forum post pointed out that it's been pulled from the market, and as this article cites, with good reason. Alternatives suggested are SystemCleanup, NoBloat, and as the OP pointed out, Titanium Backup.
Good Luck..
thank you for the thread
Hi, i went back to stock everything, and i haven't had a prompt for the update yet. I updated previously, is that the reason why?
= The update you are getting is NOT ICS, it is an update to 2.3.6 and for the Wifi Calling App. == In order for Wifi calling to work you MUST have the New Sim card that came with the phone. If you don't have one go to your T-mobile store and get one. =
Ok what if the next update is ICS and i'm rooted and I want to update? Will it mess anything up if It tries to update?
Thanks, a simple guide with an easy solution.
If you are Low on cash and dont want to pay for titanium backup ... Ultimate Backup Does the job for free
Hello
Just dropping by to say hello and that this thread has been featured on the XDA Portal
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...ate-notifications-on-the-samsung-galaxy-s-ii/
If there were only a version of this that worked on the Epic 4g Touch (Sprint version of SGS II), we're having a problem with that right now.
PoorCollegeGuy said:
Hello
Just dropping by to say hello and that this thread has been featured on the XDA Portal
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...ate-notifications-on-the-samsung-galaxy-s-ii/
If there were only a version of this that worked on the Epic 4g Touch (Sprint version of SGS II), we're having a problem with that right now.
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I noticed, thanks!
Powered by the SGSII....
Titanium is free, and does everything you will need. The donate version is very inexpensive too.
Titanium backup is great! And the pro version that does all the restoring in one go!
Which one do you use?
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Bloat Freezer is definitely not an app to use for freezing the Device management app anymore. An earlier forum post pointed out that it's been pulled from the market, and as this article cites, with good reason. Alternatives suggested are SystemCleanup, NoBloat, and as the OP pointed out, Titanium Backup.
Good Luck..
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jasnn,
Thank you for the heads up. I read that article and seems like this Trey guy is a bit shady. Which one do you use jasnn? I plan on buy Titanium backup in the near future before I start loading custom roms, but I am looking to leave the stock rom for now and just get rid most the t-mobile preinstalled stuff. In all fairness I was pretty impressed with the dnla app allshare and also Kies Air but there was just sooo much preloaded junk.
Ken
thank you so much! it helped alot!
thanks for this
Thank You
Thank you - I am a noob - not only am I learning how to's of T989 but how to let contributors know - again thanks
? i have the sprint GS2 and I tried lookin up the device management in TB like you said top freeze the ota update push but i didnt see it. I am on 2.3.6 stock rooted Gengerbread Eko2 : and all i have in that area is
DRM content 2.3.6
DRM content launcher 1.0
DRM Protected Content Storage 2.3.6
could anyone of these be what i need to freeze?
Also:
In Es file Explorer i did see a file close to what you said to look for to delete but it was WSSYNCMLNPS.APK instead. is this the one for my fone?
thanks for your help - hate the ota push been trying to figure out how to get rid of it cause i dont want to update.
let me know
StifflerServices said:
? i have the sprint GS2 and I tried lookin up the device management in TB like you said top freeze the ota update push but i didnt see it. I am on 2.3.6 stock rooted Gengerbread Eko2 : and all i have in that area is
DRM content 2.3.6
DRM content launcher 1.0
DRM Protected Content Storage 2.3.6
could anyone of these be what i need to freeze?
Also:
In Es file Explorer i did see a file close to what you said to look for to delete but it was WSSYNCMLNPS.APK instead. is this the one for my fone?
thanks for your help - hate the ota push been trying to figure out how to get rid of it cause i dont want to update.
let me know
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Do you have Download Manager 2.3.6?
If so try that one.
Are you already on 2.3.6? Because I noticed Device Management is no longer there once I updated to 2.3.6.
But you're on Sprint, so not exactly sure what it's called.
Powered by the SGSII....
I am running ICS 4.04 on SCH-I515. I already unlocked the bootloader and I am currently rooted. I am not using the verizon ROM, I believe I am currently using a regular AOSP build.
I want to upgrade to Jelly Bean when its available but I know that flashing it will erase everything. What can I use to back up everything so when I upgrade to JB I will be able to restore everything. I am hoping to be able to restore contacts, apps, settings, configurations for apps.....maybe even home screen setups?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
smartadmin said:
I am running ICS 4.04 on SCH-I515. I already unlocked the bootloader and I am currently rooted. I am not using the verizon ROM, I believe I am currently using a regular AOSP build.
I want to upgrade to Jelly Bean when its available but I know that flashing it will erase everything. What can I use to back up everything so when I upgrade to JB I will be able to restore everything. I am hoping to be able to restore contacts, apps, settings, configurations for apps.....maybe even home screen setups?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Check out rom toolbox pro in play store. It'll backup those things and more. Titanium backup is another popular choice for apps and data, but I don't think it backups sms, contacts, settings, etc like rom toolbox does.
Before anything make a android if anything should go wrong you can restore. For messages I suggest SMS Backup and Restore found in the play store. For apps and all that use titanium backup and restore app+data on jellybean which will import all settings and data the application had on the original backup. Contacts should have been backed up to the Google servers so you don't really have to worry about that, once you sign in to jellybean for the first time your contacts will be completely restores automatically. Home screens not possible , to my knowing, unless you use a third party launcher such as Nova which let's you backup home screens.
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iLeopard said:
Home screens not possible , to my knowing, unless you use a third party launcher such as Nova which let's you backup home screens.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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icon placement can be backed up through titanium if you backup the launcher. Widgets wont restore though with any launcher. Except possibly Nova.
smartadmin said:
I am running ICS 4.04 on SCH-I515. I already unlocked the bootloader and I am currently rooted. I am not using the verizon ROM, I believe I am currently using a regular AOSP build.
I want to upgrade to Jelly Bean when its available but I know that flashing it will erase everything. What can I use to back up everything so when I upgrade to JB I will be able to restore everything. I am hoping to be able to restore contacts, apps, settings, configurations for apps.....maybe even home screen setups?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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titanium backup. Only certain launchers can back up your home screen stuff. Like apex.
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Cool I already use Titanium backup, so looks like I am covered on everything other then home screens. If I were to change to nova launcher that would mean I would have to re do my home screens anyway.
So... I have been on a custom ROM for a while now. The ROM I have been using is great... unfortunately... I have been having constant problems on the market. Currently, I can go to the market on the web and it still lists my device from when it had the latest stock version. My issue is that now it is showing a TON of apps that are incompatible which is complete BS. I was able to get some of the APKs and had some from a titanium backup I had done previously... and they all work perfectly fine.
I did a wipe of market data and removed my account on my phone. I then rebooted, added my account, and started up the market. This fixed about half of the apps... but I still have a ton of apps showing incompatible.
To try and track down this issue... can someone post a build.prop from the latest stock build? I want to try some modifications to my build.prop to try and fix the issue. Currently, I am on the King Kang ROM (AOKP+Paranoid)
EDIT: Was able to restore my device ID from a backup from when I was running stock. I am now able to install things... though it worries me that the problem could re-occur as with its normal configuration it would prevent installation of some applications.
Goblinlord said:
So... I have been on a custom ROM for a while now. The ROM I have been using is great... unfortunately... I have been having constant problems on the market. Currently, I can go to the market on the web and it still lists my device from when it had the latest stock version. My issue is that now it is showing a TON of apps that are incompatible which is complete BS. I was able to get some of the APKs and had some from a titanium backup I had done previously... and they all work perfectly fine.
I did a wipe of market data and removed my account on my phone. I then rebooted, added my account, and started up the market. This fixed about half of the apps... but I still have a ton of apps showing incompatible.
To try and track down this issue... can someone post a build.prop from the latest stock build? I want to try some modifications to my build.prop to try and fix the issue. Currently, I am on the King Kang ROM (AOKP+Paranoid)
EDIT: Was able to restore my device ID from a backup from when I was running stock. I am now able to install things... though it worries me that the problem could re-occur as with its normal configuration it would prevent installation of some applications.
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Did you ever change the DPI on your phone? That will make installing things from the market impossible unless you have a modded market.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda app-developers app
however it was set on this ROM is where it was initially and had problems. I changed with Paranoid but other than that no. After changing with Paranoid I can still DL most apps. Though... the DPI is pretty jacked immediately after flashing... its all set at like 320 default which is too large for almost anything. I have set it down to 200. Even though I still have it at 200 after restoring a device ID I can now install stuff again for now though.
IT IS WORKING NOW.
Quick background. I have the SPH-L900, but I am on Sprint's MVNO Ting. Before I activated it, I rooted it and downloaded several apps. Some of the apps are Paid apps, the others are free. During activation Ting asked if they could do a factory reset and I said yes. I never lost root, but lost all my personal information and my apps. Now the apps that I had successfully downloaded before, I cannot download now.
I do have Rom Manager Premium and Rom Toolbox Pro, if that will help solve my problem.
Be clear, because I am new to all this.
Oh, I did send an E-Mail to Cloud.TV for HD Widgets, but didn't get a reply.(2 days) Since I did pay, I hoped they would solve the problem for their app and maybe I could use that information to fix the rest.
Please help
Re: [Q] "Your Device Isn't Compatible with This Version"
I had the same problem and it turned out to be the dpi... make sure your build.prop has 320 dpi in both parts and clear cache
after you do this and install your apps you can revert to whatever dpi you want
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reinaldistic said:
I had the same problem and it turned out to be the dpi... make sure your build.prop has 320 dpi in both parts and clear cache
after you do this and install your apps you can revert to whatever dpi you want
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It didn't work. I made sure the DPI is 320. (Yes, I had changed it to 280) I then used ROM Toolbox to wipe both caches. Rebooted and still got the error on the Play Store.
It is working now. The only thing I did, after trying everything in search, plus what reinaldistic suggested is to go to Settings and then to System Update. Then asking for an update for every choice they gave me.
I do not know if that is what worked or it was something else.
Device Info: Sprint Galaxy Note 2 Running rooted stock Android 4.4.2. (chainfire auto root using odin)
Wifi only unit. I have no sprint contract purchased it used (I'm new to customizing android- I have flashed an old palm pda, but only via guidance)
Situation: Rooted the unit and have customized it as mine
1. No custom backup and would like to do that
2. Do not like all the bloatware apps
3. Now a system update has been downloaded asking to install (I've not okayed it)
So please help me with each of these
1. Please point me in the direction of best way to take a backup of existing rom ( I do have philz downloaded, but I'm not sure about how to ?
2. Would that deal with the persistent update request? Would it be good to update?
3. and then the bloatware removal, should I use an app that removes system apps? ( I have titanium, but I'm not good at knowing which apps to touch and not to touch) Thanks in advance and no I'm not in a hurry as yet.
Hi,
I will have your thread moved to your device section so the experts who own your device can help you.
Good luck!
Point to links please
If someone doesn't want to tackle this whole question I'd just appreciate links on how to step by step. I'd appreciate any help at all, I'm just a bit fearful of bricking the device, but if the instructions are clear I can definitely do this.
The first is issue is backup that is my priority at the moment. The second is whether to install the update or not and how to get rid of the nag. thanks
Not sure about backing up the ROM itself... but what I do is just back up the apps with Titanium and then re-load the apps (or just data) when I have to re-install my ROM like I did a couple of weeks ago. Prior to the Note II, I had an HTC Hero (stop laughing) and would do nandroids for that device. Don't know that you need that for Samsung devices, but somebody may be better to explain than I am.
ETA: here's an article on creating a nandroid, FWIW
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-is-a-nandroid-backup-and-how-exactly-does-it-work/
If you are rooted, I don't know that the persistent update will actually apply/install. I'm on Classic Stock 4.4.2 and I also had the same nag. Here's a link on how to disable the update nag. This is what I did, as my phone would not apply the update so I just disabled the persistent reminder using the steps below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2442207
With respect to removing system apps, not sure I can offer much direction other than to suggest removing obvious apps (maybe like the Sprint Zone app) and then just doing a search on each app that looks like you can/want to delete or uninstall. Probably a bit time consuming, however, I am not aware of a "bloatware list" or anything which outlines safe-to-remove apps.
Much appreciated Lenny
When I did the root, I didn't really want a custom rom, just stock with root. Now that I've used titanium backup and have removed the install update nag- I'm set for a while!
lost in cyberspace said:
Much appreciated Lenny
When I did the root, I didn't really want a custom rom, just stock with root. Now that I've used titanium backup and have removed the install update nag- I'm set for a while!
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You might also look at adding a free version of BusyBox (I use stericson's, and jrummy also has one out there).
Also might want to look at an install of AdAway, which you'll need to install manually (not available from the Play Store). You don't have to install the whole F-Droid package, you can download only the AdAway apk if you want.
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.adaway
One last piece of info, you may want to turn off automatic updating for apps, as the SuperSU app can have problems after an update and you might have to re-root your phone. Here's what I ran into.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58955076&postcount=10
lennykravitz2004 said:
You might also look at adding a free version of BusyBox (I use stericson's, and jrummy also has one out there).
Also might want to look at an install of AdAway, which you'll need to install manually (not available from the Play Store). You don't have to install the whole F-Droid package, you can download only the AdAway apk if you want.
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.adaway
One last piece of info, you may want to turn off automatic updating for apps, as the SuperSU app can have problems after an update and you might have to re-root your phone. Here's what I ran into.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58955076&postcount=10
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Thank you! I've side loaded adb adblock is adaway better? I use App Ops to turn off specific things within each app such as location finding, I like MW apps manager to add more apps to the multiwindow feature., and I've turned off most apps auto update, but some apps I've left auto update. I've just turned off auto update on super user -- even though, I've not yet experienced any major issues as yet.
lost in cyberspace said:
Thank you! I've side loaded adb adblock is adaway better? I use App Ops to turn off specific things within each app such as location finding, I like MW apps manager to add more apps to the multiwindow feature., and I've turned off most apps auto update, but some apps I've left auto update. I've just turned off auto update on super user -- even though, I've not yet experienced any major issues as yet.
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Don't know if adb adblock is better - I've never used it. Didn't see you mention a couple of these things when you said you were "all set for awhile", so I was just trying to offer a few other things to consider and look into. Sounds like you're already on the ball though!
Personally, I'm happy with stock. Big reason for me to root was getting rid of ads. I've tried some of the other ROMs but I've always come back to the stock look and feel. I've had the device since about 1 week after it came out in Fall 2012. Of course, I am also on my third one since I totaled two other ones. I absolutely love it, and am in no hurry to upgrade (if possible). Hope you enjoy it as I have... lots of good stuff from devs here!