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[Q] Stop OTA?

Help, I rooted my phone and I don't want it installing updates. But I got this notification that it has downloaded a system update and will install it when there's enough power. So I'm going to keep my phone on low until I find a way to prevent it from installing. Any tips guys and gals?

Does anyone know what the update is? The development may like for you to extract it from your phone. Could help in future development.

abjc89 said:
Help, I rooted my phone and I don't want it installing updates. But I got this notification that it has downloaded a system update and will install it when there's enough power. So I'm going to keep my phone on low until I find a way to prevent it from installing. Any tips guys and gals?
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I just had the same problem to what I did was let it try to install but it can't because u don't have stock recovery.so it will still try but it will freeze and just pull the battery out then turn the phone back on and it will load right into cwm then just restart your system from there and u will be good to go. Its fast and easy
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Any way to stop the phone from asking to update?

pbiancardi said:
Any way to stop the phone from asking to update?
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If I am not mistaken we had an app on our Evo's called FOTa.apk, do a search for it in google and see what they say....I have it on my Xoom and it works fine

I am going to try shfub's method. I think he removed the .zip update file so the phone will have nothing to flash.
I don't know if it is permanent but I clicked on the notification, went to /cache, removed the .zip update file, went back to the notification, asked it to install, had it reboot to recovery and fail, and booted into android. It stopped bugging me and stopped trying to download after that.
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hmmm, tried that and after a couple days it came back. Anyone got a solution?

abjc89 said:
hmmm, tried that and after a couple days it came back. Anyone got a solution?
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Do the same thing, except this time, after the failed install, when you are back in Android, type in adb shell or terminal
su
pm disable com.samsung
Alternatively you could freeze System Updates in Titanium.

[TIP] Block FOTA Update(s)

Are you on AT&T, rooted with CWM or TWRP recovery, and don't want to update to the new, currently un-rootable ROM, or take the chance that AT&T will push the FOTA update to your phone and attempt to install it without your knowledge? Here's one way to block it:
1. Download Autorun Manager from the Play Store.
2. Run Autorun Manager, give it SU privileges, and enter its Recommended Advanced Mode.
3. Go to Settings, check both "Show system entries" and "Enable system app disable", and return to the list of apps.
4. Scroll down to "Google Services Framework" and open it.
5. Scroll down the list until you see "com.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Receiver" (mine was at the bottom of the list). Uncheck this to Disable it.
6. Exit Autorun Manager.
That's it. FOTA updates are now blocked.
This info is available in various places here on XDA, and other places on the web. I'm just reposting it here for those that don't want to be bothered with the problems that can be caused by AT&T's pissy little update.

visionlogic said:
Are you on AT&T, rooted with CWM or TWRP recovery, and don't want to update to the new, currently un-rootable ROM, or take the chance that AT&T will push the FOTA update to your phone and attempt to install it without your knowledge? Here's one way to block it:
1. Download Autorun Manager from the Play Store.
2. Run Autorun Manager, give it SU privileges, and enter its Recommended Advanced Mode.
3. Go to Settings, check both "Show system entries" and "Enable system app disable", and return to the list of apps.
4. Scroll down to "Google Services Framework" and open it.
5. Scroll down the list until you see "com.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Receiver" (mine was at the bottom of the list). Uncheck this to Disable it.
6. Exit Autorun Manager.
That's it. FOTA updates are now blocked.
This info is available in various places here on XDA, and other places on the web. I'm just reposting it here for those that don't want to be bothered with the problems that can be caused by AT&T's pissy little update.
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F#$K man. This is great...
I have been hit three times in a row by the latest little update from AT&T, and have each time ended with CWM Recovery loop. This is so effing wrong !! I have a post here on how to get out of the recovery loop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2603454&page=7 post #70.
EDIT: This did not completely remove the painful notification and for somereasoon I could not delete the downloaded in "/system/cache". So I applied the update, then used adb to recover from the CWM loop and delete the Fota.img, rebooted. Then I also installed the FOTAkill.apk app here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249350
Now the update is dead !!

chappatti said:
F#$K man. This is great...
I have been hit three times in a row by the latest little update from AT&T, and have each time ended with CWM Recovery loop. This is so effing wrong !! I have a post here on how to get out of the recovery loop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2603454&page=7 post #70.
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Damn right it's WRONG! Deliberately borking folks that don't follow the master's rules. Especially those folks that have had the update pushed and automatically attempted install without their consent. Pure crap!

chappatti said:
EDIT: This did not completely remove the painful notification and for somereasoon I could not delete the downloaded in "/system/cache". So I applied the update, then used adb to recover from the CWM loop and delete the Fota.img, rebooted. Then I also installed the FOTAkill.apk app here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249350
Now the update is dead !!
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Good! Whatever works for you. My own experience with Android has been that a given "cure" will not necessarily work for everyone. As for the method I mentioned above I've gone 72+ hours without any data transfer related to the update. So far, so good.

Official OTA's aren't pushed out to those using an unlocked AT&T version on other carriers right?

Update FYI - 10 days now since making the adjustment in the OP and still no indication of my phone attempting any update.

New update?

Is anyone else getting prompted for a system update? I'm rooted so I don't want to install. Update is 154.6 MB.
UPDATE: DO NOT install the update if you don't have stock recovery. You will end up in a boot loop.
Sent from my LG-D851 using XDA Free mobile app

Lol I just created a thread myself! I am rooted and custom rom so I am totally waiting.

i just got it too, it said android update but I'm not entirely sure what it's for

InsaneJester17 said:
Is anyone else getting prompted for a system update? I'm rooted so I don't want to install. Update is 154.6 MB.
Sent from my LG-D851 using XDA Free mobile app
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I also did, I am on sky rom and it probably won't work, but I don't want to try to install it.

Well its quite a small update at 154 mb

Installed update
Hey guys I just installed the update and it broke my root :cyclops:

Were you able to root again?

Apparently it's D85110m update. So it's updating from D85110c to m. The person that I saw that updated hadn't rooted so no clue on the rooting thing.

Count me in the group with system update notification. I got rid of it by installing xposed module GravityBox, going under status bar settings - ongoing notification blocker - Google Play services (picture looks like that of update) - reboot.
I don't know what other notifications this may block, but for now, it gets rid of that. Also of note, I would NOT take the OTA. Usually it breaks root and/or bootloops you.

HELP
So in my half awake brilliance, I installed the update. My phone is now boot cycling to the TWRP recovery. Any ideas?

zcgofaster said:
Were you able to root again?
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I haven't tried to re-root yet. I was rooted with stump root earlier. Stump root doesn't work again because it thinks that my phone is already rooted. I'm going to do some light battery tests before trying to root again, this time with purple drake.

Maybe i might restore the slimkat alpha and hide there until this gets sorted out

I decided not to update to fear my bootloader/root so I tried to extract this with file manager and kept crashing. I can only post the name of the file but above users are correct contains 10m from 10c hopefully devs can find out exactly what's in the update. b1847cae892006ffa11c6822a408fe8528142a54.D85110c_00-D85110m_00_update.zip

thiefinthenight said:
So in my half awake brilliance, I installed the update. My phone is now boot cycling to the TWRP recovery. Any ideas?
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I would try and follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2818667

Wonder if i could do a restore and keep wifi off so it won't download

hawkstwelve said:
I would try and follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2818667
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Will this reset the phone? Will I lose all data?

thiefinthenight said:
Will this reset the phone? Will I lose all data?
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I believe so yes. But if you are truly bootlooping, I don't believe you have many (if any) other choices than wiping clean and starting fresh.

I'm all stock so I upgraded.
It is in fact D85110m
I've only had it up and running for a few minutes and I already noticed two things.
- There is a slider feature added to the lock screen to instantly open the camera.
- I didn't think the phone was sluggish or laggy out of the box but I immediately could tell it runs smoother now with transitions between screens/apps. e.g. There used to be a bit of lag when opening the Recent Apps. Not anymore.
We'll see how it goes.

The IR blaster works better for me now. I guess the update made it more powerful somehow.

if you have twrp installed or have modified /system you should not take this OTA. if on twrp things will get weird(as evidenced above..) and if removing/modding any default files in /system the zip will most likely fail.. as it checks for all original files first before the OTA update gets patched in.
as for the twrp issue.. I can only assume that it's due to the update/phone expecting stock recovery... and not getting it. there are flags set in the phone that tell the phone what mode to boot into... since you dont have stock recovery the phone is confused. check out this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
the fota and misc partitions are tied to this... try to zero out fota first. if that alone doesnt let you out of twrp... you may need to wipe misc. be sure to backup any partition to computer(dont just save on phone sdcard.. never know when it could get wiped..) before erasing anything.
as for this update(10m)... anyone taking it should be careful that the bootloader/downgrades have not been locked/blocked. I'll be waiting for others to take that risk first before even considering taking the ota.
*update* can confirm update is safe.. bootloader is not locked.. still rootable.
as for root... I doubt purple drake is blocked.. but is possible. I'm very sure Stump is still available as an option(tho app may need update).
if you got the update and dont want to take it.. and want the notification gone you should be able to use a file explorer to delete the update zip from the the /cache directory... as well as rename the LGFOTA.apk file in /system to LGFOTA.apk.bak.
I can also confirm that disabling OTA updates in the hidden menu works. the moment I set it back to "on" (i set mine to off day 1) and rebooted the update came in.
d851 hidden menu > wlan test > ota setting > off > reboot (if you have been notified of an available update do NOT reboot until you have deleted the ota zip first)

[Q] How allow update of ATT S3 4.1.2

I have an ATT S3 with 4.1.2 currently. It is rooted and has CWM recovery but still running stock OS.
I keep getting notifications of an OS OTA update to be installed, but it always fails. Can I get that to install by simply deleting the superuser app and selecting update option? Does the custom recovery also interfere?
Maybe the best way to ask is...
what would be the process I should use to get the update to install and get back to rooted/CWM?
I am no longer a "power user" and could easily live with the 4.1.2 OS, but the frequent 'demands' from ATT to install the update are bothersome.

Ota updates will only work with no root and a custom recovery.
Since you are on 4.1.2, you could flash stock 4.1.1, sim unlock, and run ota updates to 4.4.2. It's no the fastest but I feel it is the safest route.

movrshakr said:
I keep getting notifications of an OS OTA update to be installed, but it always fails. Can I get that to install by simply deleting the superuser app and selecting update option? Does the custom recovery also interfere?
Maybe the best way to ask is...
what would be the process I should use to get the update to install and get back to rooted/CWM?
I am no longer a "power user" and could easily live with the 4.1.2 OS, but the frequent 'demands' from ATT to install the update are bothersome.
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audit13 said:
Ota updates will only work with no root and a custom recovery.
Since you are on 4.1.2, you could flash stock 4.1.1, sim unlock, and run ota updates to 4.4.2. It's no the fastest but I feel it is the safest route.
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OTA is typically the safest way to update (as with any update, official or otherwise, you proceed at your own risk and no one here is responsible should anything negative happen to your phone and its software). If you do not want to take the time to do so, or feel the process is too tedious, you should be able to freeze the AT&T software update with an app like Titanium Backup. This should stop the nagging to install an OTA update. I have utilized this method before and it has worked quite well for me in the past.

aybarrap1 said:
...If you do not want to take the time to do so, or feel the process is too tedious, you should be able to freeze the AT&T software update with an app like Titanium Backup. This should stop the nagging to install an OTA update. I have utilized this method before and it has worked quite well for me in the past.
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I have TitaniumBackup. What is the app that needs to be frozen to stop the update nags?
I am kind of surprised that uninstalling the superuser app is not enough to allow the update.
"Ota updates will only work with no root and a custom recovery."
"Ota updates will only work with ... a custom recovery."
Really? Did you mean,
Ota updates will only work with no root and NO custom recovery?

movrshakr said:
I have TitaniumBackup. What is the app that needs to be frozen to stop the update nags?
I am kind of surprised that uninstalling the superuser app is not enough to allow the update.
"Ota updates will only work with no root and a custom recovery."
"Ota updates will only work with ... a custom recovery."
Really? Did you mean,
Ota updates will only work with no root and NO custom recovery?
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No root and no custom recovery is required for OTA updates.

movrshakr said:
I have TitaniumBackup. What is the app that needs to be frozen to stop the update nags?
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If I remember correctly it is called "software update" but it will definitely consist of those words. I know it can be done because I did it when I was on rooted stock 4.1.1 and 4.1.2. Once I froze it, I never got notified.
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aybarrap1 said:
If I remember correctly it is called "software update" but it will definitely consist of those words. I know it can be done because I did it when I was on rooted stock 4.1.1 and 4.1.2. Once I froze it, I never got notified.
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Gosh, I have looked repeatedly through the (long) list of installed things in TitaniumBackup "Overview of app storage use..." list (the screen from which you freeze things...
and I simply cannot find the OTA update app. Indeed I did not see anything with the word 'update' in it.
Hoping someone can help me specifically identify the app that needs to be frozen in an S1 to stop the auto updates.
They are driving me crazy. Even though they fail, they often happen at night and leave the phone screen ON, on a screen waiting for an input, and the battery is hot. Happened once when not plugged in and drained to autoshutoff, so I woke to a dead battery.

movrshakr said:
Gosh, I have looked repeatedly through the (long) list of installed things in TitaniumBackup "Overview of app storage use..." list (the screen from which you freeze things...
and I simply cannot find the OTA update app. Indeed I did not see anything with the word 'update' in it.
Hoping someone can help me specifically identify the app that needs to be frozen in an S1 to stop the auto updates.
They are driving me crazy. Even though they fail, they often happen at night and leave the phone screen ON, on a screen waiting for an input, and the battery is hot. Happened once when not plugged in and drained to autoshutoff, so I woke to a dead battery.
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It is there, I froze mine with Titanium Backup for about 18 months. It could be that the name is more like ATTUpdater. I also don't recall exactly because I have since installed a custom rom.

dawgdoc said:
It is there, I froze mine with Titanium Backup for about 18 months. It could be that the name is more like ATTUpdater. I also don't recall exactly because I have since installed a custom rom.
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You're right! Found it.
It was AT&T Software Update. I had missed it before because, in portrait mode, the 'pdate' part of the name was not visible, and it just had not registered as I looked through them. Thanks heaps.

movrshakr said:
You're right! Found it.
It was AT&T Software Update. I had missed it before because, in portrait mode, the 'pdate' part of the name was not visible, and it just had not registered as I looked through them. Thanks heaps.
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Glad to have been of service.

[NEW UPDATE 064] Pie Bugs Fixed For Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2

Recently, got the new update on Asus Zenfone max Pro M2, the size is about 410mb and it fixed some pie bugs.
Screenshot attached
Full ROm link - https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZB631KL/UL-ASUS_X01BD-WW-16.2017.1903.064-user.zip
Bugs fixed:
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Coming soon.
Enjoy!

Screen Blinking issue is fixed for my device by this update

Can't see any changes though

Is cam2api on by default?

My Device is still on Android Oreo!
I've downloaded new update firmware (1.6GB) from official site & when trying to update it gives ERROR and restarts into Oreo.
Then I try after Editing the "updater-script" but the result is same.
Now what should I do?

Downloading ...
EDIT: ERROR. I'm from Philippines. and Asus PH offering to download this OTA. I dont know why it keeps an error to me.

Same here from Portugal. Can anyone help?

kayamokid said:
Downloading ...
EDIT: ERROR. I'm from Philippines. and Asus PH offering to download this OTA. I dont know why it keeps an error to me.
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bpmica said:
Same here from Portugal. Can anyone help?
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You guys could download the zip update in the official website and place it in the root folder. Once you restart the phone the update will be detected.

chirogan said:
You guys could download the zip update in the official website and place it in the root folder. Once you restart the phone the update will be detected.
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Already done that but no luck. it keeps me ERROR.

Is this update is for everyone or one who got bugs in pie update because i didn't get any update and also there was no bug in my previous pie update

For those who got fail, try update it through recovery. It works for me.
Download the zip file from the official website. Put it in external sd card. Boot to recovery mode and select "Apply update from external storage". Then, choose the zip file.

alauddin__s said:
For those who got fail, try update it through recovery. It works for me.
Download the zip file from the official website. Put it in external sd card. Boot to recovery mode and select "Apply update from external storage". Then, choose the zip file.
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have you rooted your phone before?

kayamokid said:
have you rooted your phone before?
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Yeah. I relocked the bootloader using this method:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/max-pro-m2/how-to/unroot-relock-bootloader-max-pro-m2-t3885870
This will wipe everything and encrypt back your phone.

alauddin__s said:
Yeah. I relocked the bootloader using this method:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/max-pro-m2/how-to/unroot-relock-bootloader-max-pro-m2-t3885870
This will wipe everything and encrypt back your phone.
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Are you using the stock recovery provided on that thread? it gives me an error again. I already done that method. no luck.
EDIT: finally I'm in Pie. Just one question. why is the home pill button has a circle on it? it s like a bug.

kayamokid said:
Are you using the stock recovery provided on that thread? it gives me an error again. I already done that method. no luck.
EDIT: finally I'm in Pie. Just one question. why is the home pill button has a circle on it? it s like a bug.
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What version did you use? I think it's already fixed in 16.2017.1903.064 version.

kayamokid said:
Are you using the stock recovery provided on that thread? it gives me an error again. I already done that method. no luck.
EDIT: finally I'm in Pie. Just one question. why is the home pill button has a circle on it? it s like a bug.
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Don't know if the circle on the pill button is fixed, but if not, you can simply go to settings, apps & notifications, default apps, assist & voice imput & check none on assist app.

mauam said:
Don't know if the circle on the pill button is fixed, but if not, you can simply go to settings, apps & notifications, default apps, assist & voice imput & check none on assist app.
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Not working. Sorry.

chirogan said:
Not working. Sorry.
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You must be doing something wrong. Alot of youtube videos show that working, but anyways I don't use stock roms so...

chirogan said:
Not working. Sorry.
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It does remove the ugly circle around the pill shaped home button if you follow the above steps correctly. Not working? Yes, Google Assistant doesn't work when you long press the home button after removing that ugly circle.

its not working on my device, wifi not working and data celullar not smooth..