How can I DISABLE automatic installation of firmware updates to onto my phone?
I DO NOT want these firmware updates to be downloaded or installed automatically without my knowledge.
REASON >>> Because I want to look at the reviews from other S4 users to see how these firmware updates affect the phone"s performance, features, and etc....
So how can I disable these from automatically downloading and installing?
Also, not only the firmware updates, but "other" updates as well.
If possible, please attach a print screen on how to disable all updates.
Thanks
itsonlyme999 said:
How can I DISABLE automatic installation of firmware updates to onto my phone?
I DO NOT want these firmware updates to be downloaded or installed automatically without my knowledge.
REASON >>> Because I want to look at the reviews from other S4 users to see how these firmware updates affect the phone"s performance, features, and etc....
So how can I disable these from automatically downloading and installing?
Also, not only the firmware updates, but "other" updates as well.
If possible, please attach a print screen on how to disable all updates.
Thanks
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Just un-check auto update from Setting->about phone->software update.
In the UK those of us with Simfree BTU handset's don't have to worry about this, basically because we don't get any updates on our S4's :/
ixon2001 said:
In the UK those of us with Simfree BTU handset's don't have to worry about this, basically because we don't get any updates on our S4's :/
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At least not official ones
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Unchecking not an option
Disturbed™ said:
Just un-check auto update from Setting->about phone->software update.
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I dont have option to "uncheck" on verizon
I have been able thus far to hit airplane mode and break the download ..... but it keeps trying
any thoughts or inputs would be welcome
ptmcweb said:
I dont have option to "uncheck" on verizon
I have been able thus far to hit airplane mode and break the download ..... but it keeps trying
any thoughts or inputs would be welcome
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PTMCWeb is completely right. Hitting "Software Update" takes you to a Boolean"Update Now" popup with no other option than choosing Yes, No or Wifi. No option to defeat future updates is offered.
Going into developer mode doesn't seem to add any pertinent options either (correct me if I'm wrong).
Clearly, Samsung doesn't want you to be able to disable updates unless or until you root, which I'm doing this weekend on the basis of this thread.
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Did anyone else got these OTA update? I got it today (I am in India, have a GT-P3100). It just mentions "stability improvements" in the prompt before the OTA is applied. Things do seem a bit faster now.
One welcome improvement was this option to change the screenshot QuickLaunch softkey to other things like Applications/Search/Camera or get rid of it altogether. Anyone else found any extra tweaks yet?
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Did anyone else got these OTA update? I got it today (I am in India, have a GT-P3100). It just mentions "stability improvements" in the prompt before the OTA is applied. Things do seem a bit faster now.
One welcome improvement was this option to change the screenshot QuickLaunch softkey to other things like Applications/Search/Camera or get rid of it altogether. Anyone else found any extra tweaks yet?
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I am rooted on a custom ROM, so of course I didn't get it, but those changes to the screenshot button are pretty awesome! At least Samsung listens to us... A little.
Checked samfirmware.com and saw 4 asian countries listed with this update to 4.0.4
Pretty fast update.. guess I'll have to wait here in the Netherlands
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Wow! Wonder when/if itll roll out here in the US?
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Can you crossflash P3113 to P3100?
To answer my own question yes you can crossflash 3113 to 3100 but the phone functionalities wont work (says no network)
Other than that everything seems fine.
did it have english language?
i want to download it from sammobile and flash it.
Yes it is English.
IR Blaster / Peel does not work though as the P3100 doesn't have IR Blaster.
zyo said:
Yes it is English.
IR Blaster / Peel does not work though as the P3100 doesn't have IR Blaster.
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Did you flash it or are you just guessing?
I ask because, I don't use the IR anyways and wouldn't mind checking this out.
miketoasty said:
Did you flash it or are you just guessing?
I ask because, I don't use the IR anyways and wouldn't mind checking this out.
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I flashed it on my P3113. Peel complains it is incompatible (As the model number changed to P3100 which doesnt have Infrared)
Additionally there is a phone icon on the homescreen which P3113 cant really use (lack of hardware) although you can disable that.
Not perfect, I'd wait for a proper 4.0.4 for P3113.
zyo said:
I flashed it on my P3113. Peel complains it is incompatible (As the model number changed to P3100 which doesnt have Infrared)
Additionally there is a phone icon on the homescreen which P3113 cant really use (lack of hardware) although you can disable that.
Not perfect, I'd wait for a proper 4.0.4 for P3113.
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Thanks for the update, wait I shall.
Please Help!!
I m in India too. my devices option says no updates available, however there is a software update prompt when i connect it to kies but when i start the update in few seconds my device connection is lost and then is reconnected and gives me the update software prompt. this goes on and on. i even tried reinstalling kies. I m on samsung tab stock rom. PLEASE HELP!!
ksh20480 said:
I m in India too. my devices option says no updates available, however there is a software update prompt when i connect it to kies but when i start the update in few seconds my device connection is lost and then is reconnected and gives me the update software prompt. this goes on and on. i even tried reinstalling kies. I m on samsung tab stock rom. PLEASE HELP!!
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For me using Kies wasn't necessary. I was using the device while connected to Wifi and it downloaded the update via OTA on its own and asked me to apply it. You may want to check "Update" settings to make sure OTA is enabled. FWIW, I also had a Samsung account setup (for Samsung Dive), not sure if that affects things.
just a quick question!
i got my tab2 P3100 (4.0.3) monday morning and saw the update notif, but dint update to 4.0.4, cos i wanted to check how good i was getting battery wise etc.
Will update probably this Saturday.
My question is will this 4.0.4 work on P1000? i do know that the arch is different, but since the update installs Peel w/o the India P3100 having IR, is there a possibility that this may work?
My device is rooted, ive downloaded the new fw through Ota, but when the system reboots it comes to cwm, how can i apply the update?
ksh20480 said:
I m in India too. my devices option says no updates available, however there is a software update prompt when i connect it to kies but when i start the update in few seconds my device connection is lost and then is reconnected and gives me the update software prompt. this goes on and on. i even tried reinstalling kies. I m on samsung tab stock rom. PLEASE HELP!!
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the same happens for me also.it shows update and when click update it disconnects and return to previous screen.please give me the solution for this.if any one has installed through kies please mention about it.
You know....I am soooooo fed up with this!!! and I need help.
I have auto-updating turned OFF and software scheduling updates OFF, and then now, I just connected to my Wifi connection and my phone started to download a 350MB software update bundle even though every AUTO Checking of Software Updates are TURNED OFF. I dont know why its still downloading updates when I have all of these disabled to automatically check for updates.
Please see print screens.
I DO NOT want ANY software updates to be downloaded especially I dont even know what updates they are.
Please help me on this. I want this to be disabled.
Just sick of this!!!!! I mean really....
Now, I do not really know what this 300MB update bundle was, but it wasnt the Android 4.3 update as I just checked.
I have no clue whatsoever on what updates were installed.
How can I check what updates were installed?
Thanks
itsonlyme999 said:
You know....I am soooooo fed up with this!!! and I need help.
I have auto-updating turned OFF and software scheduling updates OFF, and then now, I just connected to my Wifi connection and my phone started to download a 350MB software update bundle even though every AUTO Checking of Software Updates are TURNED OFF. I dont know why its still downloading updates when I have all of these disabled to automatically check for updates.
Please see print screens.
I DO NOT want ANY software updates to be downloaded especially I dont even know what updates they are.
Please help me on this. I want this to be disabled.
Just sick of this!!!!! I mean really....
Now, I do not really know what this 300MB update bundle was, but it wasnt the Android 4.3 update as I just checked. Do you allready have the latest software version and which version is it?
I have no clue whatsoever on what updates were installed.
How can I check what updates were installed?
Thanks
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If you have root you can disable Samsung updates by deleting FWUpgrade.apk and FotaClient.apk (and the odex files) with root explorer.
gee2012 said:
If you have root you can disable Samsung updates by deleting FWUpgrade.apk and FotaClient.apk (and the odex files) with root explorer.
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My phone is not ROOTED.
Can you post screenshots of this please on where I can find this in order to disable this?
I want to disable auto-updates because Im afraid it might "break" things.
Thanks, I would appreciate some print screens.
Will Android version 4.3 be downloaded automatically as well?
Now that, I will not mind if 4.3 would be installed automatically since I heard that should fix the "lag" issue on the screen on most S4 phones.
itsonlyme999 said:
My phone is not ROOTED.
Can you post screenshots of this please on where I can find this in order to disable this?
I want to disable auto-updates because Im afraid it might "break" things.
Thanks, I would appreciate some print screens.
Will Android version 4.3 be downloaded automatically as well?
Now that, I will not mind if 4.3 would be installed automatically since I heard that should fix the "lag" issue on the screen on most S4 phones.
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You can`t disable it if you`re not rooted. What country do you live in and whats your installed build version?
gee2012 said:
You can`t disable it if you`re not rooted. What country do you live in and whats your installed build version?
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Hungary.
Baseband I9505xxubmf8
Kernel. 3.4.0-917495
Ok, if I root my phone which I do not want to do then is there anyway to disable these updates?
I just want to conserve the phone storage space which is now approx. 8.36gb and therefore I do not want these updates.
itsonlyme999 said:
Hungary.
Baseband I9505xxubmf8
Kernel. 3.4.0-917495
Ok, if I root my phone which I do not want to do then is there anyway to disable these updates?
I just want to conserve the phone storage space which is now approx. 8.36gb and therefore I do not want these updates.
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Since your phone is factory stock an update wont break things.
Samsung updates are not to be feared.
And the updates. Dont waste space... as the software gets refines you get more.
I now have 9.1 gigs when I use to have 8giga when I just got the phone
Samsung is optimizing the software and it is getting slimmer.
Updates do not waste space.
So relax... it sounds like this is your first Samsung flagship.
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Gillion said:
Since your phone is factory stock an update wont break things.
Samsung updates are not to be feared.
And the updates. Dont waste space... as the software gets refines you get more.
I now have 9.1 gigs when I use to have 8giga when I just got the phone
Samsung is optimizing the software and it is getting slimmer.
Updates do not waste space.
So relax... it sounds like this is your first Samsung flagship.
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Will Android 4.3 be pushed out like this as well?
Yes
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Yes
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Ok, so I do not have to ROOT or manually do these flashing of ROMs or something like that in order to install Android 4.3?
Hope not....
I just want it to be pushed out automatically and install it.
itsonlyme999 said:
Ok, so I do not have to ROOT or manually do these flashing of ROMs or something like that in order to install Android 4.3?
Hope not....
I just want it to be pushed out automatically and install it.
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You will get 4.3 automatically if you leave the software update feature on.
Samsung update services are decent.
For example the Samsung Galaxy S2 was updated to 4.1.2 via OTA even tho it is considered an old phone from the Gingerbread 2.3.4 - 2.3.6 era. (FEB 2011)
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Gillion said:
You will get 4.3 automatically if you leave the software update feature on.
Samsung update services are decent.
For example the Samsung Galaxy S2 was updated to 4.1.2 via OTA even tho it is considered an old phone from the Gingerbread 2.3.4 - 2.3.6 era. (FEB 2011)
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So do I have to just tap the "Check for Updates" and thats all?
Because I would like to leave the "Auto Update" DISABLED.
itsonlyme999 said:
So do I have to just tap the "Check for Updates" and thats all?
Because I would like to leave the "Auto Update" DISABLED.
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Yes.
But my advice... leave auto update on.
If you tap the check for updates button you may see an update but it wont download because the update server space is full.
Your fear is understood but unnecessary.
Its best to let it download by itself over wifi.
When it is done it will ask you if you want to update... it will not reboot your phone without you knowing.... nor will it install new software without you knowing.
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Gillion said:
Yes.
But my advice... leave auto update on.
If you tap the check for updates button you may see an update but it wont download because the update server space is full.
Your fear is understood but unnecessary.
Its best to let it download by itself over wifi.
When it is done it will ask you if you want to update... it will not reboot your phone without you knowing.... nor will it install new software without you knowing.
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Sorry, but one more last question. I tend to turn off my WiFi on my S4 most of the time even when I am at home.
Now I enabled the Auto Updates as you recommended. But as most of the time, I have the WiFi OFF and only enable it when I need to.
Will that be OK for the updates?
So far, I did not get the Android 4.3 update.
itsonlyme999 said:
Sorry, but one more last question. I tend to turn off my WiFi on my S4 most of the time even when I am at home.
Now I enabled the Auto Updates as you recommended. But as most of the time, I have the WiFi OFF and only enable it when I need to.
Will that be OK for the updates?
So far, I did not get the Android 4.3 update.
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3G strains the battery much more than wifi bro, leave wifi on if you can for better battery life. OTA`s can be downloaded on 3G but wifi is cheaper and faster. 4.3 isn`t out yet, will take another 2-3 months for the official one, leaks may come earlier.
itsonlyme999 said:
Sorry, but one more last question. I tend to turn off my WiFi on my S4 most of the time even when I am at home.
Now I enabled the Auto Updates as you recommended. But as most of the time, I have the WiFi OFF and only enable it when I need to.
Will that be OK for the updates?
So far, I did not get the Android 4.3 update.
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As the user above says.
Leave wifi on for better battery life when you are at home.
If you turn off wifi and do not want the phone connected to the internet make sure you turn off mobile data as well.
With your internet service off: The update will just take longer. I am not sure the updater service downloads the data in pieces as a torrent client or download manager would do.
So its best to leave it on... go to sleep and wake up to see the notification that the update has been downloaded and ready for installation.
Gillion said:
As the user above says.
Leave wifi on for better battery life when you are at home.
If you turn off wifi and do not want the phone connected to the internet make sure you turn off mobile data as well.
With your internet service off: The update will just take longer. I am not sure the updater service downloads the data in pieces as a torrent client or download manager would do.
So its best to leave it on... go to sleep and wake up to see the notification that the update has been downloaded and ready for installation.
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And is there a way to uninstall an update or to roll-back in case an update might "break" things?
itsonlyme999 said:
And is there a way to uninstall an update or to roll-back in case an update might "break" things?
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If you have problems after update, you can make factory reset, which will erase all personal data from the phone and fix the errors, keeping you with the lastest firmware. Now you can go to application manager/all apps and find SoftwareUpdate. Disable it and I think, you wont be able to update before enabling it again. No root needed to do this.
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And is there a way to uninstall an update or to roll-back in case an update might "break" things?
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No you can't roll back as you would on a PC from the phone itself.
What you will have to do is download the version of firmware you want and like and use a PC based software called ODIN to re-flash the phone.
If you do this you can keep your old settings (it wont wipe your personal data) and "roll back" to a version you preffer.
However updates seldom if ever break things in my region. I do not know about other regions.
For example: I keep my S4 STOCK STOCK STOCK so I have never had the need to roll back any update.. and nothing so far has broken in the 4 updates I have received over wifi.
Other people may have other experiences, possibly bad ones with apps crashing or the phone being slow.
So what they normally do in such a negative case is a Factory reset.
A factory reset will have the new firmware but it removes all your settings and downloaded apps and presents the phone as if it just came from the factory.
Your settings and apps will then be reloaded once you log into Google and / or your Samsung account.
So relatively speaking it is not a major hassle.
Gillion said:
No you can't roll back as you would on a PC from the phone itself.
What you will have to do is download the version of firmware you want and like and use a PC based software called ODIN to re-flash the phone.
If you do this you can keep your old settings (it wont wipe your personal data) and "roll back" to a version you preffer.
However updates seldom if ever break things in my region. I do not know about other regions.
For example: I keep my S4 STOCK STOCK STOCK so I have never had the need to roll back any update.. and nothing so far has broken in the 4 updates I have received over wifi.
Other people may have other experiences, possibly bad ones with apps crashing or the phone being slow.
So what they normally do in such a negative case is a Factory reset.
A factory reset will have the new firmware but it removes all your settings and downloaded apps and presents the phone as if it just came from the factory.
Your settings and apps will then be reloaded once you log into Google and / or your Samsung account.
So relatively speaking it is not a major hassle.
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Thanks for all the info here. So far no issues.
I might be stating the obvious but in case someone rooted doesn't know:
When you are rooted you can't check for updates OTA. There was a lot of chat about whether you had to defrost various apps etc. to fool the update feature. Using Wanam Exposed, under "Security Hacks" you get the option to change (fake) "System status" from "Custom" setting to "Official", and thus allowing you to check using Samsungs update feature. Much easier than having to check Sammobile every day. Hope it helps someone.
Correct... but the OTA removed root at my P605 and reapplying the latest MJ9 with URDLV tipped the Knox state of my device...
delanvital said:
I might be stating the obvious but in case someone rooted doesn't know:
When you are rooted you can't check for updates OTA. There was a lot of chat about whether you had to defrost various apps etc. to fool the update feature. Using Wanam Exposed, under "Security Hacks" you get the option to change (fake) "System status" from "Custom" setting to "Official", and thus allowing you to check using Samsungs update feature. Much easier than having to check Sammobile every day. Hope it helps someone.
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Thanks that's useful.
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Correct... but the OTA removed root at my P605 and reapplying the latest MJ9 with URDLV tipped the Knox state of my device...
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That is interesting. I installed URDLV'ed MJ9 via ODIN, lost root, reapplied root using script and didn't trip the efuse.
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That is interesting. I installed URDLV'ed MJ9 via ODIN, lost root, reapplied root using script and didn't trip the efuse.
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Does anyone know if this also allows you to watch/download movies from the Samsung Hub and make them watchable once you've rooted?
delanvital said:
I might be stating the obvious but in case someone rooted doesn't know:
When you are rooted you can't check for updates OTA. There was a lot of chat about whether you had to defrost various apps etc. to fool the update feature. Using Wanam Exposed, under "Security Hacks" you get the option to change (fake) "System status" from "Custom" setting to "Official", and thus allowing you to check using Samsungs update feature. Much easier than having to check Sammobile every day. Hope it helps someone.
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I try that, but does not work ! " I'm on note ii "
SadHeroXIII said:
I try that, but does not work ! " I'm on note ii "
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I don't know of this works on the note II.
Be sure that you haven't frozen/removed the update service?
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I don't know of this works on the note II.
Be sure that you haven't frozen/removed the update service?
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I just removed knox files, nothing else !
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I just removed knox files, nothing else !
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What happens when you try to update? Does the service fail to start (i.e. no response at all) or do you get the "modified" message?
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Does anyone know if this also allows you to watch/download movies from the Samsung Hub and make them watchable once you've rooted?
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I've downloaded videos from the Hub after rooting and installing custom firmware. Don't think Samsung cares as long as you are spending money.
You can find the movie files (pyv files) in a hidden file, .samsungvideohub, on sd card. Opening it and going to the .pyv file will play on all video players I've tried on my device but not so sure on PC.
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What happens when you try to update? Does the service fail to start (i.e. no response at all) or do you get the "modified" message?
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when click on check 4 update, it start searching but then show me modified message !
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when click on check 4 update, it start searching but then show me modified message !
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Sorry, then I am out of ideas. You could write to the author of the xposed mod and ask if it should work with the note II?
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I don't know of this works on the note II.
Be sure that you haven't frozen/removed the update service?
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It doesn't work on the Note 2.
All I get is a dialogue box popping up that says that I've modified the system in an unauthorized way and to check by using Kies, yada yada yada.
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I also have every reference to Knox removed from device and still get the Knox security update notices on my Note 2 on stock rooted 4.4.2.
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I've downloaded videos from the Hub after rooting and installing custom firmware. Don't think Samsung cares as long as you are spending money.
You can find the movie files (pyv files) in a hidden file, .samsungvideohub, on sd card. Opening it and going to the .pyv file will play on all video players I've tried on my device but not so sure on PC.
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I had some issues with some downloaded videos from the Hub. I tried deleting them and redownloading them and nothing seemed to work. Strangely I was able to play them fine on my s3 which was also rooted. Haven't tried since upgrading to a custom rom and kernel though. I was wondering if I was the only one with this issue. I had called Samsung about it and they told me to hang up and email support instead.
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I had some issues with some downloaded videos from the Hub. I tried deleting them and redownloading them and nothing seemed to work. Strangely I was able to play them fine on my s3 which was also rooted. Haven't tried since upgrading to a custom rom and kernel though. I was wondering if I was the only one with this issue. I had called Samsung about it and they told me to hang up and email support instead.
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Nice customer service...
Thanks lots!!
Extremely useful!! I'm using RomSwitcher on my i9500 with Kitkat 4.4.2 TW as my default and Lollipop 5.0.2 by TeamCanjica as my secondary and I did not want to go through the trouble of flashing all over again via Odin to unroot just to install Lollipop when its officially released by Samsung for the S4 i9500 in my region. Then re-install RomSwitcher and secondary.... Then I stumbled on this, works like a charm. Now I can check for OTA updates without any modified messages. Thanks mate!
I am considering rooting my Canadian (Rogers) Note 3 (SM-N900W8) in order to defeat the ludicrous SD-Card crippling brought by the latest Kitkat 4.4.2 software update. I'm aware that by doing so the Knox 0x1 counter will void the warranty. What I'd like to know is whether there are any additional negative results besides this well-known one.
For example I've seen inconsistent reports of the Screen Mirroring function being disabled as soon as the device is rooted. Some claim it is more related to the presence of a custom kernel, recovery or ROM, while others insist that merely rooting with everything stock was enough to disable screen mirroring.
If I do nothing more than use CF-Autoroot as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423
...no custom recovery, kernel or ROM, do I risk any undesirable repercussions other than the warranty and Knox issue? Will screen mirroring or any other functions work worse than they did before?
Thanks for any help...
Rooting won't break any functionality of the phone except the security it was meant for i.e the secure container ( and of course, depending on who you ask, warranty ). Problems you mentioned are probably related to custom roms themselves.
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hey_joe said:
Rooting won't break any functionality of the phone except the security it was meant for i.e the secure container ( and of course, depending on who you ask, warranty ). Problems you mentioned are probably related to custom roms themselves.
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Thanks for your reply... and will it also not interfere with any potential future over-the-air updates that might come along, be it a 4.4.3 update or a more trivial software patch to fix an issue that gets released? I realize that a major enough OTA update might un-root the phone which is fine.. I just wouldn't want to brick or lose access to updates because of root. Would they continue to be accessible, or would I likely have to first un-root manually to enable them?
Thanks again...
Yes you can not OTA update on the rooted phone.
You can unroot and apply the OTA update.
Or use the fake system status option in the Wanam.
vndnguyen said:
Yes you can not OTA update on the rooted phone.
You can unroot and apply the OTA update.
Or use the fake system status option in the Wanam.
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Thanks... if memory serves (been a while for me since last rooted device) all that is necessary to unroot is to run the administrative option from within the Superuser app itself, to remove the SU binary completely.. correct? And then to re-root just repeat the previous CF-Autoroot steps and regain SU?
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Thanks for your reply... and will it also not interfere with any potential future over-the-air updates that might come along, be it a 4.4.3 update or a more trivial software patch to fix an issue that gets released? I realize that a major enough OTA update might un-root the phone which is fine.. I just wouldn't want to brick or lose access to updates because of root. Would they continue to be accessible, or would I likely have to first un-root manually to enable them?
Thanks again...
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You don`t need OTA`s mate, just download the new updated rom from Sammobile and flash it with Mobile Odin Pro and you`ll even keep root
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You don`t need OTA`s mate, just download the new updated rom from Sammobile and flash it with Mobile Odin Pro and you`ll even keep root
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So all ROM and software updates are always made available directly from Samsung as flashable downloads, on the same day they're released to devices over-the-air? As a general rule?
paleozord said:
So all ROM and software updates are always made available directly from Samsung as flashable downloads, on the same day they're released to devices over-the-air? As a general rule?
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Within a day usualy you can download the full rom from here www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ and flash it with Odin or better yet Mobile Odin.
paleozord said:
So all ROM and software updates are always made available directly from Samsung as flashable downloads, on the same day they're released to devices over-the-air? As a general rule?
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Or you can open the app Phone INFO ★Samsung★, select menu 'Firmware Browser...' to see a list of available stock firmwares for your phone.
Tap to view firmware's details, there is also a download link. You can download it and then flash by Kies or Odin.
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I have upgraded my A310F to Nougat but decided I don't like some things (mostly related to Dream UX or whatever the thing is called) and some minor flaws like inability to use keyboard other than Samsung one (other ones crash the Samsung Keyboard process when trying to use emoticons), also the battery management is quite poor (there is no longer a list of apps I want to be killed once I just stop using them).
Anyway - I got back to Marshmallow by simply flashing firmware via Odin (all works fine again).
But the question is... how can I stay on Marshmallow forever?
Currently I've disabled the autoupdate over wi-fi but AFAIK the update popups will keep appearing once only Nougat will be officially available in XEO region.
How can I make this permanent? Any ideas?
If you have any - be it without or with rooting - please let me know. I don't want to loose the ability to use Samsung Store.
wolfensg said:
I have upgraded my A310F to Nougat but decided I don't like some things (mostly related to Dream UX or whatever the thing is called) and some minor flaws like inability to use keyboard other than Samsung one (other ones crash the Samsung Keyboard process when trying to use emoticons), also the battery management is quite poor (there is no longer a list of apps I want to be killed once I just stop using them).
Anyway - I got back to Marshmallow by simply flashing firmware via Odin (all works fine again).
But the question is... how can I stay on Marshmallow forever?
Currently I've disabled the autoupdate over wi-fi but AFAIK the update popups will keep appearing once only Nougat will be officially available in XEO region.
How can I make this permanent? Any ideas?
If you have any - be it without or with rooting - please let me know. I don't want to loose the ability to use Samsung Store.
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If you are root it will never update
sakat49 said:
If you are root it will never update
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Thanks!
sakat49 said:
If you are root it will never update
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BTW: Do you know by any chance if the content bought previously in the Themes Store will be available after rooting?
wolfensg said:
BTW: Do you know by any chance if the content bought previously in the Themes Store will be available after rooting?
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why not?
MoshPuiu said:
why not?
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Yup. It is there I thought that this may be related with not working Samsung Pay with rooted phone but fortunately it's not.